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.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING…
THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING. BREEZY…
COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
 EVENING.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Police is informing residents that it has received complaints by the public about a phone  scam, where a male voice with an Indian accent claims he’s from the United States IRS, saying the intended victim is being audited and must pay a certain amount of money.

In two complaints to Jamestown Police, the caller requested $2,500, to be wired to the IRS, to keep police from responding and arresting the intended victim.

In at least one of the complaints the caller said to the intended victim, “The police are on ther way.”

Jamestown Police Chief, Scott Edinger says, do not wire cash to anyone you don’t know.  Most scams to date involve wiring money  to individuals unknown by intended victims.

He adds, do not give out personal information over the phone to anyone you don’t know, or can not verify the identity of.

If you are not sure, contact local law enforcement.

 

 Valley City (CSi) The NDDOT reports that eastbound traffic on I-94 in Valley City was  temporarily reduced to one lane, on Wednesday afternoon, with the speed reduced to 45 mph.

The lane closure was at mile marker 293 near the Winter Show Arena. 

The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that, a semi hauling barley operated by 54 year old Terry Johnson of Sanborn,  ran off the right hand side of the roadway and struck the bridge rail on Interstate 94 in Valley City Wednesday afternoon around 1:12-pm,  causing significant damage to the steel and concrete bridge rail,  with the rig comming to rest facing southeast in the south ditch on its wheels.

Johnson was not injured.

Several bushels of barley spilled out of the trailer and into the ditch after the trailer nearly ripped into two pieces after the crash, and was totaled.

 The cause of the crash is under investigation with the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

Assisting  the NDHP, at the scene were the Valley City Police Department, and ND Department of Transportation.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)   The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office informs motorists that Beginning  Thursday, October 2, 2014, HWY 281 South will be reduced to one lane each way, north and south bound, in the areas of 20th St SW and 25th St SW for median repair work. The center lane each way will be CLOSED during this time. The work is expected to last one day, weather pending.

Please follow the signage that will be in place.

Motorists’ should use alternative routes & use EXTREME caution in and around this area.

 

Valley City (CSi) Those planning to vote in the November 4, 2014 General Election, will need a valid identification (ID) to vote.

Barnes County Auditor Beth Didier says it’s especially important for absentee voters to act by October 5, 2014 if they do not have an up-to-date, valid form of ID.

The ID needs to include information proving the eligibility of the individual to vote.

That includes showing residency of your voting precinct for the 30 days prior to the November 4, 2014 election.

Didier says those that have recently moved need to update their ID or they may have to return to the previous precinct of residency to vote.

All voters must have one of the five forms of valid identification:
· North Dakota Driver’s License
· North Dakota Non-driver’s ID
· Tribal Issued ID
· Student ID Certificate
· Long Term Care ID Certificate

The ID must include the voter’s name, current residential address (no PO Boxes) and date of birth. Not all tribal-issued IDs include all the required information, so it is important to check them ahead of time.

Absentee voters are required to write down their ID number on or include a copy of their Student or Long Term Care ID Certificate with their ballot application, while those voting in person on Election Day will show or provide their ID to the poll workers.

Anyone with election questions is encouraged to use the vote.nd.gov website developed by North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office or call the Barnes County Auditor’s office at 701-845-8500 for help.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Help for Hope and Healing (HHH) will host a free cancer awareness and health expo on Thursday, October 16 at North Dakota Farmers Union from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Event founder, Laurel Haroldson, says, “In our region, over 800 people are diagnosed with some type of cancer each year. Most of us have experienced the cancer journey either ourselves or with a family member or a friend. This events aims to expand awareness of the issues involved in a cancer diagnosis and to increase advocacy and empowerment for cancer survivors, their caregivers and their friends.”

The expo is free of charge to the public and exhibitors thanks to the event sponsors: Zonta Club, Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Help for Hope and Healing, Farmers Union Insurance, Sanford Health and Ingstad Family Media.

The event will have complementary hors d’oeuvres starting at 5:00 p.m. and a panel of speakers featuring four testimonials of survivorship, the future of oncology care at JRMC and social services starting at 6:00 p.m. Area businesses and organizations exhibitors will also offer the community the opportunity to learn more about available services for the detection, prevention and treatment of cancer.

Participants and services featured at the expo include:

 American Cancer Society, Relay for Life

 Central Valley Health

 Help for Hope and Healing (HHH)

 Jamestown Area Grief Support Team

 Jamestown Regional Medical Center (Home Health & Hospice, 3D Mammography)

 James River Senior Center

 John Dardis Memorial Hospice Gift Fund

 Life Change Nutrition

 RSVP+

 Sanford Health

 Triumph, Inc.

Additional Information

Help for Hope and Healing (HHH) is Jamestown, North Dakota’s cancer support network. Their goal is to match the needs of families dealing with cancer and volunteers willing to meet those needs. HHH is a non-profit organization working in conjunction with the Jamestown Area Grief Support Team (JAGST).

To reserve exhibit space, please contact Laurel Haroldson at lharold@csicable.net or (701) 252-8579 or Pat Dardis at pdardis@daktel.com or (701) 252-7667.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – AARP North Dakota is co-sponsoring several candidate debates this month that will be broadcast on Prairie Public radio and TV.
 
     The debates will feature candidates for the U.S. House and four statewide offices: secretary of state, agriculture commissioner, and two seats on the Public Service Commission.
 
     The debates will be broadcast on Prairie Public radio and TV on various days throughout the month. On Nov. 2, beginning at 3 p.m. Central, all of the debates will be rebroadcast back-to-back on Prairie Public’s television network.
 
     The debates also will be available for online viewing at www.prairiepublic.org after their initial televised broadcasts.

 

  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The parents of a man who died in an apartment fire in Fargo two years ago are suing his landlord claiming faulty smoke detectors are to blame for his death.
 
  The parents of 31-year-old James Payton are suing Goldmark Property Management. The fire happened in January 2012.
 
     The attorneys for the plaintiffs and the defendant expect the case to go to trial next summer.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Ten men face charges after a prostitution sting in Minot.
 
     Police say the men were arrested late last week when they responded to what they thought were online ads offering prostitutes.
 
     The suspects range in age from 21 to 48. They are from North Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma. All 10 men are charged with solicitation of prostitution. Two also face drug charges.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has been arrested after removing nearly 120 teeth off of a swather parked in an ag equipment sales lot.
 
     A swather is a harvesting machine that cuts and windrows grain and seed crops.
 
     Police in Mandan say 47-year-old Daniel Friedt has been charged with Class A misdemeanor theft of property. Authorities say an implement dealer contacted police after seeing Friedt removing the teeth from the swather.
 
     Friedt was still in the parking lot when police arrived. His pickup truck was parked next to the swather.
 
     Police say police found the teeth on the truck’s bed. Their value is estimated at nearly $680.
 
     It’s unclear whether Friedt has legal representation.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Democratic polling firm representing backers of a state conservation fund will pay $2,000 to resolve a complaint alleging violations of North Dakota’s do not call law.
 
     Court records show the North Dakota attorney general’s office reached the agreement Wednesday with Las Vegas-based Campaign Communication Solutions Inc. The company agreed to the settlement without admitting liability.
 
     Court records say the company allegedly made illegal prerecorded calls on behalf of North Dakotans for Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks. The group is pushing a ballot measure that would funnel 5 percent of the state’s oil extraction taxes into a conservation fund.
 
     North Dakota law bars most organizations from making calls to homes on a “do not call” list. Prerecorded calls also are banned unless the call is introduced by a live operator.
 
     OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwestern and Plains states suggests economic growth in the region will slow down in the months ahead.
 
     A survey report issued Wednesday says the overall September index dropped nearly three points to 54.3, from 57.2 the previous month.
 
     Creighton University economist Ernie Goss, who oversees the survey, says a drop in grain prices over the past year has led to a pullback in economic activity for the heavily agrarian region.
 
     The survey results from supply managers are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests economic growth, while a score below that suggests decline.
 
     The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota sheep ranchers are questioning the theory that they’re to blame for a large die-off of wild bighorns in the western Badlands.
 
     At least 23 bighorns have died of pneumonia since early August. Most are bighorns that were transplanted from Alberta, Canada, in February.
 
     The state Game and Fish Department believes the wild sheep were infected by domestic sheep, though state wildlife and animal health officials tell The Bismarck Tribune that there are no test results to back that up.
 
     North Dakota Lamb and Wool Producers Vice Chairman Brad Gilbertson says he questions whether domestic sheep are to blame. He says the wild bighorns have been near domestic sheep for years, and nothing happened until the Alberta bighorns were brought in.

 

In world and national news…

DALLAS (AP) – According to his sister, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States has said he notified health care workers the first time he went to the hospital that he was visiting the U.S. from Liberia. It’s one of the West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak. His sister says Thomas Duncan went to a Dallas emergency room on Friday and was sent home with antibiotics. He returned two days later after his condition worsened, and was admitted.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Health officials say three people died who were infected with a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the country. A Rhode Island child died last week after suffering both a bacterial infection and infection from enterovirus 68. The virus is behind a spike in harsh respiratory illnesses in children since early August.
 
     NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – A man accused of beheading a woman at an Oklahoma processing plant has been released from a hospital and transferred to jail. Alton Nolen is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Colleen Hufford. He’s also charged with assault for allegedly attacking another employee on Thursday before he was shot by a plant manager.
 
     PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for plotting to bomb a crowded holiday event in Portland’s town square in 2010. Mohamed Mohamud was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland in the plot that actually was an FBI sting. Agents posing as al-Qaida recruiters supplied the fake car bomb that the former Oregon State University student tried to set off at an annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Accused White House fence-jumper Omar Gonzalez has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran into the presidential mansion while carrying a knife. Gonzalez’s lawyer entered the plea on behalf of his client in a proceeding today before a U.S. magistrate judge. A three-count federal grand jury indictment issued Tuesday accuses Gonzalez of unlawfully entering a restricted building while carrying a deadly weapon, a federal charge.