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CSi Weather…

 TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY…BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID
60S. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.

 

 A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.
SHOWER CHANCES WILL MOVE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

 

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – Students at Valley City State University have approved a student fee increase to help fund the operating expenses of the proposed Valley City Health, Wellness and Physical Education Center.

 64 percent of students who voted this month favored the idea. University Marketing Director Greg Vanney says the fee would be about $11 per credit hour, capped at 12 credits.

The $16 million wellness center project still needs the approval of city voters. They’ll decide during the Nov. 4 general election whether to dedicate a portion of sales tax revenue to the construction and operation of the wellness center.

The facility would be a joint effort of the university, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department and CHI Mercy Health hospital.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The public is encourage to attend a  public meeting  set for Monday October 27, 2014 concerning  the proposed Valley City Health, Wellness, and Physical Education Center.

The 6-p.m., meeting will offer more on the latest development of the overall project including amenities, floor plan, location, and operating budget.

On November 4, 2014,Valley City residents will vote  whether or not to use a maximum of 17% of the existing 1/2 cent city sales tax used for economic development  to support the proposed Wellness Center.

For more information call the Valley City Parks & Recreation office at 845-3294, Valley City State University foundation office at 845-7203, Valley Development Group at 840-7820 or the Sheyenne Valley Community Foundation at 490-1596.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Police Department reminds Jamestown residents that all motor homes, camper trailers, RV’s, or trailers of any kind should be removed from all city streets by November 1st.

Assistant Chief John Johnson announced that all vehicles found in violation will be tagged and impounded.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Formal charges are pending against a man who allegedly assaulted a Minot police officer.
 
     Authorities say the officer was investigating possible illegal drug activity and was assaulted by a suspect in a store parking lot just after midnight Saturday. The 26-year-old male suspect allegedly hit the officer in the face and body several times.
 
     The officer did not require medical treatment.
 
     The suspect was arrested on numerous assault- and drug-related charges.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A New Mexico woman who was the passenger in car involved in a high-speed chase near the North Dakota-Montana border last year has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
 
     U. S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon says 32-year-old April Lacey has been sentenced for possession of firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
 
     Authorities say the 40-mile chase on September 2013 ensued after the male driver refused to pull over for a traffic stop. Montana authorities then asked for help when the car crossed into North Dakota.
 
     The driver and Lacey surrendered near Arnegard. Officers found about 2 ounces of methamphetamine and a .380 caliber pistol in the car.
 
     Lacey was banned from legally possessing a firearm due to four previous felony convictions.
 
     It’s unclear whether Lacey has legal representation.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee urging passage of three bills targeting human trafficking.
 
     Stenehjem and more than 50 other state and territorial attorneys general signed the letter sent to the committee Monday.
 
     The letter asks the committee to approve the Stop Advertising Victims Exploitation Act. The measure would add more oversight for websites that offer adult services.
 
     Stenehjem says that for every predator authorities “take down,” dozens more are hiding behind the anonymity of websites.
 
     The letter also addresses the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2013, which would promote a victim-centered approach to cases.
 
     Senators are also being encouraged to approve the Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking Act. The proposal would increase federal penalties and victim restitution.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – In a story Oct. 17 about the resignation of AARP North Dakota’s president, The Associated Press misspelled Rodger Wetzel’s name and erroneously reported that his phone number had been disconnected.
 
     A corrected version of the story is below:
 
     AARP North Dakota head quits after backing measure
 
     AARP North Dakota head quits after supporting measure defining life as starting at conception
 
     BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – AARP North Dakota says its president has resigned after publicly supporting a measure that would define life as starting at conception.
 
     AARP says in a statement that Rodger Wetzel “has become aligned with one side of the issue.”
 
     The proposed constitutional amendment would provide for the “inalienable right to life” at “any stage of development.”
 
     AARP says it’s a nonpartisan organization and has not taken a position on any of the eight ballot measures to be decided by North Dakota voters on Nov. 4.
 
     Wetzel issued a statement on ND Choose Life’s website. Wetzel says he quit AARP “to devote more time to advocating for the passage” of the measure.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is bringing federal Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro to North Dakota this week to get a firsthand look at the housing challenges in Indian Country and in the western oil patch.
 
     Heitkamp and Castro will take driving tours of Belcourt and Williston on Wednesday before meeting with community leaders in the two cities.
 
     Castro is considered a potential vice presidential nominee in 2016.

 

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol is taking its “Trooper on a Bus” program to the Dickinson area.
 
     The program involves putting troopers on school buses to observe traffic violations that occur around buses and to radio the information to officers in squad cars to make a traffic stop. The goal is to not only catch violators but also to raise awareness about safety.
 
     The program has been used throughout the state in recent years. Tuesday’s effort will focus on Dickinson and Stark County.
 
     Failing to stop for a school bus can result in a $100 fine for both the driver and the registered owner of the vehicle.

 

In sports..

The VCSU athletic department and the Viking basketball programs are hosting a Winter Kickoff Social on Thursday at noon in the VCSU Skoal Room. Enjoy a $5 lunch and listen to Viking basketball coaches Jill DeVries and Jeff Kaminsky preview the upcoming season.

The Vikings open the 2014–15 season at home this weekend. The VCSU men host Carroll College at 7 p.m. Friday and Oglala Lakota College at 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. The Viking women host Brandon University at 5 p.m. Saturday.

 

In world and national news..

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Doctors who survived Ebola in Nigeria are crediting heavy doses of fluids with saving their lives. The World Health Organization today declared Nigeria to be free of Ebola — a rare victory against the disease that is ravaging West Africa. In the end, Africa’s most populous country had just 20 Ebola cases, including eight deaths. Officials say the success is due to strong tracking and isolation of people exposed to the virus — along with aggressive rehydration of infected patients. 
 
     UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The United Nations says another of its staffers has died in the Ebola outbreak. A statement by UN Women Friday said a local driver for the organization’s office in Sierra Leone died over the weekend. It’s the third reported death of a U.N. worker from Ebola.
 
     KEENE, N.H. (AP) – Police in Keene, New Hampshire, are setting up a task force to investigate violent disturbances near the city’s annual pumpkin festival that led to property damage, dozens of arrests and many injuries over the weekend. Police trying to control the crowds donned riot gear and used tear gas. The parties around Keene State University coincided with the Keene Pumpkin Festival, at which the community tries to set a world record of the largest number of carved and lighted jack-o-lanterns in one place.

 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal meteorologists say Earth is on pace to tie or even break the mark for the hottest year on record. Global heat records have kept falling this year — with September the latest example. The average temperature around the world last month was 60.3 degrees Fahrenheit. That was the hottest September in 135 years of record-keeping.
 
     STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) – It’s the biggest submarine hunt in Sweden since the last days of the Cold War. Swedish naval ships, helicopters and ground troops are continuing for a fourth day Monday the search for signs of a foreign submarine or smaller underwater craft that officials think may have entered Swedish waters illegally. Moscow denies involvement — although Russian forces have been accused of a series of border violations on land, sea and air in recent months.