CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Partly sunny.  Highs in the mid 20s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15. Southeast winds around 5 mph.

.FRIDAY…Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the afternoon.

Highs in the upper 20s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the

evening in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Lows around 20. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain, freezing

rain and snow in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. South winds

5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest 10 to 15 mph in the

afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light

freezing rain possibly mixed with snow in the evening. Lows in

the lower 20s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 30.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 15.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 30.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 10.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 20.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.

 

A wintry mix in the forecast Saturday through Saturday night.

Brisk northwest winds 15 to 25 mph will develop behind the clipper

cold front Saturday.

Highs Saturday will reach the lower to mid 30s

Expect dry weather with a moderating trend, as highs will reach into the 30s and 40s Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Wednesday evening at City Hall.  Monday’s meeting was postponed due to the snow storm.    Council Member Gumke was not present at Wednesday’s meeting.

 

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED SEPARATELY:

 

Item B: A Resolution to approve the sale of Lot 5, Block 4, I-94 Business Park Addition to Buffalo City Diesel in the amount of $68,389.20, was approved, with additional language of complying with the business incentive law.

 

Item D. Resolution to approve entering into an agreement with Jamestown Community Correction Program was tabled.

 

Item F. Resolution to approve the request from Jonny B’s to be allowed to install an electrical outlet in the public parking lot in the 200 Block of 2nd Ave SE and development of an agreement to be drafted by the City Attorney’s Office.  The item was approved with the amended language.

Item H. Resolution to set the rate for security fees for police officers at $35.00 per hour with $32.00 per hour being paid to the officer and the remaining $3.00 to cover City payroll expenses.

The Resolution was approved.

 

REGULAR AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS:

A PUBLIC HEARING was held, concerning 2018 Safe Routes to School Sidewalk District #18-21.

Following the Public Hearing, the protests have been found to be  insufficient to bar proceeding with 2018 Safe Routes to School Sidewalk District

 

Then the  Resolution to authorize the City Engineer to develop detailed plans, specifications and estimates for 2018 Safe Routes to School Sidewalk District was approved.

 

A PUBLIC HEARING was held,  concerning the special assessments on the 2017 Sidewalk, Curb & Gutter District #17-11.   No one appeared for the hearing.

 

The City Council  approved the special assessments on 2017 Sidewalk, Curb & Gutter District #17-11, in the total amount of $19,181.86, with the City Share-Departments at $13,362.77, and benefited properties to be assessed in the amount of $5,819.59.

 

Approved entering into an engineering services agreement with Interstate Engineering, Inc., for the River Cleaning Project. Travis Dillman said the basic fee is $27,000.

The project cost is $300,000 with the city’s share at $150,000.  The balance of the funding is from the State Division of Emergency Services, and state funds.  He said more funding is needed in the future.

He said the start is planned for this summer.

 

ORDINANCES:

A PUBLIC HEARING was held,  concerning an ordinance to amend and re-enact Ordinance No. 329 of the City Code by amending the District Map to change the zoning of All Except the S90’ of Lot 1 Replat & Except Parcel A, Block 1, Residence Park 2nd Addition, from R-1 (One Family Residential District) to R-2 (One to Six Families Residential District).  Located on First Avenue, North. No one spoke at the hearing.

Council member Buchanan had concerns about R-2 zoning when other zoning adjacent is R-1.

He asked the Ordinance be either denied, or tabled.

The former Bethel Four Acres Nursing home has been vacant and number of years, and is proposed to be used for workforce boarding housing for Browning Honey employees in Jamestown.  No major renovations are planned for the building.

Council Members voted 3-1  to  approve with Council Member Buchanan voting in opposition.

 

A SECOND READING  of the  Ordinance was held, and approved. Council Members voted 3-1  to  approve with Council Member Buchanan voting in opposition.

 

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:

Frontier Village Board President Nellie Degen asked the City Council reconsider the public access to Frontier Village and keep the gates to the village closed, during the off season.

Jamestown City Attorney Leo Ryan has issued a memo regarding legal documents concerning the access road through Frontier Village, and it remaining un-gated at all times.

According to Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen  legal documentation  outlines the land lease agreement the city has with Frontier Village.

A February 14, 2018  letter from the city attorneys to the National Buffalo Museum stated that the 2003 platt lease from the city to Frontier Village, designates Louis L’Amour Lane… and a maintenance road… as public right of way.

The Frontier Village board voted recently to ask the city to be allowed to close the gates to the village during the off season for security reasons, and insurance liability issues.

Mayor Andersen said the topic will be further addressed at the March 22nd Public Works Committee meeting.

On another topic, JRVLS Director Joe Rector has issues with former library employees becoming board members, as a conflict of interest, and perceived lack of objectivity.

 

APPOINTMENTS:

Board member appointments were discussed.

Appointed Darlene Jung to serve as a member of the James River Library Board for a three year term to expire March 2021.

Appointed Charlotte Freeburg, to serve as the joint City/County member of the James River Library Board for a three year term to expire March 2021.

Appointed  LeRoy Gross to serve as the City employee representative and Dan Buchanan as the City Council representative on the Pension Committee for one year terms to expire March 2019.

 

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:

Council Member Buchanan said defective or inappropriate recycling carts have been distributed in town.  Mayor Andersen said the shape in cold weather may be the reason.

Buchanan said the distribution may better be delayed.

He suggested the recycler keep the community better informed.

As reported at CSiNewsNow.com residential recycling pick up will start the week of April 2nd this year.

 

OTHER BUSINESS:

Approved plans and specifications and authorize the advertisement for bids for the retaining wall at the Frontier Village.

 

Approved  recognizing Ear For Mylee as an other public spirited organization and authorize the issuance of a raffle permit.

 

Approval of the requests for street closings and/or permits to allow alcoholic beverages in fenced areas for the St. Patrick’s Day Run, on March 17, 2018, for the following: All Vets Club; Buffalo Lanes, Inc.; Corner Bar; Cork and Barrel, Inc.(Elk’s location); Middles LLC d/b/a Fred’s Den; Frontier Fort Bar & Grill; Jonny B’s Brickhouse; Knights of Columbus; Office Bar & Lounge; Shady’s; and Wonder Bar Sports Bar.  Growler beverage may be taken off premises if properly sealed.

 

The Council approved the request from Cory Kunerth d/b/a XLT Taxi for a taxi license, contingent on his passing a background check. The taxi service will …not…receive a subsidy to operate.

 

They approved the First Amendment to Services Agreement for the Red River Corridor Fund.

Mayor Andersen said the fund is a consortium of entities to provide collateral for business loans.

 

Approved a Resolution authorizing City Administrator Sarah Helleckson to execute  and file an application on behalf of the city, with the State Health Department for a construction loan and furnish information and accept a loan offer and receive payment of loan funds.

 

Approved a Supplemental Resolution for Definitive Improvement Warrant Series, for a Street Improvement District.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67 followed by replays.

 

 

Jamestown   (CSi)  The 62nd Southeast Central Regional Science & Engineering Fair will be hosted in Jamestown by the Gladstone Inn & Suites on Friday March 9th.  Projects will be on display in the meeting room.

Students at the fair will be from: Ashley, Ellendale, Kidder County Steele, Kidder County Tappen and Litchville-Marion.

The awards ceremony will be at 4 – p.m.

The top 16 projects in the junior and senior high divisions will advance to the North Dakota State Science & Engineering Fair in Grand Forks April 5-6.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Fargo Veterans Administration office is planning a Town Hall Meeting, and Claims Clinic for Thursday March 15th, at the Fargo VA’s Medical Center, at 201 Elm Street North, 3rd floor auditorium.

The Claims Clinic will be from 4:30-p.m., to 5:30-p.m., with the Town Hall from 5:30-p.m., to 6:30-p.m.

At the Claims Clinic, VA health care and benefit professionals will be on hand to answer questions.

Veterans can submit claims for compensation benefits and vocational rehabilitation and employment benefits.  Secure electronic access to veteran benefit records will be available, an participants can aske questions on compensation claims and available benefits.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Stutsman County Veteran’s Service Officer, David Bratton said, the Town Hall is free and open to both veterans and the public.

The purpose of the Town Hall is to share information, hear feedback, and answer questions about VA Health Care and benefits.

All veterans and their family members, and any organization or individual who works with or on behalf of veterans is encouraged to attend the Town Hall.

A reminder, David Bratton can be contacted at his LEC basement office Monday-Friday 8-a.m., to noon and 1-p.m., and 5-p.m. Call 701-252-9043.

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Schools will dismiss at 1 pm on Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 for Professional Development workshops.

 

Jamestown Public School announces that there will be no school on Good Friday, March 30, 2018.

 

Jamestown Public Schools WILL have school on April 2, 2018 regular school hours.  This is the make-up day from March 5th storm.

 

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Court documents say a woman driving a car that spun out of control on Interstate 94 near Moorhead earlier this week held a gun to the head of a state trooper who stopped to help her.

The details are part of a criminal complaint against the passenger in the car, 29-year-old Domonique Crayton. The complaint says the vehicle was stolen from Wisconsin. While Trooper Mark Peterson attempted to handcuff Crayton on Monday, the woman pulled out a 9 mm handgun, held it to the trooper’s head and tried to pull the trigger. KFGO-AM reports the gun did not fire.

The trooper then shot the woman in the right arm, and she ran into a field.

The woman, who has not been charged, remains in a Fargo, North Dakota hospital. Peterson is on standard administrative leave.

 

REYNOLDS, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a Fargo man killed when his pickup collided with a state Transportation Department snowplow in northeastern North Dakota.

The Highway Patrol identifies the victim of Tuesday’s crash as 35-year-old Steven Newark Jr.

Authorities say Newark was driving north on Interstate 29 near Reynolds when he collided with the plow.

KFGO-AM reports the patrol says a state trooper and the plow truck were stopped partially in the left lane with their emergency lights on, checking on a crash, when the accident happened.

Minot police say a teenager was shot multiple times at an apartment complex, but is expected to survive his wounds.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot police say a teenager was shot multiple times at an apartment complex, but is expected to survive his wounds.

Authorities say the 18-year-old man was shot Wednesday night at an apartment building on the city’s northwest side. KFGO reports the victim fled to another location where someone called 911. He was taken to Trinity Hospital in Minot.

The shooter remains at large.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot woman has been sentenced to three years of probation and restitution for stealing nearly $3,000 worth of items from the Kmart store in the city while working there.

Authorities say 21-year-old Kaleiah Murchison operated several schemes including fraudulent gift cards to steal items ranging from a TV to diapers over a three-month span in 2016.

The Minot Daily News reports that Murchison pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge Wednesday.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The American Indian tribe leading the fight against the Dakota Access oil pipeline says federal officials are being uncooperative as they complete more court-ordered environmental study of the project.

The Standing Rock Sioux wants a federal judge to order that the tribe be allowed “a meaningful role” in the process. The Cheyenne River Sioux last month made a similar request.

Judge James Boasberg last summer ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to further study the pipeline’s impact on tribal interests.

The tribes say they’re being left out of the process. Corps attorneys in their most recent status report filed with the court say they’ve had difficulties getting needed information from the tribes.

If Boasberg grants the tribal requests, it could delay the Corps’ anticipated April 2 completion of the work.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler is accepting applications for her Student Cabinet.

Cabinet members offer advice to Baesler on how to improve North Dakota’s education system. She started the group in 2015. It currently has 20 members from 16 communities.

Applications are open to public and private school students in grades 4-12. Students serve 18-month terms.

The deadline to apply is April 6.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A new emergency shelter in Bismarck opened just in time to keep about 30 people warm in this week’s storm.

The Missouri Slope Areawide United Way opened the shelter a few hours early in part of the Sunrise Apartments building in downtown Bismarck because of the storm.

Executive director Jena Gullo tells The Bismarck Tribune the United Way was happy to meet their needs on one of the snowiest nights. The shelter can house a maximum of 68 people. Women and children are housed in four rooms in a secure wing of the building. There are ten apartments for men.

Clients can stay for free up to 30 days as long as they’re working on goals leading to self-sufficiency.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer says he accompanied his ailing son from Bismarck to a Minnesota hospital.

Cramer says in a Facebook post that his 35-year-old son, Isaac Cramer, was transferred on Tuesday to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he was being evaluated by a “transplant team.”

Cramer told The Associated Press earlier that his son is suffering from “failing liver and kidneys” and was taken to Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck on Feb. 23.

Cramer says he stayed in Bismarck last week to remain with his son. The congressman says that while his son is improving, he “is not out of the woods.”

Cramer recently launched his campaign for U.S. Senate, where he is hoping to unseat Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.

 

 

In sports…

Sioux City, IA  (uj.edu)  The UJ Jimmies Women’s basketball team on Wednesday made their seventh straight and 11th overall appearance at the NAIA National Championship, taking on Cardinal Stritch of Wisconsin  heading to the national tournament for the 17th straight season and 22nd time overall, a member of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

On Wednesday in Sioux City, Iowa, the Jimmies defeated Cardinal Stritch 65-51.  The win a record 30th for a season for UJ Women’s Basketball.

The Jimmies play Indiana Institute of Technology, at 8:30-a.m. Friday in “Sweet 16,” play for the sixth time in seven years.   Indiana Tech defeated 23rd-ranked Bryan (Tenn.) 76-60 in the tournament’s opening game Wednesday morning.

 

NBA

— Brook Lopez scored 27 points and hit two free throws with 0.6 seconds to play, and the Los Angeles Lakers blew a nine-point lead in the final 90 seconds before rallying back to beat the Orlando Magic 108-107. The game ended with a curious officiating decision. When the Magic inbounded the ball at midcourt after Lopez’s free throws, the clock apparently started before anyone had touched the ball. But after video review, the referees ruled the teams must have a jump ball at center court.

— LeBron James scored 39 points, including nine down the stretch, and dished out 10 assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 113-108 after squandering a 16-point lead Wednesday night. James made one off-balanced shot after another in the waning minutes to turn back the Nuggets, who didn’t take their first lead of the game until 8:35 remaining on a driving layup by Mason Plumlee.

— James Harden scored 26 points, Eric Gordon had 18 points and two momentum-swinging 3s in the third quarter, and the Houston Rockets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 110-99 for their 17th straight win. The Rockets passed the Boston Celtics for the longest winning streak in the NBA this season.

— Fred VanVleet’s jumper from the left corner with 1.1 seconds remaining in overtime lifted the Toronto Raptors to a 121-119 victory over the Detroit Pistons. DeMar DeRozan scored 42 points for the Raptors, who became the first NBA team to clinch a playoff berth this season.

— Anthony Davis scored 17 points before rolling his left ankle and leaving in the third quarter, and the New Orleans Pelicans matched a franchise record with their 10th consecutive win, beating the Sacramento Kings 114-101 on Wednesday. Davis went down after battling Sacramento’s Kosta Koufos for a rebound. The five-time All-Star winced and grabbed at his ankle before slowly getting to his feet. Davis remained in the game briefly before leaving.

Lauri Markkanen scored 22 points, Zach LaVine and Kris Dunn added 21 apiece, and the Chicago Bulls hung on to hand the Memphis Grizzlies their 15th straight loss, 119-110. The Bulls saw a 21-point lead whittle to one but came away with their fourth win in 18 games.

— Rudy Gobert had 23 points and 14 rebounds, Donovan Mitchell finished with 20 points and six assists, and the Utah Jazz snapped the Indiana Pacers’ four-game winning streak with a 104-84 victory. The Jazz improved to 15-2 over their last 17 games. Ricky Rubio finished with 18 points and seven assists for Utah, and reserve Jae Crowder added 16 points. Joe Ingles had 11 points and 10 assists.

 

NHL..

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Sam Bennett and Mark Jankowski scored three minutes apart in the first period and the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game skid with a 5-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

 

— Derek Stepan scored with 58 seconds left in the third period, leading the Arizona Coyotes to a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.

— Conor Sheary scored two goals, Sidney Crosby had three assists and the Pittsburgh Penguins moved into first place in the Metropolitan Division with a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

 

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-T25

NEW YORK (AP) — Theo Pinson had 16 points, 11 rebounds and six assists and Kenny Williams scored 17 points as No. 12 North Carolina beat Syracuse 78-59 on Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

The sixth-seeded Tar Heels (23-9) face third-seeded Miami on Thursday night in the quarterfinals at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

 

MLB-NEWS

UNDATED (AP) — The Seattle Mariners are bringing back Ichiro Suzuki.

Seattle finalized a one-year deal with 44-year-old Japanese star on Wednesday after several outfielders got hurt. Suzuki underwent a physical in Seattle on Monday.

Suzuki spent the first 11 major league season with the Mariners, earning 2001 AL Rookie of the Year and MVP, winning a pair of batting titles and becoming a 10-time All-Star. He was traded to the New York Yankees midway through 2012, played parts of three seasons with the Yankees, then spent three seasons with Miami.

 

— Tim Lincecum (LIHN’-sih-kuhm) has passed the physical he needed to finalize his $1 million, one-year contract with the Texas Rangers.

 

 

NFL-NEWS

UNDATED (AP) — The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles have acquired three-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Bennett from the Seattle Seahawks, according to three people familiar with the trade. They tell the Associated Press that Seattle will get wide receiver Marcus Johnson and a fifth-round pick, while Philadelphia also receives a seventh-round pick. The deal won’t be officially announced until the NFL’s league year opens next Wednesday

 

RACING-NASCAR-HARVICK PENALTY

 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kevin Harvick has been stripped of the playoff points he earned for winning at Las Vegas because of violations discovered on his Ford.

NASCAR ruled Wednesday that Harvick’s No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team violated the rule requiring rear window support braces holding the rear window glass rigid, as well as a rule requiring the right side rocker panel extension to be aluminum.

The penalty is the loss of the seven playoff points Harvick earned for winning Sunday’s race and both stages. It was Harvick’s second consecutive win of the season.

Harvick also was docked 20 points. Harvick now has six playoff points instead of the 13 he had earned through three races.

Crew chief Rodney Childers was fined $50,000, and car chief Robert Smith was suspended two races.

Images of Harvick’s popped up on social media with fans wondering if the car was legal because the window appeared altered. Childers has maintained a brace failed.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers, business groups and U.S. trading partners are bracing for the details of President Donald Trump’s plan to slap tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.

Trump is expected to announce the tariffs by week’s end. Trump’s trade and manufacturing adviser, Peter Navarro, says the proclamation the president intends to sign will include a clause that would not impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico immediately.

More than 100 Republican House members are urging Trump to reconsider the tariffs, warning of unintended negative consequences to American workers and the national economy.

In addition to lawmakers, business leaders are sounding the alarm about the potential economic fallout, with the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce raising the specter of a global trade war.

 

 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — All eyes now turn to Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has declined to say if he will sign a school safety bill with new restrictions on rifle sales and a program to arm some teachers.

The state House narrowly passed it Wednesday after a narrow Senate vote on Monday.

The 67-50 House vote reflected a mix of Republicans and Democrats in support and opposition. The measure, a response to the shootings at a Parkland high school that left 17 dead, is supported by the victims’ families.

Scott has repeatedly said he doesn’t support arming teachers and had pushed lawmakers adopt his own proposal, which called for at least one law enforcement officer in every school and one for every thousand students who attend a school.

 

 

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says there are “potentially positive symbols” coming from North Korea but that “we’re a long ways from negotiations.”

Tillerson says South Korea is keeping the U.S. informed about its discussions with North Korea. He says the U.S. is providing South Korea with input also.

He says the U.S. must be “very clear-eyed” and realistic. He says the first step is talks, not negotiations. Tillerson says there should be “talks about talks.”

He says he doesn’t yet know if the conditions are right for negotiations over the North’s nuclear program.

Tillerson spoke in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during a joint news conference with the Ethiopian foreign minister.