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…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY EVENING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY…
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING…
INCLUDES THE JAMESTOWN AND VALLEY CITY AREAS…
Forecast…
TONIGHT…Snow. Snow accumulation of 3 to 4 inches. Lows 10 to
15. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY…Snow in the afternoon. Snow accumulation of 1 to
2 inches. Highs in the upper 20s. East winds 5 to 15 mph.
Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Cloudy with snow in the evening, then partly
cloudy with chance of snow after midnight. Areas of blowing and
drifting snow through the night. Windy. Snow may be heavy at
times in the evening. Snow accumulation around 4 inches. Storm
total 8 to 10 inches in the Jamestown area, 7-14 inches in the Valley City area. Lows zero to 5 above. Northeast winds 15 to
25 mph shifting to the north 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Patchy blowing and drifting snow. Highs
15 to 20. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows zero to 5 above. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow.
Lows around 10.
.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the
morning. Highs in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.
Lows around 10.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow
after midnight. Lows around 15.
.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of snow in the
morning. Highs around 30.
In addition areas of blowing and drifting snow Friday afternoon and Friday night dangerous wind chills to around 25 below zero later Friday night.
Update…
Jamestown (CSi) Due to the weather forecast for Friday into Saturday morning, the following changes to the Rabbit Run and Bunny Hop on Saturday, March 31st:
Lynne Talley says, for those who don’t mind the weather and want to be outdoors, both the Rabbit Run and Bunny Hop will take place as planned. They will start from the Harold Newman Arena parking lot on the UJ campus, at 9 a.m. sharp.
Anyone who would rather be indoors, they are offering the option of walking in the gym at the Larson Center (the former YMCA). This will be walking only and will not be timed. The inflatables and games for the kids will be set up in the center of the gym. This will allow everyone to participate in one way or another, despite the unpredictable North Dakota weather.
So bundle up for the outdoors if you want, or just come and join the fun at the Larson Center.
Registration is still available at www.SafeShelterJamestown.org or by texting MPRUN to 41444.
Mary’s Place will provide short term housing for victims of domestic violence and their children until they can obtain safe and affordable housing of their own. Mary’s Place is expected to open in June this year. The facility will contain three apartments, of various sizes to accommodate individuals or families.
Registration cost – $25 for adults and includes a t-shirt
$5 for kids under 12, does not include a t-shirt.
To Register – go to www.SafeshelterJamestown.org and click on the Easter egg, or text MPRUN to 41444. You can also call our office – 251-2300 – between 9 and 5 Monday through Friday and we’ll get a registration form to you.
Sponsors for the Rabbit Run and Bunny Hop:
Bank Forward
Edgewood Senior Living
Jamestown Inflatables
Kari and Leo Ness
KQDJ Q101 FM
KQDJ Big Dog 95.5
KSJB Mix 93.3
Lifetime Vision Source
Newman Signs
Sanford Health
Scherbenske, Inc.
The Jamestown Sun
The University of Jamestown
Valley City (CSi) Valley City officials remind residents that public works and the City Hall office will close on Good Friday at noon.
The Transfer Station closes Friday at 11:30-a.m. and closed all day Saturday, March 31st.
Garbage collection on Friday will be picked up Friday before noon.
Please place garbage out by 7-a.m.
Valley City (CSi) Barnes County Commissioners have announced that April 2-6 is County Government Week County employees have set a number of activities with Tuesday, April 3, the main focus for most public events.
Many of the offices will set up displays throughout the courthouse during the week-long observance. Visitors will find information ranging from weed control and gardening to property taxes and assessments, Medicaid, SNAP vouchers (food stamps), voting requirements, marriage licenses, passports, and veteran services.
City-County Health District (CCHD) will be observing National Public Health Week, offering free blood pressure testing at their office (415 2nd Ave. NE) throughout the week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants should be prepared to sit for about five minutes prior to being tested.
Through the Substance Use Prevention program, a “take back” event is planned April 2-7, where residents are encouraged to bring in their expired or unused prescription drugs (excluding liquids and syringes/needles) to any Valley City pharmacy, the Valley City Police Department or the Sheriff’s Department. Expired over-the-counter medications can also be dropped off.
Barnes County North will also host a Take Back site for those in the county who cannot get to Valley City to drop off their prescriptions. The event at BCN will be held April 6, 7:30-9:30 a.m. and 2:30-4:30 p.m. A sheriff deputy will be present.
Tuesday activities begin with free walking tacos served by county employees and commissioners from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the rotunda, with free ice cream floats offered from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on second floor.
The public is also invited to register for two $25 drawings for Chamber Bucks on Tuesday. And City-County Health will conduct a drawing for a free total lipid profile (total cholesterol, HDL/LDL, triglycerides and blood sugar) on Friday. Visitors may sign up for the lipid profile at the CCHD office.
Mock Trials, a student activity arranged by Carl Martineck, Barnes County States Attorney, haven’t been finalized at this time. If offered, this would allow selected area students to participate in the judicial process.
In conjunction with County Government Week, Barnes County Social Services is holding a Diaper, Wipe and Pull-Up donation drive at the courthouse. Donations may be dropped off in Room 102 throughout the month of April. Monetary donations are also accepted. For more information contact Dana at 701-845-8521. Donations will be distributed to families in need in Barnes County.
During past observances, Social Services brought the North Dakota Heart Gallery to the courthouse. This is a non-profit organization that was started in 2008 with a mission to reach out to the public and encourage the adoption of ND children waiting for forever homes. However, due to scheduling issues, the gallery will be displayed at the courthouse April 23-27.
BOWMAN, N.D. (AP) — The school superintendent in Bowman has been placed on paid administrative leave after being charged with drug crimes.
Court documents show David Mahon faces misdemeanor charges of drug possession and felony charges of endangering a child for allegedly allowing two teens to smoke marijuana in his home. The felony charges each carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
KFYR-TV reports that the school board voted Wednesday to place Mahon on leave indefinitely.
Court documents do not list an attorney for Mahon, and a home telephone listing could not be found.
FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — The sister of a man shot dead after a confrontation with federal officers on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation last fall has identified the victim.
Lacey Gipp tells The Bismarck Tribune that 35-year-old George “Ryan” Gipp Jr. was the man killed by Bureau of Indian Affairs officers on Oct. 23 near Fort Yates, on the North Dakota side of the reservation that straddles the Dakotas border.
The FBI has said BIA officers responded to a call of shots fired at a gas station. After a short vehicle chase, BIA officers tried to take the suspect into custody, and he was shot and killed.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nebraska is investigating the shooting. Lacey Gipp says her brother was unarmed. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Russell declined to comment. The BIA didn’t immediately comment.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota farmers are expected to plant 7.1 million acres of soybeans this year, matching last year’s record. Meanwhile, they’re expected to plant 11 percent fewer acres of corn, at about 3.1 million. That mirrors the national trend. The federal Agriculture Department says in its annual prospective plantings report that U.S. farmers will seed more soybeans than corn for the first time in 35 years. The primary reason is profitability.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Ground has been broken for the first three phases of a long-term flood protection project for the Souris River Valley.
Flooding in 2011 caused an estimated $1 billion in damage in the region and prompted the evacuation of more than 11,000 people in Minot.
Officials on Wednesday held a ground-breaking ceremony for the flood project’s first three phases. The Minot Daily News reports Mayor Chuck Barney called it the “most exciting day” he’s had in office. The work is scheduled to be done in 2020.
The basin-wide flood protection project could cost about $1 billion by the time it’s complete. Legislation in Congress includes funding for a federal study that’s key to building the fourth stage.
The state has committed $178 million to the project, and could provide another $130 million.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot is moving to terminate the city’s lease with a shipping facility operator due to unpaid rent and property taxes.
The Minot Daily News reports the city council voted Tuesday to give North Dakota Port Services a 30-day notice of intent to terminate its lease agreement. Minot is claiming the operator breached its lease by failing to pay $233,000 in rent and unpaid taxes. It has until April 30 to take corrective action.
North Dakota Port Services has leased property from the city since 2009. But the city claims it did received payments in 2016, 2017 or in the first three months of 2018.
A message left for NDPS CEO Greg Johnson Thursday seeking comment was not immediately returned.
In world and national news…
NEW YORK (AP) — A porn star who said she had an affair with President Donald Trump and is suing so she can discuss the alleged relationship can’t have a jury trial or question the president under oath because the request is premature, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Thursday.
Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, had been seeking to invalidate the non-disclosure agreement she signed days before the 2016 presidential election and offered to return the $130,000 she was paid to “set the record straight.”
Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, on Wednesday asked for a jury trial and sought sworn testimony from Trump and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, about the payment that was made to Daniels as part of the nondisclosure agreement.
Trump’s attorneys filed documents in federal court in Los Angeles earlier this month seeking to compel private arbitration in the case and argued that Daniels could owe about $20 million for violating the agreement.
Daniels argues the agreement is legally invalid because it was only signed by Daniels and Cohen, but was not signed by Trump.
She’s said she had sex with Trump once in 2006 and their relationship and continued for about a year. Trump married his current wife, Melania Trump, in 2005, and their son, Barron, was born in 2006.
The White House has said Trump denies having an affair.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who’s known for his brash comments, called the federal judge who allowed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump an “imbecile.” Four times, no less.
LePage hurled the insult Wednesday after learning that U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte in Maryland allowed the lawsuit accusing Trump, a Republican, of receiving unconstitutional gain to move forward.
Maryland and the District of Columbia accused the president of violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution. The provision bans the president from accepting gifts from foreign governments as well as U.S. states.
The judge limited the lawsuit to the president’s involvement with the Trump International Hotel in Washington.
The judge cited the Maine governor’s stay at the Trump hotel as an example of how government officials could feel obliged or coerced to stay there “in order to help them obtain federal favors.”
LePage’s office adamantly rejected any suggestion of a quid pro quo. “The governor chooses hotels based upon several factors including price, availability and security,” press secretary Julie Rabinowitz said.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump took another shot at Amazon.com Thursday, tweeting that the online retailer pays “little or no taxes” and that it uses the U.S. Postal Service as a “Delivery Boy.”
Trump’s frustrations with Amazon are no surprise. He has accused the company of not paying enough taxes before, and in December tweeted that the U.S. Postal Service should charge Amazon more for delivering packages. His latest missive comes a day after Axios reported that Trump has wondered aloud if there was a way to “go after” Amazon with antitrust or competition law.
“I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election,” Trump tweeted Thursday. “Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!”
Seattle-based Amazon has fought for years against collecting sales tax, but now collects taxes in states have a sales tax. And while the Postal Service has lost money for years, online shopping has led to growth in its package-delivery business. The post office also reached a deal with Amazon in 2014 to deliver packages on Sundays.
Amazon.com Inc. did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service declined to comment.
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