Subscribe by RSS
CSi Weather…
.REST OF TODAY…Partly sunny. Highs around 60. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 40s. South
winds around 5 mph shifting to the west after midnight.
.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
Temperatures warm a bit for Saturday.
Quiet weather then starts the work week with a gradual warming
trend.
Towards mid-week occasional low precipitation chances to the area.
Valley City (CSi) – Barnes County Emergency Manager Sue Lloyd, says he Burn Ban for Barnes County has been lifted.
Recent rain showers have greened up the area vegetation.
Valley City (CSi) Southeast Judicial District Judge Jay Schmitz, Thursday, May 10th, denied a motion requested by Robert Drake for the court to issue a Temporary Restraining Order against the city of Valley City.
The restraining order would have stopped the bidding process on the Streetscape project until put to a vote of Valley City residents.
Judge Schmitz said in his ruling:
“I find as a matter of fact and conclude as a matter of law that the court cannot enjoin the NDDOT from conducting the bid opening because the NDDOT has not been named as a party or served with any notice of this proceeding. Therefore, the court lacks jurisdiction to grant the requested relief.”
Jamestown (CSi) A Jamestown resident was awarded the Freedom Resource Center for Independent Living, Volunteer of the Year Award, at the May 9th Seventh Annual, Appreciation Luncheon, in Fargo.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 Beth Dewald from the Jamestown office said that Jamestown’s Mary Smith received the recognition as Volunteer of the Year.
Beth said, at the luncheon, their amazing volunteers were honored, people who stand up for disability rights, and employers who are supporters of employing people with disabilities.
Mary is also President of the Jamestown Mayor’s Committee on People with Disabilities, that meets monthly with community members, including business owners, concerning disability access, and hiring individuals with disabilities.
She said her volunteer efforts stem from being a part of the Jamestown Community, and calls attention to the physical aspects of buildings and businesses as she is gets around in a wheelchair, with additional assistance by individuals.
Beth said that Freedom Resource Center for Independent Living in Jamestown, among other services, addresses accessibility issues, with businesses and industries and partners with agencies concerning employment opportunities and with individuals referring them to agencies to help them stay in their homes, along with such topics as finding a place to live, learning how to manage money, looking at job or educational possibilities, and dealing with discrimination and bureaucracy.
She added that they serve a wide area, in Southeast North Dakota, and West Central Minnesota.
The Jamestown phone number is 701-252-4693, toll free, 1-800-450-0459.
On line: www.freedomrc.org
While receiving state and federal funding, the organization also depends on donations from the community.
Jamestown (CSi) The U.S. Postal Service informs Jamestown residents, that the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be held in Jamestown Saturday, May 12.
Those wishing to donate may place a bag of non-perishable food items next to their mailbox that day.
The items will then be picked up by local mail carriers.
The event will help support the local community.
The Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive is the country’s largest single-day food drive. It is held annually on the second Saturday in May in 10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam.
Valley City (VCBC Development Corporation) Local entrepreneurs Keith Hovland and Jerry Piper, founders of the service company Product Acquisition and Integration Services, LLC, (PAIS), recently purchased the assets and intellectual property of the Huber Manufacturing Company and are in the early stages of resuming production of the Huber 850-E Maintainer in Valley City. The operation will be doing business as “Huber Maintainer” and will be located at 1029 Four Bottle Drive occupying the west half of what was the Vansco Building.
The original “Huber Manufacturing Company” was founded in 1863 by Edward Huber and Lewis Gunn in Marion, Ohio to manufacture farm implements then quickly moved into the growing steam tractor manufacturing industry. While many steam tractor manufacturers focused on agriculture applications the Huber Company directed their innovation efforts toward the growing road construction industry developing the first gasoline and diesel engine traction machines including rollers, packers, and eventually road graders.
Huber machines have been marketed worldwide over the years, with ownership of the brand changing hands several times. In 1955 Huber merged with the W.A. Riddell Company and became known as the more familiar Huber-Warco brand with a broad array of products including a full range of motor graders, maintainers, packers of all types, seal coating machines, and even hydraulic rough terrain cranes. Visit the Huber museum web site at www.hubermuseum.com to learn more Huber history.
Huber today will focus on the Maintainer product for distribution in North America. The new Model E Maintainer will feature a complete drive train overhaul including state of the art Cummins engine power, all new hydrostatic drive and axle components, and many changes to assure continued reliability and precision blade control.
The Huber 850-E Maintainer will be marketed through a small group of equipment dealers who are uniquely qualified to distribute asphalt related equipment to road construction companies, counties, townships, and cities.
Keith and Jerry invite you to visit the Huber website at www.hubermaintainer.com and the PAIS website at www.paisservices.com to learn more about their manufacturing initiatives and would like to thank the Valley City Barnes County Development Corporation, Dacotah Bank, and many others for their local support and encouragement in this project.
“The Valley City Barns County Development Corporation is excited to extend our support to PAIS and Huber Maintainer and wish them success in their new venture” said JoAnn Hooper, President of the Development Corporation. “It’s good to help local entrepreneurs.”
PAIS and Huber Maintainer is located in the Northwest Industrial Park near Valley City. They occupy the west 9,000 sq.ft. of the building owned by the Development Corporation (previously occupied by Vansco). Jennifer Feist said, “Our role was to provide leasehold improvements to the building and lease the property at a substantially discounted rate so they could focus on their business. She added, John Stearns, Java Chew, is located in the east half of the building.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (NDDOT) – In an effort to save lives, law enforcement agencies across the state worked 516 overtime hours in April for North Dakota’s distracted driving enforcement campaign, U Drive. U Text. U Pay.
A total of 448 citations were attributed to the added patrols. Of the total citations, 214 were issued for distracted driving, 80 for other traffic citations (i.e. disobeying traffic signals, equipment violations), 31 citations for speeding, 27 citations for not wearing a seat belt, 26 citations for being an uninsured motorist, 22 citations for suspended/revoked license, seven warrants served and six drug-related arrests.
Funding for additional traffic safety enforcement is provided by federal grant money distributed through the NDDOT. High-visibility enforcement for traffic safety is one element of a collaborative effort to eliminate motor vehicle deaths in North Dakota.
The state’s new traffic safety initiative called “Vision Zero” has a primary goal to continually work toward zero motor vehicle fatalities and serious injuries on North Dakota roads. Learn more about traffic safety initiatives at VisionZero.ND.gov or join the conversation on the Vision Zero ND Facebook or Twitter page.
NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota woman charged as an accomplice in the slaying of a Minnesota woman three years ago has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.
WDAY-TV reports that 38-year-old Crystal Herman, of Bismarck, pleaded guilty in January in the 2015 death of 36-year-old Amanda Engst, who was originally from Breckenridge, Minnesota. She was sentenced Thursday.
Herman admitted to helping kidnap Engst on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in northeastern North Dakota and steal her car. Investigators believe Engst was beaten with a shovel, wrapped in a tarp and dumped in the Sheyenne River tied to a cinder block while still alive.
Herman was charged after being arrested with her husband for a string of robberies in Minnesota and North Dakota. No one else has been charged in Engst’s death.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot business extensively damaged by fire last year has lost a battle with the city over zoning issues.
The Minot Daily News reports Judge Douglas Mattson on Tuesday granted the city’s motion to dismiss the case. Earth Recycling was contesting the city’s cease and desist letter.
The recycling business had been operating on Minot’s western edge since 2008. A fire destroyed much of the business, including a building, on May 18, 2017. Because the damage exceeded 60 percent of the property, the city notified Earth Recycling that it was required to meet the current zoning ordinance that does not allow a business such as the one being conducted prior to the fire.
Earth Recycling countered that it was “grandfathered” and did not need to comply with new zoning requirements.
HUNTER, N.D. (AP) — Residents of Hunter are making plans to rebuild the community-owed bar destroyed by fire in late April.
City Councilman Dustin Moen tells KFGO radio that insurance should cover the cost of rebuilding the C&I Bar on Main Street, but replacing the inventory will cost more. The town’s Commerce and Improvement Association is organizing building and fundraising committees.
Fire Chief Paul Teegarden says the state fire marshal is still investigating the cause of the fire, and whether foul play was involved. There were several business break-ins the same night as the fire in neighboring Hope and Page, and the C&I Bar had been burglarized in February.
Moen says the bar opened in 1945 and is a local landmark. It also serves as a community center.
In sports…
Kansas City (uj.edu) – The University of Jamestown reports, that the NAIA has officially announced the 45-team field and pairings for the 2018 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round. The 10th annual event takes place May 14 – 17 at nine host sites. Each of the nine locations features a five-team, double-elimination tournament.
(Schedule | Bracket Reveal Show)
The Jimmie baseball team earned the fourth seed in the Oklahoma City Bracket and will face No. 5 seed York (Neb.) Monday, May 14. The winner of that game will take on top seed Oklahoma City, following the conclusion of the No. 2 Mobile (Ala.) – No. 3 Central Methodist (Mo.) game.
The nine opening round champions join Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) at the 62nd annual Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series in Lewiston, Idaho, May 25 – June 1. For more information on the World Series, click here.
The field consists of 31 automatic qualifiers – given to conference regular-season champions, tournament champions or tournament runners-up – and 14 at-large teams. Conferences with 10-or-more members receive two automatic qualifiers, while leagues with less than 10 get one.
For the complete release, click here.
Girl’s Soccer…
Jamestown 1 Bismarck Century 0
High School Baseball…
Grand Forks Central 11 Valley City 1
High School Softball…
Valley City 10 Fargo Davies 0
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot’s City Council has taken the first step toward allowing bow hunting in city limits to manage the urban deer population.
The Minot Daily News reports the council has given initial approval to an ordinance creating a wildlife management program administered by city police in cooperation with the state Game and Fish Department.
The program would allow for the police department to issue 20 deer management permits to qualifying archers. The season would run roughly from September through January, with various restrictions.
This week’s council vote was 6-1, with Mayor Chuck Barney continuing to vote against in-city hunting as he has when the matter has previously been discussed. The ordinance will require a second reading before passage.
— Shohei Ohtani hit his fifth homer and an RBI double in the Angels’ 7-4 win over the Twins. Ian Kinsler had a two-run homer among his three hits in the Angels’ seventh win in nine games. Justin Upton also homered in his third straight game as the Angels snapped Minnesota’s five-game winning streak.
UNDATED (AP) — Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price says video games may have contributed to his carpal tunnel syndrome, but are not the cause of the condition.
Price is set to start Saturday at Toronto. He has not pitched since May 3.
The 32-year-old left-hander is 2-4 with a 5.11 ERA in seven starts during his third season with the Red Sox. He returned to Boston on Tuesday for tests after experiencing numbness in his pitching hand during a bullpen session and was diagnosed with carpal tunnel.
Price threw about 40 pitches before Thursday night’s game at Yankee Stadium. He will be treated with a procedure similar to acupuncture and hopes to avoid surgery.
The 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner is a longtime video game enthusiast. Earlier this season, Price said he and his teammates have been spent many hours playing the popular Fortnite.
In other MLB news:
— Washington Nationals center fielder Adam Eaton had surgery on his troublesome left ankle with no timetable given for his return. The arthroscopic surgery was performed in Green Bay by an expert in the field of ankle injuries. Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says no injury was apparent from MRIs. “A little tear” was found and fixed.
— The San Francisco Giants have transferred Johnny Cueto (KWAY’-toh) to the 60-day disabled list, meaning it will be late June at the earliest before the right-hander returns to the rotation. The Giants announced earlier this week that Cueto would miss 6-8 weeks with a strained right elbow.
— The Philadelphia Phillies have demoted their only left-handed pitcher, optioning reliever Zac Curtis to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and recalling right-hander Jake Thompson. The move leaves the Phillies with 13 right-handed pitchers on the 25-man roster.
— The St. Louis Cardinals have put ace Carlos Martinez on the 10-day disabled list because of a strained lat. Martinez leads the National League with a 1.62 ERA. Right-handed reliever Mike Mayers was recalled from Triple-A Memphis.
— The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Nick Krall to general manager, giving him more responsibilities as the team tries to emerge from a major rebuild. Krall has been an assistant to Dick Williams, who will remain president of baseball operations and oversee the baseball operations department.
NHL…
UNDATED — The Winnipeg Jets are headed to the first Western Conference final in their short history after knocking off the NHL’s best team in the regular season.
Tyler Myers and Paul Stastny scored 2:06 apart in the first period, and the Jets stunned the Nashville Predators 5-1 Thursday night in their first Game 7 — continuing an amazing run for a team swept in its previous two playoff appearances.
Stastny finished with a second goal and an assist, and Mark Scheifele (SHYF’-lee) also had two goals. Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor each had two assists.
Connor Hellebuyck (HEHL’-eh-buhk) made 36 saves for Winnipeg, which won three of four games in Nashville after missing the Presidents’ Trophy by three points to the Predators.
The Jets now host Vegas in Game 1 on Saturday night in a conference final nobody could’ve predicted when this season started.
P.K. Subban scored for Nashville, now the ninth Presidents’ Trophy winner in 10 years not to win the Stanley Cup.
NBA NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — Oklahoma City forward Nick Collison is retiring after 15 seasons, all with the same franchise.
Collison was a first-round pick of the Seattle Supersonics in 2003 and remained with the organization when it relocated to Oklahoma City.
The 37-year-old Collison did not give a reason for retiring, only saying he was blessed to have spent 15 years in the NBA. The 6-foot-10 Collison played in 910 career regular-season games and 91 playoff games.
In other NBA news:
— Cleveland Cavaliers forward Rodney Hood has apologized to his teammates after refusing to check into Game 4 against Toronto. Hood didn’t check in during the blowout after being told to enter the game by coach Tyronn Lue. Hood said his teammates accepted his apology and laughed off the situation.
NFL-NEWS…
UNDATED (AP) — Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia says he was “falsely accused” in a 1996 sexual assault allegation that resurfaced this week.
Patricia held a brief news conference Thursday, a day after a Detroit News report that he and a friend were indicted 22 years ago by a Texas grand jury, on one count each of aggravated sexual assault for an alleged incident involving a woman on South Padre Island. The accuser did not testify and the case was dismissed.
The Lions say a pre-employment background check did not turn up the incident. The team said it was standing by Patricia. An NFL spokesman says the league will review the matter with the team.
In other football news:
— The Arizona Cardinals have signed fullback Derrick Coleman to a one-year contract. Coleman is the first deaf player on offense to play in the NFL. He has played in 47 games since joining the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted rookie free agent out of UCLA.
— The New York Giants have released running back Paul Perkins with a non-football injury. Perkins suffered a pectoral injury before the start of the team’s offseason conditioning program and subsequently underwent surgery.
— Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Singletary has been hired as head coach of the Memphis franchise in the Alliance of American Football that will begin play next February. The former Chicago Bears linebacker previously coached for three NFL teams, including a head-coaching stint with San Francisco.
GOLF-PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson delivered plenty of entertainment at The Players Championship.
The lead belonged to just about everyone else.
Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar were among six players who shared the lead at 6-under 66, the largest logjam ever at the TPC Sawgrass and the most players tied at the top in the tournament in 40 years.
Woods had the best score in his star group and didn’t even break par. He had to save bogey on the 18th for a 72. Mickelson wore a long-sleeved, button-down shirt and posted a 79, his highest score at Sawgrass since 2000. Rickie Fowler, rounding out the threesome, shot 74.
In world and national news…
Comments are closed
Sorry, but you cannot leave a comment for this post.