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…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY…
The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a Dense Fog
Advisory, which is in effect until 10 AM CST Saturday.
Kidder–Stutsman– Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey-
Including the cities of Steele, Tappen, Jamestown, Napoleon,
Gackle, Lamoure, Edgeley, Kulm, Wishek, Ashley, Oakes,
and Ellendale
* VISIBILITY…One quarter mile or less.
* WHERE…Kidder, Stutsman, Logan, LaMoure, McIntosh, and Dickey
counties.
* IMPACTS…Reduced visibility will cause difficult travel. In
addition, the fog will deposit a thin layer of ice on
roadways, sidewalks and parking lots. Use extra caution if
traveling, especially at uncontrolled intersections and
railroad crossings. Slow down, and do not use cruise control
on your vehicle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A Dense Fog Advisory means visibilities will frequently be
reduced to less than one quarter mile. If driving…slow down…
use your headlights…and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.
.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. North winds
around 15 mph.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. North winds
around 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.
.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.
.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows 5 to 10 above.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.
Chances of light precipitation into western and south central North Dakota Friday night through Saturday night.
Chances of rain or snow over southwest and south central North Dakota Friday afternoon…then transitioning to chances of freezing rain or snow Friday night through Saturday night for western and south central North Dakota.
Dry and cool for Sunday, then some small off and on chances of
light snow Monday through Wednesday.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Regional Airport Authority, has approved service contracts for a snowplow and with Interstate Engineering for design work for the 2020 Capital Construction Plan.
The Interstate Engineering agreement is for a terminal apron reconstruction design at $3,900, fiver percent required by the Airport Authority of the estimated $78,000 total design costs.
The Federal Aviation Administration, will be requested for the balance of the money.
With $48,600 toward the estimated $972,000 in construction costs with the remainder FAA funded.
Airport Manager, Katie Andersen said that she’s performing a full financial analysis for the airport’s finances, along with budget and cash flow issues which includes five-year projections, to determine the best funding source for large capital improvement projects.
Interstate Engineering will also prepare a bid package to purchase a new snowplow, that will be able to de-ice. The Airport Authority would take on $50,000 toward the total cost, estimated at $500,000 for the vehicle.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown’s Pita Place has closed its doors, as business owner, Kyle Burkle recently posted on the business’ Face Book page.
The Williston business expanded to Jamestown in 2016 on Second Street Northwest.
Kyle says the decision to close the Jamestown location was due to wanting to his wanting to move back home, noting many loyal Jamestown customers over the past two years.
The Face Book posted said:
“Thanks Jamestown, for the memories. Everyone wanting to know why we left, it basically came down to wanting to move back home. If anyone is interested in building its remodeled comes with all equipment grills, fryers, oven, friges, freezers, tables, steel prep tables, all redone heating ac. THE APARTMENTS UPSTAIRS CAN BE RENTED TO MAKE PAYMENT!!! We are motivated sellers Anyone wanting to buy building we would show them recipes, and the ability to bring back pitas to Jamestown. We had many loyal customers, that came 2 or 3 times a week almost shockingly.
You can contact Dardis Realty 701-252-5761. http://www.dardisrealty.com/…/110-2nd-Street-NW-Jamestown…/…”
Jamestown (CSi) Those wishing to contribute to the the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots program, may do so by donating new, unwrapped toys to distribute as Christmas gifts for children of families in hardship, and registering children to receive toys.
Requests have come in from families in Valley City, Oakes, Kensal plus other communities within a 50-mile radius of Jamestown.
Jamestown coordinator Toys for Tots Sheila Ova, adds that she will take names until December 21, by contacting her at 952-3603 after 5:30 p.m. or leave a message.
Cash donations can be made on line at toysfortots.org.
Checks can be made out to, U.S. Marine Toys for Tots, and mailed to Sheila Ova, 216 9th Avenue, Northeast in Jamestown. 58401.
The appropriate gift value is around $25. Stocking stuffers are also welcome for children through age 17. Toys that look like real weapons, guns or knives cannot be distributed.
Referral forms are available at Stutsman County Social Services, South Central Human Service Center, Head Start in Jamestown, SAFE Shelter, Community Action Region VI in Jamestown and at Jamestown and Valley City schools.
25 toy drop-off box locations are in Jamestown and one in Valley City at Family Dollar.
Other locations include financial institutions, grocery stores, department stores, auto and implement dealerships, furniture outlets, the Buffalo Mall, Walmart and Menards in Jamestown.
Several area businesses have also set up boxes for their own employees.
The toys distribution to parents is by appointment on Saturday, December 15, at the Anne Carlsen Center’s gym. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve member, Norberto Rivera, of Valley City will be on hand in uniform during the distribution.
Parents who miss the distribution date can contact Ova for toys through December, 21.
Valley City (VCSU) Margaret Dahlberg, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs at Valley City State University, was recognized for her service as VCSU’s interim president at a reception held in the Student Center on campus Nov. 29.
Guests from the North Dakota University System and the Valley City and VCSU communities turned out to thank Dahlberg for her exemplary work in the local community, on campus and within the system. Larry Robinson, VCSU executive director of university advancement, gave brief remarks in recognition of Dahlberg’s service. A framed portrait of Dahlberg with the dates of her interim presidential service was also presented; that portrait will be hung in the President’s Room in the VCSU Student Center, along with the portraits of all past VCSU presidents.
Dahlberg has served two stints as VCSU interim president. The first came in 2014 when former president Steven Shirley departed VCSU for the presidency at Minot State University; Dahlberg served from July 1, 2014, until Tisa Mason assumed the VCSU presidency on Dec. 15, 2014.
Dahlberg has most recently served as interim president since former president Mason left VCSU for the presidency at Fort Hays State University in December 2017. Dahlberg will return to her role as VCSU vice president for academic affairs with the arrival of incoming president Alan LaFave on Dec. 17, 2018.
As interim president, Dahlberg has put her signature on VCSU’s strategic plan and successfully led the university through a period marked by budget cuts and declines in state funding. She also embraced and emphasized the VCSU vision statement—“As an innovative university, we deliver distinctive, learner-centered experiences”—encouraging and supporting innovation while strengthening VCSU’s core program. The trend of enrollment growth at VCSU has also continued under Dahlberg’s leadership.
As a child, Dahlberg attended the Model School of Valley City State Teachers College when her father, H.O. Pearce, served as school superintendent. The Pearce family moved to Platteville, Wis., during Dahlberg’s childhood, but she returned to Valley City State as an English professor in 1996.
Dahlberg holds three degrees in English: a doctorate and a master’s degree, both from the University of North Dakota, along with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville.
She and her husband, Paul Dahlberg, make their home in Valley City. The couple has three adult sons, who all attended VCSU.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City 2018, Parade of Lights winners have been announced.
The annual parade was November 29, and was recorded by CSi 10 The Replay Channel.
Be watching for announcements of when the shows will be during Christmas holiday season.
The winner of the Tour of Snowmen was BEK Communications. The voting winner drawn was Leah Wavra, she received $100 in Chamber Bucks.
The winning float was the Sheyenne Care Center. The voting winner selected was Laura Becker, she won $50 in Valley City, Chamber Bucks.
Other prize winners were:
Lacy Roe winnerof a cashmere hat from the Noos Shop.
Kimberly Coffman won a $25 gift card from Bridges Bar & Grill.
These individuals won a turkey from Leevers North & South:
Erika Ryan, Steve Weshnevski, Carol Hochhalter, Leslie Kalmback and Sharon Roberg.
FARGO (WDAY/AP) — An airport official says no one was hurt when a small private jet veered off a runway after landing in Fargo.
TIOGA, N.D. (AP) — The Highway Patrol says a single-vehicle crash in northwestern North Dakota killed one person.The rollover happened in a field a mile southeast of Tioga Thursday morning. No other details were immediately released.The name of the victim also was not immediately released.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Fargo man has pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of his father.Thirty-four-year-old Christopher Riley is charged with murder in the late-September death of 60-year old Kevin Riley Sr. at his son’s apartment.Authorities say Christopher Riley called 911 to report a suicide at the apartment, but there was evidence of a fight prior to the shooting. An autopsy confirmed a homicide.KVRR-TV reports Riley entered his not guilty plea on Thursday. He faces up to life in prison without parole if convicted.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man convicted in 2012 of stealing the identities of 38,000 people in a massive credit card scheme is appealing a separate conviction in North Dakota for lying about his own identify.A federal jury earlier this month found Michael Adeyemo guilty of obstruction of justice. Jurors said in verdict forms that Adeyemo lied about his name, date of birth and other parts of his background.Defense attorney Ronald Hettich is asking for an acquittal or new trial. Among his complaints, Hettich says jury instructions flatly stated that Adeyemo had created a false identity when that was disputed by testimony during trial.The original case wound up in North Dakota because U.S. Bank, one of the victims, is based in Fargo. Adeyemo was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An air ambulance that crashed in western North Dakota this month and killed all three people on board did not send out a distress call before it apparently broke apart in midair.What caused the breakup is still a mystery, but there’s no indication that the Cessna 441 turboprop airplane was struck by anything and there was no fire on board. Weather also is not believed to have been a factor, Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier told The Bismarck Tribune.“It’s in NTSB’s ballpark to find out how and why and what caused that,” Kirchmeier said of the National Transportation Safety Board, which handles such investigations. They typically take months to complete. The Nov. 18 Bismarck Air Medical crash northwest of Bismarck killed 48-year-old pilot Todd Lasky and 63-year-old nurse Bonnie Cook, both of Bismarck, and 47-year-old paramedic Chris Iverson, of Mandan. They were on their way to Williston to pick up a patient. There were no survivors. Preliminary reports from the state medical examiner indicate the crew members died from blunt force trauma injuries.The Civil Air Patrol said an initial analysis by an Air Force rescue center indicated the plane might have broken up in midair. Authorities said the scattered debris field backs up that theory. The investigation so far indicates the plane broke up at about 12,000 feet, according to Kirchmeier.
“There was no indication of any issues on the plane or a distress call made before the plane went missing,” he said.
NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway said he doesn’t think the plane had a flight data recorder.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When Democrat Heidi Heitkamp leaves the U.S. Senate at the end of the year, members of North Dakota’s Native American community will lose a powerful friend on causes important to them, from school computers to voting rights to missing and murdered indigenous women.
Her Republican successor has close ties to a president some view as not overly friendly to minorities, and Kevin Cramer was accused of making disparaging remarks just a few years ago — words that Democrats tried to use against him in this year’s campaign. But many Indian Country leaders in the state aren’t jumping to write him off as a potential ally.
“I guess we’ll just have to get used to his style,” said Myra Pearson, longtime chairwoman of the Spirit Lake Nation.
Cramer defeated Heitkamp with 55 percent of the state vote, but in three North Dakota counties with large Indian populations — Benson, Rolette and Sioux — Heitkamp trounced him, with respective percentages of 63, 80 and 84.
That showing is not surprising — the Native Americans who make up 5 percent of North Dakota’s population tend to vote Democrat. But there’s more to it than that. They considered Heitkamp a friend and a partner, said Chase Iron Eyes, an activist and Standing Rock Sioux member who unsuccessfully challenged Cramer for his House seat two years ago.
In world and national news…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Railroad has suspended all operations amid “severe” damage at their Anchorage Operations Center and unknown track conditions throughout the state.
External Affairs Manager Tim Sullivan says the operations center lost power and is experiencing flooding following the quake Friday that rocked Anchorage and surrounding areas.
He says: “It’s tough to run trains when you have no dispatch.”
Sullivan says no reports of track damage have yet been reported, but it will take a day or two for staff to fully assess conditions. Until the tracks are cleared for use, all railroad operations will are suspended, Sullivan said.
The quake was felt 350 miles (560 kilometers) away in Fairbanks.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Donald Trump says he might have a discussion with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a summit they’re both attending in Argentina, but so far they’ve haven’t.
Relations between Washington and Riyadh are tense in the wake of the brutal killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post. Khashoggi, who had been critical of the royal family, was killed by the Saudis at the nation’s consulate in Istanbul.
A White House official says that so far, Trump has only exchanged pleasantries with the crown prince at the leaders’ opening session just as he did with nearly every leader in attendance.
Trump spoke after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe where Trump hopes to visit next year.
Trump also met with Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia is appealing to Congress to pass laws that require data minimization following Marriott’s disclosure of a data breach.
Warner, who is vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and co-founder of the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, said Friday that Congress should ensure that companies don’t keep sensitive customer data that they no longer need.
Warner also said that new laws should make companies accountable for security costs.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee says the guilty plea from President Donald Trump’s former lawyer sends a message that “if you lie to us, we’re going to go after you.”
Michael Cohen confessed that he lied to Congress about a Moscow real estate deal he pursued on Trump’s behalf during the heat of the 2016 Republican campaign.
Republican Sen. Richard Burr wouldn’t say Friday how many referrals his intelligence panel has made to special counsel Robert Mueller. But Burr says they’re not afraid to refer anything they believe is criminal and says lying to Congress is “right at the top of it.”
Burr was speaking at a national security forum at the University of Texas at Austin. He was joined by Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, who are also on the Senate intelligence panel.
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Chinese government has launched a program in its far west which analysts say effectively puts informants inside living rooms, dining areas and prayer spaces, not to mention at funerals, weddings and other occasions once considered intimate and private.
The ruling Communist Party’s official newspaper said last month that 1.1 million civil servants are participating in an initiative which the government says will alleviate poverty and foster ethnic unity between the majority Han Chinese and Uighurs and other Muslim minorities.
The Associated Press spoke to five Uighurs living in exile in Istanbul who shared the experience of family members who have had to host Han Chinese civil servants in Xinjiang.
Interviewees said their loved ones saw the homestay program as a chilling intrusion into their personal lives.
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