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TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Council will hold a public input meeting on Tuesday August 21, 2012, at 4:00 PM, at the Building, Planning and Zoning Committee meeting.

Input will be gathered concerning Section 8 of Appendix B of the Jamestown City Code relative to subdivision development improvements and suggested changes.

The purpose of the meeting is to allow the public an opportunity to comment and provide assistance to the City Council in determining future ordinance changes/policies.

Copies of Section 8–Appendix B are available at Jamestown City Hall, or can be viewed on the City website jamestownnd.org under the government tab/municipal code, click on Appendix B – Subdivisions.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Montana man charged with kidnapping and murdering a Georgia man working in North Dakota told investigators he felt compelled to kill two people in Bismarck after having a dream about them.
 
     Forty-two-year-old John Bridges, of Missoula, Mont., is accused of killing 40-year-old Lee Clay, who was a passenger in a van that Bridges was driving.   

The Highway Patrol says the van crashed and went in the ditch off Interstate 94 just east of Bismarck on July 6. Clay was found dead in the vehicle.
 
     The two men apparently met while working at a temp agency.
 
     Tim Myers with the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation testified that Bridges said he had a dream on July 5 that made him suspicious of Clay.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Sanford Health is starting construction on a
$541 million medical center in North Dakota’s largest city.
     Groundbreaking for the Fargo campus was Tuesday. Sanford
President and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft called it a historic day.

The facility is to open in 2016, serving more than 4,200 patients
daily.
     The 10-story medical center will include 460 hospital beds, 32
operating rooms and 51 emergency department bays.

 By 2018 it is to be staffed by more than 260 physicians working in 48 different specialties.
     Sanford already employs more than 7,500 people in Fargo and
neighboring Moorhead, Minn.

The new medical center will create an  additional 2,000 full-time positions.
     Sanford is based in Fargo and in Sioux Falls, S.D. It has a
presence in more than 100 communities in seven states.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A New York-based software company has closed
its Minot location and opened a smaller office in Grand Forks.
InfoTech had been releasing employees and closed the Minot Technology Center for good last week. It has opened an office at the University of North
Dakota’s Center for Innovation.
     InfoTech opened in Minot five years ago with the help of
$400,000 in financial assistance from the city’s economic
development fund.

Company President Matti Kon says the Navy contract that was the core of Minot operations fell victim to defense cost-cutting, and that skyrocketing wages in the western oil fields inflated employee salaries in Minot.
     InfoTech employed more than 40 workers in Minot. Kon says all
have found new jobs, including some who relocated to Grand Forks.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The head of Williston’s hospital says
North Dakota should establish a center in that city to train health
care professionals.
     Mercy Medical Center CEO Matt Grimshaw told a group of state
legislators Monday that he thinks developing home-grown health
professionals is the long-term solution to meeting health care
needs in the western oil patch.
     The Williston hospital has 450 employees and 50 open positions. Grimshaw says the hospital continues to see record numbers of emergency room visits, births and clinic patients.

He suggests integrating programs from the University of North Dakota medical school and Williston State College with educational opportunities at the hospital and other regional partners.
     UND medical school dean Joshua Wynne says UND is working to meet
the needs of western North Dakota.

 

 GLENWOOD, Minn. (AP) – Charges say the man accused of driving
drunk and killing a Minnesota coach’s son had a blood-alcohol
content more than four times the legal limit.
     Thirty-eight-year-old Dana Schoen (shohn) of Starbuck faces
three criminal vehicular homicide or operation charges.
     The West Central Tribune (http://bit.ly/OHnQv2) reports the
complaint says a breath test showed Schoen had a blood-alcohol
content of 0.351 percent. Minnesota’s legal limit is 0.08 percent.

     Schoen’s pickup collided head-on Saturday with a sport utility
vehicle carrying Southwest State University men’s basketball coach
Brad Bigler.
     Bigler’s 5-month-old son, Drake, was killed. Bigler was
critically injured.

His wife, Heather, who was driving the SUV, and
her 74-year-old grandmother, Sharon Schuler of Granite Falls, also
were hurt.

Bigler’s surgeon says Bigler is making good progress and that
Schuler also is doing well.

 

In world and national news…

 

LONDON (AP) – Cheers for the American gymnasts, and tears from the Russians — that was the scene at the end of today’s women’s team gymnastics final at the London Olympics, where the Americans captured their first Olympic title since 1996.

 They took the lead from the start of the event with a series of spectacular vaults, and never looked back, leaving Russia a whopping five points behind at the end.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Mitt Romney’s campaign is planning to let his supporters be the first to know when he chooses a running mate.

The campaign has announced an iPhone and Android application that will alert supporters when Romney makes his pick.

The campaign says “there’s no telling” when it will happen, though it’s certain to come in the n ext few weeks.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is leveling new sanctions on banks in China and Iraq that the White House says have helped Iran evade international sanctions.Obama is also expanding sanctions on the purchase or acquisition of Iranian petrochemical products.

The election year announcement comes as Obama aims to show he is being tough on Iran amid criticism from Republican rival Mitt Romney.
 
    

 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) – An Army sergeant has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for his role in the alleged hazing and suicide of a fellow soldier.

Sgt. Adam Holcomb was convicted yesterday by a military jury in North Carolina that cleared him of the most serious charge, negligent homicide.

In addition to the 30-day sentence, he forfeits a month of pay and will be demoted.
 
     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A bitter, 4-year-old court fight over California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages could soon be resolved.

Backers of the ban are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a federal appeals court, which said the ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional.

If the high court declines to take the case, it would clear the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California.