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 Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 3, 2012) — The Groundbreaking Ceremony was held Friday (Aug 3, 2012) for the new 90- room Hampton Inn & Suites, with construction underway, south of Grizzly’s, in Southwest Jamestown.

On hand were the Jamestown franchise owners, Brian and Vibha Patel of Jamestown.

Brian says they purchased the land and Vibha adds, the price tag for construction is $7-million.

Financing is through American Bank Center, of Dickinson, with representative Bruce Dolezal on hand for the groundbreaking.

Puetz Corporation of Mitchell, South Dakota is the primary contractor. He said, completion of the hotel is expected by late April, early May 2013, sooner if the winter weather is mild.

The company’s Marketing, Development Director, Jerry Claseman said, the Jamestown Hampton Inn & Suites will have 90-units and features a two-story breakfast area, a swimming pool, with a children’s play area, plus meeting rooms, and an exercise area.

Hampton Inn & Suites is the largest growing hotel chain, worldwide, according to Forbes Magazine.

At the groundbreaking ceremony, Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen thanked the Patel’s for investing in Jamestown, and pointed out the additional motel rooms and other features will help Jamestown to grow.

It will also go toward Jamestown hosting sports tournaments in the future with more motel rooms.

Buffalo City Tourism, Director, Nina Sneider said, it was the Hampton Inn & Suites that provided tourism with a $16,000 grant a few years ago to refurbish the World’s Largest Buffalo, in Jamestown.

The groundbreaking was hosted by the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors Committee.

 

 MUNICH, N.D. (AP) – Fire has destroyed the grain elevator in the
northeastern North Dakota town of Munich.
     A passer-by spotted the fire at the Munich Elevator and Oil Co.
about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, and firefighters from more than half a
dozen departments battled the blaze with the help of about a dozen
farmers who brought in water trucks.
     The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known, and a damage
estimate wasn’t immediately available.

 

FORT TOTTEN, N.D. (AP) – The father of two children who were
found slain in their home on the Spirit Lake Nation reservation in
North Dakota last year has been released from custody.
     Travis Dubois, of St. Michael, is not charged in the children’s
deaths. He has been serving sentences for public intoxication and
reckless endangerment.

He was arrested on May 21, 2011, the day his 6-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter were found dead. Another man has been charged with killing the children.

 Dubois was released from jail Monday after serving about half of his
sentence. Tribal prosecutor Joe Vetsch says Dubois must complete
inpatient alcohol counseling.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A workforce development professional is the newest appointment to North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education.
 
     Kari Reichert is vice president of People Services at Mandan-based National Information Solutions Cooperative. Reichert is responsible for managing the technology company’s more than 900 employees.
 
     Reichert fills the void left by Wahpeton attorney Richie Smith, who resigned from the board.
 
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple announced the choice Friday. 
 
     The four-year term expires next June.

 

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) – The new head of the FBI office
overseeing Minnesota and the Dakotas says battling terrorism and
cybercrime will be among his top priorities.
     Chris Warrener took over as special agent in charge of the FBI’s
Minneapolis division a month ago.
     In an interview with The Associated Press Friday, Warrener says
he’s a good fit for this office, and likes the diversity of
challenges he’ll face – in everything from counterterrorism and
white collar crime to issues in Indian Country.
     He plans to continue outreach in many communities, including the
Somali community, which grabbed headlines in recent years after
more than 20 young Somali men left Minnesota to support the terror
group al-Shabab in Somalia.
     Warrener has been with the FBI since 1988, and most recently ran
the terrorist financing section of the bureau’s counterterrorism
division.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota wildlife officials are increasing the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters.
 
     The Game and Fish Department says Zone 1 will have a quota of 21 cougars, up from 14 last year.

There will be a limit of 14 in an early season from Aug. 31- Nov. 25, and a late season with a limit of seven lions that runs through next March 31.
 
     Zone 1 is basically the area west and south of the Missouri River. The rest of the state, Zone 2, has no quota. Hunting in Zone 2 is from Aug. 31-March 31.

 

In world and national news…

 

LONDON (AP) – Michael Phelps has won an Olympic-record 17th gold
medal in the 100-meter butterfly, the swimmer’s final race.

And American teenager Missy Franklin has set a world record in the
200-meter backstroke for her third gold and fourth medal overall at
the London Olympics.

It was the seventh world record of the games.
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Both presidential candidates are looking to
score political points from today’s Labor Department report.

It showed that the jobless rate increased to 8.3 percent, but that the
economy added 163,000 jobs last month.

President Barack Obama pointed to a 29th straight month of private sector growth, but said there are still too many people without jobs.

Mitt Romney says the higher jobless rate underscores the real struggles faced by people across the country.

He’s blaming Obama’s health care law and burdensome regulations.
     
     NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) – Mitt Romney is urging Congress and
the president to delay looming cuts in military and domestic
spending for at least one year.

He said during a campaign trip to Las Vegas today that the cuts would be “terrible,” particularly for the military. Congress approved the cuts as part of a deal to reduce the deficit.

They were designed to help lawmakers come up with a better plan. But that didn’t happen – so the cuts are scheduled to go into effect next year.
     
     TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) – Police in California are investigating
graffiti on the side of a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Torrance.

There’s a picture of a cow, with the words, “Tastes like hate.”
Friday, gay rights activists have planned same-sex kiss
demonstrations at Chick-fil-A restaurants in response to the
company’s stated opposition to gay marriage.

Two days ago, the company set a sales record when customers flocked to the
restaurants to show support for the owners.
     
     FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) – A military judge is again holding the
Fort Hood shooting suspect in contempt of court, for showing up at
a pretrial hearing with the beard he had been ordered to shave.
Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was fined $1,000 for a
second time, and was sent to a nearby trailer to watch the hearing
on closed-circuit TV.

 Beards are a violation of army regulations, but Hasan’s attorneys say he believes shaving would violate his Muslim faith.

The judge has said Hasan will be forcibly shaved at some point before his trial later this month if he doesn’t have the beard removed himself.