CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow after midnight in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Lows 10 to 15. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Highs around 20. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in

the evening. Lows zero to 5 above. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs around 10. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 above.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow

after midnight. Lows around 10.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 10.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.

Wednesday night and Thursday the entire area will get a little snow, an inch or less.

Turning much colder for the middle and end of next week.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works reports on Wednesday (Feb 5) that due to continuing City utility repairs, 1st Avenue North is restricted to one lane north bound and one lane south bound in the 200 block.
The lane restrictions will continue until utility repairs are completed. Please watch for signage & use alternate routes.
Motorist’s should use extreme caution in this area.
PLEASE NOTE:
The above schedule is contingent upon weather conditions.
PLEASE CALL THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT 252-5131 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The City of Jamestown announces that Effective Monday, February 10, 2020, the City Sanitation crews and the ND Recycling Center crews will no longer be collecting carts in the residential alleys due to alley conditions.

Until further notice, please place garbage and recycling carts on the boulevard no further than 3’ from the curb on your scheduled pick up day.
Please place collection carts out for pick up by 7:00 a.m. Trucks will not return to the area after the scheduled collection routes are completed.
Carts should be placed out for pick up by 7:00 a.m. each morning.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Veterans Administration has announced that the Defense Department has updated the list identifying  Agent Orange sites outside of Viet Nam and Southeast Asia.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Stutsman County Veterans Service Officer David Bratton said the list also includes state-side Agent Orange storage facilities.  On line visit va.gov for more information concerning the Agent Orange Registry.

David also pointed out that the Blue Water Navy Viet Nam Veterans Act claims are now being processed, and the VA has announced a proposal to increase access to dental care, working with local dentists.

He said the National Salute to veteran patients is set for February 9-15.  The national salute will honor hospitalized veterans, at VA Medical Centers, Clinics and facilities nationwide.

David also said veterans are encouraged to be 2020 census takers, and noted that the VA is mailing 1095 Tax Forms, and that Tax Abatement Forms were mailed to veterans in December and January.   Any veteran not receiving the forms should contact his office at the lower level of the LEC in Jamestown or call 252-9043.

The office is open Monday-Friday 8-a.m., to noon, and 1-p.m., to 5-p.m., except for holidays.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A group is seeking to oust Burleigh County Commissioner Kathleen Jones through a recall petition due in part for her support for resettling refugees in the county. The petition against her calls for Jones to be recalled for “the reasons of contempt of the voters and negligence in office.” Jones has served since 2014. Jones believes she is being targeted because of her gender since two male colleagues also voted for resettlement. The recall group must gather nearly 12,000 signatures from county residents within one year to force a recall election.

(AP)  Big jackpots during the last fiscal year led to a 12% increase in North Dakota lottery ticket sales and the second highest in state history. Lottery director Randy Miller says North Dakota gamblers wagered $35.3 million on lottery games for the fiscal year that ended June 30. That’s down from a record $35.7 million in fiscal 2016. A total of $14.2 million in prizes was paid out to North Dakota players, which was up from $9 million the previous fiscal year. Most lottery profits go to the state’s general treasury, with smaller portions set aside to provide counseling for gambling addicts and for drug enforcement.

In world and national news…

(AP)  The U.S. Senate has acquitted President Donald Trump of impeachment, ending only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country and tested civic norms. The proceedings also are feeding the tumultuous 2020 run for the White House. A majority of senators expressed unease with Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in the two articles of impeachment. But there was nowhere near the two-thirds vote necessary in the Republican-held Senate to remove the president from office. He was found not guilty of both articles of impeachment. Trump is eager to use the tally as vindication, a political anthem in his reelection bid.

The Final Tally, Article Two…Obstruction of Congress…Not Guilty 53, Gulity 47.

Earlier….

(AP) President Donald Trump has been found not guilty of the first article of impeachment, abuse of power, by the Senate. The final vote was 52 Not gulity, 48 Guilty, The vote puts him on the verge of acquittal, bringing an end to only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history. Republicans from Trump’s party hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate — and a full two-thirds would be needed for conviction. Votes were breaking largely along party lines, reflective of the nation’s divisions over the Trump presidency. Trump is eager to use acquittal as vindication, a political anthem in his reelection bid.

 

(AP) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she feels “very liberated” by ripping up President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech on live television, behind his back.

It’s the latest example of the California Democrat unburdening herself as she steers the House out of the shadow of impeachment, through regular legislative business and toward Election Day in November.

On Wednesday as Republicans condemned her conduct and called her unfit to serve, Pelosi was unapologetic. “I felt very liberated last night,” she told Democrats in a private meeting, adding, “I tried to find one page I could spare that didn’t have a lie on it.”

Earlier, Wednesday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney will vote to convict President Donald Trump, likely the only Republican senator to favor ousting the impeached president. Romney made his announcement on the Senate floor on Wednesday. Romney called Trump’s actions — the president was impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstructing Congress— “perhaps the most abusive and destructive” violation of oath of office that I can imagine.” The Senate is scheduled to vote later Wednesday at the conclusion of his Senate trial.

In other news…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It’s still too early to call a winner among the Democratic presidential candidates in the Iowa caucuses. According to partial results released by the Iowa Democratic Party, Pete Buttigieg is holding a slight lead over Bernie Sanders in the opening contest of the Democratic race for the presidential nomination. The next contest in the election season is the New Hampshire primary this coming Tuesday. The initial Iowa results came out after 24 hours of chaos. Technical problems marred the complicated caucus process, forcing state officials to apologize. And the troubles raised questions about Iowa’s traditional place atop the presidential primary calendar.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray says Russia is engaged in “information warfare” heading into the 2020 presidential election. But he says law enforcement isn’t seeing ongoing efforts by Russia to interfere in America’s election infrastructure. Wray tells the House Judiciary Committee that Russia is relying on a covert social media campaign aimed at dividing American public opinion and sowing discord. That effort may have an uptick in an election year but it’s otherwise a round-the-clock threat that is in some ways harder to combat than an election system hack. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security Department are on alert for possible election-related instructions like those that occurred in 2016,

 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The father of a student killed in the 2018 Florida high school massacre has apologized for interrupting President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Fred Guttenberg apologized Wednesday on Twitter. He had been escorted from the gallery by security officers Tuesday night after shouting about his slain daughter Jaime. The president had just said gun owners are under siege and he would protect the Second Amendment. Guttenberg tweeted that he let his emotions get the better of him and apologized to his family and friends. His daughter was one of 17 killed in February 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school district is fighting the release of student records of a gunman who killed nine people in Dayton last year. Lawyers for Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools say both state and federal law protecting student privacy bar the release of confidential information without consent. Media groups arguing for the records’ release say that nothing in the laws prevent the information’s release. The media groups say school privacy laws end with an individual’s death. Media outlets say the records could shed light on whether authorities properly handled early warning signs exhibited by gunman Connor Betts.