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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 31, 2013) — With the Jamestown sanitary sewer project, Interstate Engineering reports, that 1st St SE, between 2nd Ave SE and 4th Ave SE, near City Hall, is now open. View the construction map for details: jamestownsewerproject.com
A reminder, 2nd St SW from 3rd Ave SW to 4th Ave SW was opened Tuesday afternoon. The 2nd St SW bridge over the James River remains closed.
Enter CSi from 4th Av SW.
Project updates are posted online at jamestownsewerproject.com, accessible on line at CSiNewsNow.com and updates on The Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2.
Questions can be directed to Darrell Hournbuckle with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct31, 2013) – As the winter season approaches, the Holiday Shopping Marathon is encouraging the public to get in shape for Christmas… Christmas gift giving that is.
In partnership with the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo City Tourism, Main Street Downtown and the Jamestown Civic Center, the goal of the Marathon is to increase local spending as well as raise awareness to the various retail offerings available here.
Buffalo City Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund says, “Last year, Americans spent $1 billion online just on Black Friday. Let’s keep those dollars here. The Holiday Shopping Marathon is the perfect opportunity – at a perfect time of year – for retail stores to display their offerings to Jamestown natives as well as those visiting from out of town.”
On Thursday’s (Oct 31, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, committee member, Jessica Haak said, the Marathon begins Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 in conjunction with the Jamestown Civic Center’s Gift & Craft Sale. The “race” ends 26 days later on Black Friday, Nov. 29. She pointed out that Jamestown has 80 retail businesses at which to shop.
As the committee prepares for the event, it is asking retail businesses to sign up and participate in the Marathon’s Punch Card, which will list 12 Jamestown businesses. The goal of the Punch Card is to encourage shoppers to patronize local retail businesses as well as visit stores they’ve never entered. To complete the Punch Card, the shopper must visit at least a ten businesses.
Once completed, the shopper can turn the Punch Card in for a chance to win $500 in Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber Bucks. In addition to the grand prize, the committee is also giving out a prize each week. Shoppers who turn their Punch Cards in early get more chances to win.
Thanks to the Marathon’s generous partners, this service is provided to retail businesses at no cost.
Jamestown Mayor, Katie Andersen says, “We’re hoping people realize that the Jamestown area has a wealth of shopping opportunities. Jewelry, for example, most people know Riddle’s and JCPenney offer a sizeable selection, but Babb’s Coffee House and the Frontier Fort sell accessories as well.”
Committee members include Swedlund, Andersen, Jessica Haak, Monica Hieb, Josh Vraa, Tim Perkins, Shirley Jackson, Erin Paulson, Kendra Krueger, Cassie Theurer, Pam Fosse and Katie Ryan-Anderson.
If your business wants to be included or have questions, please contact one of the committee members or call Buffalo City Tourism at 251-9145
. The form is also available online at http://ow.ly/pBLd7.
For more information, visit www.Facebook.com/HolidayShopping Marathon.
The last day to enter the punch card is November 29, 2013 at Riddle’s in the Buffalo Mall, the Mall Office, or at Coborn’s Customer Service area.
The Grand Prize drawing will be held the 29th, the evening of the Holiday Dazzle on Main Parade, in Jamestown.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A woman in northern North Dakota says the man she was living with kept her locked in the basement of their Cavalier home for weeks, freeing her only to torture and rape her.
The man faces a Dec. 9 trial on 26 counts of gross sexual imposition, plus charges of aggravated assault and drug possession.
The woman told KVLY-TV she was tied up like an animal. A criminal complaint alleges the man bound the woman repeatedly using duct tape, hose clamps, zip ties and ropes. It alleges he then physically and sexually assaulted her.
The Associated Press typically doesn’t identify people who might be victims of sexual abuse. The woman didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press made through Facebook.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A temporary science teacher is standing trial in Grand Forks on charges he had sex at a hotel with a 14-year-old girl after meeting her in a Catholic parish on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation.
28-year-old Sean Kovalevich is charged him with two counts of gross sexual imposition of a girl under 15 and a lesser count of corruption of a minor.
He was arrested late last year weeks after he started teaching science in Starkweather.
His trial is scheduled to last through Friday.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Three men are charged in federal court with attempted sex trafficking of children in western North Dakota.
Indictments were unsealed Thursday against Jordan Christiansen, Daniel Ray and Michael Sackett. They have not been asked to enter pleas.
Authorities say the cases involved girls the clients believed to be between the ages of 12 and 14.
A judge has sealed affidavits in the case on a request from prosecutors. Lawyers for the defendants had no comment.
U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon would not comment specifically on the indictments, but says his office takes “allegations of even the attempted sex trafficking of children extremely seriously.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved his request for a federal disaster declaration in the wake of a fall snowstorm that hit southwestern and south central North Dakota.
The declaration paves the way for federal aid to help rural electric cooperatives and local governments in seven counties recover from damages caused by the Oct. 4-5 storm that brought up to 1 1/2 feet of snow and strong winds to the region.
The storm downed about 2,000 power poles and transmission lines, damaged roads and other infrastructure and led to cattle and crop losses. More than 9,800 electricity customers lost power, some for as long as two weeks.
FEMA approved Dalrymple’s request for federal disaster assistance for Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux and Slope counties.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Federal regulators say a lightning strike may have caused a pipeline rupture that spilled more than 20,000 barrels of oil in a North Dakota wheat field.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said Thursday that a preliminary investigation “points to a strong electrical discharge as the cause of the failure.”
Agency spokesman Damon Hill says the exact final determination on cause hasn’t been made. He says that could take months.
The agency also issued a safety order Thursday that sets conditions for Tesoro Corp. to restart the pipeline. The order requires the company to perform frequent aerial and ground inspections and install additional leak detection equipment.
A farmer discovered the spill in a wheat field the northwest corner of the state in late September.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government that ended earlier this month has delayed approval of Minot’s plan for spending $35 million in flood recovery grant money, but a decision is now expected within days.
The city devastated by Souris River flooding in June 2011 received the money in May, in addition to about $67 million received and spent last year. The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development must approve the city’s plan for the money. Part of the funds will go to help homeowners with flood repairs.
Minot Finance Director Cindy Hemphill says the city filed its plan in August and expected a response from HUD by now, but the shutdown put the plan in limbo. The city now expects a decision by Monday.
In sports…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota is one of four finalists to host the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four hockey tournament for the 2014-18 seasons.
Bids could be for one or more years, and UND’s bid was for each of the five seasons. Other finalists to host the tournaments include Minneapolis; Durham, N.H.; and St. Charles, Mo. The NCAA is announcing sites on Dec. 11.
If UND is successful, the tournaments would be held at Ralph Engelstad Arena on campus.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf is fighting efforts to make his family reveal its net worth in a court proceeding, saying an “anti-wealth bias” is at play.
Court papers filed in a New Jersey case argue the Wilfs shouldn’t have to publicly disclose their fortune. It stems from a civil case in which the Wilfs have been ordered to pay $84.5 million to a spurned business partner.
The Star Tribune reported Thursday that the Wilfs contend they aren’t seeking special treatment but that forcing them to bare their finances for all to see is unfair. The court papers contend they could be targets of physical attack or extortion.
A judge has said the family should disclose its net worth, but offered the chance for appeal first.
In world and national news…
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the slayings of his father and seven others beaten to death inside the mobile home they all shared. Guy Heinze (hynz) was sentenced Thursday, less than a week after a Glynn County jury found him guilty of malice murder for the slayings four years ago. Prosecutors spared Heinze from a possible death sentence last week as part of a deal with defense attorneys that allowed them to avoid a hung jury.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama wants to step up government efforts to draw foreign companies to the U.S. Speaking at a Commerce Department event aimed at attracting foreign business, Obama argued that the American workforce, cheaper energy costs and an improving economy make the U.S. an attractive home for investment. He’s proposing to coordinate business promotion efforts that have been left mostly to states and cities, which have to compete against foreign countries to attract foreign investors.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Obama administration officials have been defending U.S. efforts in Syria Thursday, against blistering criticism from Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Republicans charge that the administration has goals, but no strategy that would bring a political resolution to end the bloody conflict. The U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, told the panel that the U.S. is proud of the humanitarian and other assistance it has given to the Syrian opposition trying to topple the government of Bashar Assad.
TORONTO (AP) – The mayor of Toronto says he won’t resign, even though police say they’ve obtained a video that apparently shows him smoking from a crack pipe. Rob Ford says he has “no reason to resign.” Ford had claimed the video didn’t exist. The police chief says the video, which was recovered after being deleted from a computer hard drive, didn’t provide grounds to press charges.
SAN DIEGO (AP) – U.S. authorities say a tunnel that was designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego is equipped with electricity, ventilation and a rail system. U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thusday that authorities seized more than 8 tons of marijuana and 325 pounds of cocaine in connection with the discovery. Three suspects are in custody. More than 75 drug tunnels have been found on the U.S.-Mexico border since 2008, many of them crudely built and incomplete. They are concentrated in California and Arizona.
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