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Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police has made an arrest in connection with three holdups or attempted holdup of Jamestown convenience stores.
Police Chief Scott Edinger says, an attempted holdup of Dan’s Sooper Stop, at 811 13th Street Northeast, occurred Tuesday evening (Jan 28, 2014) at about 8:30-p.m.
The man police identified as 55 year old Gary Lynn Hemphill of Jamestown, entered the store and said he had a weapon, demanding cash.
The clerk on duty challenged him about actually having a weapon, which he said he did not have, and fled in a vehicle, which the clerk gave a description of, and police located it, leading to the arrest of Hemphill.
He was wearing similar clothing the male suspect was wearing in the robberies of the Cenex Convenience store, on December 15, 2013 and Jetstream Car Wash, on January 9, 2014, located within a block of each other on 10th Street Southeast in Jamestown. Police believed the three incidents are connected.
The clerk at Dan’s Sooper Stop said the suspect was wearing a Carhart jacket with a hoody with a raincoat over it, and was wearing a mask, with a plastic bag over his head.
Chief Edinger said Hemphill is being held at the Law Enforcement Center, Correctional Center in Jamestown, booked on “Criminal Attempt, ” and has not been formally charged, pending a further investigation at the crime scene, and processing information.
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – Valley City Fire Chief Gary Retterath says a mother and two children escaped a house fire by jumping from a second-floor bedroom window.
The fire on Tuesday (Jan 28, 2014) at 545 4th Avenue Southwest, destroyed the home.
The three suffered scratches on their legs when they hit a porch roof and then fell to the ground Tuesday.
Retterath says one firefighter suffered smoke inhalation as he was turning off the natural gas connection to the house.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public Schools is looking at optons to reduce the 2014-15 budget deficit.
The school district anticipates a $800,000 budget deficit at the end of the fiscal year this summer and the $1.8 million shortfall following the 2014-15 school year.
The School Board’s Financial Task Force met with other members of the School Board Tuesday evening.
The task force is asking Superintendent Rob Lech to prepare three optional plans, which Lech calls, “worse, worse and worst. “The entire list of options for revenue enhancements and reductions would offset the deficit by approximately $1.87 million by the end of the 2014-15 school year, and, some of those moves would require drastic restructuring of the current JPS system as well as major staff, program and other cuts.
Valley City (CSi) Those wishing to run for elected offices in 2014 in Barnes County,
is required to file a petition with the required number of signatures, and a statement of interests and an affidavit of candidacy.
The forms, and information of candidacy requirements and the required number of signatures for each office, are available at the Barnes County Courthouse, at the Auditor’s Office.
Online, download the forms from the Barnes County website at www.co.barnes.nd.us.
The deadline for filing a petition is 4:00 p.m. Monday, April 7, 2014.
Elected Barnes County positions up for election this year, inclues:
The seat held by County Commissioner Phil Leitner in District #2, Commissioner Eldred Knutson in District #3, Commissioner Rodger Berntson in District #4, Sheriff Randy McClaflin, Treasurer Vicki Zinck, State’s Attorney Carl Martineck, Auditor Beth Didier, and Recorder Jody Pfaff.
North Dakota’s primary election will be Tuesday, June 10, 2014.
The two candidates who receive the most votes for each position in the primary will advance to the November 2014 General Election, on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Family “Y” will host this Saturday’s (Feb 1, 2014) Boys Youth Basketball Tournament.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the “Y’s” Executive Director, Frank Conlin said 19 teams will compete in grades 4, 5, and 6.
Last Saturday the girl’s basketball tourney was played at the Y.
Other upcoming events include a Baseball Camp with instruction from the University of Jamestown coaches and players.
The Y will host the University of Jamestown’s Relay For Life fundraiser event, a “cancer walk,” set for March 1, 2, 2014, from 3-p.m., to 3-a.m.
He pointed out that the computer generated Fitness On Demand continues to be popular at the Y.
Conlin added, the next session of classes has started, with brochures available at the front desk.
For more information on line visit
www.jamestowny.org or call 701-253-4101
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its 83rd Annual Banquet on Thursday January 30, 2014 at the Jamestown Civic Center.
Winners of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce awards that will be handed out at the Annual Banquet, include:
- Outstanding Citizen of the Year: J.T. Thompson
- Business of the Year: Orr Auctioneers
- Above and Beyond – volunteerism: Alden Kollman
- The Outstanding Young Professional: Janna Bergstedt
The City Beautification Committee will hand out three awards at the Banquet.
In addition at the Banquet, the 12 Customer Service Award Winners from 2013 will be recognized.
The Best Decorated Table will also receive an award.
The new Business of the Month Award in 2014 for January has been selected, Hillerud Construction of Jamestown.
Each month in 2014 Chamber businesses will nominated, and then selected, as the monthly winner, and from the 12 monthly award winners, a Business of the Year for 2014 will be chosen.
Contact the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce for more information at 252-4830.
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Law enforcement officials say 22 people have been arrested in a drug bust on the North Dakota oil patch.
Officials say the conspiracy involved heroin, methamphetamine, crack cocaine and cocaine. A handful of defendants are from California.
The operation dubbed “Operation Pipe Cleaner” was the result of a joint investigation by the FBI and North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Fourteen of the defendants are charged in federal court and eight in Stark County.
Special agent in charge Chris Warrener of the FBI’s Minneapolis office says the “safety and well-being of the people of western North Dakota remains a priority” with federal, state and local officials.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – American Crystal Sugar Co. officials say they’re worried that a slowdown in rail service could cost the company millions of dollars if it continues to disrupt production.
The cooperative says it plans to scale back on output at three of its plants because it’s running out of storage space waiting for rail cars.
BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth says service is being impacted by “extreme cold and winter weather conditions” in the Midwest, and the railway has put a priority on serving Crystal Sugar.
Crystal CEO David Berg says he understands that weather can be a problem but adds that it’s not a “new phenomenon” in the Northern Plains and increased oil traffic has made it a “bigger pinch.”
Berg says Crystal does not have another viable transportation option.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Industrial Commission has table a proposal designed to lessen the impacts of oil development in the western part of the state.
The commission regulates oil and gas development in the state. Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring and Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem make up the panel.
Stenehjem last month submitted the proposed list of 18 places for special protection. The so-called special or extraordinary places list includes private and public land, including the Little Missouri National Grasslands and Lake Sakakawea.
Stenehjem’s proposal has been criticized by some Republican lawmakers and oil and farm groups. Conservation groups have supported to plan.
Dalrymple says the public needs more time to review the proposal and comment on it. The commission is slated to take it up again next month.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A group that represents hundreds of companies working in North Dakota’s oil patch says it has a goal of capturing most of the natural gas that currently is being burned as a byproduct of oil production.
The North Dakota Petroleum Council’s flaring task force presented a plan Wednesday to state regulators to capture 85 percent of natural gas within two years and 90 percent in six years.
Task force chairman Eric Dille says the goals are achievable.
About 30 percent of the state’s gas production is now being burned off, or flared, because development of the pipelines and processing facilities needed to handle it has not kept pace with production.
Officials say the industry has invested more than $6 billion in infrastructure to capture natural gas.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Dakota Gasification Co. is moving forward with plans to add a urea fertilizer production facility at its Great Plains Synfuels Plant in western North Dakota.
The Bismarck-based company says its board of directors approved the move this week.
Urea is a granular fertilizer used by farmers. It requires anhydrous ammonia and carbon dioxide, both of which are produced at the synfuels plant, which makes natural gas from coal.
Urea will be the 10th co-product produced at the plant, which also makes two other fertilizers – ammonia and ammonium sulfate.
The urea facility will cost about $402 million to build. It is scheduled to be finished in early 2017 and will produce 1,100 tons of urea daily.
Dakota Gasification is a subsidiary of Bismarck-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – Westbound passengers on Amtrak’s Empire Builder line at Grand Forks, Devils Lake and Rugby are completing part of their trip by bus this week.
Spokesman Marc Magliari says the bus is taking the place of the train between Fargo and Minot, because of traffic demands. Amtrak uses BNSF Railway track.
FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) – The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has opened shelters for people without adequate heat due to a propane shortage exacerbated by recent cold weather.
The reservation straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border. The tribe has opened shelters in Fort Yates on the North Dakota side and in Wakpala on the South Dakota side.
The American Red Cross is providing meals at both locations, along with cots and blankets.
Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault (AR’-sham-boh) II says it’s a potential life-or-death situation. He says about 90 percent of the 5,500 homes on the reservation are heated by propane.
Tribal Emergency Management Director Elliott Ward says only a handful of people have used the shelters so far, but both he and Archambault expect the number to increase. About 10,000 people live on the reservation.
In world and national news…
NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks are extending their losses on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve further reduced its economic stimulus. The market was already lower following disappointing results from Yahoo, Boeing and other U.S. companies and ongoing worries about emerging-market economies like Turkey and South Africa. The Fed Wednesday said it would make more cuts to its huge bond-buying program. The purchases have been credited with keeping interest rates ultra-low and helping to drive stock prices higher.
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) – With a stroke of his pen, President Barack Obama has created a new savings plan designed for Americans who don’t have workplace retirement plans. Obama took to a Pennsylvania steel plant Wednesday to sign an order to create the program, in which workers could contribute as little as $5 from their paychecks. The idea is to offer a “starter” account to let people begin saving even if they can’t afford the large initial investment often needed for a private, commercial retirement account. Obama’s action comes the day after he announced the idea in his State of the Union address.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Helicopters are in the skies over parts of Alabama, as crews look for people still stranded by the winter storm that left interstate highways clogged by jackknifed 18-wheelers. Five of the six traffic fatalities linked to the storm were in Alabama. The ice and snow also shut down the Atlanta area, leaving employees trapped at their workplaces and schoolchildren stranded at school, or even on school buses.
ATLANTA (AP) – A woman who spent 16 hours in a car in Atlanta with a co-worker before finally getting home late Wednes morning is describing the ordeal. Jessica Troy says, “We literally would go 5 feet and sit for two hours.” She says most people spent the night with no food or water, and no bathroom. And some people, she says, had children with them. She calls it a “dire situation.”
BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) – A cruise ship on which nearly 700 passengers and crew fell ill has arrived at its home port in New Jersey after a Caribbean voyage cut short by an outbreak whose cause has still not been determined. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said its latest count puts the number of those sickened aboard the ship at 630 passengers and 54 crew members. Health investigators suspect norovirus, but lab results are not expected until later this week. The ship’s 10-day cruise had to be cut short.
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