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.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID
50S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
60S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man shot by Jamestown police officers after he came out of his Southwest Jamestown apartment building carrying a shotgun says in a civil lawsuit he never aimed the gun at anyone and police used excessive force.

Michael Partlow survived the September 2010 shooting.

Partlow’s attorneys say their client made suicidal threats after a night of drinking, and his sister called police.

The lawsuit says Partlow was bending down to place the gun on the ground when police opened fire.

The suit, which seeks unspecified damages, names officers Joseph Stadler, Michael Craig and Sidney Mann, was well as the city of Jamestown.

Jamestown City Attorney, Ken Dalsted, did not respond to requests for an interview.

A jury later convicted Partlow of terrorizing, but found he did not attempt to inflict bodily injury.

Partlow was given a two-year suspended prison sentence and five years of supervised probation.

 

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 19, 2012) — Anyone with a metal detector, with headphones, unit, is asked to contact, Barnes County Airport Authority Chairman, Dennis Helland, or the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office.

The equipment will be used by the Federal Aviation Administration in their investigation into the plane crash that took the life of Bob Odegaard on September 7, 2012, while he was practicing for a Valley City air show that was to be held the next day.

The metal detector is needed to locate a digital camera memory card.

The camera was mounted on Odegaard’s plane.

The search for the card is planned, next week.

The number to reach Dennis Helland at is 701-840-0105, or, 701- 796-7841

Or contact Barnes County Sheriff, Randy McClaflin at 701-845-8530.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Fans of Elvis Presley are invited to a Jamestown show, highlight the entertainers memorabilia, and a sale of items obtain from Elvis’ Graceland mansion, in Memphis.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jack Gorman of Jamestown said, he’s followed Elvis’ career and attended hundreds of Elvis concerts.

Jack and his wife, Betty, have brought back from Graceland memorabilia including jumpsuits and other Elvis items.

Gorman said Elvis souvenirs can be purchased at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jamestown, October 5,6, 2012 from 10-a.m., to 8-p.m., both days.

The costs of the souvenirs range in price from $4 to $25.

Also available will be photos of Elvis, taken by Gorman, from Elvis’ last concert, at a cost of $5 each.

Also showing will be rare concert footage of Elvis on a big screen T.V. along with a video of a private tour of Graceland.

The cost of admission is:

Adults $7.50

Children 11-17 years old, $5, 10 and younger, free

Gorman added, those attending the Jamestown showing can take as many photos as they like, or record anything in the room.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Supreme Court has refused a
request to put a medical marijuana initiative on the November
ballot.
     In a brief order Wednesday, the court said it won’t intervene in
the dispute.
     Secretary of State Al Jaeger wouldn’t put the proposal on the
ballot because of what he said was evidence of petition fraud.
Medical marijuana supporters were asking the Supreme Court to
override Jaeger.

They say some petitions were valid, and Jaeger didn’t try to sort them out.
     The secretary of state says he’s pleased by the court’s
decision.

He says dozens of North Dakota counties are already having their ballots printed.
     Fargo state Rep. Steve Zaiser is chairman of the initiative campaign.

He says he’s disappointed that “a lot of work went down the drain.”

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – New estimates put North Dakota’s budget
surplus at a staggering $1.6 billion.
     In July the state’s budget surplus was estimated at $850
million. That doesn’t count $1.1 billion in state reserve funds
that have restrictions on how they can be spent.

     Gov. Jack Dalrymple credits explosive growth in sales tax
revenues for much of the increase.
     He says oil exploration in western North Dakota has caused a
bigger increase in tax collections than anyone expected.
     Dalrymple says much of the surplus should be devoted to one-time
public works projects and tax cuts.
     A legislative committee heard a report Wednesday on the revenue
estimates.
     The surplus number also doesn’t include money that’s expected to
flow into a newly established state public works fund. It could
have almost $700 million by June.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A 74-year-old West Fargo landlord
sentenced to two years in prison for running over an ex-tenant with
his Hummer has appealed to the North Dakota Supreme Court.

     Alois Vetter argues that jurors who last fall convicted him of
aggravated assault and reckless endangerment should not have been
allowed to consider the vehicle a dangerous weapon in the February
2011 incident.
Because of the finding, a judge was forced to give Vetter the mandatory
minimum two-year sentence.
     Vetter’s attorney says automobiles are not specifically
classified as dangerous weapons under state law.

Prosecutor Cherie Clark says the issue boils down to intent, which is for a jury to decide.
     The Supreme Court will rule later.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck woman is accused of stealing
more than $15,000 from her employer.

     Thirty-nine-year-old Dawn Bad Warrior faces a felony theft
charge that carries a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison.

Court documents do not list an attorney for her, and a telephone
listing could not immediately be found.
     Police say  an audit at Money Lenders uncovered $8,600 in bogus loans and $7,000 missing from the vault.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota manufacturer is suing the head of
the North Dakota Trade Office for allegedly breaking agreements he
made while with the company.
     The complaint filed by Mattracks alleges that Dean Gorder
violated confidentiality and noncompetition agreements he signed at
the time of his hiring that barred him from using contacts or
information he gleaned as an employee to benefit another company.
     The  lawsuit was filed against Gorder and the North Dakota Trade Office.
The plaintiffs say in a statement that the lawsuit lacks merit.
     Mattracks is seeking more than $50,000 and an end to the alleged
violation of the agreements.
     Mattracks makes rubber tracks for vehicles and markets them
internationally.

The Fargo-based Trade Office promotes international business opportunities for North Dakota companies.

 

 RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – A Rapid City surgeon accused of income
tax evasion is on trial.
     Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Koliner told jurors in his opening
statement in federal court Tuesday that the case is simple – Edward
Picardi “made a heck of a lot of money and didn’t want to pay his
taxes.” Koliner said Picardi owes more than $1 million in back
taxes.
     Defense attorney Jennifer Culotta said the government has worked
on the case for more than 10 years to “fit square pegs into round
holes to fit their philosophy.” She said it is not illegal for
someone to try to “minimize” their taxes.
     The Rapid City Journal reports  that the trial is scheduled to last as long as six weeks.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) – Farm-state members of Congress for decades
have campaigned on the back of farm bills delivering
election-season subsidies and other goodies to rural voters.

     Not this year. The bill is stalled, primarily because House GOP
leaders don’t want a noisy fight over food stamps this close to the
election.

That poses a particular problem for some Republicans in
tight races for the Senate or House who will go home empty-handed
when Congress adjourns this week.
     Democratic challengers are using the farm bill as an example of
how they say the Republican-run House is ineffective.

The issue has affected Senate races in Montana and North Dakota, along with House races in South Dakota, Colorado and Iowa.

 

In world and national news…

ATLANTA (AP) – It’s Mitt Romney’s turn to highlight some
videotaped comments from his rival — pointing to a video of Obama
from 1998 in which the then-state-senator said he believes in
redistribution “at least to a certain level to make sure
everybody’s got a shot.”

Romney told donors today in Atlanta that it’s not the way America works.

He said it’s an idea that would “kill the American entrepreneurship that’s lifted our economy over the years.”
    
     PARIS (AP) – A small package bomb has exploded inside a kosher
grocery store in a Paris suburb, wounding at least one person.

That word comes from an agency that tracks anti-Semitic attacks in
France.

The reason for the attack isn’t clear, but it rattled
nerves amid global tensions over a U.S.-produced film insulting to Islam.

And the attack came a few hours after a satirical French weekly published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department’s internal watchdog is
finding fault with the agency’s handling of a gun-trafficking probe
in Arizona that resulted in hundreds of weapons turning up at crime
scenes in the U.S. and Mexico.

The inspector general’s report cites misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures.
It refers more than a dozen people for possible disciplinary action
for their roles in Operation Fast and Furious.

The report did not criticize Attorney General Eric Holder.
     
     NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks have been trading above their four-year
closing highs again today, after a pair of encouraging reports
about the housing market.

The National Association of Realtors says home sales jumped to the highest level in more than two years in August.

The government reported earlier that construction of single-family homes was also the fastest in more than two years.
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists say the amount of ice in the Arctic
Ocean shrank to an all-time low this year, smashing old records for
the critical climate indicator.

The ice cap at the North Pole measured 1.32 million square miles on Sunday. The previous low was 1.61 million square miles in 2007.

Records go back to 1979 based on satellite tracking. Ice in the Arctic melts in summer and grows in winter, and it started growing again on Monday.