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CSi Weather…
LATE THIS AFTERNOON…SUNNY. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 80S.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…THROUGH THE TURTLE
MOUNTAINS AND JAMES RIVER VALLEY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS…AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO
ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING THEN TAPERING OFF AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
Jamestown (CSi) A 28 year old Jamestown was arrested in a Southeast Jamestown neighborhood, Wednesday afternoon, after a brief chase on foot.
Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger said about 3:53 p.m., police were informed that Kyle Presser was seen on video surveillance breaking into a vehicle at the S & R Truck Stop on Business Loop East.
He was recognized by employees, who along with police, arranged to meet Presser at his apartment residence at 501 13th Street Southeast.
When police arrived and attempted to arrest Presser, on suspension of his driver’s license, and on an outstanding warrant issued by Stutsman County, the report says Presser fled on foot, and was apprehended in the backyard of a home in the 1200 block of 6th Avenue, Southeast about 4:15-p.m.
Police charged Presser with Failure To Halt, Driving Under Suspension, and Theft From A Motor Vehicle, and was taken into custody and brought to the Law Enforcement Center jail, in Jamestown.
The Stutsman County Jail Inmate Roster said bond was set at $500.
During a search of the immediate area in the neighborhood, police were unable to find any of the alleged stolen property.
Jamestown (CSi) Spraying in the City of Jamestown for adult mosquitoes is scheduled to begin tonight, Thursday, July 17, 2014 and will continue for the following 1-2 evenings as is necessary.
All spraying is contingent upon weather conditions.
All spraying operations will take place between approximately 8:30 PM (dusk) until approximately 6:00 AM.
Parents are advised to keep children out of the streets and away from the spray machines.
Motorists are urged to use caution when traveling in the vicinity of sprayer units.
Jamestown (CSi) A fundraising effort in Jamestown is progressing well, as local veterans’ groups and community members are donating dollars to send a World War II vet to a reunion with his former unit.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, All Vets Club Board of Directors, Chairman, LeRoy Wegenast said the dollars raised will send 98 year old Ernest Hubacker, to the reunion of Merrill’s Marauders and the Mars Task Force in Milwaukee at the end of August.
Wegenast said so far about $1,000 has been raised toward the $1,700 needed to cover expenses for Ernie and a family member to attend the reunion, in Milwaukee.
Wegenast pointed out that airline arrangements have been made, and Ernie will also tour the Harley-Davidson Plant in Milwaukee during the trip.
Ernie will turn 99 about a month after he returns from the reunion.
Wegenast added, anyone wishing to contribute to the fund may do so by dropping off donations at the All Vets Club in Jamestown. Checks can be made payable to The All Vets Club with a notation “Ernie’s Trip.” Or drop off donations at Lifestyle Appliance in Jamestown.
He said any funds raised above the $1,700 will go to the Daily Bread program in Jamestown.
Ernie remains active in the community volunteering at the All Vets Club and the Jamestown Regional Medical Center.
Hubacker’s duty with the Mars Task Force included time in the hills above the Burma Road. He and other members of the unit would call in artillery if Japanese vehicles attempted to use the road. They were also the targets of Japanese artillery.
More information on the units by clicking on the link in the story posted on line at CsiNewsNow.com
On another topic, Wegenast added that the All Vets Club has hired a new manager, as Jon Beyer is leaving to pursue other opportunities.
Wegenast said, during Beyer’s tenure as manager, the All Vets Club has seen increased patronage, and has included new menu items and is offering entertainment. The facility also has rentals for groups and organizations.
The next public fundraising for the All Vets Club will be coming up this fall.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CSi) U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp has announced a final deal on an acceptable shipping rate between Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Red River Valley & Western (RRV&W), enabling about 400 farmers in southeastern North Dakota to more easily transport their crops via rail at a lower cost.
During the 15 months of negotiations, Heitkamp pressed BNSF and RRV&W to come to terms on an agreement, bringing leaders from both sides to the table on multiple occasions to find a productive path forward that supports North Dakota’s farmers.
The agreement will allow James Valley Grain (JVG) to build a new grain elevator in Verona. The new shuttle-loading facility will fill the void of a facility that shut down in Verona in 2009, which created a major need for grain services in nearby communities. The new facility will offer more resources for North Dakota farmers, create good-paying jobs in the area, enable growers to effectively market their crops, and make sure high volumes of crops reach sale destinations throughout the country and the world. The facility will have a storage capacity of 3 million bushels of grain and will be able to move about 20 million bushels per year.
Heitkamp says, “This deal is a win-win for everyone involved – it helps farmers sell their crops and saves them money, puts short-line railroads in a strong financial situation moving forward, and enables BNSF to transport grain where it needs to go. And by building the new grain elevator in Verona, hundreds of area farmers will be able to affordably get their crops to market. BNSF and Red River Valley & Western both came to the table to meet the needs of farmers in the region, and I greatly appreciate their willingness to work together. Today’s announcement is a big step, and I’ll keep working closely with all parties to make sure the agreement is implemented properly. I look forward to seeing the success it will bring to hard-working North Dakotans.”
After pressing the heads of BNSF and RRV&W to come together and reach an agreement since April 2013, Heitkamp expressed the importance of such a deal to the Surface Transportation Board in February. Over the course of the past year, Heitkamp has on several occasions met with senior BNSF officials – including Executive Chairman Matt Rose and BNSF Chief Executive Officer Carl Ice – pressing them on the need to reach an agreement with RRV&W. Additionally, Heitkamp has pressed the leadership at RRV&W to find agreeable terms for the short line to carry grain to the main line operated by BNSF.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An independent report that includes a study of facilities on North Dakota college campuses shows that the state is $808 million behind on deferred maintenance costs, but there may be other ways the schools can utilize space.
The state Board of Higher Education is working with Paulien & Associates of Denver on a system-wide master plan that includes the building study. Company president Dan Paulien says the state needs to take “a real leap” to address the problem.
The survey shows that North Dakota State University has the most number of buildings in critical condition, including a laboratory that has no running water.
Higher education board chairwoman Kirsten Diederich calls the $808 million figure “alarming,” but says the space utilization study will help narrow down the board’s 2015 budget proposal.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State Treasurer Kelly Schmidt says a record $112 million deposit will be put in North Dakota’s oil tax savings account.
Schmidt says this month’s transfer brings the balance of the account to about $2.2 billion.
She says the monthly deposits have ranged from $32 million to $93 million until this month.
The Legacy Fund gets 30 percent of the state’s oil tax collections. The money can’t be touched before 2017 and it would still take a two-thirds vote of the Legislature for the state to dip into the fund.
North Dakota voters approved the fund in 2010. It received its first deposit of $34.3 million in September 2011.
The fund has been growing faster than anticipated because of rising North Dakota oil production and high prices.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota attorney general’s office has shut down two contractors after surprise inspections on the oil patch.
Wednesday’s tour found an additional seven contractors in the Williston area who could be disciplined depending upon further investigation.
The inspectors visited 33 sites and inspected 131 contractors.
Parrell Grossman, director of the attorney general’s consumer protection division, says contractor licensing and registration compliance is a “significant issue” in western North Dakota.
Grossman says the violations could result in projects being shut down for three days to a week or more.
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A Dakotas hospital is adding an air ambulance service based in the state’s oil patch.
Sanford AirMed is expected to be operating in Dickinson by late fall. It will feature a King Air B200 fixed wing aircraft that can travel 1,500 miles and land on a short runway. The plane can carry two patients and five critical care attendants.
Sanford AirMed will replace a void left by Texas-based Med-Trans, a national provider of air transport services that is closing its office in Dickinson.
Sanford Health is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Fargo, North Dakota.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Cleanup is expected to continue in the coming weeks at the site of a saltwater spill in North Dakota that rivals a 2006 breach believed to be the worst environmental disaster in state history.
The estimated 1 million gallon spill on the Crestwood Midstream Partners LP pipeline was discovered July 8 near Mandaree on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. It is one of the biggest oilfield spills in North Dakota history.
The 2006 incident involved a pipeline that spewed 1 million gallons of saltwater into a creek, aquifer and pond near the town of Alexander, North Dakota.
State Water Quality Director Karl Rockerman says cleanup efforts are still ongoing at the Alexander site.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot residents are being asked to help identify properties in the city that need cleanup from contamination.
The city and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are sponsoring a brownfields program project that involves assessing properties that potentially pose contamination.
A brownfield site is property where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant.
The city already has placed 37 properties on the list to be reviewed.
In world and national news…
GRABOVO, Ukraine (AP) – Wreckage of a passenger plane is scattered over a wide area in eastern Ukraine, where an Associated Press journalist has counted at least 22 bodies at the crash site. Ukrainian officials say the Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 people aboard was shot down as it flew over the country Thursday. Both the government and the pro-Russia separatists deny shooting it down. The plane had been on a flight from Amsterdam to Malaysia.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – President Barack Obama says the United States will offer any assistance possible to determine what happened to a downed passenger jet in Ukraine and why. Obama says the U.S. is working to determine whether any American citizens were on board.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration says Israel must do more to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki (SAH’-kee) Thursdday described as “horrifying” an Israeli attack yesterday that killed four boys on a Gaza beach. More than 200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel began launching airstrikes on the territory in response to hundreds of rocket attacks from Hamas militants and other Palestinian groups. The U.S. has been pushing a plan for a cease fire that is being proposed by Egypt.
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) – Police in California say the three men who robbed a bank and took three people hostage Wednesday also intended to kill people. They say the suspects took the hostages Wednesday afternoon as they made their getaway and waged a ferocious, high-speed gunbattle with officers. The getaway vehicle was eventually disabled, and police and the suspects got into a shootout. One of the hostages and two suspects died. Police say the surviving suspect appears to have used one of the hostages as a shield.
NEW YORK (AP) – Veteran theater performer Elaine Stritch has died. A publicist says she died Thusday at her Michigan home at the age of 89. She appeared in movies and on TV, but was best known for her stage work — particularly in her candid one-woman memoir, called “Elaine Stritch: At Liberty.” She also starred in the Stephen Sondheim musical “Company.” She continued to work, well into her 80s.
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