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CSi Weather…
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IN THE EVENING.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 50.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN
THE MID 70S.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SPREADING SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.. IN ADDITION…LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORMS CONTINUING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
A POTENT COLD FRONT FOR NEXT TUESDAY….WHEN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE INTRODUCED BACK INTO THE FORECAST. THIS FRONT WILL BE MONITORED OVER THE COMING DAYS FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL.
Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Commission has delayed consideration of the bid the county received from Richard Geigle to purchase a county owned building, the location of the Stutsman County Library.
Geigle’s bid was$40,000 to purchase the building.
Deputy County Auditor, Linda Chadduck, says $17,000 remains to be paid on a repair to the building’s roof.
Commissioner Dale Marks said after the meeting the bid amount was a little less than for what commission members were hoping. Marks is also the chair of the James River Valley Library System Board of Directors.
The County Commission has also approved a $90,000 request from the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation, to replace the roof of the Center for Economic Development building, in downtown Jamestown.
The county’s share of the cost is $9,000, and the City of Jamestown’s share will be $81,000.
The early voting precinct hours at the Stutsman County Courthouse will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. October 20, 2014, to October 24, 2014 and from October 27 to Noember 3.
The early voting precinct will also be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, November, 1.
The early voting precinct will be in the waiting area for the county auditor, recorder’s and county treasurer’s offices in the Stutsman County Courthouse.
Jamestown (CSi) The JFAA 50th annual art show will be at the Jamestown Arts Center, September 13 – October 18, 2014, sponsored by Otter Tail Power Company.
This year is a milestone for the Annual, particularly special as it’s the JFAA Annual’s 50th year.
The Arts Center’s newsletter says, “It is a grand feat for a small town art show to survive 50 years. While participation has ebbed and flowed over the years, it continues to be a favorite exhibition for the Jamestown community.”
To commemorate this milestone the Arts Center has reached out to artists help with the celebration, hoping they participate in the exhibit, plus also asking them to create a small commemorative artwork that will be part of a special “ticketed” preview.
The way it will work is …everyone who has a ticket will have a chance to receive an artwork (There will be a limited number of mini-artworks available–we won’t know how many until the last minute.) All incoming, donated artwork will be numbered.
Corresponding numbers will be put in a bin. Ticket stubs will also be placed in a bin and we will randomly draw one from each thus matching ticket holder to artwork.
Another change this year is that all artwork in the exhibit is for sale.
For more information on line go to www.jamestownartscenter.org
Jamestown (CSi) Fogging operations in the City of Jamestown for adult mosquitoes that began Tuesday evening will be continue throughout the week as necessary.
All fogging operations are contingent upon weather conditions.
All fogging 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 fogging machines.
Motorists are urged to use caution when traveling in the vicinity of the fogging units.
Jamestown (CSi) The annual Patriot Day, Freedom Walk/Parade in Jamestown will be on Thursday September 11, 2014.
The Parade is through downtown Jamestown.
The local commemoration program is sponsored by the Patriotic Council of the community, and starts at 6 p.m. September 11 at the All Vets Club, at 116 1st St. East.
The walk/parade will follow a seven-block route around downtown and back to the Vets Club for a free spaghetti supper, at about 6:30 p.m.
The public is invited to all activities and the dinner.
Event organizer Charlie Kourajian says, the event is an opportunity for the community to remember the 9-11 terrorist attack on the United States and the people who perished as a result, adding that it also the opportunity to show appreciation and our continued support of our troops wherever they may be, abroad or stateside and for the first responders of our community.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Board of Higher Education took a $69-million chunk out of its $808 million backlog in deferred maintenance projects, and some board members say it’s not enough.
The board during a conference call meeting Wednesday approved more than $200 million in capital projects, including a new heating plant at Valley City State and new water and sewer lines at North Dakota State College of Science.
Board member Kevin Melicher, of Fargo, calls the need for building improvements “enormous” and believes the oil-rich state has the ability to fund more of them.
The board also approved 3 percent raises for most of the university presidents. Williston State College President Raymond Nadolny received a 5-percent raise mainly because of the high cost of living in the oil patch.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The military says a Dickinson-based North Dakota National Guard unit won’t be called to serve in Afghanistan.
The Guard says more than 150 members of the 816th Engineer Company were put on alert in June for a possible mobilization early next year. The unit has a detachment in Mott.
The military announced Wednesday that the unit was taken off alert status.
Members of the unit deployed to Iraq from late 2003 to early 2005.
Some Army and Air Guard soldiers with other North Dakota units currently are serving in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Southwest Asia.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Bond has been set at $20,000 for one of two Minot men shot by police following a burglary attempt.
35-year-old Brandon Butler appeared in court on Tuesday on felony drug and burglary charges.
Authorities say 25-year-old Joshua Peterson is in critical condition at a Minot hospital.
Authorities say the men were shot by police after driving a vehicle toward an officer while attempting to flee.
Authorities say Peterson was the driver and Butler was the passenger.
No officers were injured in the incident.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Hague man has been sentenced to probation for selling fake methamphetamine to a police informant.
25-year-old Tyler Gallant pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of felony possession of an imitation controlled substance.
South Central District Court Judge Thomas Schneider gave Gallant a 30-month suspended jail sentence and two years of probation.
Court records say Gallant sold a dietary supplement packaged as meth to an undercover informant earlier this year.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – Police in Mandan say a vehicle owned by the North Dakota Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger was involved in a rollover incident in Mandan.
Sgt. Jay Gruebele says a Chevy Tahoe being driven by 22-year-old Jesse Larson went off the road and rolled around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday.
Rauschenberger in a statement on Wednesday said he “showed poor judgment” when he lent his vehicle to Larson. Rauschenberger says he met Larson while undergoing alcohol addiction treatment.
Rauschenberger wasn’t in the vehicle during the incident. Police have cited Larson, of Mandan, with DUI and reckless driving. A police report shows the vehicle sustained serious front end damage.
Rauschenberger says he has received in-patient and out-patient addiction treatment.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple appointed Rauschenberger in November. The commissioner’s running for election to a full term.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota regulatory commission has moved to require for the first time that companies post bonds to cover the cost of turning a wind farm site back to its original state when a facility is shut down for good.
Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak says wind farms cover thousands of acres and can leave a large footprint.
North Dakota law allows the commission to decide whether a wind energy project that has been operating more than 10 years should be required to file some form of financial guarantee to cover the cost of decommissioning and restoring the site.
Brian Kalk is the chairman of the commission. He says it’s important to ensure that land is reclaimed after a wind farm no longer operates.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials at a Bismarck food pantry say the facility for the needy has its lowest grocery inventory in nearly 40 years.
Bismarck Emergency Food Pantry volunteer Linda Haider says demand for food is soaring with more people moving to the area in search of work.
Haider says July was the busiest month ever at the pantry. She says the pantry has about a third of the inventory that has been on hand in previous years.
The pantry is run by about 30 volunteers who rely solely on donations.
Officials say the pantry has helped almost 2,500 families this year with food and household items.
MOOHREAD, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says the notion that Minnesota and North Dakota residents upstream from a proposed Red River diversion project are being sacrificed particularly for commercial development in Fargo has some merit.
Dayton has been in the southern Red River Valley talking mainly with upstream opponents who are unhappy the flood control proposal includes a massive holding area that would flood farmland and buildings in times of serious flooding.
Dayton said after Wednesday’s meeting in Moorhead that Fargo authorities “pretty much acknowledged” they have rejected the small-town complaints in favor of expanding Fargo, and that has hurt working relationships.
Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority Chairman Darrell Vanyo told Dayton during the meeting that the proposal was advanced by the Army Corps of Engineers to protect 200,000 residents, not to spur development.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Ward County voters will be asked in January to approve more spending for a jail expansion and a new county office building.
Voters two years ago approved a half percent sales tax to fund the projects, which at the time was estimated at about $39 million.
The cost of the upgrades is now pegged at $77 million.
Officials have said the original jail project was undersized, and the price was “grossly underestimated.”
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University’s architecture program is marking 100 years of classes.
The program was founded in 1914 when a mechanical arts faculty member organized a few classes for a handful of students. It became accredited in 1971.
The department currently has 22 full-time faculty members at other instructors at the school’s downtown facility.
A centennial celebration is scheduled for Oct. 17-18, highlighted by a gala at the Plains Arts Museum.
In world and national news…
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – We’ve got your back. That’s the message from President Barack Obama to Baltic leaders who are afraid their countries might be the next targets of Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Speaking in Estonia after meetings with the Baltic leaders, Obama said, “You lost your independence once before. With NATO, you’ll never lose it again.”
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – The World Health Organization says a doctor in southern Nigeria who was ill with the Ebola virus exposed dozens of people to the virus by continuing to treat patients before his death. The doctor’s widow and sister are sick with Ebola, and about 60 other people are under surveillance. The U.N. health agency says the death toll across West Africa from the virus has surged above 1,900.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Federal Reserve survey shows the U.S. economy strengthening in all regions in July and August in areas from consumer spending to auto sales to tourism. All 12 of the Fed’s regions reported growth. The survey found no clear evidence that the economy is expanding so quickly that the Fed might soon need to begin raising interest rates to prevent inflation.
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A judge is reviewing a request by two media organizations to release any possible juvenile records of the unarmed 18-year-old who was killed by a police officer last month in suburban St. Louis. A hearing today before a St. Louis County family court judge didn’t reveal whether Michael Brown has such a record. The central legal question is whether Brown’s privacy rights extend beyond the grave. A Brown family attorney called the requests “shameful.”
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Hours after his half-brother was freed from North Carolina’s death row, a 46-year-old man who was serving a life sentence in the death of a young girl has also walked out a free man. A judge Tuesday overturned the convictions of Leon Brown and the other man because of new DNA evidence in the case. Fifty-year-old Henry McCollum was one of the state’s longest-serving death row inmates.
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