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TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
EVENING  IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. PATCHY FOG IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. LOWS IN
THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
40S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY
CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN
THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. BREEZY.
HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND
SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 40.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10.
.VETERANS DAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10.
HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office informs motorists that starting Friday, November 7, 2014,

12th Ave NE, between 7th St and 10th St NE, will be closed to traffic, due to utility work.

The work is expected to last approximately five days, depending on weather conditions. The street is expected to be re-opened to traffic Wednesday, November 12, 2014.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Alfred Dickey Public Library’s Director, Joe Rector says, the James River Valley Library System will continue to provide the “best service possible,” and move forward with plans.

Stutsman County voters on Tuesday  turned down the opportunity to renovate and expand the downtown library by authorizing a quarter percent sales tax.

The votes was 4,223 against, and 3,035 in favor.

Private donations would have been added to the tax collected toward the estimated $9 million project.

Rector added that he respects having voters decide the direction of the library.

He adds that the board of directors will be meeting to discuss future plans.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Voters in the city of Jamestown Tuesday passed City Measure 1 amending the city fireworks Ordinance.

Voters approved the measure with 2,716 yes votes to 2,522 no votes,

Starting in 2015, the sale and detonation of legal fireworks in city limits is July 1-5,

from noon to 11 p.m. July 1 through July 3, from noon to 1 a.m. July 4 through July 5 and from noon to 11 p.m. July 5.

Previously and sale and use of fireworks in Jamestown was nine days, from June 27th to July 5th.

A supporter of Measure 1, Danielle Schmidt of Jamestown says the change “brings Jamestown into the 21st century.”

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota legislative leaders say lawmakers probably don’t have the appetite to undertake additional measures to curb abortions in the state any time soon.
 
     Voters on Tuesday rejected by a nearly 2-to-1 margin a constitutional amendment that opponents feared would bestow human rights on fertilized human eggs. Voters on Tuesday also booted the two most vocal anti-abortion lawmakers in North Dakota.
 
     Senate Republican Majority Leader Rich Wardner says it appears voters prefer lawmakers deal with more pressing issues facing the state.
 
     Wardner doesn’t expect any abortion-related legislation to surface during Legislative session, which begins in January.
 
     Senate Democratic Minority Leader Mac Schneider called Tuesday’s election “a lesson in humility for the legislature.”

 

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans in the Dakotas savored a strong election for the GOP. That includes delivering a Senate seat for former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds and giving incumbents in both North and South Dakota a chance to push their policies in a majority for the first time since 2006.
 
     The Republican senators, John Thune of South Dakota and John Hoeven of North Dakota, say Rounds’ arrival in Washington will dovetail with efforts on issues like energy policy and applying pressure to President Barack Obama.
 
     For his part, Rounds helps fill out a new Republican majority in the Senate. He flipped a Senate seat held by retiring Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson. Rounds’ seat is one of at least seven picked up by Republicans nationwide.

 

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A former North Dakota teacher of the year who is accused of a child sex crime has pleaded not guilty to felony counts.
 
     Aaron Knodel is facing five counts of felony corruption or solicitation of a minor. He entered his pleas before a Cass County judge Wednesday.
 
     Knodel is accused of having sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student more than five years ago.
 
     The West Fargo High School teacher in August was suspended from his job without pay and benefits. He had been on paid administrative leave since February, when the school first learned of the allegations against him.
 
     Defense attorney Robert Hoy has said that Knodel is not guilty and passed a lie-detector test.
 
     Knodel was named the 2014 teacher of the year by North Dakota’s teachers union.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williams County residents have approved spending more money on law enforcement.
 
     The auditor’s office says 56 percent of voters in Tuesday’s election favored a proposed 1 percent sales tax to help fund public safety operations including police, fire and ambulance services. Nearly 6,900 people voted.
 
     The oil patch county is experiencing rapid growth and a rise in crime. County Commissioner Dan Kalil has said that some of the sales tax revenue might go toward a jail expansion.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man accused of threatening girls into engaging in sexually explicit conduct has pleaded guilty to eight counts in the first federal case of sextortion tried in North Dakota.
 
     Twenty-two-year-old Dustin Coleman, of Wahpeton, is charged with sexual exploitation of minors, possessing child pornography and extortion. A joint sentencing recommendation calls for him to serve 30 years in prison.
 
     Authorities say Coleman used intimidation or fear to gain sexual favors and coerce victims into making and sending him explicit images. He allegedly told one victim that he would rape her younger sister if she didn’t send him nude photographs of herself.
 
     Coleman said Wednesday that he suffers from numerous mental health disorders and has been taking at least five medications for the last six months.
 
     Sentencing is scheduled Jan. 26.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Basin Electric Power Cooperative is hosting more than 1,000 people from a nine-state region at its annual meeting in North Dakota’s capital city.
 
     The theme for this year’s meeting is “Member Owned, Member Driven.” It’s scheduled Wednesday and Thursday at the Bismarck Event Center.
 
     Basin Electric CEO and General Manager Paul Sukut and North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple are among the scheduled speakers.
 
     Bismarck-based Basin Electric supplies power to 137 rural electric systems in the Dakotas, Wyoming, Minnesota, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa and Nebraska. Those systems deliver power to about 2.8 million consumers.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A fall survey indicates North Dakota’s mule deer population has grown.
 
     The state Game and Fish Department says biologists counted 1,969 mule deer in the aerial survey in October, an increase of 12 percent from last year.
 
     The buck-to-doe ratio of 0.5 was up from 0.46 last year and slightly above the long-term average of 0.43. The fawn-to-doe ratio of 0.95 was the highest since 1999, and above the long-term average of 0.9.
 
     Big Game Management Supervisor Bruce Stillings says this year’s fawn production and overall population increase are encouraging. But he says challenges remain for continued population growth, including habitat changes.
 
     The fall survey covers 306 square miles in western North Dakota.
 

In world and national news….

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Sen. Mitch McConnell says voters expect newly empowered Republicans and the Democratic White House to find common ground for fast action. McConnell is in line to be the next Senate majority leader. The Kentucky Republican says he spoke with President Barack Obama Wednesday and looks forward to finding areas where Republicans and Democrats can agree. At a press conference in Louisville Wednesday afternoon, McConnell specifically cited trade agreements and rewriting the tax code.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve $6.2 billion in emergency funding to confront Ebola. The White House is asking for prompt action, meaning it wants approval during the current lame duck session, while Democrats are still in control of the Senate. It says some of the money would be used to secure the United States against any possible spread of Ebola and in West Africa, where the outbreak has killed nearly 5,000 people.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans have claimed at least 52 seats in the next Senate, with the outcome still to be decided in Alaska, Virginia and Louisiana, which has a runoff election Dec. 6. Democratic Senator Mark Begich (BAY’-gich) went to bed behind in the polls in Alaska. Republican challenger Dan Sullivan held a consistent, wide lead over the incumbent yesterday with Begich down by about 8,100 votes with all precincts in. However, there are thousands of absentee ballots still to be tallied.
 
     PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) – Detectives in Washington state are investigating whether graphic online photos show a slain woman before her body was found. The Kitsap County sheriff’s department says it can’t confirm the online postings are authentic, but it is taking them seriously. The images are accompanied by a statement apparently from the killer.  Deputies are looking for the dead woman’s car.
 
     ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) – Nine men from an indigenous community in Paraguay have been charged with first-degree murder and a woman accused of witchcraft was burned alive. Officials say 45-year-old Adolfina Ocampos was sentenced to death last week by the community’s chief. A local prosecutor says she was tied to a wooden pole and the men shot her with arrows before burning her alive. The U.N. Refugee Agency estimates that thousands of people worldwide are accused of being witches every year and are often abused and sometimes killed.