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WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM ..IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA NOON TO 9-P.M.THIS EVENING…
REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. WINDY.
HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID 40S IN
THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH INCREASING TO
NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. WINDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. COLDER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. WEST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND
SNOW IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS 15 TO 20.
.MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
LOWS 10 TO 15.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 15.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Police report that on Wednesday November 5th at about 9:45 pm officers responded to a reported stabbing,
23 year-old Faisal Mohammed allegedly attempted to contact an unidentified individual inside an apartment for money he was owed.
When 23 year-old Sharmke Abudulle answered the door, Mohammed allegedly brandished a knife and cut Abudulle.
Abudulle was treated at the scene with a minor laceration to his neck.
Mohamed was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault, and taken to the Barnes County Corrections Center.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) Auxiliary will hold its annual Holiday Magic fundraiser today (Friday, November 7, 2014) from 7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Items for sale will include ornaments, holiday décor, stocking stuffers, a bake sale and gifts for everyone on your list.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, our guests were the Co-Chairs of the event, Carol Lawrence and Linda Greer.
Linda said in addition to the afore mentioned items there will be themed trees, and Carol noted that there will be many railroad themed items, along with holiday table decorations.
There will also be a raffle with tickets at $5 each, or 5 for $20, with tickets remaining on sale, and the drawing on December 19, 2014.
The JRMC, Tree of Love ornaments are also available for $5 or $10, to honor or in memory of a person.
In a news release, JRMC Gift Shoppe Coordinator, Nancy Jo Johnson said, “Holiday Magic is our largest annual event that the Auxiliary holds every year. This is a great time to get an early start on your Christmas shopping and support a great cause.”
The Christmas bazaar will be located on the lower level conference rooms of JRMC. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the JRMC Foundation for an infant warmer in the Family BirthPlace.
The JRMC Auxiliary was formed in 1973 by Dorothy Chouinard, who is still an active member.
The auxiliary provides services and support for the hospital through financial donations and volunteer services. Funds raised by the auxiliary provides material back to the hospital including baby burping cloths, surgery pillows and grab bars.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City Building Inspector, Gary Klundt report a substantial increase in building permits issued this year.
Through October 145 building permits were issued in Jamestown compared to 127 in all of 2013.
The increase in total valuation for permits issued so far in 2014 is $44.5 million, compared to $14.1 million in 2013.
The biggest project in Jamestown is Deer Ridge Apartments in northeast Jamestown with a building permit value of $14 million.
The Menards building is the next largest with a $5.9 million value, and the Fairfield Inn located west of the Buffalo Mall ranks third with a $3 million valuation.
Building permits for single-family homes has increased with 30 issued so far, with four more being processed. In 2013, there were 21 issued for the entire year.
Jamestown (CSi) Three Jamestown Public School elementary schools have received a failing grade in a facility assessment.
The information was presented to the public at a community workshop Thursday evening.
The assessment was conducted by DLR Group, an architecture firm in Minneapolis
Gussner, Roosevelt and Washington Elementary schools were given an “F.”
The grade was based on a inspections of the buildings last summer.
The grading is based on the physical condition compared to new construction and current building codes, but doesn’t impact the quality of education.”
Valley City (CSi) With Valley City voters, Tuesday approving, with 51 percent of the vote, an Advisory Vote for the building of a $16 million community Health, Wellness and Physical Education Center, Sheyenne Valley Community Foundation administrator Andrea Nelson says a drive to raise another $4 million will begin soon.
The vote advises the Valley City Commission about amending the City Code to enact a City Sales, Use and Gross Receipts Tax, dedicated to the use of no greater than 17% capped at $3-million dollars, plus interest, for a bond issuance to provide financing assisstance for the Valley City Wellness, Health, and Physical Education Center.
VCSU students have voted to increase their student fees to help fund the facility.
The proposed 62,000 square foot Wellness Center would be located east of the W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse across 8th Avenue southwest.
The facility is a joint venture with the Valley City Park & Recreation Department, CHI Mercy Health and Valley City State University.
For more information call the Valley City Parks & Recreation office at 845-3294, Valley City State University foundation office at 845-7203, Valley Development Group at 840-7820 or the Sheyenne Valley Community Foundation at 490-1596.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police are investigating the robbery of a fast food restaurant.
Authorities say an employee opening a Taco John’s about 6 a.m. Friday was met at the front door by a masked woman who threatened her and demanded to be let into the restaurant. She was followed by a masked male accomplice.
The pair fled on foot with an undetermined amount of money.
The robbers did not display a weapon. The clerk was not hurt.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – Two 20-year-old men are dead after their car collided with a snow plow just west of Wahpeton.
The Highway Patrol did not immediately identify the victims from LaMoure, North Dakota, and Aberdeen, South Dakota. They were pronounced dead at the scene on state Highway 13 about 8 p.m. Thursday.
Authorities say the crash happened at an intersection when the car pulled in front of the snow plow while trying to turn onto the highway.
The snow plow driver was not hurt.
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a Minnesota man who died in a crash on an icy Interstate 94 in southeastern North Dakota.
The Highway Patrol says 40-year-old Gregory Hillukka, of Cokato, Minnesota, died Wednesday when he lost control of his car near Valley City. Hillukka rear-ended a tow truck that had stopped on the shoulder of the road to pull other vehicles out of the ditch.
Hillukka was pronounced dead at the scene. The tow truck driver was not in the vehicle at the time and was not hurt.
Washington (CSi) The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will prepare an environmental assessment that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Wind Ridge Pipeline project.
It involves the construction and operation of facilities by WBI Energy Wind Ridge Pipeline, LLC and WBI Energy Transmission, Inc, in Stutsman, LaMoure,McIntosh, and Logan Counties.
FERC willl use the EA in its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity.
Those interest may submit comments in written form or verbally.
In lieu of, or in addition to sending written comments a scoping meeting is set for Jamestown on Wednesday November 19, 2014 at 5:30-p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, at 519 1st Avenue, South.
The scoping period will close on November 24, 2014.
Another scoping meeting is planned on Thursday November 20, 2014 at 5:30-p.m., at the Wishek Civic Center, at 715 1st Avenue South, in Wishek.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Treasury Department has awarded $1.1 million to a North Dakota coalition to help small businesses and local economies.
The Red River Corridor Fund is led by the city of Carrington and is a coalition of 36 North Dakota municipalities that work with small companies to acquire loans needed to expand and create more jobs.
Mandan leads a similar coalition of 38 other North Dakota municipalities.
Officials say the Carrington and Mandan consortiums have received a total of more than $12 million to support small businesses in North Dakota.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – A North Dakota man who was shot by a Montana police officer on Halloween is recovering at a Billings hospital. The Billings Gazette reports 59-year-old Michael Frederick Smith of Bismarck, North Dakota, was listed in fair condition at St. Vincent Healthcare on Wednesday. The officer involved in the shooting is on paid administrative leave during an investigation of the shooting.
CHURCHS FERRY, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper waded through a slough to rescue an 81-year-old woman who had driven into the water near Churchs Ferry. The patrol says Mertie Kurtti of Rocklake was traveling on U.S. Highway 281 on Wednesday afternoon when she lost control of her car and went into the ditch and then the slough. Trooper Grant Lonski walked through water up to his stomach and pulled Kurtti from the vehicle. She was taken to a Devils Lake hospital and treated for hypothermia.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The second of two men accused of conspiring to kill a South Dakota man in North Dakota was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.
21-year-old Joshua Clark was found guilty in July for his role in the killing of 18-year-old John Swain.
Swain was reported missing in May 2013 after moving to Bismarck from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in search of work.
Clark’s co-defendant, 26-year-old Theo Crowe, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit murder and was sentenced in January to life in prison.
Authorities say Clark and Crowe lured Swain into a Bismarck home, hit him with a hammer and cut off his legs.
Authorities say Swain’s body was found at the home of Crowe’s grandmother in Poplar, Montana.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Company and state health officials say the public has nothing to fear from the possibility that a medical waste incinerator in Fargo could accept Ebola hospital waste from other parts of the country.
Healthcare Environmental Services is on a California Health Department list of potential destinations for any Ebola-related waste. Director Chad Wold says the facility also has been contacted by companies in Indiana and Wisconsin that are putting together contingency plans for Ebola-related waste.
Wold says HES is not actively seeking such waste, and will evaluate any requests on a case-by-case basis.
State Health Department official Steve Tillotson says any Ebola waste shipped to incinerators would have to follow “rigorous” federal guidelines. He says if HES handled any Ebola waste, a state official would be on hand to monitor.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Libertarian Party is eligible to place candidates on the 2016 statewide ballot after one of its candidates got more than 5 percent of the vote in the race for secretary of state.
Roland Riemers (RYM’-urs) got 5.3 percent of the vote Tuesday in the race that was won by incumbent Al Jaeger.
State law says a political party must get at least 5 percent of the total votes cast to be placed on the next election’s ballot.
Jaeger says it’s the first time in at least 20 years that a third party could automatically be placed on the ballot for exceeding the 5 percent requirement.
Riemers is a Grand Forks resident and longtime political candidate. He’s also run for the U.S. Senate and the North Dakota Legislature.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A sales tax approved by Williams County residents to provide money for public safety in the rapidly growing oil patch region should generate millions of dollars annually.
Williston City Auditor John Kautzman says the 1 percent sales tax is expected to bring in about $14 million each year in the city – and that number could double with taxable sales throughout the county.
The auditor’s office says 56 percent of voters in Tuesday’s election favored the sales tax to help fund public safety operations including police, fire and ambulance services. Nearly 6,900 people voted.
Police Detective David Peterson says the vote shows support from the community for efforts to make the city and county a safer place.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks’ Alerus Center is hosting a Pride of Dakota Holiday Showcase this weekend. State Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says there will be 110 vendor booths with everything from food to jewelry. More than 500 companies are members of the Agriculture Department’s Pride of Dakota branding program.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department wants to limit deer gun licenses to one per hunter in 2015.
The agency says the license distribution plan is the result of a declining deer population and high demand for licenses.
The agency says all of the 48,000 deer gun licenses made available for this year’s hunting season have been issued.
Wildlife division chief Jeb Williams says about 30,000 people who applied for a deer gun license this year didn’t get one in the lottery.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Fargo Shanley def. Fargo South, 25-14, 25-15, 25-18
Class B District 10
Region Qualifier
Underwood def. Garrison-Max, 3-1
Washburn def. Wilton-Wing, 3-0
Championship
Turtle Lake-Mercer def. Center-Stanton, 3-1
Class B District 15
Region Qualifier
Parshall def. New Town, 3-0
Trinity Christian def. White Shield, 3-0
Championship
Watford City def. Trenton, 3-2
Class B District 16
Region Qualifier
Burke County def. Stanley, 3-2
Ray def. Divide County, 3-0
Championship
Kenmare def. Powers Lake, 25-17, 26-24, 25-20
Class B District 6
Region Qualifier
Kidder County def. Strasburg-Zeeland, 25-23, 25-16, 25-16
South Border def. Medina-Pingree-Buchanan, 26-24, 25-13, 25-23
Championship
Linton-HMB def. Napoleon, 25-14, 25-23, 25-17
Class B District 9
Third Place
New Salem-Almont def. Flasher, 3-1
Championship
Grant County def. Shiloh Christian, 3-0
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
CINCINNATI (AP) – The Cleveland Browns had three short rushing touchdowns and allowed just 165 total yards in a 24-3 win over the Bengals in Cincinnati. The Browns ended a 17-game road losing streak in division games and improved to 6-3, tying Pittsburgh for the AFC North lead. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was just 10 of 33 for 86 yards and three touchdowns before he was replaced by Jason Campbell.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
UNDATED (AP) – The Houston Rockets have the NBA’s best record at 6-0 after hammering the defending champions on Thursday.
Dwight Howard scored 32 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the Rockets’ 98-81 thumping of the short-handed San Antonio Spurs. James Harden had 20 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Rockets, who led wire-to-wire and were ahead by as many as 31 points.
The Spurs were without Tim Duncan, Tiago (tee-AH’-goh) Splitter and Manu Ginobili (MAN’-oo jih-NOH’-blee), who were rested by coach Gregg Popovich. Cory Joseph led the Spurs with 18 points off the bench.
Portland won last night’s other NBA game as LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points and Damon Lillard added 18 to lead the Trail Blazers past Dallas 108-87. The Blazers trailed by four before outscoring the Mavericks 35-18 in the third quarter.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – Craig Anderson stopped 34 shots to lead the Ottawa Senators over the Minnesota Wild 3-0 Thursday night. Niklas Backstrom made 14 saves for Minnesota. Mike Hoffman scored twice.
Final Boston 5 Edmonton 2
Final Philadelphia 4 Florida 1
Final Tampa Bay 5 Calgary 2
Final St. Louis 4 New Jersey 3
Final 2OT Pittsburgh 4 Winnipeg 3 (SO Pittsburgh 2-1)
Final Nashville 3 Dallas 2
Final 2OT Colorado 4 Toronto 3 (SO Colorado 3-1)
Final 2OT N-Y Islanders 2 Los Angeles 1 (SO N.Y. Islanders 2-0)
Final Vancouver 3 San Jose 2
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) – The only top-25 football team in action on Thursday was No. 19 Clemson, and the Tigers improved to 7-2 with a 34-20 win at Wake Forest.
Artavis Scott took a touch pass from Cole Stoudt 68 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 10:53 left. Stoudt finished 27 of 42 for 282 yards with three touchdowns in Clemson’s sixth consecutive win.
NHL…
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – Minnesota leading score Zach Parise (puh-REE’-see) has a concussion that will keep him out indefinitely.
He did not travel with the Wild on their three-game road trip, starting Thursday in Ottawa. Parise was injured during Tuesday’s loss to Pittsburgh.
Parise has four goals and six assists in 11 games.
NFL…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The NFL is formally reviewing Adrian Peterson’s case, for potential punishment under the league’s personal conduct policy. A league spokesman says Peterson has been told by the NFL that his status on paid leave from the Vikings will not change until completion of the process. The Vikings running back pleaded no contest in Texas on Tuesday to misdemeanor reckless assault, down from a felony charge of child abuse for disciplining his 4-year-old son with a wooden switch.
NEW YORK (AP) – A hearing for Ray Rice appealing his NFL suspension concluded yesterday after two days and testimony from the former running back and the head of the league. Rice and his wife Janay Rice left the hearing separately after each testified at the New York office of a neutral arbiter. The arbitration hearing will determine whether the NFL overstepped its authority in modifying a two-game suspension of Rice, making it indefinite after video of the running back hitting his wife was released by TMZ.
MLB…
NEW YORK (AP) – Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout, Pittsburgh outfielder Andrew McCutchen and Washington shortstop Ian Desmond have won their third straight Silver Slugger Awards. Chicago White Sox rookie first baseman Jose Abreu (ah-BRAY’-oo) and Houston second baseman Jose Altuve (al-TOO’-vay) were among eight first-time winners announced today by Louisville Slugger. Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre (BEHL’-tray) won for the fourth time.
GOLF…
SHANGHAI (AP) – Graeme McDowell opened with seven birdies in 12 holes and finished with a 5-under 67 for a two-shot lead in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai. That’s good for a two-shot lead over a group of players that include Rickie Fowler, Martin Kaymer (KY’-mur) and Brandt Snedeker.
Adam Scott and Henrik Stenson were among those another shot behind.
McDowell is the only player to have finished in the top 10 in the previous three WGCs this year.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Sebastian Cappelen shot a 7-under 65 in his first PGA Tour round to take the clubhouse lead at the Country Club of Jackson in Miss. He opened with a bogey before making eight birdies to build a two-shot lead over Robert Streb, Scott Pinckney and Canada’s Nick Taylor.
Play was suspended because of darkness with 15 players unable to finish.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – With control of Congress about to shift completely to the Republican side come January, a White House meeting today is being closely watched. Three days after midterm elections that were brutal for Democrats, President Barack Obama is inviting 16 top-ranking lawmakers to search for territory ripe for compromise on a host of unfinished business before the current Congress.
WASHINGTON (AP) – It won’t be long before the Labor Department releases October employment data and the consensus ahead of today’s report is positive. Economists surveyed by FactSet predict 230,000 jobs were added and that the unemployment rate held steady at 5.9 percent, a six-year low.
AMSTERDAM (AP) – The European policing agency says it made 17 arrests in raids coordinated with the United States and aimed at underground websites selling illegal drugs. The U.S. action yesterday resulted in the arrest in San Francisco of a man accused of running the “Silk Road 2.0” online drug bazaar. Europol says in a statement today that in addition to the Silk Road site, several other marketplaces were seized.
RABAT, Morocco (AP) – Morocco has long presented itself as a great respecter of human rights but a New York-based group says not so fast. Human Rights Watch expressed concern today over what it says is Morocco’s interference with the activities of local and international human rights organizations operating in the country. Morocco is set to host the second annual World Forum on Human Rights this month.
JERUSALEM (AP) – An Israeli police spokesman says Israel is taking steps to prevent violence at a volatile holy site in Jerusalem. Israel has deployed more than 1,300 police and the spokesman says Muslim worshippers at weekly prayers are limited to women and men over 35. Riot police clashed two days ago with Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third- holiest shrine.
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