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60 PERCENT.
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Jamestown (CSi) District 12 and 29 state legislators presented an end of session wrap up discussion Monday evening at Jamestown City Hall.
Presented by the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Local-Regional Issues, Committee, legislators on hand included:
District 29
State Senator (R) Terry Wanzek
State Representative ( R ) Chet Pollert
State Representative (R) Craig Headland
District 12
State Senator ( D ) John Grabinger
State Represenative ( D ) Jessica Haak
State Representative ( R ) Alex Looysen
The moderator, Pam Phillips outlined the format which allowed audience members to ask general questions to the overall panel for each reply to. Questions came from residents of Jamestown, Valley City, Carrington, and other nearby-by towns.
Opening statements had each legislator give their view of the session.
Senator Wanzek pointed out income and property tax relief packages.
Senator Grabinger said it was a session of “missed opportunities,” in such areas of funding for substance abuse programs, and suicide prevetion, and addressing prison overcrowding.
Rep. Pollert indicated the session resulted in the corrections budget being increased.
Rep. Haak said the session had “peaks and valleys,” noting the passage of the family leave bill, addressing the stalking code, and additional funding to assist victims of human trafficking.
Rep. Headland said it was a great session foe conservatives, noting also expansion of early childhood education programs and the passage of tax relief.
Rep. Looysen pointed to the accomplishments of funding public education at higher levels.
Each addressed the failure to pass the equal rights bill based on sexual orientation. regarding housing and workplace issues. Sen. Grabinger co-sponsored the bill, which was supported by Rep. Haak. Each of the local Republican legislators voted against the bill.
Senator Wanzek explained the language in his bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Headland, concerning allowing corporate farming for dairy and hog farming, which became law, and may be referred to voters. Wanzek said if the law is referred, the entire issue of not allowing corporate farming in North Dakota may face a court challenge.
Other items addressed by the panel, some stemming from the audience, concerned the areas of the stabilization of oil extraction taxes, tax relief in lieu of dollars to fund programs, and funding for law enforcement, affordable housing funding,
Other issues were addressed and the discussion was shown on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.
Jamestown (CSi) Power outages were reported in Jamestown and the region on Monday morning.
In Jamestown the Southwest part of town was without electricity during the 7-a.m. hour, with power off a few minutes and restored about 7:30-a.m.
Otter Tail Power’s Charles Krebbs says a squirrel got into the Southwest Substation near Neighborhood Grocery and caused a phase ground fault, which damaged a bushing on the re-closer.
About 165 Cass County Electric customers were without power Monday morning for less than a half-an-hour.
The affected area included Maple Valley School District and surrounding communities of Tower City, Buffalo and Wheatland.
Cass County Electric spokesperson Trudy Wanner said an Otter Tail Power Company feeder line that was knockout for a few minutes caused the power outage for Cass County Electric and Otter Tail Power Company customers for a few minutes on Monday before power was restored.
About 236 Cass County Electric customers in Colfax Abercrombie and Christine were affected by a power outage that area of southeastern North Dakota on Monday.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called out three times this past weekend, all to garage fires.
The cause of a two stall unattached garage fire Saturday afternoon, about 2:30 in Southeast Jamestown has been listed.
City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says a dog knocking over a can of gasoline in the garage spilled the gas and caused an electric “trouble light” to start the fire.
The owner call 9-1-1. No injuries reported.
The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to the garage fire in the alley behind 1115 6th Avenue Southeast.
The two stall garage was fully in involved in flames, shooting several feet into the air when the units arrived on the scene, causing a large amount of smoke to billow
On-lookers were kept a safe distance away by police, as the garage contained small ammunitions which could be heard popping at the height of the fire.
A boat also sustained damage by the fire.
An adjacent garage in the alley to the south had its siding burned and melted, but there appeared to be no structural damage. No other structures were involved.
A power line was burned by the flames, and Otter Tail Power was called to the scene to attend the down wire and restore power to the area.
Four city fire units and 20 fire fighters were on the scene just under an hour.
No injuries reported.
Two other garage fires were reported over the weekend.
Chief Reuther says, on Saturday morning about 6:21 city fire fighters were called to a fire at an unattached garage at 720 Third Avenue Northwest.
Clothing and furniture were burned, with smoke damage to the interior of the garage. No other structures were involved.
Four city fire units and 25 fire fighters were on the scene. No injuries reported.
The cause of the fire is “undetermined,” unless additional information is obtained.
On Sunday morning about 10:30 the city fire department was called to fire at an unattached garage at 723 Third Avenue Northwest, where a heater ignited paper in the garage. Minor damage was reported. The units were on the scene about 20 as the owner had extinguished the fire before the units arrived.
No other structures were involved.
Three units were called and 24 fire fighters. No injuries reported.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Police report a call was received about 12 noon on Sunday, as a Fessenden, ND man allegedly drove his pickup truck through a fence, and attempted to flee officers, using a six year old girl as a shield when police tried to arrest him while pointing a tazer at him.
Police Chief Fred Thompson says, 28 year-old Carson Brent Messmer later released the girl and he was taken into custody.
Thompson says Messmer attempted to steal a motor vehicle after his pickup was disabled from the crash.
But the vehicle owner challenged Messmer who ran and fled on foot with the girl.
Messmer faces several drug related charges, with additional charges against pending.
The six year-old girl was taken into the care of the Barnes County Social Services office after she was released from the hospital on Sunday.
Jamestown (CSi) A hospital is more than a place where people go to heal, it is a part of the community that fosters health and represents hope. From providing treatment and comfort to the sick, to welcoming new life into the world, hospitals are central to a healthy and optimistic community. That’s the message organizers are touting with the 2015 National Hospital Week theme “Where Miracles Happen Every Day.”
The event theme, announced this week, is the centerpiece of a promotional campaign aimed at uniting health care facilities across the country during the May 10–16 celebration.
Jamestown Regional Medical Center President and CEO, K.C. DeBoer says, “National Hospital Week, first and foremost, is a celebration of people. We’re extremely proud of each member of our staff and physicians, and we recognize the important role they play in making a difference in the lives of our patients and our community.”
The nation’s largest health care event, National Hospital Week dates back to 1921 when it was suggested by a magazine editor who hoped a community wide celebration would alleviate public fears about hospitals. The celebration, launched in Chicago, succeeded in promoting trust and goodwill among members of the public and eventually spread to facilities across the country.
JRMC is celebrating Hospital Week by holding several activities for staff throughout the week including a cake walk, bingo and root beer floats.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CSi) – Strengthening her commitment to honor the nearly 200 North Dakotans who gave their lives defending their state and country during the Vietnam War, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp again took to the Senate floor Monday to honor the memory and share the stories of these selfless, fallen servicemembers.
During her speech Monday, Heitkamp honored North Dakotans who were lost in the Vietnam War.
Those included:
Michael Himmerick – Valley City
Willis Weber – Valley City
Leon Cox – Jamestown
For the full list on line go to CsiNewsNow.com
Heitkamp began a series of speeches in March to honor servicemembers from North Dakota who lost their lives in the Vietnam conflict as our country remembers the 50th anniversary of the war.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An attorney for the state says a North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation agent may have made a mistake when he gave away a confiscated pay loader that was bought in Iowa by a Forbes man, but the agent should not be required to pay for the loss.
The state is appealing a judge’s order that agent Arnie Rummel pay nearly $54,000 for the loader, which was taken from Darrell Schrum’s shop because authorities believed the equipment was stolen.
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Byers argued before the Supreme Court Monday that Judge Daniel Narum could have sanctioned Rummel, but there are too many questions about ownership to make Rummel financially liable.
Schrum’s attorneys say Rummel did not have the authority to decide what to do with the loader.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Moisture ranging from half an inch to 4 inches over the past week has helped replenish soil moisture across North Dakota.
The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop progress report that both topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies are rated only 19 percent short or very short, compared to 39 percent the previous week for topsoil and 33 percent for subsoil.
Stock water supplies statewide are rated 91 percent adequate to surplus.
The rain and snow did slow crop planting, however, and the report says there are concerns in some areas that crops might have be replanted due to excess moisture.
Eighty-two percent of North Dakota’s staple spring wheat crop is in the ground. Sugar beet planting has wrapped up, and the seeding of potatoes is nearing the halfway mark.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – No threat has been found at a U.S. Air Force base in North Dakota that was locked down for two hours while base officials investigated a domestic violence report from local police.
Lt. James Fisher says police in Grand Forks notified the Grand Forks Air Force Base around 5:30 p.m. Monday about a potential domestic violence incident on base.
The base was then put on lockdown while officials investigated. That meant vehicles weren’t being allowed onto the base.
Fisher says the lockdown was lifted around 7:30 p.m. He says officials found “no validity to the initial report” of a domestic violence incident.
He said he could not provide details on what might have prompted that report.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Air Force authorities are questioning the owner of a suspicious backpack that caused a scare at Minot Air Force Base.
Officials Monday morning evacuated the 5th Medical Group clinic buildings and closed the base’s main gate as a precaution after the backpack was found.
The threat was deemed over less than two hours later, and 2nd Lt. Kylee Ashton says the main gate was reopened and the clinic returned to normal operations.
The Air Force did not release what was in the backpack, citing the ongoing investigation.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A man facing life in prison for allegedly raping a girl in Flaxton in 2013 has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.
40-year-old Michael Hardaway was charged with Class AA felony gross sexual imposition, but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of Class B felony sexual imposition. That carries a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison.
Judge Gary Lee ordered a pre-sentence investigation that will include a sex offender evaluation.
Hardaway also pleaded guilty to endangering a child and was ordered to serve five years in prison in addition to whatever sentence he receives for the sexual imposition count.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A former president and treasurer of the Bismarck Jaycees has pleaded not guilty to embezzling $18,500 from the organization.
Tammie Scott could face up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine if convicted on the felony charge of misapplication of entrusted property.
Scott is alleged to have taken the money between December 2012 and January 2014, while serving as Jaycees treasurer.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A man has been sentenced to four years in prison for dealing methamphetamine on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
Houston Kirkaldie pleaded guilty in February to two federal counts, including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth.
Authorities say the case involved more than 500 grams of meth that was obtained from more than one source.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland ordered Kirkaldie to serve three years of supervised release after his prison term is complete.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota is remembering its fallen law enforcement officers.
A North Dakota Peace Officer memorial service is slated on the state Capitol grounds Wednesday afternoon.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says 61 North Dakota law enforcement officers “have made the ultimate sacrifice and they will be remembered.”
The ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. at Peace Officer Memorial wall, east of the Capitol’s judicial wing.
The nearby North Dakota Heritage Center also has a Law Enforcement Memorial display that gives information about the state’s fallen peace officers.
RAY, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota health officials say a natural gas flare at an oil pad has sprayed a mix of oil and brine into a tributary of the east fork of the Little Muddy River.
The North Dakota Department of Health says less than 42 gallons of the mix were sprayed into the river. The incident happened 10 miles northwest of Ray.
The site is owned by Continental Resources, Inc. A representative for the company did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment on the incident.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has lifted a burn ban on the Oahe Wildlife Management Area along the Missouri River south of Bismarck-Mandan. The ban was put in place earlier this spring to reduce the potential for wildfires in the heavily wooded recreation area. The ban included campfires.
DELMONT, S.D. (AP) – Electricity has been restored to tornado-ravaged Delmont.
NorthWestern Energy spokesman Tom Glanzer says the 124 customers who can accept power all have it back on. The work was completed late Monday.
Some damaged properties will need to be repaired before electricity can be restored. Glanzer says those properties will be dealt with one by one.
The Sunday morning tornado injured nine people and damaged or destroyed dozens of structures. State Public Safety spokesman Tony Mangan says there’s water service again in town but a boil order is in place until Thursday.
Cash donations designated to the Delmont Disaster Relief Fund can be dropped off at First State Bank locations in Delmont, Tripp, Armour and Geddes. Donations can be mailed to First State Bank, P.O. Box 68, Delmont, SD 57330.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The Local North Dakota Youth State Track and Field will be held at the University of Jamestown track on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 5:00pm. Registration is at 4:00pm. Registration forms may be picked up at the Parks and Recreation office. The first three places in each event will qualify for the state meet, June 20 @ Fargo, ND. The meet is open to boys and girls ages 7-14 as of December 31, 2015. For more information call the Parks and Recreation office, 252-3982.
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Milwaukee 10 Chi White Sox 7
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Baltimore 5 Toronto 2
Final N-Y Yankees 11 Tampa Bay 5
Final Texas 8 Kansas City 2
Final Boston 5 Oakland 4, 11 Innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3
Final Atlanta 2 Cincinnati 1
Final Chi Cubs 4 N-Y Mets 3
Final Washington 11 Arizona 1
Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Miami 3
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
UNDATED (AP) – The Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks were able to even their respective conference semifinal series at two games apiece. Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry scored 33 points on 11 of 22 shooting to lead the Warriors to a 101-84 win over the Grizzlies in Memphis.
Back to Oakland for Game 5 on Wednesday.
The Hawks were 106-101 winners behind Jeff Teague’s 26 points.
Game 5 is Wednesday in Atlanta.
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) – Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt admitted to making a couple of mistakes in the waning moments of Sunday’s 86-84 win at Chicago. Blatt acknowledged he tried to call a timeout he didn’t have, which would have led to a technical foul if the officials had seen him. He also confirmed that he initially designed an inbounds play that had LeBron James passing the ball in with 1.5 seconds left, a notion that was scrapped in favor of James taking what was the game-winning shot that tied the series at two games apiece.
BRADY SUSPENDED…
NEW YORK (AP) – The NFL has punished quarterback Tom Brady and the New England Patriots for deflating footballs used in their 45-7 win over Indianapolis in the AFC championship game. Brady plans to appeal a four-game suspension scheduled to begin with the season opener and end when the Patriots take on the Colts at Indianapolis. The Pats were fined $1 million and stripped of next year’s first-round pick and a fourth-rounder in 2017.
MLB…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins are giving center fielder Aaron Hicks another shot at the major leagues.
The Twins’ 2008 first-round pick is headed for Detroit for Tuesday’s series opener against the Tigers. The 25-year-old outfielder was summoned from Class AAA Monday night.
TENNIS…
PARIS (AP) – For the first time in 10 years Rafael Nadal (rah-fay-ehl nah-DAHL’) is not among the top 5 in the men’s world rankings. The 28-year-old Nadal fell to seventh a day after dropping the title match at the Madrid Open on Sunday, his fourth loss on clay this season. Novak Djokovic (NOH’-vak JOH’-kuh-vich) remains No. 1 in the world, followed by Roger Federer and Andy Murray.
In world and national news…
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – A major, magnitude 7.3 earthquake has hit Nepal, which is still reeling from an April temblor. Officials say at least 36 people have been killed and more than 1,100 injured. The quake in a remote mountain region triggered landslides and toppled buildings. Officials say there may be people buried in the debris in Chautara, which has become a hub for humanitarian aid for the April quake.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union could soon clear the way for aggressive action against the smugglers responsible for bringing thousands of migrants to Europe’s shores. A senior EU official says the bloc is moving forward with plans to hunt down people-smugglers and destroy their boats, and hopes to launch detailed planning of the operation next week.
PARIS (AP) – A new study finds more and more young people binge drink even as overall alcohol consumption in wealthy, developed countries declines. The study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says that while average alcohol consumption fell 2.5 percent over the past 20 years, the statistic masks a dangerous increase in hazardous drinking by young people. That now accounts for a higher proportion of deaths than HIV/AIDS, violence and tuberculosis combined.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) – A humanitarian cease-fire is set to begin in Yemen but in the hours leading up to it, warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition are keeping the pressure on Shiite rebels and their allies around the capital, Sanaa. The strikes stopped shortly before the newly appointed U.N. envoy to Yemen flew into Sanaa on his official first visit to the country. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch says the rebel Houthis (HOO’-theez) have intensified the recruitment, training, and deployment of children.
VIENNA (AP) – Iran and six world powers are gearing up for another round of nuclear talks. Experts from all the principals are gathering in Vienna for negotiations meant to result in a nuclear deal curbing Tehran’s atomic activities in exchange for sanctions relief. They face an end of June deadline.
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