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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 50.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S.
A WARM UP INTO FRIDAY IN THE 80S AND 90S BEFORE A WEEKEND COOL DOWN…AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY..SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY..THEN A RETURN TO
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
THE JAMESTOWN NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS OFF THE AIR
TODAY…WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19TH…AS EQUIPMENT IS TRANSFERED TO A
NEW BUILDING AT THE TRANSMITTER SITE. THE STATION WILL LIKELY NOT
RETURN TO SERVICE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING.
Jamestown (CSi) The Frontier Village Association Board of Directors Tuesday met in Special Session, to discuss the resignation of a maintenance worker.
The maintenance worker, Michael Schlecht, of Spiritwood, submitted a letter of resignation on Friday, notifying the board that his last day would be Friday, August 21, 2015….expressing disappointment over recent board decisions.
Schlecht was not present at the meeting and could not be reached for comment.
Schlecht listed four reasons for the resignation: “No real effort” from the board to hire another part-time maintenance worker; the lack of any hours scheduled in September for Charlotte Grohnke, a longtime village greeter; workers other than the Frontier Village manager and himself having access to the maintenance shop; and the board’s decision not to change its vote to allow outside work on an item he had not been consulted about.
FVA Board President Charlie Tanata said Schlecht’s family was concerned that he was working too much and he wanted the board to hire an assistant to allow Schlecht to have more time off.
Board member JoAnn Herrick said the Frontier Village staff needs a management structure. When staff members have concerns or questions they need to talk to the manager, and if the issue is not resolved then they need to know they can talk to the board chair, and then to the full board if necessary.
Tanata called the special meeting, saying he wanted the board to reconsider its decision at the July meeting to spend $1,600 to have Kay Benson and Marcy Duff do scraping, priming and painting to the rails and decks of the depot and other buildings. The board did not reconsider the decision at the regular meeting.
The board also did not take any action on Tuesday to leave the boardwalk and railings unpainted. The previously scheduled work will move forward.
Jamestown (CSi) – An accident occurred Monday August 17 when a City of Jamestown sewer vacuum truck drove north on 2nd Ave NW (corner of 13th St) with its hydraulic boom not fully stored, catching and tearing down a Century Link distribution telephone cable.
Minor damages to the CSi line above were reported, but it did not cause any outage for customers.
As of Tuesday afternoon, some residents in the area were still without telephone service as the line had not yet been fully repaired
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center reports that The Dinner Theater production of Beyond Therapy (scheduled for this weekend) has been cancelled.
One of the lead actors has had a death in the family and has to travel out of state for the funeral.
The show must go on! The show is rescheduled for:
September 10 and 11, 2015 at 7:00 pm. This will be theater only, no dinner will be served. Tickets will be $15 or $10 for arts center members.
The Arts Center will be contacting people who have already purchased tickets to offer a refund or gift certificate toward the next show. If you purchased tickets and haven’t heard from us, please contact the office at 701-251-2496.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session, Tuesday evening at City Hall. All members were present.
APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDED:
A Tree Trimming License for Ground to Sky.
Blocking Off Street for the VCSU Welcome Weekend on August 21, and Street Dance on September 2, 2015.
PUBLIC FORUM No one spoke..
NEW BUSINESS
City Commissioners approved awarding contract to Water Smith Inc. for replacement of Well #5 in the amount of $97,746.00. City Administrator Schelkoph indicated that the bid was not the low bid but included items needed, such as tree removal.
Commissioners reviewed the parking plan for VCSU to accommodate Flood Protection Project. KLJ & City Administrator Schelkoph said temporary parking would allowed be on 4th Avenue and Viking Drive, on a temporary basis….VCSU President Tisa Mason said the temporary parking would be through September 30th, to help students with getting settled for the academic year.
An area west of Foss Music Hall would be available for parking with 50 spaces.
The City Commission voted to approve.
Discussion was held on a solar plant, and to approve funds for legal review. Commissioner Luke said electric rates will be variable in the future, adding new changes in EPA regulations will mean increases in electric rates. She added that a proposed 700KW Solar Plant at $1.75 million would be investor owned, with tax breaks, and after five years selling back to the city.
There would be a refundable $35,000 in up-front costs, from the city’s electric fund.
She said the proposal would allow the city to buy the plant, at a fraction of the average cost.
The power is presently purchased from Missouri River Energy and WAPA. The company being looked at is Olson Energy. A completed plant would be at the end of 2016.
She said the legal review is necessary to not expose the city to any risks and review Olson Energy’s background.
City Attorney Myhre said his office was not consulted in regard to legal work on opinions on the issue.
The City Commissioners will hold a Special Meeting on August 27, 2015, to vote on authorizing funds.
CITY UPDATE & COMMISSION REPORTS
City Building Inspector David Andersen said the issuance, Tuesday, of the building permit for the new Wellness Center, brings the total dollar amount so far this year, at $9 million ahead of last year at this time.
He said property owners removing trees should be responsible for removing the stumps.
Otherwise the city will remove the stumps and charge the cost to the property owner.
City Fire Chief Retterath said the city has undergone a review for fire protection rating, with the results expected in about four months.
KLJ reviewed the progress of street projects.
Flood wall construction on College Street continues.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68, followed by replays.
(CSi) University of Jamestown has once again been ranked as a “Best in the Midwest” college by The Princeton Review in its annual review of colleges and universities.
Princeton Review’s Senior VP-Publisher, Robert Franek, says, “We chose University of Jamestown, and the other outstanding institutions on this list, primarily for their excellent academics.”
The Princeton Review editors made their selections based on data the company collected from its survey of administrators at several hundred colleges in each region, as well as its staff visits to schools over the years, and the perspectives of college counselors and advisors whose opinions the company solicits.
Franek added, “We also gave careful consideration to what students enrolled at the schools reported to us about their campus experiences. Only schools at which we see a strong level of satisfaction among their enrolled students – whom we consider their customers – make it to our final slate of regional ‘best’ college selections.”
UJ Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean Paul J. Olson says, this designation is a reflection of the high quality of teaching by our faculty. Whether it is in a classroom, a lab, at a camp on the shore of Hudson Bay, or in a hospital in rural Kenya, students at UJ have come to expect excellent teaching from our professors.”
The Princeton Review survey asks students to rate their colleges on several issues –from the accessibility of their professors to the quality of their science lab facilities – and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life. One student commented that the University of Jamestown, “is literally a home away from home.” Another said that the University is “small, friendly, [and has a] family-like environment” where “everyone cares about you.”
A significant portion of the students come to Jamestown for, as one student put it, “the most intense, high-esteemed nursing programs in the area.”
Detailed information about the Journey to Success or academic programs at University of Jamestown can be found at www.uj.edu or by contacting the Office of Admission at 1-800-336-2554.
Jamestown (CSi) The USGS invites the public to help celebrate 50 years of conducting research for the management of the Great Plain’s natural resources.
On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show, on CSi Cable 2 Deputy Director, Mark Sherfy said Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center is holding an anniversary open house Saturday, August 22, 10-a.m.-2-p.m., for the public to come out celebrate, and learn about the research, watch demonstrations, and meet the staff.
Those include scientists and biologists, plus presentations from local researchers and biologists on cranes, amphibians, and honeybees, along with elk and cranes, including capture techniques.
He pointed out that this area is the core of the prairie pothole region of North Dakota.
The center’s operations include tracking migratory bird populations, along with grassland and wetlands information.
The center is located one mile south of the Bloom Interstate East of Jamestown.
Click here to learn more about the center.
Founded in 1965, the center established a scientific foundation and has provided information for the Department of Interior’s waterfowl management programs. It became an internationally respected center for waterfowl and wetlands research through many field studies in the Prairie Pothole Region.
Jamestown (CSi) T he Jamestown Public School Board, Monday approved a new contract for Superintendent Robert Lech. The one-year contract agreement is effective through June 30, 2016. It provides an annual salary of $140,946.
Lech said, he’s happy with the boards approval and feels, ‘fortunate to be in Jamestown.’
School Board Vice President, Heidi Larson said, “We are very pleased to have Mr. Lech back this next year to continue with the good work he is doing for our district.”
In his Strategic Plan Quarterly Progress Monitor report, Lech said the focus over the past three months has been on the enrollment study and the facility planning process, and preparing to implement the findings of the demographic study.
Lech said he would like the board to discuss allowing a Jamestown High School student to be a non-voting member of the School Board at the board retreat in October.
Larson said the student council reports are already presented to the board monthly during the school year and should continue.
In other business, the board approved, the administration master agreement, the central office administration and food service director contracts, hiring high school teachers including Allison Mack, business and computer teacher, Janelle Green science, Vanessa Grehl as a second-grade teacher at Roosevelt Elementary, and Mitch Ostlie as a marketing/IT instructor at the James Valley Career and Technology Center.
The meeting was recorded by CSi 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL, with showings starting Tuesday morning.
A reminder, a public forum will be September 17th at the Jamestown Middle School, for residents to learn more about the proposed vote on a $19 million bond referendum that would approve or disapprove school building changes.
Early voting is September 15th through September 28th at the Stutsman County Courthouse.
Voting will be September 29th.
Jamestown (CSi) Fort Seward in Jamestown, presents BIG Guns of the Old West on September 12, 2015, starting at 1 pm, with an 1870’s Gatling Gun demonstration by Chuck Keller.
At 2 pm, Keith Norman and Dale Marks will demonstrate the Howitzer cannon. At 2:30 pm, there will be a Sam Colts presentation, an open fire cookout and encampment. The event will run until 4 pm, and is free and open to the public.
Jamestown (CSi) The official groundbreaking was held Tuesday for construction of Edgewood Senior Living, a 23-unit assisted-living facility and a 39-unit memory care unit, under construction on the west side of 10th Avenue Southwest, west of the Fairfield Inn.
The facility will occupy five-acres with completion of the project in about a year.
Update…
ALICE, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a Fargo man who died after losing control of an empty gravel hauler on a Cass County road.
The Highway Patrol says 58-year-old Carlos Torres died Tuesday morning in the crash about 2 miles south of the town of Alice.
Authorities say the vehicle he was driving slid sideways on a curve and overturned on the road, coming to rest upside down in the ditch. Torres was found partially ejected underneath the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – A judge has set bond at $100,000 for a North Dakota man facing an attempted murder charge after a stabbing at an apartment in Wahpeton.
A judge in Wahpeton set the bond for 24-year-old Jesse Wetsit on Tuesday. Prosecutors are accusing the West Fargo man of stabbing a 23-year-old woman at least five times with a kitchen knife during an argument on Friday.
Authorities say the knife had a blade about 4 1/2 inches long. The woman was taken to a Fargo hospital. Her condition is unknown.
The judge on Tuesday also ordered Wetsit to have no contact with the victim. Court documents do not list an attorney for Wetsit. The charge against him carries a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck man charged in connection with a head-on crash that killed two people has pleaded not guilty.
28-year-old Jordan Morsette entered pleas Tuesday to two counts of criminal vehicular homicide and one count of criminal vehicular injury.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says Morsette was intoxicated while driving a pickup the wrong way on the Bismarck Expressway on June 27 when the incident occurred. Authorities say the pickup collided with a car, killing two passengers inside the car.
The passengers were identified as 22-year-old Abby Renschler of Lincoln and 21-year-old Taylor Goven of Mandan. The car’s driver, 21-year-old Shayna Monson, was in a coma for several days.
Defense attorney Jodi Colling waived a preliminary hearing Tuesday. A trial has been scheduled for Nov. 16.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are headed to Devils Lake to inspect the city’s levee.
The inspection is one of the last steps before the city takes over maintenance of the embankment.
The $170 million levee is more than 12 miles long and has been raised several times in recent years. The federal government paid for 75 percent of the project.
Grafsgaard says the meeting with the corps will help ensure that all construction issues have been addressed.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A federal judge in North Dakota has ordered a hearing on an effort to block a new rule that gives federal authorities jurisdiction over some state waters.
Thirteen states led by North Dakota are challenging the rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers. The states say the new rule illegally expands the jurisdiction of those agencies under the federal Clean Water Act.
The law goes into effect Aug. 28. The states want the judge to order an injunction to suspend the new rules.
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A West Fargo teacher who was accused and then cleared of having a sexual relationship with a student will be back in the classroom this fall.
The school district has announced that Aaron Knodel will be an English teacher at Sheyenne High School this year. If any students have an issue with being in his class, they can ask to be reassigned.
Knodel was the state’s teacher of the year in 2014. He was later accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student in 2009 but wasn’t convicted.
The state teacher licensing board this month voted to take no action against Knodel, clearing him to return to teaching.
Knodel earlier was an English teacher and speech and debate coach at West Fargo High School.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A state lawmaker says North Dakota should modernize its death investigation system and refrain from relying on non-medical personnel to act as county coroners.
Doctors are county coroners in only 23 of the state’s 53 counties. Other counties rely on nurses, funeral directors, law enforcement and even an emergency manager to certify cause of deaths.
North Dakota averages 16 deaths daily.
West Fargo Republican Sen. Judy Lee says deaths in the state deserve a look from a trained medical investigator to better determine whether foul play is responsible.
Lee is the chairwoman of the interim Human Services Committee, which met Tuesday at the state Capitol to discuss improving death investigations in the state.
Suggestions from the committee could end up in proposed legislation when the Legislature reconvenes in 2017.
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A committee searching for Dickinson State University’s next president has narrowed the list of candidates from 47 to 10.
The North Dakota University System said in a news release that the presidential search committee met Tuesday to trim the list of candidates. Those remaining include educators from the University of Wyoming and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
The committee will interview finalists next month and recommend a slate of finalists to the State Board of Higher Education. The board would then conduct on-campus interviews Sept. 30, and a selection for president would be announced after that.
The board appointed Jim Ozbun as the university’s interim president earlier this month, after D.C. Coston said he was stepping down due to health concerns. Coston had earlier announced his retirement and planned to stay until a new leader was picked.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is recovering from hip replacement surgery.
Heitkamp spokesman Jared Gilmour says the North Dakota Democrat had her right hip replaced on Monday in Bismarck. He says the surgery was “successful and she’s doing well.”
Gilmour says Heitkamp “is already communicating with staff and emailing as she normally would.”
Heitkamp is recovering in North Dakota and will be back in Washington, D.C. when the Senate’s summertime break is over.
The 59-year-old Heitkamp survived breast cancer in the early 2000s.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Health Department is getting a federal grant of nearly $1.1 million for policies and programs aimed at battling diabetes, heart disease, obesity and stroke.
North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the money is through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All 50 states and the District of Columbia are getting money to fight the chronic diseases.
The delegation says the goal is to promote a higher quality of life.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Football Boosters announce the signup for Jamestown Midget Full Contact Football, for all 5th and 6th grade boys.
Signup is planned for Thursday August 27, 2015 at the Hillcrest Softball Complex, from 5-p.m., to 6:30-p.m.
Equipment will be handed out at the time of signup. Parents or guardians must accompany the player to registration, needing permission and a signature to participate.
The cost is $60 per player, and includes a football jersey, and the use of equipment. The date of the mandatory parents meeting will be announced.
Teams will be assigned after the players have been assessed by their skills.
Midget Full Contact Football will be on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30-p.m., to 8-p.m. (Please be on time to pick up your player(s) after practice and games.) Game nights are on Thursdays.
There will not be football on Labor Day September 7, 2015.
Any questions may be directed to Jerald Roemmich at 251-1792, or 269-3251.
(Please no phone calls at work.)
AA…
Fargo-Moorhead 4, Lincoln 2, 7 innings
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 5 Baltimore 3
Final Toronto 8 Philadelphia 5
Final Kansas City 3 Cincinnati 1, 13 Innings
Final Detroit 10 Chi Cubs 8
Final Oakland 5 L.A. Dodgers 4, 10 Innings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NEW YORK (AP) – Alex Rodriguez hit a slump-busting grand slam in the seventh inning as the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 8-4 Tuesday night. Rodriguez extended his major league record for grand slams. Rookie Miguel Sano homered for the second consecutive game. Shane Robinson had an RBI single in the top half to give Minnesota a 4-1 lead.
Final Boston 9 Cleveland 1
Final Seattle 3 Texas 2
Final Houston 3 Tampa Bay 2, 10 Innings
Final L.A. Angels 5 Chi White Sox 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 9 Arizona 8, 15 Innings
Final Miami 9 Milwaukee 6
Final San Francisco 2 St. Louis 0
Final Washington 15 Colorado 6
Final San Diego 9 Atlanta 0
WNBA BASKETBALL
Final Tulsa 74 Phoenix 59
Final Indiana 79 Los Angeles 68
MLB…
BOSTON (AP) – The last-place Boston Red Sox shook up their front office last night, hiring Dave Dombrowski as the new president of baseball operations and saying goodbye to general manager Ben Cherington. Dombrowski joins the Red Sox – his fifth major league club – immediately.
Yankees pitcher Bryan Mitchell has been placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list a day after being hit in the face by a line drive. He sustained a nasal fracture.
– The Texas Rangers have acquired outfielder Will Venable from the San Diego Padres for minor league catcher-outfielder Marcus Greene and a player to be named.
NFL…
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – The Vikings have placed right tackle Phil Loadholt on injured reserve. The Vikings signed offensive tackle Stephen Goodin to fill Loadholt’s roster spot. Loadholt was hurt on the second play from scrimmage Saturday in an exhibition game. Goodin was undrafted out of NCAA Division II school Nebraska-Kearney in 2012.
NEW YORK (AP)- The media frenzy that is “Deflategate” continues today with a scheduled court hearing in federal court to determine whether New England quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension will be upheld. The QB and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL’) met privately yesterday but the legal case remains unresolved.
NASCAR…
(AP) Danica Patrick has a new deal to drive for Stewart-Haas Racing and a new NASCAR sponsor.
SHR signed a deal with Nature’s Bakery to become the primary sponsor of Patrick’s No. 10 Chevrolet next season. The Nevada-based food brand replaces Patrick’s longtime sponsor, GoDaddy. Nature’s Bakery will place its tagline, “Energy for Life’s Great Journeys” on Patrick’s car for 28 of the 38 Sprint Cup events.
Patrick is one of the most recognizable athletes in the world, and has tremendous crossover between sports and entertainment. She also promotes a healthy lifestyle, which Nature’s Bakery founder Dave Marson said fits with his brand.
NBA…
NEW YORK (AP) – Kiki VanDeWeghe (KEE’-kee VAHN’-deh-way) has been promoted to executive vice president of basketball operations for the NBA.
VanDeWeghe had been serving as senior vice president of basketball operations. He joined the league office in 2013 after working as general manager with the New Jersey Nets and Denver Nuggets.
Rod Thorn, president of basketball operations, retired this month after more than 50 years as a player, coach and executive in professional basketball.
In world and national news…
BANGKOK (AP) – There aren’t many solid leads in the bombing in Bangkok that killed 20 people. Police in Thailand don’t know the bomber’s motive, where he’s from or if he’s still in the country, but they’ve issued a warrant for his arrest. Authorities released a sketch today of the man they believe is the bomber and offered a $28,000 reward for help leading to his arrest.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Another Islamic State atrocity is being reported today in Syria. State media and an activist group say militants beheaded 81-year-old Khaled al-Asaad, one of Syria’s most prominent antiquities scholars. The killing happened in the ancient town of Palmyra (pahl-MEER’-uh), where the man’s body was hung from one of the town’s Roman columns.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – An outbreak of the potentially fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome, also known as MERS, has prompted the closing of an emergency ward in one of Saudi Arabia’s largest hospitals. At least 46 people, including hospital staff, are infected.
BERLIN (AP) – Greece has cleared a key hurdle to another bailout with its approval by Germany’s parliament. The overwhelmingly favorable vote is one of the final steps to providing new loans to the country and keeping it from defaulting on its debts as soon as this week. Lawmakers in the Netherlands are expected to follow suit.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Today will be the first full day of deliberations by the jury hearing the case of a white North Carolina police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. The racially diverse jury is deciding whether Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officer Randall Kerrick is guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The trial is in its third week.
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