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TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AFTER MIDNIGHT
IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS, 60 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. WINDY…COOLER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
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LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
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NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT, 70 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
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.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
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AFTERNOON…SPREADING INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY NIGHT.
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called to a semi pulling a trailer with a backhoe, on fire about 3:35 Thursday afternoon.
The rig was pulled off at I-94 eastbound at the Exit 248 off ramp.
The fire was created a large amount of black smoke, and spread to a patch of grass on the side of the highway.
The driver indicated to authorities that a tire on the unit blew out and started the fire.
The driver was able to disconnect the trailer from the truck and remove the backhoe on the trailer.
Damage reported to the trailer and some damage to the backhoe. The truck did not receive damage.
More information when the report is filed.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Special Session on Thursday afternoon at City Hall, on updates to plan requirements concerning the Eventide Addition, by the Evenide architects. All members were present.
It was pointed out that the information requested by the City Council at the August Regular meeting is now up to date.
Neighbors in the area has questions concerning parking lot egress, along with traffic flows, and buffers, also pointing out more traffic stemming from additional employees and visitors when the Assisted Living facility is added.
Eventide Director Doug Panchot indicated that the parking lot is down-sized in the updated plan, and that planned underground parking will not have an effect on drainage.
The Council voted 4-0.. with Council Member Buchanan allowed to abstain, having previously performed legal consultations with Eventide…to approve the revised plan.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67.
Jamestown (CSi) The City Council met in the 2016 calendar year budget session.
City Administrator Jeff Fuchs opened the meeting with an overview of the process.
He said with employee salaries, he survey other regional cities with similar populations as Jamestown, and came up with an average salary increase of 4.5 %. Adjustments will be made as of January first, instead on the employees anniversary date. Increases are based on employees salary ranges and step increases. The increase does not reflect a cost of living adjustment.
Fuch’s pointed out new outside funding sources, including the Coal Conversion Tax, and the Surge Funding, earmarked exclusively for infrastructure.
He added that the 2016 budget will only show $156,000 more revenue than the 2015 budget, or two percent.
There is no projected revenue in property tax collections.
The City Fire Department budget includes dollars for an additional Inspection Officer, and Police Department budget includes a request for a new detective position, and $375,000 toward a shooting range. Fuchs said those dollar for the shooting range will not come out of the General Fund. There is a carryover funds from the 2015 budget.
Another budget meeting is planned, for August 25th at either 1-p.m., or 2-p.m., with a presentation from the Jamestown Arts Center and Jamestown Tourism.
Also at the meeting there will be information about the equipment replacement fund, and individual department requests, and salaries.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department is warning the public of a convicted sex offender who has returned to live in Jamestown.
The report says 35 year old Jamal Joel Anderson is now residing at 719 5th Avenue, SE, Jamestown, and presently has no vehicle. Anderson is a black male, 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.
Anderson has been assigned a High Risk Assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
Anderson’s conviction include in 1999 aggravated assault, and sexual assault, and in 2001 corruption of a minor and violated a sex offender registration requirement.
Anderson is currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and Probation.
Anderson is on GPS monitoring.
Anderson is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.
This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.
Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.
Printed handouts of the demographics of Anderson are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Fine Arts Association (JFAA) has received a Bush Foundation Community Innovation Grant and an ArtPlace America grant to create an innovative Arts Park in downtown Jamestown with three primary components: a pavilion/stage for gathering and performing; a permanent, large scale sculpture; and a project for a roughly 130’ x 25’ wall at the back of the park, which may be a projection or light-based project.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Director Cyndi Wish pointed out that a Request for Proposals is being sought for an artist or team of artists to propose a sculpture for the park, with the deadline for submission in early September. Contact the Arts Center for more information at 701-251-2496. The sbmissions will be juried for the selection.
The proposed sculpture will be seen by roughly 10,000 motorists per day including residents as well as visitors and travelers passing through town. The sculpture should be a memorable landmark, distinguishable from the road, which encourages stopping and rewards in-person investigation. Scale and accessibility should be appropriate to both motorists and pedestrians on site.
The site of the sculpture will be on the grounds of a burned down building which used to hold thousands of photos and negatives dating back to the early nineteen seventies, an invaluable history of the area.
Link to article about the fire.Link to a video of the fire
Because of its location we are interested in sculptures that are “about” memory and memories. This does not mean the sculpture should be a memorial to a specific event, although it could be, but it should more generally encourage people remember: personal histories, family histories, cultural histories, political histories. We each have a complex set of histories that informs how we inhabit the present, consciously and unconsciously, as well as how we imagine the future. How can this sculpture trigger or enhance our awareness of these histories?
The budget is $92,500. No additional funds are available. To see more information about the project visit,
www.jamestownarts.com/artspark.
Download the RFP Guidelines:
Download the Site Information:
The deadline to submit the application and artwork is:
5:00p.m. (CDT) Tuesday, September 15, 2015.
She also reminded viewers that the 51st Annual Jamestown Fine Arts Association Exhibition is set for August 30-October 3rd, 2015.
Opening Reception:
Saturday, August 29, 2015 • The Arts Center Gallery • 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Jurors’ Comments • 1:30 pm
Jamestown Arts Center’s 51st JFAA Annual Exhibit Preview
On our show, Cyndi reminded viewers that The 2nd ACT production of Beyond Therapy scheduled for this weekend has been postponed to Sept 10 & 11. One of the lead actors has had a death in the family and has to travel out of state for the funeral.The show is rescheduled for:
September 10 and 11 at 7:00 pm. This will be theater only, no dinner will be served. Tickets are now $15 or $10 for arts center members.The Arts Center is 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.
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is partnering with the North Dakota town of Cooperstown to build a new water line.
The $2.9 million project involves placing five miles of 8-inch PVC pipe from the Cooperstown wells to the town’s water treatment plant. The federal government is picking up $2.2 million of the cost under the corps’ environmental infrastructure assistance program.
Typical projects under the corps program include wastewater treatment, combined sewer overflow water supply, environmental restoration and surface water protection and development.
The Cooperstown project includes the design and construction of the proposed improvements.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Department of Health says there have been no new confirmed human cases of West Nile virus during the first week of August.
So far in 2015, the state has had two cases in Burleigh County, one in McLean County and one in Bottineau County. One person was hospitalized and there have been no deaths.
In 2014, the Department of Health received reports that 23 people tested positive for West Nile with eight hospitalizations and one death.
Symptoms of West Nile include fever, headache, body aches and rash.
Health officials say it’s important for people to protect themselves from mosquitoes, which spread the virus. People can reduce their risk by using insect repellant, limiting their time outdoors between dusk and dawn and getting rid of standing water.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – The city of Wahpeton has given a ministry group until Oct. 1 to either repair an old National Guard armory or tear it down.
The Crown Ministry Group has owned the building for 2 1/2 years. City building official Todd Johnson has deemed it unsafe due to damage caused by water and birds.
City Council members this week affirmed Johnson’s order setting the Oct. 1 deadline.
The cost to demolish the building is estimated at $175,000. Repair estimates run much higher. Crown Ministry Group President Douglas Bartels has said the nonprofit is nearly defunct.
MANNING, N.D. (AP) – Dunn County residents who’ve been fighting for months to have a say in the siting of oil waste landfills have lost another battle.
The group that wears bright orange T-shirts reading “We Are Dunn County” earlier this year unsuccessfully tried to get the County Commission to reinstate an old zoning rule that said landfills couldn’t be approved without permission of 60 percent of landowners within a half mile of the proposed facility.
Now, the commission has rejected a request by the group to require a hearing if one was requested by at least 20 percent of landowners within 2 miles of a proposed landfill, and to unanimously vote the project up or down.
County officials say that would be cumbersome and illegal under state law.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Water levels at Fish Creek Dam in Morton County and Raleigh Reservoir in Grant County have been lowered while the State Water Commission completes repairs to the outlet structures.
Scott Gangl with the Game and Fish Department says both lakes remain open for public use, but boat ramps at each lake are unusable. He says the low water level also has exposed mud around the shoreline, making it difficult for anglers to fish from shore.
Once work is completed at Fish Creek Dam, the outlet will remain closed and the lake will fill as precipitation and runoff allows.
Plans are to keep Raleigh Reservoir lowered through the winter to expose and freeze the sediment. Gangl says the hope is to kill the curly leaf pondweed that has infested the lake.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Minot International Airport will receive more than $840,000 in federal funding to update its master and layout plans so the facility can better keep pace with growth.
The offices of Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp announced the funding on Thursday.
Heitkamp says North Dakota’s airports are serving a record number of passengers every year and infrastructure upgrades are needed to keep pace with the growth.
Hoeven says the funding will allow the airport to address key issues, objectives and goals critical to the airport’s future development.
Minot International Airport has received $10.5 million to complete runway and apron projects. Last September, the airport received more than $4.4 million in additional funds to help with the construction of a new terminal building and apron.
In world and national news…..
SACO, Maine (AP) – Police say the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a mother of five in a Maine supermarket confessed to the slaying.
A court affidavit released Thursday says that 31-year-old Connor MacCalister intended to kill “several random people” at the Shaw’s supermarket on Wednesday and had been planning the attack for a month.
Police say MacCalister stabbed 59-year-old Wendy Boudreau near the ice cream freezers at the supermarket. Boudreau was taken to a hospital, where she later died.
MacCalister is expected to make a court appearance on Friday. The suspect’s lawyer said Thursday that he couldn’t comment at this time.
Police have identified MacCallister as a woman. But the suspect’s brother told the Portland Press Herald that MacCalister is transitioning to a man.
ATLANTA (AP) – Former President Jimmy Carter is scheduled to undergo radiation treatment Thursday, after announcing that his cancer showed up in four small spots on his brain. President Barack Obama tweeted that “President Carter is as good a man as they come,” adding, “Michelle and I are praying for him and Rosalynn (ROHZ’-uh-lihn).”
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators plan to recommend a vehicular manslaughter charge against Caitlyn Jenner for her role in a fatal car crash last February. Jenner was hauling an off-road vehicle on a trailer when she steered to avoid cars slowing for a traffic light. Jenner’s SUV rear-ended two cars, pushing a Lexus into oncoming traffic. The Lexus driver was killed when her car was struck head-on by a Hummer.
CHELAN, Wash. (AP) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says his state is facing an “unprecedented cataclysm” from the many fires raging across the region. At a news conference in central Washington, Inslee praised the courage of the 3,000 firefighters battling wildfires in the state. He says they’re grieving for three firefighters killed Wednesday near Twisp.
KEENE, N.H. (AP) – Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush is defending his use of the term “anchor babies” on a talk radio show to describe children born to immigrants living illegally in the United States. Asked by reporters if he thinks the term is offensive, Bush simply said “no.” He became defensive when pressed, saying – quote – “you give me a better term and I’ll use it.”
NEW YORK (AP) – Ex-reality star Josh Duggar (DUH’-gur) has posted a statement on his family’s website apologizing for a “secret addiction” to pornography and cheating on his wife. The statement was apparently spurred by Duggar’s name appearing in a data breach of customers of the Ashley Madison website, which caters to men and women looking to cheat on their spouses. Duggar did not address whether he had used AshleyMadison.com, nor did he detail the exact nature of his infidelity.
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