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CSi Weather…
TODAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. EAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. EAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. EAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN
THE 70S.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
THROUGH THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WEDNESDAY.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
Update…
Jamestown (CSi) A Century Link phone line was cut early Monday afternoon in the Casselton area, causing various phone outages between Jamestown and Casselton.
The outage occurred at approximately 1:13 p.m. when workers with a third party contractor involved in a construction project were trenching and cut through the fiber communications line about 6.3 miles west of Casselton.
The company that was involved in the incident was not named, but Woodman says that these accidents are avoidable by calling 811 prior to digging.
Stutsman County 9-1-1 Coordinator, Jerry Bergquist says 9-1-1 service for the Jamestown area continued to be operational as calls were routed to State Radio in Bismarck, which then relayed the information to the Stutsman County Dispatch at the LEC in Jamestown.
Century Link Public Relations and Marketing Development Manager, Rachel Woodman says, the 9-1-1 line itself belongs to CenturyLink, and the priority was to restore 911 service and then phone and Internet service to customers as quickly as possible.
Local Calls from Century Link customers to other Century Link customers worked, however, calls to other companies, such as Verizon to Century Link were not working. In Jamestown, calls from Century Link to the phone coop were not working. Phone coop customers were unable call Century Link. Some VOIP phone services were not able to answer. Some banks shut down early as they lost needed communications.
Crews located the cut and started repairs just after 8:30 p.m., Monday.
Services were fully restored shortly after midnight.
As of Tuesday morning the extent of the outage was unknown as CenturyLink was determining the severity of the break.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to the Orphan Grain Train location, at the former C.H. Carpenter building on 4th Avenue, at about 11:42 a.m. Monday.
City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says minimal smoke and fire damage was reported to the inside wall, cause by a short circuit in the transformer in the building’s intercom system.
Six Units of the Jamestown City Fire Department with 29 fire fighters were on the scene about 25 minutes.
Orphan Grain Train, is using the building as a warehouse for donations destined for Liberia.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office informs motorissts that beginning Tuesday, September 22, 2015 – both 7th Ave SE between 2nd St & 3rd St SE AND 2nd St SE between 4th Ave & 5th Ave SE will be closed for street repair work.
It is anticipated the work will be completed within 3 business days. The street repair work and anticipated street closure schedule are contingent upon weather conditions.
Motorists and other traffic should use extreme caution when entering road construction areas. The public should consider alternate routes if possible.
Valley City (CSi) Options have been proposed for the Kathryn Dam.
Barnes County Water Resource District board member Dale Jorrison says all options and cost share ratios will be discussed at their next meeting set for October 12, 2015, at 9-a.m. at the Barnes County Highway Department Offices, Northwest of Valley City in the meeting room.
One of the options is to remove the Kathryn Dam at an estimated cost of $350,000.
Another is to replace the existing structure with a fish passage friendly dam for about $940,000.
A third option is to fix the dangerous under tow roller effect known as the “drowning machine,” for an estimated cost of $250,000.
The state would more than likely contribute 75 percent of the cost to make the Kathryn Dam safer.
Jamestown (CSi) Four Jamestown businesses are included in the Prairie Business Magazine top 50 best places to work in the area.
On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerece Executive Director Becky Thatcher-Keller said, that the magazine selected each business community where they set up their headquarters. Rrom the four Jamestown businesses, only RealTruck has headquarters in the community.
The other businesses that are in Jamestown include Marco, Gate City Bank, and Metro Plains Management.
Valley City (CSi) The Autumnal Equinox arrives precisely at 4:21 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23. People celebrate this moment across the world because that is exactly the time when the sun passes directly over the equator
Wes Anderson in Valley City says no formal plans have been made other than to watch the sun set at 7:30 PM Wednesday September 23rd at Medicine Wheel Park. Musicians may bring along instruments to serenade the setting sun.
The event is canceled if it’s raining or too cloudy in the west.
For more information contact Wes Anderson, 701-845-0966
Valley City (CSi) The VCSU Newsletter reports that the VCSU Alumni Association invites all alumni and friends of the university to help celebrate Homecoming 2015 on Oct. 2–3, 2015.
Activities will begin on Friday, Oct. 2, with an ice cream social in the afternoon and an All Greek and Alumni Reunion Social on Friday evening at 7 p.m. at the Valley City Eagles. All alumni and friends of VCSU are welcome at the social, with our Greek alumni as special guests.
On Saturday morning, the Alumni Honors Breakfast will be held at the VCSU Student Center beginning at 8:30 a.m. The Honors Breakfast provides the VCSU Alumni Association with an opportunity to present fellow alumni with the Certificate of Merit, Alumni Service and Young Alumni Achievement awards. Tickets are $10 each and may be reserved by calling the VCSU Alumni Office at 845-7203 or emailing kim.hesch@vcsu.edu; you can also RSVP online at alumni.vcsu.edu/RSVP.
Five alumni will be honored with the Certificate of Merit award. The Certificate of Merit award was adopted by the VCSU Alumni Association to recognize alumni for accomplishments, service or other noteworthy honors. This year’s recipients include Donn Frahm ’79, Delores Manson ’79, Daniel Mimnaugh ’75, John Muckenhirn ’76 and Carolyn Olson ’87.
Mary Lee Nielson ’79 will receive the Alumni Service Award, which recognizes alumni or university friends who have attained exceptional achievement in their careers and have made significant contributions to the university.
This year we have two recipients for the Young Alumni Achievement Award—Wendy Birhanzel ’98 and D.C. Lucas ’96. This award recognizes recent VCSU outstanding alumni as they embark on their chosen paths and strive for greatness. The award is presented to recognize future leaders under the age of 40.
Other activities on Saturday are the parade (10:30 a.m.) and tailgating before the football game. This year we are holding a Postgame Social and All Hall of Fame Social starting at 5:00 p.m. followed by special program to honor all our Viking Hall of Famers. There is no charge to attend this event at the Valley City Eagles.
For a complete schedule, visit
alumni.vcsu.edu/cmsfiles/31/91da028195.pdf.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Minot man has been charged after authorities accused him of getting drunk, leaving his vehicle running on a city street in the early morning hours and endangering a child.
Court records show 34-year-old Eddie Ramos has been charged with child neglect or abuse, driving under the influence of drugs and refusing to submit to a chemical test.
Police say officers responded to the report of the unoccupied vehicle shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday and found Ramos walking in the area.
Authorities say Ramos had a 5-month-old girl with him who was not properly dressed for the weather.
Ramos was then arrested and the child was taken to a family friend.
Court records do not list an attorney for Ramos. His next court hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 29.
BEULAH, N.D. (AP) – A Beulah day care provider who admitted to authorities that she bit a 3-year-old boy under her supervision has been charged.
Brandy Aadnes is charged with child abuse and operating a child care facility without a license.
Police in Beulah began investigating Aadnes after receiving a report about a child being bitten at the facility in August. The boy’s relatives told police they noticed an adult-size bite mark on his arm when he was picked up from day care.
Court records show the family has messages exchanged with Aadnes in which she admitted to biting the child. Aadnes later told police she bit the boy to show him that biting hurts after he had bitten another child in her care.
Aadnes’ attorney couldn’t be reached by phone.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The wife of a man who has been indicted in a murder-for-hire scheme that originated in the North Dakota oil patch has pleaded not guilty in an alleged scam involving oilfield trucks.
Sarah Creveling is charged with four counts, including conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering. She made her first court appearance Monday.
Creveling and a co-conspirator, who is not named in the indictment, are accused of promising investors a 12.5 percent return on their investment for buying trucks and trailers. The defendants allegedly diverted the money to personal banking accounts.
Creveling’s court-appointed attorney, Ryan Sandberg, declined to comment.
Creveling’s husband, James Henrikson, is facing murder-for-hire charges in the deaths of Doug Carlile and Kristopher “K.C.” Clarke, two former associates in North Dakota.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Police in Bismarck say an antique Barbie doll set valued at about $20,000 was stolen from a storage unit over the weekend.
Bismarck Police Officer Pat Renz says the doll set was among several other items reported stolen Sunday. Renz says the incident happened sometime after midnight Friday.
Renz says padlocks to two storage units – one housing a vehicle and another one containing the doll set – were cut at the storage facility.
Renz says a love seat and a dish set were stolen in addition to the dolls.
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) – A 72-year-old North Dakota man who battled the state medical board in the mid-2000s died while snorkeling off the Florida Keys.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says George Hsu (shuh) called for help while snorkeling near Looe Key Reef on Sunday afternoon. His wife and others on the boat saw he was in distress and pulled him aboard.
They began performing CPR and a nearby Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission boat escorted them to a marina where emergency workers were waiting. Hsu was declared dead at a hospital.
Hsu was from Elgin. He made headlines in the mid-2000s when the state medical board revoked his license due to inappropriate care. Many Elgin residents came to his defense, but the North Dakota Supreme Court in 2007 upheld the board’s decision.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The family of a North Dakota woman who died last month from West Nile virus has joined state health officials to raise awareness and try to prevent other deaths.
The state Department of Health says 23-year-old Dancia Jackson of St. Michael died Aug. 19 from a neurological infection due to West Nile. The department said Sept. 18 that there has been one death and 12 human cases of West Nile this year in the state.
Jackson’s mother said at a Monday news conference that they don’t know how long she had West Nile. She developed symptoms including headaches, high fevers, confusion and blackouts.
Michelle Feist, program manager with the state’s Division of Disease Control, said at the news conference that officials want to “preach prevention” and keep mosquito bites from happening.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A public meeting is scheduled to talk about business opportunities and other plans for North Dakota’s unmanned aircraft test site.
Representatives of the Northern Plains UAS Test Site and the Federal Aviation Administration are set to participate in the discussion and answer questions about the site and the future of the industry.
The North Dakota test site is one of six in the nation and the only one that has clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly at night and at higher altitudes. The state is also home to the nation’s first unmanned aircraft business and tech park, which held groundbreaking ceremonies earlier this month.
The meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, in conjunction with an unmanned aircraft conference.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The Lewis and Clark Bridge on U.S. Highway 85 south of Williston will be closed for 24 hours for maintenance work.
The highway is the major north-south artery in the western North Dakota oil patch. Motorists will need to take alternate routes between 7:30 a.m. Tuesday and 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The state Transportation Department says alternative routes over the Missouri River include the Four Bears Bridge on state Highway 23 near New Town, the Yellowstone Bridge near Fairview on state Highway 200 and the Mon/Dak Bridge near Buford on state Highway 58.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – The U.S. Interior Department says the greater sage grouse does not need federal protections across its 11-state Western range after some limits were put on energy development and other activities.
Today’s announcement signals that the Obama administration believes it has struck a balance to save the widespread, ground-dwelling birds from extinction without crippling the West’s economy.
It follows a costly conservation effort, and could help defuse a potential political liability for Democrats heading into the 2016 election.
Federal protections could have brought much more sweeping restrictions on oil and gas drilling, grazing and other human activities from California to the Dakotas.
Republicans have seized on the issue as supposed evidence of wildlife protection laws run amok.
Environmentalists who sued to force today’s decision are certain to challenge it.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has issued all of the 43,275 deer gun licenses being made available for this fall’s hunt.
Game and Fish Department Licensing Manager Randy Meissner says archery licenses can still be purchased through the end of the bow season on Jan. 3, 2016.
The number of available deer licenses this year is the lowest since 1978, due to a low population of the animals.
The deer gun season opens at noon Central time on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, and runs through Nov. 22.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Single-game tickets for University of North Dakota men’s and women’s hockey games go on sale this week.
UND says sales will start at 10 a.m. Central time on Thursday. Tickets can be purchased at the UND Box Office at Ralph Engelstad Arena or online at www.UNDsports.com/Tickets .
Men’s hockey season tickets are sold out. But there are single-game seats available for every men’s hockey home game on the 2015-16 schedule, with additional seats available for exhibition games and holiday series when class is out of session on the UND campus.
UND opens the women’s hockey season on Friday, Sept. 25, at home with an exhibition game against the University of Manitoba. The men’s team starts the season with a home exhibition game against Manitoba on Saturday, Oct. 3.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Longtime University of Mary athletic director and men’s basketball coach Al Bortke (BORT’-kee) has died.
The Bismarck school says Bortke died Sunday at age 78. His funeral is Saturday morning at Church of the Ascension.
The Hettinger native became Mary’s first athletic director in 1973 and served in that role for 35 years before retiring in 2008. He also coached the men’s basketball team to 335 victories before leaving that position in 1989. The school’s basketball court is named in his honor.
During his tenure as athletic director, Mary went from one varsity sport to 19, became a national power in the NAIA and transitioned to NCAA Division II.
Current athletic director Roger Thomas says Bortke was “the cornerstone for University of Mary athletics for close to four decades.”
REP VOLLEYBALL<<
Medina-Pingree-Buchanan def. Litchville-Marion/Montpelier, 25-11, 25-9, 25-18
Sargent Central def. Britton-Hecla, S.D., 25-10, 25-19, 23-25, 25-22
Watford City def. Ray, 25-14, 25-14, 19-25, 22-25, 15-9
INTERLEAGUE
Baltimore at Washington (7:05 p.m., postponed, rain)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Chi White Sox 2 Detroit 0 (first game)
Final Chi White Sox 3 Detroit 2 (second game)
Final Toronto 4 N-Y Yankees 2
Final Boston 8 Tampa Bay 7
Final Houston 6 L.A. Angels 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 4 Atlanta 0
Final Chi Cubs 9 Milwaukee 5
Final St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 1
Final Pittsburgh 9 Colorado 3
Final Arizona 8 L.A. Dodgers 4
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
INDINAPOLIS (AP) – The New York Jets are 2-0 for the first time since 2011 after taking advantage of five Indianapolis turnovers in a 20-7 win over the Colts.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON
Final Washington 2 Carolina 0
Final N-Y Rangers 6 New Jersey 3
Final Philadelphia 5 N-Y Islanders 3
Final N-Y Islanders 3 Philadelphia 2
Final 2OT Pittsburgh 1 Columbus 0 (SO Pittsburgh 1-0)
Final Toronto 4 Ottawa 1
Final OT Toronto 4 Ottawa 3
Final Buffalo 3 Minnesota 2
Final Edmonton 4 Calgary 2
Final Edmonton 3 Calgary 1
Final Los Angeles 5 Arizona 1
Final OT Vancouver 1 San Jose 0
WNBA BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
Final Indiana 100 Chicago 89
NFL…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The NFL Players Association has withdrawn its contempt-of-court motion against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in the case of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s suspension. The settlement of the NFLPA’s motion was announced Monday by the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. U.S. District Judge David Doty had ruled that the league’s arbitrator who denied Peterson’s appeal of his suspension under the personal conduct policy should reassess that decision.
IRVING, Texas (AP) – Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is expected to miss about two months with a broken left collarbone that does not require surgery. Coach Jason Garrett says tests revealed no ligament damage for Romo after the second broken collarbone of his career. Romo was injured while getting sacked in the third quarter of Sunday’s 20-10 win at Philadelphia.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) – Quarterback Jay Cutler’s hamstring injury is better than the Chicago Bears initially feared, but his status for the team’s next game is uncertain. Coach John Fox said yesterday that tests showed no major damage, and he wouldn’t say if Jimmy Clausen would start when they visit defending NFC champion Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Cutler was injured trying to make a tackle after getting intercepted in Sunday’s 48-23 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
SOCCER…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber says he likes the St. Paul site identified by Minnesota team officials as their preference for an 18,500-seat stadium. Garber was in St. Paul Monday to tour the site and meet with Mayor Chris Coleman and Governor Mark Dayton. The site has emerged as a possible location for the Minnesota major league soccer franchise awarded to Bill McGuire and his investment group.
GOLF…
UNDATED (AP) – Jason Day has moved into the top spot of the world rankings in golf.
The PGA Championship winner has won two of the three FedEx Cup playoff events, including Sunday’s victory at the BMW Championship.
Rory McIlroy slipped one spot to second, followed by Jordan Spieth (speeth).
In world and national news…
SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) – Many people in and around the nation’s capital are anxiously awaiting the arrival today of Pope Francis as he begins his first ever visit to the United States. A Mass and a speech to Congress are among the Washington highlights. Francis will also be in Philadelphia and New York. Before coming to Washington, Francis wraps up a trip to Cuba with a Mass at a revered shrine.
UNDATED (AP) – As residents return to find nothing left of their homes, the scope of devastation from one of California’s most destructive wildfires is becoming clearer and so too is the size of the humanitarian need. Gov. Jerry Brown has requested a presidential disaster declaration and says the number of destroyed homes is likely to rise as assessment continues in Lake County. More than 1,000 homes are destroyed and officials say there aren’t enough hotel rooms in the county.
BRUSSELS (AP) – Landlocked Serbia says it is losing millions of dollars a day because of the blockade by Croatia of all cargo traffic that was halted after a surge of migrants over their mutual border. Serbia’s prime minister has given the European Union a deadline to persuade Croatia to resume traffic or face retaliation. Croatia has hinted it may close the last remaining border crossing if Serbia acts. The verbal sniping between members is a backdrop for EU meetings about the migrant crisis.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – At least 15 Afghan troops have been killed in northern Afghanistan today including 10 in an “insider attack” at a checkpoint. Authorities say a fellow soldier smuggled insurgents inside. A roadside bombing in another area killed five police officers, including a district police chief during a patrol.
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) – More than 2 million Muslims have started the first rites of the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, which draws people from around the world to the holy city of Mecca to perform a series of rituals and prayers. All able-bodied Muslims are required in Islam to perform the hajj once in a lifetime.
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