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REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WINDS 5 TO
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. WEST
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.THURSDAY…SUNNY…BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 30.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
HIGHS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
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FREEZE BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
MORNINGS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TO END THE GROWING
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Valley City (CSI-VCSU) The VCSU Alumni and Foundation Office is sponsoring two events today (Tuesday, Oct. 13) in celebration of Founders Day—the first day of classes at Valley City Normal School on Oct. 13, 1890. This is officially the 125th birthday of VCSU.
At 11:30 a.m., all are invited to participate in a large-group photo spelling out “125” on the lawn in front of McFarland.
At 1:30 p.m., birthday cake will be served outside the front entrance to McFarland.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) Board of Directors has unanimously approved a resolution to participate in the Red River Valley Water Supply pipeline project.
The non-binding resolution contains no cost implications for the JSDC at this time.
Administrative Officer for the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, Merri Mooridian, says, “It reaffirms interest but does not commit. We’re identifying cities and water projects in need of water along the route.”
Early engineering designs of the Red River Valley Water Supply pipeline include a 66- to 84-inch- diameter pipeline roughly along the route of North Dakota Highway 200 from the Missouri River to the northern end of Lake Ashtabula. From there, the water would flow into the Sheyenne River to the Red River for industrial and municipal use by communities.
Mooridian said if the Jamestown area desired water from the pipeline, an additional pipeline could be added to bring water south from the main line to the Jamestown or Spiritwood area.
The current plan does not utilize the McClusky Canal, which is owned by the federal government and is not part of North Dakota’s plan to bring Missouri River water east to the Red River Valley.
JSDC, CEO Connie Ova added that the JSDC, City of Jamestown and Stutsman Rural Water District are still working on the reuse facility plan that had been developed to supply water to the planned CHS nitrogen fertilizer plant which was canceled in August.
The board also approved retaining a facilitator to help review and update its strategic plan although a date for the review was not set.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown author, Nancy Kuykendall’s newest book,
“Ordinary Wonders,” has been published and available for purchase.
She says, it’s available on line at Amazon, B&N and at the WestBow Press online bookstore. It’s available in paperback @ $9.95 and in e-book form too @ $3.99
“Ordinary Wonders,” is a book of nonfiction short stories, taking a close look at the wonder we can find in ordinary things and circumstances. There are 18 stories but they are shorter and not as personal as in her first book “Mornings on the Porch.”
Nancy will be part of a Read Local event coming up with other local authors on Oct. 20, 2015, at 7:00-p.m., at the University of Jamestown’s Unruh-Sheldon lobby.
Authors will read from their books, take comments and questions and sell and sign their books. Nancy will have copies of both “Ordinary Wonders,” and “Mornings on the Porch,” with her.
Nancy has a third book of short stories in the works, but fiction this time.
Valley City (CSi) The Drivers License office in Valley City located at the National Guard Armory at 747 7th St. SE is temporarily closed. The office is closed while services are transferred to another location.
Customers needing drivers license services can travel to Jamestown or Fargo. For hours and locations for all drivers license sites go to
http://www.dot.nd.gov/divisions/driverslicense/docs/Drivers%20Lic%20Sites.pdf.
The closure does not affect vehicle registration services with the Motor Vehicle office in Valley City.
Jamestown(CSi) October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and communities across the state will be hosting events to bring attention to ending domestic violence. Safe Shelter, CAWS North Dakota, the state dual sexual assault and domestic violence coalition, along with the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program – North Dakota National Guard will be displaying the Clothesline Project at University of Jamestown’s Reiland Fine Arts Center on October 23, 2015.
The Clothesline Project is a T-shirt display that bears witness to violence against women and aids in the healing process for survivors and the loved ones of victims.
University of Jamestown, Vic President of Marketing, Tena Lawrence says, “The University of Jamestown welcomes the Clothesline Project on campus as visual reminder that domestic violence affects people of every level of education and in all socio-economic classes.”
One in four women will be the victim of domestic violence at some point in her lifetime. In 2014 there were 5,181 incidents of domestic violence reported to crisis intervention centers in North Dakota. Throughout October, communities across the country will mourn for those whose lives were taken by domestic violence, celebrate the tremendous progress the violence against women movement has made over the years, and connect with one another with a true sense of unity to end domestic violence.
Mary Thysell, Safe Shelter Prevention Coordinator said “Domestic violence and sexual assault are still ongoing problems in our community for women, children and men. The t-shirts in the Clothesline Project are testimony to the long lasting impact of that violence on us as individuals and as a community.”
The clothesline is representative of the days when doing laundry was considered women’s work and neighborhood women exchanged stories over backyard fences when hanging their clothes out to dry. The original Clothesline Project began with 31 shirts hung in Hyannis, Massachusetts in October of 1990. North Dakota had its first Clothesline Project display in 1995 at the Great Hall of the Capitol Building during the legislative session. There were 114 shirts on display at that time.”
The Clothesline Project will be on display in the Reiland Fine Arts Center, University of Jamestown from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on October 23rd, 2015. At 7:00 p.m. a 15 minute video entitled “Telling Amy’s Story” will be shown. The display and video screening are free of charge and open to the public.
Jamestown (CSi) The annual Farm Rescue Banquet is scheduled for Saturday, November 21, 2015, in Fargo and the group is seeking items for their silent auction to help raise money for their cause. Other items will also be available for auction including a trip to Alaska for two. Seating is limited so reserve your tickets today.
If you have an item, product or service to donate in support of family farmers, contact Lynne at 701-252-2017 (ext. 1) or e-mail lynne@farmrescue.org.
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) – The superintendent of a school in Cannon Ball that was damaged in a grass fire on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation says students and staff won’t be able to return for a couple of weeks.
Justin Fryer says the elementary school suffered smoke damage in the Sunday fire, and flames melted plastic equipment on the playground.
Classes were canceled Monday and students were being excused. Starting Wednesday, students and teachers will go to the high school in Solen.
The blaze started in hay bales north of Cannon Ball and eventually burned nearly 8 square miles. It destroyed three houses and a church in Cannon Ball.
A second reservation fire near Wakpala on Monday grew to about 4.5 square miles before being mostly contained. No structures were threatened.
GRANDIN, N.D. (AP) – A Monday morning fire has destroyed a grain elevator in eastern North Dakota.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says windy conditions contributed to the intensity and magnitude of the fire that began after 9:30 a.m. Monday at Grandin’s Hubbard Feeds. The winds were so strong that firefighters struggled to contain the blaze for some time.
The sheriff’s office says the fire is 90 percent contained and the structure “appears to be a complete loss.”
The cause of the fire has not been determined. A number of area homes were evacuated as a precaution.
One firefighter suffered an injury while at the scene. Firefighters from at least nine departments responded to the scene, about 30 miles north of Fargo.
Firefighters will remain at the facility through the night to monitor the scene.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks police are working to determine whether a woman who robbed a credit union Monday is the same one who held up a bank in the city late last month.
Authorities say the description of the woman who robbed Citizen’s Community Credit Union at midday Monday is similar to that of the woman who robbed a Bremer Bank on Sept. 30.
Police Lt. Derik Zimmel says authorities will be studying surveillance video.
The woman who robbed the bank had a box cutter knife. Police did not immediately release the type of weapon used in the credit union robbery.
There were no customers in either financial institution at the time of the robberies, and no one was hurt.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – Police in Mandan say a 4-year-old North Dakota boy was found wandering around a gas station parking lot alone and without wearing shoes.
Gas station employees told police they found the boy wearing pants and a T-shirt Friday morning. Police say the boy told an officer that his feet were “freezing.”
The child was unable to tell police who his parents are and where he lived.
About two hours later, a 28-year-old woman called 911 to report her child was missing. Police say she acknowledged that she had left the child home alone while she went to run an errand.
Police say she told officers that she didn’t think her son had been gone for that long.
It’s unclear whether the woman will face charges.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) – The owner of a Moorhead home day care is accused of being drunk while she was supposed to be watching seven children.
Thirty-four-year-old Holly Heiser is charged with seven counts of neglect or endangerment of a child.
Assistant Clay County Attorney Pam Harris says a parent notified police about Heiser on September 11th.
Court documents say Heiser told police that she started drinking vodka about two hours before police arrived. Heiser’s blood-alcohol level was 0.277 percent, more than three times Minnesota’s legal limit for driving of 0.08 percent.
All of the children are under the age of 3. The Minnesota Department of Human Services has since temporarily suspended Heiser’s license.
Heiser’s attorney, Jade Rosenfeldt, declined to comment. Heiser’s first court appearance is set for October 29th.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A $10,000 cash-only bond has been set for a Grand Forks man believed to have robbed a hotel in Bismarck.
24-year-old Eybon Watkins made his initial court appearance Monday. He is charged with felony robbery.
Authorities say Watkins entered the Ramada Inn on Aug. 24 carrying a handgun and a black trash bag. They say he aimed the gun at a night auditor and demanded money.
Police say Watkins walked out with $3,400 in cash from hotel lockboxes.
The newspaper reports Watkins was arrested on Sept. 29 at Tennessee State University in Nashville.
Watkins remains at the Burleigh County Detention Center. He faces a minimum of four years in prison if convicted. His court case doesn’t list an attorney who could comment on the charge.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – No one was injured when a train collided with a car in Minot over the weekend. Police say the 29-year-old woman driving the car got in hung up on the tracks while attempting to make a U-turn early Sunday. She and her passenger were unable to get the vehicle unstuck, and it was smashed by a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Some North Dakota restaurants are putting on hold their plans to serve alcohol an hour earlier on Sunday, due to confusion over state law.
The Legislature earlier this year voted to allow restaurants to begin serving alcohol at 11 a.m. on Sundays, instead of noon. The goal is to put North Dakota cities on par with bordering states that allow for earlier booze sales on Sundays.
The change was to take effect August 1st. However, the Bismarck Tribune reports that one section of state law still says sales my start at noon.
West Fargo Democratic Representative Ben Hanson says he’s working with the Legislative Council to see if the matter can be cleared up. He says he hopes it won’t have to wait until the 2017 Legislature.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – The Mandan Park Board has finalized a ban on private fireworks at city parks following complaints about spooked horses from the Mandan Rodeo Committee.
The ban was finalized Monday without protest by the board. A motion initially was passed by the board at an Aug. 10 meeting, but two readings were required before the ban could be enacted.
The Mandan Rodeo Committee asked the park board to consider the ban, particularly at Dacotah Centennial Park. Committee president Bruce Schirado says horses have been traumatized by people using fireworks.
Professional fireworks displays at the Mandan Rodeo and other events permitted by the city will be exempt from the ban.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s largest city officially has a new police chief.
Fargo’s City Commission on Monday unanimously approved the selection of Dave Todd. A selection committee last Friday had chosen Todd over two other finalists.
The 49-year-old Todd had served as interim police chief since Keith Ternes stepped down nearly a year ago amid an investigation into alleged morale and disciplinary problems in the department. It culminated when a popular police lieutenant committed suicide.
Todd is a lifelong Fargo resident who has been with the city’s Police Department for nearly three decades. He says now that he’s officially the chief, he’ll move forward with developing a long-term plan for the department.
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Dickinson’s longtime mayor is calling it quits so he can stay on the board of directors of MDU Resources Group Inc.
Dennis Johnson is stepping down as City Commission President at the end of the month, after 15 years of service. He tells says that the level of business MDU Resources is doing with the city is such that he can no longer be considered an independent director, so he needs to quit the city post to keep his position on the board.
Johnson says that when he took office in 2000, the biggest worries were outmigration and an aging population. He says with the western oil boom in recent years, rapid population growth has become the primary concern.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The University of Mary is expanding its course offerings in the oil patch.
The Bismarck college began offering undergraduate business classes in Watford City in the fall of 2014. Now it’s including a master of education program for local teachers.
The McKenzie County School District hired 26 new teachers this year. District Superintendent Steve Holen says many of them believe it’s a good time to pursue graduate studies.
The education courses are expected to start in early 2016.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown head football coach Shawn Frank has resigned his post effective immediately.
UJ Athletic Director Sean Johnson confirmed the move in a news release .
Quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator, Travis Titus, has been named interim head coach for the remaining four games of the season.
Johnson said Titus will coach the remaining four games of the season, starting with Saturday’s game in Mayville State. A search for the next head coach will begin immediately.
Frank, a Hettinger native, was 13-23 in his four years at the helm. It’s his 13th overall with the Jimmie program including five years as defensive coordinator under former coach Bud Etzold.
In the news releases Johnson said, “I appreciate everything Coach Frank has done for Jimmie football and for our student-athletes during his 13 years on the University of Jamestown football staff.”
The Jimmies suffered a 51-7 defeat at the hands of Dickinson State on homecoming last Saturday. Jamestown is 1-5 this season, with its only win coming against Presentation College (S.D.) by a touchdown two weeks ago.
Titus is a Sherwood, North Dakota native in his second year as an assistant after previous stops at Presentation (S.D.) College and Kenyon College (Ohio). He met with the players shortly after Johnson announced the resignation to the team.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Park Board has voted to accept a bid from Krebsbach Backhoe Service to do $99,332 in work at the Hillcrest Municipal Golf Course, irrigation pond. Members Larry Knoblich and Ron Olson were absent.
Golf course Superintendent, John Miller, will get a “solid number” from MTI Distributing, Fargo, to buy two towers and six satellite boxes for the golf course’s aging irrigation system. Miller said he had received an estimate from MTI of $70,000 for two towers and eight or nine satellite boxes.
Krebsbach Backhoe Service of Jamestown was the only contractor to submit a bid to repair Hillcrest’s irrigation pond. Scherbenske Inc., Jamestown, was the only other company to submit a bid, which was $125,700.
Repairs to the irrigation pond include cleaning out vegetation that has collected in the pond, repairing a leak in the pond and installing a new pond liner.
In other business, the commission approved a four-year lease with NB Golf Cars to supply 25 new golf carts. The cost per year for lease of the 25 new carts is $20,500.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team is atop both national polls after winning the Ice Breaker Tournament championship over the weekend in Maine.
UND moved from No. 4 to No. 1 in both the USCHO.com poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. Providence is second in both polls.
Previously top-ranked Boston College dropped to No. 3 and No. 4 after a season-opening loss to RPI.
UND faces unranked Bemidji State this weekend in a home-and-home series.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Dickinson Trinity def. Hettinger/Scranton, 25-7, 25-15, 25-7
Garrison-Max def. Washburn, 25-20, 22-25, 11-25, 25-14, 15-9
Midway def. Dakota Prairie, 3-2
Rolette-Wolford def. Towner-Granville-Upham, 25-12, 25-17, 25-9
Sawyer def. Westhope-Newburg, 25-18, 25-12, 26-24
Shiloh Christian def. Strasburg-Zeeland, 25-14, 25-10, 25-15
Underwood def. Drake/Anamoose, 25-20, 25-18, 25-18
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo, Minn. def. Grafton/St. Thomas, 13-25, 25-13,
MLB PLAYOFFS…
AMERICAN LEAGUE
UNDATED (AP) – The Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays were able to stretch their respective AL division series to a deciding fifth game by winning yesterday. Eric Hosmer hit an RBI single in a five-run eight before adding a two-run homer in the Royals’ 9-6 comeback win at Houston. Kevin Pillar (pih-LAHR’) Chris Colabello and Josh Donaldson homered to help the Jays build an 8-1 lead in an 8-4 triumph at Texas.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
UNDATED (AP) – The Chicago Cubs and New York Mets have grabbed two-games-to-one leads in their NL division series by winning last night. Rookies Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber and Jorge Soler each hit one of the Cubs’ six home runs in an 8-6 triumph over the Cardinals in Chicago. Yoenis Cespedes (yoh-EH’-nehs SEHS’-peh-dehs) slammed a three-run homer and Curtis Granderson collected five RBIs with a pair of doubles as the Mets roughed up the Dodgers 13-7.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
UNDATED (AP) – Michael Vick couldn’t engineer a touchdown drive for 3 1/2 quarters on Monday before he rallied the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 24-20 thriller over the Chargers in San Diego.
Le’Veon Bell scored on a 1-yard wildcat run as time expired to give the Steelers a 3-2 record.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON
TORONTO (AP) – Kyle Lowry scored 40 points to help the Toronto Raptors beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 112-105 on Monday night.
Final Memphis 91 Cleveland 81
Final New York 94 Philadelphia 88
Final Miami 97 San Antonio 94
Final New Orleans 123 Chicago 115
Final Portland 88 Utah 81
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 6 Boston 3
Final N-Y Islanders 4 Winnipeg 2
Final Buffalo 4 Columbus 2
Final Philadelphia 1 Florida 0
Final 2OT Vancouver 2 Anaheim 1 (SO Vancouver 2-1)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A person close to the situation tells The Associated Press that South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier has told his players that he is retiring, effective immediately. The person says the school has not named an interim coach but likely would announce someone to finish out the season by Wednesday. The Gamecocks are 2-4 overall and 0-4 in the SEC for the first time in Spurrier’s 23 seasons coaching in the league at Florida and South Carolina.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Southern California has fired head football coach Steve Sarkisian just a day after athletic director Pat Haden determined Sarkisian showed up at school in no condition to lead practice. USC hasn’t elaborated on Sarkisian’s problems
In world and national news…
JERUSALEM (AP) – The Israeli military says the army is using “riot dispersal means” against hundreds of Palestinian protesters in Gaza who have gathered near the Israeli border and are throwing stones and burning tires. Palestinian medics say five people have been wounded by Israeli gunfire, two of them seriously. A wave of violence in Israel and the West Bank has spread to Gaza. In Jerusalem, three people have died in separate stabbing and shooting attacks. A Palestinian attacker also was killed.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – An email to media from the Taliban says their desire to avoid more civilian casualties is behind a decision to withdraw from the northern Afghanistan city of Kunduz (KUHN’-dooz). The strategic city briefly fell to the insurgents last month, but government forces mounted a counter-attack. An Afghan official says life in Kunduz is returning to normal with residents out and shops and markets open.
BERLIN (AP) – The presence of a mock gallows has prompted German prosecutors in Dresden to open an investigation following an anti-Islam demonstration. Officials say the mock gallows carried by one demonstrator had nooses marked as being reserved for Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN’-geh-lah MEHR’-kuhl) and her deputy. The lead protest organizer calls the incident a “stupefying exaggeration.”
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) – Police in Pakistan say 13 people have been killed in a landslide in the southern port city of Karachi. Officials say the landslide hit three makeshift homes in a city slum. Karachi is Pakistan’s largest city and many poor laborers working there live in slums and makeshift homes near hills.
NEW YORK (AP) – There’s word of a cover-up at Playboy. Executives for the company tell The New York Times that the decades-old magazine will no longer publish photos of fully nude women starting in March, 2016. The paper reports that the print edition of Playboy will still feature women in provocative poses. Officials acknowledge that Playboy has been witnessing widespread changes given the proliferation of the Internet.
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