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.REST OF TODAY…CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. BREEZY. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 30S. TEMPERATURE
FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.THANKSGIVING DAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHWEST
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.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
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.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 15.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
LOWS 15 TO 20.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 94 SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY WITH UP TO 2 INCHES
POSSIBLE.
Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol, reports one person died in a one vehicle rollover Tuesday morning about six mile north of Jamestown about 7:30, on Highway 20 North, at five mile curve. The Jamestown Rescue Squad was called to the scene along with Jamestown Ambulance Service.
The accident occurred at the second curve on the north side, when the female SUV operator lost control of the vehicle, on a frost covered road surface.
The 1998 Dodge Durango went down an embankment hit an approach a landed in a field.
The driver of the vehicle was not wearing a seatbelt, the female passenger of the vehicle was wearing a seatbelt.
Both occupants were transported to Jamestown Regional Medical Center for treatment, the driver died at the hospital.
Names have not yet been released.
The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
More information as it becomes available.
Also called to the scene were the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office and North Dakota Highway Patrol.
Jamestown (CSi) The Annual Holiday Dazzle on Main Parade was held on Tuesday evening, in Downtown Jamestown.
Before the parade the float entries were judged and trophies and cash awares were handed out at the After Parade Party, at Shady’s at the Gladstone Inn & Suites in Jamestown.
Award Winners were:
Best Dazzle: with lots of motion, unique design, flashy and exciting…HOFMAN TRUCKING.
Most Original Theme: creative/original theme, lights and motion, energetic, holiday spirit, JAMES RIVER CORRECTIONAL CENTER.
Most Outstanding Amateur Built: use of man-made materials, lighting, unique use of holiday theme…HOBBY TIRE.
Most Outstanding Civic or Non-Profit: most energetic participants, lights, music, originality…EVENTIDE.
The Community Christmas Tree Lighting was put on hold, due to the unavailability of the fire department’s ladder truck for decorating. The ceremony will be rescheduled
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council’s Building, Planning & Zoning
Civic Center & Promotion Fire & Police and Public Works Committee met yesterday at City Hall. Council Members Kourajian and Gumke were not present.
FINANCE & LEGAL COMMITTEE:
The committee recommends approval of a request from JSDC for $13,336.00 from Economic Development Funds to reimburse legal and capital expenses on capital investments with the City Share to be $12,231.00, and paid from the City Sales Tax Fund.
The committee recommends approval of a request from JSDC for $3,500.00 of previously obligated Economic Development Funds to be used to update the JSDC Strategic Plan with the City Share to be $2,800.00, and paid from the City Sales Tax Fund.
The committee recommends approval of Change Order No. 1, to Schumacher Construction, Inc., on the EOC Storage Bay Heating and Insulation Retrofit Project, for an increase in the contract price of $2,600.00.
The committee recommends approval of rate adjustments for the Water, Wastewater, Sanitation and Solid Waste Disposal fees, to be effective January 1, 2016…a five percent increase in rates, in the 2016 City Budget.
The committee recommends recognizing the Jennaca Salberg Benefit as an other public spirited organization and to authorize the issuance of a raffle permit.
The committee reviewed the cost estimate and proposed assessment district to construct Paving and needed utilities on 5th Street NE from 12th Avenue NE to 27th Avenue NE. The area that will go past the new TRAC facility, behind Gussner School. Based on the progress of the TRAC construction, as soon as 2017.
The committee recommends approval of the concept.
The committee reviewed the draft Special Assessment Policy and to publish notice of a public hearing, to be held at the January 4, 2016, at the City Council meeting., to receive public comment, as required by the State of North Dakota.
The committee recommends setting the public hearing.
The committee considered changing the retirement program for sworn police officers from the NDPERS plan to the NDPERS Law Enforcement plan.
Council Member Brubakken said if approved, the city needs to look at the PERS plan for other city employees.
Fraternal Order of Police James Valley Liason, Nellie Degen provided a packet of testimony on the issue at the state level.
The committee recommends moving the issue to the next committee meeting, pending additional information, and a possible survey of officers.
Mayor Andersen said the program may be costly to the city.
Informational: Departmental and financial reports were presented.
Informational: Board of Adjustment Appointment.
BUILDING, PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE
Informational:
Planning Commission minutes from November 9, 2015.
Discussion concerning consideration of amending Section 32–4.4 relative to providing notice to adjoining property owners when a variance is requested. The committee recommends drafting an amendment to the Ordinance.
CIVIC CENTER AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE
Considered the request from SkyWest Airlines to list the Jamestown Civic Center as a potential Company Operational Headquarters Facility.
Civic center Manager Pam Fosse said the airline is requesting a memorandum of understanding to allow the Civic Center to be used in the event of an emergency.
She said it entails the use of space.
The committee recommends entering into a memorandum with the airline.
The committee reviewed the Request for Proposals for a Soft Drink Vendor, Pepsi and Coke, for the Civic Center. Mayor Andersen suggested a matrix concerning level of service, and response time on the part of the vendor, along with the cost proposal.
POLICE AND FIRE COMMITTEE
The committee recommends replacement of Police Department tasers using asset forfeiture funds, in the approximate amount of $11,250.00.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
The committee recommends approving the proposed engineering agreement from CPS for the annual Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Groundwater Monitoring Task 1 and 2
Considered the proposal from Recovery Systems Co., Inc., for additional corrosion and wear repairs/parts replacement and for a hydraulic fluid filter system for the Trash Compactor at the Baler Facility for an estimated $22,061.43.
The committee recommends approving, the estimate.
The original proposal for the known repairs was around $20,000.00. This new proposal deals with additional damages that have been uncovered during disassembly of the unit to perform the initial repairs and are based on Recovery Systems concerns for continued degradation of these other parts and the possible shortened life of the current repairs without performing these partsbeing repaired and replaced.
Discussion was held concerning the City Forester position.
Brent Erickson from HDR Engineering, gave a presentation on the Jamestown Sanitary Utility Operation Analysis, and Recycling Feasibility Study.
Erickson estimated the cost of operating a curbside collection recycling system in Jamestown at between $11 and $13 per residence each month. This would be on top of the current monthly sanitation fee of $13.10 per residence.
Erickson said the study indicates that Jamestown currently incurs a cost of about $51 per ton to dispose of solid waste collected in Jamestown.
The city also pays a subsidy to Renaissance Recycling, which accepts about 2,000 tons of recyclable material per year at an average cost of about $30 per ton.
Adding collection sites in Jamestown could raise costs of processing recyclable materials to between $100 and $150 per ton. Offering curbside pickup of recyclable materials further increases cost to between $170 and $190 per ton.
Andersen said she hoped the completed study would present options for cost savings in the sanitation collection process.
Council Member Buchanan requested discussion concerning the City Forester position.
Doug Wiles has resigned to accept the Bismarck City Forester’s position.
Buchanan introduced letters from various committees, asking the city to make every effort to hire a qualified City Forester. Buchanan pointed out that the search should include specific requirements in the job description.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67 followed by replays.
Leal (CSi) A group of parents from the Barnes County North School District are proposing a recall of school board member Lori Carlson.
Barnes County North parent Curt Brown believes the board is micro-managing the Superintendent and Principal Mark Lindahl.
School board chairwoman Lori Carlson believes the board has done nothing wrong that would merit a recall of any school board member.
Carlson pointed out that Superintendent Lindahl tendered his resignation in September, effective at the end of the school year.
Carlson said Lindahl told the board that he and his wife Mary would be moving to the Twin Cities to be closer to their grandchildren.
But Barnes County North parent Anita Soupir took issue with Lori Carlson’s comments about the resignation of Lindahl and the current situation in the school district, and that the recall effort will focus on school board chairwoman Lori Carlson.
Earlier this month the Barnes County North school board held a meeting to focused on whether or not the district should reduce one teacher per classroom and increase classroom size for teachers or make no change at all.
The Barnes County North School near Leal, North Dakota is two years old
Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Development Fund, a loan program with the North Dakota Department of Commerce, awarded $250,99 in funding to Jamestown based Premier Refinery, LLC (Renaissance Recycling.)
The funds will help to fund equipment and working capital needed to scale up a novel chemical extraction process from bench level to production level.
Renaissance Recycling, owner, Ralph Friebel, in Jamestown, is the listed agent for Premier Refinery.
The commerce department says the company has developed a chemical extraction process to efficiently recover platinum, palladium and rhodium from spent catalytic converters.
Jamestown (CSi) United Sportsman of Jamestown will hold a public meeting on Thursday December 3, 2015, to determine if there is enough interst to development and sustain a public educational shooting range.
The facility would serve Jamestown and the surrounding community.
The meeting will be at 7-p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, at 519 First Avenue South in Jamestown.
On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSI Cable 2, Curtis Kaseman said the facility will be a community shooting range, and educational location, with plans to construct a clubhouse, within five miles of Jamestown.
He said the organization is looking for land that would need to be zoned recreational, and for safety, away from other structures, and potential new building.
He added that once the land is found, the organization will work with Stutsman County, and any township involved with the zoning.
He added that the idea is to start small with the range and clubhouse and grow to include a facility that will be an educational center.
It would also host state competitions.
The shooting range would be open to the public, along with law enforcement, and correctional staff.
Also on our show, Gene Van Eeckhout is part of a three member committee, along with Kaseman and Frank Redlin, organizing the plans.
At the December 3rd meeting will be North Dakota Game & Fish Department’s John Mazuk, and Army Corps of Engineer’s, Pipestem Dam Manager, Bob Martin.
United Sportsman of Jamestown is involved in hunter education programs, and the annual bird seed giveaway, the Duck Stamp Program, and more.
Any questions may be directed to Curtis Kaseman at 701-320-9227.
Valley City (CSi) U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp Tuesday joined teachers, students and community members in Valley City to celebrate the academic achievements of Washington Elementary School students and the school’s recent recognition as a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School.
Heitkamp congratulated the students and faculty at Washington Elementary for their hard work and dedication to education during the Blue Ribbon Ceremony. She also presented Washington Elementary with a statement that appeared in the official Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate honoring the school’s recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School – a national accolade given to schools based on academic excellence or significant improvements made in students’ academic achievement.
“Providing North Dakota students with quality education from preschool through college gives our next generation of leaders the tools they need to succeed, strengthens our communities, and helps our state thrive,” said Heitkamp. “Today’s ceremony and Washington Elementary’s recognition as a National Blue Ribbon school is a direct reflection of the commitment of the teachers, administrators, and entire Valley City community in making a positive impact on the lives of North Dakota’s children. Congratulations again to the hardworking students, passionate teachers and supportive parents and community members who have earned this high honor.”
Last month, Heitkamp announced Washington Elementary as a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School. On November 17, Heitkamp honored the school nationally by submitting a statement of congratulations in the official Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate.
Founded in 1982, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students’ academic achievement. A National Blue Ribbon Schools flag overhead has become a mark of excellence in education recognized by everyone from parents to policymakers in thousands of communities. Since the program’s founding, the U.S. Department of Education has bestowed this coveted award on more than 7,000 of America’s schools. Washington Elementary was the only North Dakota school to receive this national honor this year.
Valley City (CSi) Law Enforcement and emergency personnel will shop for less fortunate children when the annual Santa, Cops & Kids program takes place on December 15, 2015.
Event coordinator Lt. David Swenson says the program is aimed at giving children and their families a nice Christmas.
The Santa Cops & Kids program is funded by donations from individuals and businesses in the Barnes County area.
Swenson says all funding is used for children and spent locally to support the economy in Barnes County.
Donations can be mailed to:
Santa, Cops & Kids Program.
216 2nd Ave. N.E.
Valley City, N.D. 58072
Checks payable to FOP Lodge #4.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The day before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel days of the year, and the North Dakota Highway Patrol is increasing enforcement.
The agency says all available troopers will be on patrol in an effort to boost safety.
The patrol also is encouraging motorists to buckle up, drive for the conditions, don’t drink and drive, and avoid using cellphones while behind the wheel.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing a Fargo bank in April.
Authorities say Jeremy Fahleen, of Litchfield, Minnesota, entered the Gate City Bank and handed a clerk a threatening note demanding money. Fahleen fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was arrested the next day in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Sentencing for the 34-year-old Fahleen is set for Feb. 25. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Prosecutors are asking that he pay back about $4,000 that was not recovered from the robbery.
A federal public defender could not be reached for comment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man with a lifetime sex-offender registration requirement has been found guilty of gross sexual imposition.
31-year-old Jon Torey Nesheim faces up to 20 years in prison after a South Central District Court jury returned the guilty verdict.
Authorities accuse the Palermo man of raping a woman he met in November of last year through a dating website. Authorities say the woman rejected Nesheim’s sexual advances, but she later woke up to him raping her.
Authorities consider Nesheim a high-risk sex offender. He has been required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life due to convictions in 1999 and 2003 out of Mountrail County.
Nesheim’s attorney didn’t immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment Tuesday.
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) – The Highway Patrol has identified a New Town man who died in a weekend crash on state Highway 23 in McKenzie County. Authorities say 26-year-old Jeremy Oberry was following a semitrailer in his pickup truck and failed to yield when the semi slowed to make a turn Sunday night about 3 miles west of the Four Bears Bridge. Oberry died at the scene. The two people in the semi weren’t hurt.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota judge threw a juror in jail for skipping out of a medical malpractice trial.
East Central District Judge Wade Webb issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Jay Willis after Willis failed to show up on the second day of trial in Fargo. The trial went on with eight jurors instead of nine.
Cass County Deputy Tom Hall says Willis, of West Fargo, agreed to turn himself in and spent two days in jail.
A phone number for Willis could not be located.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) has kicked off his campaign for governor while former North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Sarah Vogel has established an exploratory committee for a potential bid.
Stenehjem was announcing his gubernatorial bid on Tuesday in Grand Forks, Fargo and Bismarck.
Stenehjem is a Republican. He is running for the seat being vacated by Gov. Jack Dalrymple. GOP Rep. Rick Becker, a plastic surgeon in Bismarck, also has announced a bid for governor.
No Democrats have entered the race. Vogel says she is mulling a run.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota farmers are wrapping up the fall harvest, and ranchers are weaning and marketing calves and preparing for winter feeding.
The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the only crop left in the field is sunflowers, and the harvest is 95 percent complete.
North Dakota’s winter wheat crop is rated 69 percent in good-to-excellent condition, unchanged over the week.
Pasture and range conditions statewide are rated 44 percent good to excellent. Stock water supplies are 80 percent adequate to surplus.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple has appointed Timothy Dawson as director of North Dakota’s Office of Administrative Hearings.
Dawson replaces Wade Mann, who has taken a position at a private law firm.
Dawson is a Bismarck attorney and a member of the North Dakota Legislative Council legal staff. He is slated to begin his new duties next month.
The Office of Administrative Hearings began in 1991. The agency is part of the executive branch and provides independent administrative law judges to preside as hearing officers over state and local matters.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A new Catholic high school will be built on a 48-acre plot in Bismarck thanks to a land donation.
Light of Christ Catholic Schools announced Tuesday that it will build a new St. Mary’s Central High School. The land valued at $6 million was donated by the family of local developer Ron Knutson.
Light of Christ President Gerald Vetter says enrollment at Bismarck’s Catholic schools has increased by 20 percent over the past five years. He says space is maxed out at many of the school system’s facilities and enrollment is expected to continue to increase.
Bishop David Kagan says the donation is the largest ever to the Diocese of Bismarck.
Knutson says children will “get a great education and feel part of a family” at the new school.
In sports…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team has slipped one spot in the two national polls but still remains in the top five of both.
UND went from No. 4 to No. 5 in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls this week, after a weekend split with St. Cloud State. The Huskies remained at No. 7 in both polls.
Defending national champion Providence remains atop both polls, followed by Boston College, Quinnipiac and Massachusetts-Lowell.
The Fighting Hawks travel to Michigan State this weekend to take on the unranked Spartans.
High School Hockey…
Season Opener…
Grafton Park-River 8 Jamestown 2
College Basketball…
Minot State 75 Jamestown 69
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
UNDATED (AP) – The Golden State Warriors are the new record-holders of the longest season-opening winning streak in NBA history.
The Warriors are 16-0 after Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry scored 24 points and had nine rebounds in just over 30 minutes of a 111-77 blowout over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Final Indiana 123 Washington 106
Final Atlanta 121 Boston 97
Final Memphis 110 Dallas 96
Final L-A Clippers 111 Denver 94
Final Chicago 93 Portland 88
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Ottawa 7 Dallas 4
Final Anaheim 5 Calgary 3
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Fifth-ranked Kansas has reached the Maui Invitational championship game by blowing out UCLA 92-73. Perry Ellis scored 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting for the Jayhawks, who led by 26 at halftime before earning the right to face Vanderbilt on Wednesday.
Final ( 1) Kentucky 82 Boston U. 62
Final ( 2) Maryland 77 Illinois St. 66
Final ( 7) Oklahoma 96 Incarnate Word 63
Final ( 9) North Carolina 80 Kansas St. 70
Final (13) Indiana 83 St. John’s 73
Final (19) Vanderbilt 86 Wake Forest 64
Final OT NC State 83 (22) LSU 72
Final (24) Cincinnati 64 SE Louisiana 49
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 8) Mississippi St. 109 MVSU 37
Final (14) Florida St. 80 North Florida 28
NFL…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Peyton Manning is expected to miss at least two more games with a torn plantar fascia in his left foot.
Manning sought a second opinion from renowned foot and ankle specialist Dr. Robert Anderson, who recommended the five-time MVP spend at least the next week in a walking cast before beginning additional rehab.
That means Brock Osweiler will get a chance to run the offense for two more games. Osweiler threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns in his first NFL start, a 17-15 win at Chicago last weekend.
Brett Favre (farv), Terrell (tur-REHL’) Owens and Alan Faneca are semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. The group of 25 semifinalists also include Kurt Warner, Isaac Bruce, Morten Andersen, Tony Boselli, Kevin Mawae (muh-WY’), Tony Dungy (DUHN’-jee), Marvin Harrison, Orlando Pace and John Lynch. Fifteen finalists will be announced in January.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Associated Press has obtained a copy of an investigative report that says the crew of a plane that attacked a hospital in Afghanistan relied on a physical description from Afghan troops and misidentified its target. The report says the crew thought it was hitting a Taliban-controlled government compound and fired 211 shells before the mistake was discovered. At least 31 civilians died.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The Belgian government is paying special attention to health and emergency services as it tries to batten down security precautions during the high alert. The government has ordered special precautionary measures to make sure their services are not infiltrated by violent extremists. Officials say they include visible ID badges for all personnel and visual observation of arriving ambulances. Schools reopened today in Brussels and the subway is also returning to service.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (AH’-meht dah-voot-OH’-loo) is defending the shoot-down of a Russian fighter jet today, saying Moscow has been warned repeatedly that Turkey would defend its border. But he also sought to reduce tensions with Moscow, saying that Russia is Turkey’s “friend and neighbor” and insisting relations cannot be “sacrificed to accidents of communication.” Foreign ministers from the countries have agreed to meet.
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) – Huge wildfires burning out of control in southern Australia have killed at least two people and several others have been injured. South Australia state Premier Jay Weatherill says firefighters are among those injured by the blaze that has scorched 210,000 acres of farm and woodland and threatens several towns near Adelaide, the state’s capital and largest city.
MOSCOW (AP) – Tensions continue to simmer between Russia and Ukraine with Kiev today closing the countries airspace to all Russian planes, expanding on an already existing ban on Russian airlines. Earlier today, the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom announced that it was cutting off gas supplies to Ukraine because the country had not paid in advance for supplies.
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