by the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee in December.<\/span><\/p>\nThe legislation would enable skilled nursing homes and in-home care providers to accept veteran patients without having to comply with burdensome and oftentimes expensive federal contracting requirements.<\/p>\n
Also on our show, Bratton said veterans may also work directly with the VA to resolve debt collection issues resulting from inappropriate or delayed Choice Program billing. The number for more information is 1-877-881-7618.<\/p>\n
He added that a Living with Loss: Bereavement Support Group for veterans is available at the Fargo VA Hospital, on Friday\u2019s from 3-p.m., to 4:30-p.m.,<\/p>\n
Call 701-239-3700.<\/p>\n
Bratton said his office has copies of supplement booklets for VA, Know your Benefits.<\/p>\n
He reminds veterans that the PTSD Support Group meeting is at the lower level of the LEC in Jamestown the second and fourth Thursday each month from 12:30-p.m., to 2-p.m., with a combat veteran from the Fargo VA.<\/p>\n
The Stutsman County Veterans Service Office is open Monday through Friday from 8-a.m., to 5-p.m. Bratton suggests making an appointment to visit with him.<\/p>\n
Call 701-252-9030.<\/p>\n
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Valley City (CSi) To stem a budget shortfall, Valley City is proposing across the board increases for electric, water and sewer rates.<\/p>\n
Valley City Administrator David Schelkoph says a 2015 city employee pay raise and other factors lead to the shortfall.<\/p>\n
Schelkoph says the city will study three options during the May, 2016, City Finance meeting followed by the Valley city Commission making a final decision in mid-May this year.<\/p>\n
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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Planning Commission on Monday April 11, 2016 will address topics concerning new developments.<\/p>\n
A public Hearing will be held on a zone change Lot 1, Block 2, Mill Hill 2nd Addition from C-2 (General Commercial District) to R-4 (Planned Residence District).<\/p>\n
The property is located along the 600 Block of 11 th St SW.<\/p>\n
Another Public Hearing will concern the preliminary plat of Sumac Ridge Addition, at that location a replat of a portion of Lot 1, Block 2 of Mill Hill 2nd Addition to the City of Jamestown.<\/p>\n
The Planning Commission will also talk about zoning research at<\/p>\n
104 3<\/span><\/span>rd <\/span><\/span>Street SE, the former Masonic Lodge building.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nA memo from SRF Consultanting Group says, the current property owners are considering the redevelopment of the former Masonic Lodge structure located on the property.<\/p>\n
The property is currently zoned, C-2, General Commercial District, and is consistent with the adjacent properties in the same block.<\/p>\n
The proposed redevelopment of the site would include a single residence on the building\u2019s upper floor and a massage and aromatherapy business. The potential use of other portions of the building as a gathering\/event space is another consideration.<\/p>\n
The memo says based on a review of the three commercial districts, the existing C-2 District is appropriate for the development of a massage therapy and aroma therapy retail business and single family dwelling within the existing Masonic Temple structure.<\/p>\n
Residential use within the structure will become nonconforming if no primary commercial use allowed within the C-2 District resides in the structure. Additionally, an event center business could be established within the structure.<\/p>\n
The Planning Commission meeting is Monday <\/span><\/span>April 11, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. at City Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2013 During a hearing of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Rural Development Subcommittee Wednesday, Senator John Hoeven cited the work of Dakota Turbines, a small-wind turbine company based in Cooperstown, as a good example of the rural entrepreneurship needed to grow the economy and create good jobs.<\/p>\n
Cris Somerville, President of Dakota Turbines, testified at the hearing about the work of the family-owned and operated company, which manufactures blades, alternator and power electronics for single-phase small wind systems. The company, which is ten years old, has a small fleet of 40 wind turbines across the Upper Midwest.<\/p>\n
Hoeven says, “Dakota Turbines has a great story and is good example of the entrepreneurship we need in North Dakota and across the nation.”In prepared testimony, Somerville cited the importance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which helps rural small businesses and producers make energy efficiency improvements or install renewable energy systems.<\/p>\n
As a member of the farm bill conference committee, Senator Hoeven worked to support the REAP provisions to help rural communities. The farm bill reauthorized the program, which was started in 2008.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) – Federal authorities are investigating what they say is a suspicious death in New Town.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck man has been charged with murder in the death of a man found in his apartment. Morris Pederson is charged with felony murder. Police responded to an apartment building Tuesday after a building employee reported finding a tenant possibly dead in his eighth-floor apartment.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot police have arrested two people after recovering counterfeit money and equipment used to make it during a search of a residence.
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BOTTINEAU, N.D. (AP) – A one-time high school science teacher in Bottineau has pleaded not guilty to child sex crimes.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Twenty-four-year-old Marissa Deslauriers faces three felonies for allegedly having sexual contact with teenage boys.\u00a0 She entered her not guilty pleas on Wednesday.
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\u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit alleging that North Dakota’s voter identification laws are unfair and unconstitutional.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The complaint was filed in January by seven members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. It alleges that the voter ID requirements violate the U.S. Voting Rights Act.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The plaintiffs say some tribal members can’t afford the required identification.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The state said in its motion to dismiss that the plaintiffs failed to state a valid claim in the complaint. U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland disagreed and said tribal members have properly outlined their claims with personal stories of each plaintiff and their experience with the state’s voting laws.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North Dakota is the only state without voter registration, but state law has required voters to provide ID since 2004.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple (DAHL’-rimp-ul) says the state’s economic strength and diversified economy is helping to weather fluctuations in the energy and agriculture industries. Dalrymple spoke Wednesday at the state’s first demographic conference, noting that North Dakota is one of just a handful of states whose populations are getting younger.<\/p>\n
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DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – The regional jail in Devils Lake is turning to a federal organization for help after a slew of problems in recent years.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lake Region Law Enforcement Center Director Tom Rime says the National Institute of Corrections will send three inspectors to go through the jail “with a fine-tooth comb.”
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rime also says he thinks the city and the five area counties that house prisoners at the jail need to address budget woes at the facility.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Problems began in 2014, when a guard at the jail was accused of having sexual contact with an inmate. That and other problems including staff shortages and resignations led to the firing of the jail’s administer. About six months later, an inmate escaped with the help of a guard.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0RIVERDALE, N.D. (AP) – Lake Sakakawea is officially ice-free.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Army Corps of Engineers declared the Missouri River reservoir ice-free on Friday, April 1.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The lake was deemed iced over on Jan. 15.\u00a0 The 77-day span is the fourth-shortest length of time the lake has been iced over since it was formed by Garrison Dam in the mid-1950s.
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In sports…<\/p>\n
Blue Jay Softball Thursday vs. Bismarck Century has been POSTPONED<\/u> to May 19th<\/sup>.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nPractice<\/span> will be held Thursday at 3:30 PM in the Jerry Meyer Arena at Jamestown High School.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nThe Valley City Hi-Liner baseball games scheduled to be played at West Fargo tonight have been postponed.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Hi-Liners and the Packers will makeup the games on Tuesday, April 19th in West Fargo.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nValley City plays at Fargo South for their next games on Tuesday, April 12th at Bennett Elementary School at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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\u00a0BALTIMORE (AP) – Chris Davis homered to back an effective pitching performance by Yovani Gallardo in his Orioles debut as Baltimore beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 Wednesday night at Camden Yards. Davis hit a solo shot to deep center off Kyle Gibson in the third inning to put the Orioles ahead for good. Gallardo allowed one run and two hits in five innings.
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\u00a0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A federal magistrate has ordered the Minnesota Vikings and Wells Fargo to attend a settlement conference later this month to try to resolve their dispute over signage near the new stadium in Minneapolis. The Vikings are suing Wells Fargo over illuminated rooftop signs on two bank towers near the stadium named for rival U.S. Bank. The Vikings say Wells Fargo’s signs essentially “photo bomb” the new stadium when it’s featured in aerial shots.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP)- The 80th Masters is set to tee off today at Augusta National Golf Club. Defending champion Jordan Spieth (SPEETH) is seeking his first victory in 2016 and Rory McIlroy will become the sixth golfer to complete a career Grand Slam if he wins his first green jacket.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STORRS, Conn. (AP) – UConn star Morgan Tuck was honored during UConn’s national championship homecoming rally. That came after she said she will forgo an extra year of eligibility and make herself available for the WNBA draft.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tuck’s name was placed on “Huskies of Honor” wall at Gampel Pavilion, joining 18 other UConn women’s layers, including classmates Breanna Stewart and Moriah Jefferson, who were honored earlier in the year.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tuck decided not to use an extra year of eligibility granted after knee surgery cost her most of her sophomore season.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOSTON (AP) – A group of New England Patriots fans has sued the NFL in an effort to recover the first-round draft pick that was taken from the team as punishment for the Deflategate scandal. The complaint says the league and Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL’) relied on “false premises and biased ‘investigations’ to reach their decision to take away the team’s first-round draft pick in this month’s draft.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0ATLANTA (AP) – Authorities in Georgia are reporting several injuries from a suspected tornado in the southwest part of the state. Severe weather also rolled through Alabama, damaging several trailer homes, but forecasters are uncertain whether a tornado was part of the mix. There were no injuries reported in Alabama.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GENEVA (AP) – The director of a U.N. counterterrorism task force has opened a first-of-its-kind conference in Geneva by declaring that “There is no quick fix, there is no magic wand,” with which to confront violent extremism. The two-day conference includes government envoys, civil society advocates, social media gurus and U.N. officials. It’s part of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s efforts to address the root causes of terrorism.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) – Thousands of migrants and refugees camped out at Greece’s largest port near Athens have been given a deadline to move out. Authorities say they have two weeks to move to army-built camps voluntarily or be expelled by force. Nearly a third of the 52,000 migrants stranded in Greece by European border closures are refusing to move to organized shelters and remain camped out at the port of Piraeus (py-REE’-uhs) and at the northern border with Macedonia.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama heads back to his old stomping grounds today to promote his position that the Senate should hold hearings and take a vote on Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Obama will argue his point today at the University of Chicago Law School, where he taught for about a decade before entering politics. After that, he goes fund-raising in California.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – A deadly apartment building collapse during an earthquake in Taiwan has prompted criminal charges against five builders. The Tainan district prosecutor’s office says the building’s developer, along with three employees of his construction company and an outside consultant have been charged with professional negligence resulting in death. The collapse killed 115 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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