CSi Weather…
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.LABOR DAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
Valley City (CSi AP) Nicole Lindermann of Kathryn, North Dakota pleaded guilty, Monday to a felony charge of Conspiracy to Commit Arson and Burglary and a misdemeanor charge of Theft of Property for her involvement as an accomplice in burning and burglarizing Faith Lutheran Church in Valley City in October, of 2013.
Judge James Hovey ordered a pre-sentence investigation, saying sentencing for Lindermann will be tentatively set in about 90 days from the August 25th hearing.
Linderman could be sentenced to 10 years on the felony Conspiracy to Commit Arson charge and 5 years on the felony Burglary charge.
A misdemeanor charge of theft carries a sentence of 30 days in jail.
Barnes County State’s Attorney Carl Martineck says Lindermann told authorities that Miklas broke into the church and stole cash and three bottles of wine. He later returned to the church with a can filled with paint thinner and started three separate fires.
Meanwhile, Andrew Miklas, of Fargo, Monday, entered guilty pleas in a Change of Plea hearing stemming from the October 2013 incident.
A trial for Miklas was called off last week after a plea agreement was reached.
Miklas pleaded guilty to felony Arson, felony endangering by fire or explosion, felony Burglary and a misdemeanor charge of Theft of Property.
Judge Hovey told Miklas that he could be sentenced as a habitual offender meaning the Class “B” felony he faces could be increased from 10 to 20 years and the two Class “C” felony counts could increase from 5 to 10 years in prison.
Defense attorney Steve Mottinger told Judge Hovey that he is working to get charges his client faces in Nelson and Griggs Counties cleared up before the sentence hearing in Barnes County, Judge Hovey says the sentence hearing will also be set for Miklas be set in 90 days.
Miklas remains in custody in the Barnes County jail. Lindermann is free on her own recognizance according to her bail agreement.
Jamestown, ND – Interstate Engineering reports that a segment of 37th Street SW in Jamestown was closed.
During this closure, 37th Street SW is closed from the entrance of Country Acres Vet Clinic to Highway 281.
People will be able to access Country Acres Vet Clinic from the west, via 25th St. SW to 8th Avenue.
This closure is effective until further notice.
For more information, contact Jim Hubbard with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.
Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown reports that the next series of Forward Jamestown, the Land Use and Transportation Plan has been announced.
The public is invited to attend the following meetings & presentations:
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Noon Hour presentation
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 5:00 – 7:00 pm – Public Open House with Formal Presentation at 5:30 pm
All meetings will be held at City Hall, in the lower level conference room.
Then, the Steering Committee will meet on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 7:30 am – 8:45 am.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office is informing residents, that fogging operations in the City of Jamestown for adult mosquitoes is scheduled to begin Tuesday night, August 26, 2014 and will continue throughout the week as is necessary.
All fogging operations are contingent upon weather conditions.
All fogging operations will take place between approximately 8:30 PM (dusk) until approximately 6:00 AM.
Parents are advised to keep children out of the streets and away from the fogging machines.
Motorists are urged to use caution when traveling in the vicinity of the fogging units.
Bismarck (CSi) A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper and retired sergeant were presented with awards from the North Dakota Peace Officers Association at a ceremony held in Grand Forks on August 14.
Trooper Rick Richard, stationed in Washburn, was presented with the North Dakota Peace Officer of the Year award, the highest honor the NDPOA gives each year. This award is given in recognition of outstanding service, professional dignity and unselfish personal contributions of the officer’s time and talent to the NDPOA and citizens of North Dakota.
Retired Sergeant Gary Bitz, who was stationed in Jamestown, was presented with the Lone Eagle award. It is given annually to both an active and a retired North Dakota peace officer who has contributed guidance, inspiration and support throughout their career as a law enforcement official in North Dakota.
VCSU The Valley City State University V-500 Board of Directors has kicked off a new campaign drive.
The V-500 organization conducts an annual membership drive to support academic scholarships at the university.
The board also promotes fundraising events like the VCSU Rendezvous coming up October 17 and the VCSU Scholarship Auction to be held April 24, 2015.
Last year, V-500 allocated over $250,000 to academic scholarships for incoming Valley City State University students.
VCSU Foundation, Assistant Director of Annual Giving, Jeremy Wiebe,says, “V-500 donations are pivotal in recruiting quality students for VCSU and ensuring strong enrollment. Our volunteer board members are asked to contact alumni and community members throughout the V-500 drive.”
To contribute or to learn more about the V-500 campaign contact a board member, visit www.v-500.vcsu.edu or call the VCSU Foundation Office at 845-7203.
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The reigning North Dakota teacher of the year who is accused of a child sex crime has now been suspended from his job.
The West Fargo School Board on Monday night voted unanimously to suspend Aaron Knodel without pay or benefits. He had been on paid administrative leave since February, when the school first learned of the allegations against him.
Knodel is accused of having sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student more than five years ago. He faces five counts of felony corruption or solicitation of a minor. He’s due in court on Sept. 5 to enter pleas to the charges.
Defense attorney Robert Hoy has said that Knodel is not guilty and passed a lie-detector test. Hoy declined comment on the suspension.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An appeals court has upheld a federal judge’s decision allowing a Ten Commandments monument to remain on city property in downtown Fargo.
The Red River Freethinkers group filed a lawsuit alleging that the city gave the monument a religious purpose in voting more than five years ago to keep it. A judge dismissed the suit after the city argued that the complaint had no merit.
A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ruling in a decision released Monday.
The monument was donated to the city in 1958, to commemorate an urban renewal project. It was installed on its current site near the Fargo Civic Auditorium in 1961.
City commissioners originally voted to relocate the marker but decided to keep it after complaints from citizens.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has requested that crews temporarily stop working on the Red River flood control project.
Dayton sent a letter to Jo-Ellen Darcy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asking the federal agency to hold off on supporting the project until Minnesota conducts an environmental review.
Dayton requested the Corps stop endorsing funding, issuing permits and providing construction assistance on the effort to reduce flooding.
Darrell Vanyo is the chairman of the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority. Vanyo says he was surprised by Dayton’s request because the issue was never raised last week at a meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota, with the Department of Natural Resources.
Vanyo says work will continue as scheduled.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The Williams County Sheriff’s Office says an object found at a home near the North Dakota oil patch city of Williston is likely a bear paw and not a human foot as had been rumored.
A statement from the sheriff’s office says investigators from the department and the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation responded to a report of a foot found on private property last Thursday. The object was examined by the state medical examiner and determined not to be human. The statement identified the body part as possibly belonging to a bear.
The sheriff’s office also said rumors that a body was found in the Little Muddy River were unfounded.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A state spill report says a pipeline on North Dakota’s Fort Berthold Indian Reservation has leaked 3,000 barrels of brine.
The report says the pipeline is operated by Arrow Water LLC, a subsidiary of Crestwood Midstream Partners LP. The report notes the spill has been isolated and cleanup crews have been mobilized. The spill was discovered late Friday.
In early July, a pipeline operated by another Crestwood subsidiary leaked 1 million gallons of brine into the badlands near the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation town of Mandaree. That incident was one of the largest oil field spills in state history.
Brine is an unwanted byproduct of oil production that is many times saltier than seawater. It’s considered an environmental hazard.
Houston-based Crestwood didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A documentary looking back at Bismarck State College’s 75 years is set to premiere on September 4.
In a statement, the college says the film will air on Dakota Community Access Channel 12 and will also be streaming online at Bismarck State College’s website and YouTube channel.
57 employees, alumni and friends of the college were interviewed for the 108-minute-long film.
Interim president Dave Clark says the film will show the college’s “hardscrabble early years” and showcase the institution’s commitment to its students.
Bismarck State College has its origins in Bismarck Junior College, which was established on the third floor of Bismarck High School in 1939. Today Bismarck State College is the third largest college in the North Dakota University System.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The University of Mary is partnering with a school in Peru on a study-abroad program.
Beginning next spring, students at the Bismarck school will have the opportunity to study in Peru and also participate in a medical mission, delivering basic health care to Ayaviri and surrounding villages in the Andes mountains.
The partnership is with Universidad Catolica San Pablo in Arequipa.
Mary President James Shea (shay) says with the Hispanic community growing in the U.S., it seemed “almost neglectful” for the university not to have a study-abroad program in Latin America.
About half a dozen students have signed up so far.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs have released former Bismarck High and University of North Dakota standout wide receiver Weston Dressler.
The Chiefs announced the move Monday morning on the team website. Dressler was among 11 players cut.
The Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders released Dressler early this year to give him the opportunity to sign with an NFL team. The Chiefs signed him in February.
Dressler played six seasons with the Roughriders, topping the 1,000-yard receiving mark five times. He also was the CFL’s rookie of the year in 2008 and won a Grey Cup championship with the team last year.
Greg Hardin, another former UND receiver, was waived by the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
More than 300 swan hunting licenses remain after North Dakota’s license lottery. The state Game and Fish Department says remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Wednesday. Hunters are limited to one license per year. The statewide tundra swan hunting season is Oct. 4 through next Jan. 4.
North Dakota’s dove hunting season gets underway Monday.
The daily limit is 15 and the possession limit is 45. Shooting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset. The season is open through Nov. 9.
The state Game and Fish Department is reminding swan hunters that they must register with the Harvest Information Program before hunting. Those who registered with the program to hunt the spring light goose season in North Dakota do not have to register again, as it is required only once per year.
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Miami 7 L.A. Angels 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Baltimore 9 Tampa Bay 1
Final Boston 4 Toronto 3, 10 Innings
Final N-Y Yankees 8 Kansas City 1
Final Oakland 8 Houston 2
Final Texas 2 Seattle 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 2
Final Philadelphia 3 Washington 2
Final Milwaukee 10 San Diego 1
Final Colorado 3 San Francisco 2
NFL…
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer has named veteran Matt Cassel as the team’s starting quarterback for the season opener against the St. Louis Rams. Cassel has been sharp while starting all three preseason games. He has completed more than 66 percent of his passes for 367 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.
NEW YORK (AP) – Medical officials from the NFL, FIFA and other sports organizations are banding together to look into better ways to identify, manage and treat concussions.
The “think tank,” funded by an educational grant from the NFL, was held yesterday and today at league headquarters in New York. Dozens of scientific and medical personnel, representing contact sports such as football and rugby to noncontact competitions such as equestrian, took part.
Dr. Rich Ellenbogen, chairman of the NFL’s head, neck and spine committee, says the various sports organizations “need to look at all variations of what is being done around the world.”
TENNIS…
NEW YORK (AP) – Top seed Novak Djokovic (JOH’-koh-vihch), third seed Stan Wawrinka and No. 8 Andy Murray were among yesterday’s first-round winners at the U.S. Open. Winners on the women’s side include second seed Simona Halep (HAH’-lehp), fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska (ahg-nee-ESH’-kuh rahd-VAHN’-skuh), fifth seed Maria Sharapova, No. 6 Angelique Kerber and No. 9 Jelena Jankovic. Venus Williams dropped the opening set of her opening-round match before pulling out a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory against Kimiko Date-Krumm (kih-MEE’-koh DAH’-tay kruhm).
GOLF…
PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) – Tiger Woods is leaving swing coach Sean Foley after four years and no majors. Woods made the announcement on his website. The former World No. 1 has had back trouble the last year and is taking the next three months to get stronger.
Foley was the third coach Woods hired as a professional. He left Butch Harmon in 2003 and began working with Hank Haney a year later. He parted with Haney in the spring of 2010 when Woods returned from the scandal in his personal life.
In world and national news…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he thinks meetings with allies in the region are beginning to “set the conditions for some kind of coalition to form” in opposition to the Islamic State group which holds large swaths of Iraq and Syria. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey didn’t comment to reporters about the start of surveillance flights over Syria but says the U.S. wants more clarity on the militants there.
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) – A top American health official says experts have the tools to stop the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but that the deadly virus has the “upper hand” right now. Ebola has killed more than 1,400 people in the region. Dr. Tom Frieden, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is visiting Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the three hardest hit countries.
BAGHDAD (AP) – Shiite Muslims in Iraq continue to be targeted by militants. A car bomb exploded today in a busy Shiite area in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 11 people. The bombing came a day after a wave of attacks targeted Shiite areas in several cities, killing at least 58 people.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A prosecutor is expected to continue his cross-examination today of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who is on trial for corruption in federal court in Richmond. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are charged with accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from former Star Scientific Inc. CEO Jonnie Williams in exchange for promoting his company’s dietary supplements. McDonnell has testified that he provided nothing more than routine courtesies.
CHICAGO (AP) – The stage shifts to a federal courtroom in Chicago today in the battle over same-sex marriage. Attorneys for Wisconsin and Indiana will present oral arguments in their bid to reinstate bans on same-sex marriage that were ruled unconstitutional two months earlier. There’s no timetable for a ruling from a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is hearing the case.