CSi Weather…
Valley City and Jamestown Areas
…FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY…
.LATE THIS AFTERNOON…PARTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS.
NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND
10 MPH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MORNING LOWS 33 TO 36 FRIDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF FROST IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN
THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH WINDS UP
TO 10 MPH.
PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS 40 TO 45.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 60 TO 65.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 40 TO 45.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 65 TO 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 45 TO 50.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 70 TO 75.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 50 TO 55.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 70 TO 75.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Public Works informs motorists: Due to necessary utility work, the intersection of 2nd Ave & 2nd St SW from 1st Ave to 3rd Ave SW and from 1st St to 3rd St SW is CLOSED to through traffic until repairs are completed (approximately one week). Traffic is being re-routed until the repair work is completed.
Local businesses in the area will be accessible.
Motorists’ should use EXTREME caution in and around this area and use alternate routes.
Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown has again received the highest ranking of all North Dakota institutions in any category of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Colleges 2015″ edition.
For the eighth consecutive year, the University of Jamestown is ranked in the top tier of Best Regional Colleges in the “Best Colleges 2015″ rankings released Sept. 9th.
President Robert S. Badal, says “Jamestown College was the first North Dakota college or university to reach the top tier, and now as a University, we remain the top-ranked North Dakota institution of higher learning among all categories. We are pleased to be named as one of the top 37 schools in the Midwest.”
U.S. News’ “Best Colleges” is the most recognized and popular of all college rankings. The report evaluates colleges and universities annually by assessing criteria such as peer assessment, graduation rate, student/faculty ratios, class size, alumni giving, and student testing scores. Categories are Regional Colleges, Regional Universities, National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges.
In addition to being named to the top tier of “Best Colleges 2015″ by U.S. News and World Report, the University of Jamestown (listed as Jamestown College) was recently named a “Best in the Midwest” college once again by Princeton Review.
Established in 1883, the University of Jamestown is a private, liberal arts university granting bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of science in nursing degrees as well as master’s degrees in education and a Fargo-based doctor of physical therapy degree. The University of Jamestown offers more than 40 areas of study. With the Jamestown Journey to Success, emphasis is placed not only on preparing students academically in their chosen areas of study, but also on preparing students through an experience that is student-centered and integrates the liberal arts with sound professional programs.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo’s deputy mayor says he has quit his job as surgeon at a local hospital to dedicate more time to city government.
Tim Mahoney’s share of the work has increased while Mayor Dennis Walaker has been undergoing treatment for kidney cancer. He says he plans to go into private practice and that will give him more flexibility with his schedule.
Mahoney had been a general and heart surgeon at Essentia Health.
The 65-year-old Mahoney was first elected to the city commission in 2005 and was re-elected to another term in the June election.
Mahoney says he talks with Walaker every day and the mayor is doing “much better” in his recovery.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota State University study cited by public officials in hearings on rail shipment delays has been withdrawn as an official publication of the university.
The report by the department of agribusiness and economics was done at the request of North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple highlighted numbers from the study in his testimony before National Surface Transportation Board last week in Fargo.
William Wilson, a professor in the department, said Thursday that there’s “nothing radically wrong” with the report, but it was done on short notice and included a couple of assumptions that were “probably not appropriate or defendable.”
Wilson says several senators are doing “their own back of the envelope calculating” on the impact of the delays, but the issue deserves serious study.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The budget for the oil boomtown of Williston has increased nearly fivefold in just three years.
The city commission passed a record $250 million budget for 2015 on Tuesday.
The budget has grown rapidly in recent years to help the town cope with massive population growth resulting from booming oil production.
The city’s budget was just $53 million in 2012. The budget was $20 million in 2000.
Roads account for $86 million of the 2015 budget. Nearly $46.5 million will go toward chipping away at the city’s $140 million debt. Another $48 million is appropriated for water and sewer.
Williston’s population was just 14,716 in the 2010 census but tens of thousands of people have moved to the area since then.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot is getting $1 million in state money to help the city deal with properties left neglected or abandoned after a devastating flood in 2011.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple announced Wednesday that the money from the state Division of Emergency Services has been released to hire Washington, D.C.-based Witt O’Brien’s LLC. The governor says the consultant will work with the city on developing a strategy for blighted homes.
City officials need outside help to deal with the problem.
Mayor Chuck Barney says the city staff is swamped with other issues besides flooding. He says the city is grateful for the assistance.
The Souris River swamped more than 4,000 homes, businesses and other structures in Minot in June 2011.
In world and national news…
NEW YORK (AP) – A woman whose husband, a New York Fire Department captain, died at the World Trade Center, is calling on Americans to feel not only for those who were lost that day, but also “those who continue to suffer from the aftermath.” Joanne Barbara spoke at Thursday’s ceremony in New York to mark the 13th anniversary of the attacks. In Washington, President Barack Obama and others observed a moment of silence outside the White House. Obama then headed to the Pentagon’s 9/11 memorial, to remember the day when, in is words, “small and hateful minds conspired to break us.”
CLEVELAND (AP) – Former President George W. Bush says he had a “moment of clarity” 13 years ago today. He was listening to a young girl read in a Florida classroom as his chief of staff whispered to him that a second tower of the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane. Bush told a college scholarship luncheon in Cleveland Thusday that he knew from then on, it would be his job to protect the girl, her family and their community. He says the decisions he made after 9/11 kept that girl in mind.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Members of Congress may not see much political risk in voting to give President Barack Obama additional authority to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. Recent polls have shown Americans more supportive of military action than they were right after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Republican and Democratic leaders say they expect to give Obama what he wants.
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) – Oscar Pistorius will find out Friday the verdict in his trial for the shooting death of his girlfriend last year. But he’s already been assured that he won’t be convicted of murder. As the judge Thursday began the judgment phase of the trial, she said prosecutors hadn’t proved premeditated murder. Pistorius has said he fired through a toilet door in his home after mistaking Reeva Steenkamp for an intruder. But the judge says he acted “too hastily and with excessive force,” leaving open the possibility that he will be convicted of culpable homicide.
NEW YORK (AP) – You won’t be seeing much more of the video showing former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice hitting his then-fiancee and knocking her unconscious. At least four TV networks say they plan to stop airing it, or at least minimize the number of times they use it. ESPN, CNN, ABC and Fox News say they’ll no longer air the video unless there are compelling reasons to bring it back.