CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Cloudy. Chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. South

winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area.

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy with chance of rain showers and slight

chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after

midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance

of precipitation 50 percent 40 percent in the Valley City area.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain in the

afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph

increasing to west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds

10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds 10 to

20 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain in the

afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening, then

chance of rain possibly mixed with snow after midnight. Lows in

the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain possibly

mixed with snow in the morning. Highs in the lower 50s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow in the

morning, then chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower

50s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent

chance of rain possibly mixed with snow. Lows in the mid 30s.

Highs in the mid 50s.

 

There is a slight chance of thunderstorms north central this

morning and over eastern portions of central North Dakota this

afternoon into early this evening. Severe thunderstorms are not

expected.

 

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department, early Friday morning  just after four o’clock, was called to a fire that damaged a mobile home  at Sunnyside Trailer Court in Northwest Jamestown.

Jamestown Police Lt. Justin Blinsky says the occupants, a 25 year old male and his  four year old son safely escaped, but suffered smoke injuries and were taken by Jamestown Area Ambulance Service to Jamestown Regional Medical Center, for treatment.

The fire is reported to have started in the rear of the mobile home, which was extensively damaged.  The structure is uninhabitable and the Red Cross is assisting the family.

No other structures were involved.

The cause of the fire is under review.

The units were on the scene about 90 minutes.

Photos on scene posted on line at csinewsnow.com

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called out Thursday morning  8:09 am to an oven fire at 233 17th Avenue Northeast.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says  a piece of Tupperware was on the stove  that was turned on by a child,  and caused smoke.

No major damage was reported to the home, as the fire department extracted smoke.

No injuries.

Two City Fire Units and 23 fire fighters were on the scene until 8:24-a.m.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports that Jamestown Regional Airport in March this year boarded, 1,266 passengers.

That compares to 962 passengers in March of 2016, and increase of over 31-percent.

Through March this year Jamestown boardings were 3,327, a 22 percent increase over the first three months of 2016.

 

Wimbledon  (CSi)  Authorities are investigating a two vehicle crash that occurred about 9:20-a.m. Thursday.  It involved a pickup and semi, east of Wimbledon on County Road 4.

Area fire and rescue were on the scene.

A witness says  one person was ejected from a vehicle and the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office reports  the  female pickup driver was air lifted to a Fargo hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

More details coming as the crash remains under investigation.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  The North Dakota Senate, Thursday sent the rewrite of the state’s medical marijuana law to Governor, Doug Burgum.

Legislators agreed with changes the House made to Senate Bill 2344 and passed the legislation in a 38-9 vote.

The measure, called the North Dakota Compassionate Care Act, won 65 percent voter approval in November. It allows the use of marijuana as medicine for people who suffer from debilitating illnesses.

Bismarck (CSi)  The NDDOT informs motorists that Lighting upgrades along I-94 and I-29 in the urban areas of Fargo, Valley City, Jamestown, Grand Forks and Grand Forks Air Base will take place this spring and summer. The upgrades include new LED light fixtures, replacement of poles and general updates to the electrical lighting system in these areas. Motorists may see some temporary impacts to traffic while this work is taking place, however most of the work will occur off the roadway and not impact the traveling public. Motorists are advised to slow down in areas where crews are working.

For more information about construction projects and road conditions throughout North Dakota, call 511 from any type of phone or visit the Travel Information Map on the NDDOT website at http://www.dot.nd.gov/travel-info-v2/

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Criminal charges against the Ward County sheriff over the death of a jail inmate have been dismissed and the sheriff has resigned.

The deal with Sheriff Steve Kukowski pays Kukowski $75,000 in exchange for his promise not to sue the county.

Kukowksi had been charged in the 2014 death of inmate Dustin Irwin. The misdemeanors against Kukowski allege, in part, that he did not attempt to get medical care for Irwin, despite being aware of the medical condition.

Commissions say the case would have likely cost the county more money as it continued to drag on.

Kukowski had been in law enforcement for 43 years. He says the last 14 months have been “particularly trying,” but he received much public support during that time.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says the state’s new voter-approved medical marijuana law would work better if the federal government would decriminalize the drug.

The Republican made the statement Thursday after saying he would sign legislation that establishes rules for the use of marijuana as medicine for people who suffer from debilitating illnesses.

Marijuana is illegal under federal law. Pot businesses in other states deal mostly in currency because banks are hesitant to serve the industry. Burgum says cash-only businesses attract a “criminal element.”

Burgum says North Dakota’s state-owned bank could issue debit cards to those who use medical marijuana. But he says bank officials and regulators are “terrified” of idea because of marijuana’s illegal federal status.

Burgum says he smoked marijuana once in 1976 while hitchhiking to Alaska.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Legislature has approved a comprehensive measure that regulates the state’s voter-approved medical marijuana initiative.The Senate got the needed two-thirds majority on Thursday to amend the citizen initiative. The House did the same earlier this month.

The bill now heads to Gov. Doug Burgum for his signature.

The measure, called the North Dakota Compassionate Care Act, won 65 percent voter approval in November. It allows the use of marijuana as medicine for people who suffer from debilitating illnesses.

Fargo financial planner Rilie Ray Morgan headed the initiative campaign. He says he is mostly satisfied with the new rules but another citizen initiative is possible if medical marijuana is not available in the state within the next year.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Devils Lake Sen. Dave Oehlke (EL’-kee) has been chosen as the North Dakota Senate’s new president pro tempore (pro TEM’-por-ay).The job involves presiding over Senate sessions when the lieutenant governor is absent.

Oehlke will have the job until the next regular session of the Legislature begins in January 2019.

Oehlke is a Republican. The GOP has the majority in the North Dakota Senate, and Oehlke defeated Fargo Democrat Merrill Piepkorn on Thursday to win the job.

Oehlke was first elected to the Senate in 2007.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A railroad worker from Illinois has been sentenced in federal court in North Dakota for child pornography.

Forty-six-year-old James Monego was charged in North Dakota because tips led authorities to multiple hotels in the state in which Monego stayed while working for BNSF Railway.

U.S. Attorney Chris Myers says Monego traded child porn images and videos with others via the internet.

Monego pleaded guilty and was sentenced this week to serve a little over 10 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release. He also was ordered to pay $1,500 in restitution.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes is balking at a North Dakota lawmaker’s suggestion that the tribe help pay for repairs at a historic Native American site as a way to improve state-tribal relations following the Dakota Access pipeline protests.Erosion is a problem at the Double Ditch Historical Site, where thousands of American Indians once gathered to trade along the Missouri River.

Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Mark Fox is rejecting the idea from Republican Rep. Jim Schmidt to pay part of the $3.5 million to restore the site, where erosion caused some graves to be exposed.

Fox says protests against four-state oil pipeline aren’t related to the state’s responsibilities to protect of human graves and historic sites on state-owned land.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s oil production in February increased above 1 million barrels per day for the first time since August.

The Department of Mineral Resources says the state produced an average of 1.03 million barrels of oil daily in February, up from 981 million barrels in January. Production has been rising due to a slight rebound in oil prices.

North Dakota also produced 1.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day in February, up from 1.5 billion cubic feet daily in January.

The February tallies are the latest figures available.

There were 51 drill rigs operating in North Dakota on Thursday, up 12 from the February average.

North Dakota first surpassed the million-barrel-per-day mark in April 2014 and set a production record in December 2014 at 1.22 million barrels daily.

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi)  The University of Jamestown announces that Jimmie Baseball games scheduled for Jack Brown Stadium have been moved.

The games moved due to repairs being made to the field, because of the dugout replacement project.

The  doubleheader against Bellevue scheduled for Friday and Saturday has been moved to West Fargo,  at 1 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday.

The Jimmies’ “home game”  on Monday against Concordia has been moved to Moorhead.

All four Jimmie softball games will be played at Trapper Field, starting at 1 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday.

 

Thursday

High School  Softball

Dickinson 11 Jamestown 1

Dickinson 16 Jamestown 5

 

High School Soccer

Jamestown 3 Bismarck Century 0

 

 

INTERLEAGUE

Pittsburgh at Boston 1:35 p.m., postponed

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

DETROIT (AP) — Max Kepler, Miguel Sano and Robbie Grossman all homered for Minnesota, and the Twins took advantage of an uncharacteristically wild outing by Jordan Zimmermann in an 11-5 rout of the Detroit Tigers Thursday.

Zimmermann (1-1) allowed five runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings, walking a career-high five. Anibal Sanchez was even worse for the Tigers in relief, allowing six runs in 1 1/3 innings and letting two of Zimmermann’s runners score on Kepler’s three-run homer in the fifth.

Grossman hit a two-run shot in the third, and Sano connected for a three-run homer in the sixth.

Phil Hughes (2-0) allowed four runs and five hits in 5 2/3 innings. Justin Haley worked the final 3 1/3 innings to earn his first career save, striking out six.

The Twins avoided a three-game sweep at Detroit and pulled even with the Tigers atop the AL Central.

Miguel Cabrera and Justin Upton each hit their first home run of the season for the Tigers.

 

Final Texas 8 L.A. Angels 3

Final Chi White Sox 10 Cleveland 4

Final N-Y Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 2

Final Baltimore 2 Toronto 1

Final Kansas City 3 Oakland 1

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Chi Cubs 4 L.A. Dodgers 0

Final Milwaukee 5 Cincinnati 1

Final N-Y Mets 9 Miami 8, 16 Innings

Final Colorado 3 San Francisco 1

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

UNDATED (AP) — The NHL’s No. 1 seeds opened their respective playoff schedules on Thursday. Washington Capitals fans went home happier than Chicago Blackhawks supporters.

Tom Wilson scored his first NHL playoff goal 5:15 into overtime as the Caps downed the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2. The Toronto native capped a rally in which the Capitals held onto home-ice advantage after falling behind 2-0.

Mitch Marner and Jake Gardiner scored in the first 9:44 to put the Leafs ahead by a pair before Justin Williams supplied Washington’s first two goals. Williams tied it with four minutes left in the second period.

Braden Holtby turned back 35 shots for the Capitals, who host Game 2 on Saturday.

Frederik Andersen made 41 shots in the loss.

The eighth-seeded Nashville Predators began their playoff slate with a 1-0 win over the Blackhawks. Pekka Rinne (PEH’-kuh REE’-nay) made 29 saves in earning his second career playoff shutout.

Viktor Arvidsson scored the game’s lone goal, beating Corey Crawford 7:52 into the first period.

Crawford made 19 saves for the Blackhawks, who are back in action against the Predators in Chicago on Saturday.

Anaheim also captured its first-round opener as Jakob Silfverberg scored the game-winner and had an assist in a 3-2 verdict over Calgary. The Flames led 2-1 until Rickard Rackell (rah-KEHL’) and Silfverberg tallied less than four minutes apart late in the second period.

Ryan Getzlaf also scored and John Gibson stopped 30 shots to help Anaheim drop the Canadian-based teams to 0-5 in the playoffs.

Brian Elliott handled 38 shots for the Flames, who stay in Anaheim for Game 2 on Saturday.

 

UNDATED (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury will remain in net for the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 of their playoff series against Columbus while Matt Murray deals with a lower-body injury.

Murray was scheduled to start Game 1 but left after suffering a lower-body injury in warm-ups. Fleury came on and made 31 saves as the Penguins cruised to a 3-1 victory to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team next season will play four non-conference series against former Western Collegiate Hockey Association opponents.

UND will have road matchups with Alaska Anchorage and Wisconsin, a home series against Minnesota and a home-and-home set with Bemidji State.

The Minnesota series will mark the first trip to Grand Forks for the Golden Gophers in nearly six years.

UND’s other nonconference foes include home series against St. Lawrence and Union.

The Fighting Hawks will open play in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference on the road at Colorado College on October 27th through 28th, and host their first conference series November 10th through 11th against Miami.

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — The University of South Dakota says assistant track and field coach Derek Miles will be presented an Olympic bronze medal after a Ukrainian pole vaulter was disqualified from the 2008 Olympics for violating anti-doping rules.The university says the ceremony for Miles, who originally placed fourth in the event, will be held Monday.

The International Olympic Committee said in November that re-analysis of Ukrainian pole vaulter Denys Yurchenko’s samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for a banned substance. Yurchenko lost his bronze medal.

Miles, Senator John Thune and U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun are to speak at the event.

Miles is a three-time Olympian, competing in 2004, 2008 and 2012. He has been with the University of South Dakota track and field program for 14 years.

 

NBA…

— Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen is out indefinitely with a strained calf muscle in his right leg as his team gets ready for its Western Conference playoff series with the San Antonio Spurs. Allen was injured Wednesday as the Grizzlies closed the regular season with a 100-93 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. The 35-year-old Allen averaged 9.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 71 games this season.

—The Orlando Magic have fired general manager Rob Hennigan after missing the postseason for five straight seasons. The Magic finished this season 29-53.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has broken its attendance record by drawing nearly 22 million fans this season.

The league says the total exceeded 21.9 million, topping last season’s mark by more than 25,000.

The average attendance of 17,884 was also a record. The 723 sellouts tied the mark set in 2015-16.

 

PGA-RBC HERITAGE

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Bud Cauley is the leader through one round of the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head.

Cauley birdied four of his last five holes for an 8-under 63 and a two-stroke lead over Luke Donald, Graham DeLaet (deh-LAY’) and Sam Saunders. The 63 was one shy of Cauley’s career low and two off the tournament record.

 

 

CARDINALS-BROCK-CANCER

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals say Hall of Fame outfielder Lou Brock was recently diagnosed with bone cancer.

The 77-year-old Brock was supposed to appear at a Busch Stadium event on April 25, but that has been canceled while he is undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma.

The former all-time leader in stolen bases had his left leg amputated below the knee in late 2015 because of an infection caused by complications with diabetes. He has since worn a prosthesis to throw out the occasional ceremonial first pitch at Cardinals games.

Brock was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1985, his first year of eligibility.

 

OBIT-DAN ROONEY

 

UNDATED (AP) — Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers chairman and former U.S. ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney has died at age 84.

The Pro Football Hall of Famer took over operation of the Steelers from his father in the 1960s and turned it into a team that had four Super Bowl-winning seasons in the 1970s.

He also conceived the NFL’s “Rooney Rule” that gave minorities a better opportunity to be hired for coaching and front office positions.

 

In world and national news…

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s vice foreign minister says President Donald Trump’s tweets are adding fuel to a “vicious cycle” of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Vice Minister Han Song Ryol said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press that if the U.S. shows any sign of military aggression, Pyongyang is ready to launch a pre-emptive strike of its own. “We will go to war if they choose,” he warned.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say 36 fighters with the Islamic State group were killed in a U.S. attack on a tunnel complex in a remote eastern part of the country, near the Pakistan border. The bomb, dropped Thursday, was the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military. Afghan officials say there were no civilian casualties.

BEIRUT (AP) — Russia, Syria and Iran have strongly warned the United States against launching new strikes on Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who hosted his Iranian and Syrian counterparts at Friday’s trilateral meeting in Moscow, denounced last week’s U.S. attack on Syria and warned that any further such action would entail “grave consequences not only for regional but global security.”

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Death penalty opponents plan to rally Friday at Arkansas’ state Capitol in Little Rock. They’re protesting seven executions scheduled to happen over 11 days, beginning Monday. The state wants to carry out the lethal injections before a key drug expires on April 30. An eighth inmate received a stay. Two producers of the drugs Arkansas uses in executions are asking a judge to stop the state from using their products.

CHICAGO (AP) — A lawyer for a man who suffered a concussion and lost two teeth when he was dragged off a United Express flight says he hopes the 69-year-old becomes “a poster child” for the mistreatment passengers suffer at the hands of the airline industry. Attorney Thomas Demetrio indicated Thursday that Dr. David Dao will be suing United and the city of Chicago.