CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Cloudy. Rain showers likely in the evening, then chance of rain showers after midnight. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.  Chance of showers 70 percent.

Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds

5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds

5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.

Highs around 60.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.

.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the mid 50s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain

showers in the evening. Lows in the lower 30s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs around 50.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The U.S. Army Corp  of Engineers, on Friday (Apr 21, 2017) will increase the Jamestown Dam release from 450 cfs, to 650 cfs.

Bob Martin says the increase in the release will raise the James River level in Jamestown by about one foot.

He adds that adjustments may be necessary at the Oxbow gate in Jamestown, to accommodate the increased release.

He says the reason for the increase is a combination of recent rainfall, and still some snow melt in the upper basin.

He says earlier this week Woodworth reported 1.40 inches of rain.

Jamestown recorded .99 inch of rain.

He adds, Jamestown Reservoir is eight feet into the flood storage area.

Plans are to have that eliminated by June 1, 2017.

The Pipestem Reservoir is 18 feet in the flood storage area.  The Pipestem Dam release will be remain at zero cfs. When Jamestown Reservoir’s level is out of flood storage, Pipestem Dam’s release will be increased, to reach freeze up by this fall.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  Jamestown Tourism reports local award winners were announced, Wednesday, during the 2017  Annual North Dakota Travel Industry Conference in Bismarck.

The Jamestown Arts Center’s, Hansen Arts Park won the Flint Starter Award for a Tourism Development Project.  Jamestown Tourism and The Jamestown Downtown Associated made the nomination.

Bobby Koepplin from Valley City was given the Legend Award for Travel and Tourism industry leadership.

The Governor’s Awards for Travel and Tourism recognize passion and dedication of North Dakotan’s who have contributed to the growth of travel and tourism, North Dakota’s third-largest industry.

Their long-term leadership in the areas of tourism development must be proven by a significant impact on a tourism business or local economic development effort.

Photos courtesy Jamestown Tourism

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The North Dakota State Fire Marshall’s Office reports that a March 18, 2017   house fire in Valley City was intentionally set..

Valley City Fire Chief Gary Retterath, says the fire was reported ay 4:20am in the 500 block of 3rd Avenue Northeast in Valley City.

Police Chief Phil Hatcher says the Bureau of Criminal Investigation is assisting in the  investigation.

 

Valley City  (CHI)   Patients at CHI Mercy Health will soon benefit from access to the latest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic technology made possible through a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare Program.
Helmsley has awarded CHI Mercy Health $400,000 for a new 64-slice CT scanner. CT scanners provide essential diagnostic images of structures inside the body. A new CT scanner will allow for faster scans that produce high-quality images, allowing medical staff to quickly determine health status and course of treatment while giving patients access to up-to-date healthcare technology close to home.
“CHI Mercy Health is truly blessed to be awarded a CT Scanner Grant through the Helmsley Charitable Trust. Imaging services are used by every patient care department within our facility—from inpatient to emergency to outpatient diagnostics. Offering the only CT scanner in Barnes County, CHI Mercy Health will be able to continue to provide a local option for diagnosis and monitoring for our community,” said Keith Heuser, President, CHI Mercy Health.
CHI Mercy Health is one of 41 grant recipients across the region to benefit from this round of funding to purchase CT scanners. Helmsley’s Rural Healthcare Program has granted over $30 million to support the
purchase of new, 32-slice or higher CT scanners in a seven-state region.
“Our goal is to ensure that people who live in rural America have access to quality healthcare as close to home as possible,” said Walter Panzirer, a trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust. “To achieve this, rural hospitals need to be viable and they need to have up-to-date equipment, so patients can receive essential healthcare services locally. This initiative is one of many that aims to improve healthcare access and health outcomes across the upper Midwest.”
The funding initiative was the result of a survey of Critical Access Hospitals in the Rural Healthcare Program’s seven-state funding region. Capital equipment, particularly CT scanners, was identified as a top need by many hospitals. In addition, a new Medicare policy went into effect January 1, 2016, that reduced reimbursement for certain studies on CT scanners that do not meet specific radiation dose requirements. Since 2015, the Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded 78 grants totaling over $30 million to outfit hospitals with new, state-of-the-art CT scanners.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The next 2nd ACT Community Theater Production  “Four Weddings and an Elvis” written by Nancy Frick, May 4 – 6, 2017 at The Jamestown Arts Center

The story line features, Sandy, the four-times-married-three-times-divorced owner of a wedding chapel in Las Vegas, who has certainly seen her fair share of matrimonies! In the hilarious Four Weddings and an Elvis, the audience witness four of her funniest: Bev and Stan, who are getting married–by the King himself–as revenge on their exes; Vanessa and Bryce, two arrogant aging stars who are tying the knot as a publicity ploy, and are vexed by an aging Elvis who doesn’t know who they are; and Martin and Fiona, a gentle postal-worker and a tough ex-con trying to get married before the police arrive! However, the final wedding is the funniest of all: Sandy’s fifth and final wedding which reveals a hilarious twist! With simple scenic requirements and memorable characters, Four Weddings and an Elvis is a comedic treat certain to please audiences!

Tickets available online or at The Arts Center.
$20 or $15 for Arts Center Members

Buy Tickets

Produced in special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Police have identified the man fatally shot by a police officer in Mandan.

Authorities say 24-year-old Ivan Wilson, of Mandan, was killed Friday by an officer responding to a domestic dispute on the city’s northeast side.

Police say the man was shot after he refused to drop a knife and made an aggressive move toward one of the officers. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The three responding officers involved have been placed on administrative leave. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation is handling the investigation.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A jury has acquitted a Bismarck man accused of felony child neglect after a toddler in his care nearly drowned in an apartment complex swimming pool.

The acquittal Tuesday for Rolland Noheart came from a jury in Burleigh County. Prosecutors alleged Noheart did not immediately come to the rescue of the 18-month-old after the child fell in the water last August. Authorities also say that when Noheart finally pulled the boy from the water, he let the limp child fall over and strike his head on concrete.

Noheart’s mother, Joyce Kitson, tells the Bismarck Tribune her son did help save the child, despite some problems moving his arms.

 

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill O’Reilly has lost his job at Fox News Channel following reports that five women had been paid millions of dollars to keep quiet about harassment allegations. 21st Century Fox issued a statement Wednesday that “after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel. He had been scheduled to return from a vacation next Monday. O’Reilly was photographed in Rome shaking Pope Francis’ hand on Wednesday.

In the wake of his firing Wednesday, O’Reilly maintained that sexual harassment claims against him were not true, calling his dismissal over the allegations “tremendously disheartening.”

O’Reilly, who was with the network for 20 years, said he was proud of his time at Fox. He thanked his viewers and noted the success Fox had achieved.

 

ISTANBUL (AP) — Demonstrations against the outcome of a referendum expanding the president’s powers are continuing in Istanbul, where protesters are demanding the resignation of the election board that has refused to void the vote. About 2,000 protesters gathered in Istanbul’s Besiktas neighborhood on Wednesday evening over the referendum approving constitutional changes sought by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

MILFORD, Mass. (AP) — One of Aaron Hernandez’s longtime friends says he’s in shock and grieving after the NFL star was found hanged in his prison cell. Alex Cugno (KOOG’-no) grew up with the former New England Patriots tight end in Bristol, Connecticut. Cugno says he and other Hernandez pals can’t believe he took his own life.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican who chairs the House Oversight Committee, says he won’t for re-election or any other office in 2018. Chaffetz, who has been rumored as a possible candidate for Senate or governor, says that after consulting with his family and “prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018.”

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada crash that nearly killed a young woman has exposed a hole in the government’s efforts to get dangerous Takata air bag inflators off the road. There’s nothing that being prevents the devices from being taken from wrecked cars and being reused. Karina Dorado’s trachea was punctured by shrapnel from an inflator in an otherwise minor crash in Las Vegas on March 3.