CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.

.TONIGHT…Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of  light snow after midnight in the Valley City areaLows in the upper 20s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of light freezing rain

and snow in the morning, then slight chance of rain possibly

mixed with snow in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. North

winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy.  A 20 percent chance of light snow in the Valley City area.  Lows in the upper

20s. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the

upper 20s. Highs near 50.

.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.

Lows in the lower 30s.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.

 

Wednesday through Monday cool and dry Temperatures will remain well

below normal through the week with readings mainly in the 40s and

low 50s.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Tourism Grant/Executive Board was able to complete its meeting from last Thursday, just before the full board meeting, on Monday.

Due to conflicts of interest at Thursday’s meeting a quorum was not available to vote on grant requests for the Jamestown Downtown Association for funds for the Rods & Hogs 3 event.

On Monday the Grant/Executive Board with a quorum was able to  approve the request.

The Jamestown Downtown Association requested $1,000 for Rods & Hogs-3,  to be held on First Avenue in Downtown Jamestown, on June 10, 2017.  The vote for the grant was 4-0 with Board President  Matt Woods,  abstaining because he is a member of the Jamestown Downtown Association board.

Jamestown Tourism was advised  to assist in co-promoting Rods & Hogs and the Kite Festival at Meidinger Park the same weekend.

The full Tourism Board voted 9-0 to direct the staff to pursue the creation of a “feed the buffalo” receptacle for visitors to contribute toward occasional restoration projects for the World’s Largest Buffalo statue.

The receptacle for donations will cost from $3,000 to $5,000.

Capital construction funds will be requested from the Jamestown City Council.

 

Valley City  (CSi)    Valley City Public Works informs residents that it plans to shut down the Master Lift for maintenance work on April 25, between 8-a.m. and 3-p.m..

City Administrator David Schelkoph and Public Works Director Jeff Differding asks that  city residents  reduce water usage and to postpone washing clothes, dishes, bathing or showering until after 3-p.m. on April 25th.

Motorists in Valley City are asked to avoid driving on or parking on 6th Avenue Southwest, from 5th Street Southwest to Viking Drive Southwest and Viking Drive Southwest  from 6th Avenue to 8th Avenue Southwest due to several trucks on the route.

Officials say, The maintenance is to assure the continued operation of this lift station and the sanitary sewer system for the city of Valley City.

Valley City Public Works office thanks the public for their cooperation during the Master Lift maintenance shut-down on April 25th.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a bill that reworks North Dakota’s voter identification laws after a group of American Indians said it was unconstitutional.

But Tom Dickson, a lawyer representing seven members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, says the new law still does not comply with a federal judge’s ruling last year.

The Legislature passed the measure this month that allows those who don’t have proper ID to cast a ballot that is set aside until the voter’s eligibility is confirmed.

Before 2013, a voter could sign an affidavit attesting to his or her eligibility to vote but the Legislature removed that provision.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland has said in a ruling that the state could easily fix the problem by letting voters file affidavits.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a measure into law that establishes protections for confidential drug informants.

The move Monday by the Republican governor comes more than three years after 20-year-old college student Andrew Sadek was found dead in a river with a bullet in his head and a backpack of rocks tied to his body.

His parents, Tammy and John Sadek, have lobbied lawmakers to pass legislation so that informants can have better knowledge of their legal options to understand the risks they may be taking.

The legislation clarifies the rights of people offered the role of confidential drug informant, including their right to an attorney.

The measure also requires authorities to enter a written agreement with informants. Law enforcement agencies also must undergo training before using informants.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Legislature has passed a measure for the state to take over social services costs for the 53 counties under a two-year program that would eliminate counties’ ability to tax for those services.

In exchange, the Legislature is ending a so-called tax relief fund that was used to give homeowners a 12 percent buydown of property tax rates. Lawmakers say the state can no longer afford to do that.

The fund is expected to have $300 million when the current two-year budget period ends on June 30. The bill would use about $140 million from the fund to help balance the state budget, while the remainder would be applied to social services program costs.

The state would pay counties based on a formula that factors expenses and caseload.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A former Grand Forks teacher has been sentenced to nearly two years behind bars for sexually assaulting a student.

Forty-two-year-old James Whalen pleaded guilty to sexual assault and corruption of a minor. Whalen was a teacher at Central High School when he assaulted the female student, who was 16 when the assaults began in the winter of 2015-2016.

In arguing for a lighter sentence, Whalen’s attorney said the teen was a “precocious” girl who “facilitated” the sexual relationship. Prosecutor Haley Wamstad told the judge it was unacceptable that the defense placed blame on the victim. Wamstad said Whalen, as a teacher, was responsible for mentoring and protecting children.

Whalen addressed the victim and her family in court and said the entire situation has been devastating for everyone.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP-CSi) — One person is dead and two others have been injured in a fiery car crash in Adams County.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the  32-year-old driver of the Isuzu Rodeo, Brad Delzer, was apparently distracted and hit a ditch near Highway 8 Sunday about 4 p.m. He was thrown from the vehicle and killed as it rolled over and caught fire.

The  passenger, 29 year old Felicia Black of Bismarck, who was in the front seat was also ejected, and 30 year old Heid Blum of Mandan, who occupied the back seat, was rescued from the burning car. Both were taken to West River Regional Medical Center in Bismarck.  There’s no immediate word on their condition.

None of the occupants were wearing seat belts. The Highway Patrol continues its investigation.

Ambulances: Regent, Hettinger, and Valley Med Flight

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Cold soil temperatures and snow continue to slow fieldwork and spring planting across North Dakota.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that temperatures averaged 1 to 5 degrees below normal across the state for the week ending Sunday. But northwestern North Dakota had warm, windy weather early in the week, which allowed producers to prepare their fields for planting.

Calving and lambing has progressed well, but scour problems are reported because of the up-and-down temperatures.

On average, producers started fieldwork on Saturday. There were 3.1 days suitable for fieldwork.

Corn planting was 1 percent, down from nearly 5 percent a year ago and the five-year average of 4 percent. Spring wheat planting was 9 percent, behind 24 percent last year and an average of 22 percent.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An Air Force investigation has concluded birds and mechanical issues — not pilot error — caused the crash of a B-52 bomber in Guam a year ago.

The bomber from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota aborted takeoff during a training mission May 19, 2016, and caught fire after leaving the runway. The seven-member crew was OK, but the $112 million plane was destroyed.

The Air Force says the pilot saw birds in the area at the same time cockpit instruments indicated a loss of thrust necessary to get the plane aloft.

The pilot aborted takeoff. When the plane landed, its drag chute failed and its brake limits were exceeded. The mechanical issues were attributed to high speed and don’t indicate any larger issues among the B-52 fleet.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The Souris Valley Animal Shelter in Minot is trying to raise money for a $3.2 million expansion and remodeling.

Shelter Director Randy McDonald says the first phase of the project involves an expansion that will more than double the size of the 5,600-square-foot shelter. Nearly one-third of the $1.4 million needed for the work has already been raised.

The project’s second phase involves $800,000 in upgrades to the current building.

Site development and other costs will raise the total price tag to $3.2 million.

 

In sports…

Valley City  (CSi)  Valley City High School announces changes in the sports schedule for Tuesday April 2, 2017 due to weather.

Varsity Softball at Sheyenne High School has been postponed to Monday

Varsity Baseball at Shanley has been postponed to Monday

Varsity track at Lisbon has been cancelled (no make up)

JH Softball vs Casselton has been moved to May 12th

Varsity Tennis vs Sheyenne has been moved to May 8th

Varsity Golf @ Red River has been moved with makeup date TBD

Also….

Midkota/Dakota Prairie JH Baseball game in Binford Tuesday vs. New Rockford has been postponed.

 

MADISON, S.D. (PlayNorthStar.com)- Valley City State sophomore Kadie Anderson was named the NSAA Softball Player of the Week on Monday after helping the Vikings to four wins this weekend. She helped lead her team to a 4 game sweep of Dakota State University which secured The Vikings a spot in The NSAA Postseason Tournament.

Valley City State University senior Andrew Frank has been named the North Star Athletic Association Baseball Pitcher of the Week.  The Vikings are in the middle of hot streak winning 9 in a row with a 16-2 mark in the month of April. They currently sit at 24-20 and 17-3 in The NSAA placing them second.

 

College Baseball…Monday…

Jamestown 7 Mayville St 6  10 innings

Jamestown 3 Mayville St 1

 

College Softball…

Jamestown 6 Mayville St 0

Jamestown 8 Mayville st 0

 

MLB…

AMERICAN LEAGUE

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brian Dozier hit a bases-clearing double and the Minnesota Twins beat Texas 3-2 on Monday night, ending the Rangers’ AL-best four-game winning streak.

Dozier’s two-out double in the fifth came after Martin Perez (1-3) walked the bases loaded, giving free passes to the three of the bottom four batters in the Twins lineup. Dozier had only three RBIs his first 17 games this season.

Those were the only walks and runs allowed by Perez in his six innings.

Phil Hughes (3-1) allowed two runs on six hits over six innings. The right-hander, who has won all three of his road starts this season, struck out two and walked one.

Brandon Kintzler worked the ninth for his fifth save in as many chances. The right-hander hasn’t allowed a run in his 9 1-3 innings over nine appearances.

The Rangers (9-11), the AL West champion the past two seasons, missed a chance to reach .500 for the first time this year. They were coming off a four-game series sweep against Kansas City.

Final Baltimore 6 Tampa Bay 3

Final Chi White Sox 12 Kansas City 1

Final L.A. Angels 2 Toronto 1

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Chi Cubs 14 Pittsburgh 3

Final Milwaukee 11 Cincinnati 7

Final Colorado 8 Washington 4

Final Arizona 7 San Diego 6

Final San Francisco 2 L.A. Dodgers 1

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS

UNDATED (AP) — Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry poured in 37 points and the Golden State Warriors completed a four-game sweep in their NBA first-round series by slamming Portland, 128-103. Toronto leads its opening-round series 3-2 after Norm Powell poured in a career playoff-high 25 points in the Raptors’ 118-93 rout of Milwaukee. Dwight Howard’s 16 points and 15 rebounds led Atlanta’s 111-101 decision over Washington, tying the series at two games apiece.

 

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

No Games Scheduled…

 

 

TWINS-TIGERS DISCIPLINE

NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota’s Miguel Sano has been suspended for one game and fined by Major League Baseball for what the sport termed “aggressive actions” that caused benches to clear during a game against Detroit last weekend.

Detroit’s JaCoby Jones was hit in the face by a pitch from Justin Haley in the third inning of the Tigers’ 5-4 victory Saturday. Two innings later, Detroit’s Matthew Boyd threw behind Sano, who pointed his bat toward Boyd and yelled out at the mound. Tigers catcher James McCann intervened and appeared to put his mitt in the face of Sano, who reacted immediately with a right hand to McCann’s mask.

Joe Torre, MLB’s chief baseball officer, announced Sano’s suspension Monday. The players’ association appealed, allowing Sano to continue playing until the appeal is heard and decided.

Boyd was fined after MLB concluded he intentionally threw a pitch at Sano.

 

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jake Long, the first overall pick in the 2008 draft and a four-time Pro Bowl left tackle for the Miami Dolphins, has decided to retire after a torn Achilles tendon ended his ninth NFL season early with the Minnesota Vikings.

Long announced Monday on his Twitter account that a lack of progress on his latest rehabilitation has outweighed his desire to continue playing. He appeared in four games with the Vikings last year before getting hurt.

Long performed as advertised for the Dolphins after a standout college career at Michigan, but he was ultimately waylaid by serious injuries. Long tore his ACL in both 2013 and 2014 with the St. Louis Rams, and he played sparingly for the Atlanta Falcons in 2015.

 

NASCAR-BRISTOL

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson has picked up his second consecutive Monster Energy Cup win by taking the rain-delayed race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Johnson grabbed the lead for good with 20 laps to go and finished 1.2 seconds ahead of Clint Bowyer (BOY’-ur). The seven-time Cup champion now has 82 career victories, one behind Cale Yarborough for sixth on the all-time wins list. Johnson’s only other win at Bristol came 10 years ago.

Kevin Harvick, was third, followed by Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano and pole-sitter Kyle Larson.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic negotiators are getting closer to working out a budget deal in hopes of preventing a partial federal shutdown this weekend. They overcame a major hurdle when President Donald Trump backed away from insisting that money for a border wall with Mexico be included in the budget. White House spokesman Sean Spicer says administration negotiators including Trump’s budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, “feel very confident” that a shutdown won’t occur.

VARNER, Ark. (AP) — Two Arkansas death row inmates have received lethal injections just three hours apart, and on the same gurney. Fifty-two-year-old Jack Jones and 46-year-old Marcel Williams were put to death Monday night, in the nation’s first double execution since 2000. Arkansas put to death one other inmate last week and has a final execution scheduled for Thursday. Four others have been blocked.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told the Egyptian people he will visit them this week in Cairo as a “messenger of peace.” In a videotaped message the Vatican released on Tuesday, Francis says he hopes the pilgrimage will help console and encourage the Middle East’s Christians. Twin bombing attacks on Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday in Egypt killed 44 people.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea held major live-fire drills in an area around its eastern coastal town of Wonsan as it marked the anniversary of the founding of its military. Tuesday’s exercise took place as a U.S. guided-missile submarine arrived in South Korea and envoys from the United States, Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo to discuss the growing threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles program.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers say these kids do better at special recovery schools that use peer pressure to support sobriety. Hope Academy in Indianapolis is one of about three dozen recovery schools in the United States. Interest in these schools is growing as the nation’s opioid epidemic puts young lives on the line.