CSi Weather..

.TONIGHT…Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 5 to

10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to

15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast winds

10 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to

20 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers and slight chance

of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance

of precipitation 30 percent.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.

.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper

60s. Lows in the mid 40s.

 

The best chance for showers and

Thunderstorms will be Sunday night Monday and Monday night.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Fire Department conducted a search later Friday morning for a male person of interest, that was spotted floating down the Jamestown River early Friday on floatation device.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the search was halted at noon, Friday.

Friday afternoon Lt. Sheldon Mohr said the search, using the rafts covered the area from Nickeus Park to the area adjacent to Ernie Gates Field.

He said no body was found in the river, as the search was stopped.

He said it’s not known at this time whether another search will be started, or the possibility that a dive might occur.

Earlier Friday authorities searched the riverbanks, the dam and bridges and watched the river but were unable to find  the man.

Jamestown Police Lt. Robert Opp said at last report that there had not been a missing persons report filed with police.

The man talked to neighbors along the river bank, at Nickeus Park, and did not seem to be in distress,and appeared to be intoxicated, and asked for a beer.  Authorities were called to the area about 12:30-a.m. Friday.

Police ask that if the man was able to leave the river and is safe to call Jamestown Police and let them know is okay.

Anyone with information is asked to call Jamestown Police dispatch at 701-251-1000, as the investigation continues.

 

Update…

Cando  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol says  a  6-year-old boy was ejected from a vehicle and died Thursday, after the vehicle he was riding in with two other adults attempted to pass another car.

The crash happened at 3:33 p.m. 3 miles north of Cando on U.S. Highway 281 in northeast North Dakota.

Sgt. Robert Kennedy reported  that both vehicles were traveling northbound on the highway. A 1999 SUV, driven by a 52-year-old Alden Cain from  st. John, with passengers 47-year-old Kathy Caine also from St. John and the 6-year-old, Eugene Cain from St. John was heading to a rural farmstead. A 44-year-old man from Devils Lake  Todd Stephens, was driving a 2014 Toyota Prius with two juvenile passengers,  8 year old Logan Stephens  and 10 year old Rogue Stephens from Cando.

Leading up to the crash, the Prius slowed down and the driver activated his turn signal to make a left hand turn onto 77th Street Northeast. The trailing SUV however, overtook the intersection to pass and was struck by the Prius on the passenger side. The SUV ended up in the east ditch and rolled over, and that’s when the child was ejected from the Cain vehicle.

Law requires any child under the age of 7 to be in a car seat or booster, but the 6-year-old was only wearing a seatbelt, Kennedy said. The child was ejected due to being improperly secured in the seat and was later declared dead at the Towner County Medical Center.

The other passenger and the driver of the SUV were airlifted to Altru Hospital in Grand Forks and their conditions are unknown at this time.

The driver and passengers of the Prius, received  no injuries  and were all wearing seatbelts, including the 8-year-old who was properly secured in a car seat.

Kennedy said he would not comment on the relationship between the 6-year-old and others in the Mountaineer SUV at the time.

The crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.

Responding to the scene were the Towner County Sheriff’s Department, Cando Fire and Rescue and the Egeland Fire Department.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota attorney general says a recall effort for a Fargo city commissioner who has criticized the state’s refugee resettlement program can move forward.

Fargo city attorney Erik Johnson had asked whether Commissioner Dave Piepkorn could be subject for recall given the timing of the scheduled election. Piepkorn’s seat is on the ballot for June 12, 2018.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says in a ruling released Friday that as long as the recall petition is certified before June 12, the election can take place.

Piepkorn says he wants to know how much taxpayer money is spent on the refugee program and how immigration relates to crime. Recall supporters say he has created fear among refugees.

It is believed to be the first recall election for a Fargo city commissioner.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators are investigating whether the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline removed too many trees while laying pipe in the state.

A December report from a third-party inspector identified 83 sites along the 380-mile (610-kilometer) pipeline corridor in North Dakota where trees might have been cleared in violation of state orders.

Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners denies violating terms of its permit. And its plan for replacing trees and shrubs calls for crews to plant more than two trees for every one that was removed.

A consultant representing numerous landowners says the plan is still flawed for other reasons.

The state Public Service Commission planned to discuss the matter during a closed executive session on Friday, with a resolution possible by the group’s next public meeting on Wednesday.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Fargo police officers are getting protective helmets.

Each of the department’s 45 squad cars will be equipped with one of the $1,100 next-generation helmets. Another 10 will be provided to new officers who double up with a training officer for their first few months on the job.

Up until now, the Kevlar helmets were available only to the Red River Valley SWAT team.

Police Chief Dave Todd says he started looking into additional helmets after the death of Officer Jason Moszer. Moszer was wearing two bullet-resistant vests but was shot in the head during a standoff in February 2016.

The helmets were funded through city dollars and a Gate City Bank donation.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A year after two problem-plagued parking ramps opened in downtown Minot, the city continues to have concerns, both with operations and the pace of additional construction.

The  city has spent millions more than intended on the Renaissance ramp and the Central ramp. City Manager Thomas Barry says a preliminary financial review shows Minot is beyond its “not to exceed payment.”

The city has invested $1.2 million in the Renaissance ramp and $2 million in the Central ramp. The structures put the city’s investment at more than $6 million on the Renaissance ramp and nearly $7 million on the Central ramp.

Barry says the city will hold internal meetings over the next couple weeks to discuss the next steps in closing out the ramp projects.

 

 

In sports…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is closing the state’s paddlefish snagging season early.

The season on the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers in northwestern North Dakota will close at 9 p.m. Central time Monday.

The annual season is scheduled to run through May, but Game and Fish closes it early if the 1,000-fish cap is reached, and that usually happens. This year will be the 14th time in 16 years that the season will shut down early.

Fisheries Chief Greg Power says the 2017 paddlefish harvest season of four days equals last year as the shortest on record.

An additional four-day snag-and-release season will begin Tuesday and run through Friday. Anglers with an unused paddlefish tag can continue snagging during the additional snag-and-release season, but must release all fish immediately.

 

In world and national news…

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Pentagon spokesman says a U.S. service member was killed in Somalia when U.S. special operations troops came under fire while supporting Somalia’s army in an operation against the al-Shabab extremist group. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis says the al-Shabab compound targeted “had been associated with some attacks on facilities that we use and that our Somali partners use nearby.” The death was the first in combat of a U.S. military member in Somalia since 1993.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is accusing the CIA of trying to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. A statement on state media charges that the U.S. and South Korean spy agencies enlisted a North Korean citizen to carry out the attack using biochemical weapons. The statement doesn’t say how the alleged plot was broken up. The CIA isn’t commenting. North Korea is demanding an apology — and the execution of the agents it says were involved.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans’ health care victory in Congress may prove fleeting. That’s because the House bill to repeal “Obamacare” now heads to the Senate, where the reaction so far has been cool. Lawmakers are hearing that Americans with serious illnesses are worried they’ll have to pay higher premiums or might lose health care insurance altogether. Some people are telling their personal stories on Twitter, and a popular hashtag is “IAmAPreexistingCondition.”

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia (AP) — A group of investigators at Marine Corps Base Quantico have an unusual assignment: They sit for hours in a cramped office staring at computer screens as images of naked men and women flash across. What began as a response to military members sharing nude photos online has morphed into a criminal investigation that so far includes 21 felony cases

WASHINGTON (AP) — An embattled contractor accused of failing to promptly disclose sex trafficking, alcohol smuggling and security violations on a large U.S. contract to secure an Iraqi air base has denied many of the charges. But a lawyer for the whistleblowers says the company’s explanations don’t stand up to scrutiny. Sallyport Global fired the investigators in March after they uncovered multiple problems on a base where F-16s are battling the Islamic State group.