CSi Weather…

 

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows 5 to 10 above. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 30s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. Southwest winds

around 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds around

10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. Northeast winds

5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.

Lows in the lower 20s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of snow in the morning, then

chance of snow possibly mixed with rain in the afternoon. Highs

in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in

the evening. Lows in the lower 20s.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 15.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs

around 30.

 

The warmest day this week will be Wednesday with highs reaching the mid and upper 30s northwest and central, and 40s in the southwest.

A small chances of rain or snow mainly Friday and Saturday…but high uncertainty regarding timing and strength of any system.

Temperatures cool late  this is week and through the weekend but still remain seasonable with mostly 30s for highs and teens and 20s for lows.

 

 

ST. PAUL, Minn.  (USACE)– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is lowering its reservoir elevations within the Red River of the North basin in anticipation of spring snow melt.

The Corps is currently lowering the elevation of Lake Ashtabula, located near Valley City, North Dakota. The current elevation is 1,262.3 feet, and it will be further drawn down to 1,257 feet.

Elevation at the Homme Dam, near Park River, North Dakota, is currently at 1,075.1 feet, and, based on winter snow pack, the reservoir will be drawn down to at least 1,074 feet.

Lake Traverse, near Wheaton, Minnesota, is currently at 976.9 feet and will be drawn down to an elevation of 976 feet.

There is no plan to drawdown water levels at Orwell Lake, near Fergus Falls, Minnesota, as determined by current snow conditions.

Drawdown releases may degrade river ice downstream of the reservoirs and care should be taken for those recreating or working in these areas.

Spring drawdowns are done in concurrence with snow surveys, which are nearing completion. Surveys help determine how much water is contained within the snow to help determine drawdown levels.

The nearly 600 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the St. Paul District Fiscal Year 2016 $78 million budget, nearly 1,250 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $120 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Frontier Village in Jamestown is holding a fundraiser, BINGO and silent auction on Friday March 16th at the Knight of Columbus Hall, in Jamestown starting at 6-p.m.

Village Board President, Nellie Degen says all ages are welcome with $5 for two BINGO cards, and $1 for additional cards, with various prizes, including hams, turkeys which are donated.   Sloppy Joes, chips and a drink for $5.

She says the proceeds will go to expenses incurred by Frontier Village.

Other monetary donations are always welcome, by calling the Village Board Secretary, Tina, at 701-320-2725.

Volunteer opportunities are welcome.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The VCSU Foundation has announced a fundraising campaign to secure resources for a major renovation of the track and field facilities at Lokken Stadium on the university campus.

VCSU Foundation, Executive Director, Larry Robinson says, “We are experiencing both surface and sub-surface issues with the track. Although short term repairs have been made in recent years, we intend to do a complete makeover during the summer of 2018.”

The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education has authorized the foundation to conduct the campaign to cover the costs of the renovation, estimated to exceed $1 million.

Robinson reports that a private party has committed $800,000 to the project, with fundraising efforts to cover the remaining balance already underway.

Read more at www.vcsu.edu/news/news.htm?id=10603 or stop by the Foundation Office to learn more about this giving opportunity.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The City of Jamestown has released an official statement concerning the distribution of recycling carts and the start of residential recycling in Jamestown.

The City of Jamestown’s recycling contractor, Recycle North Dakota, began delivering recycling containers last week.  The recycling containers are owned by Recycle North Dakota.

Recycling will be collected by Recycle North Dakota beginning on Monday, April 2, 2018. Recycling will be collected every other week on your regular collection day. Garbage is still collected every week on your collection day. This is explained in the packet included in your recycling container.

For more information about the recycling program, go to www.recyclenorthdakota.com.

If you have any questions or concerns about the recycling program or your recycling container, please contact Recycle North Dakota at 701-320-9218 or email info@recyclenorthdakota.com. Provide your name, address and contact information.

GARBAGE

Automated garbage collection will also begin Monday, April 2, 2018, on your regular collection day.  Please have your garbage container at the collection point with the arrows on the lid facing the roadway.

 

All garbage must be in the new, brown garbage container with the lid closed. After April 1, 2018, waste that is outside the new, brown garbage container will not be collected.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Fargo police say a man has been arrested for terrorizing after pulling a gun on a man with whom he was fighting and using it to smash a window on the victim’s vehicle.

Authorities say the disturbance took place about 2:30 a.m. Monday in a parking lot in Fargo. Police responded after getting a call about a man with a shotgun.

Police say the 24-year-old suspect fought with the other man, retrieved the gun from his apartment and chased the man out to the parking lot where he smashed the window. No shots were fired.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Legislature’s Administrative Rules Committee has signed off on proposed rules for the state’s developing medical marijuana program.  The rules approved by the State Health Council in January cover such things as testing, security and transportation requirements.The Health Department can now move forward with application periods for medical marijuana manufacturers, dispensaries, patients and caregivers. The agency is aiming to have the drug available to patients late this year — two years after voters approved it.Fargo state Rep. Mary Schneider questioned the two-year lag.Medical Marijuana Division Director Jason Wahl said the time frame is in line with what other states that have set up medical marijuana programs have experienced. He also said North Dakota wants to ensure a well-regulated system that will pass any federal government scrutiny. 
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Health is inspecting the site of a crude oil spill in McKenzie County. The department was notified Sunday, the day the spill was discovered. Officials say the spill resulted from equipment failure in the treater unit on a well pad. Initial estimates indicate about 6,720 gallons of crude oil were released from the treater unit. Of that amount, an estimated 1,008 gallons affected agricultural land. The Health Department will continue to monitor the investigation.

 

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division says an oil spill has been contained at an oil and gas well in northwestern North Dakota. Slawson Exploration Co. reports an estimated 10,584 gallons of oil was released, contained and recovered when a recycle line failed to the tanks Saturday. The spill happened north of Noonan near the Canadian border. All of the leaked oil was contained within the tank diking. A state inspector has been to the site and will monitor any additional cleanup.

 

 

In sports…

Update…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Senior Anna Holen from LaMoure-Litchville-Marion is this year’s North Dakota Miss Basketball.

The North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association gives the award annually to the top senior player in the state.

Holen scored 2,001 career points as a four-year starter for the Loboes. She received 19 of 21 first-places votes and was honored over the weekend at the Class A girls state basketball tournament in Fargo.

Other finalists for the award were North Star’s Stephanie Miller and Raegan Linster of Fargo Davies.

 

 

In world and national news…

LONDON (AP) — A senior Russian lawmaker says the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal was a “provocation” against Russia that could have been staged by British secret services. The deputy head of the foreign affairs committee in the upper house of Russian parliament has rejected British Prime Minister Theresa May’s suggestion of possible Russian involvement in Skripal’s death as “nonsense.”

 

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police are responding to another explosion in Austin that badly injured a woman, hours after a package bomb killed a teenager and wounded a woman in a different part of the city. Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted that an explosion Monday in southeast Austin injured a woman in her 70s, who has been hospitalized. Authorities have not said whether the most recent explosion was caused by a package bomb like the one that exploded earlier Monday or one that killed a man March 2.WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press analysis of new U.S. data finds that the government censored and withheld federal records sought by citizens, journalists and others more regularly last year than at any point in the past decade. The calculations cover eight months under President Donald Trump, the first hints about how his administration complies with the Freedom of Information Act.TRAFFORD, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump is highlighting a Pennsylvania newspaper’s endorsement of the Republican candidate in Tuesday’s special election for a U.S. House seat. Trump tweeted Monday about the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s backing of state lawmaker Rick Saccone for Congress. Trump says Saccone “will be much better for steel and business.” He campaigned for Saccone in Pennsylvania on Saturday night. Saccone’s Democratic opponent is Marine Corps veteran Conor Lamb.NEW YORK (AP) — Records show Donald Trump Jr. and a hedge fund manager who helped raise millions for the Trump campaign have a business relationship that hasn’t been disclosed, one that dates back several years. The records, obtained by The Associated Press, reveal the ties between the president’s oldest son and longtime hunting pal Gentry Beach. The Texan got special access to top officials after the election, meeting last year with National Security Council officials to urge reduced sanctions in Venezuela.