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.REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 20 percent chance of light snow after midnight in the Valley City area Lows 10 to 15. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY…Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow in the morning in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Patchy blowing and drifting snow
in the evening. Lows 5 to 10 above. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the
afternoon. Highs 15 to 20. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows zero to 5 above.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Lows
around 10.
.SUNDAY…Snow likely. Patchy blowing and drifting snow. Snow may
be heavy at times in the morning. Highs in the upper 20s. Chance
of snow 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Lows
around 20.
.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 15.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
Saturday night into Sunday morning the potent weather system arrives bringing widespread chances for accumulating snow. The track of the storm and snow fall amounts are yet to be determined.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called out at 7:07 pm Tuesday evening to Super Pumper (2315 Hwy 281 South) for a semi trailer with an overheated brake.
Lt Sheldon Mohr says, the rig, owned by S J Transport of Minnesota, started smoking when the wheels heated up after an airline became disconnected.
The fire was out when the fire units arrived.
Fire fighters hosed down the brakes, to cool them.
No Injuries reported.
Four City fire units and 21 firefighters were on the scene
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Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission met in Regular session Tuesday at City Hall. All members were present.
RECOGNITION OF MAYOR FOR A DAY
Students Students Tessa Anderson and Nora Wolhart read the City Government Week Proclamation.read the City Government Week Proclamation.
APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDED:
Monthly Reports from the Fire Chief, Building Inspector, Auditor, Municipal Judge and Public Works Accountant.
Monthly Bills for the City and Public Works in the Amount of $2,646,288.49.
Blocking off the Street Request for Valley City Public Schools on May 9, 2018 on 2nd Ave NW from 4th Street NW to 5th Street NW
A Raffle Permit for Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce
PUBLIC COMMENTS No One spoke
NEW BUSINESS
The Commission approved financial support of the South Central Seniors Transportation.
Pat Hansen explained that last year in Barnes County 59,868 rides were provided, noting that 60 percent of riders are non-senior citizens.
The recent fund raising total was $36,689 with the city contributing $20,000 toward the goal of $80,000.
She noted significant state funding cuts due to the decrease in oil tax revenue.
Donations can be brought to the Senior Center, or call 845-4300.
Visitors Committee Chairman Bobby Koepplin requested $7,500 from the Reserved Streetscape Project Funds for Chamber of Commerce for one-time construction marketing, which was approved by Commissioners.
The City Commission approved a Food & Beverage Grant Request for Chamber of Commerce in the amount of $32,000. Bobby Koepplin said the funds go to improvements and signage at the Rosebud Visitors Center. Other matching dollars are in place.
Bobby Koepplin requested an Image Enhancement Grant from Mobility Plus Rehabilitation, Ltd. in the amount of $1,000, for opening a business in Valley City, with the grant specifically for signage.
Approved awarding bid for planting of trees for the ND Forest Service grant. Bobby Koepplin explained the areas to be planted.
Valley City Fire Department Annual Report was presented by Fire Chief Retterath, who noted the number of calls in 2017 decreased by 10 from the year before.
Approved VCFD part-time staff for pre-planning buildings, presented by Fire Chief Retterath. The plans indicate such items as gas shutoffs, and other items vital to fire fighting efforts.
Approved a Gaming Site Authorization for Edgar A. Fisher Post 60 of the American Legion.
Approved an NDDOT Cost Participation, Construction & Maintenance Agreement for UGP-SU-2-990(055)059, 3rd Avenue SE from 4th St SE to Main Street. KLJ explained that the funding is from an Urban Grant from NDDOT, and federal dollars approval. The project cost is $1.15 million with the local cost shared $452,000.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
David Schelkoph said he has had phone call about areas of slippery streets in town. He said those calls should go to Public Works at 845-0380, or Dispatch 845-8181.
He said North Dakota congressional delegation joined with FEMA to find a legal resolution to keeping a permanent flood control wall in place.
He reminded residents that Main Street will remain closed for the permanent flood control project.
CITY UPDATES & COMMISSION REPORTS
City Assessor Hanson said the Annual Board of Equalization is Tuesday April 10th at 4-p.m. at City Hall.
Fire Chief Retterath said 340 invitations have been sent for this summer’s State Fire Convention to be held in Valley City.
Mayor Carlsrud thanked the staff, and parents and the schools for participating in Mayor For a Day.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68 followed by replays.
New information…
Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol has updated the accident report, with details on the I-94 crash in the westbound lane, about 2:30p.m., Monday in the area of the 45th Street bridge in Fargo.
Sgt. Hendrickson reports, the crash involved a 2008 Dodge Caravan, and a 2003 Jeep Liberty.
The update says, the Jeep Liberty, drive by 25 year old Danielle Pitzen, was entering I-94 EB from 45th St S when Pitzen lost control, went through the median and entered the westbound lanes of I-94 facing north and was struck by a westbound Dodge Caravan. Pitzen was ejected from the Jeep and came to rest on I-94. Pitzen was transported to Essentia Health with life threatening injuries.
The Dodge Caravan, now identified as driven by 51 year old Yaacoub Shaia, was traveling west on I-94 in the left lane at approximately 55 mph. Shaia stated he saw the jeep lose control and attempted to slow his vehicle to avoid a crash but was unsuccessful. The front of the Caravan struck the passenger side of the Jeep. Shaia was transported to the Sanford Medical Center with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Speed and icy road conditions are a factor in this crash.
The crash remains under investigation by the NDHP.
The Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by Fargo Police, Cass County Sheriff’s Office, the Fargo Fire Department and theNDDOT.
A section of I-94 was that was closed following the crash reopened to traffic about 4-p.m.
Traffic was at a standstill for two miles from University Drive South to Exit 349B, where traffic was being rerouted while crews worked on the scene.
Snowplows helped block lanes along with squad cars, and traffic in the eastbound lanes were met with reduced speeds near the scene of the crash.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The superintendent of a North Dakota high school where an alleged hazing incident led to charges against five boys says he’ll resign at the end of the school year.
The attorney for Richland 44 Superintendent Tim Godfrey issued a statement to The Associated Press saying Godfrey had been cleared by the school board of any wrongdoing but wants “to extricate himself from a dysfunctional environment and to pursue other professional opportunities.”
The school board placed Godfrey on paid leave March 1, and was scheduled to hold a special meeting Wednesday on his future.
Board President Lisa Amundson didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
Authorities in mid-February referred five boys to juvenile court following alleged misconduct in the boys’ locker room. Offenses included felonious restraint, terrorizing, hazing and sexual assault.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A man stabbed in the throat at a Bismarck motel told police he has no idea who attacked him.
The 40-year-old victim was treated Monday at a hospital where he said he was beaten and stabbed in the throat with a drywall saw at his motel room.
The Bismarck Tribune says the man told police he had earlier been drinking with two men and a woman in his room and told them to leave. He says they may have taken a room key from him and later re-entered his room.
Police Sgt. Mark Buschena says the man was also treated for a cut on the top of his head. There’s no word on his condition.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s attorney general says companies growing or distributing medical marijuana are not subject to the state’s law banning corporate farming.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s opinion is in response to an inquiry by state health officer Mylynn Tufte about how the law would apply. The state’s anti-corporate farming law includes horticulture in its definition. The Bismarck Tribune reports Stenehjem says although medical marijuana will be grown using horticultural techniques, there’s nothing in the law that requires a compassion center to be located on farmland.
Compassion centers include two medical marijuana manufacturing facilities and eight dispensaries.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights says that being listed as a plaintiff in decades-old lawsuits doesn’t mean Earth First can be sued for opposing the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Pamela Spees is responding to a federal judge who demanded she explain what appear to be discrepancies in the center’s argument that Earth First is an unstructured social movement and can’t be sued by Texas-based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners.
Judge Billy Roy Wilson pointed out that Earth First was a listed plaintiff in three lawsuits in the 1980s and 1990s, and said “If Earth First can sue, it seems to me that it is subject to being sued.”
Spees says that just because Earth First was listed as a plaintiff doesn’t mean it actually had that legal right.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A longtime Fargo firefighter has been named North Dakota’s new fire marshal.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced Tuesday he appointed Douglas Nelson. He replaces Jeff Huber, who resigned last April.
The fire marshal office is a division overseen by the attorney general. The division handles arson investigations and is responsible for fire safety inspections of schools, day care facilities, restaurants and public buildings.
The attorney general says Nelson has been a firefighter since 2002, and has most recently served as a fire inspector and investigator with the Fargo Fire Department.
Nelson was recommended by a committee made up of representatives from law enforcement agencies and fire departments.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is scheduled to give a keynote address at the North Dakota Republican Party’s endorsing convention this weekend.
The convention in Grand Forks begins Friday and ends Sunday. GOP Chairman Rick Berg says Zinke will speak Saturday.
Democrats held their convention last month in Grand Forks. Former Vice President Joe Biden gave the keynote, and appeared on behalf of Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, as she seeks re-election to a second six-year term against GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Soccer Club is inviting players and teams to register for its spring co-ed 6v6 adult soccer leagues.
The leagues are scheduled to run May through June. A Wednesday evening ‘A’ league is offered for experienced players and a Wednesday night ‘C’ league is offered for beginners. A ‘B’ league is also offered on Wednesday and Sunday evenings for players somewhere in the middle.
Cost is $90 per team. Matches are played on 150-foot fields with unlimited player substitutions and simplified rules.
Those interested can either recruit a team of around eight players to join, or can join as an individual. Registrations are requested in April.
More information can be found at www.jamestownsoccer.org or by emailing JSC adult soccer director Gene Grugel at ggrugel@csicable.net.
— The Warriors were 111-107 winners at Oklahoma City behind Kevin Durant’s 34 points against his ex-team. Klay Thompson added 20 points to help Golden State withstand Russell Westbrook’s 44 points and 16 boards.
— Nikola Jokic dropped in 30 points and the Nuggets pulled within a half-game of a playoff spot by nipping the Pacers, 107-104. Indiana ended a five-game winning streak and fell 1 ½ games behind the 76ers for fourth in the East despite Victor Oladipo’s (oh-lah-DEE’-pohz) 25 points.
— Ricky Rubio shot 10-for-15 while producing 31 points, eight assists and six rebounds in Utah’s 117-110 verdict over the Lakers. Donovan Mitchell had 26 points and Rudy Gobert (goh-BEHR’) chipped in 12 points, 16 rebounds and five assists to help the Jazz get their third straight win and pull into a tie with San Antonio for fourth in the West.
— Tobias Harris scored 31 points, Lou Williams added 22 and the Clippers rallied from 19 points down to beat the Spurs, 113-110. Austin Rivers scored 18 points for Los Angeles, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute.
— Giannis Antetokounmpo (YAH’-nihs an-teh-toh-KOOM’-poh) scored 29 points and Khris Middleton chipped in 20 to send the Bucks past the Celtics, 106-102. Eric Bledsoe had 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting for Milwaukee which needs one more win or a Detroit loss to clinch a playoff berth.
— Dennis Smith scored 18 points and the Mavericks prevented the Trail Blazers from clinching home-court advantage in the Western Conference quarterfinals by topping Portland, 115-109. Damian Lillard scored 29 points and CJ McCollum added 16, but the pair combined to go 2-for-15 from 3-point range for the Blazers.
— The Heat wrapped up a playoff berth as Hassan Whiteside’s tip-in with a minute left put Miami up for good in a 101-98 verdict over the Hawks. Goran Dragic scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Heat, who trailed by eight with three minutes remaining before closing on an 11-0 spurt.
— The Magic coasted to a 97-73 rout of New York as Mario Hezonja dropped in 19 points and Jamel Artis added 16 off the bench. The Knicks were held to 28 points in the second half.
— Lauri Markkanen scored 24 points and Sean Kilpatrick added 21 off the bench to lead the Bulls past the Hornets, 120-114.
— Josh Jackson scored 18 of his 28 points in the first half before the Suns completed a 97-94 win over the Kings to end a team-record, 15-game losing streak.
NBA…
UNDATED (AP) — Dallas Mavericks center Nerlens Noel and Utah Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha (THAH’-boh seh-feh-LOH’-shah) have been suspended five games for violating the NBA’s anti-drug program.
Noel’s ban is covering the final five games of the season for the lottery-bound Mavericks.
Sefolosha is recovering from right knee surgery and will begin his suspension in the next regular-season or playoff game when he is eligible and physically able to play.
— Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler is nearing a return to action, with four critical games to go for the team in the regular season. Butler was a full participant in yesterday’s workout, and his surgically repaired right knee was expected to be evaluated again today. The Wolves are 8-8 since he was hurt and remain in a fight to reach the playoffs for the first time in 14 years.
NHL
UNDATED (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins are deadlocked for first place in the NHL’s Eastern Conference and Atlantic Division races.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots and the Lightning scored three times in a 10-minute span of the second period to beat the Bruins 4-0. Braydon Coburn assisted on goals by Brayden Point and Victor Hedman before Chris Kunitz (KOO’-nihts) tallied to put Tampa Bay ahead, 3-0.
J.T. Miller also scored to support Vasilevskiy’s eighth shutout of the season.
The Bruins and Lightning each have 110 points. Boston has a game in hand, but Tampa Bay has one more non-shootout victory.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Columbus is back in a second-place tie with Pittsburgh in the Metropolitan Division after Pierre-Luc Dubois’ (doo-BWAHZ’) goal at 2:55 of overtime completed the Blue Jackets’ comeback in a 5-4 triumph over the Red Wings. Cam Atkinson scored twice for the Jackets, who trailed 4-2 until Sonny Milano and Artemi Panarin (ahr-TEH’-mee pah-NAH’-rihn) lit the lamp in the last 10 ½ minutes of the third period.
— Taylor Hall’s two goals and two assists carried the Devils to their sixth victory in seven games, 5-2 over the Rangers. Will Butcher also tallied twice, Keith Kincaid stopped 22 shots and Travis Zajac (ZAY’-jak) scored 25 seconds into the game as New Jersey moved ahead of Philadelphia for the first Eastern Conference wild-card spot.
— The Islanders blew a 4-1 lead in the third period before Mathew Barzal scored with 6:28 remaining to give New York a 5-4 decision over the Flyers. Barzal and John Tavares provided two goals apiece for the Islanders, who left Philadelphia four points ahead of the Panthers in the battle for the final Eastern Conference wild-card berth.
— Roberto Luongo turned back 45 shots and Colton Sceviour (SEE’-vee-ur) scored the eventual game-winner midway through the third period of Florida’s 2-1 win against the Predators. Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for the Panthers, who have three games to catch the Flyers for the last Eastern Conference wild-card spot. Filip Forsberg’s apparent tying goal with 0.6 seconds left was disallowed due to goalie interference.
— Winnipeg’s 5-4 overtime win at Montreal prevented Nashville from clinching the Central Division title. The Jets blew leads of 3-0 and 4-3 before Kyle Connor scored three minutes into the extra session.
— Defenseman Shea Theodore scored in the fourth round of a shootout to give the Golden Knights a 5-4 win over the Canucks. William Karlsson had a goal and two assists for Vegas, which blew a 4-1 lead in the third period before winning.
— Jamie Benn’s hat trick included the go-ahead goal with 3:06 remaining in the Stars’ 4-2 win at San Jose. The Sharks dropped their fourth in a row despite Logan Couture’s (koo-TOORZ’) career-high 33rd goal.
— Antti Raanta (AN’-tee RAHN’-tah) made 42 saves and Kevin Connauton had a goal and an assist as the Coyotes downed the Flames, 4-1.
MLB
UNDATED (AP) — Didi Gregorius (DEE’-dee greh-GOHR’-ee-uhs) was the hitting star in the New York Yankees’ home opener yesterday.
Gregorius crushed a pair of three-run homers and collected a career-high eight RBIs as the Yanks ripped the Rays, 11-4. He collected four hits, reached base five times and set a major league record for RBIs by a player in a home opener. Gregorius also broke a team record for RBIs in a game by a shortstop.
The Yankees’ bullpen blew a 4-1 lead before Tyler Austin scored on a throwing error in the seventh, three batters before Gregorius went deep a second time.
Meanwhile, Giancarlo Stanton heard boos by the eighth inning of his first home game as a Yankee. Stanton struck out a career-high five times, leaving him 1-for-14 since his two-homer, four-RBI performance on opening day in Toronto.
In other major league action:
— Shohei Ohtani hit his first major league home run in his first Angel Stadium at-bat, highlighting a six-run first in a 13-2 dismantling of the Indians. Mike Trout, Rene Rivera, Justin Upton and Luis Valbuena also homered as Los Angeles beat Cleveland for the first time in 13 games.
— The Diamondbacks whipped the Dodgers, 6-1 as Daniel Descalso and David Peralta became the first left-handed teammates to homer off southpaw Clayton Kershaw in the same game. John Ryan Murphy added a home run off Zach Neal as the Diamondbacks made it two in a row over the defending National League champs.
— Josh Reddick delivered the big hits in the Astros, 10-6 win over the Orioles, drilling a two-run homer in the sixth and a grand slam in a five-run seventh. George Springer put Houston ahead to stay with a one-out RBI double in the seventh.
— The Rangers beat the Athletics, 4-1 behind Cole Hamels, who struck out 11 and allowed just four hits in five innings. Joey Gallo became the 11th-fastest player to hit 50 homers, doing it in his 204th big league game.
— Rookie Christian Villanueva homered three times in spacious Petco Park and drove in five runs to highlight the Padres 8-4 comeback over the Rockies. The Padres trailed 3-2 before Freddy Galvis hit a two-run single in the sixth.
— The Red Sox pulled out their fifth straight win as Hanley Ramirez supplied a two-run double with two out in the 13th inning to lead a 4-2 decision over the Marlins. Boston starters have allowed fewer than two runs in each of their six games, the longest such streak in the majors to begin a season.
— Christian Yelich (YEH’-lihch) and Ryan Braun slammed back-to-back homers with two out in the bottom of the ninth to lead the Brewers past the Cardinals, 5-4. Dexter Fowler and Tommy Pham opened the game with consecutive homers for St. Louis, and Marcell Ozuna (oh-ZOO’-nuh) made it 4-0 with a two-run shot in the third before Milwaukee rallied.
— The Nationals suffered their first loss of the season as Freddie Freeman and Preston Tucker each hit a three-run homer to power the Braves past Washington, 13-6. The Nats scored three times in the first inning before Freeman and Tucker each delivered a big blow while Atlanta scored four times in each of its first two at-bats.
— Jake Junis carried a shutout into the eighth inning and Jorge Soler (HOHR’-hay soh-LEHR’) drove in the lone run as the Royals downed the Tigers, 1-0 in Detroit. Junis limited the Tigers to three hits and left the game after Mikie Mahtook led off the eighth with a single.
— Mitch Haniger hit a two-run single and Marco Gonzalez allowed three hits over 6 1/3 innings of the Mariners’ 6-4 win over the Giants. Evan Longoria belted his first home run since joining San Francisco last winter. Joe Panik went deep for the third time in five games.
— Matt Harvey tossed one-hit ball over five innings of the Mets’ third win in four games, 2-0 over the Phillies. The runs came in the sixth inning on Todd Frazier’s double and Travis d’Arnaud’s (dahr-NOHZ’) single.
— Josh Donaldson and Aledmys Diaz hit two-run homers as the Blue Jays blew out the White Sox, 14-5. Donaldson was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, and Diaz had three hits before leaving after six innings due to back spasms.
— The Reds and Cubs were postponed in Cincinnati due to stormy weather. The game will be made up as part of a May 19 doubleheader.
MLB-NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have placed third baseman Jedd Gyorko (JUR’-koh) on the 10-day disabled list and recalled outfield prospect Harrison Bader from Triple-A. Gyorko left Monday’s game at Milwaukee in the seventh inning with a strained right hamstring. Greg Garcia will fill in at third base.
In baseball news:
— Diamondbacks third baseman Jake Lamb has been moved to the 10-day disabled list with a left shoulder injury. Lamb sprained his left AC joint when he made a diving catch of a line drive in foul territory in the ninth inning of Monday’s game against the Dodgers.
— Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury hurt a hip in his comeback from an oblique injury, a setback that means Aaron Hicks is likely to return from the disabled list first. The 34-year-old Ellsbury did not play in any exhibition games from March 1 until March 24 and finished spring training 1 for 14.
— The Mariners have placed designated hitter Nelson Cruz on the 10-day disabled list after he suffered a sprained right ankle in the season-opening series against Cleveland. The Mariners recalled utility player Taylor Motter to take Cruz’s spot on the roster.
— Pitcher Matt Shoemaker has landed on the Angels’ 10-day disabled list with a strained right forearm. He has been replaced on the roster by Parker Bridwell, who was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake City.
— Mets reliever Anthony Swarzak has been placed on the 10-day disabled list after straining a muscle on his left side in his second appearance with New York. The team recalled right-hander Hansel Robles from Triple-A Las Vegas.
NFL…
UNDATED (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams have acquired another deep threat.
The Rams have surrendered their first- and sixth-round picks in this year’s draft to the New England Patriots for receiver Brandin Cooks and a fourth-round selection.
Cooks had 65 receptions for 1,082 yards and seven touchdowns in his lone season with the Pats after three seasons with New Orleans. Cooks is eligible for free agency following the 2018 season.
In NFL news:
— Clark County, Nevada, officials have voted 6-1 to approve the sale of $750 million in bonds for the construction of the Raiders’ stadium in Las Vegas. The Raiders want to start the 2020 season at the $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat stadium being built across the freeway from the Las Vegas Strip. Guests of hotels and other lodging in the Las Vegas area are paying a room tax that over time will contribute $750 million for the project.
— Titans offensive lineman Quinton Spain has signed his restricted free-agent tender, a move that enables the Titans to keep their starting left guard from last season. Spain has started 33 since joining the Titans as an undrafted free agent from West Virginia in 2015.
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