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CSi Weather…
.TONIGHT…Cloudy. Rain showers in the evening, then chance of rain showers after midnight. Colder. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the upper 30s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
Conditions are favorable for showers and thunderstorms to develop Monday afternoon and into Monday evening, across south central North
Dakota and the James River Valley.
A few storms could be on the stronger side in the southeast.
Pea size to quarter size hail, damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph,
and dangerous lightning are the primary threats.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Public works informs residents, that there will be temporary water outages in the NW area of the City, south of the Fairgrounds area from approximately 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Tuesday, May 1, 2018 due to utility repairs.
PLEASE CALL THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT 252-5131 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Jamestown (CSi) The week of April 30th has been designated, “Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week,” for the entire state of North Dakota. This annual event is intended to remind the public of the dangers associated with severe summer weather including: lightning, high winds, large hail, flash floods and tornadoes. All of which, can cause severe property damage, personal injury, and even death.
On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Stutsman County, Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist said, in the past, as part of the awareness week activities, a statewide tornado exercise was initiated by the National Weather Service. However, due to changes in warning technology, the statewide test can no longer be conducted. But, because of the importance of the test, Stutsman County will conduct a modified exercise that will begin at about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 2nd. The exercise will simulate what occurs locally when a tornado warning is issued by the National Weather Service.
The Regular first Wednesday of the month CSi Cable interrupt test from the LEC dispatch will be conducted independently on Wednesday morning.
Barnes County Emergency Manager Sue Lloyd says there will be one North Dakota statewide “test” tornado warning on Wednesday, May 2nd, around 11:00 am Central Daylight Time.
Bergquist says, in essence, the modified tornado exercise will be testing internal notification procedures county-wide along with siren activation capabilities. Sirens will be activated in many area communities including the City of Jamestown. In most communities, sirens will be activated for approximately 3 minutes.
Because the National Weather Service will not be involved with the exercise, the simulated warning will not be broadcast through the National Weather Service all-hazards weather radio system. Also, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) for local AM/FM radio stations and cable television providers will not be activated. Stutsman County’s CodeRED notification system will also not be activated for this test.
The most common reason a community=s warning sirens are activated is to warn the public of a possible tornado. However, sirens could also be activated to alert the public of other types of events that could be a danger to the community.
Jamestown (CSi) The National Buffalo Museum is preparing for their first ever education day on May 2nd.
Executive Director Illana Xinos, says, “The public has been invited to attend a free admission afternoon with several hands-on history and science demonstrations. The museum is hosting several demonstrations from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. including learning about the science of tipi design, prairie grasslands, the bison bone puzzle, buffalo hunters on the plains, modern ranches re-building bison herds, and setting up a teepee.”
Participants will get a chance to learn more about educational programs and see a live bison herd throughout the day. Staff will be on hand to discuss the new program offerings and answer questions.
For more information about upcoming events, visit www.buffalomuseum.com or follow them on Facebook.
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) — No animals were hurt and no buildings damaged when 20 large hay bales caught fire near the Central Livestock yard in West Fargo.
Winds gusting more than 40 mph fanned the flames Sunday evening. Fire departments from West Fargo, Harwood, Mapleton and Horace responded to the scene.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire. West Fargo Fire Chief Dan Fuller says there might have been a flare-up from a waste pile that was recently burned.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Grand Forks police are investigating the armed robbery of two out-of-town people staying at a local hotel.
Authorities say two men armed with a gun took an unspecified amount of cash from the victims at the Canad Inn about 3:30 a.m. Sunday. One of the victims suffered what police say were “very minor” injuries.
Authorities did not elaborate on the injury or say whether those involved in the incident knew one another.
WASHINGTON, AP/PRNewswire/ — North Dakota’s top two
youth volunteers of 2018, Ashlen Wright, 18, of West Fargo and Macy
Vasquez, 14, of Grand Forks, were honored in the nation’s capital last
night for their outstanding volunteer service during the 23rd annual
presentation of The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Ashlen and
Macy – along with 100 other top youth volunteers from across the
country – each received $1,000 awards and personal congratulations
from Olympic gold medalist and World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn at an
award ceremony and gala dinner reception held at the Smithsonian’s
National Museum of Natural History.
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program, sponsored by
Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of
Secondary School Principals (NASSP), named Ashlen and Macy North
Dakota’s top high school and middle level youth volunteers in
February. In addition to their cash awards, they each received an
engraved silver medallion and an all-expense-paid trip with a parent
to Washington, D.C., for four days of recognition events.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration for selling oil and gas leases on huge swaths of public lands in the West while allegedly ignoring policies meant to protect an imperiled bird.
The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court seeks to reverse lease sales across 475 square miles in Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada.
Plaintiffs Western Watersheds Project and Center for Biological Diversity also want to block upcoming sales that cover 1,800 square miles in those four states plus Idaho.
Under former President Barack Obama, the Interior Department in 2015 adopted plans to protect greater sage grouse after the ground-dwelling bird lost much of its habitat due to energy development and other causes.
Trump’s Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, has placed a greater priority on energy development.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Statistics show nearly 99 percent of all businesses in North Dakota are considered small businesses.
Those employers make up more than 72,700 businesses in North Dakota, employing nearly 211,000 people — or about 58 percent of all employees in the state.
The U.S. Small Business Administration defines a small business as any firm employing fewer than 500 people.
KXMB-TV reports SBA figures show about 86 percent of all North Dakota companies employ 1 to 20 people. The remaining 14 percent have at least 20 employees, but less than 500 workers.
National Small Business Week is April 29 to May 5.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck Public Schools employee who holds a new position as a cultural responsive coordinator is visiting every elementary school to help students learn more about Native American heritage.
There are nearly 1,100 Native American students in Bismarck schools, or about 8.6 percent of the student population. The students represent about 50 different tribes.
Travis Albers says he’s found some Native American students aren’t fully aware of their cultural background and want to know more about their heritage.
The Bismarck Tribune says the district hosts events such as a field trip to the annual powwow at United Tribes Technical College, but that Albers wants to do more to expand the knowledge of Native American culture and traditions within the school system.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A community effort to fight hunger is expanding in the Bismarck-Mandan area.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that the Little Free Pantries offer free food and personal care items in business-sponsored wooden boxes. Community members are also encouraged to drop off donations.
Three of the new locations will be in Mandan, including at the Mandan Dog Park and the American Lutheran Church. Many of the new Bismarck pantries will be in parks.
The project’s goal is to be an addition to other programs providing community assistance. The program is supported by an MDU Resources grant, which goes toward building the pantry boxes.
Rough Rider Industries is employing inmates to construct the boxes. Leadership Bismarck-Mandan participant Tony Spilde says the new boxes will soon be setup at their locations.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The success rate of deer hunters in North Dakota in 2017 failed for the ninth consecutive year to surpass the 70 percent threshold that state wildlife officials consider a good year.
About 49,400 hunters bagged about 30,100 deer during last fall’s gun season, making the overall success rate 61 percent. It was the second straight year of a decrease, from the recent high of 68 percent in 2015.
That could impact the number of licenses made available for this fall’s season. Hunter success rate is one of the factors the Game and Fish Department considers when determining the number of deer licenses to issue.
Officials are still determining how many licenses to issue this year, but Big Game Management Supervisor Bruce Stillings says a big increase is unlikely.
In world and national news…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military says an American soldier was killed and another wounded during a combat operation in eastern Afghanistan. The military said in a statement that “several” Afghan security forces were killed and wounded in the same operation Monday.
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — About 200 asylum seekers in a caravan of Central Americans are not being allowed to turn themselves in to U.S. border inspectors for a second straight day. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a San Diego border crossing facility has reached capacity and that and that it will resume processing asylum applicants when it has more space and resources. Caravan organizers say the U.S. refusal is aimed at avoiding having to deal with the Central American asylum seekers.
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says his government has obtained “half a ton” of secret Iranian documents proving the Tehran government once had a nuclear weapons program. Calling it a “great intelligence achievement,” Netanyahu said that the documents show that Iran lied about its nuclear ambitions before signing a 2015 deal with world powers. Iran has denied ever seeking nuclear weapons. President Donald Trump is to decide by May 12 whether to pull out of the international deal with Iran.
NEW YORK (AP) — Consumer advocacy groups are worried that T-Mobile’s bid for Sprint will likely lead to higher cellphone plans because there’s less competition. But Mark Lowenstein, a mobile-industry consultant, says the move shouldn’t be seen as a consolidation in the wireless industry. Rather, he says, it’s a new industry structure, with wireless “competing in the larger broadband space.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The porn actress who claims she had an affair with President Donald Trump is escalating her legal fight. She’s suing the president for defamation. Stormy Daniels filed the complaint in federal court in New York on Monday. At issue is a tweet Trump made in which dismissed a composite sketch that Daniels says depicts a man who threatened her in 2011 to stay quiet about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump.
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