CSi Weather…

Jamestown Area…

TONIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING
RAIN AND IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN…SNOW AND
SLEET IN THE MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTH
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW AND SLEET. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. LOWS AROUND 20.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 40.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.

Valley City Area…

TONIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN…POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 25 TO 30. EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN OR SNOW…POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. LOWS 20 TO 25. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING…
THEN CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN…POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS 35 TO 40. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN…POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
40 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR
SNOW. LOWS 20 TO 25.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW…POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. LOWS 20 TO 25.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW.
HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 20 TO 25.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW. HIGHS 35 TO 40.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW.
LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 40 TO 45.

FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT
APR 5, 2013

VALLEY CITY AREA…
NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING NORTH OF A LINE FROM VALLEY CITY TO FARGO TO WADENA. AS WARMER AIR MOVES NORTHWARD THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT…

A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CANDO TO GRAND FORKS TO BEMIDJI. REGIONAL TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT LATER FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL BE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACTS THE REGION.

JAMESTOWN AREA…EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…OR SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH…EXCEPT IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS WHERE AROUND ONE INCH OF SNOW IS FORECAST.

SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE SYSTEM MAY CLIP THE FAR SOUTH AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL AREA WITH SNOW.
HOWEVER MUCH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS STORM.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Council met at City Hall, in Special Session, then adjourned into close Executive Session on Friday morning (Apr 5, 2013) to consult with the City Attorney concerning the territorial Service claims by the Stutsman Rural Water District.

At issue is which entity will serve Titan Machinery’s location under construction west of Jamestown, and other parcels in that area, within the one mile extra-territory of Jamestown.

Attending the Executive Session were: Mayor Andersen, Assistant City Attorney Mary Jensen, City Administrator Jeff Fuchs, City Council Members, Kourajian, Gumke, Brubakken, and Buchanan, along with City Engineer Reed Schwartzkopf , and City Fire Chief Jim Reuther.

On Monday’s (Apr 1, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Mayor Andersen said the last meeting between the two entities was about three weeks ago.

She said, the city received an E-Mail from Stutsman Rural Water District, in response to the city’s latest counter offer, with two alternate plans, which include the City of Jamestown Serving Titan Machinery, or SRWD serving Titan.

She added that bids have been submitted for construction of the water and sewer lines to Titan, as the extended bid period has about another 30 days to go, before bids would have to be re-advertised.

At Friday’s meeting, following the Executive Session the Special Session was reconvened.

Mayor Andersen said no official action was to be taken by the City Council.

A brief discussion was held on the status of a bill concerning rural water in the North Dakota legislature.

The open portion of the meeting was shown live on CSi 67.

House Bill 1440

Introduced by Rep. Kreun, Haak, Hofstad, D. Johnson, Looysen, Maragos, Streyle

Introduced by Sen. Andrist, Grabinger, Larsen

A BILL for an Act to create and enact four new sections to chapter 61-35 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exclusion of cities from water districts and state water commission policies on funds for water districts.

ROLL CALL

The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has

committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 83 YEAS,

10 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING.

YEAS:

Amerman; Anderson; Beadle; Becker; Bellew; Belter; Boehning; Boschee; Brabandt;

Carlson; Damschen; Delmore; Dockter; Dosch; Drovdal; Fehr; Frantsvog; Froseth;

Glassheim; Grande; Gruchalla; Guggisberg; Haak; Hanson; Hatlestad; Hawken;

Headland; Heilman, Hofstad; Hogan; Holman; Hunskor; Johnson, D.; Johnson, N.;

Karls; Kasper; Keiser; Kelsh, J.; Kelsh, S.; Kempenich; Kiefert; Klein; Klemin;

Koppelman, B.; Koppelman, K.; Kreidt; Kretschmar; Kreun; Laning; Looysen;

Louser; Maragos; Martinson; Meier; Mock; Mooney; Muscha; Nathe; Nelson, M.;

Onstad; Oversen; Owens; Paur; Porter; Rohr; Ruby; Rust; Sanford; Schatz;

Schmidt; Steiner; Strinden; Sukut; Thoreson; Toman; Trottier; Vigesaa; Wall; Weisz;

Wieland; Williams; Zaiser; Speaker Devlin

NAYS:

Boe; Brandenburg; Delzer; Heller; Larson; Monson; Nelson, J.; Pollert; Silbernagel;

Skarphol

ABSENT AND NOT VOTING:

Streyle

Engrossed HB 1440 passed.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown College Department of Music and special guests will present a PDQ Bach festival concert at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 in Voorhees Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public.

On Friday’s (apr 5, 2013) Wayne Byers Show, on CSi 2, Jamestown College Music Department Chairman, Richard Walentine said, PDQ Bach, the brainchild and alter ego of composer Peter Schickele, has been regarded as a forgotten son of the Bach family known for his parodies of classical music and slapstick comedy. He has been called a “pimple on the face of music,” “the worst musician ever to have trod organ pedals,” “the most dangerous musician since Nero,” and other things not quite so complimentary.

Walentine added, “Our own (Jamestown College President) Bob Badal has unfortunately done extensive ‘research’ into this musical madness and will bring out some of the more ghastly skeletons in PDQ Bach’s closet. The audience can expect to have its ears, and hopefully its funnybone, tickled by sounds they would never otherwise call music.”

Performers include the Jamestown College Concert Choir, Chapel Choir and Wind Ensemble; the Death Panel Quartet; Dr. William Wojnar and David Morlock on the Black-Schlossman Memorial Organ; Dr. Timothy Bratton and Justine Pringle on viola; Robert Heinzen, tenor; Nathan Kopperud, tenor; Leanne Villareal, soprano; Dr. Richard Walentine, baritone and piano; and Benjamin Schneider on devious instruments.

He added the festival will run about an hour and a half.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Apr 4, 2013) — A Southwest Jamestown building is being re-purposed, and will be the home for four new stores.

Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Executive Felicia Sargeant said that on Thursday afternoon a gather was held at to make the announcement, at the Jamestown Holiday Inn Express.

It was announced that coming in May 2013 to the former Sara Lee Bread store (Master Bakery Outlet) along Highway 281 South, are  the previously announced Cherry Berry, along with Ms. J’s Chicken and Ribs, Potato Pit and Java Dave’s.

Cherry Berry will have a variety of frozen yogurt flavors.

Ms. J’s (Jamestown, Jimmies Blue Jays) Chicken and Ribs will offer broasted chicken and barbequed ribs.

Potato Pit with French fries, jalapeno poppers, and other potato snack foods.

Cavendish, in Jamestown to provide foods for Potato Pit.

A mix of beverages will be available at Java Dave’s Coffee Bar.

CSi’s  Tom Ravely was on hand to sample  food and desserts that were made available.

The location was the former home to Kentucky Fried Chicken, and an Iranian

style restaurant in past years.

 

ST. PAUL, Minn.  (KCSi-T.V. News Apr 5, 2013) -– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is nearly complete with the drawdown of its Red River of the North reservoirs in preparation for potential flooding due to the spring melt.

The Corps’ water management team has drawn down Lake Ashtabula, near Valley City, N.D., to 1,257 feet as of late March, and Homme Lake will be drawn down to 1,064 feet by early next week.

Near the river’s headwaters, the Corps’ Lake Traverse elevation is near its drawdown elevation of
974 feet. The reservoir elevation is currently 974.2 feet.

The current level at Orwell Dam, near Fergus Falls, Minn., is 1,051.6 feet, and the Corps continues to lower the reservoir toward the elevation goal of 1,050 feet.

The Corps and the National Weather Service are working collaboratively to incorporate these drawdown actions into the outlooks for potential spring flooding.
The nearly 700 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 Corps’ Fiscal Year 2011 $175 million budget, nearly 2,800 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $271 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Supreme Court says it won’t reconsider a decision to grant unemployment benefits to locked-out workers at American Crystal Sugar Co.
 
     The court released an order Friday denying a petition for rehearing that was filed by company lawyers.
 
     Justices ruled in February that more than 400 locked-out workers in North Dakota are eligible for unemployment benefits from Job Service North Dakota.
 
     The decision reversed a lower court’s ruling that said the workers were not eligible for benefits because state law prohibits unemployment insurance for workers involved in labor disputes.
 
     Workers’ attorney Dan Phillips says the Supreme Court made “absolutely the right decision” and he believes it was wrong for the company to file for reconsideration.
 
     An American Crystal spokesman was not immediately available for comment.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The Souris River is projected to attain at least minor flood stage in Minot in the latest outlook from the National Weather Service.
 
     There are no indications of a repeat of the damaging flood levels of 2011.
 
     The Weather Service says late snow melt will likely cause minor to moderate flood stage at nearly every recording point from where the river enters North Dakota near Sherwood to where it exits the state near Westhope.
 
     The amount of water being released from three reservoirs on the Souris in Saskatchewan is slightly more than 2,300 cubic feet per second.
 
     Hydrologist Allen Schlag says the hope is that the induced high water will be equal to what’s seen when the snowmelt’s in full force.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) – Two freshman Democratic senators, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, have joined the growing chorus of lawmakers who say they support gay marriage.
 
     In separate statements issued minutes apart, the two senators say their views on the issue have evolved.  Donnelly says he reconsidered his opinion after recent Supreme Court arguments and public discussion on the issue.
 
     Heitkamp says she now believes the federal government shouldn’t discriminate against “people who want to make lifelong, loving commitments to each other
 
     Donnelly and Heitkamp are the latest Democratic senators to support for gay marriage. That leaves only four Senate Democrats who have not endorsed gay marriage. Republican Sens. Mark Kirk of Illinois and Rob Portman of Ohio have also said they support gay marriage.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says the state is in dire need of affordable housing.
 
     Heitkamp told citizens at a community meeting in Fargo Friday that North Dakota must offer more affordable homes in order to retain and attract qualified workers.
 
     Heitkamp says in places like Minot, in the heart of oil country, vacant lots are now priced at $110,000.
 
     The Democratic senator also points out a change in federal law on how large banks operate, which she says has made it impossible for small community banks to finance home loans.
 
     Heitkamp says North Dakota has become “too small to succeed.”
 
Heitkamp is holding community meetings around the state to get suggestions from residents on housing needs.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Professors at Minot State University have approved a resolution of “no confidence” in embattled North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani.
 
     A faculty representative says 94 percent of voters approved the measure. A similar resolution was passed earlier by the North Dakota Student Association.
 
     Board of Higher Education President Duaine Espegaard said in a statement released by Shirvani’s office that he’s disappointed about the latest resolution and called most of the faculty’s claims against Shirvani “little more than an attempted character assassination.”
 
     The resolution cites what faculty believes to be breakdowns in communication, the diminishing roles of college presidents, proposed changes in admission standards that could affect accreditation, and the board’s willingness to “completely empower an individual with a track record of conflict, antagonism, and de-stabilization.”

 

In sports…

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota offensive coordinator Greg Breitbach has been named head football coach at Millersville University.
 
     The NCAA Division II school in Pennsylvania announced the hiring Thursday.
 
     Breitbach leaves Division I UND after seven years as an assistant, including the past five as the offensive coordinator. The UND offense under Breitbach last season averaged nearly 431 yards and 34 points per game.
 
     Breitbach says leaving UND was a tough decision but he has always dreamed of being a head coach at the collegiate level.
 
     UND head coach Chris Mussman says wide receivers coach Luke Schleusner will handle the offensive coordinator duties during spring practice.

 

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – The pastor chairman of the Dickinson Catholic Schools Board of Education says none of the board’s seven lay members who were let go did anything wrong.
 
     The Rev. Todd Kreitinger (KRYT’-ihng-ur) says the board’s executive council decided after the April 1 resignation of Superintendent Kelly Koppinger to disband the board and study other governing structures that might be better.
 
     Bismarck Diocese spokesman Matthew Kurtz says Koppinger left for another opportunity. The lay board members were dismissed Thursday night.
 
     The network includes Trinity High School and two elementary schools. The executive council – the diocese bishop and four pastors – will handle governance until a decision is made on a new system.
 
     Kreitinger says there were no specific problems with the old structure. He says officials want to study new possibilities.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is delaying the closing of 149 airport control towers until mid-June in order to deal with legal challenges. The first 24 closures had been scheduled for Sunday. Trade groups representing companies that operate the towers under contract for FAA filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Washington. The agency says about 50 airport operators and communities have also indicated they may want to pay for operation of the towers themselves, and more time is needed to work out those details. The FAA has previously said the closures are necessary to accommodate automatic spending cuts.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department hasn’t yet said whether it will appeal Friday’s ruling by a federal judge, striking down the age restrictions on the over-the-counter purchases of the morning-after pill. The judge said the restrictions are “arbitrary” and “unreasonable,” and that they must end within 30 days. That means consumers of any age could buy the emergency contraception without a prescription. As it stands now, women have to prove they’re 17 or older.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans who’ve been pushing for reductions in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs may see some of what they want in President Barack Obama’s budget proposal for next year. According to a summary of the plan from the Obama administration, it anticipates cutting the deficit by $1.8 trillion over ten years — partly by changing the cost-of-living-increase formula for benefit programs, and partly through additional taxes on the wealthy.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is apologizing to California’s attorney general for commenting on her looks at a Democratic fundraiser. Spokesman Jay Carney says Obama apologized to Kamala Harris Thusday night, after he returned from California, for the distraction his comment created. He says Obama did not want to diminish Harris’ professional accomplishments and abilities. At the fundraiser, Obama said Harris was “the best-looking attorney general.” He also called her brilliant, dedicated and tough. Carney says the two are longtime friends.
 
     WADSORTH, Ill. (AP) – One person is dead, and dozens of elementary school children have been taken to hospitals, after a school bus crash in northern Illinois. The bus left two cars mangled, and the bus on its side, but all 35 people on board the bus survived the crash about 45 miles north of Chicago. A sheriff says the bus driver may have run a red light.