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CSi Weather…
Update…
FLOOD WARNING UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8,2019
Forecast…
.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning. Highs in the lower 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the northeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain
showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
A mix of rain and snow will be focused across the north central Thursday,
and some accumulations around an inch are possible across the
Turtle Mountains Thursday morning. Much of this may melt later
Mild and dry weather is expected for Friday with an h500 ridge
moving into the region. Widespread 50s and lower 60s look
reasonable Friday, with 40s across the northeast.
Chances for rain on Saturday will continue through Saturday night and into Sunday across eastern North Dakota. Current rain amounts this weekend vary significantly with some producing very little precipitation to some producing over 1 inch in some areas. Amounts up to 1 inch could add to the flooding concerns that are ongoing across parts of south central and southeast North Dakota.
Monday through Wednesday look to be overall dry, with temperatures
cooling down to more seasonable levels.
Jamestown (CSi) All Stutsman roads have spring load restrictions in place.
Signs have been erected. More information is on the Stutsman County Website,
Valley City (CSi) A Public Meeting will be held in Valley City on Thursday April 25 from 5:30-p.m., to 8-p.m., at the Hi-Liner Activity Center, with the formal presentation at 6:30-p.m. conducted by the City of Valley City, and the NDDOT.
Valley City is developing a Comprehensive and Transportation Plan, to serve as a guide for the city’s growth, and development through the year 2045.
This is the final Community Workshop to review the Draft, and accept comments.
Representatives from Valley City and NDDOT, and Stantec Counselling will be on hand at the Public Meeting.
Written statements or comments about the project must be Mailed by May 9, 2019 to:
David Schelkoph
City Administrator
254 2nd Avenue NE
Valley City ND 58072
E-Mail:
Or submit comments to the city’s Website:
To request accommodations for disabilities and/or language assistance, contact David Schelkoph, at 701-845-8120, dschelkoph@valleycity.us at least 5 days in advance of the meeting.
Jamestown (CSi) Veterans in Stutsman and Barnes Counties are invited to a Outreach Event, at the Jamestown VA Clinic, located at JRMC, on Tuesday April 9 to be held from 9-a.m., to 4-p.m.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Stutsman County Veterans Service Officer David Bratton said, the Outreach is for Viet Nam veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange, stemming from the VA not appealing a court decision pertaining to “Blue Water” Navy Veterans.
He said those veterans may now file a claim for health related issues, stemming from Agent Orange exposure.
No claims will be filed, at that time, however, his office has claim forms to submit.
The Stutsman County Veterans Service Office, is located in the lower level of the Law Enforcement Center, open Monday through Friday 8-a.m., to 12-noon, and 1-5-p.m., call 701-252-9043.
On another topic David said a limited number of spaces are available for veterans and First Responders to participate in the Memorial Day Weekend Prairie Dog Hunt, May 24-27, at Shields, North Dakota.
His office has application forms, or go on line to: veteransoutdoors.org
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota business where an owner and three employees were found slain this week reopened with a police presence on Wednesday, though authorities still haven’t said how they were killed.
The bodies were discovered early Monday at RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, a city just across the Missouri River from Bismarck. Police have classified the case as a “multiple homicide.” Investigators say they don’t know who the killer is, but that the person is not among the dead.
The mood at the company was somber as a police officer monitored the parking lot and workers quietly talked with one another outside before the company opened Wednesday morning. Company co-owner Jackie Fakler, whose husband was among the dead, also returned to work.
She and others declined comment, saying they were dealing with a difficult time. But on its Facebook page, the company thanked the community for its “generosity and support” and said donations of money, food and other items would go to the dead workers’ families.
Police have released few details about the case, including whether investigators have identified a potential motive. However, Police Chief Jason Ziegler said authorities do not believe the public is in danger.
The people who died have been identified as Robert Fakler, 52, co-owner of the property management business; employee Adam Fuehrer, 42; and married workers Lois Cobb, 45, and William Cobb, 50.
According to its website, the family-owned company has been handling commercial and residential properties in the area for more than 20 years. Its services include collecting rent for landlords, paying mortgages, re-renting apartments, building and grounds maintenance, lawn care and snow removal. It also rents out storage units.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Police in Grand Forks are investigating the death of a man found in a parking lot near a park.
Authorities say officers on routine patrol in the area of Bringwatt Park discovered the man’s body about 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police say they have few details on the victim and the circumstances of his death, but believe there is no danger to the public.
Employees did not receive a pay increase in the current budget cycle.
Gov. Doug Burgum had proposed 4 percent raises in the first year of the budget cycle and 2 percent in the second, with a potential for an additional 2 percent if agencies meet efficiency goals.
Workers also will continue to get fully paid health insurance.
In sports…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eddie Rosario hit a go-ahead single in the ninth inning and the Minnesota Twins again rallied late against Kansas City, beating the Royals 7-6 on Wednesday.
After Max Kepler hit a tying, two-run single with two outs in the Twins eighth, Nelson Cruz drew a leadoff walk in the ninth from Wily Peralta (0-1).
Pinch-runner Byron Buxton stole second and scored when Rosario followed with a single.
Willians Astudillo and Mitch Garver each had three hits and scored twice for the Twins.
Whit Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 25 games, tied with George Brett and Mike Sweeney for third longest by a Royals player. Alex Gordon homered and drove in four runs for Kansas City.
Adalberto Mondesi kept up his fast start for the Royals with two more hits, including his third triple of the season. The 23-year-old shortstop also flashed the leather in the field, laying out for a catch in shallow left to leave the bases loaded in the sixth and then starting an inning-ending double play with two runners on in the seventh.
Trevor May (1-0) threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the win and Blake Parker picked up his second save in as many days.
The game drew an announced crowd of 10,575. A day earlier, the Twins scored the tying run in the ninth and won 5-4 in the 10th on an RBI single by Cruz — that game drew 10,024, the lowest at Kauffman Stadium in eight years.
Despite surrendering a run in the bottom of the first, Twins starter Kyle Gibson cruised through 4 2/3 innings. But after retiring the first two hitters in the fifth, the next seven batters reached base — one on an error — and he left with the Royals lead 6-3.
Three Twins relievers combined for 4 1/3 scoreless innings. The Kansas City bullpen faltered, giving up four runs and six hits over four innings.
Homer Bailey, who was 1-14 with a 6.09 ERA last year with Cincinnati, was solid in his first Kansas City debut. He threw five innings, allowing five hits and three runs and striking out eight. batters. But for the second consecutive day, the Royals bullpen couldn’t shut down the Twins.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers aren’t pursuing a replacement for the health care law known as “Obamacare” until after the 2020 elections.
Who gets credit for that political maneuvering depends on who you ask.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Tuesday that he made it clear to President Donald Trump that the Senate wasn’t going to begin drawing up a new health care law.
Trump says the delay was his idea. But just last week the president said he wanted to try again to repeal Obamacare and predicted that the GOP would become the “party of health care.”
A person familiar with the discussion between Trump and McConnell tells The Associated Press that McConnell advised the president that a GOP health care bill won’t become law while Democrats hold the House.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says the state is working on solutions after the Department of Justice issued scathing findings about Alabama prisons.
Ivey said Wednesday morning that federal investigators “identified many of the same areas of concern that we have discussed publicly for some time.”
The Justice Department said Wednesday that Alabama’s prison system has been violating the Constitution by failing to protect inmates from violence and sexual abuse.
Ivey said her administration will be working with the department to address the concerns. Ivey has previously proposed building three large regional prisons for men.
The Alabama Department of Corrections is seeking legislative funding this year to add 500 correctional officers. That’s just a fraction of the number a federal judge said the state should add.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee has approved subpoenas for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on his Russia investigation.
The committee voted 24-17 to give Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., permission to issue subpoenas to the Justice Department for the final report, exhibits and any underlying evidence or materials prepared for Mueller’s investigation. Nadler has not yet said if he’ll send the subpoenas.
House Democrats had given Attorney General William Barr until Tuesday to produce the full report to Congress. The Justice Department ignored that deadline, with Barr telling committee chairmen last week that a redacted version of the full 300-page report would be released by mid-April, “if not sooner.”
LONDON (AP) — British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn says his Brexit talks with Prime Minister Theresa May were “useful but inconclusive.”
The Labour Party leader met with May on Wednesday to try to find a compromise deal for leaving the European Union that can break Britain’s Brexit deadlock.
Both the government and Labour called the talks “constructive,” and said teams from the two sides would hold more detailed discussions Thursday.
Corbyn said “there hasn’t been as much change as I expected, but we are continuing to have some discussions tomorrow morning to explore some of the technical issues.”
Britain has until April 12 to pass a Brexit withdrawal deal, seek a Brexit delay from the EU or crash out of the bloc without a divorce agreement.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are investigating whether electronic cigarettes may trigger seizures in some people who use the nicotine-vaping devices.
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it is reviewing 35 reports of seizures among e-cigarette users, particularly young people.
Regulators say it’s not yet clear whether vaping is responsible. But they say they’re concerned and want the public to report any information about the issue.
Most e-cigarettes heat a flavored nicotine solution into an inhalable vapor. The battery-powered devices are a fast-growing industry though there are no rules on how much nicotine they deliver.
Nicotine poisoning can cause seizures, convulsions, vomiting and brain injury. The FDA has previously warned of nicotine poisoning in children who accidentally swallowed the formulas used for vaping.
BOSTON (AP) — Actress Lori Loughlin (LAWK’-lin) has arrived at a federal courthouse to face charges in the college admissions cheating scam.
Loughlin arrived at the Boston federal courthouse Wednesday afternoon.
Her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, is also charged in the scheme and arrived at the courthouse before her.
They are accused of paying $500,000 to have their two daughters labeled as recruits to the University of Southern California crew team, even though neither participated in the sport.
They were among 33 parents, including fellow actress Felicity Huffman, charged in what authorities have called the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted. Other parents are also expected to appear in court Wednesday.
Huffman, Loughlin and Giannulli have not publicly addressed the allegations against them.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A judge has issued jail sentences to three former Penn State fraternity members in the 2017 death of a pledge, the first defendants to face the prospect of incarceration in a case that rewrote Pennsylvania’s anti-hazing law.
A Centre County judge sentenced former Beta Theta Pi members Tuesday for hazing surrounding the death of 19-year-old sophomore Tim Piazza of Lebanon, New Jersey.
Their minimum sentences were one month, two months and three months. They might be allowed to serve them on home monitoring.
Piazza drank heavily the night of a pledge bid acceptance ceremony and was fatally injured in a series of falls.
Twenty-eight members of the now-shuttered fraternity have faced charges, although the most serious allegations of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault were dismissed or withdrawn.
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot says she’s “got a lot of hard work ahead” as she prepares to take office next month.
Lightfoot spoke Wednesday at an appearance with her opponent in Tuesday’s election, Toni Preckwinkle. The event was hosted by civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson at his Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
Lightfoot easily defeated Preckwinkle in Tuesday’s election to become Chicago’s first black female mayor and the city’s first openly gay mayor.
Lightfoot told the crowd she plans to “hit the ground running.” She says she has a mandate for change after carrying all 50 of the city’s wards. She says she wants to “make sure we’re being true to that.”
Lightfoot says her list of priorities includes public schools, immigration, financial issues and the city’s violence problem.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are asking the FBI to investigate potential security vulnerabilities at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida after the arrest of a woman carrying two Chinese passports and a device containing computer malware.
Chuck Schumer of New York and other Democrats wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday. They said the incident, in their words, “raises very serious questions regarding security vulnerabilities at Mar-a-Lago, which foreign intelligence services have reportedly targeted.” The woman, Yujing Zhang, briefly gained access to the club after lying about why she was there.
The Democrats previously asked Wray to investigate a Trump campaign donor from Florida who is the founder and onetime owner of a spa that has been implicated in an alleged human-trafficking ring. They said the FBI hasn’t responded.
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