CSi Weather…

FLOOD WARNING UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8,2019

.TONIGHT…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain.   Areas of fog. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds around 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Cloudy with chance of rain and slight chance of

thunderstorms. Areas of fog. Highs around 50. East winds 5 to

10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Areas of fog in the evening. Cloudy with chance

of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the

upper 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation

40 percent in the Jamestown area, 60 percent in the Valley City area.

.SUNDAY…Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers in the

morning,  in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow

showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and

snow showers in the morning, then slight chance of rain showers

in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation

20 percent.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers

and snow showers in the evening, then slight chance of snow

showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 20s. Chance of

precipitation 20 percent.

.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s.

 

Dense fog may develop Friday  evening and Friday night.

.Saturday through Thursday… Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible Saturday. Severe weather is not expected.

 

Showers are expected over the weekend with around a half an
inch of rain possible mainly over the southeast area. The
additional rain may create additional runoff and may create
additional overland flooding in some areas.

Areas of overland snow melt and river flooding will continue
along the Red River and its tributaries. Refer to the latest flood
warnings and statements for detailed information on specific
locations.

 

LAMOURE, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota National Guard is sending personnel and equipment to Cass County and the City of LaMoure to help with the fight against flooding.

The guard is sending up to 10 members, as well as trucks for hauling sandbags and a tactical vehicle for evacuation and rescue, to respond to emergency calls if needed beginning Saturday through April 14.

The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services is supplying barriers and sandbags to LaMoure to help deal with flooding from the James River as needed.

The state Emergency Commission voted Friday to release $300,000 in contingency funds to cover immediate costs incurred by the National Guard, DES and other states agencies in response to this year’s flooding.

At 10 AM CDT Friday, April 5, 2019 the river level of the James River at Lamoure was 15.9 feet. The river is expected to remain near 16 feet through
Saturday night, then slowly fall.

Fluctuations of a couple tenths of a foot are possible, as sheet ice is restricting the flow underneath the bridge, not allowing the water to flow through. With high temperatures in the upper 50s Saturday through Tuesday, expect a gradual depletion of snow and runoff in the LaMoure area.

The National Weather Service reports that James River ice jams south of Pipestem and Jamestown dams are causing the river level at the city of LaMoure to be about 4 feet higher than water flowing through the river.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The James River Humane Society will restart the humane capturing of feral cats in Jamestown.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 board member Jay Nitchke said once captured the cats are spayed or neutered, and given shots, and given to farm families to become barn cats while receiving food and shelter.

Anyone in Jamestown that knows of a large feral cat population may call the shelter at 252-0747.

On another topic, the James River Humane Society thanks those who turned out of the Annual Potato Bar Fundraiser, with dollars raised going to shelter operations.

She pointed out that flea and tick season will start soon, and to have pets protected with various preventive items available.

She added that the adoption fees have increased due to increased expenses incurred.

Before an animal goes to their forever home, it’s spayed or neutered and give inoculations and sent out in good health.

Any wishing to make a monetary donation may send it to Post Office Box 636 in Jamestown, ND 58402.

Volunteers are always welcome to support the shelter’s operations.

Th James River Humane Society is located off the I-94 Bloom Exit.

Open seven days a week, from 9:30-a.m., to 11:30-a.m., and 5:30-p.m., to 6:30-p.m., or by appointment.

Call 701-252-0747.  On line visit jamesriverhumanesociety.org

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) —  A judge has set $1 million cash bond for a North Dakota man accused of killing four people, citing the “heinous nature” of the crimes.

Chad Isaak, a 44-year-old chiropractor and Navy veteran, faces four murder charges in the slayings Monday in the city of Mandan.

The victims’ bodies were found at the property management company where they worked. Three of the four had been stabbed and shot, and the fourth had been stabbed.

Morton County Judge James Hill said he agreed with prosecutors’ request for the $1 million bond.

Assistant Morton County State’s Attorney Gabrielle Goter said Isaak carefully planned the killings and tried to hide them. She said that raised concerns about the safety of witnesses and other employees at the property management company if he’s free on bond.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man charged Friday in an attack that left four dead at a business that manages the mobile home park where he lives took steps to avoid detection by snatching up shell casings, changing his clothing, and bleaching a knife and gun, according to court documents

Court documents allege that after shooting and stabbing the victims, Chad Isaak, 44, stole one of the company’s vehicles, drove about 1,000 feet (305 meters), then ditched the vehicle and set out on foot to his own truck, parked less than a mile (1.6 kilometers) away at a McDonald’s. Authorities were able to trace his steps with help from surveillance video at businesses along the route, the documents say.

The affidavit and complaint filed Friday offer the most details yet on a mystery that has gripped the area since authorities found the bodies of four people at RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, a town near the state capital of Bismarck. But the documents do not reveal a motive for the slayings.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — The owner of a mobile home park where a man arrested in the slayings four people in North Dakota lived says the suspect “never attracted any attention.”

Forty-four-year-old Chad Isaak is due in court Friday, a day after his arrest on suspicion of killing the business owner and three employees at the business that managed the mobile home park. Police say he shot and stabbed the victims, but they don’t yet have a motive for the slayings.

Rolf Eggers says he bought the mobile home park in Washburn last fall and Isaak “came with the park.” Eggers says that he didn’t know Isaak. He says neighbors never complained about him.

The mobile home park is in Washburn, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) from the Mandan management company, RJR Maintenance and Management.

Eggers says he hasn’t been contacted by law enforcement.

 

Bismarck  (NDDOT)  Effective 7:00 a.m. CT, Monday, April 8, 2019, load restrictions will be added on all remaining roadways in North Dakota.

Motorists are encouraged to check current load restrictions to determine which load restriction remain in effect. Load restrictions may change quickly due to weather. Statewide seasonal load restriction information is available by calling 511 or online at www.dot.nd.gov/travel-info.

Please refer to the following link to see details of load restrictions for current and future orders, obtain printable maps and Text Version.http://www.dot.nd.gov/roadreport/loadlimit/loadlimitinfo.asp

 

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Opponents of the long-stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline asked a federal court Friday in a lawsuit to declare President Donald Trump acted illegally when he issued a new permit for the project in a bid to get around an earlier court ruling.

In November, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris ruled that the Trump administration did not fully consider potential oil spills and other impacts when it approved the pipeline in 2017.

Trump’s new permit, issued last week, is intended to circumvent that ruling and kick-start the proposal to ship crude oil from the tar sands of western Canada to U.S. refineries.

White House officials have said the presidential permit is immune from court review. But legal experts say that’s an open question, and that the case could further test the limits of Trump’s use of presidential power to get his way.

Unlike previous orders from Trump involving immigration and other matters, his action on Keystone XL came after a court already had weighed in and blocked the administration’s plans.

“This is somewhat dumbfounding, the idea that a president would claim he can just say, ‘Never mind, I unilaterally call a do-over,'” said William Buzbee, a constitutional scholar and professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

The pipeline proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada has become a flashpoint in the debate over fossil fuel use and climate change.

Opponents say burning crude from the tar sands of Western Canada would make climate change worse. The $8 billion project’s supporters say it would create thousands of jobs and could be operated safely.

The line would carry up to 830,000 barrels (35 million gallons) of crude daily along a 1,184-mile (1,900-kilometer) path from Canada to Nebraska.

Stephan Volker, an attorney for the environmental groups that filed Friday’s lawsuit, said Trump was trying to “evade the rule of law” with the new permit.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden isn’t directly apologizing to several women who have told stories about how his behavior made them feel uneasy.

The Democratic former vice president said Friday in Washington, D.C.: “I’m sorry I didn’t understand more. I’m not sorry for any of my intentions. I’m not sorry for anything that I’ve ever done.”

Biden says he’s “never been disrespectful intentionally to a man or a woman.”

Biden gave a speech to an electrical workers union conference on Friday as he nears a decision on whether to run for president in 2020. It was his first time speaking publicly since the women started telling their stories about his behavior with them.

 

 

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Valerie Plame, a former spy whose identity was leaked to the press by the President George W. Bush Administration, is considering a run for an open U.S. Congressional seat in New Mexico.

The former CIA operative told The Associated Press on Friday she is meeting with New Mexico residents and will make a decision soon.

Plame says she’d be honored to represent the New Mexico district which represents northern and eastern New Mexico. It is currently held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Rey Lujan, who is stepping down to run for U.S. Senate.

Plame, a Democrat and critic of President Donald Trump, is the author of the memoir “Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House.”

The book was made into a movie starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts.

 

 

CINCINNATI (AP) — An FBI affidavit says an Ohio man who authorities say falsely claimed to be an Illinois boy missing for eight years has made similar claims twice before.

The affidavit filed in federal court Friday says 23-year-old Brian Rini repeatedly told investigators he was Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared in Aurora, Illinois, in 2011 at age 6.

The affidavit says Rini refused to be fingerprinted but submitted to a DNA test after which his true identity was determined.

The affidavit says Rini had watched a TV show about Pitzen and told investigators he wanted to get away from his family.

Investigators determined Rini had twice before falsely portrayed himself as a juvenile sex trafficking victim.

Federal court records don’t list an attorney for Rini.

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has been ordered to register as a sex offender as he nears the end of a 21-month prison sentence for having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl.

A New York City judge on Friday designated Weiner a Level 1 sex offender, meaning he’s thought to have a low risk of reoffending.

Weiner must register for a minimum of 20 years. He’s required to verify his address every year and visit a police station every three years to have a new picture taken.

Weiner didn’t attend Friday’s court hearing. He’s in a halfway house after serving most of his sentence at a prison in Massachusetts.

He’s due to be released May 14.

Before being sentenced, the Democrat said he’d been a “very sick man.”

 

BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer who is among the wealthy parents charged with cheating the admissions process to get their children into prestigious universities says he will plead guilty and is apologizing for his actions.

Gordon Caplan, of Greenwich, Connecticut, also said in a statement Friday that his daughter, a high school junior, had no knowledge of his actions.

Caplan is accused of paying $75,000 to get a test supervisor to correct the answers on his daughter’s ACT exam after she took it.

Caplan is a former partner at the international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, based in New York. He says he takes full responsibility for his conduct and is ashamed of his behavior.

It’s not clear when Caplan would enter the guilty plea.

California entrepreneur Peter Jan Sartorio on Wednesday became the first parent in the broad scandal agreeing to plead guilty.

 

(AP)  A preliminary report by Ethiopian investigators on the March 10 crash that killed 157 people reveals a minute-by-minute narrative of the gripping and confusing scene in the cockpit.

Pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines flight encountered problems with their new Boeing jetliner from nearly the moment they roared down the runway and took off. For six minutes, they were bombarded by warnings from the plane as they fought for control.

Thursday’s report found that a malfunctioning sensor sent faulty data to the Boeing 737 Max 8’s anti-stall system and triggered a chain of events that ended in a crash so violent it reduced the plane to shards and pieces. The pilots’ struggle, and the tragic ending, mirrored an Oct. 29 crash of a Lion Air Max 8 off the coast of Indonesia.

 

 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is traveling to El Salvador to learn firsthand what is prompting thousands of people to leave and seek new lives in the United States.

An aide whose father made the same journey to the U.S. nearly 40 years ago is joining him.

Jesse Melgar is the lead press official for Newsom’s first foreign trip since he took office in January.

Melgar’s father fled El Salvador for the United States in 1981 amid a violent civil war.

He arrived in the U.S. illegally and later gained citizenship under President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 amnesty law.

Jesse Melgar says it’s powerful to return to the country his father left behind.

California is home to the largest Salvadoran population in the United States.

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — A representative for Mick Jagger says he has successfully undergone treatment, though no details were provided.

In a statement released Friday, his rep says Jagger “is doing very well and is expected to make a full recovery.”

Last week the Rolling Stones announced they were postponing their latest tour so Jagger can receive medical treatment.

Jagger was told by doctors “he cannot go on tour at this time” and the 75-year-old Jagger tweeted, “I’m devastated for having to postpone the tour but I will be working very hard to be back on stage as soon as I can.”

The Stones’ No Filter Tour was expected to start April 20 in Miami.