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CSi Weather…
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. COOLER. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING…
THEN CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN SHOWERS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
40 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLY MIXED
WITH RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS
IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL INCREASE TO 70 PERCENT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CROSSES THE AREA.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER ANY
STORMS SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
A NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND THE SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT PRECIP
IN THE FORM OF RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
Jamestown (CSi) The grassland fire danger index for Stutsman County and eastern North Dakota is rated “High,” with dry conditions following warm temperatures over the weekend.
Authorities remind residents with dry conditions, to hold off on any outdoor burning.
The fire danger index indicates the likelihood that a fire will grow out of control, and includes information such as including heat, wind, relative humidity, cloud cover and precipitation – as well as information on the dryness of grasses – to assign one of five ratings to each county.
Valley City (CSi) Two people were rescued and this morning another is missing, after the three individuals fell out of a rubber raft on the Sheyenne River in Valley City early this morning, about 1:15 a.m.
Valley City Fire Chief Gary Retterath says the two individuals were rescued from the river by Valley City police officers and local residents this morning as the two men were in the river near a dam in Southwest Valley City.
The two men rescued were taken to Mercy Hospital, in Valley City, where they are recovering.
Retterath says members of Valley Water & Rescue out of Fargo are assisting Vally City crews by using a sonar device to help search for the missing man.
He says searchers have been using boats and walking along river banks looking for the missing person.
Retterath says the river is high and dangerous. He says flows at Baldhall Dam have been reduced to help aid in the search.
Update….
Jamestown (CSi) The trial of a former University of Jamestown student, Robert Flores started Monday morning in Southeast District Court in Jamestown.
Jury selection started for a 12-person jury selected from a pool of 30 potential jurors.. Judge Thomas Merrick is scheduled to preside over the trial.
Prior to jury selection no plea agreement was reached.
Flores is accused of terrorizing, a Class C felony, in a November 7, 2013 incident, with the charge stemming from allegations he threatened to kill and drink the blood of certain UJ students.
The incident resulted in a lockdown of the UJ campus for about one hour. No one was injured in the incident.
Flores was picked up in downtown Jamestown.
The charge is a Class C felony, punishable by five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Rural Fire Department fought high wind and another grass fire Friday afternoon at the Pipestem shooting range.
The call came ib about 4:20-p.m., with the fire burning about 200 acres.
Seven fire units and 22 firefighters responded to Friday’s fire.
In addition to the strong wind, the muddy soft soil hampered fire fighting efforts.
No injuries reported with the JRFD on the scene over three and a half hours.
The cause is under investigation.
Rurual fire fighters put out four grass fires this past week.
On Thursday, an estimated 120 acres burned southeast of Jamestown. A fire Tuesday near Highland Home Cemetery burned a small area . On Monday a small grass fire was put out near the National Guard shop.
Areas residents are cautioned to use care even when the present modertate fire index is present.
At this time there is no burn ban in Stutsman County, but that could change.
The grassland fire danger index for Stutsman County and eastern North Dakota is rated “High,” with dry conditions following warm temperatures over the weekend.
Authorities remind residents with dry conditions, to hold off on any outdoor burning.
Valley City (CSi) The North Dakota Academy of Science will hold its annual meeting Thursday, April 24, 2014, in Rhoades Science Center on the campus of Valley City State University.
The meeting includes professional symposia and presentations, graduate and undergraduate student presentations, and the A. Rodger Denison Award competition for best graduate and undergraduate presentations.
At 6 p.m., Donald Schwert, Ph.D., professor of geology and chair of the Department of Geosciences at North Dakota State University, will present the keynote address, “The Geology of Surface Waters of North Dakota,” in the Student Center Skoal Room on the VCSU campus.
Among more than 25 conference presentations are the following by VCSU students, faculty and staff members:
• “Recovery of a Restored Native Cutthroat Trout Population After Watershed Renovation,” Aaron Burgad (VCSU student), Casey Williams (VCSU assistant professor of science), Carter Kruse (aquatic resources coordinator, Turner Enterprises)
• “In Search of the Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) in North Dakota,” Thomas Dodson (VCSU student), Louis Wieland (lab manager, VCSU Prairie Waters Education and Research Center), Andre DeLorme (professor, VCSU Department of Science; director, VCSU Prairie Waters Education and Research Center)
• “Zooplankton, Stocking Density, and Walleye Survival in Ponds at Baldhill National Fish Hatchery,” Amy Doll (VCSU student), Casey Williams, Kurt Eversman (fish hatchery manager), David DeMuth (VCSU professor; executive director of VCSU Great Plains STEM Education Center)
• “Toxicological Analysis of Coal Fly Ash (FA) Used as Plant Growth Media,” Cody Haggarth (VCSU student), Brandon Meyer (VCSU student), Jerzy Bilski (VCSU assistant professor of science)
• “Environmental Toxicology and Coal Fly Ash Chemical Composition,” Garrett Hecker (VCSU student), Jerzy Bilski
• “Using Mussel Population Data as an Indicator of Stressors in the Sheyenne River,” Josue Hernandez (VCSU student), Louis Wieland, Andre DeLorme
Founded in 1908, the North Dakota Academy of Science promotes scientific research and the dissemination of scientific knowledge. More information about the annual meeting can be found online at
www.ndacadsci.org/annual-meeting.
More information including the list of speakers on line at
Valley City (CSi) Officials have announced that Pizza Ranch will open its Valley City location on West Main Street on Monday, May 12, 2014, the 14th Pizza Ranch to open in North Dakota.
The Valley City Pizza Ranch will employ 45 to 50 workers.
The restaurant is owned by Bob Bergan and his son, Tommy Bergan, who also co-own the City Lights Supper Club and Taco John’s in Valley City.
The new construction 4,000 square-foot restaurant seats up to 144 guests in a dining room designed after the Old West.
Hours are planned for every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with all day delivery.
Buffet hours for lunch are Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Buffet hours for dinner are every day from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
For more information, on line, visit www.pizzaranch.com or call (701) 845-4455 on or after May 12 in Valley City.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks police are searching for a man who robbed a local convenience store.
Police say the suspect walked into a Loaf ‘N Jug shortly before 5 a.m. on Monday. Police say the man displayed a handgun to the clerk after demanding money.
Police say the robber then exited the store and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
No injuries were reported.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a 34-year-old man died in a motorcycle accident in Williams County after he failed to see a parked semi-truck.
The Patrol says David Mecham was heading west on a 2000 Harley Davidson on West Front Street near Williston Saturday night when he didn’t see a semi-truck that was parked at a construction site waiting to unload dirt.
The Patrol says the motorcycle and the semi-truck came to rest facing west.
Authorities say Mecham, of Williston, was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was not injured.
The incident report shows no charges were filed against the truck driver and the damage to the semi was estimated at $1,000.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Law enforcement authorities in eastern North Dakota say a 48-year-old man has been arrested on a driving under the influence of alcohol charge following a 2-vehicle crash.
Grand Forks Police say the incident happened around 2 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of 28th Avenue South and South Washington Street.
Police say a 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by 27-year-old Jessica Borowicz was struck by a 2002 Ford F150 driven by the Grand Forks man. Both vehicles went off the roadway and struck separate traffic signs.
Borowicz was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. The man was taken into custody. Police haven’t released his blood alcohol level at the time of the incident.
Police are asking any witnesses of the crash to contact the department.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A man who led police on a vehicle chase through a North Dakota town and then fought with officers says he will plead guilty in federal court.
The incident happened near New Town in April 2013. Authorities say Dezmond Andres Sr. was pulled over for a traffic violation, but sped off after a passenger left the vehicle. Andres eventually stopped after his front tires blew out.
Court documents show that Andres tried to take refuge in a semi-trailer and was eventually subdued with use of a Taser.
Andres faces a maximum penalty of eight years in prison.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man is facing a counterfeit charge in federal court.
Authorities say Justin Schaden admitted to making counterfeit money last month at a trailer home in Granville. Court documents show that a search of the residence uncovered about $2,000 worth of phony bills in various stages of production.
Schaden told police he passed counterfeit bills at a Wal-Mart and a hotel in Minot.
Schaden has not been asked to enter a plea. His attorney was not available for comment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota is among 10 states getting more than $95 million from the federal government to address low-achieving schools.
The money is through the Department of Education’s School Improvement Grants program. North Dakota is getting $1.1 million.
Federal Education Secretary Arne Duncan says in a statement that when schools fail, children and neighborhoods suffer. He says turning around low-achieving schools helps provide a better education for students who need it most.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Members of North Dakota’s congressional delegation are criticizing the Obama administration for putting off its decision on the contentious Keystone XL pipeline.
Democrats and Republicans alike are calling on President Barack Obama to make a decision on the project.
The pipeline would travel through Montana and South Dakota to a hub in Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines to carry oil to refineries in Texas.
Obama must approve the project, but his administration last week announced it is extending indefinitely the amount of time federal agencies have to review the project.
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says the delay will hurt federal agencies, and construction and energy industries.
Sen. John Hoeven says Obama is playing a political game on an issue that’s widely supported.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The head of the Federal Aviation Administration is slated to visit North Dakota.
The state’s congressional delegation says FAA Administrator Michael Huerta will make stops in Grand Forks and Williston on Tuesday to review North Dakota’s growing unmanned aircraft industry and get a firsthand look at airport infrastructure needs in the western oil patch.
The FAA late last year named North Dakota as one of six states that will be test sites for integrating drones into civilian airspace.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakotans will be able to get a look at two new galleries at North Dakota Heritage Center next week.
The Heritage Center on the state Capitol grounds is home to the State Historical Society of North Dakota and is the state’s official history museum.
The museum has been closed since fall 2012 while the facility is undergoes a $51.7 million makeover that will expand the facility by about 100,000 square feet.
A “soft opening” is planned for April 28.
The grand opening for the expanded and renovated center is scheduled for November 2014, which is the 125th anniversary of North Dakota statehood.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston is planning its annual spring cleaning and the mayor says the task has grown with the city’s increased population.
Williston is in the heart of western North Dakota’s oil patch. Mayor Ward Koeser says the annual cleanup always has relied on volunteers and even more are needed this year with the booming activity in the city.
The cleanup begins Saturday and runs through May 3.
Volunteers will be supplied gloves, safety vests and garbage bags. They also will also receive free T-shirts with the slogan “I Will Keep Williston Clean. Will You?”
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (AP) – Great Lakes Airline suspended its service from Thief River Falls in February, but the small northern Minnesota town has lost more than simply a few weekly flights.
The airline’s suspension has cost a handful of residents their jobs and businesses say the lack of immediate air service hinders business and raises their travel costs. Employees and employers alike both say the air service was a crucial link to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and beyond.
The airline also suspended service to other small towns across the Midwest such as Jamestown and Devils Lake, North Dakota, Ironwood, Michigan and Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Many others, including Pierre and Watertown, South Dakota have seen diminished service as cancellation rates soared. The regional airline industry has blamed new federal regulations for pilots aimed at increasing airline safety.
In sports…
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot State University has named Tyler Hughes as head football coach.
The school says Hughes, who is currently the head coach at Southern Virginia University, accepted the offer Saturday afternoon.
Hughes was named coach just days after newly hired coach Todd Hoffner decided to return to his old job in Minnesota.
MSU hired Hoffner in late January. He decided to return to Minnesota State, Mankato last week. An arbitrator recently ruled that Hoffner had been wrongly fired from the Minnesota school about a year ago after charges were dismissed in an unfounded child pornography case.
Hughes was hired at Southern Virginia in March after spending a year at Ohio State University as an assistant coach. Before Ohio State, Hughes was head football coach at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A world champion cowboy from North Dakota is among this year’s inductees to the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Fifty-year-old Dickinson native Wayne Herman won the world bareback riding gold buckle in 1992 in the seventh of his 11 qualifications for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The current Halliday resident will be inducted on August 9th in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
INTERLEAGUE
Final Miami 3 Seattle 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Phil Hughes pitched into the seventh inning yesterday to help the Twins top the Kansas City Royals 8-3 to avoid a three-game sweep. Hughes allowed an RBI single to Omar Infante in the fifth and a two-run homer to Alcides Escobar in the seventh while winning for the first time in 17 appearances. He had lost eight games since that victory on July 2nd.
Final Cleveland 6 Toronto 4
Final Detroit 2 L.A. Angels 1
Final N-Y Yankees 5 Tampa Bay 1, 12 Innings
Final Minnesota 8 Kansas City 3
Final Chi White Sox 16 Texas 2
Final Oakland 4 Houston 1
Final Boston 6 Baltimore 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 4 Atlanta 3, 14 Innings
Final Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 2, 14 Innings
The game also featured a benches-clearing melee
Final Washington 3 St. Louis 2
Final Cincinnati 8 Chi Cubs 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 4 Arizona 1
Final Philadelphia 10 Colorado 9
Final San Francisco 4 San Diego 3
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
UNDATED (AP) – The Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards and Portland Trail Blazers were yesterday’s NBA playoff winners. LeBron James had 27 points in the Heat’s 99-88 win Charlotte, and the Spurs rallied from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit to knock off Dallas 90-85. The Wizards erased a 13-point deficit in beating the Bulls 102-93 in Chicago, and Portland earned a 122-120 overtime win at Houston after trailing by 13 in the fourth quarter.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
UNDATED (AP) – The Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins have squared their Stanley Cup first-round series at a game apiece by winning yesterday. Luke Schenn scored the game-winner in the second period of the Flyers’ 4-2 comeback win over the New York Rangers, and Justin Florek and Reilly Smith scored 3:07 apart to give the Bruins a 2-0 lead midway through the first period of a 4-1 victory over Detroit. Montreal beat Tampa Bay 3-2 to take a three-games-to-none lead in that series, and the San Jose Sharks are up 2-0 in their series after tying a team playoff record for goals in a 7-2 pounding of Los Angeles.
MLB…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Twins have claimed outfielder Sam Fuld off waivers from Oakland and designated outfielder Darin Mastroianni for assignment. Fuld is not due to join Minnesota until its game tomorrow at Tampa Bay. Fuld was hitting .200 with a homer and four RBIs in seven games for the Athletics.
NHL…
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook has been suspended for three games for his hit on Blues center David Backes (BAK’-ehs) during their first-round playoff series on Saturday. The NHL announced the punishment yesterday, Seabrook’s 29th birthday
GOLF…
HILTON HEAD, S.C. (AP) – Matt Kuchar (KOO’-char) overcame a four-stroke deficit to finally finish on top, when his stunning chip-in on the 18th hole gave him a 64 and a victory at the RBC Heritage.
Kuchar was four shots behind Luke Donald at the start but made that up with seven birdies on his first 10 holes. John Huh and Ben Martin tied for third.
OBIT-HURRICANE CARTER…
TORONTO (AP) – Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died Sunday. He was 76.
He had been stricken with prostate cancer in Toronto, the New Jersey native’s adopted home. John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, said Carter died in his sleep.
Carter spent 19 years in prison for three murders at a tavern in Paterson, N.J., in 1966. He was convicted alongside Artis in 1967 and again in a new trial in 1976.
Carter was freed in November 1985 when his convictions were set aside after years of appeals and public advocacy. His ordeal and the alleged racial motivations behind it were publicized in Bob Dylan’s 1975 song “Hurricane,” several books and a 1999 film starring Denzel Washington.
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) – Miguel Angel Jimenez is a winner in his first start on the Champions Tour, finishing two shots ahead of Bernhard Langer at the Greater Gwinnett Championship. Jimenez closed with a 67 for a 14-under total, becoming the third player to lead from start to finish in his debut on the 50-and-over tour. The win comes a week after he finished fourth in the Masters.
In world and national news…
BOSTON (AP) – One year after the deadly bombings, the Boston Marathon will launch today even stronger. It’s the second biggest field ever with 36,000 runners and a big boost in spectators is expected too. Boston’s mayor says there are no specific threats and security has been increased significantly to make sure it stays that way.
JINDO, South Korea (AP) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) says the decision-making aboard a stricken ferry that eventually sank was “unfathomable’ from a common sense perspective and labeled the captain and some crew members guilty of “unforgivable, murderous behavior.” The official death toll is 64 but expected to rise. The captain and to crew members face charges. Four others have been detained.
BAGHDAD (AP) – At least nineteen people have been killed in a suicide attack just outside Baghdad, and 36wounded. Iraqi officials say the attack targeted a police checkpoint. A police officer says the bomber drove an explosives-laden car into the checkpoint today, killing four policemen and five civilians.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Syria’s parliament speaker says the government plans to hold a presidential election despite the civil war. The speaker says it will be on June 3. Today’s announcement came just hours after a pair of mortars exploded near the parliament building, killing five people. President Bashar Assad is likely to seek another seven-year term.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – Saudi Arabia’s health ministry says there’s been a recent increase in infections and three more deaths from a potentially fatal Middle East virus related to SARS. The deaths were among 13 new cases reported in the kingdom. Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabiah says the ministry is making every effort to contain the virus that has killed 79 people in Saudi Arabia since 2012.
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