wbPM4CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 60.
SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 70 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
HIGHS AROUND 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.

 

 SHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY
 AND TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SEVERE
 WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

 

FARGO (CSi) On Friday, October 3, 2014, the North Dakota Highway　Patrol will conduct a sobriety　checkpoint and alcohol saturation in Stutsman　and　Logan counties to deter impaired driving by using high visibility enforcement. A sobriety checkpoint will be held from　8-10 p.m.

This year,　approximately 46 percent of fatal crashes have been alcohol-related.　 The Highway Patrol is reminding the public to plan ahead.　Call a taxi or designate a driver if you plan to drink.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Secretary of State Al Jaeger is encouraging voters in North Dakota to use a state website to find information about the upcoming general election.
 
     Jaeger says the website www.vote.nd.gov has information about polling locations and hours, the full text of each of the eight measures on the ballot and details about candidates for statewide, legislative and judicial positions.
 
     Jaeger says sample ballots, voter identification requirements and absentee voting information are also available at the website.
 
     The election is Nov. 4.

 

  SARTELL, Minn. (AP) – The North Dakota State University student found slain in Moorhead has been laid to rest as authorities search for his killer.
 
     About 1,250 mourners attended a funeral Mass for 18-year-old Thomas Bearson on Monday morning at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in his hometown of Sartell.
 
     The St. Cloud Times reports family and friends remembered Bearson’s humor, caring personality and love for athletics.
 
     Bearson’s body was found Tuesday outside a recreational vehicle store in Moorhead. The Ramsey County medical examiner’s office says Bearson died as the “result of homicidal violence.”
 
     Police say Bearson had last been seen at a party early on Sept. 20 in Fargo, North Dakota, about six blocks from his dorm. NDSU officials are encouraging students to walk with others on and off campus at night.

 

  GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Three women have been arrested in Grand Forks in connection with recent pharmacy burglaries in Hillsboro and Larimore.
 
     The Grand Forks County sheriff’s department says the stolen narcotics have a street value of nearly of $50,000.
 
     The women were arrested when law enforcement executed a search warrant at a home. Authorities say they seized various items including drug paraphernalia and narcotics believed to have come from the burglaries.
 
     The women are 35-year-old Jodi Olson, 18-year-old Alexis Littlewind and 29-year-old Amanda Peterson. They have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit burglary.
 
     Olson and Littlewind are also facing multiple counts of possession of a control substance with intent to deliver, possession of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
 
     Court records don’t list attorneys for the Grand Forks women.
 

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A Wyoming man accused in a fatal hit-and-run in the North Dakota oil patch hub of Williston has been sentenced to time served and two years of probation.
 
     David Krause, of Alpine, Wyoming, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors under which a felony manslaughter charge was reduced to misdemeanor reckless endangerment. He pleaded guilty Friday and his trial scheduled for this week was canceled.
 
     Krause was charged in the December 2013 death of 31-year-old Anthony Scoggins outside a bar. Judge Joshua Rustad said the incident was “nothing more than a tragic accident.”
 
     Police Detective David Peterson  says “law enforcement does not agree.”
 
     Krause served 12 days in jail.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple says he has plans for major improvements to North Dakota’s park system and statewide conservation enhancements.
 
     Dalrymple is slated to unveil his plan on Monday at the state Capitol in Bismarck.
 
     The GOP governor’s plan comes as conservation advocates are pushing a measure for a bigger slice of North Dakota oil tax revenues for a fund to benefit water, wildlife and parks projects.  The measure will appear on the November ballot.
 
     Backers want 5 percent of the state’s oil extraction taxes for the fund. That would raise about $260 million during the 2015-17 budget period. The current fund is capped at $30 million.
 
     Opponents say they worry that a bigger fund would take away from other critical needs.

 

 KILLDEER, N.D. (AP) – A community center that has been in the works for nearly a decade in the western North Dakota oil patch city of Killdeer will be reality in a matter of weeks.
 
Work is wrapping up on the $3.3 million High Plains Cultural Center along N.D. Highway 22.
 
     The facility will have meeting rooms, a gymnasium/banquet area and a walking track. It will be available for events ranging from oil company training meetings to wedding receptions.
 
     The committee raising money to pay off the project loan expects to come up about half a million dollars short. Officials plan to hold a fundraising campaign and also ask the Dunn County Commission to chip in.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Scandinavian culture and heritage will be on display in Minot this week as the city hosts the 37th annual Norsk Hostfest.
 
     The event is billed as the largest Scandinavian festival in North America. Each year it draws about 60,000 people from around the world for food, music and other entertainment.
 
     This year’s Hostfest is Tuesday through Saturday at the State Fairgrounds.
 
     The festival also includes the annual inductions into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame. This year’s honorees are legendary Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinsen, pop singer Bobby Vee and Sig Hansen, star and technical adviser of the documentary TV series “Deadliest Catch” on the Discovery Channel (CSi 19). They’ll be inducted during a ceremony on Wednesday.

 

In sports…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins have fired manager Ron Gardenhire after 13 seasons that included at least 92 losses in each of the last four years.
 
     The move was made Monday, ending the second-longest active tenure in the major leagues behind Mike Scioscia of the Angels.
 
     Gardenhire played an integral role in the franchise’s renaissance, guiding the Twins to their first of six American League Central division titles in 2002 in his first season on the job. But Gardenhire’s teams only got out of the first round once in those six trips.
 
     Gardenhire had one year left on his contract.

He was named American League manager of the year in 2010 and guided the Twins to six American League Central Division titles, including an ALCS appearance in 2002.

 General Manager Terry Ryan says Gardy has been offered another position in the organization, and its up to Gardy if he decides to accept the position or look elsewhere.

The Twins said they will begin immediately searching for a new manager, internally and externally. The coaching staff will be determined by the new manager in conjunction with general manager Terry Ryan.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has a new chief of wildlife.
 
     Director Terry Steinwand has appointed 15-year department employee Jeb Williams as the new head of wildlife. Williams will succeed Randy Kreil, who announced his retirement in August.
 
     Williams has been the assistant wildlife chief since 2011. He has also held the positions of biologist and wildlife resource management supervisor.
 
     Williams is a native of Beach. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and resource management from Dickinson State University.

 

In world and national news…

HONG KONG (AP) – Police in Hong Kong are softening their tactics against pro-democracy demonstrators. This, after their use of tear gas brought tens of thousands of additional people to the streets, in an unprecedented show of civil disobedience. The protesters are demanding that China grant genuine democratic changes to the former British colony.
 
     UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Syria’s foreign minister says his government is satisfied with the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group. It’s a situation in which Damascus is aligned with Western and Arab opponents in fighting the same enemy. The foreign minister says the U.S. doesn’t tell Syria ahead of time about every airstrike, but that “it’s OK.” He spoke as U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted towns in northern and eastern Syria controlled by the Islamic State group, including one strike that Syrian activists said hit a grain silo and reportedly killed civilians.
 
     HOUSTON (AP) – A jury has sentenced a Texas cancer researcher to 10 years in prison. She was convicted of poisoning her colleague, who was also her lover, by lacing his coffee with a chemical found in antifreeze. He survived the poisoning. Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo was convicted Friday of aggravated assault.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – A grand jury has begun deciding whether there should be criminal charges in the case of an unarmed man who died after being put in a chokehold by New York City police. Police union officials said the grand jury began hearing evidence today in the death of Eric Garner. A medical examiner found that a banned chokehold used by a police officer contributed to Garner’s July death on Staten Island. The death was ruled a homicide.
 
     LOS ANGELES (AP) – Americans are paying more for using an ATM that isn’t affiliated with their own bank. According to a survey released by Bankrate.com, those fees rose by 5 percent over the past year. The average fee for using an out-of-network ATM now stands at $4.35 per transaction.