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KCSi-T.V. Weather from Staff Meteorologist, Steve Root

 
 TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. EAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 80.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.

 

 

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Army Corps Major General John Peabody says that even with the new Tolna Coulee control structure in place, no one can predict how future weather patterns will affect the level of Devils Lake.

 Corps officials were visiting Valley City after the Tolna Coulee control structure was dedicated in Nelson County last week.

 Peabody says  the corps will re-evaluate the decades-old Bald Hill Dam operating plan as it does not take into account Devils Lake and the new structure.

 Peabody says the control structure is one more tool of protection for downstream residents nervous about the lake rising to the breakout level of 1,458 feet.

 The lake reached a record elevation 1,454 feet last year before backing off to slightly below 1,453 feet as of July 19.

 

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Valley City Area Chamber of Comerce reminds, members, that it’s time to submit nominations for the Valley City Chamber board.

Anyone with a nominee should E-Mail it to chamber@hellovalley.com by Friday July 27, 2012.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Moviegoers in North Dakota and across the county have flocked to see “The Dark Knight Rises,” despite the mass shooting in Colorado.

 Twenty-nine-year-old Jen Jackson of Bismarck was visibly nervous as she and her 31-year-old husband, Patrick, prepared to watch the film at a theater on Sunday.

 Jackson says they intended to sit in the back row of the theater, near the exits.

 Ron Bondy and his wife, Marsha, say they had planned to see the movie long before the tragedy in Colorado.

 The Bismarck couple say they were not going to let the shooting stop their plans to see the movie.

 Bronte Liggins and Nick Kottre say the movie is a big topic among their friends in Bismarck.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A group of conservative organizations says

the North Dakota Legislature should continue its resistance to the

federal health care law.

They say North Dakota should not take a role in organizing the

health benefit exchanges included in the law. The exchanges are

meant to offer subsidized health insurance to people who don’t have

coverage.

North Dakota Policy Council director Brett Narloch (NAR’-lock)

says it doesn’t make sense to have North Dakota taxpayers pay for

operating the health exchange, because the state won’t control how

it is run.

The federal law says states may set up their own health

exchanges. If they don’t the federal government will do the job.

Last November the North Dakota House overwhelmingly rejected a

bill to allow the state to establish its own exchange.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota officials are asking the

federal government to allow grazing on Conservation Reserve Program

acres in the southwestern counties of Bowman and Slope.

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says ranchers in the two

counties need help getting their livestock through drought. He says

it’s likely that more counties will make si

milar requests as the

dry conditions continue to worsen.

Landowners get government payments through the CRP program to

take land out of production to guard against erosion and create

wildlife habitat. Haying and grazing normally is not allowed.

Politicians and farm groups in South Dakota also have urged the

federal government to open CRP acres to haying and grazing to help

drought-stricken ranchers.

　

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks officials are looking at helping the oil boom town of Dickinson process building permits

 Dickinson is unable to keep up with the demand for building permits because it’s having trouble recruiting and retaining city staff.

 Grand Forks inspectors would review building plans for Dickinson under a joint-powers agreement.

 The agreement says the city would be able to limit the amount of reviews it does for Dickinson depending on available staff. Dickinson would pay $55 per hour for commercial plan reviews, $25 per hour for administrative support and 50 cents a mile for any necessary travel.

 A Grand Forks committee is slated to discuss the agreement on Tuesday.

　

In world and national news…

　

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – A pregnant woman who escaped the

Colorado theater attack uninjured is delivering her baby as her

wounded husband lies in a hospital in critical condition.

That’s according to David Sanchez, the father of 21-year-old Katie Medley.

He says she’s giving birth on Monday.

Sanchez was outside the courthouse Monday as the suspect in the shooting made his first

court appearance. James Holmes, with his hair dyed orange, looked dazed during the hearing. He’s expected to be formally charged Monday.

 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The family of Hall of Fame football coach

Joe Paterno says the NCAA’s sanctions defame his legacy and are a

panicked response to the university’s sex abuse scandal.

The family also says that punishing “past, present and future” students

because of former assistant Jerry Sandusky’s crimes did not serve

justice.

In addition to fining the university $60 million and

banning it from bowl games for four years, the NCAA also wiped off

the record books 14 years of Paterno victories.

 

ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistani intelligence officials say U.S.

drones have fired eight missiles at a compound in the country’s

northwest tribal region near the Afghan border, killing nine

suspected militants.

They say the compound that was targeted was

owned by a commander with links to a prominent militant leader who

is focused on fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

 

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) – Drew Peterson has introduced himself to

potential jurors in an Illinois courtroom, as jury selection begins

in his long-delayed murder trial.

Peterson is charged with killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004. Her body was found in a

dry bathtub in her home, her hair soaked with blood.

He’s also a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, although he has not been charged.

 

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The mother of one of the two missing Iowa

cousins says she went through a lengthy polygraph test that should

prove that she had nothing to do with their disappearance.

Misty Cook-Morrissey said a state agent asked several questions during

today’s test about whether she had anything to do with the

abduction of her 10-year-old daughter and 8-year-old niece.

The girls disappeared ten days ago while riding bikes near a lake in

Evansdale.

The FBI says investigators believe they were abducted but are alive.