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WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
EVENING. LOWS AROUND 15. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. PATCHY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COLDER. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. MUCH COLDER. HIGHS NEAR ZERO.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW. NORTHWEST
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 15.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
20S. LOWS AROUND 10.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
LOWS 10 TO 15.

Valley City…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY…
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT SNOW LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN
CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO
5 INCHES.  LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF
SNOW 70 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING…
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE
MID 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 50 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT
SNOW. LOWS ZERO TO 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) – The Jamestown City Council met in Special Session, Monday (Jan 28, 2013) at City Hall.

The Council adjourned into Executive Session, to consult with the City Attorney concerning the territorial service claims by Stutsman Rural Water District.

At issue is whether the City of Jamestown, or Stutsman Rural Water District is to serve the area west of Jamestown, in this case, specifically the Titan Machinery building, under construction, across from Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

In attendance at Monday’s City Hall meeting  were:  Mayor Andersen, City Council Members, Kourajian, Gumke, Brubakken, and Buchanan.City Administrator Jeff Fuchs, City Attorneys Ken Dalsted,  and Mary Jensen, City Engineer Reed Schwartzkopf, City Fire Chief Jim Reuther, and on conference telephone call, attorney Tammy Norgaard from the Vogel Law Firm.

　

Following the Executive Session, the City Council reconvened the Special Session.

The City Council directed City Attorney Ken Dalsted to prepare paperwork to present at a joint meeting of the City Council, and the Stutsman Rural Water Users this Thursday (Jan 31, 2013), at a time and location to be announced.

The meeting comes after the City Council and Stutsman Rural Water Users met jointly last Friday to negotiate issues.

Following the joint meeting with the City Council and Stutsman Rural Water District Friday, the Water District met to discuss topics brought up at the joint meeting.

At the Friday public meeting, City Administrator Jeff Fuchs commented that any agreement must contain language that leads to both sides have potential for growth.

Fuchs, agreement, frame work, would extend any agreement to other areas.

It divides the territory around Jamestown between the city and Rural Water.

Further negotiations would include drawing the map.

Rural Water, designated area would include SRWD building any water infrastructure and providing service to the customers.

Titan was asked to supply information on the type of water pressure needed for fire protection sprinklers.

Following the joint meeting with the City Council and Stutsman Rural Water District Friday, the Water District met to discuss topics brought up at the joint meeting.

 

Valley City, ND (Jan 28, 2013) Valley City Police report, an individual was seriously injured in an assault at a Valley City home Saturday night.

Authorities say the unidentified man was taken to Mercy Hospital, in Valley City for treatment of hise injuries.

No condition report was immediately available.

Police report, aman was arrested in connection with the incident charged with assault.

Another man was arrested charged with disorderly conduct.

A separate assault incident was reported Saturday night near the Ram Club.

That person was also brought to Mercy Hospital for treatment of facial injuries.

No arrest made yet, as both incidents remain under

investigation.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The next Parent Awareness/Prevention Center meeting will focus on making schools cities a safer place.

On Monday’s (Jan 28, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Nellie Degen said, the meeting will be on Tuesday January 29, 2013 at 7-p.m., at the Jamestown Middle School, Thompson Community Room.

Coffee and cookies will be served.

　

She said, the Jamestown Board of Education approved re-activating the Bully Committee and reviewing the current bullying policy.

Through the Parent Awareness/Prevention Center recommendations

will be made to the Bully Committee.

At the January 29th meeting of the Parent Awareness/Prevention Center meeting, the public is encouraged to attend with positive suggestions and input to help make schools and the City a safer place for children as well as the entire community.

Government officials will also be contracted on the importance of being proactive and asking them to allocate funding for all school districts in the State of North Dakota.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Jamestown College Theatre’s season continues with the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Doubt, a Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, Feb. 7-9, 2013.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. nightly in the Reiland Fine Arts Center’s DeNault Auditorium.

Tickets are $7 and can be reserved through the Box Office. Call (701) 252-3467 ext. 5435, send e-mail to

tickets@jc.edu, or visit the Jamestown College web site, www.jc.eduand click on “Community” and “Reiland Box Office.”

The Box Office is located in room 130 of the Reiland Fine Arts Center. Box Office hours are 3 to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 Director, Mike McIntyre said, in the play, Sister Aloysius, the principal of a school in the Bronx, suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the students. With a meager amount of proof, she sets out to get him removed.

Also joining us on our show were cast members Beth Ryan and Lindsye Kuntz.

The cast of four includes Anthony Roth, and Briana VinZant,

　

The theater department season at Jamestown College continues April 11-13, 2013, with “The Imaginary Invalid” by Moliére.

The hypochondriac Argan attempts to get a doctor in the family with the hand of his daughter.

The season concludes April 25 with “An Evening of One-Acts” directed by Jamestown College students.

　

Bottineau, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jan 28, 2013) — North Dakota State Forester Larry Kotchman has announced two new state champion trees have been added to the 2012 North Dakota Register of Champion Trees, including a tree located in Jamestown.

The Register is the official list of the first and second largest trees of each native and non-native species in the state.

Entries are submitted throughout the entire year and the Register is updated after December.

A white pine (Pinus strobus) owned by Levi Nenow of Jamestown has replaced the former champion in Fargo belonging to Carlee O’Dell. The new white pine champion has a total of 140 points for having a circumference of 5 feet 9 inches, a height of 60 feet, and an average crown spread of 42 feet.

　

A weeping white birch (Betula pendula) owned by Anton J. Kautzman of Mandan has replaced the former champion in Griggs County owned by the Dybwad Family of McHenry, ND. The new state weeping white birch champion has a total of 157 points for having a circumference of 8 feet 2 inches, a height of 47 feet, and an average crown spread of 47 feet.

　

Three new second place trees were found and added to the register. An American arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) with a circumference of 5 feet 11 inches, height of 43 feet, and average crown spread of 67 feet for a total of 123 points belonging to Steve Hauge of Fargo, ND. A cottonwood (Populus deltoids) belonging to Robert Bensen of Horace, ND, with a circumference of 28 feet 7 inches, a height of 94 feet, and an average crown spread of 81 feet for a total of 457 points. This cottonwood tree has the largest circumference of any tree in the state! The other is a honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos) with a circumference of 6 feet, height of 39 feet, and an average crown spread of 33 feet with a total of 119 points.

Champion trees located on public land can usually be visited without a problem. However, if a champion tree is located on private property, we ask you respect the landowner and ask permission before making a visit.

The Champion Tree Program in North Dakota is sponsored by the ND Forest Service and Dakotas Society of American Foresters. It is patterned after the National Big Tree Program sponsored by American Forests.

All state champion tree records are on file at the headquarters of the NDSU-North Dakota Forest Service and can be viewed on their web site at

www.ndsu.edu/ndfs, click on Champion Trees. To obtain a Register or information on how to nominate a champion, contact Glenda.Fauske@ndsu.edu or call (701) 228-5446.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities in North Dakota say they have found a body in a Cass County field during the search for a missing man.
 
     The Cass County Sheriff’s Department says authorities located the body southwest of Cass County Road 14 and Interstate 29 around 2 p.m. Monday.
 
     The body is male but has not been identified.
 
     The body was located while authorities conducted a search for Colten Dallman using snowmobiles, ATVs and dogs. Authorities have discontinued the search for the 27-year-old Dallman until a positive identification can be made.

 

  SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) – Police are looking for a 42-year-old robbery suspect who might be traveling through North Dakota after fleeing Sidney, Mont.
 
     The man is identified as Colin Christopher Perel, who is accused of stealing about $34,000 from a convenience store where he has worked since November 2012. Police say they don’t know if Perel is armed.
 
     The Williston Herald reports that Sidney police got a complaint Jan. 22 that an off-duty employee emptied the two safes and the cash box from an ATM inside the ExxonMobil SuperPumper convenience store. Police say Perel is driving a red or maroon Honda Passport with the license plate ABU8851.
 
     The newspaper reports that Sidney police have a warrant for Perel’s arrest with a $50,000 bond.
 
     People with information are asked to contact their local police.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has pleaded guilty in federal court to a sexual abuse charge.
 
     Nodin Azure, of Belcourt, is accused of having sex with the victim while she was asleep. The incident happened in May 2011.
 
     The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for May 20th.
 
     Azure also is accused of trying to buy a gun while he was out on release for the sexual abuse charge. Authorities say he lied about his criminal record on the application to buy a weapon.
 
     The plea agreement calls for prosecutors to drop the second charge.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Tax Commissioner Cory Fong says North Dakota is recognizing an Internal Revenue Service extension of the deadline for farmers and ranchers to file and pay taxes.
 
     The IRS recently announced it was extending the date for federal returns from March 1 to April 15, and Fong says North Dakota will do the same.
 
     The April 15 extension is due to the late timing of changes made by Congress, affecting the IRS’s ability to accept and process tax forms.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Lawmakers are considering new rules for taxing production from oil wells in North Dakota.
 
     Republican Sen. Dwight Cook of Mandan says the bill introduced Monday attempts to bring certainty and stability to the oil industry and the state.
 
     He says the bill closes a tax loophole for so-called stripper wells that costs the state millions in revenue annually. Those wells are exempt from the state’s 6.5 percent extraction tax, but not a 5 percent production tax. 
 
     The new tax structure also would eliminate price triggers that would lessen state taxes for companies if the price of oil falls below a certain level.
 
     In exchange, companies would be charged an effective tax rate of 9.5 percent beginning in 2017 instead of the 11.5 percent tax rate they’re charged now.

 

MILWAUKEE (AP) – A petroleum refiner is exploring whether to build a crude oil loading dock on Lake Superior, near its refinery in Superior, Wisconsin to ship crude oil on the Great Lakes.
 
     Jennifer Straumins, president of Calumet Specialty Product Partners, says the project would provide refineries more access to heavy crude oil from Canada as well as light crude from western North Dakota and eastern Montana.
 
     Todd Borgmann, a vice president at Indianapolis-based Calumet, said in the same statement Friday that they would expect to have the project fully operational during the 2015 shipping season.
 
     The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel notes that environmental groups already are fighting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would bring more crude from Canada into the U.S. The newspaper says they’re also not thrilled about shipping oil via the Great Lakes.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot officials are studying flood control plans in Grand Forks and Fargo to help find funding for a Souris River project.
 
     The Minot Daily News reports that the city is planning a $543 million project that would start in 2015. More than 4,000 Minot homes and businesses were flooded in the summer of 2011.
 
     The $235 million Grand Forks project, completed after the 1997 flood that wiped out much of the city, received 47 percent of its funding from the federal government and 22 percent from the state.
 
     The planned Red River diversion project in Fargo is estimated at $1.8 billion. It calls for 44 percent from federal sources and 50 percent from state and local governments in North Dakota. Minnesota is being asked to pay for 6 percent.

 

 MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park is making firewood available to the public for free in the wake of Missouri River flooding in 2011.
 
     Many trees in the park south of Mandan died because of prolonged exposure to water, and park officials had to cut them down. Manager Dan Schelske (SHEHL’-skee) says people can cut up the downed trees for firewood at no charge.
 
     Most of the trees are ash, but there are some box elder and cottonwood.

 

In world and national news…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – The reaction to a bipartisan immigration reform plan being outlined by senators  is generally favorable — from Latino advocacy groups, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and organized labor. But some are also sounding a note of caution. The head of the AFL-CIO is questioning a proposal that would require illegal immigrants to provide proof of employment before they can gain legal status. He says it could exclude millions of workers who can’t provide proof, because they’ve been forced to work “off the clock” or they are independent contractors. The deal being announced Monday also covers border security and “guest” workers.
 
     LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles County is planning a crackdown on maternity tourism. Authorities say women from Asia are coming to the U.S. to give birth so that their children will be U.S. citizens. They pay thousands to stay in homes that have been illegally converted to boarding facilities. The Los Angeles Times says residents who live near those homes have filed 60 complaints in the last month alone.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is keeping up the pressure on Congress to pass tough new gun legislation — and it’s enlisting the help from law enforcement leaders in three communities that have suffered the horrors of mass shootings in recent months. They were among the police chiefs and sheriffs at a White House meeting Monday. Obama said if law enforcement officials can agree on the steps that need to be taken, “Congress is going to be paying attention to them.”
 
     ABINGDON, Va. (AP) – A Virginia college student accused of falsely reporting a gunman on campus is facing federal charges. Police say Bryant Hairston called 911 last week and reported that he had seen a gunman on campus at the University of Virginia at Wise. The call prompted university officials to place the school on lockdown.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – The Boys Scouts of America is considering a dramatic change in its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members. Under the change being considered, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue – either maintaining an exclusion of gays or opening up their membership. There have been years of protests over the policy – including petition campaigns that have prompted some corporations to suspend donations to the Boy Scouts.