CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 30. WEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS 15 TO 20. WEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO
AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
50 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
.THURSDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
HIGHS AROUND 10.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO. HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
HIGHS AROUND 20.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS
AROUND 10.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Feb 11, 2013) — The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office reported on Monday, that city crews were plowing the snow Emergency Routes as necessary.

Snow plowing in the residential areas began on Monday, Feb 11, 2013, and will continue until completed.

City crews will be in the

DOWNTOWN area beginning approximately at 11:00 p.m. tonight, Monday, February 11, 2013, and continue during the night.

Downtown merchants and all public/private schools are asked to have their sidewalks shoveled by 9 p.m. tonight.

PLEASE NOTE:

The above schedule is contingent upon changing weather conditionsand snow accumulation totals.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Interstates that were shut down by a blizzard in the eastern Dakotas have nearly all reopened.
 
     Interstate 29 reopened Monday afternoon between Watertown, S.D. and the North Dakota border. It remains closed from the border to Fargo, N.D. It earlier reopened between Watertown and Sioux falls to the south and Fargo and Grand Forks to the north. I-94 in North Dakota has reopened between Fargo and Jamestown. I-90 in South Dakota has reopened between Sioux Falls and Wall.
 
     The storm that brought heavy snow and strong winds contributed to numerous accidents, including a seven-vehicle chain-reaction crash on I-94 in southeastern North Dakota. The Highway Patrol says there were only minor injuries.
 
     Patrol troopers and snowplow drivers rescued several stranded motorists in the region.

　 FARGO, N.D. (AP Feb 11, 2013) – Schools throughout the eastern Dakotas started late Monday or called off classes for the day in the wake of the weekend blizzard that swept through the region.
 
     Dozens of primary and secondary schools in the two states posted notices, and the weather also was affecting colleges and universities.
 
     In North Dakota, Valley City State and North Dakota State in Fargo both closed their campuses Monday. The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks canceled classes before 10 a.m.
 
     Presentation College in the South Dakota city of Aberdeen also closed its campus for the day.

 The storm that brought heavy snow and strong winds contributed to numerous accidents, including a seven-vehicle chain-reaction crash on I-94 in southeastern North Dakota. The Highway Patrol says there were only minor injuries.
 
     Patrol troopers and snowplow drivers rescued several stranded motorists in the region. Officials in the southeastern North Dakota town of Fairmount opened an emergency shelter for nearly three dozen stranded motorists.

 Jamestown Police  responded to two accidents Sunday afternoon.

The first accident  around 8:30 a.m. as a car slid into a stop sign at the intersection of Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue Northeast. The second accident  was a two-vehicle crash near mile marker 238 on westbound I-94. No one was injured in either accident.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A weekend blizzard in the eastern Dakotas broke some longstanding weather records.
 
     The National Weather Service says in South Dakota, Aberdeen had 8.4 inches of snow Sunday, breaking the city’s record for the date of 3.4 inches set 65 years ago. Huron had 9 inches, breaking that city’s 54-year-old record of 4.9 inches.
 
     In North Dakota, Fargo set a record with 9.3 inches of snow, breaking the city’s 60-year-old record of 3.1 inches. Grand Forks had 4.8 inches, breaking its record for the date of 3.1 inches, set 18 years ago.
 
     Some parts of the region got even more snow, with a foot or more.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Heavy snow has caused part of the roof to sag at a West Fargo business.
 
     No one was inside Caterpillar Inc. early Monday when the roof sagged over an area about 300 square feet. Early shift workers were told to stay home.
 
     The sagging roof broke a sprinkler line, but officials say the water damage was not significant.
 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V News) — The District 12 and 29 Republicans have set the next Lincoln Day Dinner.

On Monday’s (Feb 11, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, spokesperson Joyce Heinrich said the dinner and pie auction is set for Friday February 15, 2013, at the Gladstone Inn in Jamestown.

The social is at 6:30-p.m., with dinner at 7-p.m.

The dinner will be pasta with crabmeat, or pasta with chicken.

The scheduled guest speaker is North Dakota Attorney General, Wayne Stenehjem.

Former North Dakota Senator David Nething will be honored for his 46 years of service.

To make reservations call District 12 GOP Chairperson, Delores Rath at 952-7170.

The cost is $20 for an individual, or $35 per couple.

The Pie Auction will follow as the Distric 12 and 29 fundraiser.

Just bring the pie along the evening of the dinner.

　

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bismarck says Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement to resign is a testament to his “holiness and humility.”
 
     The pope announced Monday that he will resign on Feb. 28. The 85-year-old said his advanced age undermines his ability. Benedict is the first pontiff to resign in nearly 600 years.
 
     Bismarck Bishop David Kagan says he is both surprised and saddened by the announcement. Kagan had been appointed by Benedict. He says he understands the decision because the pope’s schedule is quite grueling.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota House has defeated a measure that would have given residents a break from paying state income tax this year and next.
 
     The House voted 63-23 to kill the bill Monday.
 
     Republican Rep. Scott Louser of Minot sponsored the measure. He says it’s an attempt to decrease the tax burden on people living in oil-rich North Dakota.
 
     Tax analysts estimated that North Dakota’s treasury would have taken a more than $1 billion hit over the next two years if the measure passed.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota lawmaker says parents seeking divorce should have to wait at least six months and undergo mandatory counseling before breaking up.
 
     Rep. Naomi Muscha told the House Judiciary Committee on Monday that it’s easier to get divorced in North Dakota than it is to get married. She says the bill is aimed at helping parents understand responsibilities before the split is final.
 
     Bismarck divorce attorney Sherry Mills Moore says many couples seeking divorce have already had counseling. She says delaying a divorce leaves children in limbo.
 
     Moore also says counseling is expensive and many residents don’t have easy access to counseling services.
 
     A similar measure failed in the Legislature two years ago. That bill required a yearlong wait and 10 hour-long counseling sessions before the split was final.

 

 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Seminole County authorities say they arrested eight people at a construction site for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, including one man who locked himself to a piece of machinery.
 
     Seminole County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Conn says two women and six men were arrested Monday morning on trespassing complaints at the site near the town of Schoolton. All eight were still being processed, and Conn did not immediately release their names.
 
     Conn says one man who had locked himself to a piece of machinery was removed after a local fire department used a pair of bolt cutters to free him.
 
     A spokesman for Calgary-based Transcanada says Monday’s incident was the second in Oklahoma in which a protestor locked themselves to a piece of equipment.

 

In sports…

From Jim Roaldson

There will be an organizational meeting for all girls grades 7-12 interested in playing girls soccer this spring on Monday, February 18th in the JHS Commons @ 5:15 pm.  If for some reason you cannot attend, please contact Head Coach Ryan Kleinknecht at 269-1563 or by email at:  ryan.bluejaysoccer@gmail.com

 

In world and national news…

 WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden says a courthouse shooting in Wilmington Monday that left three people dead was not a random act of violence but the result of a custody dispute. The victims include the gunman and two women. The mayor of Wilmington says one of the women was the shooter’s estranged wife. Two police officers were wounded but their injuries are considered non-life threatening. 

 

UNDATED (AP) – Around the world, Roman Catholics are expressing disbelief and grief over the resignation of Pope Benedict, the first papal resignation in six centuries. Some are seeing it as a sign of crisis in the Church. Others see it as a dramatic act of humility by a pope who found he could no longer handle his duties. And many are expressing hope that a more energetic and charismatic new pope will lead the church into a new era. There are also renewed calls for a pope from the developing world. The number of believers is growing in Africa, and half the world’s Catholics live in Latin America.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats are pushing ahead with a vote Tuesday on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary. They’re rejecting Republican demands for more financial information from Hagel. The Senate Armed Services Committee was supposed to vote last week, but it was put off amid growing complaints from Republicans.
 
     ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – A memorial service is under way in Texas for Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL sniper. Authorities say he was killed earlier this month at a shooting range by a former Marine he was trying to help. Kyle completed four tours of duty in Iraq and wrote the best-selling book “American Sniper.” Military pallbearers carried his flag-draped coffin into Cowboys Stadium in Arlington today, as several thousand people looked on. His funeral service is scheduled for Tuesday.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has bestowed the Medal of Honor upon an Army veteran for his courageous leadership during a daylong firefight in Afghanistan. Obama presented the medal to former Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha (ROH’-muh-shay) Monday in a White House ceremony attended by the military’s top leaders and former Medal of Honor recipients. During a 2009 battle in the mountains near the Pakistan border, U.S. troops were far outnumbered. Romesha was peppered with shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade but fought through his wounds.
 
     NATICK, Mass. (AP) – Nearly 140,000 homes and businesses across New England and New York are still waiting for the electricity to come back on, in the aftermath of a storm that dumped up to three feet of snow on Friday and Saturday. Meanwhile, drivers are still encountering unplowed streets, and snowbanks so high that it’s hard to see around corners.