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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Feb 25, 2013) — The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to the Jamestown College campus at Watson Hall, dormitory, Monday morning about 10:15 a.m.

The fire was being fought by an employee, with fire extinguishers, with the building containing smoke, when the fire was called in to 9-1-1, with the occupants alerted by the fire alarm.

The fire was under control at about 10:30a.m., with the building being ventilated of smoke.

Units began leaving the scene about 10:37 a.m.

The scene was cleared at 10: 52 a.m.

Jamestown City Fire Lt. Shedon Mohr said after reviewing photos taken at the scene, the cause of the fire was updated to smoking materials.

Watson Hall was safely evacuated. It’s not known how many occupants were in the building at the time of the fire call.

No appreciable fire damage, with smoke limited to the dorm room which was ventilated.

Five city fire units, with 30 fire fighters were on the scene about 35 minutes, with no injuries reported.

 

　ST. PAUL, MINN. (KCSi-T.V. News Feb 25, 2013)  – The U.S. Army Corps  of Engineers will decide whether to continue the ongoing drawdown at
Lake Ashtabula, north of Valley City, during the same time frame.

The conservation level for Lake Ashtabula is 1,266 feet. The Corps began the drawdown in October, 2012, and the current elevation is 1,263 feet. The Corps will determine a new target drawdown elevation to be achieved by March 31 once the snow surveys are completed. Once the Corps determines the drawdown level, additional flow can be expected downstream of the reservoir.

These flows will severely degrade river ice conditions, and the Corps urges caution near the river during this time.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Jamestown High School students have accepted roles in the upcoming production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”

On Monday’s (Feb 25, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Mike McIntyre, who along with wife Cheryl and son Tony, are directing the play, said the performances will be held February 28, and March 2, 2013, at the Jamestown Arts Center. Curtain time, 7:30-p.m.

Mike said the 11 member cast was selected through a solicitation at Jamestown High School.

He added the play is musical comedy based on real life experiences of students participating in spelling bees.

He pointed out that those in the audience may volunteer to participate in the play, on stage being asked to spell words as part of the “bee.”

Curtain time is 7:30-p.m., with tickets at $7 and $5 for Arts Center members and students.

 

 Bismarck, ND (KCSi-T.V. News)  –  The NDDOT is advising motorists that utility work is taking place on Wednesday, February 27, 2013  on I-94 west of Valley City.

 Utility work will take place  at approximately 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. on eastbound and westbound I-94 near RP 287, five miles west of Valley City.

During Utility Work:

*         Eastbound and westbound I-94 will be reduced to one lane traffic

*         Speeds will be reduced

*         Motorists should expect minimal delays

The traveling public should use caution when driving through the work zone.
Motorists are reminded to please slow down for their safety and the safety of the highway workers.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Emergency responders have been dispatched to a U.S. military aircraft from the Minot Air Force Base that made an emergency landing in North Dakota.
 
     Kiley Swopes with the Minot Air Force Base says the UH-1N Huey aircraft made the emergency landing at 10:45 a.m. Monday in McLean County.
 
     Emergency personnel have been dispatched to the scene. Swopes says five people were on board the aircraft and there are no reports of fatalities. It is unknown if anyone is injured.
 
     The accident is under investigation.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Police say thieves broke into a Fargo business over the weekend and stole $50,000 worth of copper wire.
 
     The theft at Fargo Electric Construction was reported at 7 a.m. Monday.
 
     Police say the suspects forced their way into the building, moved the company’s trucks out of the way, and used the company’s skid steers to load the wire.
 
     Fargo Police Lt. Joel Vettel says  it appears the thieves spent a “significant amount of time inside the business.”
 
     No arrests have been made. Vettel says the investigation is ongoing.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo man accused of killing his wife and staging her death as suicide says he lost his job and needs a public defender.
 
     Ronald Rogers Jr. made his first appearance Monday in Cass County Court. He’s charged with murder and willful disturbance of a dead body.
 
     Authorities believe the 46-year-old Rogers shot 40-year-old Elizabeth Rogers in the head and placed a pistol in her hand to make it look like a suicide.
 
     Rogers told Judge Lisa Fair McEvers he recently moved to Fargo after living in northern Idaho for eight years.
 
     Asked by McEvers if she wanted him to appoint a public defender, Rogers said, “Yes please.”
 
     Rogers was not asked to enter a plea. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 21.
 
     Bail was kept at $1 million.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota House committee has endorsed a measure to expand Medicaid to cover more uninsured North Dakotans.
 
     The House Human Services Committee voted 12-1 Monday to expand the program as part of the federal health care overhaul.
 
     The full House is expected to consider the bill later this week.
 
     North Dakota’s Medicaid program now covers about 65,000 people a month. If the state expands eligibility, another 20,000 people – mostly adults without children – would be added to the program.
 
     Under the new Affordable Care Act, the federal government would cover the full cost of expanding Medicaid through 2016, with the state’s contribution rising in stages to 10 percent.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Members of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education say they’re disappointed that a student group has come out against Hamid Shirvani, the chancellor of the state university system.
 
     The North Dakota Student Association, which represents more than 48,000 public university students, gave Shirvani a vote of “no confidence” during a meeting over the weekend.
 
     Shirvani has served in the position for seven months.
 
     The president, vice president and immediate past president of the higher education board issued a joint release Sunday in support of Shirvani.
 
     Duaine Espegard, Kirsten Diederich and Grant Shaft say Shirvani has “worked tirelessly to engage all of our constituencies with a passion that has been absent for some time.”
 
     State Sen. Tony Grindberg, of Fargo, had proposed an amendment to buy out Shirvani’s contract.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A primate center is coming to Bismarck’s Dakota Zoo.
 
     Zoo director Terry Lincoln says the new exhibit is to open to the public Aug. 31. The $750,000 center will be home to 10 species, giving them indoor and outdoor access year-round.
 
     The center will have a heating, cooling and ventilation system to keep the indoor viewing area and lobby virtually odor free.
 
     Lincoln says  that will keep the exhibit from smelling “like monkeys.”
 
     The zoo now has more than 600 animals representing 125 species and features10 species of primate. Lincoln says that the new center will bump the number of primate species to about 15.
 
     The indoor section of the center will be about 4,000 square feet.
 
     Construction is to begin in April, weather permitting.

 

In sports…

From North Dakota Game and Fish…

Chris Rick’s catch on Jan. 19, 2013 tied a state record for crappie that’s been on the books for nearly 15 years.
The Jamestown angler reeled in a 3-pound, 4-ounce crappie from Jamestown Reservoir.
The record was established in 1998 by Don Newcomb, a Mandan angler who was fishing Lake Oahe.

Reminders…

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds winter anglers to clean up the ice after fishing.

This not only applies to trash, but fish as well.
It is not only unsightly, but it is illegal to leave fish behind on the ice.
According to the fishing proclamation, when a fish is caught anglers must either immediately release the fish back into the water unharmed, or reduce them to their daily possession.
Law enforcement chief Robert Timian, says, “It is common practice for some anglers to fillet fish on the ice.” He reminds anglers, to “Clean up after yourself.”

Don’t leave the entrails and sides of filleted fish on the ice.

Put the carcass in a trash bag and properly dispose of it when you get home.”

 

In world and national news…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Damascus residents and Syrian state-run TV say a huge explosion has shaken the city. Heavy gunfire followed. The target of the blast is not clear yet or if there are casualties. The blast comes on the same day that Syria’s foreign minister said President Bashar Assad’s government is prepared to hold talks with armed rebels. Rebels have vowed to stop at nothing less than Assad’s downfall.
 
     JALINGO, Nigeria (AP) – Police in eastern Nigeria say more than 20 people have been killed in violence that erupted after Christian and Muslim youths argued over a soccer field. Police arrested about 100 people following weekend attacks that damaged more than 50 buildings, including mosques and churches. While Christians and Muslims largely live in peace in Nigeria, tensions have grown due to a campaign of attacks by Islamic extremists.
 
     VATICAN CITY (AP) – Britain’s highest-ranking Catholic leader is recusing himself from the conclave to elect the next pope amid personal scandal. Cardinal Keith O’Brien is contesting allegations from three priests and a former priest that he acted inappropriately with them. The Observer newspaper reports their allegations date back to the 1980s, though there were no details about the behavior.
 
     LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – Parts of the nation’s midsection are dealing with blizzard conditions for the second time in a week. Highways are closed in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles and blizzard warnings and watches are posted for Oklahoma and Kansas. On the plus side, the snow could make a dent in the region’s drought. Forecasters expect the storm to move through the upper Midwest, including Chicago and Detroit, before heading east.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe black Americans in surveys. The chief of the agency’s racial statistics branch says months of public feedback and census research concluded that few black Americans still identify with being Negro, and many view the term as offensive and outdated. The term came into use during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Census forms now will use “black” or “African-American.”