CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Areas of fog. Lows 10 to 15.

Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow in the morning, in the Jamestown area, a 20 percent chance in the Valley City area,  then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. Southeast

winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Southeast winds

5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light rain or light freezing rain in the evening in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 20s. Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the north after midnight.

.SUNDAY…Cloudy. Chance of light freezing rain possibly mixed

with snow in the morning, then rain possibly mixed with snow in

the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Snow possibly mixed with rain in the evening,

then snow likely after midnight. Windy. Lows in the mid 20s.

.MONDAY…Snow. Areas of blowing and drifting snow. Windy.

Highs around 30. Chance of snow 70 percent.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Snow likely in the evening, then chance

of snow after midnight. Areas of blowing and drifting snow

through the night. Windy. Lows around 15. Chance of snow

60 percent.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Patchy

blowing and drifting snow. Highs in the lower 20s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Patchy blowing and drifting snow

in the evening. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.

 

 

Some patchy dense fog will linger into Friday morning, mainly across western Minnesota.

Light snow will move into the Devils Lake Basin Friday morning, spreading to the international border area in both North Dakota and Minnesota during the afternoon.

Amounts will be limited to a few flurries or perhaps a dusting.

 

The potential continues for a significant winter storm late this

weekend into early next week. Precipitation is expected to start

as light rain or freezing rain, mainly Saturday night into the day

on Sunday. The rain will change over to snow Sunday night and

continue into Monday before tapering off Tuesday.

 

Some heavy snow and strong winds will create dangerous travel conditions, although exactly where and how much snow is still uncertain. Stay tuned for further updates.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Police is warning residents of a convicted sex offender who has changed his Jamestown address.

Michael Mills McClary now resides at 216 7th Street, SW Apt No. 5,Jamestown ND

His vehicles include, a white Pontiac Montana with a ND  license 556BXD.

Another vehicle is a 1996 maroon GEO Prizim, ND License 491CAU.

McClary is a 54 year old white male five feet nine inches tall weighing 215 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.

McClary has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee of the Office of the North Dakota Attorney General.

Offense: Gross Sexual Imposition

Conviction Date: January 2012, in Nelson County, ND, District Court.

Disposition: Four Counts:  10 years, 3 years suspended; 10 years supervised probation, all counts concurrent.

 

Offense:  Sexual Assault.

Conviction Date: July, 1997, Saskatchewan Provence, District Court, Canada.

Disposition:  3 years, 9-months.

 

McClary is currently on probation with North Dakota Probation and Parole.

He is on GPS Monitoring.

 

He is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Michael Mills McClary are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

Ypsilanti  (CSi)  The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called to a report of  snowmobile fire Thursday at 1:47-p.m., at 305 Jefferson Avenue, in Ypsalanti.

The owner notified authorities that the fire had been extiniguished.

Minimal damage was reported.

Jamestown Rural Fire Chief Ben Maulding says the snowmobile was running when the tank was being filled with gas.

Three Rural Fire units and six fire fighters were dispatched, with one unit returning to the fire hall when they were notified that owner had the fire under control.

The rural fire department was on the scene about a half hour.

 

Bismarck  (CSi) –  In accordance with President Trump,  Gov. Doug Burgum has directed all government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, March 2, as a mark of respect for the memory of Reverend Billy Graham.

Individuals and businesses also are encouraged to fly the flags at half-staff during the same time period.

The governor’s directive is in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Donald Trump to lower flags to half-staff on March 2 for the interment of Graham.

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — At least three families are displaced following an apartment building fire in Dickinson that caused at least one injury.

Fire Chief Robert Sivak says the blaze that started about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday caused extensive damage to the six-unit building. It started on the second floor and spread to the attic.

The Red Cross says it helped three families with emergency housing, food and clothing. One person was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.

The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately determined.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a man was arrested after barricading himself in a Bismarck apartment following a domestic incident.

Police say a “less than lethal” round was fired at the man during the 45-minute standoff Wednesday afternoon.

The Bismarck Tribune reports the man was taken to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

The man’s name was not released. Police say the charges are pending.

 

COLFAX, N.D. (AP) — The superintendent of a North Dakota high school has been placed on paid administrative leave over an alleged hazing incident.

The Richland 44 School Board says Superintendent Tim Godfrey was notified about the decision Thursday. No further details were available.

Richland County authorities have referred five boys to juvenile court for their roles in the alleged misconduct. The combined offences included nine counts of felonious restraint and one count of terrorizing, both felonies; 13 counts of hazing and 11 counts of sexual assault, both misdemeanors.

In addition, details of another incident that happened in Bismarck were referred to police there.

A parent first notified the school of the alleged student misconduct on Jan. 17. Godfrey has said the alleged misbehavior occurred in the boys’ locker room.

 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A report says a business conditions index for nine Midwest and Plains states rose over the past month, pointing to continued improvement in regional economic conditions.

The report released Thursday says the Mid-America Business Conditions Index hit 59.7 in February, compared with 57.3 in January. The December figure was 59.0.

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says manufacturing and other business sectors in the region are experiencing “very healthy growth in business activity.”

The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth in that factor. A score below that suggests decline.

The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State health officials say North Dakota’s immunization rate for kindergarteners remains at about 94 percent for all required vaccines.

The information is from the Department of Health’s 2017-2018 school immunization assessment. Health department epidemiologist Lexie Barber says a 95 percent rate is the goal which is recommended to maintain immunity in schools and prevent outbreaks.

The immunization rate has climbed in the last two years after previous years of being at, or below 90 percent.

Before entering school in North Dakota, children must have five doses of Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis; four doses of the polio vaccine; three does for hepatitis B and two doses each for MMR and chickenpox.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. will expand its North Dakota wind farm with a project developed by ALLETE Clean Energy.

Montana-Dakota owns the 43 turbines at Thunder Spirit Wind, near Hettinger, which were built by ALLETE. The expansion by ALLETE will add another 16 turbines at a cost of about $85 million.

Montana-Dakota says the purchase of the expanded wind farm will boost its renewable energy from 22 percent to 27 percent. The North Dakota Public Service Commission approved Montana-Dakota’s request for an expansion in November 2017. The PSC said electricity produced at the site is expected to be more economical than energy purchased on the market.

ALLETE Clean Energy is a subsidiary of ALLETE, headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck State College is partnering with a Saudi Arabia-based institute to provide energy industry training to Saudi youth.

The college was chosen for a five-year contract to provide curriculum and training at the National Power Academy in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

BSC’s National Energy Center of Excellence was picked to serve as a model for the academy, which will be run by leading companies in the Saudi power sector. The program could have as many as 800 students.

The Bismarck Tribune reports it’s an endeavor that could net the college several million dollars over the next five years. Contract negotiations are ongoing.

BSC President Larry Skogen says the agreement is an opportunity to increase revenue for the college, which last year took a $7.4 million budget cut and eliminated more than 30 positions.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum “shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone.”

Sanders says Trump has been talking about it “for decades.” She says the president is acting out of concern about Americans “who have been forgotten.”

Trump is planning penalties of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum imports. The president says the tariffs will remain for “a long period of time.”

Sanders is declining to provide details on the tariffs, such as whether any U.S. trading partners might be exempted from the penalties.

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are turned sharply lower in Thursday afternoon trading as talk of steep tariffs on steel and aluminum spook investors.

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped as much as 500 points Thursday.

Industrial companies that would take a hit from higher steel and aluminum prices fell sharply.

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar fell 2 percent and aerospace giant Boeing gave back 4 percent.

Big exporters like Apple and drugmaker Pfizer, which would suffer if trade tensions picked up, also fell.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 41 points, or 1.5 percent, to 2,671. The benchmark index is coming off its worst month in two years.

The Dow was down 470 points, or 19 percent, at 24,554. The Nasdaq composite fell 127 points, or 1.8 percent, to 7,142.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says Russia acted irresponsibly by boasting of new nuclear weapons that President Vladimir Putin says are impervious to U.S. defenses.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert says it was “unfortunate” to watch a video animation depicting “a nuclear attack on the United States” that accompanied Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state-of-the-nation speech Thursday. She’s calling the video “cheesy” and says that “we don’t think it’s responsible.”

Nauert says the animation confirms that Russia has been creating destabilizing weapons systems for more than a decade in “direct violation” of its treaty obligations. She says the U.S. has long known that but that Russia had previously denied it.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will be meeting with members of the video game industry next week as he continues to discuss ways to prevent school shootings.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says discussions are “ongoing” about the best way to move forward and progress is “something that we don’t expect to happen overnight.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said earlier Thursday that he doesn’t expect gun legislation to move forward next week.

Trump has repeatedly referenced violence in movies and video games during conversations about guns and school safety since the Florida shooting.

Trump said yesterday that he looks at some of the things his son Barron watches and thinks, “How is that possible?'”

 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Novel proposals to ramp up school security are flying fast as districts across the United States respond to heightened fears in the jittery aftermath of the shooting in Parkland, Florida.

In Kentucky, parents have pooled money to pay an armed officer to begin patrolling schools. A mayor outside Cleveland, Ohio, is urging a security levy to pay for armed guards. And a town in New Jersey has begun assigning off-duty police to stand vigil inside all its school buildings.

American schools have been stepping up investment in security for years, and many districts have offered assurances about procedures already in place since the Feb. 14 shooting that left 17 dead. But some parents are saying it’s just not enough.