CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain possibly mixed with snow after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

.WEDNESDAY…Decreasing clouds. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Colder. Lows 15 to 20.

Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 5 to

10 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.

Lows around 15. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Highs

in the mid 20s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.

Lows 5 to 10 above.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows around 15.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of snow in the

morning. Highs around 30.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 15.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

 

Rain snow mix expected during the daytime Wednesday with NW winds

gusting up to 30 mph. Snowfall accumulations not expected on road

surfaces.

Light snow will be possible Thursday afternoon and evening as a cold

front moves through the region. Gusty winds associated with the

passage of the front may make driving difficult for high profile

vehicles.

A second opportunity for snow comes Friday afternoon

through Saturday as a stronger clipper moves through the northern

Plains. Snowfall accumulation may cause travel impacts for the

Thursday evening and Friday morning commutes.

Reinforced shots of colder air arrive late this week into the
weekend with daytime highs by Saturday currently forecast in the
teens & 20s and overnight lows in the single digits. Some
moderation in these temperatures expected next week though
unseasonably cool.

Snow chances return to the region for the beginning of the work week

on Monday.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Public Schools announces additional storm make up days.

Reported previously, Jamestown Public Schools  will have school on Monday, April 2nd for a make up day for the March 5, 2018 storm day. 

In addition, due to the storm day on March 23rd, school WILL  be in session ALL day on May 24th and May 25th until 1 pm.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Great Plains Food Bank returns to Jamestown with a food distribution opportunity on April 6.

The distribution will be held at the Jamestown Civic Center from 11-a.m., to 1-p.m.

The Pop-Up Food Distribution  provides needed food to the needy.

Those attending should bring along a bag or box to collect the food.

More information, on the Great Plains Food Bank’s Facebook page or call Andrea Block at 701-476-9128.

 

 

Fargo  (CSi)– Gov. Doug Burgum Tuesday welcomed Vice President Mike Pence to Fargo for an event highlighting the positive impacts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the American economy.

Burgum introduced Pence to several hundred people who assembled to hear the Vice President speak after a panel discussion with business leaders and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven at Fargo’s Delta Hotels by Marriott.

The governor noted it was Pence’s second visit to North Dakota during his first 14 months in office – the first was in October at Minot Air Force Base – and that President Donald Trump also visited Mandan in September to promote his tax relief legislation. Burgum praised the White House and Cabinet for their extraordinary accessibility and cooperation with state leaders on critical issues such as infrastructure, environmental regulations and the nation’s opioid crisis.

Burgum says, “Vice President Pence and the Trump administration’s pro-growth policies are delivering real results for North Dakotans and Americans everywhere, from families pocketing more of their hard-earned pay to the economy adding 313,000 jobs in February to unemployment hitting a 17-year low.  We thank the Vice President for sharing the successes of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in our great state, which the President has pointed to as a reminder of what can happen when we promote private sector job creation instead of obstructing it.

“We look forward to working with the administration to invest in rural America and improve our nation’s infrastructure through greater innovation, fewer regulatory burdens and returning decision-making to the states where it belongs.”

Pence was greeted at the airport by the governor, First Lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum, Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard, and Col. Thomas “Britt” Hatley, commander of the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Wing based in Fargo.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — New data estimates indicate a slowdown in activity in North Dakota’s oil patch has led to a reduction in the population in the area.

The U.S. Census Bureau figures show Minot’s “micropolitan” area shrunk by 1.7 percent, losing more than 77,000 residents in its three counties, Ward, Renville and McHenry. “Micropolitan” areas have populations of at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000.

The number of births in the counties has been dropping after hitting a high of 1,396 in 2015. The 1,260 births for 2017 in Minot’s “micropolitan” area still exceeded the number of deaths.

But that gain was offset by net migration, which the Census Bureau estimated at a loss of 2,112 residents in 2016 and another 2,062 residents in 2017. Net migration comprises those moving within the United States and those who move from the U.S. to another country.

Kevin Iverson is the state census director with the North Dakota Department of Commerce. He told the Minot Daily News that he believes the period of out-migration in the oil patch, in the northwestern part of the state, had finished.

Iverson said population change tends to follow the economy, with about a six-month lag. A Bureau of Economic Analysis report on state Gross Domestic Product shows a negative quarter for North Dakota in early 2017, which was followed by a couple of stronger quarters.

“I would expect we are going to see little change to some growth when we look at this next year,” Iverson said.

Iverson said the census figures show small counties in the state, including Benson, Eddy, Kidder, Sheridan and Towner, saw an increase in population.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger says he has completed an outpatient alcohol treatment program recommended by his court-appointed counselor. The 35-year-old Republican was arrested for drunken driving in Mandan on Sept. 30. Rauschenberger says he recently completed four months of weekly meetings that were recommended by his counselor. He says he continues seeking counselling on his own.

 

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Bond has been set at $50,000 for a Williston teacher accused of child sex abuse. Everest Moore was placed on administrative leave by St. Joseph’s Catholic School due to alleged employee misconduct last month. Moore was arrested Friday on charges of gross sexual imposition stemming from incidents involving sexual misconduct with three girls under the age of 15 between April 2016 and February 2018.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to North Dakota on Tuesday. Pence is attending a Fargo fundraiser for Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer, who’s trying to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. Pence also is scheduled to speak at an event on tax reform. He’s to deliver a similar speech in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

 

In world and national news…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An attorney for a white Baton Rouge police officer who shot and killed a black man during a struggle says he expects the city’s police chief to fire his client.

Officer Blane Salamoni’s lawyer, John McLindon, says it’s “grossly unfair” that Police Chief Murphy Paul plans to hold a disciplinary hearing less than a week after the end of a criminal investigation of Alton Sterling’s July 2016 shooting death.

Paul says he hopes to complete the police department’s disciplinary process for the two officers involved in Sterling’s deadly shooting by Friday.

Earlier Tuesday, Louisiana’s attorney general ruled out state criminal charges against Salamoni or Officer Howie Lake II.

McLindon says he believes it’s a “foregone conclusion” that Paul will fire Salamoni.

 

 

 

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor says a Michigan State University official failed to supervise Larry Nassar at a critical time when the sports doctor was facing allegations of sexual misconduct in 2014.

Bill Forsyth announced charges Tuesday against William Strampel, who was dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine until December. He’s accused of willful neglect of duty in his dealings with Nassar. He’s also charged with groping female medical students.

Forsyth says the neglect-of-duty charges are “somewhat nebulous” or not as well-defined as other crimes. He says there was a “lack of supervision” over Nassar when the doctor was ordered to have another person in the room during certain exams.

Nassar is serving decades in prison for sexual abuse and possessing child pornography.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin, a Democrat, tells The Associated Press that he expects his state would also join in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. Census. Galvin called the decision an attempt to suppress the count in states such as Massachusetts that have large immigrant populations.

Galvin called the addition of a citizenship question “a blatant attempt by the Trump administration to frighten minority groups away from being counted.” He said he would be consulting with the state attorney general and possibly other states about filing or joining lawsuits.

California has already said it will sue the Trump administration over the decision.

Massachusetts has an all-Democratic congressional delegation and its Electoral College votes have gone to the Democratic presidential nominee in 13 of the last 15 presidential elections.

 

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing American economy and passage of a Republican tax overhaul appear to be helping President Donald Trump lift his approval ratings from historic lows.

That’s according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Trump remains unpopular with the majority of Americans, 58 percent. But 42 percent say they now approve of the job he’s doing as president, up seven points from a month ago.

The poll suggests that at least some of the president’s improving standing is tied to the economy.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation.

The 97-year-old Stevens says in an essay on The New York Times website that repeal would weaken the National Rifle Association’s ability to “block constructive gun control legislation.”

Stevens was on the losing end of a 2008 ruling in which the high court held that the Second Amendment gives individuals the right to own a gun for self-defense. He had previously called for changing the Second Amendment to permit gun control.

Stevens says the decision in that case, District of Columbia v. Heller, “has provided the N.R.A. with a propaganda weapon of immense power.” Stevens retired from the court in 2010, after more than 35 years.