KCSi-T.V.  Weather from Staff Meteorologist, Steve Root

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
30 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS
AROUND 90. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
30 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS AROUND 90. LOWS IN
THE MID 60S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jul 27, 2012) — Jamestown Police is warning residents regarding a convicted sex offender living in Jamestown.

The report says, 19 year old Sawyer Suko is living at 918 9th Street Southeast in Jamestown.

He is a white male 5 Feet 8 inches tall,weighing 160 pounds, with hazel eyes, and brown hair.

He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota high risk level committee, of the Attorney General’s Office.

Suko has been convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition, involving a 13 year old girl, when both Suko and the female were intoxicated at a campsite, when Suko was 18 years of age.

The conviction date was January 6, 2012, in Stutsman County, District Court.

Disposition: One year and one day…with 285 days suspended, and under supervised probation…currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and Probation.

Suko 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 Suko are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

Suko has been placed on GPS monitoring.

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

 

Jamestown, ND  (KCSi-T.V. News)  —  The Jamestown City Engineer reports that  seal coating of asphalt roadways will take place in the Street maintenance District to include areas south of 8th St SE from 2nd Ave SE east to the city limits (railroad tracks).

This area includes McElroy Park and the baseball diamonds, residential streets and alleys in the district, the Oxbow area, State Hospital Road, and 10th St SE.

The Seal Coat work will begin Tuesday, July 31, 2012 and be completed approximately Friday, August 3, 2012, weather permitting.

 Please follow the posted signage in and around these areas!

 Extreme caution should be used when entering road construction areas. The public should consider alternate routes if possible.

 

Bismarck, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The National Weather Service in Bismarck, has issued the latest Flood and Water Resources Outlook.

The report was issued on Thursday Jul 26, 2012.

The outlook for the James River basin is for the period, of late July-late October 2012.

It says, the main risk of flooding is generally associated with heavy rain events, that would add significant flow to the river.

It says the over all risk tends to be normal to slightly below normal, with the base flow normal to below normal.

The report says, the risk of flooding on is largely determined by thunderstorms, producing heavy rainfall, which can cause flash flooding.

As of last Thursday, there were no river locations on the James River above flood, stage and the reservoir levels are generally within their normal operating ranges.

The Weather Service says, that high releases from the dams are only a remote possibility and not anticipated over the next 90-days.

 The Weather Outlook Summary, calls for warm summer conditions continuing over the next couple of weeks, with continued chances for scattered showers and thunderstorms with possible locally heavy rainfall.

The Climate Prediction Center suggests all of North Dakota has a 50% chance of above normal temperatures for August, and an equal chance of above normal, normal, or below normal precipitation.

 The three month outlook, August through October 2012 has the southeast corner of North Dakota with a greater than normal probability of above normal temperatures, with the rest of the state being in the equal chance category for above normal, normal, or below normal Temperatures.

All of North Dakota is in the equal chance category for above normal, normal, or below normal precipitation for the same time.

The report says rivers, streams, and soil moisture have taken a dramatic turn over the past several weeks with numerous locations showing river stages below their long-term median values.

With that, it’s expected there will be a below normal risk of widespread flooding.

The U.S. Drought Monitor reflects a worsening drought over the past month. About 22% of North Dakota is not designated as being in a drought, while 16% of the state is considered as in a moderate to severe drought.

The next forecasts will be issued on August 23, 2012.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Three teenagers may face charges after a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper clocked their cars at 145 mph on Interstate 29.
 
     Patrol Capt. Bryan Niewind (NEE’-wind) says the cars were spotted just before midnight Thursday going north on the highway through Fargo. They got off on the 12th Avenue North exit and took off to the east, going about 90 mph.
 
     Niewind says the trooper stopped pursuing the cars near the North Dakota State University campus for safety reasons.

But he was able to identify the vehicles, and the cars and their drivers were later found in Fargo and Moorhead, Minn.
 
     The drivers were 15, 16 and 17 years old.
 
     Niewind says the youths could face charges of fleeing, reckless driving and reckless endangerment.
 

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Supreme Court upheld the
dismissal of a Grand Forks technology education teacher for
incidents in which he reportedly demeaned a number of students.

     The school district fired Cornell Kilber in November 2010 for
unprofessional conduct.

On Thursday the Supreme Court refused to overturn the action.
     Kilber taught in Grand Forks schools for almost 20 years before
he was dismissed.
     Court records say he called one black student “the chocolate
one,” said all Muslims are terrorists and referred to a special
needs student as “stupid.”
     On one occasion, Kilber allegedly stormed out of his classroom
while saying to his students, “To hell with all of you.”

     Court filings say the teacher’s questionable behavior continued
after he got several warnings that he needed to improve.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State and federal regulators are in North
Dakota’s oil patch as part of a routine inspection.

     North Dakota environmental health chief Dave Glatt (glaht) says
officials from the state and the federal Environmental Protection
Agency are inspecting wells and drilling operations. They also are
monitoring air quality.
     Glatt says the inspectors have been in the field for the past
few days, and their work could be completed Friday. He doesn’t know
yet if any problems were found.
     Glatt and EPA spokesman Richard Mylott say similar inspections
have been done over the past few years with the increased activity
in western North Dakota’s oil-producing region.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota farmers and ranchers soon will
be able to cut hay and graze cattle on land that’s been set aside
for conservation.
     North Dakota federal Farm Service Agency director Aaron Krauter
says emergency haying and grazing has been approved on all
Conservation Reserve Program land.

It can begin on Aug. 2, after the primary nesting season ends.
     Krauter says both haying and grazing won’t be allowed on the
same land.
     The Conservation Reserve Program pays farmers to set aside
environmentally sensitive land and plant grass on it as a way to
cut down soil erosion and provide habitat for wildlife.
     Krauter says there are about 1.6 million acres of CRP land
available in North Dakota for haying or grazing.
    

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota advisory board says the
state’s energy policy should include money for roads, research,
housing and regulation – as well as support for renewable energy.
     North Dakota Commerce Department director Al Anderson says the
recommendations will be presented to the Legislature next year.

     They’re the product of the EmPower North Dakota Commission,
which includes energy industry representatives. Anderson says they
represent an update of existing policy.
     The Dickinson Press reports Anderson spoke Thursday to a North
Dakota legislative committee that’s studying energy issues.
     The commission’s agenda says local governments affected by oil
development should get a larger share of state oil tax collections.
     The panel suggests expanding a state housing incentive fund and
earmarking more money to research ways to use natural gas to make
other products.

 

In world and national news…

 

LONDON (AP) – The opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games is
getting under way in London.

The three-hour spectacle will include appearances by Paul McCartney and Daniel Craig, the actor who played James Bond. More than 10,000 athletes from 204 nations will parade into the Olympic Stadium, and Queen Elizabeth will declare the games open.
    
     JERUSALEM (AP) – An Israeli official plans his own protest
during the opening ceremony to mark the killing of Israelis at the
1972 Munich Games.

A spokesman says Israel’s culture and sports minister will stand for a minute of silence as IOC President Jacques Rogge (zhahk ROH’-geh) delivers his speech. Rogge turned down requests for a moment of silence during the ceremony in honor of the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches killed by Palestinian gunmen 40 years ago.
    
     DENVER (AP) – Court papers say the suspect in the Colorado movie
theater shooting was being treated by a psychiatrist at the
university where he was studying for a doctoral degree.

That information appears in a defense motion.

 It’s related to news reports about a package that James Holmes sent the psychiatrist containing a notebook with descriptions of an attack. The motion says the package contained communications that should be shielded
from public view.
    
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Police say a man calling himself “a joker”
phoned a Pitney Bowes office in Maryland this week and threatened
to load his guns and “blow everybody up.”

Police say when they arrested Neil Prescott, he was wearing a T-shirt that read “Guns don’t kill people. I do.”

Investigators say a search of the 28-year-old’s apartment turned up about 25 firearms and several thousand rounds of ammunition.
    
     ASPEN, Colo. (AP) – The TSA is adjusting security procedures to
be able to detect a new type of explosive that turned up in an
underwear bomb intercepted by the CIA earlier this year.
Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole (PIH’-stohl)
says the device smuggled out of Yemen by a double-agent is an
upgrade from the underwear bomb that failed to explode aboard a
Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas 2009.

Officials say the new version was meant to be used around the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death.