CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY.  A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.LOWS AROUND 15. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY.  A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 40.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 30S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN
THE UPPER 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY WEDNESDAY…WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.

A STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW AND A WINTRY MIX SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Apr 8, 2013) — About five traffic accidents were reported between Jamestown and Valley City between 4 and 6 p.m. Monday.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports ice on the road surface, plus blowing snow, led to a semi truck and trailer sliding off Interstate 94, 11 miles east of Jamestown about 6:25 p.m.

The report says 40 year old Ken Heinen, of Mora, Minnesota, operated the empty 2005 Peterbilt semi and its trailer westbound on I-94.

The rig with cruise control, engaged, crested a hill and drove onto a flat stretch of road, but lost control of the vehicle. It rotated counter-clockwise and came to rest in the north ditch.

Heinen, who was wearing his seatbelt, was not injured.

The truck received about y $10,000 in damages.

The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office and Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.

Earlier about 5:36 p.m. Monday, a rollover accident occurred on Interstate 94, approximately 11 miles east of Jamestown.

The Highway Patrol reports, 19 year old James Morrell, of Baker, Florida, was driving west at 75 miles per hour on the icy road when he lost control of the 1996 Toyota 4Runner.

The vehicle spun clockwise into the north ditch, rolled, and came to rest on its side.

The report says Morrell was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured.

The Barnes County Ambulance and Barnes Fire and Rescue assisted at the scene.

　

BRAMPTON, N.D. (AP Apr 8, 2013) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the man struck and killed in an alleged hit and run accident, Sunday.

A 22-year-old man from Brampton is in custody in what authorities say was a hit-and-run death in southeastern North Dakota over the weekend.
The Highway Patrol report says a truck driven by 22-year-old Dakota Sutton of Brampton, North Dakota hit 28-year-old Reavis Dandridge on a rural, gravel road in Sargent County about 3 a.m. Sunday.

Dandridge was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Oakes.

The driver of the pickup was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of a fatal crash and was jailed in Barnes County.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — This is the 27th Anniversary of the Jamestown College, Dine & Bid Auction, “Wild About Jamestown College,” to be held Saturday April 20, 2013, at Jamestown College’s Larson Center, on campus.

Proceeds benefit the Jamestown College scholarships.

On Monday’s (Apr 8, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, our guest were Karen Crane from Jamestown College, and Dine & Bid Auction volunteer, Heidi Larson.

Ms. Larson said the committee has over 30 members, with the Master of Ceremonies again this year, Casey Stoudt.

Auctioneer services provided by More From Orr.

She added, many businesses have generously supported Dine & Bid through the years through sponsorships and through item and cash donations.

The menu will be prepared by Chef Paolo Stefani from Chicago, in cooperation with Aramark.

Ms. Crane pointed out numerous live and silent auction items.

Raffle items will be drawn, and those entered must be present to win.

The deadline to order tickets is Friday April 12. 2013.

Purchase tickets on line at alumni.jc.edu or call 701-252-3467 Ext. 5512.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Police in Williston are investigating whether armed robberies at two convenience stores are connected.
 
     The  holdups at a Superpumper and a Kum & Go happened within a half hour early Monday.
 
     An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from both stores.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fire officials in Fargo say a weekend apartment fire that left one man dead and one woman injured was caused by smoking materials.
 
     Fire Marshal Norman Scott says the smoking materials ignited combustible materials nearby during the Saturday fire.
 
     Crews arrived on scene at the fire at about 5:30 a.m. after receiving a 911 call. One family had already escaped by jumping from a balcony. Thirty-year-old Jesse Daniel Madson died at the scene, while 42-year-old Angela Marie Wentz was transported to a Minnesota burn unit.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police are investigating the theft of about 26,000 pounds of copper valued at $112,000 from a Fargo business over the weekend. The burglary was reported at Dakota Supply Group. It is the latest in a string of high-value copper thefts in the Fargo-Moorhead area in recent months.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A psychiatrist has testified that a man who traveled by train from North Dakota to kill his three daughters in western Wisconsin was depressed but not insane when he stabbed the girls.
 
     Psychiatrist Ralph Baker testified Monday in Aaron Schaffhausen’s insanity trial. Schaffhausen is accused of killing 11-year-old Amara, 8-year-old Sophie and 5-year-old Cecilia by stabbing them before tucking them into bed.
 
     Baker described the slayings as a “spur of the moment type thing.” Baker told the jury he found Schaffhausen to be intelligent and coherent during their interview.
 
     Schaffhausen has pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the slayings. Prosecutors say he killed the girls to take revenge on his ex-wife. After he and his wife divorced, Schaffhausen went to Minot, N.D., to work in construction. 

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – County officials in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., area want to keep track of people who might need help getting around in case of a spring flood.
 
     The vulnerable population registry is meant for people who require additional assistance, especially with transportation, in the event of a disaster.
 
     Officials say those people typically live independently or with the help of a caregiver.
 
     The National Weather Service says there’s a 50 percent chance that the Fargo-Moorhead area could be in for one of the top five Red River floods of all time.
 
     The phone numbers to register are 701-476-4016 in Cass County and 218-299-5220 in Clay County.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Legislature says electronic stun guns should not be listed as a dangerous weapon under state law.
 
     North Dakota’s Senate endorsed a measure 46-1 Monday that exempts the zapping devices from the definition of a dangerous weapon. The House overwhelmingly endorsed the measure 92-0 last week.
 
     Bismarck Republican Sen. Margaret Sitte (SIHT’-ee) says stun guns are becoming increasingly popular with women who live in western North Dakota’s booming oil patch.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Senate has endorsed a measure aimed at curbing the oil industry’s practice wasting natural gas at oil wells.
 
     The Senate voted to 46-1 Monday. North Dakota’s House approved the bill in February.
 
     Oil companies in North Dakota can burn off or flare natural gas for a year without paying taxes or royalties on it.
 
     If signed into law, companies would have only six months to connect to the pipeline. Companies also could move the gas by other methods use it for such things as electrical generation. Companies also would get tax breaks for capturing the gas.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s oil tax fund is nearing $1 billion in assets.
 
     The Legacy Fund gets 30 percent of the state’s oil tax collections. None of the money can be spent until 2017, and even then it takes a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to dip into it.
 
     March deposits were about $87 million. That brings the fund’s total to $927 million.
 
     Oil revenue began gushing into the fund only since September 2011. Analysts initially estimated it would have a $618 million balance when the state’s current two-year budget period ends on June 30th.
 
     Revenue from the fund has been invested mostly in short-term, low-risk U.S bonds. The Legacy Fund’s seven-member advisory board is recommending that half of the fund’s assets be shifted to the stock market and other investments.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is hosting informational meetings for landowners interested in signing up for the Conservation Reserve Program.
 
     The federal government pays landowners through the CRP to idle sensitive land to prevent erosion and create habitat for wildlife. The next general signup is May 20-June 14.
 
     The informational sessions are being held one hour before upcoming Game and Fish district advisory board meetings.
 
     Meetings are planned April 15 in Esmond and Belfield, April 16 in Watford City and Fordville, April 17 in Minot and Valley City and April 18 in Casselton and Tuttle. More details can be found at http://www.gf.nd.gov .

 

In sports…

From VCSU Newsletter

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) named Valley City State University as one of the top 64 co-ed intramural and sport club tennis teams that have qualified to represent colleges and universities across the country in the 2013 USTA Tennis On Campus National Championship, which will be played in Surprise, Ariz., April 11-13, 2013.

Katie Paulson and Kurt Brown are the co-captains for the 13-member VCSU team, in existence since 2004 and competing at nationals for the first time.

The expense to travel to nationals is a big one, but the club was able to raise the money by selling ButterBraid pastries, cookies at basketball games and tennis club apparel.

The USTA Tennis On Campus program features more than 35,000 college students competing nationwide in intramural and intercollegiate coed club play. Since its inception in 2000, Tennis On Campus has grown significantly and today is played on more than 600 college campuses across the country.

This year, seven schools will make their debut at Nationals in a field that also includes defending champion University of California—Berkeley and five-time national champion Texas A&M (which won titles in 2002 and 2004-2007). All teams participating in the Tennis On Campus National Championship have advanced through USTA section championship play.

Developed by the USTA in partnership with NIRSA, World TeamTennis and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, the Tennis On Campus program gives college students the opportunity to build leadership skills, network in a coed sports environment and compete on a college team without the rigors of playing in a varsity program. With year-round match play, and regional and national championship competition, students maintain active and healthy lifestyles through their college years.

Visit the Tennis On Campus website at www.tennisoncampus.com for complete results, stories and photos. The Tennis On Campus website also offers all college clubs fundraising resources, coaching tips and marketing materials.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota junior hockey defenseman Derek Forbort is giving up his final year of college eligibility to turn pro. The school says Forbort has signed a three-year entry level contract with the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings. The Duluth, Minnesota native was a first-round draft pick of the Kings in 2010, selected 15th overall. Forbort is the third UND player to turn pro this spring.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State head men’s basketball coach Saul Phillips says he interviewed with Ball State in Indiana but that he will be NDSU’s head coach next season.
 
     Phillips tells The Forum newspaper that the talks last week were “in-depth” but “not as formal as you might think.” He declined to say who ended the talks or if he was even offered the Ball State job.
 
     Phillips’ five-year deal with the Bison ends in June. He says he and Athletic Director Gene Taylor have started talks.
 
     NDSU next season returns all five starters and a few key role players from a team that won 24 games this past season.

 

AMERICAN  LEAGUE

 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Ervin Santana pitched eight strong innings yesterday to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Alcides Escobar doubled home the go-ahead run for the Royals. Twins right-hander Kevin Correia limited the Royals to no runs in the first seven innings before giving up three in the eighth.

 Former Indian Travis Hafner hit a three-run homer and collected four RBIs in his return to Cleveland as the New York Yankees whipped the Tribe 11-6.
 
   Final    Boston                    3    Baltimore            1
   Final    Texas                      5    Tampa  Bay            4
   Final    Seattle                  3    Houston                0
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 

 ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals used their home opener to honor Stan Musial, who died in January at age 92. Even the national anthem paid homage to Musial’s passion, since it was performed by harmonica players with the Gateway Harmonica Club, of which Musial was an honorary member. But Cincinnati spoiled the afternoon for Cardinals fans as Shin-Soo Choo hit a three-run double while the Reds scored nine times in the ninth to beat the Redbirds 13-4.
   Final    Milwaukee              7    Chi  Cubs              4
   Final    N-Y  Mets                7    Philadelphia      2
   Final    Atlanta                  2    Miami                    0
   Final    Pittsburgh            5    Arizona                3
   Final    San  Francisco      4    Colorado              2
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE
 
   Final    Boston            6    Carolina            2
   Final    Toronto          4    N-Y  Rangers      3
   Final    Calgary          3    Colorado            1
   Final    Anaheim          2    Edmonton            1
   Final    Vancouver      2    Phoenix              0

 

LOUISVILL NATIONAL CHAMPS…
  ATLANTA (AP) – Louisville has won its third national championship in men’s basketball after Luke Hancock hit five three-pointers and scored 22 points in the Cardinals’ 82-76 win over Michigan. Hancock was named the most outstanding player of the Final Four after helping the Cards overcome 12-point deficits in two straight games. The outcome makes Rick Pitino the first coach to win an NCAA men’s basketball crown at two schools, 17 years after leading Kentucky to the championship.

 
     ATLANTA (AP) – Louisville head coach Rick Pitino is among seven people elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Joining Pitino in the class of 2013 are former NBA stars Bernard King and Gary Payton, former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian, North Carolina women’s coach Sylvia Hatchell, former University of Houston coach Guy Lewis, former University of Virginia star Dawn Staley.

 

NBA…

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love will have arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. The team made the announcement last night. The knee surgery is minor and Love is expected to be ready for training camp.
 
     MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic has been named the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week. Pekovic averaged 25 points and 8.5 rebounds over four games last week. He is the first Minnesota player to earn the honor in more than four years.

 NFL…
     ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Quarterback Kevin Kolb (kahb) has officially signed his two-year contract with the Bills and begins pursuing his latest shot at an NFL starting job. The Bills announced the signing a little over a week after the sixth-year veteran agreed to a two-year contract potentially worth more than $12 million.

 

In world and national news…

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (AP) – Police in Connecticut say they arrested a homeless man who was shooting at cans with a pellet rifle not far from President Barack Obama’s motorcade route.
 
     Bloomfield police say Joseph Stravinskas was found in a wooded area on Monday, shooting at cans with a rifle. Police say he initially refused to drop his rifle, but he eventually did and was arrested.
 
     The arrest came after the president arrived at the University of Hartford to argue for new gun control legislation. Bloomfield police say the arrest is unrelated to Obama’s visit and occurred before the president’s motorcade left the university following his speech.
 
     The 27-year-old Stravinskas is charged with breach of peace, threatening and interfering with police. He was arraigned in Hartford on Tuesday and is in custody, unable to post $15,000 in bond.

 

LONDON (AP) – Margaret Thatcher will get the same level of pomp and honor in death as that afforded Princess Diana and the Queen Mother Elizabeth when her funeral is held next week. Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip will be among the mourners April 17. Dignitaries from around the world are expected. It’s not a state funeral, which requires a vote in Parliament. The last British state funeral was for Winston Churchill.
 
     PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) – North Korea’s latest provocative statement claims it’s on the verge of nuclear war with South Korea and urges all foreign companies and tourists in South Korea to evacuate. Analysts see a direct attack on Seoul as extremely unlikely, and there are no overt signs of such an attempt.
 
     BRUSSELS (AP) – Google is being accused of using unfair practices in Europe and Microsoft is leading the pack, filing a European antitrust complaint today. The “FairSearch” initiative of 17 companies – which also includes Nokia, and Oracle -claims Google is unfairly giving away its Android operating system on the condition that the U.S. online giant’s own software applications are installed and displayed on mobile devices.
 
     LOS ANGELES (AP) – It began by toppling trees and kicking up dust in California, and now the same storm is expected to dump as much as 20 inches of snow on parts of Colorado. Denver could get up to 11 inches from the late storm and schools have been closed for the day.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – There’s some squabbling amid Senate efforts to finalize its immigration overhaul. Aides and industry officials say there are arguments over plans to boost visas for high-tech workers, with disputes flaring over how best to punish companies that train workers in the U.S., only to ship them overseas.