CSi Weather…

WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT APR 

 DICKEY-
 INCLUDING THE CITY OF…OAKES
  THU APR 11 2013
 
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
 
 7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW FROM OAKES…TO ELLENDALE AND LUDDEN THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
 ISOLATED 11 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAMOURE COUNTY.

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 3 AND SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 200…TO AROUND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR LAMOURE COUNTY BY THURSDAY EVENING.

Jamestown Forecast…

 LATE THIS AFTERNOON…SNOW. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH.
STORM TOTAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 20. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…SNOW LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
LOWS IN THE MID 20S. EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.SUNDAY…CLOUDY. SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET IN THE MORNING…
THEN CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. LOWS AROUND 20.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.

 

Valley City Forecast…

REST OF TODAY…LIGHT SNOW LIKELY. LITTLE OR NO NEW SNOW
ACCUMULATION. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE AROUND 30. NORTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. LOWS
20 TO 25. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.FRIDAY…CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE
MORNING. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…LIGHT SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
.SUNDAY…LIGHT SNOW…POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. LOWS 25 TO 30.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 20 TO 25.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID
20S.
.WEDNESDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.

 

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MAY BE BRING HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS WEEKEND.

PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY

EVENING…AND POSSIBLY CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN…FREEZING RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR

WESTERN AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. ALL SNOW IS FAVORED FOR NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGHOUT THE STORM. HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94…WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH.

SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS IN THE EXACT TRACK AND IMPACTS OF THIS STORM.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A travel alert was issued Thursday afternoon  for southeast North Dakota.
 
     The North Dakota Department of Transportation says the area includes the cities of Jamestown, Ellendale, Edgeley, Valley City, Wahpeton, Fargo, Hillsboro and surrounding areas.
 
     Motorists can still travel in the areas but should be advised that heavy snow and blowing snow is reducing visibility in icy conditions.
 
     The department is encouraging motorists to reduce speeds and drive according to conditions.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — About 25 interested individuals attended the public meeting, on Wednesday April 10, 2013 at Jamestown Regional Airport as the topic was the growing needs at the airport.

Specially building t-hangars at the airport was discussed.

The Jamestown Regional Airport Authority presented a preliminary tentative plan for the t-hangars that would be located in the southwest parcel of airport land.

Another option is building the hangar in the southeast corner.

As Jamestown Regional Airport Mnager Matt Leitner said on a recent Wayne Byers Show, on CSi Cable 2, the plan includes constructing ten hangars, two smaller and eight larger.

The plan also calls for one set of 10 hangars to be constructed initially and then build any additional sets based demand.

He said options include the airport owning and then leasing the hangars or having the hangars privately owned.

The t-hangars presently at the airport are currently owned privately.

The project is eligible for federal funding, and would likely pay for most of the cost of the aprons leading to the hangars.

Pilots suggested that rent of $200 per month was too high and should not be more than $165 per month.

Jamestown Regional Airport Authority Chairman, Jim Boyd, says building the first set of hangars may start this year, pending interest for the hangars.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A New Town man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer.
 
     Twenty-two-year-old Vincent Espinoza was accused of fleeing from a traffic stop in New Town last November, and in the process dragging an officer about half a city block. U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says the officer struck her head on the roadway and had to be hospitalized.
 
     Espinoza faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced July 19 in Bismarck.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The lawyer for a former North Dakota bank executive convicted in a fraud scheme is sparring with prosecutors about potential financial penalties.
 
     Sixty-seven-year-old Betty Kolling, a former trust officer at Bank of the West in Dickinson, pleaded guilty a year ago to conspiring to commit bank fraud. Investigators say she stole nearly $800,000 from five clients.
 
     A court document filed by defense attorney Irv Nodland says the plea agreement calls for Kolling to pay back $790,000 for victims’ losses, known as restitution, but she should not be required to surrender other assets, known as forfeiture.
 
     Prosecutors say any sentence that does not include restitution and forfeiture would be illegal.
 
     Sentencing hearings for Kolling and her husband, Walter, who also pleaded guilty to bank fraud, are scheduled Friday in Bismarck.

 

In world and national news…

  WASHINGTON (AP) – Supporters of tougher gun laws have won a key vote in the Senate — but according to Majority Leader Harry Reid, “The hard work starts now.” Conservatives were defeated Thursday in an attempt to block the gun proposals from coming to the floor for debate and a vote. But many Republicans and some moderate Democrats still say the proposals go too far, and supporters may still face an uphill battle to get any major restrictions approved.
 
     HOUSTON (AP) – An attorney for a man accused of stabbing more than a dozen people at a Houston-area college this week says his client is on suicide watch. The lawyer for Dylan Quick says Quick will remain jailed without bond so he can continue a psychological evaluation. Harris County authorities have said Quick told them he had been fantasizing for years about stabbing people. Quick is charged with three counts of aggravated assault for the attack at Lone Star Community College in Cypress.
 
     ST. LOUIS (AP) – At least one death has been blamed on a strong spring storm system that’s brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast U.S. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says one person has died and several are injured after a reported tornado in Kemper County in the far eastern part of the state. In Missouri, the National Weather Service now confirms that the St. Louis suburb of Hazelwood was hit by a tornado last night.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker John Boehner (BAY’-nur) is taking issue with comments by a Republican colleague about the White House proposal to slow the growth of Social Security. Greg Walden of Oregon, who chairs the committee overseeing Republican House campaigns next year, said the proposal is an attack on America’s elderly. Boehner disagrees, saying even more should be done to control entitlement spending. Democrats say Walden’s remarks were hypocritical, since Republicans have advocated reining-in the growth of Social Security and Medicare.
 
     NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) – A lawyer for Rutgers University resigned Thursday — amid growing anger that he was still employed there. The lawyer had approved a decision in December to suspend rather than fire basketball coach Mike Rice — even though he was aware of a video showing the coach kicking, hitting and taunting players.