CSi Weather…

WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING…
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTH
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
30 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS AROUND 50.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING…
THEN CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.

 

Update…

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) – The Jamestown City Fire Department was called out to two grass fires in the area of the Farmers Union State Office building at 1415 12th Avenue Southeast, and at the same time a grass fire near the I-94 Exit 260.

The calls came in at about 11:52 a.m., on Tuesday (Apr 30, 2013).

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther said a grass fire appears to have started from a spark on the power pole to the south of the Farmers Union building and burned a section of grass along the fence line in an area of about 10 feet by 50 feet.

At the same time city fire units responded to another grass fire east of there near the interstate exit across from S & R Truck Plaza.

He said another small area of grass was burned there.

He said the fires while separated may have both been caused by an electrical problem.

No injuries were reported with four city fire units and 27 fire fighters on the scene about a half hour.

There were electrical outages in the area caused by a blown fuse on a pole near the interstate exit, as crews from Otter Tail Power Company arrived at the scene to make electrical repairs.

Reported earlier….

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Fire was called about 11:55 a.m., on Tuesday (Apr 30, 2013) to a grass fire near the Farmers Union State Office Building at 1415 12th Avenue Southeast on the south side of the building.

Units on the scene reported a tall grass on fire near the fence line.

Another report said a fire was along and burning to the I-94 Exit 260, with the fire near power poles, across from the S&R Truck Stop.

Fire officials say the fires may be two separate incidents.

The fire was reported contained about 12:05 p.m.

Otter Tail Power Company was called to the scene to check the power lines attached to the poles for damages, where a fuse was blown.

No immediate damage estimates were available. The cause of the fire is yet to be determined. The units were on the scene about a half hour. More information from the official fire report, later Tuesday afternoon.

 

 Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Fire Department responded to a car electrical fire in the Civic Center parking lot at about 3:25 p.m., Tuesday (Apr 30, 2013).

The vehicle is registered to a Minnesota owner.

An individual on scene fought the fire to the engine compartment with an extinguisher.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says, smoke was coming from the engine compartment when the units arrived, to put out the rest of the fire.

No injuries, with about $4,000 damage reported.

5 city fire units and 26 fire fighters were on the scene about 20 minutes.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — This week of April 29th thru May 3rd, 2013 has been designated, “Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week,” for the entire state of North Dakota by Governor Jack Dalrymple.

On Tuesday’s (Apr 30, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Stutsman County. Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist said, this week is an annual event designed to remind the public of the dangers associated with severe summer weather including: lightning, high winds, large hail, flash floods and tornadoes. All of which, can cause severe property damage, personal injury, and even death.

As part of the awareness week activities, the annual statewide tornado exercise will also be conducted. This year, the exercise has been scheduled to begin at about 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, with a simulated tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service. In response to this simulated warning, a countywide exercise of the emergency operations plan will also take place. The plan is designed to warn the greatest number of people in the least amount of time.

As part of the exercise, sirens will be activated in area communities including the City of Jamestown. In most communities, sirens will be activated for approximately 3 minutes. In addition, the simulated warning will be broadcast over the National Weather Service all-hazards weather radio system, local AM/FM radio stations and the CSi cable television interrupt system.

Bergqist pointed during the summer, the most common reason a community’s warning sirens are activated is to warn the public of a possible tornado. However, the sirens could also be activated to alert the public of other types of events that could be a danger to the community. Hearing the sirens is the signal to tune into any of the local radio stations and to follow official instructions being broadcast. Cable television subscribers will also be able to turn on their TV and hear official instructions being broadcast by either the National Weather Service or officials at the Law Enforcement Center.

On our show, Bergquist said the Jamestown area has seven outdoor sirens including the siren at the marina. Five are rotating and timed to sound for three minutes when activated and automatically shutdown.

He pointed out, that with Jamestown growing the city may need to add sirens in the southwest and eastern expansion areas.

On another topic, Bergquist reminded viewers that the CodeRed telephone alert system is available to residents in the Jamestown area. Those who have signed up will received the alerts they opted for. Otherwise if a phone subscriber adds, a cell phone number or land line number they need to have it added to the CodeRed data base.

To add or subscribe go to the Stutsman County web site and fill out the requested information.

Bergquist added that Stutsman County is sharing the 9-1-1 system with Richland County, and will join Barnes County by July 16, 2013, in a three way sharing of 9-1-1 communications, that will allow any entity to take over the entire system if for any reason the system is not operable in any of the communities.

 

　 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Somali national has been sentenced to life in prison for killing the mother of his child and three other people in Minot two years ago.
 
28-year-old Omar Mohamed Kalmio declined to comment following Tuesday’s sentencing, which lasted about 30 minutes.
 
     Judge Douglas Mattson sentenced Kalmio to four consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
 
     He was convicted of fatally shooting 19-year-old Sabrina Zephier at her home and then killing her mother, her brother and her mother’s boyfriend at a nearby mobile home on Jan. 28, 2011.
 
     Kalmio, who had a history of violent crime, was working in North Dakota’s oil patch at the time and said he was in the U.S. under political asylum.

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A Dickinson man facing trial for attempted murder is choosing to represent himself.
 
     Kevin Gardner is accused of putting a loaded gun to a woman’s head last November in Hettinger and pulling the trigger. The gun did not fire.
 
     Gardner is scheduled for trial beginning May 29 on felony charges including attempted murder, aggravated assault-domestic violence, reckless endangerment and terrorizing, along with a misdemeanor menacing count.
 
Gardner told the judge during a hearing Monday he wanted to dismiss his public defender because, he said, “I think I’m the best chance I’ve got.”
 
     Judge William Herauf reluctantly agreed to an arrangement in which public defender Kevin McCabe will act as backup counsel for Gardner during the trial but will do no other work on the case.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Senate has killed a bill that contained more than $350 million in individual and corporate income tax cuts.
 
     Senators defeated the bill 35-12 on Tuesday. North Dakota’s House overwhelmingly passed the measure Monday by a 75-15 vote.
 
     The measure would have cut personal incomes taxes by about $251 million and corporate income taxes by more than $100 million.
 
     Representatives originally had endorsed a $500 million tax cut plan early in the session. A Senate committee cut the proposal to $125 million.

 

  MINTO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities in the northeast North Dakota community of Minto are searching for a man whose pickup truck is believed to have been swept away from a water-covered gravel road.
 
     The driver, who was traveling alone, called for help about 7 p.m. Monday, reporting that his pickup was washed off the road by a strong current in a coulee.
 
     When Minto and Walsh County crews arrived on scene, the truck was visible but there was no sign of the driver. Authorities have not identified him.
 
     Minto responder Annette Glomstad says a helicopter from U.S. Customs and Border Protection was brought in Tuesday morning to resume the search. An airboat and a rescue diving team from Grand Forks were also expected to assist.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Flooding is causing headaches in some small towns and rural areas in northern North Dakota.
 
     In the northeastern part of the state, the Forest River has swamped U.S. Highway 81 near Minto, and the Park River has flooded some rural roads. The state Transportation Department says state Highway 15 also is closed near Fessenden because an underpass is flooded.
 
     In north central North Dakota, the Des Lacs and Souris rivers have been flooding in some rural areas.
 
Some people in the Logan, Des Lacs, and Burlington areas have been using sandbags and clay levees to keep water away from roads and homes.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The predicted flood crest for the Red River of the North has gone south once again.
 
     The National Weather Service on Tuesday lowered the expected peak of the river to 34 feet, down from the 35.5-foot estimate that came out Monday and the 37-foot projection that was issued on Sunday.
 
     The weather service says the water should stop rising sometime Wednesday morning. It will be the latest crest in Fargo and Moorhead, Minn.
 
     Workers spent the last week building miles of clay levees and placing more than 100,000 sandbags in Fargo after receiving warnings from forecasters about a possible record flood. Cost so far is about $2 million.
 
     Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker says he wishes the city could have saved that money, but officials had to follow weather service guidelines.

 

　FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A documentary that aired on Prairie Public Broadcasting (CSi Cable 13)  in October 2010 has won a best of show award in the nature/environment documentary category.
 
     “Global Energy and Carbon: Tracking Our Footprint,” has received a 2012 Platinum Best of Show Aurora Award. It was coproduced by Prairie Public Broadcasting and the Plains CO2 Reduction with support from the U.S. Department of Energy.
 
     The 30-minute documentary demonstrates global energy use by average families in industrialized, emerging, and developing economies. It also explores carbon management options that ensure adequate energy access for the world’s growing population.
 
     The Aurora Awards are given as part of an international competition designed to recognize film and video excellence. Entrants are judged by panels of working film and video professionals.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The government estimates up to 7.4 billion barrels of oil can be recovered from the Bakken and Three Forks formations in the Dakotas and Montana, using current technology.
 
     The U.S. Geological Survey estimate released Tuesday increases an earlier estimate by more than 3 billion barrels.
 
     The USGS estimated in 2008 that up to 4.3 billion barrels of oil could be recovered from the Bakken. The agency called it the largest continuous oil accumulation it has ever assessed.
 
     The Bakken and the Three Forks formation below it encompass more than 25,000 square miles within the Williston Basin. About two-thirds of the formations’ acreage is in western North Dakota.
 
     North Dakota politicians pressured the USGS to do the new assessment, saying it would attract more investment in the state’s oil patch.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials plan to build a $33 million hotel on the United Tribes Technical College campus in Bismarck.
 
     The hotel is expected to cost $33 million, with the Three Affiliated Tribes being the lead investor. The tribe is one of five that governs the college.
 
     Tribal Chairman Tex Hall says it makes “great business sense” to build a hotel on the campus, which is near Bismarck’s airport.
 
     The six-story hotel will have 160 rooms along with a 10,000-square-foot conference center, restaurant, pool and other amenities. Tribal President David Gipp says it will be affiliated with a major hotel chain, and United Tribes students will have the opportunity to get training on hotel management, business administration, security and food service.
 
     Construction is to begin in July and wrap up next summer.
 

In world and national news…

BEIRUT (AP) – Both sides in Syria’s civil war may be getting some help. The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah (hez-BUH’-lah) group is suggesting that his Iranian-backed militants could intervene on the side of the Syrian government if necessary. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah (HAS’-ahn NAS’-ruh-lah) says Syrian rebels won’t be able to defeat President Bashar Assad’s regime. Hezbollah and Iran are close allies of Assad. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama is indicating that he would consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that the Assad government has used chemical weapons.
 
     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A California woman faces attempted murder charges after police say she tried to sneak orange juice bottles spiked with rubbing alcohol inside a Starbucks. Police in San Jose arrested the woman (Ramineh Behbehanian) late Monday. They say a customer reported seeing the 50-year-old woman take two bottles of orange juice from her bag and place them in a refrigerated display case at the Starbucks. She fled when the customer reported what he saw, but an employee jotted down her licenses number.
 
     CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) – Investigators have found a second body at the Southern California site where a small plane crashed after a midair collision with another small plane that managed to make a belly landing on a golf course. A fire department spokesman says the discovery was made Tuesday in the Santa Monica Mountains west of Los Angeles. The midair collision occurred yesterday afternoon, sending one of the planes plunging onto a ridge, where it ignited a half-acre brush fire. The three people in the other plane suffered minor injuries.
 
     PHILADLPHIA (AP) – A jury in Philadelphia is now considering murder charges in the trial of a doctor charged with killing four viable babies who were born alive. Authorities say it was a routine practice at his clinic, which they say provided illegal, late-term abortions. Dr. Kermit Gosnell maintains that he helped desperate women and teens who had no other access to medical care.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – ESPN says it regrets that one of its reporters described Jason Collins as a sinner after the NBA center publicly revealed he is gay. Chris Broussard, who covers the NBA, said on the air yesterday that Collins was “walking in open rebellion to God” by living as a gay man. ESPN says it regrets that a discussion of personal viewpoints became a distraction. The network says it’s “fully committed to diversity.” Broussard today praised Collins’ bravery and said he had no objection to him playing in the NBA.