CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.

 FOR THE JAMES BASIN ABOVE THE RESERVOIRS…RIVER AND CREEK STAGES ARE AT OR NEAR THEIR PEAKS…ALTHOUGH A SMALL RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE IS STILL POSSIBLE AT GRACE CITY. JAMESTOWN DAM IS CURRENTLY  RELEASING 200 CFS…WITH A 100 CFS RELEASE AT PIPESTEM DAM.
 ADDITIONAL INCREASES IN RELEASES FROM THE JAMESTOWN RESERVOIR ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEK.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR   THE PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE.

* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

* AT  9:15 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.

THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

AT 10.0 FEET…FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL AFFECTS FARMLAND, BUT
NO MAJOR CITIES OR ROADS. WATER IS OUT OF THE BANKS. LITTLE KNOWN
ABOUT DAMAGE.

FLD  OBSERVED       FORECASTS (7AM)
LOCATION     STG  STG DAY/TIME   FRI    SAT    SUN    MON    TUE

JAMES RIVER BASIN
PINGREE       9 11.6 THU 9 AM   11.2   10.6    9.8    8.3    7.3

.RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH PIPESTEM  CREEK.  WITH THE COUNTRYSIDE GENERALLY SNOW FREE AT THIS POINT…
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WATER SHOULD ALREADY BE OFF THE FIELDS  AND INTO THE STREAMS.  THIS SUGGESTS THAT PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR
PINGREE HAS PEAKED AND WILL FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY NEXT  WEEK.

SAFETY MESSAGE…DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER TOPS THE
ROADWAY. TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN. AVOID DRIVING ON FLOODED ROADS.

BISMARCK, N.D. (May 2, 2013) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed into law House Bills 1012 and 1020, important legislation that will enhance North Dakota’s quality of life by providing services to the state’s most vulnerable citizens and investing in North Dakota’s water supply, and flood protection and water management projects.

Dalrymple was joined by legislators and other state officials during a signing ceremony at the state Capitol.

A Bill signed into law allocates $31 million that will support both Sheyenne River and Devils Lake flood control.

On the Sheyenne, $21 million will be used for permanent flood control projects in Valley City, Lisbon, and Fort Ransom, including property acquisitions, and flood walls and levees.

For Devils Lake, $10 million will continue operations of the east and west end outlets that continue reducing water levels and flooding.

For general water management statewide, House Bill 1020 includes $33 million for rural and other flood control, dam safety, repairs and reconstructions; snagging and clearing; studies and planning; and Devils Lake outlet downstream mitigation.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 2, 2013) — The James River Community Center, in Jamestown hopes to be moved and opened at the new location at Legacy Place, in the former Jamestown Hospital location, on Tuesday May 7, 2013.

With an update On Thursday’s (May 2, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Director, Laurie McGuire said, changes in meals and activities will be happening this week, allow the move to take place.

She said, on Friday (May 3, 2013,) the regular lunch will be served, then, in the afternoon starting at 1:30-p.m. no activities will be held, as the move to the new location starts.

Volunteers are welcome to help with the move starting Friday afternoon. Just come to the present location at 502 10th Avenue, Southeast in Jamestown.

On Saturday, May 4th, and Sunday May 5th, only frozen meals will be available.

On Monday May 6th, frozen meals will be offered, and no activities will be held.

On Tuesday, May 7th, The James River Community Center is planning to open in their new facility at Legacy Place, at the former Jamestown Hospital location.

She added that this week her office is working to keep the current phone number at the new location.

She pointed out that there will be no changes in the James River Transit phone number or services.

She added the buses will still be garaged at the present location which is owned by Center One, as the bus drivers will drop off patrons at the new Legacy Place location, at the former Jamestown Hospital location, and work with the staff there on transportation arrangements with patrons.

Those coming to the new location, starting on Tuesday May 7, 2013 will be able to enter the ground level location, either by coming in the south door, the west door across from Lincoln School, or the front door of the former hospital, and then taking the elevator to the ground level location.

There will be tours of the new facility at Legacy Place, to familiarize patrons with the lay out and the services available, including lunch and other activities.

Laurie thanks Essentia Health for the donation of office furniture and equipment from when Essentia moved to their new clinic location on the campus of Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 2, 2013) – Jamestown School Board meeting on Monday, May 6, 2013 at 5:15 pm has been moved to the Middle School Gymnasium located at 203 2nd Avenue SE, Jamestown.

Superintendent Robert Toso says, he expects upwards of 200 people to attend the meeting.

He said one of the first items on the agenda is to rescind the recent school board vote that denied hiring Jeff Nold, to a teaching position.

At the April 25, 2013 meeting the school board, on a 5-3 vote, turned down hiring Jamestown High School Principal Bill Nold’s son, Jeff for a business teacher position, after a contentious discussion.

Jeff Nold is the son of Bill Nold, principal of Jamestown High School — where the position of business teacher now remains vacant.

He said following rescinding the April 25th vote, school board is able to discuss again, hiring Jeff Nold, and then vote again on whether or not he should be hired.

At the April 25ht meeting, voting in favor of hiring Jeff Nold were board members, Diane Hanson, Gail Martin and Greg Allen.

Opposed were board members Roger Haut, Roy Musland, Roger Haut, Shelly Jystad and Terry Anderson.

Board member Heidi Larson was not present during the vote.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 2, 2013) — Commercial airline boardings at Jamestown Regional Airport were at 162 in April 2013, compared to 185 in April of 2012.

Airport Manage, Matthew Leitner, on Thursdays’ (May 2, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 said, in May of 2012 boardings were 193, and he anticipates an increase to over 300 boarding in May this year.

Leitner pointed out that plans are being made to construction t-hangars at the airport, noting good public input on the topic from the recent public meeting.

It’s still to be decided if the new hangars would be owned and leased by the airport, and privately owned.

Leitner said this summer airport projects will include installing new gates, a new rotating beacon, and improved runway lighting.

He said Great Lakes Airlines is keeping the current flight schedule.

For more information on booking flights on line go to www.flyjamestown.net or www.flygreatlakes.com or get in touch with any travel agency to book flights and get more information on flight destinations.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office will be conducting survey work, beginning Monday May 6, 2013, in and around the river area in Jamestown.

The work is part of the on-going U.S.Army Corps of Engineer’s River Study, and should be completed in 2-3 weeks.

The data to be collected includes first floor and low opening elevations of home and businesses near the river, which will require city crews to be on numerous individual private properties for short periods of time.

　

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KCSi-T.V. News May 2, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, selected Tower City, N.D., resident Scott Tichy as one of its three Civil Servants of the Year this year.

The St. Paul District presents this award annually to the top three or four of its 700 employees. Tichy, who’s worked for the Corps of Engineers for more than 21 years, is a park ranger and natural resource specialist at Lake Asthabula in Valley City, N.D.

Tichy received this award in recognition for his outstanding support to his community during the past year. In addition to the excellent interpretation and community relations work he did at Lake Ashtabula, he supported his local park board and Ducks Unlimited chapter.

“Scott is an outstanding park ranger. He possesses excellent community relations skills as seen in his involvement with his church, his interpretation of Corps Water Safety messages and his work with various community groups, providing expertise in trail maintenance, construction, forestry and recreation,” said Rich Schueneman, Tichy’s supervisor. “A passion for the outdoors, a strong commitment to community and family and outstanding leadership skills are hallmarks of Scott’s career at the Corps of Engineers.”

Tichy will receive his award at the 36th Annual Minnesota Federal Civil Servant of the Year Awards in St. Paul, Minn., May 3.

The nearly 700 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the Corps’ Fiscal Year 2011 $175 million budget, nearly 2,800 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $271 million to the national economy. For more information, see

www.mvp.usace.army.mil.

 

 DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – The National Weather Service says Devils Lake will probably not exceed its record elevation this year.
 
     The  new outlook indicates a 50-50 chance that the lake will exceed an elevation of 1,453.3 feet this year, and just a 10 percent chance that it will surpass the record 1,454.3 feet above sea level set in 2011.
 
     The lake elevation dropped about 3 feet in 2012, partly because of a yearlong mini-drought and an expanded outlet system that moved about a foot of water to the Sheyenne River.
 
     Devils Lake Basin Joint Water Resource Board manager Jeff Frith says the news is a little better but it’s still a concern. He says the area is still going to lose some acres and some roads.

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Another highway in North Dakota that has been shut down by flooding in recent days has reopened.
 
     The state Transportation Department says water has receded from U.S. Highway 81 south of Minto and it is once again safe for travel. State Highway 17 remains closed at the bridge crossing the Red River in Walsh County.
 
     Traffic speeds are reduced on N.D. Highway 14 south of the U.S. Highway 2 junction at Towner and on N.D. Highway 66 east of Egeland because of floodwaters. But transportation officials say traffic speeds have returned to normal on Highway 81 south of Hamilton, where floodwaters have now receded.

 

 WALES, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a northeastern North Dakota man who died after his vehicle became partially submerged in floodwaters in Cavalier County.
 
     The Highway Patrol says 51-year-old Steve Feil, of Hannah, apparently attempted to cross a road that had been washed out, then tried to walk through the frigid waters when his pickup truck became stuck and he succumbed to the cold.
 
     Feil’s body was found Wednesday morning about 200 yards from his pickup, about 8 miles from Wales.
 
     Authorities are continuing to search for 55-year-old Guy Miller, whose pickup was swept off a Walsh County road by floodwaters Monday near Minto.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A fire at a Bismarck office building has displaced six businesses.
 
     The fire in the Manhattan Building was reported by a passer-by about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. No one was hurt in the blaze but damage is estimated at about half a million dollars.
 
     Investigators say the fire appears to be electrical in nature and accidental.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A judge in Fargo has ruled there is enough evidence to proceed with a sexual assault case against an 18-year-old Davies High School student.
 
     Borris Dahn is charged in adult court with felonious restraint and three misdemeanors, including sexual assault. He’s accused of assaulting a 16-year-old girl at the school. 
 
     The incident captured on videotape by the school’s surveillance video allegedly shows Dahn assaulting the girl after she took his coat and hat.
 
     Prosecutors say Dahn threatened to rape the girl. Dahn’s attorney disputes that.
 
     Defense attorney Charlie Sheeley says the alleged incident started because of a racial slur the girl directed toward Dahn, who is black. Sheeley says it was “a high school tussle” that got out of hand.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Two Fargo men accused of confronting juveniles they say were terrorizing a neighborhood have pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges.
 
     Gerald Manley and Michael Pajala both are charged with disorderly conduct. Manley also faces a simple assault charge for allegedly being physical with one of the boys.
 
     Authorities allege that Manley, Pajala and a third man confronted the juveniles in a vehicle on a street. They say Pajala was armed with a semiautomatic rifle and the third man had a concealed handgun. The third man was not charged.
 
     Parents of the three boys in the car say the Saturday night incident terrified their children. Defense attorney Bruce Quick says the boys have been terrorizing the neighborhood for about a year.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Friends, family and former and current political figures gathered in Bismarck Thursday to remember William Guy, North Dakota’s longest serving governor.
 
     Guy died last Friday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 93. 
 
Former U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad called Guy a giant in North Dakota political history. Conrad says Guy was an architect of development strategy for this state.
 
     Former Sen. Byron Dorgan recalls Guy traveling the state and talking with “bankers and barbers, presidents and plumbers.” Dorgan says Guy didn’t come to office to be somebody, he wanted to do something.
 
     Another memorial was held at a Fargo church on Tuesday. A private burial is to follow at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. Guy served in the Navy during World War II.

 

 By CHET BROKAW
 Associated Press
     A federal study says North Dakota had one of the nation’s highest increases in the suicide rate among middle-aged people in the past decade.
 
     The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the national suicide rate for ages 35 to 64 jumped 28 percent from 1999 to 2010. It rose by 70 percent for that age group in North Dakota.
 
     Micki Savelkoul, director of the state Suicide Prevention Program, says she wishes she could point to a reason. She says officials have no answer, and many factors play into people’s decisions to end their own lives.
 
     State Sen. Tim Mathern of Fargo says he thinks the increase is due to a lack of adequate treatment and stress among military veterans and those displaced by development in North Dakota’s oil patch.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Senate has approved a bill that provides more than $1.1 billion to help oil patch communities and surrounding areas deal with rapid energy development.
 
     The Senate approved the measure 45-2 on Thursday. The House endorsed the measure Wednesday.
 
     The measure provides state funding for such things as road repair and other infrastructure improvements, law enforcement, emergency medical services, schools, hospitals and nursing homes.
 
     The funding comes from oil and gas production taxes and is nearly triple the amount oil-impacted communities received in the current two-year budget that ends June 30.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Schoolchildren in Minnesota and Wisconsin are getting a rare May snow day after a storm dropped up to 16 inches of sticky snow on the Upper Midwest.
 
     Bobbi Howe’s two daughters had to stay home in the southeastern Minnesota city of Owatonna (oh-wuh-TAHN’-nah), where 15.5 inches of snow made it hard for the family to open their front door. Owatonna was one of dozens of school districts in Minnesota and Wisconsin that canceled classes.
 
     The Twin Cities were supposed to be in the bulls-eye but escaped unscathed when the storm tracked farther east than forecast.
 
     But more than 16 inches of snow fell on Ashland in far northwestern Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Patrol says that was a factor in a fatal crash between two semis on Interstate 94 near Menomonie.

 

 In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. is calling for North Korea to grant an amnesty for the immediate release of a Korean-American who was sentenced to 15 years hard labor for “hostile acts” against the state. Kenneth Bae (beh) is at least the sixth American detained in North Korea since 2009. The others eventually were deported or released without serving out their terms, some after trips to Pyongyang by prominent Americans, including former presidents. Analysts say Bae’s sentencing could be an effort by the North to win diplomatic concessions in the ongoing standoff over its nuclear program.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming rebels opposed to the Syrian government. Hagel told a Pentagon news conference that the administration is considering a range of options. He said he personally has not decided whether it would be wise to provide weapons to the rebels. At the same news conference, British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said his government has not yet provided arms to the Syrian rebels – but would not rule it out.
 
     OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – A grand jury in Mississippi will hear the evidence against James Dutschke (DUHS’-kee), the man suspected in the mailing of letters laced with the poison ricin (RY’-sihn) to President Barack Obama and others. A judge Thursday ruled that there’s enough probable cause to send the case to a grand jury. An FBI agent testified  that a dust mask that tested positive for ricin also contained DNA from Dutschke.
 
     ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Maryland has become the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to abolish the death penalty. Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the measure at a crowded ceremony Thursday. Attending was one-time Maryland death row inmate Kirk Bloodsworth. He is the first person in the U.S. freed because of DNA evidence after being convicted in a death penalty case. Maryland is the 18th state to abolish the death penalty. The bill will not apply to the five men the state has on death row, but the governor can commute their sentences to life without parole.
 
     PHOENIX (AP) – A judge in Arizona is going to let a jury consider the lesser charge of manslaughter against Jodi Arias, along with the charges of first-degree and second-degree murder. Authorities say she planned the killing of her one-time boyfriend in his home in 2008 in a jealous rage, because he wanted to end their relationship. Arias says she killed him in self-defense, and that he had become abusive in the months before she killed him. In closing arguments, a prosecutor described her as a manipulative liar.