CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA…ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. BREEZY. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.

.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 60. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY IN THE MORNING…THEN PARTLY SUNNY WITH A
50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID
50S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
HIGHS AROUND 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

 

11 A.M. WED MAY 8, 201

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT  8:15 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY  WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT…AT 10.0 FEET…FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL AFFECTS FARMLAND, BUT NO MAJOR CITIES OR ROADS.

FLD  OBSERVED       FORECASTS (7PM)
LOCATION     STG  STG DAY/TIME   WED    THU    FRI    SAT    SUN

JAMES RIVER BASIN
PINGREE       9  9.3 TUE 8 PM    8.9    8.7    8.3    8.1    7.7

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Nearly a dozen counties in North Dakota have put burning restrictions in place so far this spring due to dry conditions that have increased the danger for wildfires.
 
      Burleigh, Emmons and Stark counties implemented burn bans this week. The counties of Williams, Golden Valley, Dunn, Hettinger, Adams, LaMoure and Dickey had done so earlier.
 
     Bismarck Rural Fire Chief Al Klein says burn restrictions help remind people to be careful when burning and not to do so on hot, dry, windy days.
 
A grassland fire in Ransom County burned more than 400 acres before being contained Tuesday. Much of the scorched land was in the Sheyenne National Grasslands. The Milnor Fire Department says the blaze was sparked by someone burning garbage.

 

 Valley City, ND  (KCSi-T.V. News)  —   The 2013 Barnes County, American Cancer Society Relay For Life® kickoff is this evening May 8, 2013 at 5:30 p.m., at the Viking Room.

Volunteers and teams are invited to attend.

The kickoff includes speakers from the community and  honors cancer survivors, along with  an opportunity for community members to learn about the “New Relay Look” that will be on held on Central Avenue in downtown Valley City Friday, June 21, 2013 from 6:00 pm. to Midnight.  

Food will be  provided by the Viking Room courtesy of Terry & Vicky Jones. 

 The Relay web site is www.relayforlife.org/barnescountynd .

For more information about  the Barnes County Relay For Life, call local co-event coordinator Margaret Bessette @ 845-9989.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Council met in Special Session on Tuesday May 7, 2013 at 4-p.m., and then recessed into Executive Session for the purpose of consulting with the City Attorney concerning territorial service claims by Stutsman Rural Water District.

Those present during the Executive Session were: Mayor Andersen and City Council Members Kourajian, Gumke, Brubakken, and Buchanan, along with City Administrator Jeff Fuchs, City Engineer, Reed Schwartzkopf, City Fire Chief Jim Reuther, and City Attorney Ken Dalsted, Assistant City Attorney Mary Jensen, and on the phone, Tammy Norgaard from the Vogel Law Firm in Fargo.

Following the Executive Session the open meeting was reconvened.

Mayor Andersen said, no action was to be taken by the City Council stemming from the meeting.

The open portion of the meeting was shown live on CSi 67.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) May 7, 2013) — The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office is informing residents, that effective Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 4th St NE between 11th & 12th Ave NE and 12th Ave NE between 3rd & 4th St NE will be closed beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Please follow local detour road signage.

The closure is due to utility work associated with fire hydrant replacement and requires temporary removal of electric utility poles.

Work is anticipated to be finished by late afternoon, but could last the entire day.

Motorists should use alternate routes and use EXTREME caution in and around this area.

　

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Valley City will have the second public meeting to discuss, educate and answer questions about the AMI (automated metering infrastructure) system.

A goal of the meeting is to correct previous information,

The meeting is Thursday May 9, 2013 at 7-p.m., at City Hall.

　

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – A federal lawsuit filed by a North Dakota woman who said she suffered permanent injuries from a police handcuff incident has been settled out of court.

Cheryl Schultz sued Valley City and two police officers after the March 2009 incident. She claimed she suffered second-degree burns when police used an electric grinder to remove one of the cuffs placed on her wrists when she was arrested for drunken driving.

She had sought $50,000 in damages. Valley City Attorney Russ Myhre says  the settlement are not being made public.

　

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Barnes County Commission voted 3-2 to move the 9-1-1 Dispatch Center to the Barnes County Courthouse basement.

County Commissioners John Froehlich and Phil Leitner voted against the motion.

County Commissioners Eldred Knutson, Cynthia Schwehr and Rodger Berntson have concerns of a flood threat to the present location, stemming from the 2009 & 2011 flood events in Valley City.

The current contract with the city expires on July 16, 2013.

Barnes county plans to ask the city to lease the space monthly after Stutsman County Eergency Manager, Jerry Berquist said that it could take 6-8 months to move the equipment.

Barnes county is in the process of entering into a joint agreement with Stutsman and Richland counties to share services.

Barnes County is working with vendors to replace the older dispatch center equipment.

 

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Steve Hammel was introduced Monday (May 6, 2013) at the Valley City Commission meeting, as the new Barnes County/Valley City Public Library, Director, effective May 6, 2013.

Hammel was the library director in Denison, Iowa before coming to Valley City.

Hammel asked for volunteers, adding that he looks forward to the challenge.

Hammel succeeds library director Mary E. Fischer, who passed away in late 2012.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 68 followed by replays.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The third year of Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Jamestown High School, is coming to a close with its final exercises on Thursday May 9, 2013.

Approximately 140 students of the freshman class will be participating in a disaster exercise.

The students will act as the responders during a mock bus crash scenario with JHS drama students acting as the victims.

Students will utilize their newly-learned CERT skills under the direction of local emergency response agencies an school staff.

The exercise will give students a chance to practice and refine their new capabilities should they need to respond to an actual disaster or emergency event in the future.

Prior to the exercise there will be a brief graduation ceremony with the students receiving their Teen CERT diplomas.

Due to the large amount of students participating in this year’s class, there will be two separate exercises and graduation ceremonies.

The first group starts at 9:06 a.m., with the second group following at 10:30a.m.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have arrested a suspect in an early morning convenience store robbery in Fargo after a brief manhunt.
 
     Police say the man grabbed money out of the cash register at the Petro Travel Center just after 5 a.m. when the clerk opened the till for a transaction. Police in West Fargo spotted the suspect vehicle a short time later and gave chase.
 
     The suspect eventually abandoned the car and fled on foot. A police dog was brought in and tracked the suspect, who authorities say has a history of similar grab-and-dash thefts.

 

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – The suspect in a New Year’s Eve shooting outside of a bar in the western North Dakota oil patch town of Gladstone has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.
 
     Robert York is accused of trying to shoot Gladstone resident Justin Willis in the face with a sawed-off shotgun after an apparent bar fight. Authorities say York came to North Dakota from the Phoenix area in Arizona, though court documents list his address as Hedrick, Iowa.
 
     Two brothers from Iowa, Rusty and Ryan Shields, allegedly also were involved in the dispute and were charged with attempted murder. The Dickinson Press reports that they reached agreements with prosecutors and were sentenced to probation on misdemeanor assault charges.
 
     York faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
 

　FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Canadian man accused of leading a conspiracy to sell drugs in North Dakota and other states is scheduled for sentencing in federal court.
 
     Jerome Catacutan pleaded guilty earlier to conspiracy to possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and money laundering. He faces life in prison without parole.
 
     Authorities say Catacutan admitted that he tried to buy 30 kilograms of cocaine from undercover agents. He allegedly engaged in ongoing negotiations with U.S. agents posing as large-scale cocaine traffickers.
 
     Court documents show that the agents met with Catacutan at a Bloomington, Minn., bar in October 2009.
 
     Sentencing is set for today at 1:30 p.m. in Fargo.

 

  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University plans to seek compensation from the owner of two dogs that attacked a flock of sheep inside a research barn.
 
     The attack Tuesday left a dozen sheep dead. Seven were killed by the two huskies and five others were injured and had to be euthanized. Another six were injured but remain alive and are being treated.
 
     NDSU Animal Sciences head Greg Lardy says the loss likely will be in the thousands of dollars. He says the loss also is tough on staff and students who “care very passionately about the animals.”
 
     The owner of the dogs was not immediately identified. Authorities were planned to cite the owner for having a dog running at large, an infraction punishable by up to a $500 fine.

 

 WASHINGTON (AP) – The Air Force has stripped 17 officers of their authority to control nuclear missiles. The action follows a string of unpublicized failings, including a dismal review of their unit’s launch skills. The tipping point was an inspection in March of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base. The group earned the equivalent of a “D” grade.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (KCSi-T.V. News May 7, 2013)  – Gov. Jack Dalrymple applauded the $250 million in income tax relief he signed into law as important legislation that directly benefits North Dakotans who have worked hard to help create our vibrant economy.

“North Dakota’s strong economy did not happen overnight. The people and businesses of our state have been working hard for many years to innovate, to build and to create opportunities,” Gov. Dalrymple said. “At the same time, the state has worked hard to position itself as a friendly business environment, where hard-working individuals can thrive. This $250 million in income tax relief helps continue those efforts, creating an even brighter future for North Dakota.”

Dalrymple highlighted the tax relief in Senate Bill 2156 while speaking at the Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo Chamber’s legislative wrap up event in Fargo today.

Senate Bill 2156 overwhelmingly passed both the House and the Senate providing $200 million in personal income tax relief and $50 million in corporate tax relief. This represents a 20 percent and 12 percent tax cut, respectively. Combined, these reductions in income tax send unprecedented relief directly back to taxpayers.

The total tax relief package passed in the 2013-15 legislative session, including income, property and homestead tax relief, reached more than $1.1 billion.

Property tax relief totaled $850 million this legislative session, including $656 million provided through a new K-12 school funding formula that shifts the largest share of education costs from school districts to the state.

The homestead tax credit, which applies to senior citizens who live on fixed incomes, was more than doubled from $8.8 million to $20 million. The Legislature raised the maximum income limit and the maximum asset limit, including the value of taxpayers’ homes, making more North Dakotans eligible for this property tax reduction.

Dalrymple also signed into law an expansion of the homestead tax credit for disabled veterans.  The change expands the tax credit program for disabled veterans from $4.2 million to $7.7 million, an 83 percent increase.

Since 2009, Dalrymple has worked with legislators to reduce taxes by nearly $2.4 billion.

 

　BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple says he is confident that the state Board of Higher Education can resolve lingering questions about the leadership of North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani.
 
     Dalrymple isn’t offering any recommendations. But he says  “there’s no question” Shirvani is “off to a rocky start” and “has not won the confidence of the people whose confidence he needs.”
 
     Shirvani says he was given a mandate when he was hired last year to overhaul the state’s higher education system and fix problems including low graduation rates. But he has been criticized for his management style and accused of ignoring open meeting laws.
 
     Several groups have passed votes of no confidence in Shirvani, but the Higher Education board says it stands behind him.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services and local officials are conducting preliminary assessments on Wednesday to determine damage from this year’s flood.
 
     State and federal teams will meet with local officials to look at roads, bridges and other infrastructure damage in 18 counties and one tribal community. The counties are: Benson, Bottineau, Cass, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, McHenry, Pembina and Ramsey. Also, Ransom, Renville, Richland, Rolette, Towner, Traill, Walsh, Ward and Wells counties, as well as the Spirit Lake Nation.
 
     The teams will also be reviewing flood-related expenses like emergency measures and debris clean up.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The number of temporary federal housing units still occupied in northern North Dakota’s Ward County has fallen below 300.
 
     The Federal Emergency Management Agency made more than 2,000 mobile homes available to residents displaced by historic Souris River flooding in June 2011. The number of occupied units is now at 291.
 
     FEMA last year extended the temporary housing program through this June, but the agency started charging rent in January.
 
     FEMA also is selling some of the units to people living in them. As of May 2, the agency had finalized nearly 100 sales.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Former state Sen. Ed Kringstad has died.
 
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple announced Tuesday that Kringstad passed away Saturday in Bismarck. Kringstad served in the North Dakota Senate from 1995 to 2006. 
 
     Dalrymple says he and First Lady Betsy Dalrymple were sad to hear about Kringstad’s passing. He says Kringstad was an outstanding state senator who was genuine and caring.

In sports…

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. Sports) — The Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting a Local Hershey Track Meet

at the Jamestown College track on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 5:00pm.　 Registration is at 4:00pm.　 Registration forms may be picked up at the Parks and Recreation office or download from our website www.jamestownparksandrec.com .　

The first two places in each event will qualify for the state meet, June 15th in Rugby, ND.　 The meet is open to boys and girls ages 9-14 as of December 31, 2013.　 For more information call the Parks and Recreation office, 252-3982 or go to www.hersheytrackandandfield.com

On-line registration can be found on the public site under the Parent tab > Register for a Track Meet and pertains to local meets only.　 When the parent selects a local meet and clicks on the link to open the local entry form, the entry form is populated with the event information (location/date/time).　 　When they complete and submit the form, instructions direct them to print and take the form to the local meet along with their child’s birth certificate. 　 http://www.hersheystrackandfield.com/parents/register-for-a-track-meet.aspx

 

 INTERLEAGUE
 
   Final          Pittsburgh      4    Seattle                  1
   Final          N-Y  Mets          1    Chi  White  Sox      0,  10  Innings
   Final          Milwaukee        6    Texas                      3
   Final          Colorado          2    N-Y  Yankees          0
 
     Detroit    at    Washington    (7:00  p.m.,    postponed,  rain)
 
 
       AMERICAN  LEAGUE

 BOSTON (AP) – Scott Diamond pitched seven shutout innings last night as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox 6-1. Diamond allowed three singles and retired the last 15 batters he faced. Boston’s David Ortiz went 1 for 4 to extend his hitting streak to 27 games.

Toronto earned a 6-4 victory after Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ was hit in the head by Desmond Jennings’ line drive in the second inning. Happ was taken off the field on a stretcher and sent to a hospital for tests a few hours before Maicer Izturis (MY’-sur ihz-TOOR’-his) belted a solo homer to break a 4-4 tie in the ninth.

Update…

  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Toronto Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ has been released from a Florida hospital, a day after he was hit on the head by a line drive.
 
     Bayfront Medical Center said in a statement that Happ was discharged after being upgraded from fair to good condition on Wednesday. Happ was taken there after being struck on the left side of the head during Tuesday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
 
     The Blue Jays said Happ was responsive and feeling better after sustaining a head bruise and cut to his the left ear.
 
     The hospital released a statement from the pitcher, who said he was in good spirits and appreciated the support he had received from “the baseball community.”
   Final    Baltimore            4    Kansas  City          3
   Final    Cleveland            1    Oakland                  0
   Final    Houston                7    L.A.  Angels          6
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final    Cincinnati          5    Atlanta                  4
   Final    Chi  Cubs              2    St.  Louis              1
   Final    Arizona                5    L.A.  Dodgers        3
   Final    San  Diego            5    Miami                      1
   Final    Philadelphia      6    San  Francisco      2
 
 
       NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION  PLAYOFFS

 UNDATED (AP) – The New York Knicks and Memphis Grizzlies won last night’s NBA playoff games. Carmelo Anthony scored half of his 32 points while the Knicks were reeling off a 30-2 run in the second half of a 105-79 rout of Indiana, knotting that series at a game apiece. Mike Conley’s 26 points, 10 rebounds and one assist pushed the visiting Grizzlies to a 99-93 triumph at Oklahoma City.  Game 3 is Saturday in Memphis.
 
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE  PLAYOFFS

 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Patrick Sharp scored two goals last night as the Chicago Blackhawks blanked the Minnesota Wild 3-0. Bryan Bickell also had a goal for the Blackhawks, who lead the opening-round playoff series 3-1. The Wild had another goalie get hurt when Josh Harding’s injury forced Darcy Kuemper into action.  The Hawks can close out the series at home on Thursday

 

  UNDATED (AP) – The San Jose Sharks are the first NHL to reach the conference semifinals after beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in overtime. Patrick Marleau’s power-play goal at 13:18 of the extra session gave the Sharks a four-game sweep. Also on ice, the New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh 6-4 to even that series 2-2,  Game 5 is Thursday in Pittsburgh. Ottawa has a 3-1 series lead following a 3-2 overtime win against Montreal,
 Ottawa can close out the series Thursday in Montreal.
 

 COLLEGE  T.V. BASKETBALL
 
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – The Final Four’s national semifinal games will only be on cable-TV the next two years. The Saturday doubleheader will air on TBS in 2014 and 2015, with the title game remaining on CBS. Under the 14-year deal that CBS and Turner Sports signed with the NCAA in 2010, CBS and TBS were scheduled to start alternating broadcasts of the entire Final Four starting in 2016, but Turner had the option to move that up to 2014.
 

In world and national news..

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Five House committees are pressing ahead with their own investigations into the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission at Benghazi, Libya last September. House Republicans insist the Obama administration is covering up information about the deadly assault that killed a U.S. ambassador and three others. A hearing is being held today on Capitol Hill, despite an exhaustive independent review, more than 25,000 pages of documents sent to Congress and hours of testimony from two cabinet members and the Joint Chiefs chairman.
 
     CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after his career was derailed by scandal four years ago. The Republican bested Democrat Elizabeth Colbert (KOHL’-buhrt) Busch in a special election yesterday, winning back the seat he held for three terms in the 1990s. Sanford’s career disintegrated in 2009, when he used public funds to visit his then-mistress in Argentina. He’d told his staff he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
 
     CLEVELAND (AP)- Charges have yet to be filed against them, but three brothers believed to have held three women captive for around least 10 years could be in court today. The women escaped from the Cleveland house when one of them kicked out the lower portion of a screen door and used a neighbor’s phone to call 9-1-1. 
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Safety Council says that fatal car crashes where drivers are on the phone are seriously underreported. The council says even when drivers admitted to authorities that they were using a phone during an accident in which someone was killed, about half the cases weren’t recorded that way.
 
     TOKYO (AP) – Toyota reports it more than doubled its quarterly profit. Cost cuts and better sales worked with a weakening yen to add momentum to the automaker’s comeback. Last year Toyota reclaimed the title of world’s top-selling automaker, and said today it expects the strong results to continue in its new business year that ends March 2014.