CSi Weather…

LATE THIS AFTERNOON…PARTLY SUNNY…. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VALLEY cITY  AREA .NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA…A 60 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 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 MID 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 70.

 

 1210 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2013
 
 …THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR    PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE AFFECTING STUTSMAN COUNTY FOR THE JAMES RIVER BASIN INCLUDING PINGREE…MINOR FLOODING IS  FORECAST.
 
 AT 11:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET. 
 FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
 FORECAST…THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A STEADY FALL FOR THE  NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

 

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.

Also…

A Survivor Tea is planned with the Stutsman County Relay for Life, on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 2pm, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, in Jamestown.

All Cancer survivors welcome!

For more information contact: Kim Kapp @701-659-0399

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 8, 2013) — Jamestown Public School announces that School will be in session on Thursday, May 23, 2013 for a full day.

 Friday, May 24, 2013 will be the last day of school, dismissal is at 1:00 PM for Professional Development (this is a makeup day from a storm day in March). Buses will run at that time.)

Graduation will be on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at 2:30 PM at the Jamestown Civic Center.

 

BNSF has updated the following information:

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — BNSF Railway will close the 7th Ave X-ing area Thursday May 9, 2013 for maintenance work.

The far west X-ing in the BNSF Jamestown yard will be closed beginning Thursday May 9th for the weekend.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An employee of a Fargo organization that handles fundraising for nonprofits is accused of stealing more than $140,000 of Giving Point’s money.
 
     Forty-seven-year-old Sheila Horner is accused of writing checks to herself and her son from the Giving Point bank account, and of using company credit card accounts.
 
     The Forum newspaper reports that Horner is charged with felony forgery and theft. Court documents do not list an attorney for her, and a telephone listing for her has been disconnected.
 
     Giving Point Director Shannon Schweigert says it appears that none of the fundraising money for the organization’s clients was affected.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Officials on Thursday are expected to announce plans for construction of a $1.5 billion fertilizer plant near Grand Forks.
 
     North Dakota Corn Growers Association director Tom Lilja says  the plant will be built near Grand Forks and use natural gas from western North Dakota oil wells to produce fertilizer.
 
     An announcement is scheduled for Thursday in Grand Forks.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Enbridge Inc. has resumed shipping crude oil through a pipeline between western North Dakota and northern Minnesota after two shutdowns within a week due to leaks.
 
     Spokeswoman Katie Haarsager (HAHR’-saw-gur) says about 10 gallons leaked between Knox and York in Benson County, and about 84 gallons leaked just southwest of Grand Forks.
 
     Haarsager says the leaks were contained to the pipeline area and have been cleaned up. She says no environmental damage has been found.
 
     The leaks were discovered through regular monitoring of the pipeline that runs between Minot and Clearbrook, Minn. The line has the capacity to ship 210,000 barrels of oil from western North Dakota per day to out-of-state refineries.
 
     Haarsager says the brief shutdown of the line shouldn’t disrupt supplies enough to affect gasoline prices.

 

ADAMS, N.D. (AP) – Walsh County is asking the North Dakota attorney general’s office to investigate allegations that the Adams School District has spent money illegally prior to a pending school reorganization.
 
     The Adams and Park River school districts are combining to form a new district. Walsh County State’s Attorney Barbara Whelan says in a letter to Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) that some unhappy Adams School Board members apparently are trying to deplete the cash reserves and physical assets of the Adams district.
 
     Whelan says it appears the plan is to ensure the Adams district contributes nothing to the new district.
 
     Adams Superintendent Frank Schill declined comment because he said he had not seen documents related to the case.

 

NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a total of $600,000 to two North Dakota communities as part of a nationwide program to assess, cleanup and redevelop contaminated properties.
 
     The city of New Rockford will receive a $200,000 EPA brownfields site grant to clean up the New Rockford City Hospital site contaminated with inorganic contaminants.
 
     The city of Minot is receiving $400,000 in assessment grants to focus on the downtown redevelopment area affected by flooding in 2011 and other flooded locations adjacent to the Souris River. One $200,000 grant will allow for an assessment for hazardous substances and another $200,000 grant will look at petroleum.
 
     The grants are part of $62.5 million awarded nationwide to 240 recipients.

 

In sports..

FARGO, N.D. (AP May 8, 2013)  – North Dakota State University assistant men’s basketball coach Jason Kemp has resigned to accept a similar position at the University of Toledo.
 
     Kemp had been a part of the Bison staff for eight years, starting as a graduate assistant in 2005 and serving six seasons as an assistant.
 
     NDSU head coach Saul Phillips says Kemp’s contributions have been “immeasurable.” Kemp says he will treasure forever his time at NDSU.

 

In world and national news…

PHOENIX (AP) – Jurors in Arizona have reached a verdict in the trial of Jodi Arias, who is accused of murdering her one-time boyfriend. It will be announced Wednesday afternoon. Arias is charged with first-degree murder in the June 2008 killing of Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home. Authorities say she planned the attack in a jealous rage. Arias initially denied involvement, then blamed it on two masked intruders. Two years after her arrest, she said it was self-defense. The trial has featured testimony about a salacious relationship that ended in a bloody killing. Arias spent 18 days on the witness stand.
 
     CLEVELAND (AP) – A second woman rescued after being held captive for a decade in Ohio is now home with her family. Gina DeJesus (deh-HAY’-soos), who disappeared in 2004, arrived home Wednesday as a crowd chanted her name. Earlier today, Amanda Berry arrived at her sister’s home. Berry’s sister made a brief statement thanking the public for their support but asking for privacy. Charges against the man who owns the home where three women were found and his two brothers are expected to come later Wednesday.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Steven Hicks says his “jaw dropped” when he heard how U.N. ambassador Susan Rice was describing the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, in the days after that attack. Hicks was the deputy chief of mission in Libya — and he told a House panel today about the attack on the consulate that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. Rice went on Sunday talk shows five days after the attack, and said it appeared to be connected with demonstrations over an anti-Islam video. Republicans continue to charge that the statements were part of a cover-up.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – Internet service has been restored in Syria, after a nationwide outage cut off the country from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours. State media say the problem was with a fiber optics cable. It was similar to a two-day outage in November. There had been speculation that the regime pulled the plug, possibly as a cover for military actions. But no large-scale offensives were reported today.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The immigration bill that is pending in the Senate could get a boost from an analysis by the Social Security Administration. It finds that the bipartisan measure would boost the trust fund of the retirement program by adding millions of taxpayers to the economy. The finding comes in a letter to Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.