CSi Weather…

LATE THIS AFTERNOON…SUNNY. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. EAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN PARTLY SUNNY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE WEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLEAR…IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA…A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF .ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. IN THE EVENING. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH
WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY…COOLER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTH
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 70S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.

 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH ON FRIDAY. SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST…HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NON-SEVERE AT THIS TIME.

IN ADDITION…WITH BREEZY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER INDICES ARE FORECAST IN THE WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

 

　FOR THE PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE…THE LATEST STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET  AT 11 AM THURSDAY.
  
 
              FLD  OBSERVED       FORECASTS (7AM)
 LOCATION     STG  STG  DAY/TIME   FRI    SAT    SUN    MON    TUE
 
 JAMES RIVER BASIN
   PINGREE       9  8.6 THU 11 AM   8.4    8.2    7.9    7.5    7.3

 

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

Approximately 140 students of the freshman class participated in a disaster exercise.

Prior to the exercise a brief graduation ceremony took place, with the students receiving their Teen CERT diplomas.

There was two exercises, and graduation ceremonies at the high school, due to the large amount of students participating.

During a mock bus crash scenario, the students acted as responders, and JHS drama students acted as the “victims.”

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

The exercise gives 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.

 

 Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Officials in Valley City inform the public that this Monday May 13, 2013 reconstruction will start on Phase II of the 9th Avenue Northwest project.

The street will be closed to traffic from 4th Street Northwest to 12th Street Northwest.

Also, 9th Avenue Northwest traffic is to be detoured along Main Street, 5th Avenue Northeast and 12th Street North.

Truck traffic is asked to avoid using 5th Avenue Northwest, and follow the designated detour route.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The state Board of Higher Education will be reviewing the job performance of embattled University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani.
 
     The board approved a motion at Thursday’s meeting in Grand Forks to conduct the special assessment, which should include surveys of university system employees and others.
 
     The action came after board member Kari Reichert added an agenda item to discuss Shirvani’s leadership skills. Reichert and board member Janice Hoffarth say there has been an “alarming” turnover rate among university system employees since Shirvani took over less than a year ago.
 
     Asked during a break in the meeting whether he thought there was a turnover problem, Shirvani said, “Absolutely not. That’s absolutely preposterous.”
 
     Shirvani says he was given a mandate to overhaul the higher education system. The board has previously supported him.

 

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – One of two men charged in an Easter Sunday armed robbery of a Devils Lake bowling alley has been sentenced to serve four years in prison after pleading guilty to felony robbery.
 
19-year-old John Greywind Jr., of Fort Totten, had another six years of prison time suspended.
 
     Ramsey County State’s Attorney Lonnie Olson says Greywind admitted holding a knife to an employee at the Royal Lanes and demanding the employee open the safe.
 
     Olson says about $1,800 was taken in the robbery. The employee wasn’t hurt.
 
     The second suspect, 18-year-old Johnson Tollefson, of St. Michael, has pleaded not guilty to robbery.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The owner of two dogs that attacked a herd of research sheep in a North Dakota State University barn has pleaded guilty in Fargo municipal court to having dogs at large.
 
     Authorities say the two huskies escaped from the home of Doug and Crystal Petersen and somehow got into the NDSU barn. The dogs killed seven of the sheep and injured nearly a dozen more, five of which had to be euthanized.
 
     Doug Petersen was fined $500 for each dog. He and his wife also are likely to face thousands of dollars in restitution.
 
     The Petersens say they were working in their backyard on Tuesday when a neighbor’s 4-year-old son let the dogs out of their house. Crystal Petersen tells The Forum that she’s shocked by what the dogs did.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – State and local leaders in Grand Forks have announced plans to build a new $1.5 billion nitrogen fertilizer production facility northwest of Grand Forks.
 
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Grand Forks Mayor Michael Brown were joined by others Thursday in announcing that Northern Plains Nitrogen intended to build the new facility. The plant will produce nitrogen-based fertilizers by converting natural gas into anhydrous ammonia and urea.
 
     The company announced plans for a study examining specifications and infrastructure needs. If complete, the plant will produce more than 600,000 tons of nitrogen per year and employ approximately 135 full-time employees.
 
     Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2015, with an estimated completion date in spring 2017.

 

 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Despite wet weather in April, the amount of water flowing into the Missouri River remains below normal because of slow runoff and the ongoing drought.
 
     The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday that the cold weather reduced the amount of runoff from snowmelt in the past month.
 
     The corps is predicting the amount of runoff flowing into the river basin this spring to be about 79 percent of normal. So the corps will continue imposing drought conservation measures.
 
     But the corps Jody Farhat says conditions in the basin can change quickly and some areas could see flooding after heavy rains.
 
     The amount of water released out of Gavins Point dam on the South Dakota-Nebraska border averaged 17,800 cubic feet per second during April.

 

 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A wet spring continues to soak soil across much of the Midwest, causing the prolonged drought to retreat ever so slowly westward.
 
     Sections of central Iowa, southeast Minnesota and western parts of Wisconsin and Missouri have seen notable improvement in drought conditions. The weekly drought monitor measures conditions up to 7 a.m. Tuesday. The report is released on Thursdays by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
 
     It shows the drought has subsided for nearly two-thirds of Iowa, most of Missouri and Arkansas.
 
     West of those states drought remains. A smaller portion of western Nebraska is in extreme or exceptional drought and southwestern Nebraska improved slightly.
 
     The soil moisture is good news for corn growers who are now dodging rain storms to get seed in the ground.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks is eliminating eight of its 270 jobs.
 
     Associate Director Tom Erickson tells the Grand Forks Herald that a slowdown in funding from both the federal government and energy companies is behind the layoffs.
 
     The 3 percent reduction of the EERC workforce is concentrated on research support positions and not on staff members with doctorates.

 

In sports…

Oklahoma, City (KCSi-T.V. Sports May 9, 2013) — At Oklahoma City, the Jamestown College Jimmies defeated Northwestern of Iowa by a score of 8-5 in 14 innings, in the NAIA Championship Opening Round Tournament, at At Jim Wade Stadium.

Kacy Gardiner tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings, while Nick Smart picks up the win pitching  two innings of relief.

　

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JC 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3     8  16  3  19

NC 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    5  12  1  18

Jamestown next takes on Oklahoma City University CST at 6:00pm

The Jimmies reached the nationals by defeating Mayville State 7-6, on May 4th, the Unaffiliated Conference Tournament.

The winner of the five-team, double-elimination tournament heads to the NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho.

The tournament, has nine sites with five teams per location.

 

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings have wrapped up an agreement with the University of Minnesota to play their home games at TCF Bank Stadium while the new Vikings stadium is being built. And it’s going to cost them.
 
     The Vikings will pay the university $250,000 for every game and up to an additional $50,000 in concession and advertising revenue. That could add up to as much as $3 million per season. The university will also keep all parking revenue.
 
     The contract allows for just one night game during the week per season, which will take place late in the year when school is not in session. The Vikings will also pay to add seating and heat the field.
 
     The university’s board of regents is expected to approve the contract on Friday.

 

In world and national news…

 CLEVELAND (AP) – Cleveland police say the two brothers of the man accused of keeping women captive in his house have been released from custody. The two were arrested Monday along with 52-year-old Ariel Castro, who is being held on $8 million bond on charges of rape and the kidnappings of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus (deh-HAY’-soos) and Michelle Knight, as well as Berry’s child born in captivity. The brothers were not charged in that case.
 
     SHINGLETOWN, Calif. (AP) – A sheriff’s official says the Northern California search for an ex-convict suspected of fatally shooting his wife and two young daughters is like warfare. He says SWAT teams are proceeding extremely cautiously in the area near the Humboldt County city of Petrolia where Shane Miller’s truck was found. The sheriff’s lieutenant says Miller has knowledge of the area and the ability to fortify himself, so deputies are very vulnerable. They also believe he is armed. Miller is suspected of killing his 34-year-old wife and their two young daughters.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is giving its support to efforts in Congress to deal with sexual assault in the military. Senior White House officials met privately today with a group of lawmakers from both parties. The meeting came amid outrage over the Pentagon’s latest estimates on sexual assaults — which indicate that perhaps one out of eight of those assaults get reported. President Barack Obama has said he has no tolerance for the problem, and that the Pentagon must address it head-on.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – A New York prosecutor calls it a “massive 21st-century bank heist” — and it was done by hackers. Prosecutors say the cyber-criminals were able to steal $45 million in a matter of hours by gaining access to a database of prepaid debit cards, and then draining cash machines around the world. Seven people are under arrest in the United States, and arrests have been made elsewhere.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Jacob and Sophia top the list of most popular American baby names – again. It’s Jacob’s 14th straight year at the top and the second year for Sophia. For boys, Jacob was followed by Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. For girls, Sophia was followed by Emma, Isabella, Olivia and Ava. The Social Security Administration lists the top 1,000 baby names each year. The agency also publicizes which names are gaining and losing popularity. For boys, it’s seems to be all about high expectations. Among the fastest rising names: King and Messiah.