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RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…
…FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY…VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS…AND DRY FUELS FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…
** WINDS…WEST 25 TO 30 MPH MONDAY. WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH POSSIBLE TUESDAY.
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THEN AGAIN FROM
LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT MONDAY. AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT TUESDAY.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE 80S TO AROUND 90 MONDAY. FROM THE UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S TUESDAY.
* RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND UNCONTROLLED FIRES.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
Forecast…
…HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING…
.REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY LATE IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING.
BREEZY…WARMER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH SHIFTING TO
THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY…WINDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 30 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. WINDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH BECOMING
WEST 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. LOWS IN
THE UPPER 40S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Stutsman County could soon be joining more than a dozen other counties that have issued burn bans after fighting 14 grass fires in the first 10 days of May.
The largest Stutsman fire blackened about 60 acres. No injuries have been reported so far in any of the blazes. A grass fire that burned 10 acres on May 9 caused damage to a barn.
Stutsman County Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist says the area needs rain. If moisture doesn’t come before the county commission meeting on May 21, he expects the county’s fire officials will request a burn ban.
As of May 10, 16 counties in North Dakota had issued burn bans, including LaMoure, Dickey, Logan and McIntosh.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 13, 2013) — Dry conditions continue to lead to fires in Jamestown and Stutsman County, Sunday.
At about 2-p.m., a small area of the northerly river bank in Jamestown burned
The grass fire happened around 2 p.m. in the 1400 block of 9th Avenue Southeast, where the avenue deadends at the river.
Jamestown City Fire Chief Jim Reuther sayes the cause of the fire was undetermined.
20 fire fighters were on scene with four units for 20 minutes.
Also Sunday, the Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called out about 3:30 p.m. to a controlled burn near Elks park near Jamestown Reservoir.
Assistant Fire Chief Brian Paulson says no further action was taken as the property owner at the burn site was supervising the burn.
The Rural Fire Department was called to a fire out in a field east of Eldridge, just after 7-p.m., Sunday, where a fire was caused by a farmer discing a field.
The Rural Fire Department had 10 firefighters and five units at the scene for about 1 1/2 hours. No injuries were reported.
Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) – The Valley City Commission met in Special Session on Friday morning (May 10, 2013) at City Hall. All members were present.
On the agenda was vote on approval of a contract with Cooper Power for the Automated Metering Infrastructure System.
Before the vote City Auditor, Avis Richter gave an update on the city funds avaialable with major projects in the offing.
Those include the permanent flood control project.
She felt comfortable in funding the AMI project.
City Administrator Schelkoph said an additional $20,000 will be added to the costs due to a fee for shipping and handling.
The total price tag is $1,205,000.
Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a contract with Cooper Power for the Automated Metering Infrastructure System.
Commissioners voted to approve a contract with Cooper Power for the Automated Metering Infrastructure System.
Update
OMAHA, Neb. (KCSi-T.V. News May 10, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports that currently releases are 100 cfs at Pipestem Reservoir and 950 cfs at Jamestown Reservoir resulting in a combined release of 1050 cfs.
These releases were steady though the weekend.
Over the next few weeks, Jamestown Reservoir releases may be adjusted up or down depending on the inflows into the reservoir and the downstream channel conditions.
However, the combined release is expected to be no higher than 1100 cfs unless significant rainfall is received.
Throughout May and early June, emphasis is being placed on evacuating Jamestown Reservoir flood storage.
Pipestem Reservoir flood storage will be primarily evacuated in June, July and August.
Read more at – http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Media/NewsReleases/tabid/1835/Article/13759/jamestown-and-pipestem-reservoirs-update.aspx
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, James River Humane Society President, Matt Opsahl listed up coming fundraisers, and the need for volunteers.
He also thanked Louis L’Amour Elementary School’s kindergarten class and Ag Country for their donations to the shelter.
He said 100 items such as dog and cat toys and cleaning supplies and about $250 in cash were donated.
Opsahl noted that the Annual HOGS for Dogs, with Stutsman Harley-Davidson will be on July 27, 2013.
He added that the shelter always welcomes more volunteers, and pointed out the open position of an part time/on call employee to fill in for volunteers.
He said donations of cleaning supplies are greatly appreciated for the shelter.
As of Friday 23 cats and 16 dogs were available for adoption.
The James River Humane Society is located off the I-94 Bloom Exit.
Open everyday from 9-a.m.-noon, and 5:30-p.m.,-6:30-p.m.
Appointments may be made for other times by calling the shelter.
Call 252-0747 for more information.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 10, 2013) — Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergqist says, local emergency response agencies will participate in a full scale law enforcement training exercise at Jamestown High School on Monday, May 13th.
The exercise is designed to test the capabilities of both the school system and local response agencies in order to maximize the community’s response to crisis situations that may occur at the High School.
Bergquist points out, the excercise is not related to the Teen CERT exercise that took place at the High School last week. This a law enforcement training exercise that was scheduled months ago.
The exercise will involve a fictional High School intrusion. Emergency responders will simulate a response to a crime scene and volunteers pretending to be victims will be treated for fake injuries. The simulated emergency event will not be real; however, the simulated response will be as realistic as possible. Local law enforcement agencies, fire department, emergency medical services, and other emergency support agencies will be participating in the exercise.
The exercise will start at about 6:30 p.m. Monday evening and will take place on High School property. No school related events are scheduled at the High School during the time of the training exercise. As part of the exercise, the public will see vehicles from multiple emergency response agencies parked on High School property including law enforcement, fire, emergency medical and other emergency support agencies.
For safety reasons and to avoid traffic congestion, the public is asked to stay away from Jamestown High School property during the time of the training exercise which is scheduled to end at about 8:30 p.m. Law enforcement officials will be stopping non-essential traffic from entering the High School parking lot during that time.
Those organizations participating in the training exercise include: Jamestown High School, Jamestown Police Department, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, ND Highway Patrol, Jamestown Fire Department, Jamestown Area Ambulance, American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Stutsman County Communications, and Stutsman County Emergency Management.
JAMESTOWN, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 10, 2013) – VHA Inc., a national health care network, has given Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) a 2013 VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence, honoring the hospital for achieving national performance standards for clinical quality, safety and patient experience.
VHA is a national network of more than 1,350 not-for-profit hospital systems and 72,000 non-acute facilities that work together to achieve new levels of clinical performance and operational efficiency.
JRMC was one of 40 VHA member hospitals this year to receive a Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence. Winners were announced May 1 during VHA’s national meeting, the 2013 Navigating to Excellence Forum, held in Las Vegas.
The VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence recognizes organizations that achieve top performance in care measures tracked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Winners are selected based on a composite score consisting of three elements: 1) Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Total Performance Score, which includes Core Measures and the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Services (HCAHPS) survey results; 2) 30-day readmission rates; and 3) Medicare cost data.
As part of this year’s awards program, VHA recognized 10 of the 40 organizations with HEN Improvement Leadership Awards in honor of their commitment to CMS’ Partnership for Patients initiative and their active involvement in VHA’s Hospital Engagement Network. HEN participants commit to reduce select Hospital-Acquired Conditions by 40 percent and preventable readmissions by 20 percent over a three-year period.
Winners in this category showed substantial improvement on their baseline performance measures in at least one of 10 patient safety areas of focus.
Chief Nursing Officer at JRMC, Trisha Jungels, says, ” “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the JRMC Clinical Team. Their commitment to clinical excellence in patient care and outcomes allows our organization to live out its vision and values. Our vision is to be the best rural hospital in the country for patients to receive care, employees to work and providers to practice.”
VHA’s senior vice president for Clinical and Care Delivery Solutions, Steve Miff, PhD, says “The leaders and staff in these organizations have shown their dedication to providing not only consistently high levels of clinical care but also continually improving that performance to produce better outcomes for their patients. Since the passing of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the health care industry has moved quickly to establish and meet performance quality metrics and align care protocol.
We are especially proud of these VHA organizations for exceptional performance against national key indicators.”
By recognizing institutions for their commitment and achievements, VHA hopes that other health systems will apply these leading practices in their own organizations to further enhance the overall level of quality in our nation’s health care system.
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. (AP) – Some Griggs County residents plan to circulate recall petitions against all five county commissioners.
The move is to protest the commission’s recent decision to build a $3.5 million courthouse – despite voters rejecting the idea three times in a span of 14 months.
Cooperstown resident John Wakefield says he’s disgusted that the commission has gone against the will of the voters.
Commission Chairman Ron Halvorson says the county will not have to raise taxes to fund the project. County officials also say necessary upgrades to the existing courthouse are too costly to justify.
The courthouse is nearly 130 years old and the oldest active courthouse in North Dakota. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – About 150 North Dakota National Guard soldiers have left for a yearlong homeland security mission in the Washington, D.C., area.
The solders with the 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment left from Bismarck and Grand Forks on Sunday. They’ll get final training at Fort Bliss in Texas and then head to the nation’s capital. An advance group of soldiers left last week.
It is the 10th time since 2004 that soldiers with the battalion have been deployed.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp says the status designation of a Fargo serviceman will be changed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The remains of Wendell Keller were found last year. He went missing in action in 1969. His designation will be changed to denote a confirmed death.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A man accused of second-degree murder in the death of a former Marine from North Dakota says investigators violated his rights when he was interrogated following his arrest.
Waylon Hicks is accused of fatally stabbing Jeremiah Sage after the two left a New Town bar last July.
The 30-year-old Sage, of Halliday, served two tours of duty in Iraq. He was working as a compliance officer with Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota.
Defense attorneys say Hicks did not “knowingly and intelligently” waive his right to remain silent when he talked to FBI agents in the early morning of July 20.
Prosecutors say Hicks was not coerced into talking and his statements were voluntary.
A hearing on a motion to throw out the defendant’s statements is scheduled Monday in Bismarck.
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Dickinson residents could be asked to ration their water use as western North Dakota continues to grapple with population growth. Jim Lennington with the engineering firm Barlett & West recently told the Southwest Water Authority Board of Directors that continued growth could put a strain on the water supply. He says residents could be asked to limit their lawn watering.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bobcat Co. is investing $35 million in an expansion and renovations in Bismarck, about 3 1/2 years after closing its manufacturing plant in the North Dakota capital and laying off nearly 500 workers.
Bobcat on Monday broke ground on a $20 million research-and-development facility at its existing site at the Northern Plains Commerce Centre. Construction is expected to be done in about a year. The company is spending another $15 million on renovations to the existing facility.
Bobcat has hired an additional 135 people for the expanded facility, bringing its workforce in Bismarck to 625.
West Fargo-based Bobcat makes compact construction equipment. It has about 1,000 independent dealers in more than 100 countries and bills itself as North Dakota’s largest manufacturer. It also has sites in Fargo, Gwinner and Wahpeton.
In sports…
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 4 San Diego 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Chris Davis, Adam Jones and Steve Pearce homered yesterday as the Baltimore Orioles shut out the Minnesota Twins 6-0. Wei-Yin Chen pitched five strong innings for the Orioles before leaving with a strained oblique. Twins starter Scott Diamond took the loss after giving up six runs and nine hits in five-plus innings.
Final Cleveland 4 Detroit 3, 10 Innings
Final Toronto 12 Boston 4
Final N-Y Yankees 4 Kansas City 2
Final Texas 12 Houston 7
Final Seattle 6 Oakland 1
Final Chi White Sox 3 L.A. Angels 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Cincinnati 5 Milwaukee 1
Final Pittsburgh 3 N-Y Mets 2
Final Chi Cubs 2 Washington 1
Final Colorado 8 St. Louis 2
Final San Francisco 5 Atlanta 1
Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Miami 3
Final Philadelphia 4 Arizona 2, 10 Innings
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Harrison Barnes finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds as the Golden State Warriors rallied for a 97-87 win against San Antonio, tying the Western Conference semifinal series at two games apiece. Jarrett Jack came off the bench to added 24 points and Stephen Curry had 22 for the Warriors, who trailed by eight with five minutes left in regulation. Tim Duncan had 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Spurs, who host Game 5 on Tuesday.
CHICAGO (AP) – The NBA has fined Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau (THIH’-buh-doh) $35,000 for comments he made about the officiating following Friday’s loss to the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Thibodeau was upset that Nazr Mohammed got ejected for shoving LeBron James to the floor and accused the Heat’s superstar of flopping. He also said calls weren’t going to go the Bulls’ way.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
UNDATED (AP) – The Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers have forced Game 7s in their respective Eastern Conference quarterfinals series. James Reimer stopped 29 shots and carried a shutout into the final minute of the Leafs’ 2-1 win over Boston after HenrikLundqvist made 27 saves in the Rangers’ 1-0 shutout of Washington. Detroit moved into the Western Conference semifinals as Henrik Zetterberg and Valteri Filppula (val-TEHR’-ee FIHL’-puh-luh) each notched a goal and an assist in the Red Wings’ 3-2 win over Anaheim in Game 7.
HOCKEY-WORLDS…
HELSINKI (AP) – The United States and Canada clinched spots in the quarterfinals of the ice hockey world championships Sunday with their fifth wins of the tournament.
The Americans beat Germany 3-0 behind the goal-tending of 19-year-old John Gibson. Jeff Skinner scored the game-winner in the third period in Canada’s 2-1 win over the Czech Republic.
GOLF…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Tiger Woods closed with a 2-under-par 70 to win The Players Championship at 13-under, two strokes ahead of Kevin Streelman, Swedish rookie David Lingmerth and Jeff Maggert. Woods was in the scoring trailer when Lingmerth missed a long birdie try that would have forced a playoff. Woods now has 78 career PGA victories after claiming his first Players Championship title in a dozen years.
TENNIS-MADRID OPEN…
MADRID (AP) – Rafael Nadal (rah-fay-ehl nah-DAHL’) won his fifth title since returning from a knee injury by beating StanislasWawrinka(vah-VINK’-ah) 6-2, 6-4 Sunday for the Madrid Open championship.
It was Nadal’s seventh straight final since recovering from a nagging case of tendinitis in his left knee that sidelined him for seven months.
Earlier, defending champion Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova(shah-rah-POH’-vah) 6-1, 6-4 in the women’s final to both retain her No. 1 ranking and collect her 50th career title.
In world and national news…
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – The search for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed garment factory building in Bangladesh is ending. Military officials say soldiers and other workers have recovered 1,127 bodies from the April 24 collapse and expect to find no more. Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s cabinet will allow garment workers to unionize without permission from employers.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Officials say 10 civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed in the roadside bombing of a bus in southern Afghanistan. The police chief in Kandahar province says another dozen people were wounded. Insurgents plant landmines and roadside bombs in the south and the east of the country to target Afghan and international troops, but civilians often are killed or injured as a result.
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) – A house fire in eastern Pennsylvania has killed six people, including four children. A dispatcher says the fire broke out late last night in Pottsville and that firefighters later found the bodies inside. The cause is under investigation.
CLEVELAND (AP) – There’s no love for their sibling from two brothers of the Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive for about a decade. One says he hopes Ariel Castro “rots in jail.” Both brothers told CNN that they want Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight to know how sorry they are for their ordeal.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Former football star O.J. Simpson will have a new offensive line when he heads into the legal arena today to seek a new trial in his armed robbery-kidnapping case. The new legal team hopes to convince a judge that Simpson’s previous lawyer shouldn’t have been handling the case because he had a personal interest in preventing himself from being identified as a witness to the crimes and therefore misled Simpson.
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