CSi Weather…

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM

CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE

HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA..

 

WINDS…NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON….AND WEST 25 TO

35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT.

 

TEMPERATURES…IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

 

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.

FIRE DANGER WILL BE EXTREME ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.

 

 WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING…
.REST OF TODAY…SUNNY…WINDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO
10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 60.

 

.BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – After a cool early spring, North Dakota is heating up.
 
     The National Weather Service says the temperature eclipsed 90 degrees in many North Dakota cities on Monday. Bismarck tied a 1932 record for the date at 91 degrees.
 
     Fargo had a high temperature Monday of 93 degrees. It fell 2 degrees short of that city’s record for the date, but it was a warm-up of more than 40 degrees from the morning low in Fargo.
 
     The weather service forecast calls for a slight cool-down for the rest of the week, with temperatures statewide in the 70s and 80s.

KCSi-T.V. News May 13, 2013) — While an official burn ban is not currently in effect for Barnes or Stutsman County, authorities are advising against any outdoor open burning.

In Barnes County, Emergency Management along with rural fire departments and the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office are making the advisement, with the county rated in the dangerous category for burning conditions.

The potential exists for large rapidly spreading and erratic behavior of fires.

In Barnes and Stutsman Counties, if dry conditions persist, emergency management, in both counties, at the urging of rural fire chiefs will make requests of burn bans at their respective county commission meetings.

 

From JSDC Web Site

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 13, 2013) — At the Monday May 13, 2013 Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. (JSDC) meeting, it was announced by CEO Connie Ova, that Carbontec Energy Corporation of Bismarck plans to locate an iron smelting operation at Spiritwood.

Carbontec Energy Corp. Chairman John Simmons said the project is currently in the engineering phase with possible construction in 2014 and operations in 2015.

The plant will produce about 100,000 tons of iron nuggets each year.

The partners plan to break ground on the 80,000-square-foot plant during the first quarter of 2014.

The first phase of development will cost $60 million.

Simmons says the plant is expected to generate $50 million in annual revenue, which will include the sale of synthesis gas byproduct produced in the iron making process.

Simmons says the first phase of development is expected to bring 40 new jobs to the area, with a total of 75 new jobs after the second phase.

He adds they will be mid – to high level jobs, similar to those at a power plant and with similar pay scale. Total payroll will be about $2,000,000 per year

Simmons says the Spiritwood site was chosen because of its proximity to the main line of the BNSF Railway.

The plant will be connected to a large rail loop, allowing the delivery of the iron ore needed to make the nuggets and the shipment of the nuggets to eastern markets.

Read more

http://www.growingjamestown.com/news/news_view.asp?ID=945

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Public School Foundation, in conjunction with the local United Way and the Jamestown Optimist Club,　has announced　a “roll out” of the Imagination Library program which is set to begin in Jamestown.　

On Monday’s (May 13, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, spokespeson Deb Lee said, the “roll out’ will be held on May 15, 2013 from 10:00 AM to noon in the Thompson Community Room at Jamestown Middle School.　 First Lady Betsy Dalrymple will be the featured speaker and will introduce the program and read “The Little Engine that Could” to pre-school kids in attendance.　

　　　 Imagination Library is sponsored nationally by the Dolly Parton Foundation.　 Its prime function is to get a free book every month to children between the ages of 0 and 5 at no cost to the parents.　 This is an outstanding program meant to improve literacy with our youngest children.　 Our local organizing committee hopes to give a free book to every young child ages 0-5 who attends the roll-out.

Ms. Lee added that anyone wishing a brochure containing the signup information can call Jamestown Public Schools at 252-1950. Brochures have also been distributed around town.

She said the cost is $25 per child, with about 2,000 pre-schoolers in Stutsman County.

However, she pointed out that in addition to Jamestown Public Schools Foundation, the Jamestown Optimist Club, the Stutsman County United Way, have contributed dollars to the program, along with a $2,000 donation from a private individual, so there is no cost to the parent signing their child.

There are sponsorship levels available.

 

  MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Air Force officials and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven say the intercontinental ballistic missile for a planned test launch that was scrapped last month because of mounting tensions with North Korea was to have come from the Minot Air Force Base missile field.
 
     The launch was scrubbed when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened nuclear strikes against the U.S., because of concerns that North Korea might misinterpret the test launch.
 
     A spokeswoman for Air Force Global Strike Command says  the next test launch of a Minot missile field missile is planned for May 21. The test launches are made from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. About three are done each year.

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – At least 50 homeowners have signed an informal petition opposing industrial development near Harmon Lake north of Mandan.

Morton County’s Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended the county approve the rezoning of a 102-acre area, and the matter is now in the hands of the County Commission. XL Homes has not said what type of projects would be developed

Homeowner Dan Little says area property owners are worried about possible environmental damage at the manmade lake – a $7 million project that was completed about 5 1/2 years ago. The lake filled in 2009.

County Planning Commissioner Andy Zachmeier says the property in question is not in sight of the Harmon Lake Recreation Area but is within the lake’s watershed.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Trial is set to begin the case of a Canadian food company that says it’s owed more than $600,000 from a North Dakota hog farming operation.

Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. has filed a civil lawsuit in federal court against North Dakota Sow Center, which operates facilities near Bottineau and Edmore. Maple Leaf claims the hog farming company failed to pay for the sale of young pigs.

Court documents show that North Dakota Sow Center refused to pay its balance because it was unhappy with the quality of the animals.

The complaint seeks an additional $100,000 for incidental damages.

Lawyers expect the trial to last a week. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Fargo.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bobcat Company is investing $20 million in renovations and expansion in Bismarck. Bobcat yesterday broke ground on a research-and-development facility at its existing site at the Northern Plains Commerce Centre. The move comes more than three years after Bobcat closed its plant in Bismarck and laid off nearly 500 workers.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a three-day crackdown on unqualified truck drivers in the oil patch resulted in more than 100 citations and 35 drivers being placed out of service. The enforcement effort happened last week west of U.S. Highway 83 and north of Interstate 94. Authorities say the goal was to remove drivers if they didn’t have the proper training and licensing.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Warmer weather conditions across North Dakota helped farmers make significant progress on their fieldwork.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop report that producers had 5.5 days suitable for fieldwork.

Spring wheat seeding was rated 26 percent complete. This is well behind last year at 92 percent and the average and the 53 percent average

Calving was 30 percent complete, while lambing was 96 percent complete.

Cattle and calf conditions were rated 1 percent very poor, 4 percent poor, 17 percent fair, 66 percent good and 10 percent excellent.

Sheep and lamb conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 20 percent fair, 66 percent good and 8 percent excellent.

  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Some officials in North Dakota say the state is not likely to join neighboring Minnesota in allowing gay marriages anytime soon.
 
     University of North Dakota political science professor Mark Jendrysik (jehn-DREE’-sihk) points to a 2004 vote to ban same-sex marriages as evidence that the mindset is different in North Dakota. Seventy-three percent of voters approved that constitutional amendment.
 
     Jendrysik says people presume that a wave of states legalizing gay marriage is an unstoppable trend. But he says that’s not the case, especially in conservative North Dakota.
 
     Voters would have to approve same-sex marriage in North Dakota because marriage is defined in the state’s constitution. North Dakota Family Alliance director Tom Freier says he doesn’t think much has changed in voters’ minds in the past nine years.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota plans to compile a list of “culturally important” places that officials will protect from energy development or other disturbances. The idea of compiling the new list came after a public uproar earlier this year when an oil company staked out an area near the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch, part of the national park in the Badlands that bears his name.

 

In sports…

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Parks and Recreation Commission has unanimously voted to name ball diamond number 11 at Mc Elroy Park in honor of Lyle “Trapper” Lawrence.

The ball diamond will be named in honor of Lawrence, in exchange for a $15,000 donation.

The ball diamond is undergoing a $90,000 transformation into a fast-pitch softball diamond, funded by $30,000 from the Jamestown Parks and Recreation Commission with the rest of the money coming from Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown College and various private donors.

The ball diamond renovation, will be ready for a softball tournament scheduled for May 24.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota will not have a sage grouse hunting season for the sixth straight year because the population of the birds remains low.
 
     State Game and Fish Department biologist Aaron Robinson says officials counted a record-low 50 males on 11 active strutting grounds, or leks, in early May. He says last year, 72 males were counted on 12 active leks in the southwest. The leks are where male birds conduct mating displays to attract females.
 
     Robinson says drought is the most likely reason for the record-low number of males.
 
     Sage grouse hunting was halted in North Dakota in 2008 for the first time in nearly half a century after a steep drop in the bird population that wildlife officials attributed to the West Nile virus.

 

MLB…

AMERICAN LEAGUE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Rookie Aaron Hicks homered twice last night as the Minnesota Twins routed the Chicago White Sox 10-3. Twins first baseman Justin Morneau extended his hitting streak to nine games with three hits and four RBIs. Alex Rios had a double and drove in two runs for the White Sox.

Final Cleveland 1 N-Y Yankees 0 (first game)

Final N-Y Yankees 7 Cleveland 0 (second game)

Final Detroit 7 Houston 2

Final Kansas City 11 L.A. Angels 4

Final Oakland 5 Texas 1

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 1

Final St. Louis 6 N-Y Mets 3

Final Chi Cubs 9 Colorado 1

Final Atlanta 10 Arizona 1

Final Washington 6 L.A. Dodgers 2

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS

UNDATED (AP) – The Miami Heat own a three-games-to-one lead in the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals after LeBron James had 27 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in an 88-65 stifling of the Bulls in Chicago. The Bulls, who will try to stave off elimination when they visit the Heat on Wednesday.

Mike Conley scored 24 points and the Memphis Grizzlies trailed by as many as 17 before defeating Oklahoma City 103-97 in overtime to take a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Oklahoma City hosts Game 5 on Wednesday.

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

UNDATED (AP) – The Boston Bruins will take on the New York Rangers in the NHL’s Eastern Conference semifinals after both teams won Game 7s last night. The Bruins fell behind 4-1 before Patrice Bergeron (pah-TREES’ BEHR-zhur-ahn) provided the tying and series-winning goals in Boston’s 5-4 overtime win against Toronto. Henrik Lundqvist turned back 35 shots in his second consecutive shutout to lead the Rangers’ 5-0 win over the Capitals in Washington.

 

MLB..

CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Cubs have worked out a seven-year, $41 million contract with 23-year-old first baseman Anthony Rizzo, a deal that could be worth up to $68 million over nine seasons. Rizzo is hitting .280 with a .352 on-base percentage, nine homers and 28 RBIs in his third major league seasons.

The New York Mets signed outfielder Rick Ankiel (an-KEEL’) and started him in center field against the St. Louis Cardinals tonight. Ankiel was designated for assignment last week by the Houston Astros, where he hit .194 with five homers and 11 RBIs.

NFL…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings with have a fixed roof and moveable front windows on their new stadium. Designer Bryan Trubey of HKS Architects presented images of the $975 million project to a crowd of fans, public officials and members of the Vikings organization yesterday. The team will vacate the 31-year-old Metrodome about the upcoming season.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Buddy Nix has stepped down as general manager of the Buffalo Bills and will move into a newly created role as a special assistant. The 73-year-old Nix steps down two weeks after overseeing his fourth draft with the Bills, which the team opened by selecting its quarterback of the future in Florida State’s EJ Manuel with the 16th pick.

Doug Whaley is expected to replace Nix after three seasons as assistant GM.

 

NBA-ALL DEFENSIVE TEAM

UNDATED (AP) – Memphis guard Tony Allen and Miami forward LeBron James were the top vote-getters for the NBA All-Defensive First Team.

Allen and James each received 25 first-place votes from the league’s 30 coaches. They are joined on the first team by Clippers guard Chris Paul, Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (ih-BAH’-kah), Knicks center Tyson Chandler and Bulls center Joakim (JOH’-kihm) Noah. Chandler and Noah tied for the fifth-most points in the balloting.

 

HORSE RACING-PREAKNESS

NEW YORK (AP) – Orb has completed his final workout before Saturday’s the Preakness Stakes, breezing four furlongs in 47.18 seconds at Belmont Park. The time is considered fast for a final work before a big race.

Shug McGaughey (muh-GAY’-hee) was elated with what he saw, saying he’s on “Cloud 9” after the workout.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Defense Department plans to trim even more the number of furlough days for civilian employees as it tries to find ways to deal with mandatory spending cuts. Civilians had been ordered to take off 14 unpaid days before the end of the fiscal year. But Pentagon officials say because of the workload it’s been tough to squeeze in that time. The automatic budget cuts had initially called for 22 unpaid days off.

 

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Police in New Orleans are looking for a 19-year-old man in Sunday’s shootings at a Mother’s Day parade. Nineteen people were wounded. Police say Akein Scott was identified by several people looking at surveillance video. Police say Scott is “no stranger to the criminal justice system.”

 

WASHINGTON (AP) – New research suggests that bed rest does not prevent premature birth in troubled pregnancies, and might even worsen the risk. In the latest issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, a doctor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham says, “Bed rest is misperceived as an inexpensive, innocuous, logical recommendation.” Some experts say bed rest can cause side effects in the mother, not to mention emotional and financial strain.

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Actress Angelina Jolie says she underwent a double mastectomy earlier this year after learning she carries a gene that gives her an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer. Jolie writes in today’s New York Times op-ed that between February and April she underwent surgical procedures to remove both breasts. Jolie says she thought of her mother dying of breast cancer at age 56.

 

BERLIN (AP) – A top German court is ordering Google to remove certain autocomplete entries from the search engine after a suit claimed the feature made defamatory suggestions. An unidentified company selling nutritional supplements and its founder claimed when their names were entered on German-language website, it suggested links to Scientology and fraud.