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CSi Weather..

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

THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EVERY DAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT…

INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS…ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. AND MAY LINGER INTO SATURDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE, MAINLY IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO…LOCALLY

HIGHER…ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK…WITH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AT RISK FOR SOME OF THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 15, 2013) — The Jamestown Public School Foundation, in conjunction with the local United Way and the Jamestown Optimist Club,　 “rolled out” of the Imagination Library program which is set to begin in Jamestown.　

On Wednesday morning, North Dakota’s 　 First Lady Betsy Dalrymple was the featured speaker introducing the program and read “The Little Engine that Could” to pre-school kids in attendance.　

Mrs. Dalrymple said, “Encouraging early childhood literacy is incredibly important to me. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library has brought millions of books directly to pre-school children all across America at no cost to families. It is fulfilling to help connect even more North Dakota communities with the program each year and to see so many children develop a lifelong joy of reading.”

Mrs. Dalrymple began working with Imagination Library in December 2010, encouraging communities across the state to join on. To-date in North Dakota, 9 counties, 11 cities and 17 school districts are participating.

　　　 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.

Locally, spokesperson 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.

The Imagination Library has grown from just a few dozen books to nearly 40 million books mailed to children in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Currently over 1,600 local communities provide the Imagination Library to almost 700,000 children each month.

 

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 15, 2013) — Dawn Riley will be stepping down as the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President, and will be succeeded by Kay Vinje.

Ms. Vinje has been the Chamber’s Office Administrator.

Ms. Riley will continue to serve as the manager of the North Dakota Winter Show, as she held both positions for the past several months.

She served as Valley City Area Chamber Executive Vice President for one year, and has served as the Winter Show Manager the past few years

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — John Cariani’s Almost, Maine is the upcoming production of the 2nd Act Community theater in Jamestown.

The play is romantic fable centering on the residents of a small, remote, mythical town in far northern Maine (close to the Canadian border) where all is not quite what it seems on this cold, clear moonless night in the middle of winter.

As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways.

Dinner Theater Performances:
Thursday, May 16 & Friday, May 17th at 6:00 pm
$20 members / $25 general admission

Performance Only (no dinner):
Saturday, May 18th at 7:00 pm
$7 members / $10 general admission

Tickets in advance only, and payable at that time at The Jametown Arts Center.

　

LaMoure, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — While the burn ban remains in effect in Lamoure County, firefighters have still fought three blazes in three days.

A burn ban prohibits the setting of intentional fires.

Late Tuesday afternoon (May 14, 2013) firefighters from Marion, LaMoure, Edgeley, and Fort Ransom were called to an area near Marion.

The Red Cross was on scene to provide hydration to the fire fighters.

The causes of the three fires that ranged in damages from about an acre to around 500 acres are still under investigation.

The causes of the fires are still under investigation. LaMoure County has a burn ban in place that prohibits intentional fires.

The burn ban is LaMoure County is expected to remain in place until the area receives a good soaking rainfall, which may occur from Thursday afternoon, through early next week.

 

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A collision involving a pickup truck and a train in southeastern North Dakota has killed the driver of the pickup.
 
  40-year-old Del Shannon Hiltwein of Fargo was found dead at the scene of the crash, which happened shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday northwest of West Fargo.
 
     Authorities say it appears that safety crossing arms at the intersection of the tracks and a gravel road were working properly.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – An apartment fire in downtown Bismarck forced the evacuation of surrounding buildings but no one was injured.
 
     The  18-unit building on Third Street caught fire around 10 a.m. Wednesday.
 
     Fire Chief Joel Boesflug says the blaze likely started in the southeast corner of the building’s second floor and spread to the roof. Its cause remains under investigation.
 
     The circa-1916 building, called the Norma, was damaged.
 
     The American Red Cross was on the scene to provide food and clothing and help residents find a place to spend the night. Firefighters hope that most residents can move back into the building Thursday once it has been fully cleaned.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The move by state lawmakers and Gov. Jack Dalrymple to make North Dakota the most restrictive state in the country for abortion is facing its first legal challenge of 2013.
 
     An abortions rights group says it filed a lawsuit Wednesday morning challenging a law that requires doctors who perform abortions to obtain hospital-admitting privileges. Officials with the state’s lone abortion clinic, located in Fargo, say it’s an unfair requirement and could make abortion illegal in North Dakota.
 
     Dalrymple signed four bills into law this past session that could spearhead the campaign to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling that legalized abortion.
 
     Abortion rights activists say more lawsuits will be coming before the laws are scheduled to take effect Aug. 1.
 
     Dalrymple was not immediately available for comment.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven says a measure that would authorize a Red River flood diversion project has passed the Senate.
 
     The nearly $2 billion proposal to move water around Fargo is part of the 2013 Water Resources Development Act, which was approved Wednesday morning.
 
     Authorization would allow construction to begin, but the federal funding would need to be appropriated each year to cover the construction costs, which would be shared by local, state and federal governments.
 
     The water projects bill now goes to the House.
 
     Hoeven calls authorization of the diversion “a big step toward the construction phase of the project.”

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Senate has passed an amendment blocking the Corps of Engineers from charging fees to access water in upper Missouri River reservoirs.
 
     The effort spearheaded by senators from the Dakotas and Montana is part of the 2013 Water Resources Development Act, which now goes to the House.
 
     The corps has proposed a fee system that would designate some water in the reservoirs as surplus because it hasn’t been used for purposes authorized when dams were built.
 
     The senators say the proposed fees would violate states’ rights to waters that naturally flow through their boundaries. The states have promised to sue if fees are charged.
 
     The corps has issued free permits to tap surplus water to oil drillers and other industrial users until a national policy is developed.

 

CANDO, N.D. (AP) – The former Noodles by Leonardo plant in Cando (KAN’-doo) will start producing pasta again next week, about six months after shutting its doors.
 
     The facility is now owned by Cando Pasta LLC, a partnership of two local businessmen and two other investors. The plant should have as many as 20 employees later this month and as many as 40 by next year.
 
     One of the businessmen involved is Jim Gibbens, who is a former mayor of the northeastern North Dakota town and president of the Towner County Economic Development Commission. He says reopening the plant is a big deal for the community of about 1,100 people.
 
     The Noodles by Leonardo plant closed last October, putting about 30 people out of work.

 

In sports…

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Officials are beefing up security for this week’s marathon in North Dakota’s largest city, in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260.
 
     Fargo Marathon officials aren’t releasing specifics about security for the event that begins with a youth run Thursday and concludes with the marathon on Saturday.
 
     But Executive Director Mark Knutson tells The Forum newspaper that marathon officials have met with local and federal law agencies, area ambulance crews and officials at the Fargodome, where the race ends.
 
     Knutson says only two runners withdrew from the Fargo Marathon after the bombings at the finish line in Boston.

 

In world and national news…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General Eric Holder says the FBI’s criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service could involve potential civil rights violations, false statements and potential violations of the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in some partisan political activities. Holder, testifying to the House Judiciary Committee, was asked what criminal charges could be pursued against IRS employees. Holder announced Tuesday that the Justice Department was the investigating the IRS after the agency acknowledged that agents had singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – An administration official says the White House supports a move in the Senate to revive a media shield bill — one that protects journalists and their employers from having to reveal information. That information would include the identity of sources who had been promised confidentiality. The law does contain some exceptions in instances of national security. New York Democrat Charles Schumer plans to revive the legislation from four years ago. The move comes on the heels of the Justice Department’s gathering of phone records at The Associated Press.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Despite a handful of disappointing economic reports, the stock market has been steady or higher for much of the day Wednesday. It’s been a recurring theme in the stock market — where investors will often shrug off reports of sluggish economic growth, because it suggests that the Federal Reserve will keep pumping money into financial markets. The Federal Reserve reported this morning that U.S. factories cut back sharply on production in April, as automakers produced fewer cars and most other industries scaled back.
 
     PHOENIX (AP) – A prosecutor says Jodi Arias made sure she killed her victim — “by stabbing him over and over and over again.” That description of the killing of her former boyfriend came at the start of the second phase of the trial in Phoenix, in which prosecutors will try to convince jurors that the crime was so cruel and depraved, the death penalty should be considered. Arias held her hand on her face and appeared to fight back tears as a prosecutor described in detail how Travis Alexander fought for his life as Arias stabbed him nearly 30 times.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – A judge has declined to throw out a murder case against a man who was charged decades later in an infamous 1979 child disappearance in New York City. The ruling came Wednesday in the case against Pedro Hernandez of New Jersey. He was charged last year with killing 6-year-old Etan Patz (AY’-tahn PAYTS’), who was last seen walking to his school bus stop in Manhattan. His attorney asked a judge to dismiss the case, saying Hernandez is mentally ill and his confession to investigators was false. Prosecutors successfully argued that there’s enough evidence to sustain the charges.