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Sunrise Over James – Matt Sheppard
CSi Weather…
TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 100. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HEAT INDEX 90 TO 95.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS WARM. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 90.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 80S.
.THE HOTTEST DAY SO FAR THIS SUMMER IS FORECAST ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY…IT
WILL FEEL AS WARM AS 100 TO 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.
A COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. IF ANY STORMS DO DEVELOP A FEW
COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS.
Update…
Jamestown, ND – (Aug 20, 2013) Interstate Engineering reports that the water line in Northwest Jamestown has been repaired.
Earlier Tuesday Jamestown residents in the Washington Elementary School area were told that they may experience an interruption in their water service when crews hit a water line at the intersection of 3rd Ave NW and 9th St NW Tuesday morning.
Residents who live north of 6th St NW, south and east of the James River, and west of 1st Ave N were expected to be impacted.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 19, 2013) – The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office reports, effective Tuesday morning, August 20, 2013 the east bound lane of 25th St SW will be closed from 8th Ave SW to Hwy 281 SE for utility repair work. The work will continue until the repairs are completed.
Motorists should use alternate routes and use EXTREME caution in and around this area.
Jamestown, ND (Aug 19, 2013) – Update: The closure on 3rd Ave NW has been extended to include the intersection of 3rd Ave NW and 9th St NW.
The intersection of 3rd Ave NW and 9th St NW is now closed. Visit
jamestownsewerproject.com for project updates.
Update…Tappen, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 19, 2013) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol has released the name of a man who died and another was injured in a one-vehicle crash near Tappen, Sunday morning about 1-a.m.
The report says a 2007 Chevrolet pickup was traveling about a half a mile north of town when the driver lost control of the vehicle, entering the west ditch where it struck an approach and rolled. Both occupants were thrown from the vehicle.
Neither was wearing seat belts.
24 year old Scott Lindegard, of Hallock, Minnesota, was taken by Kidder County Ambulance to Sanford Health in Bismarck. His condition was not released.
The other occupant of the vehicle, 23 year old, Matthew Cain, of Napa, Calif., was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident
The North Dakota Highway Patrol listed Lindegard as the driver, but the NDHP it is still investigating who was in fact driving the vehicle.
The car was totaled.
The Kidder County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Public School Board, Monday (Aug 19, 2013) discussed the school year calendar.
Some concerns centered around school starting too early some years.
This school year’s graduation is scheduled for May 25, and the last day of school is May 22.
Gail Martin is concerned that school is starting so early this year.
The school district moves the first day of school earlier when Memorial Day is earlier, to allow seniors to graduate on Memorial Day weekend.
This year’s first day of school is Thursday.
School Board member Terry Anderson added that parents in the Bismarck-Mandan area are gathering signatures to petition for a November 2014 ballot measure requiring North Dakota schools to start after Labor Day.
School Board President Roger Haut said he thought Jamestown parents had been surveyed, and most of them wanted graduation on Memorial Day weekend, but board member Shelly Jystad said it was only parents of junior and senior students surveyed.
Superintendent Robert Lech said that he would bring the board’s concerns to the school district’s calendar committee. The board took no further action on the issue.
The Bismarck, Mandan group is organizing its 25-member sponsoring committee and has a rough draft of what they plan to submit to the secretary of state’s office in early October. Once they do, they will have 90 days to collect the signatures.
The biggest concerns for them, requiring North Dakota schools to start after Labor Day, is the hot temperatures at the end of August and spending the summer time with family.
The Jamestown School Board meeting was recorded by CSi 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL, with the showing starting Tuesday morning.
JAMESTOWN, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 19, 2013) On Monday, Nash Finch Company (Nasdaq: NAFC), a Minneapolis-based food distributor, in conjunction with Hugo’s Family Marketplace, announced that a $20,000 donation will be provided to support Jamestown fundraising efforts for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
The donation was made by Nash Finch’s CEO, Alec Covington along with Judy Magnuson and Kristi Magnuson Nelson from Hugo’s, who were joined by the Superintendent of Jamestown Public School District, Robert Lech and North Dakota’s First Lady, Betsy Dalrymple to unveil the generous donation to Jamestown Public School teachers and administrators at the Inservice program held at the High School Monday morning.
Alec Covington, CEO of Nash Finch Company, said, “We at Nash Finch and Hugo’s are so proud to be able to support the already tremendous fundraising efforts Jamestown has initiated to support the Imagination Library. This important program is vital to the current and future health of the community and aligns with our values and hopes for the generations to come.”
Every year before the beginning of the new school year, Jamestown Public School teachers and administrators gather at the Inservice program in the High School auditorium to discuss important topics such as professional development, school improvement and self-funded insurance programs. On Monday, Covington presented an oversized check of $20,000 to the Jamestown Public School Foundation under a giant 800-balloon archway, which symbolized the approximate number of Jamestown public preschoolers now able to enroll in the Imagination Library program because of the Nash Finch and Hugo’s donation.
Kristi Magnuson, President of Hugo’s, says, “It’s always exciting and very rewarding when you can do something that has an impact in the community you serve. We feel so privileged to be part of Jamestown and offer this assistance to the local school system.”
Superintendent of Schools, Jamestown Public School District, Robert Lech, said, “The promotion of early literacy is a target area for the Jamestown School District and we are very excited about this generous gift from Nash Finch to help the community of Jamestown support the Imagination Library. Our hope is that, through the Imagination Library, we can encourage parents to read to their children and help to instill a lifelong love for literacy. Imagination Library is an initiative that we are very passionate about and would be much less successful without this donation from Nash Finch.”
Nash Finch Company is the second largest U.S. wholesale food distributor to retail grocery stores, including Hugo’s Marketplace, and have been dedicated to supporting education funding in local communities for many years with the Our Family Labels for Learning program. Designed to help students and education organizations by providing tools for success, the Labels for Learning program is another way the Jamestown community can continue to support child literacy efforts.
Alec Covington continues, “Our Labels for Learning program can further supplement this fundraising effort for Imagination Library and together we can advance educational opportunities for students in our local schools.”
Imagination Library is sponsored nationally by the Dolly Parton Foundation and was recently brought to Jamestown by The Jamestown Public School Foundation in May 2013 after they raised $20,000. Every child enrolled in the program receives an age-appropriate book each month for one year at no cost to the parents.
For more information visit Imagination Library online at
About Hugo’s Family Marketplace
Hugo’s Family Marketplace is a family owned and operated chain of supermarket grocery stores with 10 locations across North Dakota and Minnesota. The company was founded by Hugo and Dorothy Magnuson in 1939 in Grand Forks, ND and is still headquartered there today. Hugo’s takes pride in bringing the finest shopping experience to their customers, always giving extra personal service while also offering quality, selection and customer value in the grocery, meat, frozen food, specialty items, floral and deli departments. For more information visit
About Nash Finch Company
Nash Finch is a Fortune 500 company and the largest food distributor serving military commissaries and exchanges in the United States. Nash-Finch’s core businesses include distributing food to military commissaries and retailers located in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Azores, Bahrain and Egypt. The Company also owns and operates a base of retail stores, primarily supermarkets under the Family Fresh Market®, Econofoods®, Family Thrift Center®, No Frills®, Bag ‘n Save®, AVANZA®, and Sun Mart® trade names. Further information is available on the Company’s website,
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News)– Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist reports that local emergency response agencies participated in a full scale training exercise at Jamestown Regional Airport on Monday, August 19, 2013. The exercise is designed to test the airport’s emergency operations plan and resource capabilities as well as the response capabilities of local response agencies in the event of an aviation-related accident.
The staged incident involved 19 passengers and two crew members in a plane crash on the west side of the Jamestown airport. The “victims” were all volunteers through the Buffalo Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Local emergency response agencies responded and volunteers pretending to be victims were treated for fake injuries. Some of the victims were transported via ambulance to Jamestown Regional Medical Center where a secondary emergency exercise also took place. Simulated response were geared to beb as realistic as possible.
The exercise took place mainly on Airport property. Emergency response vehicles utilized during the exercise were pre-staged at the Jamestown High School parking lot. Response agencies responded with lights and sirens.
About 125 people from 14 different agencies or companies participated in the exercise. The drill closed the secondary runway and taxiways at the airport for about two hours.
Those organizations participating in the training exercise included:
Jamestown Regional Airport, Great Lakes Airlines, Jamestown Police Department, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, ND Highway Patrol, Jamestown Fire Department, Jamestown Rural Fire Department, Jamestown Area Ambulance, Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Central Valley Health District, American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Stutsman County Communications, and Stutsman County Emergency Management.
Jamestown, ND, August 19, 2013-Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) recently sponsored a blood drive for the United Blood Services on Aug. 13 at the JRMC Clinic.
Abby Silbernagel, JRMC blood drive coordinator, said “Out of 54 volunteers that signed up to donate blood, 41 were able to give. Eight donors gave blood on the automated 2RBC machine, which collects two units of red blood cells during the donation. Twelve volunteers donated blood for the first time.
Our goal for this year’s blood drive was to sign up 53 donors for the blood drive –
we exceeded our goal which is very exciting.” She adds, “Thank you to the community and staff for support as we do our part to make sure patients have the blood supply that they need.”
JRMC’s blood drive total contribution was 49 units of blood for United Blood Services.
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Farmers Union officials say they want to keep nutrition programs in the new farm bill.
The legislation is currently at a standstill. The Democrat-controlled Senate approved a bipartisan five-year bill to govern ag programs and food stamps.
The Republican-controlled House wants to put nutrition programs into a separate measure in order to seek deeper cuts to food stamps. The House has refused to name its negotiators.
North Dakota Farmers Union president Woody Barth says linking the bill to nutrition programs is important to family farmers and ranchers. He says it’s about “connecting the people who grow food to those who eat food.”
Barth says nearly 70 members from the state group plan a trip to Washington in early September to lobby for a new farm bill.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News August 19, 2013 ) The North Dakota Higway Patorl reports, that at 5:38pm, Monday, a Trooper from the North Dakota Highway Patrol was dispatched to a physical altercation on the shoulder of I94, 4 miles east of Casselton ND.
The driver 30 year old Cole Neset of Fargo and his passenger 50 year old Brian Peterson of Fargo, were traveling East bound in a vehicle on I94 when they became involved in an argument. Neset stopped his vehicle and ordered Peterson out of the vehicle. Peterson stated that he was not going to get out of the vehicle and became upset with Neset. The Argument escalated into a physical altercation on the shoulder of I94.
Both Neset and Peterson have been arrested for Disorderly Conduct pending review by the Cass County State’s Attorney’s office.
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – The U.S. Air Force says a B-1B bomber out of South Dakota’s Ellsworth Air Force Base has crashed in a remote area of Montana but the four crew members survived.
Col. Kevin Kennedy of the 28th Bomb Wing says the two pilots and two weapons system officers ejected from the aircraft before the bomber crashed near Broadus, Mont., on Monday.
He said the crew survived but there were some injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck woman accused of locking her three boys in a basement and physically abusing them has asked for a trial.
29-year-old Kacie Schaeffer appeared Monday in court and was granted a three-day trial starting Oct. 9.
A hearing is scheduled Thursday for her boyfriend, 33-year-old Trevor Runningbear.
They pleaded not guilty to felony child abuse or neglect charges and face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
The two were arrested after a 9-year-old boy told school officials in May that his mother and her boyfriend abused him and his 3- and 6-year-old brothers, and locked them in a basement when the older boys were not in school.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Canadian pipeline company is holding meetings this week in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin on a proposed pipeline designed to move crude out of western North Dakota’s booming oil patch.
Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge Energy is proposing a 610-mile Sandpiper pipeline from Tioga to Superior, Wis.
The first meetings on the $2.5 billion project were to be held in Minot and in Superior, Wis., with additional sessions scheduled in Stanley, Devils Lake and Grand Forks in North Dakota and in Clearbrook, Park Rapids, McGregor and East Grand Forks in Minnesota.
Officials say the pipeline could transport 225,000 barrels of oil daily to a hub in Clearbrook, Minn. and 375,000 barrels per day to the terminal in Wisconsin.
The company says the project is slated for completion in 2016
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Technology is on tap in Fargo, as officials gather for an annual conference aimed at showcasing the impact technology has had on North Dakota industries and building on that success.
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven is hosting Tuesday’s State of Technology conference along with the local Chamber of Commerce. Keynote speakers this year are Tami Reller, executive vice president of Microsoft’s marketing group, and local entrepreneur Doug Burgum.
The conference also features two sessions devoted to how North Dakota’s technological advancements are having an impact on the state’s agriculture and energy industries.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Former Fargo broadcaster Ed Schultz is moving back to weekdays on MSNBC, CSi Cable 74.
The network announced Monday the “Ed Show” is slotted for 4 p.m. Central time, starting Aug. 26.
It has been featured late in the afternoons on Saturdays and Sundays since April. Before that he was on prime time at 7 p.m. At the time, Schultz says it was his idea to move his show.
Schultz got his start as a sports broadcaster on local TV. He moved to talk radio in the mid-1990s and took his radio show nationwide in 2004. He joined MSNBC in 2009 and became a prime-time fixture in 2011.
In sports…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State star linebacker Travis Beck has been given a suspended 10-day jail sentence on a charge of resisting arrest. Beck’s attorney says the plea deal will allow Beck to put his legal woes behind him without a trial interfering with the Bison football season. The charge stemmed from a brawl outside a downtown Fargo restaurant.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The Summit League says 26 men’s and women’s basketball games will be produced and televised regionally by Midco Sports Network this season.
Coverage will be spread across all eight weeks of the schedule, and all 10 men’s and women’s quarterfinal and semifinal games at the league championships will be part of the national schedule.
Summit League Commissioner Tom Douple says the televised games will showcase the Summit League brand and increase the amount of exposure for teams and athletes.
North Dakota State and South Dakota State, last season’s men’s finalists, meet on Saturday, Jan. 25. Last year’s women’s finalists, South Dakota and South Dakota State, square off on Sunday, Feb. 2.
INTERLEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 6 Minnesota 1
Final Boston 7 San Francisco 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore 3
Final Texas 16 Houston 5
Final Cleveland 5 L.A. Angels 2
Final Oakland 2 Seattle 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Philadelphia 5 Colorado 4
Final Cincinnati 5 Arizona 3
Final Miami 6 L.A. Dodgers 2
Final Chi Cubs 11 Washington 1
Final St. Louis 8 Milwaukee 5
Final Pittsburgh 3 San Diego 1
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
Final Washington 24 Pittsburgh 13
MLB…
NEW YORK (AP) – A lawyer for Alex Rodriguez has declined Major League Baseball’s challenge to make public the drug evidence that led to the 211-game suspension of the New York Yankees star, calling the letter written by MLB executive vice-president Rob Manfred “a cheap publicity stunt.” Manfred urged attorney Joseph Tacopina (tah-kah-PEE’-nah) to waive his client’s confidentiality under baseball’s Joint Drug Agreement so the documents could be released. Tacopina had said he wanted to discuss evidence publicly but was constrained by the provision.
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A former college classmate sued Ryan Braun, saying the Brewers slugger sought his help in fighting a failed drug test, balked on paying him and then disparaged him when asked why their friendship soured. Milwaukee law student Ralph Sasson said Braun’s agent hired him in November 2011 to do legal research aimed at clearing Braun after the left fielder tested positive for steroid use. The lawsuit filed in Milwaukee County court says the agent later asked him to investigate the man who collected Braun’s urine, and that Braun personally asked Sasson to prank call two journalists working on a story about the failed test.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – The Los Angeles Angels say slugger Albert Pujols (POO’-hohlz) is done for the season because of an injured left foot. Pujols hasn’t played since July 26 and was hoping to return when his partially torn plantar fascia healed. The 33-year-old Pujols hit .258 with 17 home runs and 64 RBIs this year.
UNDATED (AP) – The 2013 Sprint Cup season is over for three-time Cup champion Tony Stewart because of broken bones in his right leg. Stewart broke his right leg in a sprint car crash in Iowa earlier this month and is expected to return in time for preseason testing next January. He will be replaced in the Stewart-Hass No. 14 car by Austin Dillon and Mark Martin.
In world and national news…
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) – Another negotiating session is set today between Israel and the Palestinians. A senior Palestinian official refused to say where Tuesday’s talks are being held. The first round was held last week in Jerusalem, under a cloak of secrecy.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea’s usual criticism of joint U.S.-South Korean military maneuvers is milder than usual today. It’s seen as a sign of Pyongyang’s interest in keeping up recent diplomacy. Today’s language is not as intimidating as North Korea’s previous rhetoric such as threats of nuclear wars the country made during springtime drills between the allies.
SYDNEY (AP) – More than 100 suspected asylum seekers have been rescued after their boat sank in the Indian Ocean. The boat sank about 140 miles north of Christmas Island, where Australia operates a detention camp for asylum seekers. An Australian navy ship hurried to the scene after the Australian Maritime Safety Authority received a call for help. The search and rescue effort continues but it’s unclear if anyone is missing.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Authorities are bracing for flood chaos in outlying provinces today even as waters recede in the Philippine capital, Manila. Some of the Philippines’ heaviest rains submerged more than half the capital. Thousands of residents along Manila’s overflowing rivers were evacuated. At least eight people have died.
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) – Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has already admitted killing 16 Afghan villagers last year and the only thing left to determine is his sentence, though he won’t face the death penalty. Jury selection in his sentencing hearing begins today in Washington state. Several survivors of the massacre and relatives of the dead plan to testify. They’re outraged his life will be spared.
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