CSi Weather…

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE
MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi- T.V. News Aug 22, 2012) — A Southeast District Court Jury, of eight women and four men, in Jamestown Wednesday began deliberation in the trial of Leron Howard.

Not reaching a verdict Wednesday, the jurors recessed just before 5-p.m., and will continue deliberations, on Thursday morning.

Howard is charged with murder and criminal conspiracy in the death of Abdi Ali Ahmed on April 30, 2011.

Howard’s court appointed defense attorney, Steve Mottinger, asked the jury to convict Howard of manslaughter during closing arguments.

Stutsman County State’s Attorney, Fritz Fremgen, said the case fits the definition of murder.

If they find Howard not guilty of murder they would then consider the lesser included charge of manslaughter.

Abdi Ali Ahmed’s body was found in a road ditch near Spiritwood, on April 30, 2011.

 

Report From North Dakota Highway Patrol, Captain Niewind

Jamestown, ND (KCSi T.V. News)  –  On August 22nd, 2012 at approximately 4:45 pm, a NDHP Trooper located a reported reckless driver traveling eastbound on I-94. 

 The vehicle was a silver, 1999 Hyundai Sonnata, which was reported by other motorists as traveling at a high rate of speed and weaving on the road way from the ditch to the median of the eastbound roadway. 

When located by the trooper, the vehicle was traveling 95 mph and weaving across the entire roadway. 

The trooper followed the reckless driver with emergency lights activated for approximately 6 miles (from MM 327 to MM 333), at which time the driver and lone occupant of the was involved in a crash.

 The vehicle left the roadway and entered the south ditch of I-94 crossing through a wire fence and striking a guardrail on the frontage road that runs parallel to I-94 near MM 333. 

 The vehicle came to rest in the south ditch facing south.

 The driver appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and narcotics.

 The driver, 39 year old Karen Goodall, from Jamestown, ND, was transported to Essentia Hospital for minor injuries.

 Ms. Goodall was arrested on scene for Driving Under the Influence. 

Other pending charges include:  Driving Under Revocation, Possession of Marijuana and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. 

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The community is invited to support local agencies, while enjoying country and bluegrass music.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Red Cross, Buffalo Valley Chapter, Manager, Beth Dewald said, the Red Cross and the Community Action, Backpack Program, for needy students will benefit from the free will offering.

The Backpack program provides food for the weekend, for participating students and their families.

She said supplement funds will be provided from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

The Country and Bluegrass Festival is set for this Sunday, August 26, 2012, at Atonement Lutheran Church at 1009 12th Avenue Northeast in Jamestown, from 4-8-p.m. (across from Jamestown High School.)

She pointed out that there will be barbecued pulled-port sandwiches available along with salads and desserts, barbecues, hot dogs fresh popcorn, and a soda sale.

Activities and playground equipment will be available for children.

Also on our show was Bert Gray, a member of the Atonement Church Council, and a member of Smokehouse & Friends, who will be entertaining.

He said other bands performing will be Spiritwood Creek, Buffalo Station and Cedar Creek.

Those attending are invited to bring along a blanket or chair under the big top to be located at the church’s “back 40.”

 

From Gov. Dalrymple’s Office

BISMARCK, N.D. – (Aug 22, 2012) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple late Tuesday toured the John Deere manufacturing plant in Valley City where company officials are in the process of hiring about 65 additional workers to meet the plant’s production workload.

The John Deere Valley City Seeding Group currently employs about 320 people.

Plant Manager David Bradford and other John Deere employees led Dalrymple and North Dakota Commerce Commissioner Al Anderson on a tour of the plant which manufactures crop seeders and tillage equipment.

Dalrymple said, “I was impressed with the plant’s efficiency, the quality of its workforce and with John Deere’s commitment to the community.

John Deere’s Valley City plant is a good example of the innovation and expertise that continues to drive our state’s manufacturing growth while other states are experiencing declines in this important economic sector.”

Manufacturing accounts for about 10 percent of North Dakota’s gross domestic product and directly employs about six percent of the state’s workforce.

Strong market growth, both domestically and internationally, have contributed to North Dakota’s healthy manufacturing economy.

　

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police are making arrests in connection with an armed robbery at a Chinese restaurant.

Authorities say a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl are in custody in the holdup Friday at the Giant Panda, and they anticipate a 17-year-old boy also will be referred to juvenile court.

 

 MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A jury has found a former female teacher in
the southwest North Dakota town of Hebron not guilty of sexually
assaulting two students.
     A jury of seven men and five women deliberated for about two
hours on Wednesday at the Morton County Courthouse before finding
Jennifer Schultz not guilty of the charges.

She was found guilty of distributing alcohol to minors.
     The state dropped a charge of soliciting a minor.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota lawmakers are supporting big increases in some of the state’s highway speeding fines.
 
     North Dakota has some of the region’s lowest fines for speeders. They’re also hard for law officers to calculate without using a chart.
 
     The Legislature’s Transportation Committee on Wednesday endorsed raising the fines and making them easier to figure.
 
     Now, someone who’s caught driving 65 on a 55 mile per hour road is fined $10. Under the new bill, the fine would be $50.
 
     Someone going 80 mph on North Dakota’s interstate highways would be fined $50, instead of $25.
 
     The bill would also allow cities to increase their speeding penalties.
 
     Fargo state Representative Ed Gruchalla and assistant West Fargo police chief Mike Reitan say the higher fines will be a deterrent to highway lead foots.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston’s public schools began the
academic year with an estimated 229 new students, nowhere near the
potential 1,200 new students that Superintendent Viola LaFontaine
had projected.
     LaFontaine says she’s glad she was wrong. And she says the fact that the school district prepared for a big rise in students means it will have
growing room for the future.

The district hired more than 50 new teachers this year.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Education officials say North Dakota’s
average student score on the ACT college entrance exam is slightly
lower than the national average.
     The national average score is 21.1, on a scale of 1 to 36. North
Dakota’s average score is 20.7 and the same as last year.
     Officials say percent of North Dakota graduates took the test,
compared with 52 percent of graduates nationwide.
    

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The Democratic candidate for North Dakota governor is proposing an education plan that would include funding for early childhood programs, more scholarship money for college students and a boost in teacher salaries.
 
     State Sen. Ryan Taylor on Wednesday unveiled his “Lasting Harvest” plan for education, from pre-kindergarten through college.

He says the state should take advantage of its economic prosperity by investing in something that will last beyond the oil boom.
 
     Taylor says North Dakota is one of only 10 states in the country that does not fund the Head Start program for low-income children.

He says there are nearly 1,000 families on the waiting list for Head Start.
 
     Taylor says he would raise the teacher pay ranking in the state from 47th in the nation to 40th within his first term.

 

In sports…

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota athletic
director Brian Faison (FAY’-zawn) has received a two-year contract
extension.
     School officials say Faison is signed through June 2017. The
62-year-old Faison makes $164,079 a year.
     This year is Faison’s fifth at the helm of UND athletics. He has
led the school through the transition to the NCAA Division I level,
which included entrance into the Big Sky Conference.
     Prior to joining UND, Faison served as special assistant to the
president for four years and athletic director for five years at
New Mexico State University.
     Faison is UND’s 15th athletic director.

 

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION…

 Wednesday’s Games
      Grand Prairie 8, Fargo-Moorhead 5

 

MLB…

AMERICAN LEAGUE

 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Coco Crisp homered and drove in two runs yesterday in the Oakland Athletics’ 5-1 win over the Minnesota Twins.

Yoenis Cespedes hit a go-ahead two-run single in the third inning that held up. Ryan Doumit scored Minnesota’s only run on a groundout in the second.
 
 
  Final  Tampa Bay       5  Kansas City    3
  Final  Seattle         3  Cleveland      1
  Final  Detroit         3  Toronto        2
  Final  L.A. Angels     7  Boston         3
  Final  Texas          12  Baltimore      3
  Final  Chi White Sox   2  N-Y Yankees    1
 
 
    NATIONAL LEAGUE
 
  Final  Milwaukee       3  Chi Cubs       2
  Final  Arizona         3  Miami          2  (first game)
  Final  Arizona         3  Miami          0  (second game)
  Final  San Diego       4  Pittsburgh     2
  Final  Atlanta         5  Washington     1
  Final  Cincinnati      3  Philadelphia   2
  Final  Colorado        5  N-Y Mets       2
  Final  St. Louis       4  Houston        2
  Final  San Francisco   8  L.A. Dodgers   4
 
 

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Baseball’s number of Bay Area banishments
continues to grow.
     Oakland pitcher and former AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo
Colon (bahr-TOH’-loh kuh-LOHN’) has been suspended for 50 games
after testing positive for testosterone.

Major League Baseball’s announcement comes one week after All-Star outfielder Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants was suspended 50 games following a positive test for the same substance.
     The 39-year-old Colon is 10-9 with a 3.43 ERA in 24 starts in
his first season with the A’s. He will miss the final 40 games of
the regular season and the first 10 games of the postseason if
Oakland advances that far.

Any remainder of the suspension would be served in a future season, if Colon signs another major league contract.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson
says Stephen Strasburg could miss his final two or three turns in
the rotation during the regular season.

The Nationals are trying to keep Strasburg under 180 innings in his first full season following Tommy John surgery.

The 24-year-old right-hander has thrown 145 1-3 innings while going 15-5 with a 2.85 ERA.

 

 MLB-UMPIRE SAVES LIFE…

     And umpire Jim Joyce is being credited with helping to save the
life of a food service worker who collapsed of an apparent heart
attack at Chase Field.
     Vice President of Ballpark Operations Russ Amaral says Joyce
happened to be walking past Jayne Powers when she collapsed before
Monday night’s game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Miami
Marlins.
     After deciding it wasn’t a seizure, as some of her co-workers
suggested, Joyce quickly started CPR.

     Marlins bullpen catcher Jeff Urgelles, a former firefighter and
paramedic, was called to the scene and began helping Joyce.

 

In world and national news…

 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Republican Mitt Romney is turning his
focus back to economic matters, promoting what he says are
job-creating energy proposals during a New Mexico appearance today.
President Barack Obama’s campaign is also starting a new push on
the economy with a television advertisement featuring former
President Bill Clinton, urging support of the president’s policies.
     
     ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) – No major damage was reported, but
authorities in Puerto Rico said an elderly woman died in an
accident while preparing for Tropical Storm Isaac, which drenched
tiny islands in its whirl over the eastern entrance to the
Caribbean.

The storm is heading for the Dominican Republic and
Haiti today and is expected to get stronger.
     
     MANTON, Calif. (AP) – Hundreds of homes are still threatened by
a Northern California wildfire that’s burning a new front on the
southern flank.

Thousands of evacuated residents from tiny rural
communities just outside Lassen Volcanic National Park have been
allowed to return home.

Twisted sheets of metal, the hulks of pickup trucks and brick walls were all that was left in some areas.
     
     OWENSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention reports that of 178 people infected in 21 states, two
have died and 62 have been hospitalized in the latest salmonella
outbreak.

It’s been linked to an Indiana farm that produces cantaloupes. The Food and Drug Administration says the operation has recalled its melons.
    
     BAGHDAD (AP) – The Islamic State of Iraq says it was behind a
wave of 43 attacks that included roadside bombings, sticky bombs,
mortars and rockets, booby trapped houses and shootings in
Sunni-dominated western Anbar province this summer.

The al-Qaida front group issued a statement today. The attacks targeted Iraqi
security forces, pro-government elements and military bases.