CSi Weather…

 INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…JAMESTOWN

311 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012

 
.LATE THIS AFTERNOON…SUNNY. WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 50. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
.MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

Omaha, Neb. (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 24, 2012)   —The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday that Pipestem Reservoir is near its normal fall and winter pool elevation of 1442.5 feet.  

A reduction in reservoir releases will occur August 27, 2012 resulting in flows of between 0 and 10 cfs.

     Pipestem Reservoir is currently at 1443.0 feet and is dropping at a rate of less than 0.1 feet per day. 

The pool elevation is 0.5 feet above the top of conservation pool. 

The reservoir is releasing 40 cubic feet per second (cfs) with inflows of 0 cfs.

 On Monday, August 27, 2012, the gate will be closed resulting in a reservoir release of between 0 and 10 cfs depending on inflow.

 

Jamestown Reservoir is currently at pool elevation 1429.9 feet and is releasing 0 cfs. Inflows are approximately 0 cfs. 
     With the reduction in releases, river stages are expected to drop approximately 0.5 feet at the James River at Jamestown gage and 0.25 feet at the James River at LaMoure gage.  

 River stages on the James River in North Dakota and South Dakota are available on the U.S. Geological Survey website at http://nd.water.usgs.gov/floodinfo/james.html

 

From Stutsman County 9-1-1 Coordinator, Jerry Bergquist…

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — On August 16, 2012, CodeRED performed a two-part test of its emergency notification system in Stutsman County.

Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist reports that the first part of the test successfully tested phone line capabilities in Stutsman County.

The second part of the test successfully sent a text and email message to anyone opting in for these services. Currently, nearly 10,500 phone numbers, 450 text phone numbers and 550 email addresses are capable of receiving emergency notifications from the County.

All residential phone lines are already part of the CodeRED database.

However, most business lines, all cell phone numbers, VOIP phone numbers, email addresses, and text message capable phones need to log onto www.stutsmancounty.org to register to receive emergency notifications.

Once on the site, click the link to be directed to the secured “CodeRED Community Notification Enrollment” page.

Required information to register includes first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, and phone numbers to be entered.

An exact address is needed due to the geographically based delivery system that CodeRED uses.

The registration page also allows users the opportunity to sign up to receive emergency weather warnings.

This is an opt-in service only.

Anyone wishing to use this service must register by opting in on the enrollment page, including residential landline phones.

Users have the option to receive alerts anytime the National Weather Service issues a tornado warning, severe weather warning or flash flood warning for the address entered on the enrollment page.

Only users that are registered for the service will receive the message.

In addition, you will only be warned if you live in the warned polygon area that the National Weather Service has issued a warning for.

 

Jamestown, ND  (KCSi-T.V. News)  –  The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office reports, that due to sanitary sewer repairs, 7th Ave SE between 2nd St SE & 3rd St SE will be closed on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 beginning at 8:00 am and until approximately 8:00 pm.

Motorists’ should use caution in and around this area and use alternate routes if possible.

 

 AMIDON, N.D. (AP) – Crews are battling a 75-acre wildfire on the
Little Missouri National Grasslands in western North Dakota.
     The U.S. Forest Service says the Deep Creek 12 fire was reported
Friday morning. The blaze about 15 miles northwest of Amidon is
burning in grass and sagebrush. No structures are threatened.
     The Forest Service says hot temperatures, low humidity and
strong winds have increased the fire danger in the region.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A homeless man has been sentenced to two
years in prison for entering a Bismarck home and dressing in the
clothes of the woman who lived there.
     The Bismarck Tribune reports that 48-year-old Richard Summers
pleaded guilty to felony criminal trespass.
     Police were called to the home on May 19 after the woman’s
husband encountered Summers.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo woman is accused of embezzling tens
of thousands of dollars from her condominium association to support
a gambling habit.
Forty-two-year-old Linda Brendemuhl is charged with misapplication of entrusted property.

She allegedly embezzled as much as $50,000 from August 2009 until this August.
     A telephone number for Brendemuhl has been disconnected. Court
documents do not list an attorney for her.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state board that licenses teachers in
North Dakota will be looking into the conviction of a former Hebron
teacher.
     Jennifer Schultz was found guilty at trial this week of
distributing alcohol to minors. She was found not guilty of
sexually assaulting two students.

She was sentenced to serve about two months in jail.
     Schultz resigned her teaching position during the investigation.
The North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board will be
determining whether she is able to teach again.
     Executive Director Janet Welk says  if the board decides to discipline
Schultz, punishment could range from a letter of reprimand to a
license revocation.
     Schultz’s attorney says she has four degrees, two of which are
master’s degrees in education.

 

ARNEGARD, N.D. (AP) – A company spokesman says a cigarette lighter might have caused a fire at an oil well site in the western North Dakota oil patch.
 
     The mid-Wednesday explosion at the site near Arnegard in McKenzie County sent two workers to a Twin Cities burn hospital.

Fifty-two-year-old Bruce Ford and 48-year-old Rod Law were working for Mitchell’s Oil Field Service as subcontractors for Statoil.
 
     Statoil spokesman Ola Aanestad says  a preliminary investigation found that a cigarette lighter being used near an oil tank ignited vapors.

The company and state officials are continuing to investigate.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Officials have broken ground for two
multimillion dollar educational buildings in Minot.
     A $35 million school is being built to replace Erik Ramstad
Middle School, which was destroyed during the 2011 Souris River
flood.

The federal government is paying about $27 million and the
state $2 million. It’s to be finished by the start of the next
school year.
     Construction also is under way on a $12.8 million Student
Wellness Center at Minot State University. T

The facility is funded primarily by student fees.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The new nuclear attack submarine that’s
named for North Dakota now has an official crest.
     It shows wheat stalks, a pair of crossed revolvers and
tomahawks, and a banner with North Dakota’s state motto: “Strength
from the Soil.”
     It shows an image of the new submarine with a dusky blue sky and
the constellation Orion in the background.
     Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley and retired state district judge Robert
Wefald unveiled the new crest during a North Dakota Capitol
ceremony Friday.
     The crest is the emblem of the ship itself.
     The $2.6 billion submarine is being built in Connecticut and
Virginia. It’s supposed to go into service in early 2014.

It will have a crew of 120 sailors and 15 officers.
    

In world and national news…

 DENVER (AP) – Newly filed court records allege that the man
accused of opening fire in a Colorado movie theater told a
classmate he wanted to kill people four months before the shooting.
Prosecutors made that claim in a motion today.

They are seeking access to the records of James Holmes from the University of Colorado Denver’s neuroscience graduate program.

 Prosecutors wrote that Holmes left the program in June after also making unspecified threats to a professor that month and failing his year-end final.
     
     NEW YORK (AP) – New York’s police commissioner says officers had
“absolutely no choice” but to open fire on a man who had just
shot and killed a former co-worker near the Empire State Building
Friday morning.

Raymond Kelly says surveillance video shows the gunman pulling out a pistol and pointing it at officers, who drew their weapons and fired 14 rounds, killing the man.

Nine passers-by were wounded in today’s gunfire — some by stray police bullets.

All are expected to survive.
     
     MADRID (AP) – Lance Armstrong is getting plenty of support from his fellow cyclists.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Friday stripped Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and banned him for life, after Armstrong stopped fighting charges that he had used performance-enhancing drugs.

One former rival says Armstrong should have continued the fight, but probably concluded it was “useless.”

A former coach says Armstrong is a victim of an “unjust” process.
     
     BALTIMORE (AP) – A senior U.S. military officer has acknowledged
that the military has been launching cyberattacks against its
opponents in Afghanistan.

Marine Lt. Gen. Richard Mills made the comments last week at a conference in Baltimore.

He said he used cyber operations with “great impact” against the enemy, including attacks on “command-and-control” operations.
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The building manager for a Washington-based
conservative lobbying group says he’s out of the hospital after
being shot last week and his “condition continues to improve.”
Leo Johnson was shot in the arm by a gunman who authorities say
didn’t like the politics of the Family Research Council.

Johnson was working security in the building’s lobby and helped subdue the
gunman after he was shot.

The suspect is due in court this afternoon for a preliminary hearing.