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CSi Weather…
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING…
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH…AND
OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH…ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.
TODAY…SUNNY…WINDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST
WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS
AROUND 60. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.FRIDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS AROUND
50.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING…
THEN CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW
IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS
AROUND 50. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
A POTENTIAL FOR FROST/FREEZE, THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
A RAIN/SNOW MIX OR EVEN ALL SNOW IN THE COLDER LOCATIONS
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
Jamestown Sanitary Sewer Project Update…
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 30, 2013) — Interstate Engineering reports:
A partial closure of the intersection of 17th St SE and 19th Ave SE is in place.(County Road 39) and 19th Avenue SE will be partially closed as part of the Jamestown sanitary sewer project. 17th Street SE (County Road 39) will be reduced to one lane of traffic during working hours. Flaggers will also be present.
Motorists will still be able to access to the City of Jamestown Baling Facility during this time.
At this time, this partial closure is expected to be in place for up to two days.
A reminder, 2nd Street SW– remains closed from 3rd Av SW to river. Use 1st Street bridge detour.
3rd Ave SW – remains closed from 2nd St SW to 1st St SW. Use 4th Av SW to enter & exit CSi parking lot at Historic Franklin School.
Updates will be posted online at jamestownsewerproject.com and at CsiNewsNow.com and on the Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2.
Questions on the Jamestown sanitary sewer project can be directed to Darrell Hournbuckle with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 1. 2013) — With the federal government shut down, at midnight Tuesday, some workers at federal agencies in Jamestown are going to work today… to shut down operations.
Those federal agencies providing services in Jamestown include the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Geological Survey, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs.
The USDA Farm Service Agency in North Dakota, has closed, as each agency has its own shutdown procedures..
At USGS’s Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, workers are furloughed without pay until a budget is in place.
During the furlough, one person remains on staff to maintain buildings and watch over the facility.
Medical services to veterans are not impacted, and all VA medical facilities and clinics in the nation remain operational.
The VA is suspending appeals of claims and outreach and public awareness activities through the duration of the shutdown.
The Social Security Administration local offices, including in Jamestown, remain open with limited services.
Still available is applying for benefits, make address changes or change other vital information.
Not available is applying for a new or replacement Social Security or Medicare card.
Officials say Social Security payments should not be affected.
North Dakota National Guard officials say about 430 of its employees will likely be told to go home because of the government shutdown.
Adjutant general Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk (sprihn-suh-NAT’-ihk) says he plans to meet with Guard workers this morning to talk about staffing.
The Guard has about 1,150 full-time employees who are paid by the federal government.
U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says the shutdown forces his department to operate with about half of its 43 full-time employees. He says there could be “real consequences” from the budget battle.
State Budget Director Pam Sharp says that some departments that receive federal funding, like Department of Transportation and Job Service, should be able to function normally if the shutdown doesn’t last.
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KCSi – T.V. News Oct 1, 2013) — The Federal Government will be closed as current funding expired on September 30, 2013. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is very much aware that any lapse in appropriations imposes hardships on those we serve. Due to this event, the national wildlife refuges, waterfowl production areas, Ecological Services field offices, fish hatcheries, fish technology center, fish health center, fish and wildlife conservation offices, and Joint Venture offices in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming will be closed to the public.
For programs experiencing a lapse in appropriated funding, only limited functions would continue, such as those necessary to respond to emergencies and to protect human life or property. While a lapse in appropriations remains in effect, public access to Service properties will be prohibited and fish and wildlife management activities and public programs will be cancelled. This includes all public recreation, including hunting activities on national wildlife refuges and waterfowl production areas, scheduled for Tuesday, October 1.
Additional information is available at DOI.gov/shutdown and oneINTERIOR.gov, as well as at OPM.gov, which will contain information about the government’s operating status on Tuesday, October 1, and the days following.
Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 30, 2013) — The Valley City Public Schools Board of Education & Valley City Education Association Impasse Hearing, with the Fact Finding Commission of the state of North Dakota will be on Tuesday, October 15,2013 at 7-p.m., at Jefferson Elementary School’s Gymnasium. The public is welcome to attend and encouraged to provide comments at a specified time during the hearing.
Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 30, 2013) — VCSU will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house at the renovated and expanded L.D. Rhoades Science Center on Friday, Oct. 4, at 1:30 p.m.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony will include remarks by Steven W. Shirley, VCSU president; Drew Wrigley, North Dakota lieutenant governor; Kirsten Baesler, North Dakota superintendent of public instruction and VCSU alumna; and Ray Holmberg, North Dakota District 17 state senator and chair of the appropriations committee.
Also speaking will be Joe Stickler, VCSU professor emeritus of science; Erika Schumacher, VCSU alumna and Dickinson veterinarian; and Larry Robinson, VCSU alumnus and executive director of university advancement, and North Dakota District 24 state senator.
The open house following the ribbon cutting will include refreshments, tours of the building, demonstrations, and classroom offerings.
Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 30, 2013) — Epworth United Methodist Women, in Valley City invites the community to the Annual Bazaar and Luncheon, Saturday October 5, 2013, from 10:30-a.m., to 1-p.m.
On the phone from Valley City on Monday’s (Sept 30, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Helen Joy Noeske said the church is located at 680 8th Avenue, Southwest in Valley City and added there is plenty of parking on the west side of the church.
She said on the luncheon menu is pulled turkey sandwiches and a choice of Italian chicken, florentine or hearty potato soup, and cherry cheesecake and a chocolate zucchini cake as dessert options. Lemonade and coffee will be available for beverages.
Food includes Lefse, and baked goods.
Tickets are $7 for adults, and $3.50 for youth 4-13 years old.
She pointed out that seven unique shops will sell homemade baked goods, gift items and crafts supporting various church missions.
Shops include, The Basket Room, Christmas In Style, Sweets, Monkey Business, Pumpkin Patch, and Sugar and Spices, as all items are donated.
She said the ever-popular Gift Baskets will be on hand.
The luncheon ticket is also the ticket for the drawing of the Ultimate Gift Basket.
There will also be children’s crafts this year.
Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 30, 2013) — The selection committee of the North Dakota Agriculture Hall of Fame is asking the public for candidate suggestions for the 2014 ND Ag Hall of Fame Inductees. Either organizations or individuals may nominate candidates and the deadline for nominations is December 1, 2013.
The North Dakota Agriculture Hall of Fame is a statewide organization that recognizes those people who have made a meaningful contribution to the state’s agricultural industry.
Individuals are eligible to be nominated if they satisfy at least two of three requirements:
1. At least 45 years old
2. Retired from an agricultural related career
3. Accumulated at least 20 years of service to the ag industry in North Dakota
The permanent home for the state’s Agriculture Hall of Fame, which was established by the state legislature during their 1997 session, is at the North Dakota Winter Show in Valley City. The display is available for viewing at both the NDWS Event Center and the Rosebud Visitor’s Center in Valley City.
Agricultural groups and organizations, which are represented on the selection committee include: ND Lamb & Wool Producers, ND Grain Growers, ND Stockmen’s Assoc., ND Oilseed Council, ND Dept. of Agriculture, ND Pork Producers Council, NDSU Extension Service, National Agricultural Marketing Assoc., ND Farm Bureau, ND Farmers Union, ND Vocational Agriculture, North Dakota Winter Show and a representative from ND’s farm broadcasters and Ag journalists.
The new inductees will be chosen in December and then honored during a ceremony which will take place at the North Dakota Winter Show, on Saturday March 8th, 2014.
Those who want a nomination form or more information on the North Dakota Agriculture Hall of Fame should contact the North Dakota Winter Show office, in Valley City, by calling 1-800-437-0218, by mail at PO Box 846, Valley City, ND 58072 or by emailing the North Dakota Winter Show Office at ndws@northdakotawintershow.com . Nomination forms can also be printed off the website, www.northdakotawintershow.com.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A man over the age of 60 who lived in the southeast part of the state is the second North Dakota resident to die from West Nile virus this year. The state health department says 101 human West Nile virus cases have been reported in 28 counties this year. The other death was a woman older than 60 years old who also lived in southeast North Dakota.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A woman from Cannon Ball who stabbed her boyfriend to death is going to prison for nearly 20 years.
A federal judge on Monday sentenced 23-year-old Alisha Crow Ghost to 19 years and seven months in prison. She must also pay $5,000 in restitution.
Crow Ghost pleaded guilty in June to second-degree murder for the Nov. 10 slaying of Cole Harrison in Cannon Ball on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
She told officers she and Harrison had been drinking all day and arguing about “goofy things” and “communication.” A prosecutor says she also indicated Harrison was trying to get away from her for several hours and that he suffered defensive cut wounds, in addition to a fatal wound to the chest.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Cannonball man must pay back the cost of a church he set fire to on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
Nineteen-year-old Phoenix Martinez pleaded guilty to arson in June for torching the St. James Episcopal Church in the North Dakota town of Cannonball in July 2012.
The church was destroyed.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Martinez was sentenced Monday in Bismarck to three years and four months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. He must also pay restitution of $354,000.
TIOGA, N.D. (AP) – A Williams County commissioner has been charged with drunken driving and other crimes. Authorities say officers pulled over Barry Ramberg Saturday in Tioga. He was charged with driving under the influence, carrying a loaded firearm while intoxicated and refusing to comply with a breathalyzer test.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A new monthly report to be released today will reveal how optimistic business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states are feeling.
The report will also predict whether the region’s economy will continue growing in the months ahead. Last month, the survey suggested slow growth was likely to continue.
The survey overseen by Creighton University economist Ernie Goss covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – American Crystal Sugar will default on a government loan of $71.2 million under a program that provides relief when a glut of sugar depresses prices.
David Berg, American Crystal Sugar president and CEO, says forfeiting the sugar put up as collateral was the best option, given very low sugar prices.
The loans end with the crop year, which concludes Tuesday.
The forfeiture is under a U.S. Agriculture Department program. It is the result of sugar being cheaper and more plentiful that at any time in the past decade.
Berg says defaulting on the loan does not present a financial hit to the company. He says the default is beneficial to American Crystal Sugar’s financial health, and that’s the way the program is designed to work.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The odds of motorists crashing into deer in North Dakota have dropped dramatically.
State Farm’s annual ranking of deer-vehicle collisions shows that the likelihood of vehicle-deer collisions in North Dakota is down by nearly 25 percent from last year. That is the largest drop among 41 states where deer crashes are most likely.
The chance of a motorist hitting a deer this year in North Dakota is 1 in 123.
North Dakota ranks 17th on the list, down from 10th a year ago.
State Farm uses claims data and state licensed driver counts from the Federal Highway Administration for its rankings.
In sports…
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Central Cass def. May Port CG, 25-7, 25-19, 14-25, 25-18
Harvey-Wells County def. New Rockford-Sheyenne, 24-26, 25-15, 18-25, 25-19, 16-14
Powers Lake def. New Town, 25-16, 25-7, 25-15
Underwood def. Washburn, 25-19, 25-13, 25-19
AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAY IN GAME…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -Evan Longoria cracked his 32nd home run and went 3 for 4 in the Tampa Bay Rays’ 5-2 win over Texas in the one-game playoff to decide the American League’s final wild card. David Price went the distance for the victory, scattering seven hits and striking out four.
CLEVELAND (AP)- The Tampa Bay Rays are back in action tomorrow night with a one-game wild-card play-in game. They’re in Cleveland to take on the Indians with the winner advancing to play Boston in the best-of-five AL division series.
PITTSBURGH (AP)- The National League has a play-in game tonight between its two wild cards. The Cincinnati Reds send out five-game winner Johnny Cueto (KWAY’-toh) against Pittsburgh’s 16-game winner Francisco Liriano (leer-ee-AH’-noh) with that winner advancing to play St. Louis in the NL division series.
MLB Postseason on CSi
Tuesday Oct. 1, 2013
National League Wildcard Game
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 7-p.m. CSi 30, TBS
Wednesday Oct. 2, 2013
American League Wildcard Game
Tampa Bay at Cleveland 7-p.m. CSi 30, TBS
Thursday October 3, 2013
National League Division Series
Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves Time TBA CSi 30, TBS
National League Wild Card Winner at St. Louis Cardinals TBA CSi 30 TBS
Friday October 4, 2013
Los Angeles Dodgers Atlanta Braves TBA CSi 30 TBS
National League Wild Card Winner at St. Louis Cardinals TBA CSi 30 TBS
American League Wild Card Winner Boston Red Sox TBA CSi 30 TBS
American League Division Series
Detroit Tigers Oakland Athletics TBA CSi 30 TBS
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The New Orleans Saints are one of five teams in the NFL off to a 4-0 start. Drew Brees passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns as the Saints handed the Miami Dolphins their first loss of the season 38-17 last night.
NHL…
UNDATED (AP)- The NHL season gets under way tonight with three games including the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks hosting the Washington Capitals. The Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins in six games in June to win their second Stanley Cup title in four seasons.
MLB…
Ron Gardenhire is coming back as manager of the Minnesota Twins for a 13th season. The two-year extension comes after the Twins completed a third straight season of at least 93 losses which is causing concern to an increasingly impatient fan base. Gardenhire is in the final year of his contract and is the second-longest tenured manager in the big leagues.
UNDATED (AP) – Dale Sveum (swaym) has been fired as manager of the Chicago Cubs after two seasons on the job. The club finished last in the National League Central for the first time in seven years after dropping 41 of their final 59 games and finishing 66-96. Sveum had a record of 127-197.
NBA…
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) – Coach Mike Woodson has been given a vote of support as the New York Knicks get ready for a new season. The club has picked up the option on Woodson’s contract for the 2014-15 season. Woodson led the Knicks to a 54-28 record last season and their first Atlantic Division title since 1994. He is 72-34 since taking over for Mike D’Antoni late in the 2011-12 season.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The Sacramento Kings have signed the DeMarcus Cousins to a four-year maximum contract extension worth a reported $62 million. Cousins has drawn multiple suspensions from both the team and the league for his behavior.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal workers will be in for about half a day today, but only to do work relating to securing things during the partial government shutdown which follows Congress’ failure to reach a deal on a temporary spending measure. Republicans and Democrats are deadlocked over GOP attempts to derail or delay the three-year-old health care law. The Senate today is expected to reject the latest House GOP measure which still contains a health care delay provision.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The three-year-old health care law takes another step today with the opening of the new insurance exchanges intended to expand health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. The government shutdown means there will be just a skeletal staff at the White House when President Barack Obama appears in the Oval Office to tout the benefits of his law.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) – Students are still being kept away from the University of California at Berkeley campus after an explosion prompted an evacuation yesterday. One person was hospitalized for minor burns in the blast in an underground utility vault as crews were trying to restore electricity.
BEIRUT (AP) – The rift continues among Syrian rebels fighting to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad. An al-Qaida spokesman is accusing Western-backed rebels of “stealing” credit for battlefield victories by claiming territorial gains made by al-Qaida fighters. Al-Qaida militants have in the past year emerged as some of the most organized and successful fighting forces on the opposition side in Syria.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – A team of American forensic experts is currently in South Africa to help with Oscar Pistorius’ defense. The double-amputee Olympian faces a murder trial in the death of his girlfriend. Pistorius faces a possible life sentence with a minimum of 25 years in prison if convicted.
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