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TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
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.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
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.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
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.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
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.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP Sept 14, 2012) – North Dakota State University has lifted its evacuation order.

The university says it reopened campus at 1 p.m. and classes resumed at 2 p.m.

The university ordered all students and employees to leave campus Friday morning after it received a bomb threat.

NDSU President, Dean Bresciani says students and workers were alerted by email and phone messages, with a CodeRed Alert.

The evacuation order called for people to leave all NDSU properties by 10:15 a.m.

The university cleared its main and downtown campuses following the threat, along with all of its agricultural facilities.

The evacuation caused heavy traffic in the area, as students and others scrambled to get off school property.

During the evacuation period, traffic was rerouted around the two campuses.

A perimeter was established, and students were considered safe outside that area.

More than 14,000 students are enrolled at NDSU.

The evacuation order at NDSU came about the same time as one at The University of Texas at Austin, where officials also say they received a bomb threat.

FBI spokesman Kyle Loven says the agency is trying to determine if the two threats were related.

　

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol is investigation a semi accident, that occurred Friday morning (Sept 14, 2012) about two O’Clock.

The semi went out of control on I- 94 near Valley City with the unit crashing into the median.

The driver from Fargo man was not injured.

The cause of the crash is under investigation with the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

 

　Bismarck, ND  (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 14, 2012)  –  North Dakota air travel is up significantly, according to the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission.

The passenger boarding numbers show a 20% increase over last year, and do not include the additional air travel by general and business aircraft.

Minot leads the growth in commercial airports with a fifty percent increase in boardings over this time last year, and the Williston terminal now serves close to seven times the customers from when it was constructed.

Forecasters are projecting growth at record rates to continue, and the Aeronautics Commission is working with state, federal, and local partners to address the large increases in air traffic across the region.

In August this year, Jametown boardings were at 263.

That’s compared to 384 in August of 2011, a decrease of over 31 percent.

 

From Mary Lee Nielson, Marketing Coordinator, Sheyenne River Valley National Scenic Byway/Valley City CVB.

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. ) — Enjoy a drive down to Fort Ransom on Sunday (September 16, 2012) morning and attend the Bridge Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the new Ransom County Memorial Bridge.
The original walking bridge had been damaged in the two major floods- the
North Dakota National Guard has built a new bridge.

The ceremony is at 10:30 am.

Also on Saturday September 22, 2012 there will be a 20th Anniversary Celebration at Medicine Wheel Park in Valley City.

It’s been 20 years since Dr. Joe Stickler and his chemistry students started building the replica of a Native American calendar.

The first day of Autumn will be celebrated with shows at the Valley City State University Planetarium and at sunset a celebration at the Medicine Wheel. Rumors have it that drumming will be part of the ceremony.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The 2nd Annual Car Show will be at Don Wilhelm, Inc., on Saturday (Sept. 15, 2012), located at 305 Business Loop West in Jamestown.

The vehicles will be on display in front of the dealership from 11-a.m., to 2-p.m.

Registration is from 9-a.m., to 11-a.m.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, James Valley Street Machines, President, Steve Jaskoviak said the organization is one of clubs providing, the vehicles to be on display.

He said his club was formed nearly a year ago, and they welcome those with any type of motorized vehicle to join.

Those include go-karts, drag racers, muscle cars and classic vehicles.

James Valley Street Machines currently has 70 members, and more are welcome to join.

As part of the membership, members receive the monthly “Rumbler” magazine.

The yearly dues is $25, and members are included in the monthly club meeting drawings for $20 in cash.

The group’s Vice President, Tom Ravely added, over 60 vehicles are expected to be registered and show on Saturday.

There is no admission charge.

Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Places in the “Show Stopper,’ category, which will be judged.

Other 1st-3rd prizes will be given out in the “People’s Choice,” category.

Those on hand, may cast their vote, at a dollar per vote, for Peoples Choice, with the proceeds going to the Ft. Seward Restoration Committee.

Hot Dogs and beverages will be available, with the proceeds going to the Jamestown Gymnastics Club.

Also invited to have vehicles at the show are, the Jamestown Classic Car Club, and Jamestown Drag Racing Association.

　

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — After Visiting Valley City Public Schools, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that the Food Service Program is exceeding the new federal breakfast and lunch menu regulations.

The federal mandate was operational this year.

A United States Department of Agriculture officials says Valley City Public School’s food services program is above and beyond many other school districts in the nation and exceeds the new federal menu pattern regulations implemented this year.

Officials say more fruits, vegetables and whole grains are served at school breakfast and lunch as required by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act implemented this year.

Sue Milender, Nutrition Services Director and Dietitian with the Valley City Public School District said, students can expect to see more nutritious food on their trays this year.

 

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified two members
of the Kentucky National Guard who died in a car crash while they
were training in North Dakota.
     Police say 23-year-old Jason Burnette, of Manchester, Ky., and
31-year-old Ronald Forsyth, of Owenton, Ky., died early Thursday
when the car they were in left a roadway in Devils Lake and slammed
into a tree.
     Two other Kentucky men in the vehicle were treated at a local hospital for injuries and released.
     Authorities did not immediately determine who was driving.
     The soldiers were training at the North Dakota National Guard’s
Camp Grafton facility south of Devils Lake.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam
Hamm has revoked the license of Bismarck agent Samuel Neutgens
(NOOT’-juhns) for alleged forgery.
     Hamm says Neutgens improperly signed a customer’s name on an
insurance policy cancellation letter, without the customer’s knowledge or permission.

 Hamm says Neutgens also failed to respond to his department’s requests for an explanation. He says Neutgens did sign an order waiving his right to a hearing.
     Hamm’s order bars Neutgens from conducting insurance business in
North Dakota.

     A person who answered the phone at a business listing for
Neutgens says Neutgens no longer works there.

A home listing for him could not immediately be found.

 

 OSNABROCK, N.D. (AP) – A community group is trying to raise
money to reopen a shuttered nursing home in northeastern North
Dakota.
     The Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Good Samaritan Society closed the
home in Osnabrock on July 21, citing financial problems due to a
decreasing population, and problems in attracting and keeping
staff.

The facility was licensed for 31 beds but averaged only about two dozen residents between 2007 and 2010.
     The center had only 18 residents last May when the closure was
announced.
     The  Osnabrock Nursing Home advisory board has set an initial
fundraising goal of $250,000 through donations and grants.

The board expects to complete the transfer of property from the Good
Samaritan Society by mid-October and reopen with 15 licensed beds
by early 2013.

 

 DURBIN, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota dog that made a bid to be
recognized as the world’s tallest has been euthanized after
developing bone cancer.
     Boomer was a 6-year-old Landseer Newfoundland. The 3-foot-tall,
7-foot-long, 180-pound dog was big enough to drink from the kitchen
faucet with all four paws still on the floor.
     Owner Caryn Weber, of Durbin, tried three years ago to have
Boomer recognized by Guinness World Records.

The effort was derailed when Guinness instituted a minimum 40-inch requirement.
Weber says Boomer was recognized by the lesser-known World Record Academy for a few months until Guinness certified a new record holder.
    

In world and national news…

 ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) – In a solemn ceremony, the
bodies of the four Americans who were killed this week in Libya
have returned to U.S. soil.

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton were among those waiting at Andrews to pay tribute to the four, including U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens.

U.S. officials are investigating whether the assault was a coordinated terrorist attack that took advantage of protests in the Arab world over an anti-Muslim video.
     
     TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) – There have been more assaults on U.S.
embassies across the Middle East and elsewhere Friday — including a
violent protest outside the embassy in Tunis where authorities
responded with teargas and gunshots, leaving two people dead and
about 30 others injured.

Protesters also set fire to an American school adjacent to the embassy compound. The protests are part of the continued outrage over an anti-Muslim film that ridiculed the Prophet Muhammad.
     
     NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Spain may be the next European country
seeking financial help.

At a meeting of finance ministers, Spain revealed Friday that it will present a new set of economic reforms by the end of the month.
     
     CHICAGO (AP) – An attorney for the Chicago Teachers Union says
contract talks are still progressing, but negotiators do not expect
to reach a final agreement to end the teachers strike until at
least Sunday.

He says the union is still working out details of the
deal and hopes to present a full contract proposal to union
delegates sometime Sunday.

If the 700 delegates vote to approve the package, teachers could return to the classroom Monday.
     
     DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – When it comes to hot spots,
California’s Death Valley now has no rivals around the world.

It was named this week as the hottest place on the globe by the World
Meteorological Organization.

There was a spot in Libya where a hotter temperature was once recorded, but that reading is now considered to be a mistake. So, Death Valley now holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded — 136 degrees, in July of 1913.