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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN
THE AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, PARTLY SUNNY IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
SLEET AND IN THE EVENING. LOWS AROUND 10. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA…40 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGHS 15 TO 20. NORTH WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 40. LOWS IN
THE UPPER 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN
THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN
THE MID 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
30S. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called out about 6:30 a.m., on Wednesday March 5, as a fire alarm was activated, and a smoke smell reported, at an apartment building at 615 10th Street Northeast in Jamestown.
City Fire Chief, Jim Reuther says there was no fire, and the fire alarm had been reset when the five fire units, and 27 city fire fighters arrived on the scene.
No one had evacuated the building.
Reuther said the units stay on the scene about 15 minutes.
Jamestown (CSi) A reminder, Jamestown Public Schools announces school will be in session on Thursday, March 13, 2014 due to storm make up day.
No School on Friday, March 14th for spring break. School will resume at the regular time on Monday, March 17th. Buses will run at the regular scheduled times.
At Valley City Public Schools, there will be school on Thursday March 13, 2014 as a make up day for the school day lost on January 6, 2014 due to excessive cold wind chills.
If needed, there are currently two remaining days designated fro make up days, Friday March 14, 2014, and Monday April 21, 2014.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System has updated plans for a new public library in Jamestown.
Bill Kennedy has provided the public with the update.
The update from Kennedy says, the library board and administration have been very busy since the original site for the new library, the old Essentia location, was sold to a developer for senior housing. New locations are being researched with Mike Schwarz of Dardis Realty providing assistance. The goal is to have the new site finalized by the end of March. The next step is to circulate a petition authorizing a 1/4% county wide sales tax to be placed on the November ballot.
The timing and action calendar for key events and dates, includes…
1) Board finalizes the proposed location: March 31, 2014
2) Submit Petition to put a 1/4% Sales Tax Initiative on the November 4th general election ballot for review: April 4, 2014
3) Start collecting petition signatures: April 30, 2014
4) Submit a minimum of 1,452 signatures (15% of voters in the 2012 general election) for review: August 1, 2014.
5) General Election: November 4, 2014.
6) With approval by voters, close on property: November 30, 2014.
7) Groundbreaking: August 1, 2015
8) Grand Opening: September 1, 2016
Kennedy says, these are the key steps necessary to bring a new library to Jamestown and Stutsman County.
Jamestown (CSi) Cenex Harvest States Incorporated is offering almost 17 million shares of stock for a possible partial funding the anticipated construction of a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing plant in Spiritwood.
Director of Corporate Communications Lani Jordan, says CHS is required to indicate the possible use for the funds by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission when offering stock for sale. The listed use of the funds is not binding on the company.
The sale of shares is expected to raise about $406 million,
She adds that the CHS board has not made the “go-forward decision yet.”
CHS plans to construct the nitrogen fertilizer plant at Spiritwood.
Costs were originally estimated at $1.2 billion. Newer estimates have put the plant’s costs at about $1.8 billion. A final board decision concerning the construction of the plant is anticipated in the second quarter of the year, beginning April 1, 2014.
Jamestown (CSi) A Canadian woman was charged in Southeast District Court with criminal mischief, in connection with an incident at the Stutsman County Correctional Center, Saturday evening just before 10-O’Clock.
Criminal mischief is a Class A misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $3,000 fine.
21 year old Libby Vanderschuit, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, posted a $2,000 cash bond and is allowed to leave the state as long as she returns for court appointments.
She allegedly damaged some ceiling tiles and other equipment in the Stutsman County Correctional Center Saturday night.
She allegedly told police officers that she had what she called a “psychotic episode,” and allegedly said she didn’t like it in the facility and was trying to get out.
She was arrested Friday evening, and jailed, stemming from report of a suspicious vehicle parked in front of the Frontier Village gates.
Court documents state that Vanderschuit was in the vehicle along with a 36-year-old Manitoba, Canada, man, and was arrested for allegedly being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of drugs.
No date has been set for Vanderschuit’s next court appearance.
HILLSBORO, N.D. (AP) – Two people died when a sport utility vehicle crashed on an icy Interstate 29 in eastern North Dakota.
The Highway Patrol did not immediately identify the 23-year-old female driver from Fargo and the 20-year-old female passenger from Grand Forks.
The crash happened about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, 2 miles north of Hillsboro. The patrol says the SUV was traveling north when it went into the median and rolled several times, throwing both women from the vehicle. They died at the scene.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have recovered a body from a semitrailer that burned at a Minot truck stop. Ward County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Larry Hubbard says authorities were called to the Flying J truck stop shortly before 12:30 a.m. yesterday. The fire victim was not immediately identified.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials say a North Dakota University System computer server has been hacked. They say there’s no evidence that any personal information has been accessed. Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen says records of more than 290,000 current and former students and about 780 faculty and staff were housed on the server.
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A judge has set a $500,000 bond for the principal of Trinity High School in Dickinson who has been charged with setting fire to the school.
Thirty-year-old Thomas Sander appeared in court Wednesday. He has been charged with arson and endangerment by fire or explosion, both felonies that carry a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison. Court documents don’t list an attorney for him and a home telephone listing for him couldn’t be found.
Police and fire officials are still investigating. The Bishop of Bismarck and school board officials plan to meet Friday to discuss a full assessment of the property.
The fire early Monday heavily damaged the school. Students have been given the week off while officials decide how to proceed for the rest of the school year.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Missouri man has pleaded not guilty to stalking a North Dakota woman.
Carl Story is accused in federal court of harassing, intimidating and threatening to hurt the woman, who was living in Rolette. Story was arrested in Kansas City, Mo.
Story pleaded not guilty Wednesday to stalking, mailing threatening communications and interstate threatening communications.
Authorities say Story placed the woman “in reasonable fear” of death and serious bodily injury to herself and members of her immediate family.
A spokesman with the federal public defender’s office could not be reached for comment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota is touting a new health information network designed to improve the quality and efficiency of health care.
The North Dakota Health Information Network is part of a national effort and is funded by a $5.3 million federal grant.
Officials say the network gives patients the assurance that no matter where they are treated, their doctor has the best information and can provide the highest quality care.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple says 83 percent of physicians in North Dakota are using electronic health record systems that are capable of connecting with the network. The governor says national average is 48 percent.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s winter wheat crop appears to be in good shape as spring nears.
The federal Agriculture Department says in its monthly crop report that 47 percent of the state’s winter wheat crop is in good to excellent condition, down from 66 percent in February. However, 46 percent of the crop is still rated fair, with only 7 percent in poor or very poor condition.
Cattle and calf conditions are rated 70 percent good to excellent, down from 78 percent last month. Sheep and lambs are rated 74 percent good to excellent, down from 83 percent.
Stockwater supplies in North Dakota are 96 percent adequate to surplus, and hay and forage supplies are 93 percent in those categories, down just slightly over the month.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota bank is the latest financial institution in the U.S. and elsewhere that has decided to close the accounts of companies that transfer or convert money, a trend that has upset Somalis who want to send money home.
Fargo-based Bell State Bank officials say the federal government has called for stricter regulations for dealing with cash-intensive money service businesses and they can’t risk massive fines.
The bank says it doesn’t like to lose any business, but adds it has dropped all transfer companies and the Somalia accounts were a small part of that sector.
Many banks dumped money services businesses after 9/11 over fears the money was going to terrorist groups. One of Britain’s largest banks, Barclays, decided recently to dump customers who were sending money to Somalia.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) says the state has caught up with a backlog of applications for concealed weapons licenses.
A record 14,729 applications were submitted in 2013, more than double the number two years earlier. Stenehjem says it overwhelmed staff, and his office temporarily reassigned some staff and authorized overtime to deal with the influx.
Under state law, the state has 60 days in which to issue a concealed weapons license. Stenehjem says the average turnaround time for an application is now down to about 35 days.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A lack of space at the Williams County Courthouse has led to a huge backlog of cases.
Judge David Nelsonsays trials and even divorce cases are being pushed back as much as a year. He calls the situation embarrassing.
The courthouse has three courtrooms, along with an extra one in the basement. But there are four judges and a referee who hear cases, and Williston’s Municipal Court uses one of the courtrooms twice a week.
County Commissioner Dan Kalil says the county in the heart of the booming western oil patch has many other needs to address, and doesn’t plan to do anything with the courthouse right now.
Judges are eyeing space in a building the county recently purchased across from the courthouse.
In sports…
Grand Forks — The State Class B Boys Basketball Tournament, starts play at the Alerus Center begins at 1 p.m. today, with Fargo Oak Grove meeting Flasher.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Carmelo Anthony scored 33 points to help the New York Knicks snap a seven-game losing streak with a 118-106 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves last night. Tyson Chandler had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Knicks. New York had not won since beating New Orleans last month. Kevin Love had 19 points and eight rebounds but scored just one point in the second half for the Timberwolves.
Final Houston 101 Orlando 89
Final Charlotte 109 Indiana 87
Final Washington 104 Utah 91
Final Chicago 105 Detroit 94
Final Golden State 108 Boston 88
Final Brooklyn 103 Memphis 94
Final Denver 115 Dallas 110
Final Sacramento 116 Milwaukee 102
Final Portland 102 Atlanta 78
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final OT Toronto 3 N-Y Rangers 2
Final Philadelphia 6 Washington 4
Final Calgary 4 Ottawa 1
Final 2OT Montreal 4 Anaheim 3
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 3) Arizona 74 Oregon St. 69
Final Wake Forest 82 ( 4) Duke 72
Final ( 8) Kansas 82 Texas Tech 57
Final ( 9) Wisconsin 76 Purdue 70
Final (10) San Diego St. 73 UNLV 64
Final (11) Louisville 84 (18) SMU 71
Final Dayton 72 (17) Saint Louis 67
Final (19) UConn 69 Rutgers 63
Final (21) New Mexico 80 Air Force 52
Final (23) Oklahoma 72 West Virginia 62
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (22) Middle Tennessee 64 Tulane 52
NHL…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Buffalo Sabres have traded forwards Matt Moulson and Cody McCormick to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for forward Torrey Mitchell. The Sabres also acquired a pair of second-round draft picks in a deal made just before yesterday’s NHL’s trade deadline. Moulson changes teams for a second time this year after the Sabres acquired him in a deal with the New York Islanders in October.
NFL…
CHICAGO (AP) – Record-setting returner Devin Hester said yesterday he will not be back with the Chicago Bears next season, saying the team has informed him it wants to go in a different direction. He added the Bears are “parting ways” with him. The team declined comment.
The Denver Broncos are expected to release perennial Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey. That’s what a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday night.
There won’t be a Buffalo Bills game played in Toronto this year. The Bills have gone 1-5 in the “home” games played in the Canadian city.
In world and national news…
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) – Voters in Russia-friendly Crimea will have a chance on March 16 to secede from Ukraine and join Moscow. Lawmakers in Crimea called the referendum today in a unanimous vote. The 100-seat parliament in Crimea enjoys a degree of autonomy under current Ukrainian law. There’s been response from Kiev.
BRUSSELS (AP) – An emergency summit in Europe seeks to deal with a response to Russia’s military incursion in Ukraine. The European Union leaders are gathering today as the 28-nation bloc considers imposing sanctions against Russia. British Prime Minister David Cameron says Europe “needs to send a very clear message to the Russian government.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin. A day after saying Putin’s actions on the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine resemble Adolf Hitler’s in the 1930s, Clinton characterizes Putin as a tough but thin-skinned leader who is squandering his country’s potential.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sweeping changes are coming to the SAT. College Board officials say the first update since 2005 is needed to make the exam more representative of what students study in high school and the skills they need to succeed in college and afterward. The perfect score will still be 1,600 but the essay will be optional, students will no longer be penalized for wrong answers and the vocabulary is shifting to do away with some high-sounding words such as “prevaricator” and “sagacious.”
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis has confessed that he took the cross of his late confessor’s rosary from his casket and he wears it to this day in a fabric pouch under his cassock. Francis says it’s a reminder of how he hopes to have half as much mercy as the priest. Francis made the revelation today during an informal meeting with Roman priests.
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