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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT, IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA…20 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.
.TONIGHT…SNOW LIKELY POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE EVENING…
THEN SNOW LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO
2 INCHES IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, AN INCH IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 40. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED
WITH RAIN IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE MID 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 30S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO
15. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WEST MONDAY MORNING AND SPREAD
INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING…WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAINLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY MORNING.
A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION STARTING THURSDAY…LASTING
INTO FRIDAY.
THE WEEKEND WILL HAVE YET ANOTHER WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE
REGION…ANY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WOULD BE VERY LIGHT.
FAVORED TO BE SNOW…BUT
WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE DAYTIME COULD LEAD TO RAIN AT TIMES
MIXING IN.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williams County Emergency Services says floodwaters from the spring melt have made a segment of County 6 inaccessible to any through traffic, including emergency responders.
Barricades have been placed along the road just east of Country 9 by 133rd Avenue and 57th Street NW and at County 11 by 129th Avenue NW and 57th Street NW, just west of Springbrook.
Emergency Services director Mike Hallesy says the barricades have been put in place for safety, and it is important for volunteer emergency service providers to know the location of the barricaded roads. Hallesy says the barricades will be left up until floodwaters recede.
BNSF Railway closed the railroad crossing at 105th Avenue NW and 68th Street NW for repairs at noon Friday.
Jamestown (CSi) The 36th Annual 2014 Runnin’ O’ The Green in Jamestown raised an estimated $23,000.
Founder, Larry Knoblich says that figure is with some of the bar donation still not counted. He adds that about 1,500 people participated in the Run — about the same number of people as last year.
He said the turnout was affected by cold weather.
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Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown is informing residents that due to the changing weather conditions causing extremely muddy conditions in the alleys, the City Sanitation Department announces that effective Monday, March 17, 2014, the City Sanitation crews will no longer be picking up garbage in the alleyways.
Until further notice, please place garbage containers on the boulevard no further than 3’ from the curb on your scheduled pick up day.
Please place garbage out for pick up by 7:00 a.m. Trucks WILL NOT return to the area due to missed garbage placed out after the scheduled garbage route has been picked up!
OAKES, N.D. (AP) – An Oakes man was treated at a hospital and released after a motorist crashed his pickup truck into the man’s house.
The Highway Patrol says the truck went through the dining room, living room and bathroom before coming to rest in a bedroom about mid-day Sunday.
Authorities say 28-year-old Nick Podoll was injured when he was struck by debris. His wife and 2-year-old daughter were not hurt.
The patrol identified the driver of the pickup as 38-year-old Dale Smith Jr. He was taken to a hospital to be treated for unspecified injuries and arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
Smith did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for comment Monday.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An autopsy has confirmed that a homeless man found dead outside a Fargo business in January died of hypothermia.
The low temperature on the day Randy Lafontaine was found was 2 degrees. The 48-year-old man’s body was found under a truck near a building on 1st Avenue South.
Police say the man was a frequent resident of the Gladys Ray Shelter.
Authorities had said previously that there was no evidence of a crime and they suspected exposure to cold might have been a factor, but they kept the death under investigation.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks fire officials say two people were taken to the hospital after an early morning home fire. Fire crews responded to the home on reports of one person trapped inside the residence. A roommate had helped the trapped person outside and was rendering aide when responders got to the scene.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A proposed wind farm south of Hebron in southwestern North Dakota has cleared a hurdle.
The Morton County and Stark County commissions have approved special use permits for Sunflower Wind Project LLC. The project still needs a county building permit and the approval of the state Public Service Commission.
Morton County planner Daniel Nairn says up to 55 wind turbines will be placed in Morton County and 25 in Stark County. The project will generate 110 megawatts of power for Infinity Wind Power of Santa Barbara, Calif., which will sell the power to Bismarck-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative.
Project manager Casey Willis says Infinity Wind Power hopes to start building early next year and have the wind farm operating in late 2015.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota officials are slated to launch a campaign aimed at filling the scores of unfilled jobs in the state.
Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley and the North Dakota Economic Development Foundation are slated to unveil the plan Monday at the state Capitol in Bismarck.
Officials say there are about 25,000 more jobs than takers in North Dakota at present. And they say that number is projected to increase threefold in the next few years.
Officials say the campaign will focus on promoting North Dakota as “a great place to live, work and raise a family.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Farmers’ compliance with state and federal pesticide laws and regulations is at a record level in North Dakota for a second straight year.
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says 84 percent of inspections last year found full compliance. The rate the year before was 81 percent. Before that, the record was 80 percent in 2008.
Goehring says his department’s outreach and compliance assistance program is a big reason.
The findings are included in an annual report the state submits to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s congressional delegation says North Dakota is getting about $13 million for affordable housing projects on American Indian land in the state.
The money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will go to tribal housing authorities in Fort Berthold, Spirit Lake and Trenton.
Most of the money is going to the Trenton Indian Housing Authority, which is getting $7.2 million from the Indian Housing Block Grant program.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – City commissioners in Williston are considering imposing a 1 percent dining and lodging tax to fund downtown parking improvements and other upgrades, possibly even paving the way for a convention center.
The the state Tax Department estimates a 1 percent tax on restaurant meals, alcohol drinks and hotel rooms could generate $1.2 million per year.
The City Commission earlier this month approved a 126-page plan to guide development downtown. It identifies about 43,000 square feet of ground-level space that’s available for new retail businesses, to go with about 14,500 square feet under development. It also cites challenges to development, such as potential problems with traffic and parking.
In sports…
(CSi) Paige Peterson was announced as the girls Class A senior athlete of the year on Saturday at the state tournament in Minot.
Peterson led the Blue Jays in scoring (18.7 points per game) and rebounding (13.5) as Jamestown finished 12-12 on the season and went 0-2 at the state tournament.
Peterson, who also averaged 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game, was also named to the all-tournament team. The Augustana recruit shot 54.7 percent from the field.
Girls
All-tournament team
Sarah Jacobson, Lauren Rotunda, Alivia Fraase, all of Shanley; Cassie Askvig, Sierra Duttenhefer, both Minot; Keisha Engelhardt, Courtney Trolliey, both Bismarck; Alexis Klabo, Davies; Macy Lynch, Century; Cassidy Thorson, West Fargo; Paige Peterson, Jamestown.
Tournament MVP: Sarah Jacobson, Shanley
Senior athlete of the year: Paige Peterson, Jamestown.
Coach of the year: Dallas Hinderer, Bismarck.
Boys
All-tournament team
Davies: Tanner Kretchman (MVP), Andrew Kozlowski; St. Mary’s: Darius Sparks, Ben Weisbeck; Bismarck Century: Tyler Rudolph; Fargo South: Colton Lloyd, Zach Kellen; Wahpeton: Jack Christensen: James Iron Eyes, Bismarck: Taylor Schafer; Minot: Dakota Halvorson; Shanley: Patrick Strom.
Coach of the year: Darin Mattern, Bismarck Century
Senior Athlete of the Year: Tanner Kretchman, Fargo Davies.
Girls
All-tournament team
Sarah Jacobson, Lauren Rotunda, Alivia Fraase, all of Shanley; Cassie Askvig, Sierra Duttenhefer, both Minot; Keisha Engelhardt, Courtney Trolliey, both Bismarck; Alexis Klabo, Davies; Macy Lynch, Century; Cassidy Thorson, West Fargo; Paige Peterson, Jamestown.
Tournament MVP: Sarah Jacobson, Shanley
Senior athlete of the year: Paige Peterson, Jamestown.
Coach of the year: Dallas Hinderer, Bismarck.
From Jim Roaldson…
Here is a list of the WDA Conference team selected by the coaches.
Bismarck High: Keisha Engelhardt, McKenzie Kiefer, Courtney Trolliey
Bismarck Century: Macy Lynch, Jordyn Jossart, Jen Benz
Bismarck St. Marys: Katelyn Schaffner
Belcourt: Ashley Davis, Winter Monette
Jamestown: McKayla Orr, Paige Peterson
Mandan: McKayla Howling Wolf, Chelsea Peterson
Minot: Cassie Askvig, McKale Duttenhefer
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Followers of the men’s basketball team at North Dakota State say a viewing party for bracket selections in the NCAA tournament was more about respect than revelry. The Bison received the highest seed for a Summit League team since 1997 when they were tabbed as the Number 12 team in the West Region and tapped to play 5th ranked Oklahoma in the first game Thursday in Spokane, Washington. It’s what the players and fans gathered around the video board Sunday at the Bison Sports Arena expected.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State head basketball coach Saul Phillips and his two predecessors with the Bison are bringing teams to this year’s NCAA Division I tournament.
Not only that, they’re all in the same regional.
Nebraska’s Tim Miles and Creighton’s Greg McDermott both had stints with NDSU before moving on to other programs.
McDermott led the Bison in the 2000-01 season before taking a job at Northern Iowa. Miles coached NDSU from 2001 to 2007 before joining Colorado State.
NDSU, Nebraska and Creighton are in the West Regional. NDSU plays Oklahoma, Nebraska faces Baylor, and Creighton takes on Louisiana-Lafayette in the opening round.
Phillips joked that if he and Miles get a chance to play each other, they will be the first coaches to appear at an NCAA press conference together.
COLLEGE HOCKEY…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota scored three times in the first period and held on to beat Colorado College 4-3 to advance in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference playoffs.
Brendan O’Donnell scored what proved to be the game-winning goal early in the third period Sunday.
Nick Mattson, Troy Stecher and Stephane Pattyn scored in the first period for 10th-ranked UND (22-12-3).
Alex Krushelnyski and Michael Morin scored for the Tigers (7-24-6), who forced a third game in the best-of-three series with a 3-2 overtime win Saturday.
Zane Gothberg had 27 saves for North Dakota and Josh Thorimbert stopped 26 shots for the Tigers.
North Dakota took a 3-2 lead into the third period. It improved to 18-1-0 when leaving after two periods.
North Dakota is the only seeded team to avoid an upset in the first round and advance to next weekend’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff in Minneapolis.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kevin Love had 26 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 104-102 victory over the Sacramento Kings last night. Kevin Martin added 31 points and rookie Gorgui Dieng had his first career double-double with season highs in points and rebounds for Minnesota. He also had five blocks.
Final Charlotte 101 Milwaukee 92
Final Phoenix 121 Toronto 113
Final Miami 113 Houston 104
Final OT New Orleans 121 Boston 120
Final Dallas 109 Oklahoma City 86
Final San Antonio 122 Utah 104
Final Golden State 113 Portland 112
Final L-A Clippers 102 Cleveland 80
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Edmonton 2 Carolina 1
Final Washington 4 Toronto 2
Final 2OT Vancouver 4 Florida 3 (SO Vancouver 1-0)
Final San Jose 1 N-Y Rangers 0
Final Colorado 3 Ottawa 1
Final Montreal 2 Buffalo 0
Final Chicago 4 Detroit 1
Final Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 3
Final Winnipeg 7 Dallas 2
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS
Atlantic 10 Conference
Championship
at Barclays Center
Final Saint Joseph’s 65 VCU 61
Atlantic Coast Conference
Championship
at Greensboro Coliseum
Final Virginia 72 Duke 63
Big Ten Conference
Championship
at Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Final Michigan St. 69 Michigan 55
Southeastern Conference
Championship
at Georgia Dome
Final ( 1) Florida 61 Kentucky 60
Sun Belt Conference
Championship
at Lakefront Arena
Final OT Louisiana-Lafayette 82 Georgia St. 81
Final Saint Joseph’s 65 (23) VCU 61
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Florida heads the list of No. 1 seeds in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The top-ranked Gators have earned the first overall seed after winning the SEC tournament, running the table on their conference schedule and winning their last 26 games. Sixth-ranked Virginia is No. 1 in the East, Florida tops the South, second-ranked Wichita State heads the Midwest and No. 4 Arizona leads the West.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota’s first postseason under coach Richard Pitino will be in the NIT. The Gophers were expectedly passed over for the NCAA tournament after losing their last game by 26 points to Wisconsin in the Big Ten quarterfinals. The Gophers host High Point tomorrow night.
NASCART\…
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) – Carl Edwards was the winner at Bristol Motor Speedway, a Sprint Cup race marred by two lengthy weather delays and a track light malfunction. Edwards led for 78 of 500 laps and finished just ahead of Roush Fenway teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in his third Sprint Cup win at Bristol. Rain caused two delays lasting more than five hours and the race ended after the yellow caution lights inadvertently came on with two laps remaining.
GOLF…
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) – John Senden has won the PGA’s Valspar Championship with a final round 1-under-70 to finish seven shots under par. He nosed out Kevin Na, who finished a shot back. Third round leader Robert Garrigus (GAR’-ih-guhs) skied to a 4-over-75 in the final round to finish three shots off the pace.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Fred Couples birdied the last two holes to win the Toshiba Classic by one stroke over Colin Montgomerie, Bernhard Langer (LAHN’-gur) and Steve Pate.
The 54-year-old Couples shot a 5-under 66 to finish at 15-under 198 at Newport Beach Country Club. It was the 10th Champions Tour victory for Couples.
MLB…
Detroit Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias (ee-GLAY’-see-uhs) will start the season on the disabled list and is scheduled to visit a specialist in Colorado on Tuesday. He has been experiencing pain in both of his shins when he runs, particularly when he slows down.
In world and national news….
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union foreign ministers have set up a target list for sanctions on Russians linked to the secession of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine. The 28-nation EU condemned the Crimea referendum as has the United States, which has also promised sanctions. Russia’s support of the secession has continued unabated. The Crimean parliament declared independence today.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – The timing of the last words from a missing Malaysia Airlines plane has sharpened suspicions that one or both of the pilots may have been involved in the plane’s disappearance. The airline believes the co-pilot spoke last to ground controllers when he said, “All right, good night.” At that point, one communications system had already been shut off.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon says a team of Navy SEALs is now in control of an oil tanker that escaped Libyan efforts to confiscate it. The SEALs boarded the tanker Morning Glory late yesterday in international waters southeast of Cyprus in an operation approved by President Barack Obama. The vessel, whose ownership remains a mystery, was carrying stolen Libyan crude oil from the port of Al-Sidra.
PARIS (AP) – The worst air pollution in years has prompted Paris to ban around half of the city’s cars and trucks from its streets in an attempt to reduce the toxic smog that’s shrouded the City of Light. Cars with even-numbered license plates are prohibited from Paris and its suburbs today. Hundreds of police are enforcing the ban. Odd number plates will be prohibited tomorrow, if needed.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Christians and Muslims have come together on behalf of millions of men, women and children held in modern-day slavery. Global Freedom Network, launched today at the Vatican, aims to eradicate slavery by encouraging governments, businesses, educational and faith institutions to rid their supply chains of slave labor. The captives are forced to work as maids, prostitutes, child soldiers and manual laborers.
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