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.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE
EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER
20S. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
40 PERCENT, IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
MORNING. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
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WINDS 15 TO 20 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.
COLDER CANADIAN AIR IS FORECAST TO BE DRAWN SOUTHWARD
MONDAY EVENING TRANSITIONING THE RAIN TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW
CHANCES ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE MAINLY SOUTH OF I-94 AFTER
MIDNIGHT…BUT SHOULD TAPER OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST BY TUESDAY
MORNING. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES…LOW SNOW TO LIQUID
RATIOS…AND RELATIVELY LIGHT SNOW INTENSITY… SNOW AMOUNTS
SOUTH OF I-94 WILL REMAIN LESS THAN ONE INCH.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SNOW WILL WILL COME TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY…THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY…AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. RAIN WILL
BE FAVORED DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. ANOTHER COLD SURGE IS FORECAST
TO ARRIVE TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
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.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Police in eastern North Dakota say former attorney general Nicholas John Spaeth (spayth) was found dead this weekend.
Authorities say officers found the body of the 64-year-old man on Sunday at a home in Fargo.
Investigators say the cause and manner of death have not been determined, but they do not suspect foul play.
Fargo police Lt. Joel Vettel said officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Eighth Street South, in Fargo at 1:43 p.m. Sunday.
Dispatchers had received a call of a suicidal male at that address.
Spaeth was a Democrat who served as attorney general from 1985 to 1992.
He lost the 1992 North Dakota governor‘s race to Republican Ed Schafer.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Pheasants Forever 4th Annual Banquet is set for Forday March 21, 2014, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jamestown.
On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 spokesman Ron Hemmer said the ‘cackle’ will start at 5-p.m., with dinner served at 7-p.m.
He said some tickets will be available at the door, a $50 and includes the dinner an a one year membership in Pheasants Forever.
Proceeds will go toward the youth camp at Crystal Springs, the ultimate nature experience for those 9-13 years old, where young people learn about wildlife, boating safety, poaching, with information also from Dakota Anglers, in conjunction with fishing at the camp.
Students from the University of Jamestown direct the camp, in connection with scholarships and credit.
He pointed out that all proceeds stay local.
Hemmer added that Pheasants Forever work on habitat. food plats, and work with farmers with information including control burn programs.
At the Banquet there will be live and silent auctions, and raffles, including hunting trips to South Africa, and a dove hunt to Argentina. The will be 15 various types of guns for prizes valued at $5,000.
For more information contact Ken MsDougall at 701-251-2240, or go on line to www.pheasantsforeverevents.org
Jamestown (CSi) A farmer has donated to the Jamestown Rural Fire Department to help purchase a new pair of structural firefighting gloves for each fire department team member.
With assistance from America’s Farmers Grow Communities, Michael Carlson donated $2,500 to the Jamestown Rural Fire Department.
America’s Farmers Grow Communities offers farmers a chance to win $2,500, which is then donated to a farmer’s nonprofit of choice.
Since its inception the organization has donated over $16 million dollars to more than 6,500 nonprofit organizations.
Jamestown (CSi) Another round of North Daktoa meetings have been schedule for farmers to attend informational meetings on the economics of industrial beet production at five locations across central North Dakota this week.
The meetings will provide farmers with economic information and tools to help them decide if they want to grow industrial beets.
A Valley City meeting is set for Tuesday March 18, 2014 from 9-a.m., to 11-a.m., at the Eagles Club.
Also on Tuesday the 18th a Jamestown meeting will be at the North Dakota Farmers Union from 1-p.m. to 3-p.m.
Other meetings
Carrington — 9am to 11 am., Wednesday, March 19, Carrington Research Extension Center.
* Cando — 1p to 3p., Wednesday, March 19, Towner County Extension Service office.
* Langdon — 1p to 3p., Thursday, March 20, Cavalier County Courthouse.
The development of beets as a new industrial crop is a partnership between Green Vision Group based in Fargo and Heartland Renewable Energy based in Muscatine, Iowa. The research component is led by NDSU.
Industrial beets, also called energy beets, are varieties of beets bred for industrial sugars that can be converted to a wide range of bio-fuels and chemicals.
Farmers voiced strong interest in growing beets for industrial purposes during January meetings, but indicated that more information, especially on economics, was needed before making a decision.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified two 22-year-old men who died in a Williams County crash involving a pickup truck and a dump truck.
The Highway Patrol says pickup driver Michael Rameden, of Ray, and passenger Kyle Keller, of Bismarck, died at the scene shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday. A third passenger, 24-year-old Blaze Unruh, was flown to a Minot hospital with serious injuries.
The patrol says the pickup truck ran a stop sign and collided with the driver’s side of the dump truck at the intersection of U.S. Highway 2 and a county road, about 13 miles west of Williston.
The dump truck driver was not hurt.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota health official says a Colorado company likely will be sanctioned for not heeding a warning to secure an oil well that was swamped by floodwaters near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers.
Environmental geologist Kris Roberts says up to 1,400 gallons of oil might have spilled from Zavanna’s well site into floodwaters in the area southwest of Williston.
Roberts says the spill was discovered on Friday and has been contained. He says no other wells in the area have leaked oil into floodwaters.
Officials say several companies were warned days in advance to secure their wells because of the threat of flooding from ice jams.
Officials with Denver-based Zavanna LLC did not immediately return telephone calls for comment on Monday.
In sports…
From VCSU Newsletter…
VCSU head football coach Dennis McCulloch has named coaches John O’Day and Jake Breske co-offensive coordinators.O’Day and Breske replace Marty Costello, who is leaving VCSU for a job at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. Costello served as VCSU offensive coordinator the past three seasons.
O’Day just completed his third season at VCSU. He served as wide receivers coach in 2012 and 2013, and was running backs coach in 2011. The past two seasons he also worked as special teams coordinator.
Breske will be entering his second season at VCSU. In 2013, Breske served the Vikings as quarterbacks coach.
For more information, visit www.vcsu.edu/news/news.htm?id=10163.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The women’s basketball teams from the University of North Dakota and the University of South Dakota are just hours from finding out who they will play in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
UND made the Big Dance by winning the Big Sky Conference tournament. USD made it by capturing the Summit League tournament title. It’s the first NCAA Tournament appearance for both programs.
The 64-team tournament field is being unveiled Monday night.
In sports…
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree recognizing Crimea as a “sovereign and independent country.” The Kremlin said Putin signed the decree Monday, a day after the Black Sea peninsula voted to declare independence from Ukraine and seek annexation by Russia.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A U.N. spokesman says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (bahn kee-moon) is concerned that the referendum in Crimea will exacerbate the crisis in Ukraine. Ban is urging all parties to refrain from violence and pursue a political and diplomatic solution. Crimeans voted Sunday to secede from Ukraine and seek to become part of Russia. The U.S. and the European Union are refusing to recognize the vote.
SEATTLE (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a 20-year-old California man has been arrested near the Canadian border in Washington state and charged with trying to provide support to al-Qaida’s efforts in Syria. The Justice Department says the 20-year-old was planning to travel to Canada before proceeding to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. He’s due to appear in federal court in Seattle this afternoon.
NEW YORK (AP) – The New York City medical examiner says seven of the eight people killed in an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings died of either smoke inhalation or blunt trauma. The autopsy results were released today as investigators continue to examine the circumstances of the blast. Results are still pending for the eighth victim, who has not yet been identified. More than 60 others were injured in Wednesday’s explosion, which occurred shortly after someone reported smelling gas.
NEW YORK (AP) – Tony award-winning Broadway composer Mitch Leigh has died. Leigh’s assistant says the writer of the music for the celebrated hit “Man of La Mancha” died yesterday in New York of pneumonia and complications from a stroke. He was 86. A memorial service is being held this afternoon in Manhattan.
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