wbPM3CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
EVENING. BREEZY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO
25 MPH.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 15. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED
WITH RAIN IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 20. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 15.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
40S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE EVENING…
THEN CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 30S.

ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
 NIGHT.

A WET AND UNSETTLED PATTERN SETTING UP FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

  A CHANCE OF RAIN OR
 SNOW SUNDAY…AND A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW MONDAY.
 

 

(CSi)   Casselton aviator, Jim Maroney has died in an aircraft accident south of Knoxville, Tennessee.

The accident occurred on Sunday as he was flying to participate in a Florida airshow.

Fargo AirSho  Committee Co-chairman  Dick Walstad says, Maroney was flying his “Super  Chipmunk, aircraft  when the crash occurred.

Maroney was a former squadron and Group Commander for the Happy Hooligans, 119th Wing of the Air National Guard in Fargo, retiring  from the Guard in 2002.

He also was a Chief Pilot for Delta Airlines.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Daily Bread – Jamestown program announces that the University of Jamestown’s cafeteria operations will provide food for the Daily Bread program. Aramark, the University’s provider of cafeteria services will rescue prepared food and freeze this food for pick up and distribution by the Daily Bread representatives.

The Daily Bread – Jamestown program has been offering free frozen surplus meals at its first location, the Ave Maria Village for about two years. At the Village, these surplus meals have been frozen and placed in a freezer for use by Ave Maria employees. At times, this food has also been delivered to the Salvation Army and Community Action. Jamestown Regional Medical Center is also contributing frozen surplus food on a small scale.

We know that there is a hunger problem in the Jamestown area,” said Tyler Lamp, a Daily Bread – Jamestown Steering Committee member. “In order to meet this need, we are seeking more food suppliers in the area that will rescue food for freezing. We arrange for distribution of this frozen food by using RSVP volunteers. The RSVP volunteers are very eager to help us on this endeavor.”

“The federal ‘Good Samaritan’ law protects the supplier of this food. The kitchens that prepare this food must be ND Department of Health certified kitchens. The Daily Bread – Jamestown program is patterned on the Daily Bread programs that have been operating successfully for years in Fargo and Bismarck, ND.”

“We are excited to begin to supply Jamestown’s Daily Bread Program” said Mark Kneeskern, Aramark, Food Service Director, University of Jamestown. “I have participated in similar programs in other cities where I have worked. It is a good partnership that allows us to help solve the local hunger problem. We feel good knowing that this food will be used to feed hungry people, instead of being thrown away. The Daily Bread-Jamestown program is very simple for us. We prepare the food for freezing and then place it in the Daily Bread –Jamestown freezer. They take care of the rest of the distribution logistics.”

“We see a large need in the community for this program,” said Lamp. “Our mission is to have all available food rescued and used to feed hungry individuals in the area. We are extremely grateful to Aramark and the University of Jamestown community for contributing to this program.”

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A suspect in an attempted homicide in the northeastern South Dakota city of Sisseton has been arrested in North Dakota.
 
     The South Dakota Attorney General’s office says the 38-year-old Sisseton man was arrested Sunday afternoon in the southwestern North Dakota town of Beach. He was being held Monday in Dickinson.
 
     Formal charges were not immediately filed against the man. He was in due in court Monday afternoon.
 
     The attorney general’s office did not immediately release details about the attempted homicide in Sisseton on March 19.

 

  WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Community leaders in northwest North Dakota say the state’s oil country doesn’t have enough day cares to host the children of the thousands of workers who have arrived to the area.
 
     The leaders say the shortage has forced some parents to quit their jobs.
 
     Kathleen Molland with Williams County Social Services says the lack of facilities to care for children is a “huge” economic problem.
 
     A state board in 2012 allocated $500,000 for a pilot program to open more day cares in oil-producing counties. Williston could apply for matching grants to cover some of the costs of a facility.
 
     Thousands of people, many of whom have children, have flocked to the region in recent years in search of jobs associated with the oil boom.

 

 CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) – A steer that made a break for it while on the way to slaughter in North Dakota has been adopted by a Michigan farm animal sanctuary.
 
     The steer kicked out a gate at a meat processing plant in Casselton on March 6 and wandered around town for a while. It prompted a school and a child care center to keep children inside, before authorities got a veterinarian to tranquilize the animal so it could be captured. No one was hurt and no property was damaged.
 
      Sasha Farm near Manchester, Mich., has bought the steer named Waldo from farmer Todd Sadeck. Sanctuary spokesman Monte Jackson says Waldo wanted to be free, and now he’ll live out his days in greener pastures.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Land Board has awarded about $8 million in state oil-impact grants to Watford City and the McKenzie County school district.
 
     Officials say the money awarded Monday will be used for street, water and sewer infrastructure that will support the construction of a new high school and residential development.  The Land Board also committed another $3 million in grants next year to help cover the utility construction costs.
 
     The Land Board will award a total of $240 million in impact grants through 2015 to counties experiencing rapid growth from the state’s oil boom.   
 
     The Land Board is headed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple.

 

 In world and national news…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – For the first time, family members of the 239 people on board the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared more than two weeks ago have some definitive word on what happened to it. Malaysia’s prime minister announced Monday that according to satellite data, the plane crashed into a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean. Some family members received first word of that development in a text from the airline, which said “all evidence suggests” the plane went down in the ocean.
 
     THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Russia’s foreign minister says he has met for the first time with his Ukrainian counterpart to discuss the Ukraine crisis. Sergey Lavrov spoke Monday after the meeting in the Hague, where both attended an international security summit. The meeting was the first such encounter between the two ministers since last month’s ouster of the pro-Russian Ukrainian president and Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Lavrov also said that Moscow is unfazed by the West’s intention to snub the Group of Eight summit that Russia was set to host in Sochi.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – A defense lawyer for Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law says there’s a lack of evidence to convict his client of conspiring to kill Americans after the Sept. 11 attacks. Closing arguments have been heard today in the trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (SOO’-lay-mahn AH’-boo GAYTH) in New York. The defense lawyer said prosecutors tried to anger jurors by showing them video of the burning World Trade Center towers. Abu Ghaith is the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to face trial on U.S. soil since Sept. 11. If convicted, he could face life in prison.
 
     CHICAGO (AP) – Authorities say they’re looking into whether faulty brakes, signals or human error may have caused a Chicago public-transit train to jump the tracks and scale an escalator at O’Hare International Airport overnight. Investigators plan to interview the train’s operator and look at her routine over the last few days. She is still in the hospital. The early-morning accident injured 32 people. None had life-threatening injuries.
 
     INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana is the first state to withdraw from the Common Core reading and math standards that were adopted by most states around the country. Republican Gov. Mike Pence’s office says he signed a bill Monday pulling Indiana from the program. Legislators earlier approved the measure requiring the State Board of Education to draft new standards outlining what students should be learning in each grade. Pence said in a statement that he believes Indiana’s students are best served by education decisions made at the state and local level.