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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY, BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
.TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS 10 TO 15. NORTH WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND
SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 40.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
BREEZY. LOWS AROUND 15.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. BREEZY.
HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 30S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
A STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT TO POSSIBLY MODERATE
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 200 ARE CURRENTLY FAVORED
FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW…ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING. THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE
EVENTUAL TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE SYSTEM. STAY INFORMED THIS
WEEK WITH THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION.
Jamestown (CSi ) A part of the Jamestown Land Use and Transportation Plan is reviewing the intersection of First Avenue South, and 10th Street Southeast.
KLJ Project Engineering at yesterday meeting, Bob Shannon, said, the intersection has no pedestrian accomodations.
The intersection includes a third street, U.S. Highway 281, going to Mill Hill. The three streets that meet there carry more combined traffic than any other intersection in Jamestown.
Currently, the right-turn lanes of each street are controlled by yield signs, not traffic lights.
Shannon said a possibility is moving the streets to form more of a T-shaped intersection, providing a new traffic signal system to control the right-turn lanes and left turns and straight movements at the intersection, thus allowing the addition of crosswalks and pedestrian crossing lights
The present meetings are basicially a fact finding about the business districts.
Today, the steering committee met early this morning, followed by an 11-a.m., meeting with consultants and the various city council members, followed by a meeting with consultants and Mayor Katie Andersen.
An afternoon meeting is planned at the Jamestown Regional Medical Center.
Currently, there are no plans for public meetings in April with a possible review of tentative land use plans slated for May.
The plan has a total cost of $340,000 with $220,000 with funding from state and federal sources.
Work on the plan is expected to be finished in October or November 2014.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Family Y is taking sign ups for the Spring Session.
On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the Y’s Executive Director, Frank Conlin said, brochures are available at the front desk at the Y.
He pointed out that starting March 31, 2014 spring swimming lessons start, adding, there will be life guard training in April, and on May 5th the summer schedule starts with outdoor boot camps and Battle Ropes in city parks.
In April, the University of Jamestown Volley Ball coach and players will host a youth volleyball tournament at the Y.
Conlin said the youth basketball tournament at the Y last Saturday, had 80- teams of 3rd – 8th grade students from the region.
Earlier in March the Y housed students from the University of Minnesota, Rochester as they spent part of their spring break in Jamestown assisting a project at the Jamestown Salvation Army.
The students then continued with their volunteerism in Salt Lake City.
He added, that April 12, 2014 the Larson Lifetime Sports Center will host the University of Jamestown’s Dine and Bid Auction.
Jamestown (CSi) The National Weather Service in Bismarck has announced the scheduled training sessions with Skywarn, a severe weather service training guide.
A training session has been planned in Jamestown on April 8, 2014 at the Stutsman County Law Enforcement Center in the lower level meeting room. The training sessions are free and open to the public with no registration required.
The training sessions contain the knowledge individuals need to become a spotter with a local agency.
While not necessarily a “Storm Chaser”, spotters stay close to home and gather information to distribute to a local organization, such as the National Weather Service. Spotters report on wind speed, hail size, rainfall and cloud formations.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Parks and Recreation has announced the 53rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt, will be on Saturday, April 19, 2014, at the Wilson Arena Parking Lot.
The event is free.
Hosted by Elks #995 and Parks and Recreation, there will be two age divisions: Pre-School and Grades 1-4. 4 bikes will also be given away.
Parents will NOT be allowed to hunt with children.
For more information, call 252-3982.
Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota Public Service Commission Chairman Brian Kalk, will visit Jamestown and Valley City Friday and Wishek on Saturday as part of his re-election campaign.
Kalk announced his campaign Wednesday in Bottineau.
At 5:30 p.m. Friday Kalk will be at the Pizza Corner in Valley City, and at 7:30 p.m. he will be at the McDonald’s in Jamestown.
On Saturday At 10 a.m. Kalk will be at the Piccadilly Café in Wishek.
Kalk was a professor at North Dakota State University prior to his election to the Public Service Commission in 2008.
Fargo businessman Todd Reisenauer is seeking the Democratic-NPL Party’s endorsement to challenge Kalk in the November election.
KULM, N.D. (AP) – Voters in Kulm appear to have approved a $5.5 million addition to the elementary school in the southeastern North Dakota town. School Superintendent Tom Nitschke (NIHTCH’-kee) says unofficial results show about 81 percent of the 434 people who voted Tuesday were in favor of the project.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials say a worker was injured when an oil drill rig caught fire in western North Dakota.
A statement from the McKenzie County Sheriff’s Department says Brian Buzby suffered non-life threatening burns on his head and hands when the oil rig caught fire Tuesday afternoon near Watford City. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Authorities say the fire happened on a Nabors Industries rig at a Whiting Petroleum oil well site. Officials say firefighters from Watford City and Keene responded and were able to extinguish the blaze with firefighting foam Tuesday.
North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources spokeswoman Alison Ritter says no oil escaped the well site. She says the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Nabors officials did not immediately return telephone calls on Wednesday.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A wanted Minot man who allegedly led authorities on chases in the Bismarck area before getting away has been arrested in Minot.
Authorities say 35-year-old Dustin Goettle (GEHT’-uhl) faces drug, weapon and fleeing charges in state court in Minot. Warrants were issued when he failed to show up for a court hearing earlier this month.
The Ward County Sheriff’s Office says deputies acting on a tip tracked down Goettle at a mobile home park in Minot on Wednesday and took him into custody.
Devils Lake, N.D. (AP) – A Devils Lake teen is facing multiple charges in juvenile court after allegedly taking a family car for a joyride.
Police say the 14-year-old took an SUV out of her family garage without permission Tuesday morning.
Authorities say she struck the garage while backing out before hitting another car in the driveway.
Police say she’s facing juvenile court charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle, failing to give notice of an accident and driving without a license.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A prison inmate accused of sending threatening letters to a federal judge and state court officials has been sentenced to an additional five years in prison.
Carlos Kidd was originally charged in November 2012 with two counts of mailing threatening communications. Authorities allege he mailed two separate letters from Texas to North Dakota threatening to kill U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland in Bismarck.
An updated indictment filed in December included six new charges alleging that Kidd sent letters threatening to kill five district court clerks and one state judge. The letters were mailed to officials in Cavalier, Grand Forks, Stutsman and Ward counties in North Dakota, and Clay and Ramsey counties in Minnesota.
Kidd is serving two prison sentences, including 10 years for escape and five years for harassment.
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – The father of a Montana man who was crushed to death in a North Dakota oil field accident in January 2013 has filed a lawsuit against the owners of the drilling rig and the well site, alleging the companies failed to provide for the safety of subcontractors. The Missoulian reports Randall Winter filed a lawsuit on Monday over the death of his son, 22-year-old Kyle Winter, who worked for Heller Casing.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Public Service Commission is moving forward with a state insolvency case against an organic flour company in Harvey.
The PSC voted Wednesday to file paperwork in district court that outlines claims and payment recommendations against Earth Harvest Mills, which does business as Dakota Prairie Organic Flour Company.
The commission licenses and regulates grain elevators. Commissioners say claims against the company total more than $4.3 million.
A hearing on the PSC’s report is slated for May 14th in Wells County district court.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The heads of the Federal Aviation Administration and the federal Transportation Department are scheduled to come to North Dakota next month.
The state’s congressional delegation says FAA Administrator Michael Huerta will make stops in Grand Forks and Williston April 21 to review North Dakota’s growing unmanned aircraft industry and get a firsthand look at airport infrastructure needs in the western oil patch.
The FAA late last year named North Dakota as one of six states that will be test sites for integrating drones into civilian airspace.
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is to come to Casselton on April 24 to meet with local leaders and update the community on efforts to improve rail safety. A Dec. 30 oil train derailment on the outskirts of Casselton prompted about 1,400 people to evacuate.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission has approved permits for a pair of natural gas-fired turbines to help service electrical needs in the western part of the state.
Basin Electric’s Lonesome Creek Station is a natural gas-based peaking station west of Watford City. The company currently has one turbine in operation and plans to have two others in operation by the end of the year.
Each of the three units has 45 megawatts of generation capacity, giving the station a total rating of 135 megawatts.
The Bismarck-based utility estimates the cost of the project at $102 million.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities in central North Dakota plan to pull a stolen pickup out of the Missouri River before heavy boat traffic begins.
Dive rescue team of the Burleigh County sheriff’s department is waiting for big chunks of ice to clear before getting the vehicle out. The pickup sank in late January.
Burleigh County officials say a 15-year-old reported seeing a pickup drive across ice and plunge into the river on Jan. 26. Authorities later found an orange toolbox, a license plate and its holder nearby.
The objects were matched to a 1998 Chevrolet G10 pickup that had been reported stolen around the time the girl told authorities she saw the vehicle fall into the water.
Authorities say the pickup isn’t a threat to passing boats.
In sports…
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Timberwolves dealt the slumping Atlanta Hawks another costly loss with a 107-83 victory. Corey Brewer and Kevin Martin each scored 18 points. Minnesota scored 32 points off 26 Hawks turnovers and blew the game open in the second half.
Final OT Charlotte 116 Brooklyn 111
Final Phoenix 99 Washington 93
Final Cleveland 97 Detroit 96
Final Toronto 99 Boston 90
Final New Orleans 98 L-A Clippers 96
Final Indiana 84 Miami 83
Final San Antonio 108 Denver 103
Final New York 107 Sacramento 99
Final Memphis 91 Utah 87
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – David Booth scored two unassisted goals to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the Minnesota Wild 5-2 last night. Zack Kassian, Daniel Sedin and Ryan Kesler also scored for Vancouver as the Canucks try to make a late push to overtake Phoenix and Dallas for the Western Conference’s final wild-card playoff spot. Minnesota outshot Vancouver 31-19.
Final N-Y Rangers 3 Philadelphia 1
Final Anaheim 3 Calgary 2
MEN’S NIT TOURNAMENT…
DALLAS (AP) – Nic Moore made a 3-pointer with 6.5 seconds left to lift SMU past California 67-65 and into the NIT semifinals against Clemson.
Moore’s shot provided one more dose of Moody Magic, sending Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown and the Mustangs (26-9) to Madison Square Garden.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Aaron Thomas scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half and Okaro White had 14 first-half points as Florida State defeated Louisiana Tech 78-75 to reach the NIT semifinal round. Louisiana Tech’s Raheem Appleby missed a pair of 3-point attempts in the final 7 seconds that could have tied the game.
UNDATED (AP)- And next Tuesday’s semifinals of the NIT, the nation’s oldest postseason basketball tournament, are set. Florida State will meet Minnesota in one semifinal and SMU will play Clemson. FSU beat Louisiana Tech 78-75 and SMU shaded California 67-65 on Nic Moore’s 3-pointer with 6.5 seconds left last night.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)– The NCAA men’s basketball tournament resumes at two venues tonight. In the South Regional semifinals, upstart Dayton takes on Stanford followed by No. 1 overall seed Florida testing UCLA.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – The West Regional semifinals will also feature a doubleheader tonight. Wisconsin out of the Big Ten plays Baylor followed by Arizona taking on coach Steve Fisher’s San Diego State Aztecs.
NFL…
UNDATED (AP) – Free agent defensive end Jared Allen has agreed to a four-year contract with the Chicago Bears. The four-time Pro Bowl selection spent the last six seasons playing with Minnesota after four years with Kansas City. A person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press that Allen will get $15 million guaranteed on a deal that could be worth as much as $32 million.
The NFL will experiment with extra-point kicks from the 20-yard line for two weeks in preseason this summer. League owners want to see how the change works before considering implementation on a full-time basis. Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL’) says it is also possible that the playoffs could expand next season. The owners have discussed the notion of adding two more teams, one from each conference.
TENNIS-KEY BISCAYNE…
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) – Novak Djokovic (NOH’-vak JOH’-kuh-vich) benefited from an erroneous call posted a 7-5, 6-3 over Andy Murray in the quarterfinals of the Sony Open.
Roger Federer was up a service break twice in the second set but lost to No. 20-seeded Kei Nishikori 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Nishikori will play Djokovic today.
In world and national news…
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – A published report says a lawyer’s review of New Jersey’s traffic blocking scandal at the George Washington bridge leaves Gov. Chris Christie in the clear. The lawyer hired by Christie plans to officially release his findings today. The New York Times reports that the review finds Christie was not involved.
BOSTON (AP) – Boston firefighters and residents are mourning the deaths of a pair of firefighters who were killed when they were trapped in the basement of a blazing brownstone. It’s just blocks from where nine city firefighters died in a 1972 hotel collapse. Thirteen other firefighters were injured in the blaze in the city’s Back Bay district, and several police officers also were taken to hospitals. Some residents were rescued from the upper floors but none was hurt.
PERTH, Australia (AP) – Bad weather has cut short today’s search for the missing Malaysian airliner in the Indian Ocean. Nothing was found before planes and ships abandoned the effort for the day. Meanwhile, Thailand says one of its satellites spotted hundreds of objects in the area.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Despite international aid efforts gearing up, Ukraine’s president is predicting dire economic consequences for his country without reforms that will affect nearly everyone. The International Monetary Fund pledged up to $18 billion in loans today to prop up Ukraine’s sinking economy. Ukraine’s leader says tax hikes, a minimum wage freeze and radically higher energy prices lie ahead.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The first meeting between President Barack Obama and Pope Francis lasted nearly an hour today and Obama described himself a “great admirer” of the pontiff. The two were scheduled to meet for half an hour, but their private discussion lasted 52 minutes. Obama presented the pope with a seed chest with fruit and vegetable seeds used in the White House Garden, in honor of the pope’s announcement earlier this year that he’s opening the gardens of the papal summer residence to the public.
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