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CSi Weather…
INCLUDES JAMESTOWN, VALLEY CITY WITH A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING…
.REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDY…WARMER.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. WINDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH DECREASING TO
10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COOLER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
IN THE EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE
MID 30S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS
IN THE MID 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
40S. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 50.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH. AT THIS TIME THE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE BUT MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.
AFTER TODAY’S WARM WEATHER
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TO NEAR NORMAL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THEN
TAKE A MUCH COOLER TREND BY SATURDAY AS A MORE SIGNIFICANT COLD
FRONT ENTERS THE STATE. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SNOW
SATURDAY AND A CHANCE FOR SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. COOL BUT DRY
WEATHER WILL THEN PERSIST SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
Jamestown (CSi) Plans have been approved by the Jamestown Regional Airport Authority along with specifications for an eight-bay T-hangar building and a crack sealing and repainting project on the asphalt at the airport.
Meeting in Special Session Tuesday, board members voted unanimously to approve the plans from Interstate Engineering, Project Manager Steve Aldinger.
He says bids will be advertised for both projects on Friday. A pre-bid meeting will be held April 23rd with the bids opened and contracts awarded on May 2.
One pilot is interested in renting a bay at the hangar.
The completion date is tentatively scheduled for December 1, 2014,with a $900-a-day penalty assessed to the contractor for going past the completion date.
Mechanical work won’t be necessary as the hangar will not be heated, and the hangar does not need to be equipped for fire suppression after further review of the fire code.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council has approved a total real estate valuation for taxes in Jamestown of $703 million.
At the Jamestown Board of Equalization Tuesday, City Assesor, Darrell Wollan said, the figure is an increase from the $650 million in valuation used for the 2013 taxes.
Wollan said the value may be lowered to $696 million when final calculations are made.
The higher valuation was mostly due to changes in the value of residential property which increased 9.9 percent.
Each mill of taxes would generate $33,000 for the city compared to about $30,000 last year.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Public School Board elections will be on June 10, 2014.
Candidates include:
At-Large position:
Incumbent school board member Mike Callahan.
Stephanie Kruta
Rural Seat: Ryan Mathias, unopposed.
Dick Nelson has opted not to run for another term, having served over 20 years as a public school board member.
The election is June 10, 2014
Jamestown (CSi) On June 10, 2014 Jamestown Public School District voters will be asked to elect five school board members. Four individuals have their names on the ballot.
Three Urban/City Seats are up for election, with two individuals on the ballot.
Those are:
Robert Toso
Heidi Heim-Larson (Incumbent)
(Third Seat No Candidate on ballot)
Filing to run for the two rural school board seats are:
Greg Allen (Incumbent)
Mindy Schmitz
In addition to Ms. Heim-Larson, and Mr. Allen, other school board members whose terms expire in June 2014 are, Roy Musland, (Urban/City), Tanya Ostlie (Urban/City) and Shelly Jystad (Rural)
Candidates run on a district-wide basis
The measure on the ballot asks if the school district should publish minutes of proceedings in a newspaper of general circulation
Valley City (CSi) Elected Barnes County positions up for election this year, includes
The seat held by County Commissioner Phil Leitner in District #2, Commissioner Eldred Knutson in District #3, Commissioner Rodger Berntson in District #4, Sheriff Randy McClaflin, Treasurer Vicki Zinck, State’s Attorney Carl Martineck, Auditor Beth Didier, and Recorder Jody Pfaff.
Filing petitions for their candidacies are:
(Four Year Terms)
Barnes County Commissioner, District 2, Phil Leitner, Shawn Olauson, James (Mike) Metcalf
Barnes County Commissioner, District 3, Ryan Mathias, Bill Carlblom
(The seat now held by Commission President Eldred Knutson, not running for re-election, is open.)
Barnes County Commissioner, District 4, Rodger Berntson (unopposed)
Barnes County Sheriff, Randy McClaflin Unopposed
Barnes County Treasurer, Vicki L. Zinck Unopposed
Barnes County State’s Attorney, Carl L. Martineck Unopposed
Barnes County Auditor, Beth M. Didier
Barnes County Recorder, Jody Pfaff
The two candidates who receive the most votes for each position in the primary will advance to the November 2014 General Election, on Tuesday, November 4, 2014
North Dakota’s primary election will be Tuesday, June 10, 2014.
County Newspaper, Valley City Times-Record, Litchville Bulletin.
District 29 2014 Elections Candidates Primary June 10, 2014
State Senator
GOP
Terry Wanzek Incumbent
Dem NPL
Jeff Piehl
State House
GOP
Craig Headland
Chet Pollart
Dem NPL
Lori Carlson
Charles Linderman
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – It doesn’t appear there will be mayoral races in Bismarck and Minot this year.
Former Minot City Councilman Chuck Barney is the only person to submit candidacy paperwork by the deadline in that city, where Mayor Curt Zimbelman is not seeking a fourth term.
And barring any significant write-in campaigns, the only person running for mayor in Bismarck is City Commissioner Mike Seminary. Mayor John Warford is retiring in June after serving three terms.
There will be a mayoral race in North Dakota’s largest city. Fargo City Commissioner Brad Wimmer is challenging two-term Mayor Dennis Walaker.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot voters have approved a $39.5 million bond issue to pay for school projects.
The measure on Tuesday passed with about 67 percent of the vote – four months after voters rejected a $125 million school bond issue.
The December measure would have included a second high school. The proposal approved on Tuesday will pay for construction of a new elementary school, additions at two other elementaries, and safety and security upgrades at all district schools.
In other votes Tuesday, residents of Kenmare rejected a $7.5 million bond issue to fund classroom additions and a new gymnasium, while voters in the Lewis and Clark School District approved a $15 million proposal to fund school projects in Berthold and Plaza.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say police properly obtained evidence in an illegal weapons case against a North Dakota man who has been questioned in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme in Washington State.
Public defenders for James Henrikson have filed a motion to suppress evidence found in a safe in Henrikson’s Watford City residence. Henrikson is charged with being a felon in charge of a firearm.
Federal prosecutors say in court documents filed Tuesday that law enforcement had probable cause and were authorized by a signed warrant to seize any property.
Authorities say Henrikson had business dealings in the North Dakota oil patch with Doug Carlile, who was shot and killed by an intruder on Dec. 15 at his Spokane, Wash., home.
Henrikson was questioned by police and denied being involved in Carlile’s death.
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – The state attorney general is teaming up with an Olympic medalist to raise awareness about the dangers of underage drinking.
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and national figure skater Ashley Wagner are releasing a public service announcement this month called “Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix.”
The attorney general’s office says the PSA aims to encourage kids to make healthy decisions and not drink alcohol. The message also reminds parents that talking to their children is one of the most effective ways to prevent underage drinking.
Stenehjem’s office says accomplished athletes like Wagner are good role models for kids. Wagner won a bronze medal with the United States figure skating team in the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota will pay a company $12,600 to clean up illegally dumped radioactive oil field waste found on the outskirts of the northwestern town of Noonan.
The money to pay Secure On-site Services will come from the state Industrial Commission’s abandoned well cleanup fund.
Officials about a month ago reported the illegal dumping of hundreds of radioactive oil filter socks in an abandoned building in Noonan. They said it’s the state’s biggest incident to date of illegal dumping of the tubular nets that strain liquids during the oil production process.
Authorities don’t know who’s to blame, and the whereabouts of the building’s owner aren’t known.
The cleanup company said it will dispose of the filter socks at a radioactive disposal facility in Idaho.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Ground has been broken for two highway bypasses to steer trucks around Williston and Alexander. Both towns in the oil patch are seeing a surge in truck traffic and more accidents. The projects will cost the state a total of $190 million.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota will pay a company more than $12,000 to clean up illegally dumped radioactive oil field waste found near Noonan. Authorities say they still don’t know who’s to blame for dumping the waste and they can’t find the owner of the building where they found it. The money comes from a state fund for cleaning up abandoned wells.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown High School Activities Director Jim Roaldson reports that Jamestown High School Head Boy’s Basketball Coach Kelley Kessler has resigned his position.
Kessler has served in this position for the past 4 seasons. He will continue to coach the Blue Jay Baseball team as well as teach at Jamestown Middle School.
A search for a replacement will begin.
Fargo (CSI) – NDSU has announced that Wahpeton native Dave Richman will become the 23rd coach in the men’s basketball program history.
Richman has been former head coach Saul Phillips’ right hand man for the past seven seasons, he’s spent eleven years total on the Bison bench working with Phillips and Tim Miles. Richman is an NDSU graduate and he’s set to inherit a team that returns just two starters, but brings in four freshmen that he’s recruited.
NAIA Softball – North Star Athletic Association conference games.
Games played Tuesday night on the football turf at VCSU’s Shelly Ellig Field.
Game 1: Jamestown 4, VCSU 1
Game 2: Jamestown 3, VCSU 2 (8 innings)
Game 1 Box score: http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/BoxScores/BoxScores.aspx?association=10&sg=WBA&sea=NAIWBA_2014&team=1596&compID=197184
Game 2 Box Score: http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/BoxScores/BoxScores.aspx?association=10&sg=WBA&sea=NAIWBA_2014&team=1596&compID=197206
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Cleveland 8 San Diego 6
Final Chi White Sox 15 Colorado 3
Final L.A. Dodgers 3 Detroit 2, 10 Innings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Baltimore 14 N-Y Yankees 5
Final Texas 10 Boston 7
Final Toronto 5 Houston 2
Final Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 0
Final Seattle 5 L.A. Angels 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Milwaukee 10 Philadelphia 4
Final San Francisco 7 Arizona 3
Final Washington 5 Miami 0
Final N-Y Mets 4 Atlanta 0
Final Pittsburgh 7 Chi Cubs 6
Final St. Louis 7 Cincinnati 5
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Ricky Rubio scored 23 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 110-91 victory over the San Antonio Spurs last night. Kevin Love had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Corey Brewer scored 14 points. The Timberwolves have beaten Miami and San Antonio in two of their last three games.
Brooklyn completed a four-game season sweep of the Heat as Joe Johnson scored 19 points and Marcus Thornton added 16 in the Nets’ 88-87 win at Miami. Mason Plumlee was credited with a block on LeBron James’ dunk attempt in the final seconds.
Final Detroit 102 Atlanta 95
Final Dallas 95 Utah 83
Final Oklahoma City 107 Sacramento 92
Final Houston 145 L-A Lakers 130
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Ilya Bryzgalov denied all three Boston shots in the shootout to lift the Wild to a 4-3 victory over the Bruins last night that clinched a wild-card spot in the Western Conference playoffs. Mikko Koivu switched to his backhand to flip the puck past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask in the second round. The Wild will be the seventh seed and face the division winner with the fewest points.
Final N-Y Rangers 4 Carolina 1
Final Detroit 4 Buffalo 2
Final Ottawa 4 N-Y Islanders 1
Final OT Columbus 4 Phoenix 3
Final Philadelphia 5 Florida 2
Final Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 0
Final Washington 4 St. Louis 1
Final 2OT Dallas 3 Nashville 2
Final Colorado 4 Edmonton 1
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Connecticut Huskies are national champions in women’s college basketball for a record ninth time following a 79-58 rout of previously-unbeaten Notre Dame. Breanna Stewart paced the Huskies with 21 points and Stefanie Dolson finished with 17 points, 16 rebounds and six assists. This marks the second time since 2004 that Connecticut has won both NCAA Division I basketball titles in the same season.
NBA…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Timberwolves forward Dante Cunningham says his two arrests in three days stemming from a domestic dispute with his girlfriend “have unintentionally placed my teammates and the organization in a challenging position.” Cunningham was charged last week for allegedly choking the woman at his home in suburban Minneapolis. He was arrested again three days later for allegedly sending threatening text messages to the woman.
MLB…
NEW YORK (AP) – New York Yankees closer David Robertson has been placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained groin, although he doesn’t expect to be sidelined more than 15 days.. To help fill the void the New Yorkers recalled lefty reliever Cesar Cabral from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Robertson posted two saves in three games before getting hurt.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas City Royals infielder Omar Infante (ihn-FAHN’-tay) has a sprained jaw after being hit by a Heath Bell pitch during Monday’s win over Tampa Bay. Infante was sent to the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he also received six stitches to close a facial cut. The Royals say the second baseman did not sustain a concussion.
UNDATED (AP) – Forty years ago Tuesday night, baseball fans across America were huddled around their televisions as NBC broadcast the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers from Fulton County Stadium. Hank Aaron walked in his first at-bat in the second inning before belting a fourth-inning blast off Al Downing to become baseball’s all-time home run champ.
The Braves honored the 40th anniversary of that historic game Tuesday. Commissioner Bud Selig (SEE’-lihg) participated in the celebration, calling Aaron “ideally suited to become Babe Ruth’s heir.”
The 80-year-old Aaron received a standing ovation as he strode onto the field with the aid of a walker as he recovers from hip-replacement surgery. Downing threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and former Braves Tom House and Dusty Baker were there as well. House was in the bullpen when he caught Aaron’s historic home run ball.
In world and national news…
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) – The chief prosecutor in Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial is getting his chance to question the defendant today, demanding that Pistorius openly say he killed his girlfriend. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel sharply challenged Pistorius when he said he made a “mistake.” Nel is trying to dismantle defense efforts to create a sympathetic image of the double-amputee Olympic runner.
PERTH, Australia (AP) – The Australian official in charge of the search for a missing Malaysian airliner says that despite the massive challenge, he believes the effort will succeed in the not too distant future. The new optimism comes after a ship searching for the jetliner detected two more underwater signals.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A published report says Florida prosecutors aren’t commenting on why they filed reduced charges against a pregnant South Carolina woman who drove a minivan carrying her three small children into the Atlantic surf. Ebony Wilkerson was initially charged with attempted first-degree murder and child abuse. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports prosecutors changed that to attempted second-degree murder and child abuse.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – There’s been deadly violence in Pakistan and Iraq today. A bomb in a fruit and vegetable market on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad killed at least 21 people and left dozens more wounded. Meanwhile, the Iraqi capital dealt with a wave of car bombings that hit mostly Shiite neighborhoods, killing at least 16 people.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis has denounced the “brutal slaying” of an elderly Jesuit priest in Syria and is calling for an end to the violence. A masked gunman killed the Rev. Francis Van Der Lugt in his monastery on Monday in the besieged Syrian city of Homs. Francis referred to the killing of his “Jesuit brother” at the end of his Wednesday general audience.
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