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CSi Weather…
LATE THIS AFTERNOON…BREEZY…SUNNY. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
80 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MORNING. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 70S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
Bismarck (CSi) The National Weather Service informs area residents of the potential of severe weather, and additional significant rainfall amounts.
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS…SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL…CONTINUES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST…AND ON SATURDAY FAR SOUTH.
A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH CENTRAL INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK…WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
HEAVY RAIN IS LOOKING LIKELY FROM BISMARCK TO CARRINGTON AND SOUTH FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
MORE RAIN SATURDAY OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OVER FLOOD PRONE AND LOWLYING AREAS.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND…WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT.
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED.
THE PROLONGED POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF LOW LAND FLOODING AND RISING RIVER LEVELS. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
Valley City (CSi) Spraying for mosquitoes by Valley City Public Works crews will start Thursday evening after 8:30pm.
Parents are advised to keep children and pets out of the streets and away from the spray equipment .
Motorists are urged to use caution when traveling in the area of the operation.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A 15-year-old girl injured when a tornado struck a worker camp in the western North Dakota oil patch is improving at a Minot hospital.
Trinity Health spokeswoman Mary Muhlbradt says the girl has been moved out of the intensive care unit, and her condition has been upgraded from critical to good.
The family has not yet agreed to the release of any other information, including the girl’s name. Authorities say she is from out of state, and was visiting an aunt and uncle in the worker camp near Watford City when it was hit by a tornado Monday night and she suffered a head injury.
The twister damaged or destroyed 15 trailers. Eight other people were treated at a Watford City hospital for lesser injuries.
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is discussing emergency response plans with local officials in North Dakota’s oil patch in the wake of a Memorial Day tornado that struck Watford City.
Heitkamp says it’s important to have up-to-date emergency response plans that take into account temporary housing sites and the dramatic population increase in oil country towns. She says any plans should include emergency warning and shelter plans for those living in temporary housing.
Heitkamp toured Watford City on Thursday.
A tornado struck a trailer park around five miles south of Watford City Monday. The tornado destroyed 15 trailers and injured 9 people.
Oil development in western North Dakota has led to a rapid population increase in recent years and the appearance of many temporary housing units in the area.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota regulators say a cow is suspected of causing a spill of natural gas liquids near a tributary of the Little Missouri River.
The North Dakota Department of Health says a cow may have rubbed against a tank valve on Tuesday, spilling about 20 barrels of natural gas condensate near Sully Creek, in western North Dakota.
Condensate is a byproduct of natural gas production.
The agency says the site is owned by a subsidiary of Oneok Inc. based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Regulators say cleanup is under way and booms have been put in Sully Creek as a precaution.
Neither the company nor regulators immediately returned calls seeking comment Thursday.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A Mandan man faces a felony charge of promoting obscenity to minors for an incident that allegedly occurred while he was a high school social studies teacher.
Authorities allege that 45-year-old Scott Allan gave 17- and 18-year-old females a sexually explicit book he had written, as a graduation gift. Characters in the book allegedly were based on the females.
School officials placed Allan on administrative leave on May 22, and he resigned later that day.
He was charged Wednesday with the felony and also misdemeanor disorderly conduct. He turned himself in Wednesday night and did not immediately make a court appearance Thursday. Court documents did not list an attorney for him.
TIOGA, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota University System says a recent University of North Dakota scandal over T-shirts deemed racist is underscoring the need for the university system’s soon-to-be resurrected diversity council.
Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen says discussions to revive the diversity council had been underway for several months before photos of young men and women wearing T-shirts bearing the words “Siouxper Drunk” at a UND annual party appeared online earlier this month.
The council exists to ensure that diversity policies put in place by the State Board of Higher Education are followed at North Dakota University System campuses. But the council has been inactive for about a year.
The council is now set to meet at Minot State University on May 30.
TIOGA, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota University System official says a proposed new governing body for higher education could put the system’s accreditation at risk.
North Dakotans will vote in November on replacing the current eight-member, part-time Board of Higher Education with a three-member, full-time commission.
University System Ethics Officer Murray Sagsveen says the accrediting Higher Learning Commission has concerns about the proposal, and might not have ample time to review the new structure should it be approved. He says the state’s 11 public colleges and universities would risk losing accreditation.
Proponents of a permanent commission say it would provide a clear chain of command between higher ed’s governing board and university presidents. Opponents believe it wouldn’t have autonomy from the Legislature. Sagsveen says that’s one of the concerns of the HLC.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The federal Rural Utilities Service is taking comments for about a month on a proposed electrical transmission line in western North Dakota that would cross the Killdeer Mountain Battlefield area.
The agency says the route isn’t the most environmentally sensitive but best meets the purpose of the project and would be the most reliable.
North Dakota regulators in April approved a siting permit for the 197-mile line, which also needs federal approval.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative plans to build the line to deliver more electricity to the Bakken oil fields. Five American Indian tribes in North Dakota have passed a resolution formally opposing the project. They believe it could disturb the remains of native people killed by the U.S. Army 150 years ago.
In sports…
VALLEY CITY (VCSU, CSi) – The newest addition to the Valley City State University women’s basketball team is a familiar face for local fans.
Viking women’s basketball coach Jill DeVries announced Thursday that Valley City native Allyson Suhr has signed a letter of intent to attend VCSU and play for the Vikings this fall.
Suhr, who graduated from Valley City High School in 2012, played basketball the past two seasons at North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, N.D.
DeVries says, “We are pleased and excited that Allyson is going to join our program. She has tremendous potential as a post player in our league and her skill-set fits the style of basketball we like to play.”
A 6-foot center, Suhr averaged 6.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game last season while shooting 60 percent from the field. Suhr played in 28 games and started 18, helping the Wildcats to a 23-7 record and a runner-up finish in NJCAA Region XIII. She posted a season-best 21 points and 13 rebounds in a November victory against Minnesota State Community and Technical College.
Suhr said Thursday she is excited to be close to home, and both the academic and athletic programs made VCSU a good fit. Fans who watched her at Valley City High School will notice a difference in her game at the college level.
She says, “Even from playing last year as a freshman to this year, I just became more comfortable with my game and my confidence has gone up. It’s my style of play at VCSU, and I think it will be a good fit.”
DeVries said Suhr’s size and work ethic are a welcome addition at VCSU, adding,
“She will immediately help fill our needs in size and rebounding. “With continued work on her part, she can come in and play right away.”
Suhr’s work ethic extends off the court where she was honored for her academic prowess at NDSCS. She was named to the President’s Honor Roll all four semesters at NDSCS and was a 2-time honoree on the Mon-Dak Athletic Conference Academic Team. Suhr also earned a spot on the NJCAA All Academic Team after her freshman season.
Suhr plans to continue her education by studying psychology at VCSU. She is the daughter of John and Bobbi Suhr.
VALLEY CITY (VCSU CSi) – Valley City State University volleyball coach Adam Longmore has announced the signing of four recruits for the 2014 season.
Jenna Kost (Casselton, N.D.)
Courtney Carlson (LaMoure, N.D.), Tanys Ulmer (Marion, N.D.) and Billie Gibson (Blackfoot, Idaho) have all committed to attend VCSU and play volleyball for the Vikings this fall. Longmore says the four incoming players fill some holes and should fit in well with his returning players.
He says, “I was fortunate to inherit a team with a lot of returners and a lot of experience. I’m excited about what each new player will bring to the program as well. The personalities and strengths really differ between the four of them but they will all contribute to the future success of our program.”
Longmore is entering his first season at head coach at VCSU. Prior to taking over the Viking program, Longmore spent six years as assistant coach at Southern Utah University, an NCAA Division I school.
Valley City State University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and plays its conference games in the North Star Athletic Association.
The new recruits:
Billie Gibson (MB, 5-9, Blackfoot, Idaho, Snake River HS)
Gibson brings plenty of big match experience to Valley City State University, having been a part of three state championship teams at Snake River High School in Idaho.
A 3-year starter in the middle for Snake River, Gibson capped off her career by helping the Panthers to a 39-2 record and an Idaho 3A state championship in her senior season – the school’s third state championship in the last four years. She leaves Snake River as the school’s record holder for most solo blocks. Gibson is the daughter of Dustin Gibson, and Tricia and Justin Cherry. She plans to pursue a career in nursing.
Longmore adds, “I have known Billie for quite some time and have worked closely with coach Shelli VanOrden from Snake River over the years. Billie joins our program with a lot of high quality training. She will add some much-needed depth in the middle for us. A lot of times she can go unnoticed because of her size but Billie will be a great key to our success.”
Jenna Kost (OH, 5-9, Casselton, N.D./Central Cass HS)
Kost played for the Vikings during the 2011 season and has committed to returning to the team this fall. Kost was an All Region outside hitter for Central Cass during her senior season in high school, helping the Squirrels to the Region 1 Championship and a 5th-place finish at the North Dakota Class B State Volleyball Tournament. Kost played in all 35 matches during her freshman season at VCSU. She is the daughter of Scott and Karen Kost and plans to major in elementary education and Spanish while at VCSU.
Longmore says, “I am extremely happy that Jenna has chosen to be part of the program again. She is a great athlete and will look to compete on the outside for us. It is wonderful for us that she has experience as a former Viking. She has a great attitude about rejoining the team and is going to be a good addition.”
Courtney Carlson (OH, 5-8, LaMoure, N.D./LaMoure HS)
Carlson joins the Viking volleyball squad with a long list of accomplishments. At the forefront is her senior season when she was named the District 5 Outstanding Senior Athlete and helped lead LaMoure to a 36-4 record, the District 5 and Region 3 championships, and a runner-up finish at the North Dakota Class B State Volleyball Tournament.
She racked up 415 kills, 68 aces, 552 digs and 27 blocks in her senior season. Carlson led the Loboes in kills both her junior and senior seasons, was a 2-time All District honoree, and was named to the State Volleyball All Tournament Team in 2013. Carlson will be reunited with high school teammate Megan Good, who played setter for the Vikings last season as a freshman. Carlson is the daughter of Mitch and Paulette Carlson and was named to the High Honor Roll at LaMoure High School. She is currently undecided on her college major.
Longmore says, “Courtney was my first recruit at VCSU and is going to be a great contributor for us. She has a bright future ahead of her as a good all-around player coming from a program with a lot of success. Courtney will fit in very nicely with who we have. I am anxious for the opportunity to coach her and watch her develop over the years.”
Tanys Ulmer (OH, 5-10, Marion, N.D./Litchville-Marion HS)
Ulmer joins the Vikings after wrapping up her career at Litchville-Marion High School, where she was team captain for two seasons and the team leader in kills, assists, aces and blocks during her senior season. She is a 2-time All District honoree in volleyball and was named Co-MVP of the team in 2013. Ulmer tallied 131 assists, 32 blocks, 31 aces and 74 kills during her senior season, leading the team in all categories.
In the classroom, Ulmer earned a spot on the A Honor Roll both her junior and senior years and has received several academic scholarships for college. She plans to continue her education by pursuing a degree in elementary education while at VCSU. Ulmer is the daughter of Rodney and Melissa Ulmer.
Longmore says, “Tanys brings with her a great attitude and commitment to be part of our program. She has played a lot of volleyball and her experience will be good for us. Once everyone gets in the gym for us in August we will look at all of these players and see where each will help out our team the most.”
In world and national news..
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is voicing concerns about the latest fighting in Ukraine. Kiev says separatist rebels shot down a military helicopter near Slovyansk (SLAHV’-yansk) Thursday with a portable air defense missile. At least 12 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, including a general. The White House says it’s concerned that the separatists have access to advanced weapons and are getting help from outside Ukraine. Spokesman Jay Carney is calling on Moscow to use its influence to get rebels to disarm, while Moscow is calling on the West to do the same with the Ukrainian government.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says President Barack Obama wants to see the full investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care system before deciding who should be held accountable. Spokesman Jay Carney would not say whether Secretary Eric Shinseki’s job is on the line or whether he still has the president’s full confidence. A growing number of lawmakers are calling for Shinseki to resign.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Security Agency says it can’t find any emails from former systems analyst Edward Snowden complaining about wrongdoing or abuse regarding U.S. surveillance programs. Snowden has said that he acted as a whistle-blower when he disclosed classified details about the government’s post-9/11 surveillance programs. But the NSA says they’ve found nothing to back up his claim, just an email to the general counsel’s office seeking an explanation about material in a training course.
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Federal prosecutors and the FBI say they’ve charged 44 people in a suburban Pittsburgh heroin ring. They say the suspects brazenly sold drugs while wearing T-shirts with the slogan, “Bricks R Us.” In drug parlance, a brick is a group of 10 individual bags of heroin. Twelve of the suspects remain at large.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A study by top biologists finds that plant and animal species are becoming extinct 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene. The study finds past rates of extinction were lower than scientists had thought. The researchers say the world is now on the verge of a sixth great extinction. They blame a combination of habitat destruction, invasive species, climate change and overfishing.
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