CSi Weather…

1043 AM CDT THU OCT 4 2012
.REST OF TODAY…SCATTERED SPRINKLES AND
FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS AROUND 40. NORTHWEST
WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA…50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS15 TO 20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND COLUMBUS DAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 50. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 30S.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.

Road Report NDDOT….

http://www.dot.nd.gov/travel-info-v2/

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The first snowstorm of the season has hit eastern North Dakota’s Red River Valley, causing travel problems and power outages.
     The National Weather Service has posted a winter storm warning
for northeastern North Dakota, with 6-12 inches of snow expected.
Forecasters say wind gusting up to 45 mph will blow the snow
around, producing near-blizzard conditions.

The state Transportation Department issued a travel alert for the region.

More than 3,800 people in the Fargo region lost electricity Thursday morning.
     City and state road crews spent Wednesday getting their
equipment ready for the early snow. 

     On Wednesday, as much as 3  1/2 inches of snow fell in western
North Dakota.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to the road to the State Hospital about 12:15 p.m., on Wednesday, (Oct 3, 2012) where an Otter Tail Power Company electrical pole was burning.

Assistant City Fire Chief, Jerry Kainz says, the top third of the poll was on fire when the units arrived, and that section of the poll broke off and fell into a power conductor, and began sparking and arcing.

He adds, that the power line was carrying 40,000 volts of electricity.

Otter Tail crews arrived on the scene, and turned off the electricity to allow fire fighters to put out the blaze.

The cause of the fire is being determined by Otter Tail officials.

　

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) — A Fort Ransom, North Dakota woman is facing murder and two child abuse charges after her 22-month-old son died last month.

Authorities say a murder charge against Jodi Renae Lindvall was filed in Ransom County District Court on Tuesday.

Lindvall was arrested Monday. Lindvall’s son, Bentley Lindvall, died Sept. 22 in a Fargo hospital.

It is unclear how the child died. Court documents charging Lindvall says she caused the boy’s death.

Lindvall was released from the Barnes County Jail in Valley City after her mother posted bail of 10-thousand dollars cash.

The Ransom County State’s Attorney is asking that a judge seal documents that may detail the circumstances of the death.

　

From Jamestown College 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 3, 2012) — Jamestown College will break ground Thursday in Fargo on a new 13,500-square foot facility which will become the future home of the College’s developing Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

It will be the College’s first doctoral program and the first to be offered in a new location in order to capitalize on Fargo’s major health care facilities and programs.

The College’s Program Director, Dr. Nancy Nuzzo, is developing the curriculum and hiring faculty with the goal of enrolling the inaugural cohort group of 30 to 36 students in the fall of 2013.

Over the next three years, Jamestown College will hire a total of 10 full-time faculty and staff to serve the 100-plus students who will be enrolled in the program.

The new doctoral program will provide a significant opportunity for not only Jamestown College students, but also for graduates of other regional colleges and universities.

In recent years, the medical field has seen a significant increase in the demand for physical therapy services.

With a limited number of programs available for aspiring physical therapists, the College will be providing an important new resource in the region.

Jamestown College President, Dr. Robert Badal says, “In thinking about the need for numerous and diverse clinical opportunities, as well as the recruitment of students, faculty, and staff, we determined this program should be located in a larger metropolitan area. With no such program currently based in Fargo, it’s the natural location for us.”

The Doctor of Physical Therapy program and a new undergraduate major in Exercise Science are the latest developments in Jamestown College’s long and successful history in science and health-related fields.

Graduates in nursing, biology, chemistry and pre-professional areas benefit from the College’s excellent reputation and tradition of preparing students for success in graduate and professional school. Jamestown College’s nursing program was the first four-year program in North Dakota.

Overall, Jamestown College graduates enjoy a 98% placement rate in the workforce or in graduate school.

When: 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 4

Where: 4190 26th Ave. S. in Fargo, just north of the construction site of the new Dakota Medical Foundation building (between 32nd Ave. S. and I-94)

 

About Jamestown College:

Established in 1883, Jamestown College is a private, liberal arts four-year college granting bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of science in nursing degrees as well as a master’s degree in education. Jamestown College offers more than 40 areas of study.

For the sixth consecutive year, Jamestown College is the highest ranked Top Tier college in North Dakota as ranked by U.S. news & World Report. Jamestown College has also been named a Best Midwestern College by the Princeton Review and one of America’s 100 Best College Buys by Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc. in 2012.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Taxable sales and purchases in North Dakota during April, May and June grew nearly 42 percent compared to the second quarter of last year, to more than $6.4 billion.

Tax Commissioner Cory Fong says the economic growth is spread across nearly all major industry sectors.

He says consumer confidence remains strong, businesses are growing, wholesale trade is robust and manufacturing is on the rise.

The western oil patch cities of Williston, Watford City, New Town and Tioga all saw large percentage increases in taxable sales over the year.

Fong says the third- and fourth-quarter taxable sales figures will help show what effect this summer’s heat and drought had on the state’s agricultural industry.

In the region, Taxable Sales and Purchased in the second quarter of 2012 and the percentage change from the second quarter of 2011 were:

Barnes County: $22,695,666 down 2.1 percent

Valley City: $20,564,897 down 1 percent

Stutsman County: $71,139,632 up 7.09 percent

Jamestown: $68,081,455 up 7.03 percent

Foster County: $17,765,171 up 3.2 percent

Griggs County: $4,764,802 down 0.32 percent

LaMoure County: $12,240,377 up 0.76 percent

Dickey County: $11,678,725 up 11.62 percent

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Jamestown professional Massage Therapists and Reflexologists will offer 10-minute stress-reducing massages for $10 for the public, to help them deal with stress, increase productivity, and improve their help.

The day-long event, is being held in observance of National Massage Therapy Awareness Week, a national program sponsored by the American Therapy Association, the professional association for massage therapists.

All proceeds from the Jamestown massages will go to the Jamestown Community Action, Region Six, Weekend Backpack Program

The massages will be offered on Thursday October 25, 2012, from 10-a.m., to 4-p.m. at the Jamestown Business Center.

In conjunction with the therapies, Noridian will hold a bake sale from 10-a.m., to 2-p.m., with those proceeds also going to the Backpack program.

The anonymous Weekend Backpack Program ensures that any child can receive a backpack to supplement their diets over the weekend.

Each Friday, children at participating Jamestown schools are provided with backpacks filled with nutritious, non-perishable, easy-open, food items.

The students learn responsibility by bringing the backpacks back to school, to be refilled each week.

Funds and donations are from local churches, organizations, businesses, and individuals, to help sustain the program in individual schools.

Dakota Brands is currently a sponsor and provides bagels each week for the children.

Become a Backpack Buddy, with a $20 donation, which will help fill one child’s backpack for the weekend.

Other ways to support the program are by becoming a volunteer, specific food donations, donation of backpacks, and by helping to spread the word.

For more information contact Community Action, Region Six in Jamestown at 701-252-1821.

　 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) –  A North Dakota school bus driver has been
charged with drunken driving after a worried parent called police.
     Thomas Griak of Lincoln faces a charge of driving a commercial
vehicle under the influence. Bismarck Police Deputy Chief Dan
Donlin says the 41-year-old Griak was arrested after he’d finished
his route taking children to the Bismarck Public Schools’ early
education program.
     Drivers of commercial vehicles have a lower allowable
blood-alcohol concentration. The legal limit to drive a commercial
vehicle, such as a school bus, is .04 percent. The limit for
drivers with standard licenses is .08 percent.
     Donlin says that Griak was arrested based on his mannerisms and a breath test.
     Schools Human Resources Director Lisa Kudelka says that Griak is
on leave without pay.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two men say they will plead guilty in a
western North Dakota counterfeit case.
     Shawn Patton, of Las Vegas, and Travis Linseth, of Watford City,
are among three people accused of passing bogus bills in Watford
City. Kasi Switzer, also of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty last week.
     Patton and Linseth have both filed plea agreements in federal
court.
     Authorities say Patton and Switzer manufactured at least $10,000
in counterfeit cash. Switzer and Linseth are accused of passing
some of the bills to several businesses in Watford City.
     Sentencing is scheduled Dec. 20 for Switzer, Jan. 7 for Patton
and Feb. 19 for Linseth.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The sister of a former North Dakota bank
executive awaiting sentencing for stealing from clients says she
will plead guilty in the same case.

Authorities say Ann Loren was
part of a scheme to steal nearly $800,000. Loren’s sister, Betty
Kolling, pleaded guilty earlier and is scheduled to be sentenced
next month.
     
     HONOLULU (AP) – A 49-year-old Colorado man is suing the Catholic
diocese serving western North Dakota, alleging one of its priests
sexually abused him decades ago.

A lawsuit filed this week alleges the Rev. Maurice McNeely sexually abused the man at an Army base in Hawaii in the 1970s. The suit accuses the Diocese of Bismarck of negligence.
     
     GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A wind turbine blade manufacturer that
said last week it’s laying off 300 workers in Grand Forks has
announced plans to create 300 jobs at a new factory in Brazil.

LMWind Power says the Brazil plant will deliver blades to wind farms
throughout South America.

The company says demand for new wind
power development in the U.S. could drop 70 percent.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University President Dean
Bresciani (bruh-SHAW’-nee) is giving his annual “state of the
university” address.
     The speech is planned for late this  morning in the Festival
Concert Hall of the Reineke (RY’-nuh-kee) Fine Arts Center.
     NDSU in Fargo is the second-largest university in the state in
terms of enrollment, with more than 14,400 students. The University
of North Dakota in Grand Forks has 15,250.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker is promoting a
plan to build a major levee around rural communities south of the
city that would be flooded out by a Red River diversion project.

     The proposal calls for a 10-foot ring dike to be built around
Oxbow, Hickson and Bakke subdivision. It would protect some of
those residents from water stored in a staging area for the
diversion.
     Walaker says the cost of the levee would be comparable to the
cost of home buyouts that are currently part of the diversion plan.
     The mayor says the Army Corps of Engineers seems to be
interested in the idea and recently released a conceptual drawing
of the plan.
     Oxbow Mayor Jim Nyhoff says it’s too early for him to comment on the plan.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – An Atlanta-based company wants to build a
pyramid-shaped structure in North Dakota’s oil patch that would
house 500 apartments, indoor parking for 1,200 vehicles, a mall and
an entertainment center.

     New Cimarron City proposed by an investment group led by Camp
and Associates would be 371 feet tall and would wrest the title of
North Dakota’s tallest building from the state Capitol.
     Spokesman Gil Geiger says that developers are working to buy 80 acres of land about half an hour east of Williston. He estimates the project would cost at least $130 million, and hopes to break ground as soon as next
spring. He says it could take two years to build.
     Williston architect John Biggs says he thinks the project is
nothing more than a fantasy.

In sports…

MLB…

AMERICAN LEAGUE

 TORONTO (AP) – Pitching in his home and native land made Scott
Diamond feel as though he was making his major league debut all
over again.

Diamond did well in his Canadian debut, but Brandon
Morrow was even better in leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 2-1
win last night to complete a three game sweep.

Diamond was born in Guelph, Ontario, about 50 miles west of Toronto.
 
  Final  Oakland        12  Texas           5

Oakland wins the A.L. West title.
    Final  N-Y Yankees    14  Boston          2

The Yankees win the A.L. East title
      Final  Tampa Bay       4  Baltimore       1

Baltimore is in the wild card game

The AL Central champion Detroit Tigers, with Triple Crown
winner Miguel Cabrera going 0-for-2 before leaving to a standing
ovation, prepped for the playoffs by blanking Kansas City 1-0.
  

 Final  Seattle        12  L.A. Angels     0

Final  Chi White Sox   9  Cleveland       0
    NATIONAL LEAGUE

WASHINGTON (AP) – The NL East champion Washington Nationals

secured home-field advantage throughout the postseason by beating

the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 Wednesday for their majors-high 98th

victory, with Ryan Zimmerman homering moments after the Teddy

Roosevelt mascot won the Presidents Race at Nationals Park for the

first time.

By winning their regular-season finale, the Nationals clinched

top seeding for the NL playoffs and will open on the road Sunday at

the winner of Frday’s wild-card game between Atlanta and St. Louis.

The playoff-bound Braves beat the Pirates in Pittsburgh 4-0.
The game was the swan song for Chipper Jones, who had a pinch-hit
single in the final regular-season game of his career.
    Final  Chi Cubs        5  Houston         4
  Final  N-Y Mets        4  Miami           2
  Final  Colorado        2  Arizona         1
  Final  L.A. Dodgers    5  San Francisco   1
  Final  San Diego       7  Milwaukee       6
  Final  St. Louis       1  Cincinnati      0

 

 UNDATED (AP) – Baseball’s postseason begins Friday with a pair
of one-game playoffs among the wild card teams.

In the National League, St. Louis travels to Atlanta to play the Braves and their hot starter Kris Medlen while in the American League, Baltimore
travels to Texas to play the two-time AL champion Rangers.
     
     UNDATED (AP) – The other baseball pairings are set, some decided
on the 162nd game of the regular season.

The AL East champion New York Yankees will open on the road Sunday against the wild card winner, either Baltimore or Texas.

Detroit will play Oakland in the other AL playoff series, starting Saturday.
     
     UNDATED (AP) – On Saturday night, Johnny Cueto (KWAY’-toh) will
start for visiting Cincinnati against Matt Cain and San Francisco
in Game 1 of the NL division series.

On Sunday, the Washington Nationals with the best record in baseball at 98-54 send out 21-game winner Gio (JEE’-oh) Gonzalez against the winner of the
Atlanta-St. Louis one-game playoff.

MVP…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Miguel Cabrera received a standing
ovation at Kauffman Stadium after going 0-for-2 but securing
baseball’s first Triple Crown in 45 years.

The Detroit third baseman finished the regular season with a .330 average, 44 homers and 139 RBI, the first Triple Crown winner since Boston’s Carl
Yastrzemski (yah-STREM’-skee) in 1967, and 10th in baseball
history.

 LOS ANGELES (AP) – San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey has
won the National League batting title with a .336 average. The
previous catcher to win the NL title was Ernie Lombardi of the
Boston Braves, who hit .330 in 1942.

 

In world and national news…

DENVER (AP) – Analysts say Republican presidential candidate
Mitt Romney held his own and then some in his first debate with
President Barack Obama.

Obama signaled that he won’t let up on his message that Romney’s plans on taxes, health care, the deficit and more just don’t add up.

Both men head back out on the campaign trail today in battleground states. Another debate is about two weeks off.
     
     DALLAS, Ga. (AP) – A bond hearing is scheduled today for a
Georgia couple accused of confining their teenage son to a bedroom
for years with little food.

Paul and Sheila Comer were arrested last month and accused of abusing 18-year-old Mitch Comer.

 He weighed 87 pounds when he was found in Los Angeles.

He told authorities his stepfather gave him $200 and a list of homeless
shelters before he was put on a bus to Los Angeles.
     
     MADRID (AP) – Spain held a successful bond sale today as
investors wait for the government to decide whether it will seek a
financial bailout.

Five-year bonds were auctioned on an average interest rate of 4.76 percent, down from 6.45 percent in the last such auction.

The Interest rate for shorter term bonds was slightly higher than the last time.
     
     TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s plunging currency is causing enough
internal tension for riot police to be deployed at key
intersections in Tehran.

Tensions flared in the most widespread display of anger linked to the country’s sanctions-hit economy.
Shops in Tehran’s main bazaar were reopened today and no unrest was
reported.
     
     SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Yemeni security officials say at least five
al-Qaida-linked militants have been killed in a strike by a
suspected U.S. drone.

Officials say missiles hit two cars in which the militants were traveling in a southern province.