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 REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON..TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS AROUND 40.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING…
THEN CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 19, 2012) — Janelle Cave has withdrawn her  appeal, of her conviction of manslaughter and criminal conspiracy charges in Southeast District Court.

Her appeal was filed with the North Dakota Supreme Court on May 24, 2012,and withdrawn on Oct. 11, 2012.

An order of dismissal was issued by the court on Oct. 12, 2012.

The 22 year old Cave, was convicted in February, 2012, in the death of a Somali immigant, 18 year old Abdi Ali Ahmed, of Jamestown, on April 30, 2011.

She was sentenced to 11 years in prison on the criminal conspiracy charge and eight years on the manslaughter charge to be served concurrently.

In a separate trial, also convicted in Southeast District Court, in the crime was 35 year old, Leron Howard, of Jamestown.

He was convicted of murder and criminal conspiracy on Aug. 23, 2012.

Howard is to be sentenced Nov. 14 this year, and could be sentenced up to life in prison without parole.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 18,2012) — Jamestown Police is warning Jamestown Residents of a High Risk Sex Offender living in Jamestown.

The report says, 22 year old Brandon Scott Schafer is living at 1214 3rd Avenue, SE, Apartment #15 in Jamestown.

Schafer is a white male, 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighing 135 pounds, with hazel eyes and brown hair.

Schafer has been assigned a High Risk Assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee, of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Schafer was convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition, involving a 13 year old female friend.

The report says, no force was used.

The conviction date was July 18, 2012 in Ransom County District Court.

The disposition was one year, and one day, with time suspended, and five years probation.

Schafer is not wanted by police at this time, and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notice is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of Schafer’s photo and demographics are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — A semi trailer became unattached from the cab, about 9:30 Thursday morning (Oct 18, 2012), on Highway 281 South, near the Buffalo Mall.

Southbound traffic was directed by Jamestown Police around the rig.

No other Vehicles were involved.

A photo is posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com

 

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – The east-end floodwater diversion
outlet on Devils Lake has been shut down for repairs.

     The problem was first reported by the Devils Lake Journal. State
Water Commission Engineer Bruce Engelhardt tells The Associated
Press that a pipeline leak earlier this month led to some ground
erosion and pipe settling. He doesn’t have a cost estimate but says
most of the repairs are the responsibility of a contractor.
     Engelhardt says he hopes the problem will be fixed in a matter
of days.
     The lake’s west-end outlet is still pumping excess Devils Lake
water into the Sheyenne River. But with the east-end outlet shut
down, the amount of water being moved off the lake is less than
half what it was.
     The east-end outlet came online in early summer.

 

 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal agency says TransCanada Corp.
has temporarily shut down its existing Keystone pipeline after
tests showed “possible safety issues.”
     The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration says
TransCanada reported shutting down the approximately 2,100-mile
pipeline, which moves about 500,000 barrels of crude a day from
Alberta, Canada, to facilities in Illinois and Oklahoma.
     Jeannie Layson, spokeswoman for PHMSA, says the possible safety
issues were found on part of the pipeline that extends between
Missouri and Illinois. Layson says in an email that an agency
inspector has been sent to review the test results, observe repairs
and follow any necessary safety activities.
     She says TransCanada hasn’t reported any leaks on the system,
which passes through South Dakota.
     TransCanada spokesman Grady Semmens says the pipeline was shut
down Wednesday and is expected to restart Saturday.

 

BUCYRUS, N.D. (AP) – The chairman of the Adams County Commission says the destruction of one of the county’s communities by a wildfire is devastating.

Chuck Christman (KRIHST’-muhn) says four of the seven or eight homes in Bucyrus (byoo-SY’-rus) were destroyed in the Wednesday fire, displacing all 27 residents.

All Bucyrus’ residents have been evacuated and a shelter has been established in the nearby town of Hettinger, about 60 miles south of Dickinson.

He says that’s a lifetime of memories for at least four families.
Christman says firefighters were able to save a church in the
town, and a privately owned elevator on the outskirts wasn’t
damaged in the town of about 30 residents.

The town’s only business, a picture-framing shop, was destroyed.

Scranton fire chief Ryan Schumacher says firefighters had the blaze under control late Wednesday despite winds gusting more than 60 mph.

Schumacher says “the town is basically gone.”
Christman says the state fire marshal will be investigating the cause of the fire that also destroyed an abandoned farmstead and about 70 electrical power poles and forced the temporary shutdown of U.S. Highway 12.

 

 NEW ENGLAND, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say two men in ski masks
robbed a bank in the southwest North Dakota town of New England
yesterday morning. Hettinger County Chief Deputy Josh Monson says
that the robbery occurred at about 8:20 a.m. No one was hurt.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two men from a defunct Arizona mortgage
lender are scheduled to appear in court on accusations they
swindled Bismarck-based BNC National Bank out of at least $26
million.
     Scott Powers and David McMaster are charged with conspiracy to
commit bank fraud and wire fraud. Powers was the CEO of American
Mortgage Specialists, Inc., and McMaster was the vice president in
charge of lending.
     Authorities say the mortgage company, which shut down in April
2010, lied about the status of loans the bank had financed.
     James Belanger, McMaster’s attorney, says his client made
mistakes and is accepting responsibility for them.
     Patrick Sampair, the attorney for Powers, was not immediately
available for comment.
     McMaster is scheduled to appear in federal court in Bismarck at
9 a.m., and Powers at 10 a.m. Friday.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials are stressing safety at railroad
crossings in North Dakota.
     The Federal Railroad Administration says there have been more
than 100 vehicle-train incidents since 2007 in North Dakota,
resulting in 45 injuries and 11 deaths.

     Data show that there were 19 vehicle-train collisions in North
Dakota through July. Officials say at that pace, the state is on
track to nearly double the 20 incidents recorded in 2011.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A national peanut butter recall is affecting
some North Dakota charities.

Community Action agencies distributed some of the Sunland Inc. peanut butter to clients in August.

Postcards with disposal instructions have been mailed to about 800 clients served in Grand Forks, Nelson, Walsh, and Pembina counties.
Terry Stanke with the Red River Valley Community Action Agency
in Grand Forks says that agency already has disposed of 740 pounds
of the peanut butter in storage.
The recall is because of the risk of salmonella identified at a
New Mexico manufacturing facility.
Thirty-five illnesses in 19 states have been linked to a Sunland
product. No illnesses have been reported in North Dakota.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Heidi
Heitkamp says North Dakota’s traditional ban on Election Day
campaigning should stay in place.
     Former North Dakota Republican chairman Gary Emineth is suing in
federal court to overturn a state law that prohibits campaigning on
Election Day. It’s been on the books for more than a century.
     Heitkamp says no matter what the outcome of the lawsuit, North
Dakota candidates should give people a break from campaigning on
the day that most people go to vote.
     Heitkamp and Republican Rick Berg are competing for the U.S.
Senate seat being left by Democrat Kent Conrad.
     Emineth says he didn’t tell Berg or any other candidate about
his plans to sue. He says any claims that his lawsuit was
encouraged by the Berg campaign are wrong.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The number of temporary Federal Emergency
Management Agency housing units in Ward County that are still
occupied has dropped below 1,000.
     FEMA calls it “an important milestone” as Minot and
surrounding communities continue their recovery from the
devastating summer 2011 Souris River flood.
     FEMA made more than 2,000 mobile homes available after the
flooding for displaced residents. More than 1,200 were still in use
in August, and FEMA extended its temporary housing program in the
area by six months, through next June 24. People remaining in FEMA
housing after Jan.1 will be charged rent.
     In addition to the housing, FEMA says it has provided more than
$90 million in financial assistance to people and households
impacted by the flood.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A pest control company is closing its
Grand Forks facility, affecting 144 full-time workers.
     Ecolab will operate through next July. Workers in the city
perform such duties as accounting and customer service. The company
says they will be gradually laid off beginning as soon as January.
     Ecolab says a 2011 merger with the company Nalco has prompted a
streamlining of operations. Work done in Grand Forks will be moved
to other Midwest locations.

 

 

In sports…

 HELENA, Mont. (AP) – The Montana men’s basketball team is
favored to defend its Big Sky Conference regular season title in a
pre-season poll of coaches and media members that cover the league.

     The Griz received eight first-place votes and 98 points from the
coaches while Weber State was second with three first-place votes
and 92 points. In the media poll, Montana received 24 first-place
votes and 344 points followed by Weber State with eight first-place
votes and 318 points.
     Montana State is ranked seventh in the media poll and eighth in
the coaches’ poll in the expanded 11-team conference.
     The coaches’ poll has Northern Colorado in third followed by
North Dakota, Portland State, Eastern Washington and Sacramento
State in seventh. Idaho State is ninth followed by Southern Utah
and Northern Arizona.
     The media poll has Eastern Washington third, followed by
Northern Colorado, Portland State and North Dakota in sixth.
Sacramento State is ranked eighth followed by Idaho State, Southern
Utah and Northern Arizona.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is
continuing its surveillance for chronic wasting disease during the
2012 hunting season.
     The agency will sample hunter-killed deer from 17 units in the
western part of the state for CWD and also bovine tuberculosis.
Moose and elk killed anywhere in the state also are eligible for
testing.
     The program is voluntary. A list of deer head drop-off sites can
be found at http://gf.nd.gov . Moose and elk heads should be
brought to a Game and Fish office.
     CWD affects the nervous system of members of the deer family and
is always fatal.

 

 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

ALCS…

  DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit Tigers secured their 11th trip to the
World Series by finishing a four-game sweep of the New York Yankees
8-1 in the ALCS as Max Scherzer and three relievers combined on a
two-hitter.

Jhonny (JAHN’-ee) Peralta homered twice and Miguel
Cabrera and Austin Jackson also went deep for the Tigers, who will
be off until next Wednesday’s World Series opener.
 
  NLCS…

 ST. LOUIS (AP) – The defending World Series champion St. Louis
Cardinals are one victory away from a return trip to the Fall
Classic following last night’s 8-3 win that gives them a 3-1 lead
over San Francisco in the NL Division Series.

Tonight, the Cards give the ball to 18-game winner Lance Lynn against the Giants’ Barry Zito (ZEE’-toh), who was 15-8 in the regular season.

Former  Minnesota Twin, Detroit Tigers designated hitter Delmon Young has
been selected MVP of the AL championship series.
     Young batted .353 with two homers and six RBIs in a four-game
sweep of the New York Yankees

     Young became the first player with four game-winning RBIs in one
postseason series, according to STATS LLC.
 
 
    NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – In a low-scoring defensive struggle last
night, the San Francisco 49ers edged the Seattle Seahawks 13-6 to
improve to 5-2 atop the NFC West.

Alex Smith threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Delanie Walker late in the third quarter for the only touchdown of the game.
 
 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL…

 TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Second-ranked Oregon raced to a 43-7
halftime lead and crushed Arizona State 43-21 to improve to 7-0.

Kenjon Barner ran for 143 yards and three TDs and Oregon QB Marcus
Mariota added 135 yards rushing, ran for one score, passed for one
and also caught a TD pass.

 

 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON
 
  Final  Miami    105  Detroit       78
  Final  Atlanta   97  New Orleans   68
  Final  Boston   115  Brooklyn      85

 

NHL LABOR…

 TORONTO (AP) – Saying the league and its players are not
speaking the same language, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman rejected
three union counterproposals to the league’s proposed 50-50 revenue
split and says both sides are far apart.

No new talks are scheduled and the chance of a full 82-game NHL season is quickly dwindling.
    

PGA-MCGLADREY CLASSIC…
        ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) -There’s a two-way tie for the lead
after one round of the PGA’s McGladrey Classic. A pair of
Americans, Bud Cauley and Marco Dawson, each shot an opening round
8-under-62.
     The McGladrey Classic is the second-to-last official event on
the season, with much of the focus on players trying to get in the
top 125 on the money list to keep their PGA Tour cards.
     
     OBIT-SLATER MARTIN…
       HOUSTON (AP) – Slater Martin, the Hall of Fame guard who won
four NBA titles with the Minneapolis Lakers and one with the St.
Louis Hawks, died Thursday after a sudden illness. He was 86.
     Martin was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982. He
was on championship teams with Minneapolis in 1950, ’52, ’53 and
’54 and St. Louis in 1958. Martin played in seven All-Star games.
    

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. officials say the CIA station chief in
Libya reported within 24 hours that there was evidence last month’s
deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was carried out by
militants, not a mob enraged over an anti-Muslim video.

But it remains unclear who saw the cable. President Barack Obama is
acknowledging that communication about the incident was “not
optimal,” but he says there was no confusion about the need to
strengthen diplomatic security following the attack.
     
     NEW YORK (AP) – After trading comedic jabs at a charity dinner
last night, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are expected to
return to rhetorical punches today with both headed to battleground
states.

Obama is in Virginia, while his Republican rival is headed
to Florida. Meanwhile, there’s word that members of Romney’s team
are already planning for the transition, should he win the
election.

They’ve been quietly talking to congressional leaders and
government officials about legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff
that could hit January 1.
     
     LONDON (AP) – Doctors in England treating the 14-year-old
Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban say she still shows signs of
infection but is making progress.

The medical director at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham says Malala Yousufzai (mah-LAH’-lah yoo-SOOF’-zeye) is able to stand with help and to
write. But he adds that the infection means “”she is not out of
the woods yet.”

The Taliban have said they targeted Malala because
she promoted “Western thinking” and criticized Taliban actions.
     
     BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) – A young man whose allegations of sexual
abuse triggered the criminal investigation into former Penn State
assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is publicly discussing his
ordeal.

Aaron Fisher tells ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he
was 11 when he met Sandusky, who was a volunteer coach at his high
school. Fisher says he told the school principal and others about
the abuse, but nothing was done.
     
     MUMBAI, India (AP) – Travelers to India now have the comfort of
Starbucks available. The Seattle-based coffee giant has opened its
first store there, in a historic building in south Mumbai.

India has long been associated more with tea drinkers than coffee. But
chief executive Howard Schultz says India and China are “at the
core” of the company’s growth strategy. It’s also planning to open
stores in New Delhi early next year.