Subscribe by RSS
CSi Weather…
Nov 2, 2012
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY…
OLIVER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CENTER…BISMARCK…STEELE…JAMESTOWN
..A WINTRY MIX FOR NORTHERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT…
.A STORM SYSTEM IS PRODUCING A MIX OF SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW…FREEZING RAIN…AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FROM WILLISTON…DUNN CENTER…AND STANLEY…THROUGH BEULAH AND BISMARCK. MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE.
THROUGH TONIGHT…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA…WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS AREA. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.
LITTLE OR NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN FAR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. HOWEVER…BRIEF PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE SOME SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY…WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE FROM CARRINGTON TO JAMESTOWN.
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING…WITH A WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE CENTRAL DURING THE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION…AND DO NOT USE YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON SLIPPERY ROADS. FOR DETAILED ROAD CONDITIONS…
VISIT THE NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE AT WWW.DOT.ND.GOV…OR CALL 5 1 1.
Forecast…
.LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON…SNOW SHOWERS. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND
1 INCH. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS
AROUND 30. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AND SLEET IN
THE MORNING…THEN CLOUDY WITH RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET
IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF LIGHT SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
RAIN AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
LOWS AROUND 30.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
AROUND 30. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Snow and icy roads are making travel
hazardous in parts of western North Dakota.
On Friday, the state Transportation Department has issued a no-travel
advisory for Williams, Divide and McKenzie counties as well as the
city of Minot and surrounding areas.
The Transportation Department has issued a travel alert for the
central part of the state, saying motorists can still travel but
should use caution.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather
advisory for northwest and north central North Dakota due to snow,
sleet and freezing rain. Snow could accumulate in the north central
and northeastern parts of the state.
Forecasters say the southwest and south central regions could
get rain, freezing rain and sleet. Snow also is falling in some
areas.
Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Valley City/Barnes County Development Corporation Friday morning (November 2, 2012) held a news conference at City Hall, unveiling a major private sector announcement, an economic development initiative and a major private sector investment.
The land in Valley City, will establish the I-94 Regional Development Corridor, near I-94, and has been annexed into Valley City. It includes the extension of all utilities from John Deere Seeding Group, to the east exit interchange of I-94.
On hand Friday morning were John Deere Seeding Group, General Manager, David Bradford, North Dakota National Guard Colonel Steve Tabor, and from the Valley City/Barnes County Development Corporation Jennifer Feist.
Ms. Feist said the site, containing 77 acres will be a $9- 9.5 million investment, with 20 acres dedicated to the National Guard facilities, pointing out that the Valley City/Barnes County Development Corporation was the lead agency in developing the project.
The remaining land will be available for private sector development and infrastructure. The $9 million, to $9.5 million investment includes extension of the City’s water main, sanitary and storm sewers, lighting and concrete road to the interchange. Depending on funding, the goal is to bore under I-94 to bring water/sanitary sewer lines to the south side of the interstate and closer to adjacent land. This may enhance the City’s ability to loop its water lines in the future. Natural gas and telecommunications providers have also been contacted about Valley City’s Corridor plans.
Potential funding sources include: Economic Development Administration (EDA), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, South Central Dakota Regional Council-Jamestown, Lake Agassiz Regional Council-Fargo, Department of Transportation (DOT), Transportation, Community, and System Preservation Program (TCSP), tax increment financing (TIF), private land sales, and local economic development funds.
The land purchase will close no later than December 14, 2012. The project is slared for planning and design in 2013, bidding in 2013/early 2014, and completion by the fall of 2014.
Colonel Tabor is the National Guard Director of Facilities.
He said the Guard has been looking for a Valley City location, working with local officials.
He said the site selected gives the National Guard direct access to I-94 and eliminates some traffic safety issues.
He added the National Guard is committed to staying in Valley City, with $30 million in project costs provided by the federal government.
The present Valley City National Guard facility is half the size of what’s needed.
The new Readiness Center is projected to cost $20. 2 million and will include a 52,641 Readiness Center, and a 30,815 square foot unheated enclosed storage building for equipment.
The project is projected to be in the 2020, or 2021 Military Construction National Guard Appropriation, subject to funding available.
The new Field Maintenance Shop (FMS) project will have a total cost of $11.6 million and will include a 30,000 square foot FMS and a 15,000 square foot unheated enclosed Vehicle Storage Building.
The FMS project is programmed for Fiscal Year 2015 Military Construction National Guard Appropriation.
The architect and engineering selection is currently being advertised and the intent is to have the design team selected and under contract in January of 2013.
Ground Breaking is set for the spring of 2013.
The present FMS facility will be transferred to the City of Valley City, once the new FMS is completed.
With that, John Deere Seeding Group, General Manager, David Bradford, said John Deere Seeding Group which has been in Valley City the past 15-years, will invest $20 million in the Valley City factory, to meet worldwide needs for their product.
He said the present facility will expand from 100,000 square feet to 300,000 square feet, and will continue year ‘round production in Valley City.
He said the expansion will lead to 50 to 100 new Valley City jobs in the next five years.
Ground breaking will occur late this year, and is expected to be occupied by the fall of 2013.
Economic Development spokesperson George Gaukler pointed out, the National Guard worked with Valley City officials in looking at 6-7 location for that facility.
Gaulker added that the November 6, 2012 Valley City Sales Tax extension vote is critical to pass to keep the long term financial commitment in place.
Valley City Mayor, John Werkhoven said the city is excited with the project, and the largest ever economic development project for Valley City.
He said the project will maintain and grow more jobs in Valley City, with a positive impact for future business growth.
Valley City Voters will cast ballots on November 6, 2012 to decide if the City Sales Tax will be extended, for the economic development projects.
Jennifer Feist says, the Sales Tax extension would keep the tax in effect through December 31, 2029.
Ms. Feist added the tax extension affords for long term financing, for long term needs.
With the Valley City Sales tax, 70 percent of the 1 percent tax goes to economic development, 25 percent for property tax relief, and 5 percent for service and retail image enhancement.
Valley City Auditor, Avis Richter reminds voters, that absentee ballots for the City Sales Tax extension, Advisory vote are at City Hall, through 5-p.m. Monday, November 5, 2012.
The absentee ballots for the General Election are at the Barnes County Courthouse.
On election day Valley City residents will vote at their regular precincts, for both the advisory vote and the General Election.
The news conference was shown live on CSi 68 followed by replays.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Monday November 5, 2012 is the final day for Early Voting, at the Stutsman County County Courthouse, along with absentee balloting there and at the Barnes County Courthouse for Tuesday’s elections.
All absentee ballots mailed must carry a postmark of no later than Monday November 5, 2012, to be counted in the elections.
absentee ballots for the Valley City Sales Tax extension, Advisory vote are at City Hall, through 5-p.m. Monday, November 5, 2012.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 2, 2012) — While most people in the U.S. are preparing for holiday activities, Jamestown volunteers with Operation Christmas Child—the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind—are filling shoe box gifts with toys, school supplies and hygiene items for needy children overseas.
This year-round project of international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan’s Purse, headed by Franklin Graham, is ramping up as local businesses, churches and community groups prepare to collect 850 gift-filled shoe boxes during National Collection Week (Nov. 12 – 19).
On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, local spokesman, Dave Patzer said, in Jamestown, drop off a packed shoe box at Temple Baptist Church.
Then, using whatever means necessary—trucks, trains, boats, bikes and even elephants—the shoe box gifts will be hand-delivered to hurting children in 100 countries around the world.
JAMESTOWN COLLECTION SITE:
Temple Baptist Church
1200 12th Avenue NE
Jamestown, ND 58401
(800) 353-5949
Mon – Nov 12: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tues – Nov 13: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Wed – Nov 14: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thur – Nov 15: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Fri – Nov 16: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: Not Collecting
Additional local collection sites can be found using the online Zip Code locator at
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 2, 2012) — Ave Maria Village in Jamestown has announced the naming of the MCCoy Family Suite.
Rev. N.E. McCoy and his wife Lillian began their broadcasts on KSJB Radio on March 14, 1937. Today, McCoy’s children and grandchildren carry on the ministry.
Arva Dell Tahran, who with her son, Bryce, is on the air every morning, says, “I don’t think my father dreamed it would last this long.”
McCoy read from Scripture, and he and Lillian sang hymns. They aired their message together every day until 1992, when the Rev. N.E. McCoy died.
Arva Dell’s minister husband, Elmo, stepped in to continue the ministry. Lillian too, carried on the tradition until she was 91 years old.
She sang on the air for the last time the day she went into the hospital. She died in 2000.
Each morning during their years on the radio, McCoy shared the names of people in the hospital asking the radio community to pray for them.
Bryce said his grandfather visited the hospital every morning before his broadcast so his information was up to date on the patients.
The reason, Bryce said, was simple: There weren’t many telephones in the area and farmers couldn’t spend a lot of time driving back and forth to town if their loved ones were hospitalized. “So my dad started giving the hospital report,” Arva Dell said.
Arva Dell continued, “We are honored to have mom and dad’s name on the Family Suite,” “It will be a quiet and peaceful place for family and resident in their last days. Mom and dad would be proud to be associated with this project. They were ministers to all people, no matter what their faith, just as this new chapel, transport center and family suite serve all faiths.”
Tim Burchill, AMV CEO, said, “We are honored and excited to dedicate a space at AMV to Rev. & Mrs. McCoy. The McCoy’s had a positive impact on thousands of lives in the Jamestown area, many or whom were residents of our facility.”
Tom Geffre, AMV Chaplain, said “I, too, grew up listening to the McCoy Ministry with my grandmother. I am very pleased to have the Family Suite named for this faith-filled, ecumenical couple.”
For more information about making a gift to Ave Maria Village’s Capital Campaign, call 701 252-5660 or go to AMV’s website,
www.avemariavillage.org, where on-line donations can be made.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man who pleaded guilty
to defrauding farmers has been given until March 6 to repay more
than $237,000 or face up to three years in prison.
Northeast Central District Judge Lee Christofferson handed down the
sentence to Michael Jelle (JEHL’-ee) this week.
Jelle did business out of Maddock as “The Dryer Guy.” He was
charged in September 2011 with felony theft for allegedly
collecting money from farmers without delivering grain dryers and
other equipment.
State Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) late last
year ordered Jelle to stop doing business in North Dakota. Jelle
pleaded guilty about two months ago to reduced charges of
misdemeanor theft.
CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) – The governor of North Dakota has voted
early.
Officials with the campaign say Gov. Jack Dalrymple and first
lady Betsy Dalrymple voted Friday morning in their hometown of
Casselton, west of Fargo.
Dalrymple took over as governor in 2010 after John Hoeven was
elected to the U.S. Senate. He’s running against Ryan Taylor, a
Democratic state senator.
Casselton is the hometown for five North Dakota governors:
Dalrymple, George Sinner, Bill Guy, William Langer and Andrew
Burke.
Casselton has been holding early voting all week at the Day’s
Inn, located on Governor’s Drive.
SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) – Relatives say a pilot who died in the
Central Texas crash of his plane had some refurbishing work done
before the accident.
Investigators say Thursday’s crash near San Marcos killed
66-year-old Clarence Schollmeyer of Killdeer, N.D. Authorities are
trying to determine what led to the fiery crash of the twin-engine
Cessna during foggy conditions.
Department of Public Safety Trooper Robbie Barrera says the
plane had taken off from San Marcos Municipal Airport, about 30
miles south of Austin. Barrera says the plane was attempting to
return to the airport when the crash happened.
Mike Schollmeyer says his father was in Texas to get the plane
reupholstered and repainted and was taking the aircraft for a test
flight. The victim was alone on the aircraft.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A deputy Bismarck police chief is among
four finalists to be the next chief in North Dakota’s capital city.
The candidates to succeed retired Chief Keith Witt are Deputy
Chief Dan Donlin; West Monroe, La., Chief Christopher Elg; Chicago
Police Commander Elias Voulgaris; and Woodlake, Calif., Chief John
Zapalac.
The City Commission will interview the finalists on Dec. 10 and put
them through an exercise to test their skills the following day.
Witt retired at the end of April. Three finalists to succeed him
had been named that month, but city commissioners decided not to
hire any of them and instead named an interim police chief and
re-advertised the position.
In world and national news..
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) – As Mitt Romney sees it, he’s the
candidate who will be able to work with Congress to prevent another
government shutdown and a national default.
Delivering what was billed as his closing argument to voters today in Wisconsin, Romney said Obama hasn’t worked with lawmakers — but instead has “ignored them,” “attacked them” and “blamed them.”
Whoever is elected will immediately face the so-called “fiscal cliff” of tax
increases and spending cuts set to take effect next year unless
Congress and the White House agree on a plan to stop it.
HILLIARD, Ohio (AP) – President Barack Obama is accusing Mitt
Romney of running dishonest ads on the auto industry to scare
voters in Ohio, saying: “This isn’t a game. These are people’s
jobs.”
The Romney ads, which have been airing in Toledo, the home
of a Jeep plant, suggest GM and Chrysler are adding jobs in China
at the expense of workers in Ohio. In his first comments on the
ads, Obama today told Ohio supporters, “Everybody knows it’s not
true.”
Obama says Romney is trying to alarm Ohioans “just to
scare up some votes” in one of the nation’s most important swing
states in Tuesday’s election.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon says that the U.S. military was
ready within a few hours of the terrorist attacks on U.S. outposts
in eastern Libya to respond to numerous possibilities, including
hostages.
A spokesman says when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
ordered several U.S. military units to respond from bases in the
U.S. and Europe, he did not know what they might face.
As it turned out, he says, they did not get to a staging base in Sicily until
well after the attacks in Benghazi had ended. Little said the
Pentagon would soon release a timeline of military actions taken
that day.
NEW YORK (AP) – Some New Yorkers don’t have any interest in
seeing the city go ahead with Sunday’s New York Marathon — but
that’s what Mayor Michael Bloomberg is planning to do.
Bloomberg says it’ll give a needed boost to the city’s morale and to local
businesses, less than a week after Superstorm Sandy flooded
neighborhoods, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and
killed at least 39 people in the city.
But one woman on Staten Island predicts authorities will still be recovering bodies on Sunday.
She says the mayor is “tone deaf.”
DETROIT (AP) – Owners of hundreds of thousands of Hyundai
(HUHN’-day) and Kia vehicles sold in the past three years could be
getting reimbursements — because the companies overstated the gas
mileage on the vehicles.
The inflated mileage was uncovered in an audit of test results by the Environmental Protection Agency.
It’s ordering the Korean automakers to replace the fuel economy stickers
on the affected cars.
Comments are closed
Sorry, but you cannot leave a comment for this post.