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CSi Weather…
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING…THEN PARTLY
CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN
THE MID 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS LIKELY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL (HALF INCH OR GREATER) WILL FALL
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA.
OCCASIONAL SPRINKLES ARE POSSIBLE TROUGH TUESDAY.
NEXT WEEK WITH GENERALLY COOL AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS FOR MOST
OF NORTH DAKOTA.
Valley City (CSi) Tinder-dry vegetation may have caught fire Thursday morning about 11:45, near Baldhill Dam, from sparks from a passing train.
Rural Fire Chief Gary Retterath says a group of farm workers were able to extinguish the majority of the fire before fire crews arrived.
The rural fire fighters watered down the hot spots so the grass fire would not spread to a nearby field.
Update…
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire department was called out around 9:30pm Wednesday for a garage fire at 705 15th street SE in Jamestown
City Fire Chief, Jim Reuther, says, there was smoke damage, and fire damage to a wall of the garage. A vehicle inside the garage was damaged.
Five Units of the city fire department and 35 fire fighters were on the scene about a half hour.
No injuries reported.
The cause was listed as accidental as the resident’s were using linseed oil, in the garage which spontaneously combusted, causing the fire.
Video posted on line at csinewsnow.com
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the fire that caused significant damage to a Northeast Jamestown Apartment building early Wednesday, has no evidence that the fire was intentionally set.
He says, the investigation however is continuing in conjunction with the building owner’s insurance carrier.
The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to the fire about 6:35 a.m., at a 24-plex apartment building, at 611 11th Street Northeast.
Reuther says, the fire started in a first floor apartment, which sustained heavy fire damage. The remaining seven apartment units on that floor received smoke damage, with water damage on the first floor.
No injuries were reported.
He says the Red Cross was on scene assisting those left homeless.
Photos and video posted on line at CsiNewsNow.com
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism Grant/Executive Advisory Board met Thursday afternoon at the CSi Technology Center, at Historic Franklin School.
Grant requests were heard from the Roughrider Rodeo, and the Stutsman County Park Board’s Trail Builders Group.
The North Dakota Roughrider Association, requested and was granted $10,000 for the Rodeo Finals, held at the Jamestown Civic Center, to be held this year September 25-27.
The grant amount is earmarked for advertising and marketing.
Spokesperson, Pam Fosse said the total costs are expected to amount to $67,365. Other major sources of funding include sponsorships, admissions and the NDRRA. This year a children’s event will be added.
She supplied information from North Dakota Tourism on the rodeo’s economic impact on the Jamestown market, which amounts to an estimated $3 million.
The attendance is about 5500, with day visitors spending between $112- $126 person. Overnight visitors spend an average of between $204 to $359 person.
Rodeo contestants contribute about $137,040 in economic impact
Ms. Fosse added that the rodeo is significant to bringing additional attractions to Jamestown. She noted that for three days in November this year, plans are for a bull riding event.
Also approved was the grant request from the Stutsman County Park Board’s Trail Builders Group, in the amount of $2,060, for trail maintenance equipment.
Spokesman Bill Steinmetz said the unit will be used for clearing brush, for Jamestown Dam, Mountain Biking & Hiking trails, specifically, a Swisher Rough Cut Trailcutter, capable of being pulled behind an ATV.
The Board, Thursday, approved members of the Site Advisory Board, adding the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse Committee.
Tourism Advisory Board Ex-Officio member Pam Fosse added that Civic Center Concession sales the first three months this year, exceeded the to sales for all of 2014.
Ex-Officio member Holly Miller of the JSDC said jobs available in Jamestown billboards have been installed in some cities in North Dakota.
Tourism Report
Searle Swedlund said he will be attending the North Dakota Tourism Conference this Monday in Minot, noting that the date is also the first day that newly hired Office Manager, Emily Bivens will begin her responsibilities while accompanying Swedlund.
He also pointed out adding part time summer staff member.
Valley City (CSi ) Construction of Phase One of the Valley City permanent flood protection project wil require construction crews closing off a portion of Viking Drive starting on Monday April 20.
The area of Viking Drive affected is from 6th Avenue Southwest to 4th Avenue Southwest. All homes west of 4th Avenue Southwest on Viking Drive will have access to their homes throughout the closure. The closure is estimated to be for about 3 weeks.
Project Manager Eric Gilbertson of KLJ Engineering says the previously closed 5th Avenue Southwest with remain closed.
Updated maps for all road closures will be posted on the City of Valley City’s website (http://www.valleycity.us/)
Anyone with questions regarding the project may contact the KLJ Engineering offices in Valley City at 845-4980.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The economic outlook for rural areas of 10 states in the Plains and the West remained negative in April even though it improved slightly from the previous month.
Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet index grew to 46 in April from March’s 43.6, but any score below 50 suggests a decline. The indexes range between 0 and 100.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the strong U.S. dollar continues to hurt exports of agriculture and energy products. And demand for farmland remains weak, so land prices are declining.
The farm equipment sales index sits at 15.6, up slightly from March’s 15.2, but well below the neutral level of 50.
Bankers from rural areas of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming were surveyed.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A federal lawsuit has been filed against an oil company operating in North Dakota’s oil patch accusing it of discriminating against a worker based on his race.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Cudd Energy Services violated civil rights law by subjecting Alexis Villanueva to a racially hostile work environment because of his Asian race and then firing him.
The EEOC says Villanueva worked at Cudd’s Williston location from February 2013 to July 2013 as an equipment operator. The lawsuit says he was verbally and physically harassed by his supervisor, who was white.
Cudd did not immediately respond Thursday to calls for comment placed to its Williston office and headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in North Dakota seeks back pay, financial damages and other relief.
MANNING, N.D. (AP) – Residents of Dunn County will not be given more control over the location of landfills for energy industry waste.
The County Commission on Wednesday voted 3-2 against reinstating an old zoning rule that said landfills couldn’t be approved without the OK of 60 percent of landowners within a half mile of the proposed facility.
Commissioners have said the rule was changed last summer to prevent pitting neighbors against one another.
But many residents expressed frustration after Wednesday’s decision. Some are working with an attorney to try to come up with a zoning ordinance that will give them some control while also satisfying the commission.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A bill that provides $3 million in state funding to expand early childhood education is headed to Gov. Jack Dalrymple for his signature.
The Senate voted 32-14 on Thursday to adopt the House amendments to the bill. The House version of the bill provides only half of the $6 million that was approved earlier by the Senate.
The pre-kindergarten education funding will begin for the 2016-17 school year.
Only children who qualify for free or reduced meals under the federal school lunch program are eligible.
The program is voluntary.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Legislature is at odds over how to pay for maintenance and other costs at the boyhood home of famous band leader Lawrence Welk.
The Legislature two years ago included $100,000 in the State Historical Society’s budget for the purchase of the home in Strasburg.
Senators now want an appropriation of $135,000 over the next two years for maintenance and to pay part-time staff. North Dakota’s House voted against the funding.
House Appropriations Chairman Jeff Delzer says the money must come from within the Historical Society’s budget.
Sen. Robert Erbele’s district includes Strasburg. Erbele says it makes no sense for the state to buy the home and not spend money to maintain and operate it.
A House-Senate conference committee is working to find a compromise.
MANNING, N.D. (AP) – Residents of Dunn County will not be given more control over the location of landfills for energy industry waste.
The County Commission on Wednesday voted 3-2 against reinstating an old zoning rule that said landfills couldn’t be approved without the OK of 60 percent of landowners within a half mile of the proposed facility.
Commissioners have said the rule was changed last summer to prevent pitting neighbors against one another.
But many residents expressed frustration after Wednesday’s decision. Some are working with an attorney to try to come up with a zoning ordinance that will give them some control while also satisfying the commission.
In sports…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Seven former men’s hockey standouts at the University of North Dakota are skating for the Stanley Cup this spring.
The NHL playoffs got underway Wednesday night. Five of the eight first-round series feature former UND players.
They are Jonathan Toews (tayvz) of the Chicago Blackhawks, Brock Nelson of the New York Islanders, Drew Stafford of the Winnipeg Jets, Taylor Chorney of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Zach Parise of the Minnesota Wild, and T.J. Oshie and Chris Porter of the St. Louis Blues.
Former UND defenseman Rick Wilson is an assistant coach with the Wild.
Fifteen former UND players already have their name engraved on the Stanley Cup, including Toews – twice – and Wilson, as an assistant coach with Dallas.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Some members of Congress say Wednesday’s landing by a single-passenger “gyrocopter” on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol building exposed a gap in security. Democratic congressman Elijah Cummings says it could have been a “major catastrophe” if there had been a bomb on the copter. He says he doesn’t want people to get the idea “that they can just land anywhere.” The pilot has said he was making the flight to publicize his concerns about the corrupting influence of money in politics.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton is set to make her first trip to New Hampshire as a presidential candidate next week. Officials from the Clinton campaign say she will participate in small events Monday and Tuesday, including roundtables with students, educators and small businesses. She will also speak at private meetings with elected officials and activists. Clinton won the New Hampshire primary in 2008 after placing third in the Iowa caucuses.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The man who’s charged with killing a print shop employee at a North Carolina community college says he’s a neo-Nazi who hates gay people. Kenneth Stancil told Raleigh’s WRAL-TV he killed Ron Lane earlier this week because Lane had made sexual advances to Stancil’s 16-year-old brother. But Lane’s cousin, Steven Smith, told the TV station that Lane never made sexual advances toward children or anyone he worked with.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal regulators have handed a victory to businesses Thursday, by allowing them to keep using financial penalties and rewards to get staff to take part in workplace wellness programs. But the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wants to see limits on the size of those incentives — and a ban on either firing workers who decline to take part or keeping them out of the company health plan.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A plan to make the Bible the official state book in Tennessee appears to be in jeopardy. The Republican Senate Majority leader says he hopes to derail it — by sending it back to a committee that has been closed. The bill has divided Republicans in conservative Tennessee. Some say the Bible is far too sacred to be deemed an “official state book.” Others believe it’s an integral part of the state’s history. And constitutional questions have been raised about the plan. It was approved Wednesday by the state House.
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