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Jamestown area…
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUES AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
CDT TUES EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AREA…RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
.VALLEY CITY…FARGO…LISBON…GWINNER…WAHPETON…
ADAMS
* WINDS…25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
* IMPACTS…WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS
LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.
REST OF TODAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH
WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID
20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED
WITH SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN
THE MID 60S.
Tower City (CSi) For a second time, Maple Valley School District voters have defeated a school bond issue in the Special Election.
On Monday, after counting all absentee ballots, the bond issue failed with just 59.60 percent in favor of the measure. At least a 60 percent was needed to pass. 800 voters cast ballots, compared to 574 votes in the January Special Election, that failed.
The canvassed total in the election held April 14, 2015 was 453 yes votes to 307 no votes.
Seven remaining absentee ballots were opened during the canvasing with three of those votes yes and four no votes. .
Superintendent Brian Wolf says the election was two votes short of a recount.
The plan included renovating an existing structure in Tower City to bring all students under one roof. One school in Buffalo and another in Oriska would have closed if it had passed.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School Board Monday, was updated on the State Assessment and Smarter Balance. Assessment Coordinator Phyllis Clemens, updated student tests, problems that students and instructors encountered taking the tests.
Clemens said that most schools had between 40% to 50% of their students that had finished the test with average completion times between 7 to 8 hours.
The board also approved new hires for the next school year including a math teacher at the High School, a 3rd grade teacher at Louis L’Amour Elementary, a Child Care Instructor and a 6th grade ELA teacher at the Middle School.
High School Graduation will be on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at the Jamestown Civic Center at 2:30-pm. Jamestown’s Prom will also be held this weekend.
Seattle (CSi) In the 2015 LifeSmarts National Championship, in Seattle, the Jamestown High School Team moved to the quarterfinals Sunday before losing to Rhode Island 175 points to 129 points.
Jamestown was in eighth place with 717 points after the weekend’s competition. The Jamestown team was in the top 16 teams that competed on Sunday defeating Connecticut 147 to 120.
Members of the Jamestown LifeSmarts Team are: Seniors Kelsey Becker, captain, Andrew Breidenbach, Sierra Schlenker and Jessica Vandal; Junior Dan Reimers. Social Studies teacher Marchel Krieger is the team’s coach.
Oriska (CSi) The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office reports, a West Fargo woman was seriously injured in a rollover north of Oriska Saturday.
The accdient occurred about 10:22-pm.
Sheriff Randy McClaflin says the driver 54 year-old Cheryl Nilson was southbound on Highway 32 when the vehicle left the road, rolling several times in the ditch coming to rest on its wheels.
Nilson was taken by Barnes County Ambulance to CHI Mercy Hospital in Valley City hospital and then transferred to a Fargo Hospital. Her condition has not been released.
Nilson was charged with DUI and Open Container of alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle.
The crash is under investigation with the Barnes County Sheriff’s office.
The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by The Valley City/Barnes County Rescue Squad, Barnes County Ambulance, Tower City First Responders and Tower City Fire Department.
Jamestown (CSi) The first of three Two Rivers Activity Center community forums will be held tonight in Jamestown.
The Two Rivers Activity Center (TRAC) Board of Directors has approved a schedule for the three community forums/ workshops prior to the June 2, 2015 special election on a one percent city sales tax to fund the project.
The first forum is this evening at the Gladstone Inn & Suites.
Then, April 27 at the Jamestown Middle School’s Thompson Community Room and May 15 at the North Dakota Farmers Union headquarters. All forums begin at 7 p.m.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) has formed a subcommittee of its board to look at changes in how it handles its finances. That according to JSDC, CEO, Connie Ova.
The subcommittee will make recommendations to the JSDC Executive Committee, which could then forward its recommendations to the JSDC Board of Directors.
In a draft audit by Schauer & Associates, at the board of directors meeting, it was pointed out that some of the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation accounting practices were “material weaknesses.”
Schauer & Associates, Auditor Manager Linda Mohn presented a draft audit report. She reported that she made 45 adjusting or correcting entries as part of the audit.
The audit also indicated the JSDC, including its subsidiary, the Spiritwood Energy Park Association, had assets of $17.8 million and liabilities of $8.7 million.
The finalized audit will be presented to the JSDC Board of Directors during its annual meeting on April 29.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Thrifty White Drug pharmacy is merging with Valley Drug at the Valley City location.
All prescription files will be transferred to the Valley Drug store at 239 2nd Avenue Northwest in Valley City at the close of business on Saturday, April 25, 2015.
Prescriptions then, will be ready for pick up Monday, April 27 at Thrifty White’s Valley Drug location.
The four people who currently work at the Thrifty White pharmacy store inside Marketplace Foods will not be moving over to the Valley Drug location in Valley City.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota couple will have to complete 100 hours of community service and be on probation for 18 months for fraudulently using someone else’s food stamps.
U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson has also ordered 56-year-old Tim Koropatnicki and 55-year-old Delyte Koropatnicki to pay over $6,500 in restitution. The couple owns DKK Guardianship Services.
Tim Koropatnicki earlier pleaded guilty to a felony charge of unauthorized use of benefits, while Delyte Koropatnicki pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense of conversion of public money, property or records.
Federal authorities say the Pingree residents were the guardians of a client between March and May 2013 who received benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
Authorities say the couple used their client’s benefits to buy groceries and meat for their personal use.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot residents are deciding whether to approve an $88 million aquatic and recreation center.
Today is the final day of voting on a tax system amendment to pay for the 450,000-square foot center. Residents would pay higher city sales taxes but lower property taxes.
The proposed Minot Aquatics and Recreation Center would have a water park, a 50-meter competition pool and a warm water therapy pool. It also would include a multisport turf area, a 400-meter track, an indoor playground, a child care center, a senior citizen event area and fitness equipment.
The Ward County Auditor’s Office reports that 2,135 Minot voters already cast ballots during early voting last week.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A second person has been arrested in the case of a 14-year-old Las Vegas girl who authorities say was brought to North Dakota in a human trafficking case.
Minot police say 18-year-old Kevin Fleming was arrested Monday in Las Vegas and will be brought back to Minot to face a felony human trafficking charge. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney.
The teen girl’s mother contacted police earlier this month after seeing messages from Backpage.com on her daughter’s email account and seeing a photo of a girl who looked like her missing daughter.
Police earlier charged 20-year-old Tayari Meadows, of Las Vegas, with felony human trafficking. Authorities say Meadows told police she believed the girl was 18 and that she was helping the girl escape from her mother.
FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man is in custody after being accused by federal authorities of sexually assaulting a woman who was later found dead.
Thirty-four-year-old Richmond White Eagle on Monday was charged with felony sexual abuse of a person physically incapable of declining participation. White Eagle was arrested after the body of Jessie Manley was found outside an apartment complex in Fort Yates.
Authorities say witnesses reported seeing the Fort Yates man inside Manley’s apartment Saturday. White Eagle told authorities he had sex with Manley while she was passed out on her couch. Authorities say White Eagle and Manley then had an argument which caused Manley to fall.
Manley says he heard a loud noise as Manley hit the concrete, but he didn’t turn back to see if she was injured.
Court records don’t list an attorney for White Eagle.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man is accused of leaving his 4-year-old son in a truck for three hours while he drank at a bar over the weekend.
32-year-old Paul Lee Fox Jr. of Parshall was charged Monday with felony child neglect and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. He faces up to ten years in prison if convicted of the felony charge.
Bismarck Police Sgt. Mark Buschena says a witness called police on Sunday after discovering the child in a vehicle parked outside Sickie’s Garage Burgers and Brews.
Buschena says officers arrived on the scene and also found a marijuana pipe sitting in plain view in the truck’s center console, as well as a jar containing marijuana residue.
It wasn’t immediately known if Fox has an attorney.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A jury is being selected for the sexual misconduct trial of former North Dakota teacher of the year Aaron Knodel.
The 36-year-old West Fargo High School teacher is accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student over a period of several weeks in early 2009. He’s pleaded not guilty to five counts of felony corruption or solicitation of a minor.
KFGO radio reports that jury selection got underway on Tuesday.
Knodel was named the 2014 North Dakota teacher of the year before the allegations surfaced. He was suspended from his job without pay when the charges were filed last August.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a subcommittee of the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority violated open records laws by keeping a preliminary report private.
The authority’s agriculture policy subcommittee in December 2014 denied a request for a copy of a presentation made to the group by the North Dakota State University researchers studying the effects of the diversion on agriculture. The subcommittee based its decision on the grounds that the presentation was a preliminary draft and part of uncompleted working materials that would be corrected and updated as the study was completed.
Stenehjem says the preliminary report became an open record when the subcommittee received it at a public meeting.
The attorney general says the subcommittee made the report public sometime after the complaint and no further action is required.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Technical problems continue for Nevada’s Common Core testing a week after a malfunction first halted the federally-mandated assessment process.
Last week, testing was stopped in Nevada, Montana and North Dakota after a widespread system crash with New Hampshire-based Measured Progress.
The company’s contracted to administer the tests linked to hotly disputed, federally backed education standards.
Nevada resumed full testing after its first notable success with Friday’s limited testing, but system-generated error messages appeared Monday.
Clark County School District said it suspended testing after the system crashed at 9:30 a.m.
All three states have announced plans for school districts that say they can’t finish the test.
The U.S. Department of Education maintains there are no exceptions to the mandate to test 95 percent of all students, which is linked to funding.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota House committee is endorsing a bill to restructure oil taxes as a hedge against falling crude prices. Oil companies could see a big tax cut if crude prices continue to slide. A state law forgives a 6.5 percent extraction tax if the five-month average price of oil slips below a “trigger” price. That trigger is expected to kick in June 1.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Legislature has approved $250,000 in funding aimed at preventing rape victims from having long waits for sexual assault exams. The measure would allow hospitals lacking a sexual assault nurse program to begin one. Hospitals also would be allowed to work with groups that perform the exams.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Legislature has defeated a resolution that would require state lawmakers to live in their districts.
Legislative leaders from both parties had been pushing the resolution that would amend the state constitution, should voters agree.
Current law only requires legislators to live in their districts 30 days prior to an election.
The resolution would have required the lawmaker to live in the district on the day he or she takes office.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The president of the University of North Dakota is promising to improve the way he and his staff communicate with students following a call for a no-confidence vote from student leaders.
President Robert Kelley says he will develop ways to communicate with students using UND’s website, blogs, videos and social media. He says he will also advocate for students with the chancellor of the North Dakota University System, the state Board of Higher Education and the legislature to keep tuition rates as low as possible.
Student leaders have accused Kelley and his administration of not being open enough about tuition proposals presented to students last month.
UND’s student senate is scheduled to meet Wednesday to address a no-confidence resolution.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Rain over the past week has helped newly seeded crops in North Dakota, but farmers say more moisture is needed to aid germination and reduce wind erosion.
The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop progress report that more than one-fifth of the state’s staple spring wheat crop is in the ground, well ahead of the average pace. Seeding of all other small grains crops except durum also is ahead of the average.
The planting of sugar beets is about halfway complete, well ahead of the average pace. About 2 percent of potatoes are seeded, slightly behind average.
Topsoil moisture supplies in North Dakota are rated 63 percent adequate to surplus. Subsoil moisture is 74 percent in those categories.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is asking people to report nests where bald eagles are present.
Conservation biologist Sandra Johnson estimates there are about 150 active bald eagle nests in the state. That’s about 125 more than there were 15 years ago, but Game and Fish is continuing to monitor the bird that once flirted with extinction.
Johnson says eagles are actively incubating eggs in March and April, and it’s easy to distinguish an eagle nest by its enormous size. She says eagle nests historically were found along the Missouri River, but now they’ve been observed in more than half of the counties in the state.
Game and Fish is asking for reports of active nests – not individual eagle sightings. Observers are asked to not disturb the nests.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Park Board, may reconsider options with the irrigation pond project, at Hillcrest Municipal Golf Course.
With project work already begun on preparing an area between holes 10 and 17 to become a new irrigation pond in the fall, the park board may reconsider the nearly $500,000 project.
At Monday’s Special Meeting, the board approved having golf course architect Kevin Norby attend a future meeting to answer questions about the irrigation pond. The park board would also like cost estimates for repairing and improving the existing irrigation pond.
Parks and Recreation Department Director, Doug Hogan said golf course architect Kevin Norby, who designed and has overseen about $700,000 in improvements to Hillcrest over the last two years, indicated to him that improving the existing irrigation pond, next to the golf course maintenance area, would cost about the same as the new irrigation pond.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Edinson Volquez dodged trouble for seven innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the bumbling Minnesota Twins 7-1 last night. Alcides Escobar returned from a sprained knee to score a run. Volquez allowed five hits while striking out five with only one walk.
Final Boston 7 Baltimore 1, 6 Innings
Final Detroit 2 N-Y Yankees 1
Final Chi White Sox 4 Cleveland 3
Final Oakland 6 L.A. Angels 3
Final Houston 7 Seattle 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Chi Cubs 5 Pittsburgh 2
Final Cincinnati 6 Milwaukee 1
Final San Diego 14 Colorado 3
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
CHICAGO (AP)- Jimmy Butler poured in 31 and backcourt mate Derrick Rose scored all 15 of his points in the second half of the Chicago Bulls’ 91-82 victory over Milwaukee. That gives the Bulls a 2-0 lead in that first round series, which shifts to Milwaukee for Game 3 Thursday night.
Golden State has a 2-0 lead in the playoffs for the first time since 1989. The Warriors pulled away late to beat stubborn New Orleans 97-87. Klay Thompson led the Warriors with 26. Fellow guard Steph Curry added 22 points and six assists. The Warriors rallied from an early 13-point deficit.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Devan Dubnyk made 17 saves as the Minnesota Wild earned a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 3 of their Western Conference series yesterday. Jason Pominville and Zach Parise scored second-period goals. St. Louis’ Jake Allen stopped 21 shots.
WINNIPEG (AP)- The Anaheim Ducks have moved to the verge of advancing into the second round of the NHL playoffs. The Ducks took a commanding 3-0 lead over Winnipeg by outlasting the Jets 5-4 in overtime on Rikard Rakell’s game-winning goal 5:14 into OT.
UNDATED (AP)- Henrik Lundqvist stopped 23 shots and the New York Rangers regained control against the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 2-1 win in Game 3 of that first-round series.
Peterson…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A person with knowledge of Adrian Peterson’s offseason workouts says the star running back has decided not to attend Minnesota’s spring strength and conditioning program. Peterson’s absence was expected. That’s given his expressed disinterest in returning to the organization.
Saunders…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Flip Saunders says he’ll serve as the Minnesota Timberwolves’ coach “until I feel we need to move in a different direction.” The team’s president of basketball operations appointed himself last summer to succeed Rick Adelman. He says he believes it was the right decision to take over as coach.
NFL…
PHILADELPHIA – Former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow (TEE’-boh) has signed a one-year contract with the Eagles. Tebow, who hasn’t played in the NFL since 2012 with the New York Jets, was released by the New England Patriots before the 2013 season and spent last year working in television as an analyst for the Southeastern Conference Network and ESPN.
The 27-year-old becomes part of a busy depth chart as the Eagles already have quarterbacks Sam Bradford, Mark Sanchez, Matt Barkley and G.J. Kinne on the roster.
BOSTON MARATHON…
BOSTON (AP) – Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa (leh-LEE’-sah deh-SEE’-sah) and Kenya’s Caroline Rotich (ROH’-tish) won the men’s and women’s divisions of the Boston Marathon. Desisa won the 119th version of the annual race in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 17 seconds for his second victory in the race. He finished first in 2013, just hours before a pair of bombs exploded at the finish line.
Rotich won the women’s race in an unofficial 2:24:55. It’s the first Boston victory for the 30-year-old.
In world and national news…
CATANIA, Sicily (AP) – Italian prosecutors are getting set to act against the alleged traffickers involved in the sinking of a boat full of migrants, as many as 950 of whom may have drowned when the ship capsized. Prosecutors boarded a rescue ship last night and arrested the Tunisian captain and a Syrian crew member of the boat that sank. European Union leaders are discussing ways to deprive smugglers of money and their boats.
CAIRO (AP) – Twenty-year prison sentences have been handed down to ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi along with 12 Muslim Brotherhood leaders and Islamist supporters on charges linked to the killing of protesters in 2012. In delivering the first verdict to be issued against the country’s first freely elected leader, the judge dropped murder charges.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican and Democratic senators say they are working to finalize language resolving a dispute over abortion that has hung up the bill to combat sex trafficking. If they succeed, it could also clear the way for a vote to confirm President Barack Obama’s attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch. A deal could be announced today.
NEW YORK (AP) – A 70-year-old woman is facing federal narcotics smuggling charges after authorities say she hid cocaine in her girdle. Authorities say Olive Fowler seemed nervous when she arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport from Guyana on April 12. Customs and Border Protection officers escorted her to a private room and found the cocaine in her girdle and underwear during a search.
TOKYO (AP) – Japan wants to go to the moon. The country’s space agency is considering an unmanned mission by 2018 or early 2019, part of an effort to beef up aerospace technology and keep pace with China and other emerging powers. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, included the possibility of a lunar landing in its summary of moon exploration plans. The agency still needs to win funding for the project.
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