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CSi Weather…
REST OF TODAY…AREAS OF FOG LATE. RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING…
THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SATURDAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID
50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…RAIN SHOWERS. WINDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 50.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
EARLY NEXT WEEK… BY MONDAY MORNING
A FROST ADVISORY OR A FREEZE WARNING…MAY BE ISSUED, WITH FROST ON TUESDAY MORNING AS WELL.
Update…
Jamestown (CSi) Otter Tail Power Company reports a duck was in the Southwest Jamestown substation and caused a 15 minute power outage between aboutt 7:30 and 7:45 a.m., Thursday.
Charles Krebbs says, the substation has a covering, however the duck and a squirrel on Monday morning entered the facility causing the two separate outages.
Krebbs also says a three second outage occurred about 10:30-a.m., on Wednesday, in Southeast Jamestown, with the cause not officially known, as the circuit reset itself.
Jamestown (CSi) The identity of fatal rollover victim has been released.
The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office reported the accident that occurred Wednesday May 6, 2015 about 11:30-p.m. about two miles west of Medina, that claimed the life of the lone occupant of the vehicle.
Deputy Damian Hoyt, reported that 37 year-old Jonathan F. Jones of Bismarck was eastbound on I- 94 when the vehicle entered the median and rolled, coming to rest in the westbound driving lane on its top.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Sheriff’s Department was assisted by the Jamestown Police Department, Jamestown Ambulance, and Jamestown City Fire Department.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) Board of Directors was given an update on the water supply projects for the planned CHS nitrogen fertilizer plant and enlarged the parcel of land set aside for a crew camp.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, JSDC, Vice President of Economic Development, Holly Miller said at the meeting, Stutsman Rural Water District, Manager, Geneva Kaiser discussed the Spiritwood Regional Water Reuse Facility Project.
The planned water reuse plant has enough capacity for about 300 gallons per minute above the needs of the CHS plant.
A water reuse plant would use wastewater from Great River Energy, Cargill Malt and Dakota Spirit AgEnergy in combination with water from the Jamestown and Spiritwood aquifers to supply the 3,800 gallons per minute of water required by the planned CHS nitrogen plant.
The North Dakota Legislature provided a $10 million grant and a $40 million low-interest loan for the $144 million project. The rest of the funds would be borrowed and repaid through the sale of water to CHS or other industrial water users.
In other business, the JSDC Board approved an increase in the acreage it will make available for a possible future crew camp to house construction workers for the planned CHS project.
The approval increases the land available for a crew camp from 40 acres to 80 acres at an annual rent of $600 per acre.
The JSDC land being made available for the crew camp is located southeast of Spiritwood and about 5 miles from the planned location of the CHS plant.
JSDC, CEO, Connie Ova has said developers have shown interest in starting businesses such as service stations, truck stops and restaurants in the area of the crew camp.
At the meeting the JSDC Board approved a revised version of its policies and procedures manual.
The revised policy and procedure manual now goes to the Jamestown City Council and Stutsman County Commission for approval.
Holly also said the JSDC’s Annual Meeting was recently held, including the Annual Report being presented.
She added that a JSDC news letter is returning to the web site,
The Annual Report is posted in this story on line at CsiNewsNow.com
Bismarck AP, CSi) The head of a group representing North Dakota retailers says the state’s economic growth in the past decade “has been phenomenal.”
North Dakota Retail Association President Mike Rud (rood) says “consumer confidence is high and that means people are going to spend more money.”
Data show North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases rose 11 percent in 2014 to a record $28.2 billion.
Taxable sales and purchases have doubled since 2010 and have risen 250 percent in the past decade with North Dakota’s oil wealth.
Data show North Dakota’s overall economic growth rate in 2014 was more than five times the rate of inflation.
In the region taxable sales and purchases in 2014 compared to 2013
Jamestown $253,447,948 down 4.75%
Stutsman County $264,035,485 down 4.70%
Valley City $81,066,891 down 4.39%
Barnes County $87,949,282 down 5.02%
Carrington $62,073,979 down 12.29%
Foster County $62,969,684 down 12.59%
City of LaMoure $17,089,326 down 37.21%
LaMoure County $36,563,103 down 26.01%
Jamestown (CSi) This summer, Jamestown youth wearing a helmet during appropriate activities could find themselves being treated to a free Dairy Queen ice cream cone by the Jamestown Police Department, implementing the “I Got Caught,” safety program, locally.
During the summer months, children in Jamestown and across the state will be rewarded with a free Dairy Queen ice cream cone when spotted wearing a helmet while riding a bike, skateboard, scooter or wearing inline skates.
When “caught” with a helmet, officers will “cite” the child with a mock ticket that will be redeemable at participating DQ’s, including the Jamestown location on Business Loop West.
Chief, Scott Edinger says, “The Jamestown Police Department is looking forward to ‘catching’ your child wearing a helmet. Have a safe and enjoyable summer.”
AAA is partnering with Dairy Queen, the North Dakota Sheriff’s and Deputies Association, the North Dakota Chiefs of Police Association, Safe Kids Fargo Moorhead and Safe Kids Grand Forks, and implemented locally by Jamestown Police, to create the “I Got Caught,” program.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Police in Mandan are working to identify the body of a man found by maintenance workers in water in the Lakewood area. The body was found around 10 a.m. yesterday.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Prosecutors have asked for a mistrial in the case of a West Fargo teacher accused of a having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student in 2009.
Prosecutors filed a request Wednesday for a mistrial to be declared for 36-year-old Aaron Knodel (kah-NOH’-dehl). He has pleaded not guilty to five counts of felony corruption or solicitation of a minor.
Before the allegations surfaced, Knodel was named North Dakota teacher of the year in 2014.
The presiding judge dismissed the jury last month last month following one juror’s medical emergency while they were deliberating. The judge said that the juror failed to disclose during jury selection that she had been a victim of sexual abuse.
Prosecutors first have to seek a mistrial if they want a new trial.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A woman accused of leaving her 2- and 4-year-old daughters to die in a remote area of northwestern North Dakota will face trial.
Court documents in the case against 25-year-old Michelle Wounded Face show that a mental health examination found her competent to stand trial. She pleaded not guilty to child abuse and neglect on Wednesday.
Wounded Face is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. She’s accused of abandoning her daughters in a car for more than three hours on Jan. 3, in bitter cold weather. They survived.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland ordered the examination in February. She was evaluated at a federal medical center in Texas, where a psychologist determined that she can understand the charges against her.
She is in custody in Jamestown.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – An Underwood man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman he knew and threatening her with a gun.
Brady Blotske is charged with gross sexual imposition, felonious restraint and terrorizing. He could face life in prison if convicted. His defense attorney was in a trial on Wednesday and not immediately available for comment.
The woman involved in the case previously was in a relationship with Blotske and shares custody of a child with him.
Blotske allegedly became angry about relationship issues on April 30th. The woman told police that he punched and sexually assaulted her, then held a pistol to her head and threatened to kill her and himself.
Blotske is due in court June 3rd and could enter pleas at that time.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man is facing a minimum of seven years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty in a methamphetamine conspiracy trial.
The jury returned the verdict against 37-year-old José Louise Delacruz on Wednesday.
The Grand Forks man was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine, as well as brandishing a firearm during the commission of drug trafficking.
Authorities allege Delacruz and co-conspirators moved over 500 grams of a mixture containing meth in the Grand Forks area.
Prosecutors also say Delacruz played a role in pistol-whipping a co-conspirator whom he believed was cooperating with authorities.
Delacruz faces a mandatory seven-year sentence for the firearm charge and up to life in prison for the drug charge. His attorney couldn’t immediately be reached.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A federal judge has ordered the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority to halt construction on a ring levee south of Fargo until an environmental review is completed.
Opponents of the planned $2 billion Red River diversion filed a lawsuit against the dike project, which is meant to protect structures in the Oxbow, Hickson and Bakke areas that would be flooded by a staging area in times of high water.
U.S. District Judge John Tunheim of Minnesota says in a ruling released Wednesday that the law requires all federal and state environmental reviews be completed before construction.
Tunheim says the delay may result in higher construction costs and uncertainty for homeowners in the area, but that the environmental studies should be completed soon and the delay “need not be a lengthy one.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s biggest farm group says it’s making progress to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to overturn the Legislature’s decision to loosen the state’s Depression-era ban against corporate farming.
North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne says he’s confident enough signatures will be obtained to get the measure on the June 2016 ballot.
Supporters must gather 13,452 valid signatures by June 18.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed the legislation in March that exempts ailing pork and dairy operations from the state’s anti-corporate farming law.
Supporters say the so-called ham-and-cheese legislation is intended to revitalize dairy and swine farms after years of decline. Opponents believe a ban on corporate farming blocks unfair competition.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A lawyer for one of the organizations representing a number of Fargo high school students says the school district has taken back its original decision to deny the pupils the permission to form anti-abortion clubs.
Jocelyn Floyd is an attorney with the Chicago-based Thomas More Society. She says the Fargo school district is now allowing the students to start the clubs at North and Davies high schools.
The organization Floyd represents sent a letter to the district in early April arguing that the refusal of school officials to recognize the groups was a violation of the students’ First Amendment rights.
The school district has confirmed that it is letting the clubs gather but would not comment further.
The club at Davies High school already hosted its first meeting.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The chair of North Dakota’s Public Service Commission says the fiery oil train derailment near Heimdal last week underscores the need for a state-run rail safety program.
Julie Fedorchak says it’s critical to get the new program running as soon as possible.
The North Dakota Legislature last month approved funding for a state-run rail safety pilot program intended to supplement federal oversight of oil train traffic.
The $523,000 pilot program funded by the state includes two rail safety inspectors.
Fedorchak says she hopes at least one inspector can be on the job by July 1.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Unless oil prices take a sudden nosedive, North Dakota’s petroleum industry won’t start reaping the benefits of a tax cut that would decrease state tax collections by about $80 million a month through November. State Tax commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger (RAW’-shuhn-bur-gur) and North Dakota Petroleum Council President Ron Ness say the “trigger” tax break for the oil industry likely won’t happen.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Bismarck Public School Foundation says it has received a $2 million gift from a former student and teacher.
Lois Watts died last year but left behind the donation to benefit students.
Watts graduated from Bismarck High School in 1938 and served as a home economics teacher for Bismarck Public Schools.
Foundation President Dick Weber says the gift is the largest ever received by a public school foundation in the state.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota officials are meeting to map out a timeline for the planning and construction of a new governor’s residence.
State facilities management director John Boyle says he would like to see the house completed by Thanksgiving 2017. To meet that deadline, construction would have to begin in spring 2016.
Lawmakers last month approved the project, which will use $4 million of state funds and $1 million from private donations. Construction would not begin until donors pledge at least $500,000.
The Capitol Grounds Planning Commission will discuss the project at its Thursday meeting.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Jimmie Booster Club reminds golfers that the Jimmie Scramble golf tournament, is set for Saturday June 20, 2015.
Get your teams together today Plus, there are many sponsorship opportunities to promote your business.
Go to http://www.uj.edu/alumniandfriends/jimmie- scramble-2015 to get all your info.
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Cleveland 2 St. Louis 0
Final Chi White Sox 4 Milwaukee 2
Final Houston 4 San Francisco 3
Final L.A. Angels 2 Colorado 1, 11 Innings
Final San Diego 4 Seattle 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
DETROIT (AP) – Torii Hunter homered and Joe Mauer hit a bases-loaded triple last night as the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 6-2. Ricky Nolasco allowed two unearned runs and struck out seven to improve his record to 3-1 on the season. Yoenis Cespedes and Nick Castellanos each drove in a run for the Tigers.
Final Boston 2 Oakland 0
Final Baltimore 6 Toronto 1
Final Tampa Bay 3 N-Y Yankees 2
Final Texas 5 Kansas City 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Washington 9 Arizona 6
Final Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 2
Final Cincinnati 5 Atlanta 1
Final Miami 5 L.A. Dodgers 4
Final Chi Cubs 2 N-Y Mets 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – NBA MVP Steph Curry had 18 points and contributed six steals in the Golden State Warriors’ emphatic 98-78 win that gives Golden State a 3-2 series lead over the Memphis Grizzlies. The Warriors can eliminate the Grizzlies with a victory Friday night in Game 6 in Memphis.
ATLANTA (AP)- Al Horford snatched an offensive rebound and dropped in the winning basket with 1.9 seconds left to give the top-seeded Atlanta Hawks an 82-81 victory over the Washington Wizards. Horford finished with 23 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots for the Hawks, who own a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals heading into Game 6 Friday in Washington.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
NEW YORK (AP)- It’ll be the New York Rangers against Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL Eastern Conference final. The defending East-champion Rangers earned that right by eliminating the Washington Capitals 2-1 last night in Game 7. Derek Stepan (STEH’-pahn) scored 11:24 in overtime to end it.
PREAKNESS…
BALTIMORE (AP) – Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah has been made the 4-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes. The horse drew the unfavorable No. 1 post position in the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Trainer Bob Baffert is looking for his sixth Preakness win with American Pharoah and Dortmund. Dortmund is the 7-2 second choice after finishing third in the Derby, while runner-up Firing Line is next at 4-1.
A field of eight 3-year-olds was entered Wednesday. It’s the smallest Preakness field since 2000, when Red Bullet upset Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus.
The last horse to win the Preakness from the inside post was Tabasco Cat in 1994.
OLYMPICS…
LONDON (AP) -The entire U.S. men’s sprint relay team has been stripped of its silver medal from the 2012 London Olympics as a result of Tyson Gay’s doping case. Gay returned his own medal last year after accepting a one-year doping suspension and the loss of results going back to July 2012, but the status of the U.S. second-place finish in London and the medals of Gay’s relay teammates had remained in limbo until now.
In world and national news…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Cranes and heavy equipment are working to right the overturned cars from an Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia Tuesday night, killing at least seven people. Investigators have determined the train was traveling at 106 mph before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit drops to just 50 mph. The National Transportation Safety Board says the engineer applied the emergency brakes moments before the crash but slowed the train to only 102 mph.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A government watchdog says two senior Secret Service agents were “more likely than not” impaired by alcohol when they drove a government vehicle through a secure area at the White House in March. Homeland Security Inspector General John Roth has issued a report saying the agents spent about five hours at a bar and ran up a “significant” bar tab before driving to the White House. One of those agents, Marc Connolly, announced his retirement before the report’s release.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The Taliban is claiming responsibility for last night’s attack on a guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed 14 people, including at least one American. Gunmen stormed the restaurant of the Park Palace Hotel as it was hosting a party for foreigners. An hours-long siege ended early this morning. More than 50 hostages were rescued.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Heavy rainfall is causing flooding and mudslides across New Zealand’s capital Wellington and the region. Crews are struggling to clear highways and the city’s train services are shut down. Police near Wellington say they found the body of an 80-year-old man in floodwater near his partially submerged car.
DENTON, Texas (AP) – The Sally Beauty chain says it’s experienced a second data breach. Sally Beauty Supply says it notified customers earlier this month that it was investigating reports of unusual activity on payment cards used at some of its U.S. locations. Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. isn’t talking about the scope of the illegal intrusion because it says the investigation is ongoing. A security breach in March 2014 affected thousands of customers’ credit and debit card accounts.
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