wbPM2CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID
20S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
30S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
MORNING. WINDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 20S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15.
HIGHS AROUND 30.

 

PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED  WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT  AND THURSDAY MORNING.   
 A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE NORTH
 CENTRAL INTO THE NORTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT.
 
 WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called about 9:38 a.m., Wednesday, to the Hong Kong Buffet, at 605 25th Street Southwest in Jamestown, to a kitchen fire.

Jamestown City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says when the units arrived at the unoccupied building, smoke was coming from the roof vents.

The ladder truck accessed the roof vents.

Fire fighters broke open the front and rear doors, for access.

When they gained entry they discovered the small fire in the kitchen area.

He says the heat detecting system, which sprays a dry chemical, was activated but was unable to contain the fire.

The cause is listed as the cooking unit being left turned on.

MDU and Otter Tail arrived at the scene to attend to the utilities.

Chief Reuther says there was minimal fire damage, but extensive smoke damage to the interior of the building.

No injuries reported.

The units cleared the scene at 10:27 a.m.

There were six city fire units and 26 city fire fighters on the scene.

Restaurant manager Tom Guo said it is too soon to say how long the restaurant would be closed, but cleanup would take some time, saying their fire insurance company will be contacted.

 

Jamestown (CSi) At 11:46 a.m. the Jamestown City Fire Department was called to what was called in as a stove fire at 1511 Gardenette Drive, Number 3.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says, the fire was out when the units arrived, as the fire department made sure the fire was out, and extracted smoke.

No fire damage was reported.

Five city fire units and 25 fire fighters responded, and were on the scene until 11:59-p.m

 

Valley City The Valley City Fire Department Tuesday evening about 10:45-p.m. responded to a chimney fire outside a home at 6th Avenue Northeast.

Fire Chief Gary Retterath says a poorly installed chimney may have led to the cause of the fire. No injuries were reported.

The fire was contained outside the home and no interior damage was reported.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown student Colt Mavity is joining with students from Dickinson and the University of North Dakota to drive water to Flint in order to help with the current water crisis.

Flint has been in the midst of a water crisis since April 2014 and have been unable to use primary water sources due to water contamination.

Mavity was inspired by former NBA player Rasheed Wallace.

Mavity is traveling Thursday, filling his vehicle and other students vehicles with water in Michigan, donating the water to those in need.

Mavity hopes it shows individuals that we’re all here to help when others are in need.

 

 BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) – Authorities say a North Dakota man is dead after a powered hang glider crashed while taking off from an airport in the Phoenix area.
 
     Buckeye police say the only person aboard the aircraft when it crashed Tuesday afternoon at Buckeye Municipal Airport was the pilot, 55-year-old James George III of West Fargo, North Dakota, who was killed.
 
     Police say cause of the crash isn’t immediately known and that Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Administration are investigating.
 
     Police say the hang glider belonged to a Buckeye resident.
 
     Buckeye is located about 40 miles west of Phoenix.

 

 LEHR, N.D. (AP) – A Mandan couple needed rescuing when their pickup truck broke through the ice while they were fishing on a Logan County lake.
 
     Crystal and Monte Senn were trapped in their flooding vehicle on Erickson Lake for more than an hour Saturday morning before emergency crews could reach them.
 
     Members of the Gackle ambulance squad eventually arrived on scene and rescued the couple.
 
     Crystal Senn  says  “We had a lot of guardian angels looking out for us.”

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The head of North Dakota’s biggest state agency faces misdemeanor charges for allegedly impeding an investigation into the drowning death of a child.
 
     Human Services Director Maggie Anderson was charged Friday with conspiracy to obstruct a government function and refusing to perform a public duty. The McHenry County state’s attorney also filed similar charges against four other agency officials.
 
     A child caregiver earlier was charged with negligent homicide in connection with the death of a 5-year-old girl who died weeks after being found unresponsive at a swimming pool in Velva last summer. Investigators say the day care was unlicensed at the time and a county social worker attempted to backdate the facility’s license.
 
     Anderson’s attorney says she committed no crime and that she knew nothing of the alleged fraudulent license.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Hensler man accused of gunning down nine cattle in an Oliver County pasture in 2012 will have a felony charge wiped from his record if he pays $5,000 in restitution and stays out of trouble for nine months.
 
     Twenty-eight-year-old Dillon Gappert reached a deal with prosecutors to resolve the criminal mischief case. Defense attorney Chad McCabe says Gappert wanted to put the matter behind him.
 
     John Dixon and Miles Tomac owned the cattle. They say they weren’t consulted about the agreement or the restitution – which they say doesn’t come close to covering the loss.
 
     Prosecutor John Mahoney says evidence in the case was “thin,” and that if he had taken it to trial and lost the ranchers would have gotten no restitution.
 

 RUGBY, N.D. (AP) – Officials with a federal project to determine whether deep rock is suitable for nuclear waste disposal told Pierce County residents that proposed testing in the county is not a step toward burying actual nuclear material.
 
     But many residents and officials remain skeptical, fearing that the government might bring nuclear waste to the site in the future.
 
     The University of North Dakota’s Energy and Environmental Research Center is part of the $80 million federal Energy Department project. UND researchers want to drill test holes near Rugby.
 
     Hundreds of people turned out Tuesday for a public meeting in Rugby about the proposal.
 
     The Pierce County Commission has placed a moratorium on deep bore hole drilling. Commissioner Mike Christenson says, “it’s not going to take a genius to figure out what people want.”

 

In world and national news…

CHICAGO (AP) – Hillary Clinton is campaigning Wednesday in Chicago with prominent black lawmakers and the mother of a black suburban woman who died in her Texas jail cell last year. It’s an effort to help Clinton appeal to minority voters. Sandra Bland was found dead days after she was pulled over by a white officer in Texas last year. A medical examiner ruled her death a suicide, though her family has questioned that account and how the stop was handled.
 
     UNDATED (AP) – An endorsement of Bernie Sanders by a rapper is raising tensions between the Clinton and Sanders campaigns heading into pivotal contests in Nevada and South Carolina. Rapper Killer Mike told Sanders supporters Tuesday that “a uterus doesn’t qualify you to be president of the United States.” The rapper, whose real name is Michael Render, also suggested that Clinton would be slow to move on issues of racial justice.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – When he was nominated for a federal appeals court, Judge Sri Srinivasan (srih-NIH’-va-san) was approved by the Senate, 97-to-nothing. But now, one of the Republican senators who voted for him says he would not vote to approve the same judge if he were to be nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Ted Cruz says the Senate shouldn’t confirm any nominee in a presidential election year. He also says it’s “very different” voting for an appeals court judge as opposed to a Supreme Court justice.
 
     ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s deputy prime minister says Wednesday’s explosion in Ankara killed 28 people and wounded 61 others. He confirms that the explosion was caused by a car bomb and targeted military vehicles that were carrying armed forces personnel. The Turkish official says seven prosecutors have been assigned to investigate the attack, which he described as “well-planned.”
 
     CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) – Pope Francis is telling prison inmates in Mexico that they should look to the future and to the possibility that their lives can change — rather than dwelling on the “sorrow and sin” that got them incarcerated. He spoke to about 700 inmates gathered in a prison chapel in the border town of Ciudad Juarez. The pope is celebrating an open-air mass in the city on the last day of his five-day visit to Mexico.