CSi Weather…
JAMESTOWN AREA
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING…
REST OF TODAY…RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. WINDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
40S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 90 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 70 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO
25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
STUTSMAN…
MONDAY….AN AREA OF SHOWERS MAINLY FROM
SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER TO THE JAMES
AND DEVILS LAKE BASINS…MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LINTON
TO HARVEY AND CARRINGTON. THERE MAY BE A RAIN/SNOW MIX ON THE FAR
WESTERN EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION – BUT WOULD BE VERY LIGHT.
BARNES…
EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO BE
BREEZY MONDAY ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL
BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
Jamestown,(CSi) Interstate Engineering reports, that scheduled starting today (Monday, May 12, 2014,) there will be a lane closure on the north lane of 5th Street at 3rd Avenue Northwest. The lane will be closed through Friday, May 16. Please expect delays.
This closure is part of the Jamestown Sewer Project.
For more information, contact Darrell Hournbuckle with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.
Jamestown, (CSi) Today (Monday, May 12, 2014) releases from the Jamestown and Pipestem dams will be adjusted due to recent rainfall amounts in the James River Basin.
Pipestem Dam Manager Bob Martin, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says the release from Pipestem Dam will be cut to 5 cfs, and releases from Jamestown Dam will increase to 445 cfs, for a combined release of 450 cfs.
Before Monday, releases from Pipestem Dam are at 50 cfs with 400 cfs from Jamestown Dam.
Martin said officials are attempting to have Jamestown Dam at its conservation pool, or normal level, of 1,431 feet mean sea level by June 1, 2014.
The water level atJamestown Dam was at 1,433.7 feet msl as of 1 p.m. Friday.
The water level at Pipestem Dam was at 1,457.7 feet and is rising about 4 inches per day.
The releases at Jamestown Dam have remained steady for much of the past week with outflows roughly matching inflows.
When Jamestown Dam reaches conservation pool, releases will decrease there and increase at Pipestem Dam.
Martin says release plans are based on average rainfall.
Any heavy rainfall may require increased releases to reach the target reservoir levels.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a residential natural gas leak call about 1:16-p.m., Friday at 619 2nd Street Southwest.
Deputy City Fire Chief Jerry Kainz says the home owner bumped the gas meter doing yard work when starteled by a garder sneak in the yard.
The gas leak was minor, and the city fire department called Montana Dakota Utility to go the scene as they headed for the home.
No damages or injuries reported with four city fire units and 24 city fire fighters on the scene about nine minutes.
Jamestown (CSi) The Buffalo City Tourism Foundation (BCTF) has revealed its new tourism brand for city of Jamestown. Searle Swedlund, executive director of the BCTF, announced the new direction during a community event where the “Discover Jamestown” logo was revealed.
The Jamestown Arts Center was transformed into an outdoor experience to showcase all the ways the new brand will create a compelling invitation for visitors. BCTF board member Toni Pirkl, says, “We wanted to share this work with the community and invite them to re-discover Jamestown. We are fortunate to live in a community with so much to offer.”
BCTF Board member Tanea Clocksene, adds, “We are thrilled with the outcome. We are proud to be the ‘buffalo city,’ but we are so much more.”
The new approach embraces Jamestown’s identity as the buffalo city while highlighting the outdoors. The new brand targets campers, mountain bikers and other outdoors enthusiasts by showcasing the rich beauty of the rolling prairie and the close proximity of the Pipestem and Jamestown Reservoirs.
BCTF Board member Lisa Barnick, says, “My family has camped on these lakes and biked the trails for years. We are excited to share the beauty of this area with others and invite them to experience Jamestown in a new way.”
Buffalo City Tourism Foundation was created in 2004 as the marketing and tourism coordinating entity for the Jamestown area. Jamestown is home to the World’s Largest Buffalo, the National Buffalo Museum, two white buffalo as well as the Frontier Village, The Arts Center, Fort Seward and Stutsman County Memorial Museum. To learn more visit www.tourjamestown.com/discover or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jamestown.nd.
Valley City (CSi) May 12- 16, 2014 marks Citywide clean up in Valley City.
Valley City residents should put out garbage including extra items out on the regular pickup day that week.
City Administrator David Schelkoph says there is no limit on the number of bags, cans and boxes. Crews will also pickup couches, chairs, furniture, shrubs, branches and wood.
Paint and liquid material can be disposed of in a dry, hardened form.
Cat litter or sawdust can be used to absorb the liquid. Leftover paint will be accepted at the landfill during cleanup week.
Appliances can be taken to Truck and Auto Salvage or Valley Recycling Center.
There may be a fee for refrigeration or freezing units with freon.
Items that will NOT be picked up includes…. tires, batteries and scrap metal. with tires taken to the transfer station, cash only for the disposal fee.
Batteries can be dropped off at the salvage yards or Valley Recycling Center.
Scrap metal can go to Valley Recycling Center.
Items should be put into boxes, bags or cans not to exceed 32 gallons or 50 pounds.
There is free disposal of grass, leaves, branches, trees, used motor oil and metal at the Transfer Station year ‘round.
(CSi) The Bloom Township Board of Supervisors has denied a zoning permit needed by the city of Jamestown for landfill expansion. The planned expansion is adjacent to the current location.
Bloom Township Chairman Roy Werner, voted in favor of the zoning permit while Township Supervisors Duane Haskin and Jim Bredahl voted in opposition.
Those voting against awarding the permit wanted more information on the road used to bring garbage from the garbage bailer to the landfill.
Residents near the road said traffic to and from the current landfill caused excessive dust.
If the township approves the zoning permit, the city of Jamestown would then need to seek approval from the North Dakota Health Department for a landfill permit
MAPLETON, N.D. (AP) – Authorities believe a buildup of heat started a fire in a dryer at a feed mixing facility near Mapleton.
A Cass County sheriff’s deputy spotted smoke at Westway Feed Products about 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters from Mapleton and Casselton responded and quickly put out the fire before it spread to any buildings.
Damage is estimated at under $1,000.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Firefighters believe a blaze that damaged a Bismarck home was started in a compost bin on a porch.
Firefighters responded to the blaze on Friday.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze and prevented it from extending to the rest of the building.
No injuries were reported. Damage was estimated at $35,000.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A company accused of falsely advertising the health benefits of its nationally distributed Dreamfields Pasta has agreed to pay $5 million to consumers as part of a class-action settlement. The complaint accuses Carrington, North Dakota-based Dakota Growers Pasta and its parent company of making bogus claims that the product was a low-carbohydrate alternative to traditional pasta.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Elementary students in Williston say their First Amendment rights are being threatened by their school after they began protesting their district’s decision to fire a janitor.
The students and families say teachers at McVay Elementary School are trying to prevent the students from circulating a petition to reinstate Manuel Aguilera, even when the children are only collecting signatures during breaks.
The school says Aguilera was fired for being confrontational with the staff. The parents and children argue Aguilera was improperly let go.
Sabrina Hanson is one of the students involved in the effort to get Aguilera his job back. She says the teachers are deterring students from signing the petition by telling them that they can’t sign it because they’re not 18 years old.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The Eastern North Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has elected a new bishop.
The Rev. Terry Brandt was elected Sunday. He had been an associate to Bishop William Rindy, who did not seek a second six-year term. Brandt starts his duties in August.
The synod oversees more than 100,000 Lutherans in 207 congregations in the eastern third of North Dakota.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials say a $27 million expansion of the Bismarck Civic Center is not yet complete but it’s ready to host an oil conference later this month.
The center’s exhibit hall is enclosed and is ready for the 600 vendors expected at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference on May 20-22.
City officials, contractors and architects on Thursday led a media tour of the 50,000-square-foot expansion.
Official say the entire project is about 60 percent complete.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Agriculture Department has scheduled this year’s round of Project Safe Send chemical collections around North Dakota.
The program gives state residents a way to dispose of unusable herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides and fungicides free of charge. It’s funded by fees that pesticide manufacturers pay to register their products in North Dakota.
This year’s collections begin July 8 in Forman and end July 25 in Hillsboro. In between there will be collections in Edgeley, Steele, Mott, Belfield, Bowbells, Garrison, Rugby, Carrington, Michigan and Grafton. Details can be found at http://www.nd.gov/ndda/ .
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says that over the past 22 years, thousands of people have brought more than 3 million pounds of chemicals to Project Safe Send sites.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission is holding a public hearing on a proposed wind farm project in Stark and Morton counties.
The facility by Sunflower Wind Project LLC would consist of 59 wind turbine generators on about 12,700 acres of private land.
The project would include access roads, electrical collection systems and cabling, an operation and maintenance building, a substation, and an interconnection yard with a transmission line.
The company hopes to start construction in early 2015.
The schedule for the hearing includes a presentation by the company, questions from commissioners, and comments from the public.
The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. today at the Hebron Community Center.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bismarck’s 142nd birthday will be celebrated Wednesday.
The Bismarck Historical Society and the State Historical Society of North Dakota will hold a free party at the Camp Hancock State Historic Site.
The event will feature a flag ceremony, music and a brief dedication of a tree in honor of Frank Vyzralek. He served as North Dakota’s archivist and died in February.
The event is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring chairs and blankets.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown baseball team heads to Hutchinson, Kansas on Monday, May 12, 2014 in the opening round of the NAIA baseball tournament, to take on Doane Nebraska in the 2-3 seed matchup of the five team tournament.
The Jimmies are the Number three seed with a record of 35-8. The Tigers have a record of 42-9.
The Mayville State Comets are in the same region which is hosted by top-seed Tabor College.
Mayville is the Number four seed and will play a 4-5 game against Viterbo, Wisconsin on Monday.
The Jimmies game time on Monday is 4-p.m., the second game of the day.
The Comets vs. V-Hawks winner will play Tabor later that night.
Seeded Teams: 1. Tabor College 2. Doane College 3. Jamestown 4. Mayville State 5. Viterbo.
The winner of the double-elimination tournament advances to the 10-team NAIA World Series.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota State University softball team is making its fifth appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
The Bison won the Summit League championship over the weekend and earned an automatic bid to the national tournament.
NDSU (35-16) will take on Auburn (39-17-1) on May 16 in the opening round of the Minneapolis Regional. The other half of the regional bracket has Minnesota (41-9) playing Green Bay (25-12). The double-elimination tournament runs May 16-18.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota native who has participated in four Iditarod races in Alaska says he might hang up his dog sled after next year’s event.
Kelly Maixner was raised in Golva. He now lives in Big Lake, Alaska. His best finish in the Iditarod is 30th, in 2011.
Maixner says training for the grueling, 1,000-mile race from Anchorage to Nome is a big commitment, but he plans to give it one more shot next year before likely retiring.
INTERLEAGUE
Final Arizona 5 Chi White Sox 1
Final Milwaukee 6 N-Y Yankees 5
Final Oakland 9 Washington 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
DETROIT (AP) – Eduardo Nunez hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning as the Minnesota Twins rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers yesterday. The Twins took advantage of poor defense by the Tigers in the late innings. Minnesota scored three runs in the eighth to spoil another fine start by Detroit rookie Robbie Ray.
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was ejected from yesterday’s game against the Detroit Tigers for arguing a call near second base. Detroit’s Andrew Romine hit a grounder toward the shortstop that looked like a potential double play. But the ball hit Austin Jackson. Umpires called Jackson out, made Victor Martinez stay on third and awarded Romine first. Gardenhire apparently wanted the umpires to award a double play.
Final L.A. Angels 9 Toronto 3
Final Houston 5 Baltimore 2
Final Cleveland 6 Tampa Bay 5
Final Boston 5 Texas 2
Final Kansas City 9 Seattle 7
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Cincinnati 4 Colorado 1
Final N-Y Mets 5 Philadelphia 4, 11 Innings
Final Atlanta 5 Chi Cubs 2
Final San Diego 5 Miami 4
Final San Francisco 7 L.A. Dodgers 4, 10 Innings
Final St. Louis 6 Pittsburgh 5
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
UNDATED (AP) – The Los Angeles Clippers have evened their NBA conference semifinal series at two games apiece. Blake Griffin scored 25 points and the Clippers trailed by 16 with nine minutes left before pulling out a 101-99 win over Oklahoma City. In Washington, Paul George poured in a career playoff-high 39 points and the Indiana Pacers stormed back from a 19-point deficit to beat the Wizards 95-92 and take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Pacers can wrap up the series at home Tuesday.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 last night to take a 3-2 series lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Jonathan Toews had a rebound goal early in the third period. Bryan Bickell also scored as Corey Crawford made 27 saves as Chicago bounced back from consecutive losses in Minnesota. Next game Tuesday in Minnesota.
UNDATED (AP) – The New York Rangers are heading to Pittsburgh for Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals after Henrik Lundqvist stopped 36 shots and Derick Brassard scored for the third time in two games to lead a 3-1 win over the Penguins. Jonathan Toews (tayvz) scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period as the Chicago Blackhawks held off Minnesota 2-1 to take a three-games-to-two lead in the Western Conference semifinals.
NBA…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Shelly Sterling says she would fight to keep her share of the Los Angeles Clippers and plans one day to divorce Donald Sterling. The NBA says otherwise.
The NBA says if Donald Sterling’s ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers is terminated, so is Shelly Sterling’s.
NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement that “under the NBA constitution, if a controlling owner’s interest is terminated by a three-quarter vote, all other team owners’ interests are automatically terminated as well.”
Shelley Sterling told ABC News she didn’t know why she should be punished for what her husband did.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has banned Donald Sterling for making racist comments and urged owners to force Sterling to sell the team.
GOLF….
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Martin Kaymer (KY’-mur) was the winner of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, finishing one stroke ahead of a late-charging Jim Furyk (FYOOR’-ihk). Kaymer sank a 30-foot par putt on 17 to maintain the lead and close with a 1-under 71 for a 13-under total. Furyk shot a 66 and was runner-up for the second straight week.
TENNIS…
MADRID (AP) – Rafael Nadal won his fourth Madrid Open title when Kei Nishikori (kay nih-shuiih-KOHR’-ee) was forced to withdraw with a lower back injury. Nadal was leading 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 when Nishikori retired.
Nadal recovered from two recent quarterfinal losses on clay to win his second title on the surface this year.
Earlier, Maria Sharapova bounced back from a poor start to defeat Simona Halep (HAH’-lehp) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 to win the women’s title.
SOCCER-PREMIER LEAGUE…
UNDATED (AP) – Manchester City has won the Premier League championship for the second time in three years, finishing two points ahead of Liverpool. The Sky Blues clinched on the final day of the season, defeating West Ham 2-0
In world and national news…
PARIS (AP) – France says Nigeria’s leader will be attending a weekend security summit in Paris to discuss the kidnapping of more than 300 schoolgirls by terrorists. A French official says Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan plans to join the discussion focusing on the Boko Haram (BOH’-koh hah-RAHM’) terrorist network. The failure to rescue the remaining 276 girls who haven’t escaped has attracted international outrage.
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) – The Kremlin is making it clear that annexing Ukraine’s eastern provinces as it did Crimea is not on the agenda. In a statement, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s office urged the Ukrainian government to engage in talks with representatives of the eastern part of the country following Sunday’s allegedly overwhelming vote backing sovereignty for the regions.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The Ukraine crisis has the attention of European Union foreign ministers today. They’re meeting in Brussels and have added 13 more people and 2 enterprises to the list of visa bans and asset freezes.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan after killing two police guards today and continue to occupy the structure amid sporadic gunfire. The start of the annual spring offensive by insurgents has killed at least 14 people in the east and south.
DENVER (AP) – Parts of Colorado and Wyoming are digging out from a spring snowstorm, including Denver where dozens of snowplows have hit the streets. Stormy weather also moved into the plains states where forecasters warn of conditions ripe for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. The storm system is expected to weaken as it heads northeast.