CSi Weather…
REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND
40. HIGHS AROUND 70.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 40S…WHICH IS STILL
A FAIR AMOUNT ABOVE AVERAGE.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) will hold its Annual Meeting on Wednesday April 29, 2015, at the Quality Inn & Suites in Jamestown.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, JSDC’s Vice President of Economic Development, Holly Miller said, the meeting starts with the social at 5:30-p.m., followed by the meeting at six.
Guest speakers will be from Great River Energy and Midwest Energy group with updates on projects.
Awards will also be given.
Reservations are required by calling 701-252-6861 by April 13th.
CHS officials are looking to start construction this summer on its planned $3 billion nitrogen fertilizer plant at Spiritwood.
CHS Ag-business, Senior Vice President, Brian Schouvieller, says while questions remain on the project, CHS is committed to building the fertilizer plant.
He adds, “Work this summer is still doable if things are worked out in a timely manner.”
That includes establishing a water supply and a final design plan and a construction schedule.
Possible water supplies being discussed include a reuse plant that would process wastewater from the city of Jamestown and local industrial users into water for use by the CHS nitrogen fertilizer plant. Another solution would be a pipeline to deliver Missouri River water to the plant. Both solutions are in the planning stages and may be utilized.
Crew camps are likely to spring up, near Spiritwood, with arrangements the contractor’s responsibility, with about 1,800 construction workers anticipated to be in the area during parts of the three-year construction process.
CHS is a farmer-owned Fortune 100 corporation involved in agricultural product marketing. It is headquartered in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.
Valley City (CSi) FEI, Inc., of Valley City has pledged a donation of $200,000 to the Valley City Health, Wellness, and Physical Education Center.
FEI president Brad Moen said “This is a great asset to our employee owners. The Wellness Center will enhance retention of these employees as well as aiding in the recruitment of future employees. We have grown over the years and have more personnel in our Valley City office than ever before. We felt that it was the time to give a substantial amount to the Wellness Center as this new facility will benefit everyone in the community and region.”
Valley City Park Board, President, Dick Gulmon said “For an employee owned company to make a $200,000 commitment to the Wellness Center, it really speaks to the vision and commitment of the company and employees.”
Oakes (CSi) Oakes Police reports that a medical condition led to an accident Monday about 5-pm, that damaged an Oakes convenience store .
The Oakes Police Department says 80 year-old Joseph Dethelfsen was attempting to park at the Farmland Ampride Convenience store in Oakes.
He went unconscious stemming from a medical condition and drove his vehicle through the north entrance of the store, which was void of customers at the time.
Dethlefsen was taken to an area clinic, where he was treated and released. Total damages to the building and vehicle were estimated at $25,000.
LINCOLN, N.D. (AP) – A group of North Dakota residents trying to recall the mayor of the city of Lincoln have submitted more than 200 signatures as part of their effort.
The petitioners on Wednesday submitted 219 signatures to the city’s auditor. The petitioners are hoping to oust Mayor Robert Johnston and hold a special election.
Organizers say they question Johnston’s credibility, his handling of city funds, as well as his use of the mayor’s position. Johnston has had disagreements with city council members since October over groundwater and drainage issues, and his plans to work with the Burleigh County Highway Department.
Johnston says the allegations are “unfounded.”
The auditor has 30 days to verify the signatures. Johnston would automatically be on the ballot if an election is held.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot police used spike strips to catch a man who fled from officers trying to arrest him following a domestic violence incident.
Authorities say the 29-year-old man fled late Tuesday, and officers called off the chase when it reached unsafe speeds. Officers later came across the vehicle driving recklessly and used spike strips to deflate the tires.
Officers pursued the vehicle until it stopped, and arrested the man on several charges including fleeing and reckless endangerment. Formal charges were not immediately filed.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota lawmakers want to ensure that they and thousands of public employees will have the same health benefits when their insurance coverage switches to another company this summer.
House Majority Leader Al Carlson tells The Associated Press that a bill will be introduced Wednesday that will require Sanford Health Plan match the health coverage of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota.
Sanford says it’s committed to matching the existing coverage.
Blues has served as the insurer for the North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System for the last 37 years. But the board of the public employees group voted last month to switch the group’s health coverage beginning July 1.
Sanford will insure about 65,000 people, including lawmakers and public employees, retirees and their families.
MANNING, N.D. (AP) – Residents of Dunn County are banding together to gain more control over the potential siting of landfills to take energy industry waste.
About 150 residents attended a zoning board meeting Tuesday night and demanded county officials reinstate an old zoning rule that had said no landfill could be approved without the OK of 60 percent of landowners within a half-mile of the proposed facility.
The zoning board voted unanimously to grant the request. The County Commission will have the final say during its meeting on March 18.
Two landfills are proposed in the county to handle oil and gas production waste. Nick and Jessica Dukart live near one proposed site. They say they worry about their health and safety, and the value of their property.
In sports…
Fargo (CSi) The Jamestown Blue Jays boy’s basketball team open up tournament play in the North Dakota State Class A Tournament on Thursday in Fargo. Its Jamestown’s first state tournament berth in 14 years.
The Blue Jays (10-14), are seeded fourth out of the West Region
The Jays play East Region champion Grand Forks Red River at 2 p.m. Thursday in the opening round.
Thursday, March 14 the Blue Jay girls in state tournament action take on West Fargo at 7-pm in Fargo.
Meanwhile the 10th ranked University of Jamestown women’s basketball team will play 22nd ranked, St. Thomas, Florida, in the opening round of the NAIA National Tournament in at 8:30-a.m., on Thursday in Sioux City, Iowa.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota athletic director Brian Faison has been named chairman of the NCAA Division I men’s hockey committee.
Faison takes over for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute athletic director Jim Knowlton, who resigned after being named athletic director at Air Force.
The committee oversees all aspects of the Division I championship, including team selection, seeding and bracketing. The group also selects the regional and Frozen Four championship sites.
Each conference selects one person for the committee.
Faison in his seventh year as athletic director at UND.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Some comments Wednesday from Secretary of State John Kerry might bring greater congressional opposition to a nuclear agreement with Iran. Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that lawmakers won’t be able to change the terms of any such agreement, because it wouldn’t be legally binding. He says he reacted with “utter disbelief” to a letter this week signed by 47 Republican senators. The letter warned Iranian leaders that an agreement that is signed with President Barack Obama could expire on the day he leaves office.
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) – Crews searching for a military helicopter that crashed just off the Florida coast have taken to the air, now that the fog is beginning to lift. A helicopter has been flying low over the Santa Rosa Sound, looking for any sign of the helicopter that crashed or any of the 11 Marines and soldiers that were aboard when it went down. Human remains and pieces of wreckage have washed ashore. The military members are presumed dead. Dense fog has hampered the search. It was also foggy when the helicopter disappeared last night, but it’s not clear if the weather had anything to do with the crash.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Police in Miami Beach have responded to a report of four people shot at the home of rapper Lil Wayne. They say they’ve found no evidence of a shooting or any victims outside the home, and they’ve been preparing to go inside. The waterfront home sits on an exclusive island. It’s not clear whether Lil Wayne – whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter – was home at the time.
NEW YORK (AP) – Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might. Patients lived longer if they got a dose of tetanus vaccine in addition to an experimental treatment for the most common and deadly kind of brain tumor. The treatment was aimed at making the immune system attack the cancer, and the tetanus shot apparently helped that process. The study is described in the journal Nature.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – It’s been a frustrating day for people trying to use Apple’s iTunes service and its app stores. They suffered a rare breakdown Wednesday morning — and hours later, the outages were still plaguing people on iPhones and iPads. Apple blames the problem on an internal error affecting the system for directing online traffic.