CSi Weather…
TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH
WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 70. WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
40S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
Valley City (CSi) Officials with the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services informed Emergency Managers downstream that there is a breach in the Tolna Dam southeast of Tolna, which holds approximately 2,000 acre feet of water.
State’s Attorney Jamie Tenneson says a hole has developed in the dam. He says the dam holds a relatively small amount of water and people living in about 10 to 12 farms downstream have been notified.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer spokesman Rich Schueneman told Barnes County Emergendy Manager Kim Franklin on Friday that with the dry spring there is more than 3 feet of storage available on Lake Ashtabula right now.
Franklin says, the amount of water is equal to less than .25 of a foot of pool level at Lake Ashtabula.
Schueneman points out that there is enough time to let the water go through the system and there should be no significant affects to any of the communities downstream of Bald Hill Dam or residences living close to the Sheyenne River.
Engineers with the State Water Commission and Nelson County Highway Department are keeping an eye on a breach
Franklin says we are keeping in constant contact with state officials and will provide public updates when needed concerning this situation.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Humane Society, will hold its annual fundraiser, Poker Tournament on Saturday March 21, 2015.
On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, President, Matt Opsahl said the event will be held at the Quality Inn & Suites in Jamestown, with registration at noon with play beginning at 1-pm.
Upcoming fundraisers – selling cook books and calendar, featuring animals that have been adopted from the shelter, and possible golf tournament this coming summer.
With the calendar those who have adopted an animal from the James River Humane Society will be contacted, to have their pet on the calendar.
Opsahl said the costs range from $25, $50 and $100 depending on the sizing of the photo on the calendar.
Election results from March Annual meeting:
President Matt Opsahl
Vice President Jill Gilbertson
Treasurer Dana Wallace and were all re-elected,
Bobbi Rode was former board member who was elected Secretary and two new board members were elected.
Jamestown (CSi) The Frontier Village Association has listed the board-approved events during White Cloud Days, a four-day event July 9, 10, 11 & 12, with activities marking the birthday of the albino buffalo.
White Cloud Days is organized by the National Buffalo Museum, Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce and Jamestown Tourism.
Activities include a concert, plus grilled buffalo burgers for sale, and a prairie-themed church service hosted by the Frontier Village.
Old Friends will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. on July 9, 2015 at the amphitheater.
Line dancing will be taught from 6 to 8 p.m. on July 10 at the Frontier Village.
Grilled buffalo burgers will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 11 at the general store, and at 3 p.m. the Wild West Players will perform a Wild West shootout on Main Street in the village.
Prairie Ministry Services church service is July 12, at 9:30 a.m. at the Pioneer Church.
On a recent Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Becky Thatcher-Keller, said, the biggest change for this year’s event, outside of moving the date away from the Stutsman County Fair, is the route of the White Cloud Birthday Parade, on Saturday Jul 11.
BNSF no longer allow a parade to cross the tracks, as so the parade will start and end at McElroy Park.
Thatcher-Keller said the return route has not yet been decided. She said the The start time might also change from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) announced it has been named as one of the nation’s HEALTHSTRONG Hospitals by iVantage Health Analytics.
The study and announcement of the 2015 HEALTHSTRONG Hospitals, including JRMC, highlights top performing hospitals as determined through the Hospital Strength INDEX™. The annual INDEX study is the industry’s most comprehensive rating system of hospitals and the results recognize the top performing hospitals – measuring them across 62 different performance metrics, including quality, outcomes, patient perspective, affordability and efficiency. More information and study findings can be found at www.iVantageINDEX.com.
Jamestown Regional Medical Center, President, and CEO, K.C. DeBoer says, “JRMC is proud to be recognized as a HEALTHSTRONG Hospital. We place a tremendous emphasis on quality care, customer service and meeting the needs of our community, and this recognition is a great affirmation that our efforts are making a difference to the hospital and the local community that we serve. I am delighted to be able to celebrate this award with our physicians, staff and community.”
Araby Thornewill, president of iVantage Health Analytics, adds, “iVantage seeks to help hospitals meet the demands of the new healthcare by providing a new level of transparency into the internal and external metrics which drive more informed decision making. As the industry continues to evolve toward value-based delivery models, the Hospital Strength INDEX provides a unique perspective into how hospitals are responding to unprecedented change as well as advancing toward the ultimate goal of higher quality care at lower cost.”
About Jamestown Regional Medical Center
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, ND and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. Between JRMC, JRMC Clinic, Sanford Health Jamestown and Essentia Health Jamestown, the community is served by 30 local medical providers and a variety of visiting specialists. For more information on services at JRMC, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call 701-952-1050.
About iVantage Health Analytics
iVantage is a leading advisory and business analytic services company applying Accelerated Healthcare Transformation™ and the VantagePoints™ platform to drive sustained, evidence-basedresults. The company’s unique combination of technology, content, and expert advisory services accelerates decision making for the new healthcare. For more visit, www.ivantagehealth.com.
BISMARCK, N .D. (AP) – The North Dakota Legislature is delaying action on a bill to exempt dairy and swine operations from the state’s eight decades-old anti-corporate farming law.
The bill was slated for debate in the House on Friday.
Rep. Dennis Johnson, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, says there was a technical problem with wording in the bill that defines an animal feeding operation.
Johnson says an amended version of the bill likely will be ready for debate on Monday.
The measure is one of the most contentious before the Legislature this session.
Supporters of the bill say it will help save dying dairy and declining swine industries in the state. Opponents say the current law blocks unfair competition from big, out-of-state corporations.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – No one was hurt when a pickup truck went through thin ice on Lake Darling at the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge.
Spokesman Duane Anderson tells KXMC-TV that the mishap this week shows how quickly ice conditions are deteriorating. The state has enjoyed unseasonably warm and in some areas record-breaking temperatures this week.
This past weekend was the deadline for anglers to remove permanent fish houses from North Dakota waters, and from any state wildlife management area or federal refuge land.
GRAFTON, N.D. (AP) – Formal charges have been filed against a woman accused of locking four children in a dog kennel in a North Dakota basement.
23-year-old Jordan McKay Nelson is facing four counts of felony abuse and neglect of a child, and four counts of felonious restraint.
Court records show the children, aged from 5 to 9 years, told investigators that they were locked in the kennel in the basement as punishment and the lights were turned off.
During a police interview, a boy drew a picture of himself in the cage with the words “help me.”
A police affidavit says Nelson is in a relationship with the children’s biological mother.
Nelson’s attorney declined to comment to The Associated Press. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for April 13.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A fire that destroyed a car in a parking garage in North Dakota was started by a man burning his divorce papers.
Court records show that Charles Aldrich is facing a felony charge of endangering by fire or explosion. Records show the Fargo man intentionally set the documents on fire last month at the Park East Apartments garage.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, but not before it destroyed Aldrich’s vehicle and caused about $10,000 in damage to the building.
Records show Aldrich only wanted to burn the divorce documents, but the blaze quickly got out of control.
An arrest warrant has been issued against Aldrich. Court records do not list his attorney.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota woman who was promised $100,000 from a North Dakota man in exchange for producing and providing child pornography has been convicted in federal court.
A jury found 35-year-old Roxanne Merrell, of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, guilty on two counts of production of child pornography.
Authorities say Merrell took the photos for Travis Guenthner, of Washburn, who pleaded guilty last year to seven counts of child porn and was sentenced to life in prison.
Merrell is the second woman to be convicted in the case. Michelle Laducer, of Rolla, was sentenced in 2013 to 30 years in prison for helping Guenthner produce photographs of one victim.
Guenthner allegedly told Laducer he would give her up to $200,000 for the illicit photos. Laducer was never paid.
In sports…
Fargo (CSi) The Jamestown Blue Jay boy’s basketball team defeated Wahpeton on Friday in the Class A Basketball Tournament in Fargo 73-71 in OT. Wahpeton was the East Region champion during the regular season.
The Jays will play for 5th place in the tournament.
Jamestown Blue Jays junior, Jake Reuther came off the bench to sink a baseline jumper with 10 seconds to go in overtime.
Wahpeton’s Jordan Ralph missed an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Nick Fuchs had a game-high 23 points, fouling out in the overtime period.
Noah Wanzek contributed 17 points for the 11-15 Jays.
Wahpeton was the East Region champion during the regular season.
Sioux City, IA The University of Jamestown Jimmies women basketball team will advance in the NAIA national tournament, defeating Cardinal Stritch, of Wisconsin, Friday, 58-53, in the round of 16.
CSi The LaMoure-Litchville-Marion Loboes will play 4th seed New England in the State Class B boy’s basketball tournament next weekend.
LLM will be in the Thursday night game at 8:15 p.m.,at the Bismarck Event Center.
Seeding for the Tournament:
#1 Four Winds-Minnewauken
#2 Rugby
#3 Fargo Oak Grove (defending champ)
#4 New England
Other match ups
Four Winds vs Shiloh Christian
Rugby vs Parshall
Oak Grove vs Mayport CG
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – All four people with North Dakota ties who are in this year’s Iditarod in Alaska are still in the sled dog race, though none is near the front of the pack.
Jim Lanier was in 41st place mid-Friday, Kelly Maixner in 54th, Mark Selland in 66th and Ellen Halvorson in 75th.
Seventy-eight mushers started the race earlier this week and three later dropped out, meaning Halvorson was in last place.
Jim Lanier was raised in Fargo, Maixner in the Golva area, Selland in Minot and Halvorson in the Thompson area. All four now live in Alaska.
In world and national news…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A fraternity chapter at the University of Oklahoma — which was shut down after a video showed members taking part in a racist chant — may be preparing legal action. The alumni of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter have hired attorney Stephen Jones — who gained national prominence as the attorney for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The fraternity’s national headquarters says the Oklahoma chapter has cut off communications with the national group.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lobbyists say top House Republicans and Democrats are working toward a $200 billion agreement revamping how doctors are paid for treating Medicare patients. The potential deal would end a formula that for years has prompted lawmakers to block unrealistically deep cuts in doctors’ Medicare reimbursements. It is expected to also include money for a children’s health program whose budget will soon run dry.
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – Surveillance video from a Boston nightclub has been played Friday in the murder trial of Aaron Hernandez. And it shows the former New England Patriots player out with the victim two nights before the killing. Hernandez and Odin Lloyd were at Rumor nightclub days before Lloyd was shot to death in June of 2013. Hernandez is accused of killing Lloyd. Prosecutors have said Hernandez got angry that night, but there has so far been no testimony about that.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – A homeless camp has been set up for the past several months in a park in downtown Tucson, Arizona — but it now has until this evening to move out. The protesters at “Safe Park” must remove their wooden sleeping pods after a federal judge told city attorneys that an injunction he issued previously did not prohibit them from clearing out the pods. The camp is a spinoff of the Occupy movement and is believed to be the only one in the nation. City officials say the camp grew out of control, posing a public health risk.
BOSTON (AP) – The St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston will make history this Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups join the fun. The advocacy group Boston Pride and OutVets, a group of gay military veterans, have been welcomed by the organizers. Until now, gay rights groups have been barred by the Allied War Veterans Council from marching in the parade, which draws as many as a million spectators to South Boston each year. Brian Mahoney commands the council now, and he’s shrugging off questions about sexual orientation, asking, “Who am I to judge.”