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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 40 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH 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. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.MEMORIAL DAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 70S.
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DAILY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY.
Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public that a high-risk convicted sex offender has changed his address in Stutsman County.
52 year old Timothy Alan Taxis, is living at Parkhurst Campground. He owns a 1976 camper with North Dakota license 604ALF.
Taxis vehicle is a silver and tan Buick Lesabre with North Dakota license GRN442, a black 1985 Dodge Ram with North Dakota License with GEA590 and a white 1992 Chrysler New Yorker with North Dakota license JZR252.
Taxis is described as a white male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with hazel eyes and blond hair.
Taxis was convicted for indecent exposure in 1998 and 2001 in municipal court in Stutsman County. He was also convicted of gross sexual imposition in 1994 in Stutsman County District Court in 1994.
Taxis is not wanted by police at this time. For more information on registered offenders, visit www.sexoffender.nd.gov.
Valley City (CSi) The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Shelton Amar Ard who is wanted on outstanding warrants for failure to report to jail on felony possession of a controlled substance charge in Barnes County.
Hi is a 38 year-old black male six feet five inches tall weighing 260 pounds.
Anyone that has information on the whereabouts of Ard is asked to call the Barnes County Sheriff’s office at 845-8530.
Jamestown (CSi) Dennis Schneider is recovering from injuries in a wheelchair, train accident, in Jamestown, at Mercy Hospital in Valley City.
His sister, Sheryl Stansbury says the family is hoping to transferr her brother, to the rehab center in Jamestown.
She says Schneider is breathing on his own and he responds to people when they talk to him.
Stansbury says she doesn’t think her brother remembers the accident. Schneider has cerebral palsy, a condition that put him in a wheelchair at a young age.
The accident happened on April 21, 2016 at the 2nd Avenue Southeast railroad crossing.
Jamestown Assistant Police Chief, John Johnson reports that the accident investigation is almost completed, as the department is waiting for accident scene measurements from the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
A group called Prayer Warriors for Dennis Schneider has a Facebook page where updates on his condition have been posted. The group has been praying for Schneider and his recovery.
Mail a card to Schneider, by sending it to CHI Mercy Hospital, 570 Chautauqua Boulevard, Room 218, Valley City, ND 58072.
CARRINGTON, N.D. (AP) – Foster County is again seeking a state’s attorney after the lawyer serving in the post on a temporary basis resigned.
Ashley Lies of New Rockford says she can no longer continue serving in the position because she’s getting caught in the crossfire between supporters and opponents of former state’s attorney Paul Murphy.
Murphy stepped down in January. The County Commission says he was asked to resign because of bad legal advice, but Murphy says he quit due to a number of professional and personal reasons. Murphy recently announced he is again seeking election to the position.
Lies says she believes statements being made by both sides in recent letters to the editor and newspaper advertisements are inappropriate to some extent.
Carrington (CSi) At a Special Election, voters in the Carrington School District approved building a new elementary school by more than the required 60% to pass.
Unofficial results from school bond question number One: Yes 823, 64% No 468, 36% Total votes 1293.
Unofficial results from question Two: Yes 793, 61% No 497 39% Total Votes 1293. Vote passed. Under North Dakota law 60 percent or more is need to pass a school bond issue.
Superintendent Brian Duchscherer saysthe new project has cut some items and will cost a bit less than the first project proposal.
The proposal was scaled back from a $23.5 million project that failed when it got only 51 percent approval in a February election.
Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol will hold alcohol saturation patrols to the southeast region this weekend.
Troopers will conduct patrols this Friday and Saturday, May 27, 28, 2016, in Cass, Barnes, and Stutsman counties.
In 2016, nearly half of all North Dakota traffic fatalities were alcohol related.
The Highway Patrol uses the saturation patrols to deter drinking and driving, reducing the occurrence of alcohol-related crashes, injuries, and deaths.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A Grand Forks man charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of another man during a fight last fall is scheduled to plead guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter.
Court documents show that 36-year-old Nicolas Peralez Jr. is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing on June 6. His trial on the murder charge that was to begin next week has been canceled. Sentencing is set for July 27.
Peralez is accused in the death last October of 31-year-old Joshua Neumann outside Neumann’s apartment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Williston man accused of stealing explosives from companies operating in the western North Dakota oil patch and stashing them in his home also allegedly had books on preparing explosives.
Thirty-five-year-old Tyler Porter is charged in federal court with possessing explosives and two weapons counts. The Associated Press requested comment from the federal public defender’s office.
Authorities allege Porter stole explosives by using a cutting torch to open padlocked sheds. An agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says in an affidavit that a confidential informant tipped off authorities.
Authorities haven’t speculated on what Porter allegedly intended to do with the explosives.
Porter has a criminal history in North Dakota and South Carolina and could face more than 30 years in prison if convicted.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Minot man accused of robbing four businesses in the city this month has now been charged with a robbery in nearby Surrey.
Twenty-five-year-old Vincent Musi III is accused of robbing a convenience store in the small town on May 3. He earlier was accused of robbing a hotel, a motel and two convenience stores in Minot.
No one was hurt in any of the robberies.
Musi has said in court that there is no evidence he committed the crimes. He has said he plans to apply for a public defender, but court documents do not show that one has yet been appointed.
He could face up to 45 years in prison if convicted in all of the robberies.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s three-day oil expo and conference is wrapping up in Bismarck.
The Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Expo closes today at the Bismarck Event Center with an address by Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
More than 2,600 people attended the event. Organizers say more than 4,000 separate tickets have been sold for the Trump speech.
The theme of this year’s expo is “Bakken Forward,” featuring seminars and talks aimed at making it through depressed prices and a drop in drilling activity.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – A federal judge has rejected a Wyoming law that sought to limit how much air ambulance companies can charge the state for transporting workers injured on the job.
U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson of Cheyenne this month sided with four air ambulance companies that sued the state. Johnson ordered Wyoming officials not to try to enforce a state law that sought to cap air ambulance fees.
Wyoming officials say they’re still reviewing the decision.
Attempts to reach lawyers for the companies were not immediately successful.
Wyoming Insurance Commissioner Tom Glause says his office has received private citizen complaints about air ambulance fees that can reach six figures.
A federal judge in North Dakota also has sided with air ambulance companies, ruling in March that federal law pre-empts state regulation.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Parkboard, Wednesday passed a resolution authorizing the sale of $30.7 million in bonds to fund the construction of the first phase of the Two Rivers Activity Center.
The bonds are to be sold by Dougherty & Co. Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department director, Doug Hogan said $22.7 million in Series A bonds and $8 million in Series B bond will be sold. H esays the Series B bonds will be paid off first as tax revenues generated from a 1 percent sales tax approved by Jamestown voters on June 2, 2015, will become available for use on June 15.
Funds from the sale of these bonds will be used to provide the upfront money to pay for the construction of the first phase of the Two Rivers Activity Center.
The first phase includes an indoor pool with a lap swimming area, lazy river and a separate smaller pool area for physical therapy and exercise groups. The first phase will also include a fitness center, child care facility, elevated running/walking track, three multisport courts and an indoor turf area covered by an inflatable dome.
The Parks and Recreation Commission approved Dakota Fence installing a 6-foot-tall fence around the updated irrigation pool at Hillcrest Municipal Golf Course at a cost of $15,288. The vote was 3-1, with Chairman Mike Landscoot opposed and member Larry Knoblich absent.
The commission also approved having the roof of the Bunker reshingled by Hillerud Construction for a cost of $23,466.
Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown athletics has applied for admittance to the Great Plains Athletic Conference. If accepted the Jimmies would compete in the GPAC in 2017.
The GPAC is widely considered one of the strongest conferences in the country, especially in basketball. The programs in the conference come from Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska.
University of Jamestown President, Bob Badal says, “Several years ago the DAC Conference was dissolved and we spent time as an independent looking for the right fit. GPAC was the most suitable choice for us, but the timing wasn’t good for either side. We now feel confident that we are ready to apply to the GPAC and we are actively engaged in the process. It is a strong conference of faith based private schools like UJ, and I believe that it is a solid fit for us.”
Sports sponsored by the conference include; baseball, softball, cross country, basketball, football, soccer, golf, tennis, volleyball, and men’s wrestling.
The Jimmies do not have tennis, but a move would give their soccer teams a much needed home.
Jamestown has been a member of the North Star Athletic Association since its inception in 2013.
University of Jamestown, Athletics Director Sean Johnson says the potential move was a difficult decision.
Jamestown has been a member of the North Star Athletic Association since its inception in 2013.
North Star Athletic Association Commissioner, Cory Anderson, one of the key architects of the nine-team conference, says losing a lynch pin like Jamestown is a blow, but says the league will continue to thrive.
AA…
Texas 4, Fargo-Moorhead 3
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Philadelphia 8 Detroit 5
Final Boston 10 Colorado 3
Final Miami 4 Tampa Bay 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Miguel Sano hit the go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth inning after Minnesota lost an early lead, and the Twins staved off another series sweep Wednesday by beating the Kansas City Royals 7-5.
Eduardo Nunez and Brian Dozier each homered, too, the first two batters to face Royals starter Dillon Gee (1-2) and just the fifth pair in Twins history to go deep in their first two plate appearances of the game.
Final Texas 15 L.A. Angels 9
Final Cleveland 4 Chi White Sox 3
Final Toronto 8 N-Y Yankees 4
Final Houston 4 Baltimore 3
Final Seattle 13 Oakland 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 2 Washington 0
Final Chi Cubs 9 St. Louis 8
Final San Francisco 4 San Diego 3, 10 Innings
Final Pittsburgh 5 Arizona 4
Final Milwaukee 3 Atlanta 2, 13 Innings
Final L.A. Dodgers 3 Cincinnati 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
CLEVELAND (AP) – The Cleveland Cavaliers are one win away from their second straight trip to the NBA Finals following a 116-78 blowout over the visiting Toronto Raptors. Kevin Love was the top scorer in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, finishing with 25 points while LeBron James and Kyrie (KY’-ree) Irving each added 23. DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors with just 14 points on 2 of 8 from the field.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Joel Ward scored twice and the San Jose Sharks advanced to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in their 24-season history by beating St. Louis 5-2 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals. Logan Couture (koo-TOOR’) furnished a goal and two assists for the Sharks, who led 4-0 until Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice in the final 8:21. The Blues haven’t been to the finals since 1970 and will remain the only existing franchise from the NHL’s 1967 expansion without a Stanley Cup.
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
PHOENIX (AP) – Maya Moore scored a season-high 34 points, Sylvia Fowles added 18 and the Minnesota Lynx held on to beat the Phoenix Mercury 85-78 on Wednesday night.
Minnesota (4-0), ranked No. 1 in the AP WNBA power poll, led by 14 points in the second half before Phoenix stormed back
Penny Taylor scored 18 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter for the Mercury who are 0-4 for the first time since 2008 and the third time in franchise history.
MLB…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins have added an eighth reliever to their overworked bullpen, selecting the contract of left-hander Buddy Boshers from Triple-A Rochester.
Reserve outfielder Darin Mastroianni was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle before the game Wednesday against Kansas City. Twins relievers logged 11 2/3 innings over the last two games against the Royals.
Boshers signed with the Twins as a minor league free agent before the season. He has a 1.42 ERA in 19 innings with five walks and 21 strikeouts for Rochester. Boshers has 25 career major league appearances, all in 2013 with the Los Angeles Angels.
To make room for Boshers on the 40-man roster, closer Glen Perkins (strained left shoulder) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.
COLLGE BASEBALL…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Iowa’s Joel Booker tied a Big Ten tournament record with five hits as Iowa upset top-seeded Minnesota 8-2 Wednesday.
Booker reached base in all six of his at-bats and added a steal for the Hawkeyes (29-25), who also got four hits from Tyler Peyton.
Booker pushed Iowa’s lead to 5-0 in the second inning, scoring from first base off a single. C.J. Eldred (3-8) made sure the Gophers (34-20) didn’t come back, allowing just two runs and striking out five in seven innings.
Connor Schaefbauer provided Minnesota’s only runs with a two-run homer in the third.
Gophers starter Matt Fielder (7-3) was knocked out of the game in the third inning after giving up five earned runs.
BRADY…
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – The New England Patriots are joining Tom Brady in the quarterback’s appeal of a four-game suspension for his role in the use of under-inflated footballs during the 2014 AFC championship game. The team filed a court brief with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today, saying the Patriots stand to lose their All-Pro quarterback for 25 percent of the upcoming regular season based on a severely flawed process. The Pats are trying to persuade the entire circuit to overrule the 2-1 decision that reinstated Brady’s four-game suspension last month.
FENCH OPEN TENNIS…
Eighth-seeded Timea Bacsinszky, a French Open semifinalist last year, advanced to the third round at Roland Garros by beating Eugenie Bouchard 6-4, 6-4.
Bacsinszky was broken in her first service game, but the 2014 Wimbledon finalist couldn’t hold the lead. The Swiss broke back in the seventh game, broke Bouchard again with a backhand winner for a 5-4 lead, and served out the first set.
Rafael Nadal can win his 200th Grand Slam match on Thursday if he beats Facundo Bagnis of Argentina in the second round of the French Open.
Nadal, a record nine-time champion at Roland Garros, would become the eighth man in history to win 200 matches at major tournaments. The man with the most wins is Roger Federer, who has 302 over his career but is missing from this year’s French Open because of injury.
Novak Djokovic, the current top-ranked player, can win his 50th match at Roland Garros by defeating qualifier Steve Darcis of Belgium. But the milestone that really matters to Djokovic is winning his first French Open, the only Grand Slam he hasn’t won.
In world and national news…
CHAPMAN, Kan. (AP) – A large tornado in rural northern Kansas has damaged or destroyed as many as 25 homes, staying on the ground for more than an hour and a half. The Kansas Highway Patrol says emergency crews are going by homes in the hardest-hit part of Dickinson County, making sure no one is trapped. There are no reports of injuries or fatalities in last night’s twister.
SHIMA, Japan (AP) – President Barack Obama says foreign leaders have good reason to be “rattled” by Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Obama made the comment at a news conference in Japan today, following the first working session of the G-7 Summit. Obama also downplayed concerns that the protracted fight between Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders is hurting his party’s chances. He calls their escalating attacks the inevitable “grumpiness” of a primary campaign.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Election officials in Kentucky will re-examine vote totals from the Democratic presidential primary at the request of the Bernie Sanders campaign. At stake is one delegate in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders and Hillary Clinton both picked up 27 delegates after the May 17 Kentucky primary. But one delegate is yet to be awarded from the 6th Congressional District, where Sanders trails Clinton by 500 votes.
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) – Soldiers are placing nearly a quarter of a million U.S. flags at Arlington National Cemetery as part of a Memorial Day tradition. Today’s “flags in” marks the beginning of Memorial Day weekend observances at the cemetery. The tradition began in 1948. The mission is carried out by the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, nicknamed “The Old Guard.” The flags are removed after Memorial Day.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The auto club AAA projects that some 38 million people will be traveling 50 miles or more over the Memorial Day weekend. That’s about 700,000 more than last year and the most since 2005. AAA says you can thank the lowest gas prices in more than a decade. The average price for a gallon of regular is a $2.30 nationwide, about 34 cents less than a year ago.
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