CSi Weather…

TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain showers

after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers  in the Jamestown area, a 30 percent chance in the Valley City area including thundershowers. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph

shifting to the west in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear.  A 20 percent chance of evening showers in the Valley City area.  Lows in the lower 50s. West

winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to

15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 50.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and slight

chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of

precipitation 30 percent.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the mid 60s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper

40s. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…Mostly clear. Lows around 50. Highs in

the lower to mid 70s.

 

Isolated thunderstorms are possible tonight across western and

central North Dakota. Severe weather is not expected.

There is a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday, and again Friday

afternoon and evening.

Then, uch cooler air into the region with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s by Saturday.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Police is warning residents of a convicted sex offender living in Jamestown.

Jordan Aaron Smith resides at 517 4th Street Northwest, Jamestown, ND

He presently has no vehicle.

He is a 21 year old, white male, 6 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 210 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.

He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the  North Dakota risk level of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Offense: Gross Sexual Imposition involving a 14 year old girl.

Conviction: July, 2014 in Stutsman County District Court, ND

Disposition: 1 year, 1 day, 239 days suspended, credit for time served 127 days, 5 years supervised probation.

Smith is currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and Probation.

He is on GPS Monitoring.

Smith is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Jordan Aaron Smith are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Cleanup of the James River in Jamestown continues to be addressed, as the Stutsman County Water Resource Board appointed a seven-member task force to recommend action to the board.

The task force includes the Chairperson, Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Past-President  Joan Morris, Stutsman County auditor/chief operating officer Casey Bradly, along with John Schock, from Stutsman County Water Resource Board

Also on the Task Force is  Jamison Veil, as a  city representative, BJ Kratz, from  North Dakota Game and Fish; Bob Martin from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry  Bergquist.

The board approved entering into an agreement with Moore Engineering for $1,000 to apply for a $50,000 grant from the North Dakota State Water Commission.

The task force will be putting  together information to present to the board on seeking a one mill property tax to pay for the remainder of the James River cleanup, that would generate about $100,000 in revenue annually.

The cost on house valued at $100,000 would an additional $4.50 each year.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Public School Board, Monday approved an agreement with Medallus Medical for a near-site clinic.  Board member Steve Veldkamp was not present.

The clinic  will provide medical services for school health plan members and the general public.

Also at the meeting recorded by CSi 10 The Replay Channel, the Jamestown Public School District discussed  a $150,000 deficit   with its 2017-18 draft budget.

Jamestown Public Schools,  Business Manager, Salley Ost pointed out that the $149,755 deficit is after $200,000 in cuts were made with $28.5 million in anticipated revenues and $28.35 million in expenditures.

Anticipated federal revenue makes up about five percent of the budget, and that amount is not clear at this time. Although there is no mill levy increase there should be a 3 percent increase in local revenue based on local dollars.

With 76 percent of the budget being salary and benefits the actual numbers will not be set until negotiations with teachers, support staff and nonadministrators are completed.

The meeting will be showing on the CSi Replay Channel 10 starting on Tuesday.

 

Carrington (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a man has been charged with a DUI following a two-vehicle crash between a van and semi Sunday evening about 7:20-p.m., on Highway  52, two miles west of Carrington.

Sgt. Benjamin Kenelly reports  both vehicles were eastbound on Highway 52 when the Dodge Van’s hood unhooked and blew up against the windshield. The driver slowed quickly, causing the semi operated by 65 year old Aron Sorokin, of Saint Laurent  to brake and swerve right to avoid striking the van.

The van’s driver, 56 year-old Frances Gasper of Carrington was transported to the Carrington hospital and charged with DUI. Sorokin was not uninjured in the incident.

The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

Assisting at the were:  The Carrington Police Department, Foster County Sheriff’s Office and Carrington Fire Department.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  North Dakota Farmers Union is encouraging farmers to attend upcoming investor meetings for a soybean crushing facility and refinery that will be located near Spiritwood. The North Dakota Soybean Processors’ (NDSP) project will utilize 125,000 bushels of soybeans per day once completed.

NDFU President, Mark Watne says, “Adding value to commodities through in-state processing facilities, especially farmer-owned facilities, is something we strongly support. I would encourage farmers to attend upcoming investment offering meetings. This could be a good avenue to improve farm income.”

NDSP is offering 9,000 to 12,000 total units for sale at $10,000 each. Minnesota Soybean Processors is making a $60 million investment to purchase 6,000 units and will serve as the company’s managing member. A minimum investment of four units or $40,000 is required to invest in the project.

Meetings will be held at the following locations:

 

June 21             7-9 p.m.         North Dakota Farmers Union, Jamestown

June 21             7-9 p.m.         Delta Hotels by Marriott, Fargo

June 22             7-9 p.m.         Hilton Garden Inn, Grand Forks

June 22             7-9 p.m.         Hankinson Community Center, Hankinson

June 26             7-9 p.m.         Great River Energy, Bismarck

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s congressional delegation is asking the federal Agriculture Department to help out farmers and ranchers in the state dealing with drought.

Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Rep. Kevin Cramer have asked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to allow emergency haying of grassland enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program.

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows all of North Dakota being either abnormally dry or in some stage of drought, with more than one-fourth of the state in severe drought.

The weekly crop report from the Agriculture Department says more than half of the state’s pasture land and more than half of the alfalfa hay crop are considered in poor or very poor shape.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says Gov. Doug Burgum overstepped his authority on some vetoes he issued after the Legislature adjourned.

The state Constitution gives the governor power to veto provisions in a spending bill without rejecting the entire measure.

Republican House Majority Leader Al Carlson of Fargo and his Senate counterpart, Rich Wardner, of Dickinson requested the attorney general’s opinion in May, questioning whether the governor could veto parts of appropriation bills in ways that change the legislative intent.

In a formal opinion Monday, Stenehjem said the vetoes of some sections of the North Dakota University System appropriation and a couple others were not authorized.

Legislative leaders say they need to study the opinion before deciding whether to challenge the vetoes in court or try to override them.

 

NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Parshall man who is presumed drowned after he went missing while operating a personal watercraft on the Missouri River near New Town.

The search for 42-year-old Chad Kanine has been ongoing since authorities were notified June 11 that he had gone missing in rough waters.

Mountrail County Sheriff Ken Halvorson says a sonar team hired by the Three Affiliated Tribes completed three days of lake-bottom scanning on Monday with no results. He says the recovery operation now is being conducted mostly from the air and the river bank.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota prosecutors and the defense attorneys of a Minot woman accused of helping her husband plan and cover up the killing of his ex-wife are arguing over which judge should hear the case.A hearing on a motion to swap judges for the trial of Cynthia Wilder is scheduled for July 5. This is the second request to change the judge assigned to the case.

Wilder was arrested in May and charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the 2015 death of Angila Wilder. The 26-year-old is also charged for helping her husband, Richie Wilder, in his attempted escape from the Ward County Jail in August 2016.

Richie Wilder was sentenced in December to life in prison for the slaying of his ex-wife.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Damage from a fire at a Bismarck recreational vehicle business is expected to be in the millions of dollars.

The blaze at Capital RV happened Sunday morning. A shop and several motor homes inside were damaged, and the business’s showroom suffered smoke damage.

No one was in the building at the time and here were no reports of injuries.

There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire.

The  dealership was open for business Monday.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot is now home to a black-footed ferret.The Minot zoo is the 22nd in the country to have one of the endangered animals. Only about 300 black-footed ferrets now live in the wild.

The  adult male is named Oshkosh, and came from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado.

Meanwhile, the Minot zoo’s female Bactrian camel recently died. The camel named Mulan was 19 years old.

 

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi)  Luke Anderson says he’ll miss being the Jamestown Blue Jays boys basketball coach after he announced his resignation.

Anderson has accepted the position of Principal at Gussner Elementary School in Jamestown.

His resignation ends his three year run as head coach, ten years in the basketball program.

Jamestown High School Activities Director, Jim Roaldson,says the school will begin advertising the opening this week, adding that candidates from in and outside the district will be considered.

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Parks Program will be hosting Leapaldt Park Day in Leapaldt Park today from 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM.  There will be plenty of games and fun for all.  The event is free and open to the public.  Parents are responsible for transportation.  There will be no supervised activities at McElroy, Meidinger, or Nickeus Parks Tuesday afternoon.    For more information please call the Jamestown Parks & Recreation office at 252-3982.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The 2017 Jamestown Middle School Football Camp is scheduled for June 25-28, 2017 at Ernie Gates Field.

Camp runs from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and is open to players entering seventh and eighth grade. Registration will be held at 5:30 on June 25. Cost is $60 and includes camp T-shirt. Equipment will be provided at registration. Players need to bring their own mouth guard.

For more information contact JHS head football coach Bill Nelson at (701) 320-8441 or email William.Nelson1@k12.nd.us or Linda Roaldson at (701) 952-4006.

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A man who is helping lead a social media campaign in support of restoring the University of North Dakota’s retired Fighting Sioux nickname says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in another case offers hope.

The Supreme Court has struck down part of a law that bans offensive trademarks, in a ruling that is expected to help the Washington Redskins in their legal fight over the team name.The court said the 71-year-old trademark law barring disparaging terms infringes on free speech rights. Redskins owner Dan Snyder says he’s “thrilled” with the decision.

Justices ruled the government can’t refuse to register trademarks considered offensive because it infringes on free speech rights.

David Davidson says the ruling might provide an impetus to pressure either UND or the NCAA to allow for the restoration of the nickname that the NCAA previously deemed offensive to Native Americans.

State residents in 2012 voted to dump the nickname and UND’s American Indian head logo, and they were retired that year. Davidson says he thinks many residents voted against the nickname not because they didn’t like it but because they feared UND would be sanctioned.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The number of breeding ducks in North Dakota has dropped below 3 million for the first time in nearly a quarter century.

A state Game and Fish Department survey that gives hunters their first glimpse of how duck numbers might shape up for the fall hunt indicates about 2.95 million birds.

Game and Fish migratory game bird supervisor Mike Szymanski (shuh-MAN’-skee) says there has been a loss of grassland habitat in recent years. And he says drought in the state this year won’t help matters.

A July brood survey will estimate duck production and provide a better idea of what hunters can expect in the fall. Szymanski says good reproduction in duck-breeding areas in Canada would help matters. The Canadian Drought Monitor map indicates better conditions north of the border.

 

AA…

Kansas City 7, Fargo-Moorhead 4

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Cincinnati 7 Tampa Bay 3

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final Cleveland 12 Baltimore 0

Final Toronto 7 Texas 6

Final Kansas City 4 Boston 2

Final Houston 4 Oakland 1

Final Seattle 6 Detroit 2

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Miami 8 Washington 7

Final Atlanta 9 San Francisco 0

Final Pittsburgh 8 Milwaukee 1

Final Chi Cubs 3 San Diego 2

Final L.A. Dodgers 10 N-Y Mets 6

 

TWINS….

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have sent pitcher Phil Hughes on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester for his right shoulder. The Twins announced yesterday that Hughes would join the Red Wings tomorrow. Hughes had surgery about a year ago to remove a rib, after being diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees right-hander Matt Marsh and Minnesota Twins left-hander Cam Booser have each been suspended for 50 games under baseball’s minor league drug program following second positive tests for a drug of abuse. The 25-year-old Booser has allowed one run over three games and 2 2/3 innings this year at Class A Fort Myers.

 

WILD…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have announced an ECHL affiliation agreement with the Rapid City Rush for the upcoming season. The Wild’s primary developmental affiliate is the Iowa Wild in the AHL. Under the affiliation agreement, the Rush will serve as a resource for the development efforts and personnel needs of both the Iowa Wild and the Minnesota Wild.

 

In world and national news…

CINCINNATI (AP) — The family of an American college student who died days after being released from North Korea in a coma says the 22-year-old “has completed his journey home.” Relatives say Otto Warmbier died Monday. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner. He arrived in Ohio on June 13 after being held for more than 17 months. His family said it was told he had been in a coma since soon after his sentencing.

LONDON (AP) — British health authorities say seven people remain hospitalized after a driver plowed into a crowd spilling out of north London mosques after Ramadan services. NHS England says three of the injured remain in critical care. British leaders, including Prime Minister Theresa May, have moved swiftly to ease concerns in the Muslim community following the attack in London’s Finsbury Park neighborhood, which is home to a large Muslim population.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a man charged with murder in the death of a Muslim teen who was attacked near her mosque became enraged after getting in a fight with one of the girl’s friends. Police say 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen died of blunt force trauma to the upper body after 22-year-old Darwin Martinez Torres attacked her with a baseball bat in a Washington D.C. suburb.

ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — As the most expensive House race in in U.S. history goes into voters’ hands, President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to weigh in on the closely-watched election. In one early Tuesday tweet, Trump criticizes Democrat Jon Ossoff, saying he’ll raise taxes, is weak on crime and “doesn’t even live in district.” In another tweet, Trump praises Republican Karen Handel as a hard worker who will fight for lower taxes, great health care and strong security.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds that Americans are more likely to oppose than support President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, with just 18 percent of respondents agreeing with his claim that pulling out of the international agreement to reduce carbon emissions will help the U.S. economy. The survey conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that a slim majority _ 52 percent _ worry the withdrawal will hurt the nation’s economy.