CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Mostly sunny. Scattered thunderstorms and chance of showers in the morning, then slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may

be severe in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds

around 10 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon. Chance of

precipitation 30 percent in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Heat index 90 to 95.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the evening in the Jamestown area, 20 percent chance in the Valley City area. Some thunderstorms may be severe.

Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index

90 to 95.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Not as warm. Highs in the mid 70s.

Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 50s.

Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around

5 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.

Highs in the 80s to lower 100s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.

Highs in the mid to upper 90s.

 

A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from north

central North Dakota into the James River Valley this afternoon

and evening. Large hail and damaging winds will be the main

threats.

 

Wednesday through Monday

Very warm conditions are expected Friday through Monday, with

forecast high temperatures around 100 degrees.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Today (Tues Jul 11, 2107) is the formal ribbon cutting of the Jamestown Regional Airports Jetway/Jet Bridge, at 4:30-p.m.

The ribbon cutting is part of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Business After Hours at the airport.

The airport will have catering by Sabir’s Buffalo Grill at the event.

Jamestown Regional Airport Authority Board, Chairman, Jim Boyd adds, “This is an important milestone in the successful projects to significantly improve our “Commercial Air Service” having the success factor of bringing SkyWest/United Express’s Jet Service to Denver from our airport.”

 

 

 

Jamestown (CSi 7-10-17) Jamestown Police is warning residents that a convicted sex offender is has changed his Jamestown residence.

Jamestown Police reports that 24 year old Sawyer Suko now resides at 1502 5th Avenue, Northeast, Jamestown, ND.

He is described as a white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.

He presently has no vehicle.

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

Suko has been convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition, involving a 13 year old girl, when both Suko and the female were intoxicated at a campsite, when Suko was 18 years of age. The conviction date was January 6, 2012, in Stutsman County, District Court.

Disposition: One year and one day…with 285 days suspended, and under supervised probation…currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and Probation, and is on GPS Monitoring.

Suko 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 Suko 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

 

 

St. Paul, Mn  (CSi) . – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is reducing outflows into the Sheyenne River at Baldhill Dam, located northwest of Valley City, North Dakota, to approximately 100 cubic feet per second, or cfs, beginning Monday, July 17, 2017.

Outflows are being reduced in order to perform a survey at a downstream dam. A mussel and fish survey will be conducted at various locations during this period as well. Corps staff will lower Lake Ashtabula water levels to elevation 1,265.8 feet in order to store the water. The pool is expected to climb to an elevation near 1,266.2 feet during this time.

Corps staff plan to resume a normal outflow of 800 cfs July 20.

Baldhill Dam forms Lake Ashtabula on the Sheyenne River. Congress authorized the construction of Baldhill Dam in 1944 to stabilize flows on the Sheyenne River. The dam, which was completed in 1951, serves as a multi-purpose facility, providing water supply, flood abatement, wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities.

 

The nearly 600 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the St. Paul District Fiscal Year 2016 $78 million budget, nearly 1,250 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $120 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Planning Commission met Monday morning at City Hall.

Members present: Hillerud, Frye, Rath, Bensch, Ritter

Others:  Liebig, Veil, Fuchs, Reuther, Blackmore, Harty

Absent: Trautman, Rhinehart, Bayer, Paulson

 

Chairman Hillerud opened the meeting and asked for a motion to approve the minutes from the June 12, 2017 Planning Commission meeting. Commission member Ritter made a motion to approve. Seconded by Commission member Rath.  Unanimous aye vote. Motion Carried.

Public Hearing: Eastwood Second Addition

The final plat of Eastwood Second Addition, a replat of Lots 1 & 2, Block 1 of Eastwood Estates Subdivision within the NE ¼ of Section 30, T140N, R63W, City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota.

 

Scott Harmstead, SRF Consulting Group, Inc. gave the staff report.  Scott explained the site is currently zoned R-1.

The intent of the replat is to reconfigure Lots 1 & 2, with Lot 1 being deeded to the City for construction of a retention basin for storm water control for this area.  There have been no changes since the preliminary plat was approved on June 12, 2017.  All items have been submitted and the application is considered complete.

 

Chairman Hillerud opened the public hearing.  No one appeared.  Chairman Hillerud closed the public hearing.

 

Commission member Frye made a motion to accept the findings of staff and recommend approval of the Final Plat for Eastwood Estates Subdivision, a replat of Lots 1 & 2, Block 1 of Eastwood Second Addition to the City Council. Seconded by Commission member Bensch.  Roll Call.  Unanimous aye vote. Motion Carried.

The plat change now moves to the Jamestown City Council for consideration at its meeting on Monday, Aug. 7.

 

Other business.

Chairman Hillerud asked if an agenda item can be added to the next City Planning & Zoning Committee to discuss the action items as presented to the Planning Commission by SRF Consulting, Inc. The City Planning & Zoning Committee will meet July 25th, 2017 at 4:00 pm at City Hall.  Chairman Hillerud requested City Assessor Veil to forward a copy of the action item list to the City Committee members prior to the July meeting for review.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Frontier Village Association board, has  elected three new members.

Melody Mittleider, Jay Mickelson and MaLinda Lux, of Jamestown, were unanimously elected to the board, bringing, the total of the nine-person board to eight members.

Mona Elsner, elected to the board in March, this year, and Tina Willason, elected in June, had both resigned from the board citing conflicts.

Board member JoAnn Herrick was elected acting vice president for the duration of the year. She replaces Jim Cofield who resigned in June.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The 38th year of the Valley City Farmers Market began Monday in the Shopko parking lot on West Main Street, in Valley City.

Manager Norma Voldal says the location is changed because of construction work in the Rosebud Visitor Center parking lot this summer.

She adds the market will be open every Monday and Thursday from 4pm to 6pm through the month of October, weather permitting.

She says even though the market is not certified organic, most of the growers use little or no chemicals in their gardens.

For more information about the Valley City Farmers Market call manager Norma Voldal at 845-4303

 

Page, ND  (CSi)  The North Daktoa Highway Patrol reports, three men were injured about 4:30-p.m., Monday  in a crash near Page.

Sgt. Ben Kennelly reports that the driver of a Kenworth semi traveling northbound on Highway 38 was struck on the driver’s side by an Audi crossing Highway 38 and heading east onto Cass County 26.

Following the collision the semi went into the ditch rolling onto its top. He said the Audi came to rest on the southbound shoulder of the intersection.

Injure were the driver of the Audi, 56 year-old Tormod Gulbrandsen and his 22 year-old passenger Lars Gulbrandsen and the driver of the semi 33 year-old Brandon Funk of Finley were transported by ambulance to Sanford Health in Fargo for treatment of their injuries. Their condition has not been released.

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

 

 

Washington  (CSi)  – Congressman Kevin Cramer issued the following statement after Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorizing emergency haying starting July 16, 2017 for livestock producers dealing with the ongoing drought.

 

“Once again, I have to say thank you to Secretary Perdue for his incredible handling of this drought emergency across the Northern Plains. Under the Trump Administration, the USDA has shown the people of North Dakota that their livelihoods matter to the federal government. By expeditiously deploying every option at the USDA’s disposal, including emergency haying, North Dakota producers have a better chance to sustain their core herds and make it through this terrible drought. With all options on the table for ranchers, all we can do is continue to pray for better weather forecasts ahead.”

 

In addition, the USDA will authorize up to a 12 month exemption to the FSA farm loan requirement that borrowers maintain physical control of livestock during the term of the loan. This exemption will allow livestock producers the option of sending livestock to feedlots, drylots or otherwise relocate livestock to locations where feed, forage and water needs can be met.

For more drought information, visit Cramer.House.Gov/Drought.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The federal government has approved more help for drought-stricken ranchers in North Dakota.

Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Rep. Kevin Cramer say the Department of Agriculture has authorized emergency haying of drought-impacted land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, starting Sunday.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue late last month opened up CRP land to emergency grazing.

In addition, the USDA is giving producers with FSA loans a 12-month exemption from a requirement that they have physical control of their livestock. That allows ranchers to send livestock to other feedlots to weather the drought.

Last week, Hoeven announced the government was opening up land in the Wetland Restoration Easement program to haying and grazing.

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows nearly all of western North Dakota in either severe or extreme drought.

BISMARCK, N.D. (July 10, 2017) – Gov. Doug Burgum has signed an executive order waiving hours of service restrictions for drivers of commercial vehicles transporting hay, water and livestock to help livestock producers battling harsh drought conditions. The order also eases weight limits for those hauling hay and water to support drought-stricken ranchers.

 

Extreme or severe drought conditions are impacting nearly half of North Dakota after months of below-average precipitation and a recent heatwave. Livestock producers have been forced to bring in supplemental feed and water supplies from non-drought areas or move their herds to areas where forage and water are more plentiful.

GRASSY BUTTE, N.D. (AP) — A wildfire in the Little Missouri National Grassland in western North Dakota has grown from 5 square miles to 8 square miles.The 5,100-acre blaze broke out over the weekend. The U.S. Forest Service and local fire departments on Monday morning had it about 15 percent contained. The cause wasn’t immediately determined.

The fire is in a rural area and no homes are threatened. It is impacting the popular Maah Daah Hey Trail system, however. The trail is closed between the Bennett and Elkhorn campgrounds.

The White Tail and Magpie campgrounds also are closed, and the airspace over the fire is closed to planes and helicopters not involved in the firefighting effort.

The U.S. Drought Monitor Map shows that the fire is in an area impacted by severe drought.

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Rural Fire Department last Saturday  fought a grass fire for about five hours, three miles southeast of Valley City.

Fire Chief Gary Retterath said the fire started after a bale ignited in a round hay baler. He said the farmer released the bale and a grass fire started to spread into the field and nearby slough around 5pm.

Around 60 acres burned.  A firefighter was treated and released for heat exhaustion.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Recent rain is not enough to relieve drought in North Dakota.According to the federal Agriculture Department’s crop report, while many parts of North Dakota received rainfall last week, much more was needed to help both crops and livestock.

Despite the recent rain, most of North Dakota is still drought-stricken. Some producers in the western part of the state planned to bale wheat for livestock feed.

It was another hot week, with temperatures averaging 2 to 6 degrees above normal in eastern North Dakota and 6 to 10 degrees above normal in the west.

About a third of soybeans were in poor or very poor condition. Sunflowers blooming were 4 percent, behind last year’s 10 percent.

Nearly 70 percent of pastures and rangeland are in poor or very poor condition.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a Williston store many describe as a downtown landmark in the city.

The former Hedderich department store is an antiques shop and museum on Main Street and also houses a dental practice.

Owner Loye Ashton has had the store for decades. He  says everything seemed fine when he left the building about 5:45 p.m. Monday.

The fire broke out shortly after that. Nearby businesses were evacuated as a precaution.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Police have arrested a man accused of threatening a group of juveniles with a loaded gun in West Fargo.

The 23-year-old man flashed the handgun at the juveniles during an argument in the parking lot of an apartment complex early Monday. No shots were fired.

Officials say the West Fargo man could face a terrorizing charge. Investigators say alcohol was involved in the confrontation.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man accused of holding up a small-town North Dakota bank at gunpoint has filed a change of plea notice in federal court.

Authorities say 58-year-old Jay Barker robbed the Citizens Community Credit Union in St. John on March 8. He has pleaded not guilty to armed bank robbery.

Four days after he was arrested for the St. John robbery, Barker escaped from the Rolette County Jail by locking a correctional officer in the cell. He was arrested the next day.

Court documents show that Barker moved to North Dakota in the last year after he was released from an Idaho prison, where he served 17 years for armed robbery.

A change of plea hearing is scheduled for Aug. 28 in Fargo.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A company has proposed an expansion for a natural gas processing plant in the most prolific part of the Bakken oil patch in northwestern North Dakota.The Bismarck Tribune reports that Oasis Midstream wants to expand the Wild Basin Gas Plant in McKenzie County to make it the largest natural gas processing complex in the state.

The plant currently processes about 80 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. The expansion would add a new complex next to the existing plant, which would allow the plant to process an additional 265 million cubic feet per day.

According to documents filed with the North Dakota Public Service Commission, construction is expected to cost around $140 million.

The commission will have a public hearing about the proposal on Friday.

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi)  Dry is affecting  Hillcrest Municipal Golf Course. Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department golf course supervisor, John Miller told the City Park Board, that

he and his work crew are able to keep the greens in decent condition and are keeping the tee boxes wet.

 

Timberwolves…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have finalized contracts with power forward Taj Gibson and point guard Jeff Teague, two complementary additions to a roster that has undergone a huge overhaul. Gibson and Teague signed their deals yesterday before an introductory news conference at team headquarters.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taj Gibson says he didn’t realize his Illinois driver’s license had been suspended until his arrest last week for a traffic violation in New York. Gibson said after his introductory news conference yesterday that the suspension stemmed from a $200 tinted window ticket he said wasn’t paid on time because he didn’t know about it.

 

Wild…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have re-signed right wing Kurtis Gabriel and goalie Steve Michalek to one-year, two-way contracts. The deals with the restricted free agents were done yesterday. Many of the moves by the Wild this summer have been made to bolster organizational depth for in-season call-ups and injury insurance.

 

Home Run Derby…

 

MIAMI (AP) — Aaron Judge was in his element Monday night in Miami, and the New York Yankees outfielder didn’t disappoint.

The rookie has won the Home Run Derby after entering the All-Star break as the major league leader in round-trippers. Judge concluded his majestic performance by downing Twins infielder Miguel Sano (sah-NOH’) in the final, 11-10. Judge still had almost two minutes left on the clock when he hit his derby-clinching bomb.

He had the longest homer of the first round, crushing a 501-foot shot in a wild 23-22 win over Justin Bour (bohr). The Miami first baseman had just energized his home crowd before the 25-year-old Judge stepped up to take his hacks. Judge beat Bour with a blast during his 30-second bonus window.

Judge also was impressive in the semifinals against Dodgers first baseman Cody Bellinger, clubbing shots of 504 and 513 foot en route to a 13-12 win.

Judge is the fourth Yankee to win the Derby after Tino Martinez in 1997, Jason Giambi in 2002 and Robinson Cano (kuh-NOH’) in 2011.

Defending champion Giancarlo Stanton was knocked out in the opening round by Yankees slugger Gary Sanchez, 17-16. Stanton said he got about 2 ½ hours’ sleep following the Marlins’ game at San Francisco on Sunday.

Boston Red Sox hurler Chris Sale and Washington Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer (SHUR’-zur) will be the starting pitchers for tonight’s All-Star game.

Sale will become the first pitcher to make consecutive All-Star starts representing different teams when he takes the mound for the American League. He has fanned a major league-high 178 and is 11-4 with a 2.75 ERA in his first year with the Bosox.

Scherzer started the 2013 midsummer classic for the AL while with Detroit before moving to the NL in 2015. He leads the majors with a 2.10 ERA and is 10-5 with 173 strikeouts for the Nationals.

 

Wimbledon Tennis…

Play has started on Centre Court, with the roof closed, and resumed on some of the outside courts at Wimbledon after a rain delay.

Three-time champion Novak Djokovic was playing Adrian Mannarino on Centre Court.

The four women’s quarterfinals matches are also on the schedule, with five-time champion Venus Williams facing Jelena Ostapenko and Johanna Konta against Simona Halep on Centre Court after Djokovic.

On No. 1 Court, Garbine Muguruza will face Svetlana Kuznetsova and Magdalena Rybarikova will meet CoCo Vandeweghe.

Centre Court has a roof, but No. 1 Court does not.

 

Yesterday…

Two-time championship Rafael Nadal (nah-DAHL’) dropped his first two sets and fought off four match points in the fifth before absorbing a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13 loss to 16th seed Gilles Muller of Luxembourg. Nadal won every set in the French Open last month and did the same in the first three rounds at All England Club before stalling out against Muller.

Nadal fought off two match points while down 4-5 in the fifth set, and did it again while trailing 9-10 before Muller prevailed. The defeat extended Nadal’s drought without a quarterfinal berth at Wimbledon to six years.

Muller had lost 22 consecutive matches against opponents ranked among the top five before knocking out Nadal. The 34-year-old Muller is trying to reach a Grand Slam for the second time in his career, and his first since the 2008 U.S. Open.

The 4 ½-hour match forced a one-day postponement to second-seeded Novak Djokovic’s fourth-rounder against Adrian Mannarino.

First seed Andy Murray and third seed Roger Federer won their matches in straight sets to join Milos Raonic (ROW’-nihch), Marin Cilic (CHEE’-lihch), Tomas Berdych and American Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals.

There also was a shocker on the women’s side as top seed Angelique Kerber was dispatched by No. 14 Garbine Muguruza (gahr-BEEN’ moo-guh-ROO’-thuh), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. The outcome means either Simona Halep (HA’-lehp) or Karolina Pliskova (PLIHSH’-koh-vah) will become the top-ranked women’s player when the rankings come out next week.

The second-seeded Halep (HA’-lehp) reached the quarterfinals and ended Victoria Azarenka’s (az-ah-REHN’-kahz) run with a 7-6, 6-2 win. Americans Venus Williams and Coco Vandeweghe (VAN’-deh-way) also reached the quarters, as did Johanna Konta, Svetlana Kuznetsova (kooz-NET’-soh-vah), Jelena Ostapenko and Magdalena Rybarikova (rih-bar-ih-KOH’-vah).

Today’s schedule will feature the women’s quarterfinals and the Djokovic-Mannarino men’s fourth-round match. Williams will take on Ostapenko at Centre Court before Konta faces Halep. Over on Court 1, Kuznetsova will meet Muguruza and Vandeweghe will battle Rybarikova.

 

GOLF…

FRENCH LICK, Ind. (AP) — Trish Johnson shot a 5-under 67 in windy conditions Monday to take a four-stroke lead in the Senior LPGA Championship, the first major championship for senior women.

The 51-year-old Englishwoman birdied all four par-5 holes and had seven birdies and a double bogey in wind gusting to 33 mph at French Lick Resort’s Pete Dye Course.

 

 

NBA…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Sacramento Kings have announced the signing of veteran guard Vince Carter, who entered the NBA with the Toronto Raptors in 1998.

The 40-year-old Carter played the last three seasons in Memphis, where he averaged 8 points and 1.8 assists per game last season. He ranks 27th on the all-time list with 24,555 points, fifth with 2,049 3-pointers and 13th with 1,347 games played.

The Kings are Carter’s seventh NBA team.

In other NBA news:

— The Bulls say they have formally signed guard Justin Holiday, who spent this past season with the Knicks after averaging 6.5 points in 27 games for Chicago two years ago. The Associated Press reported last week that Holiday agreed to a two-year, $9 million package.

— The Cavaliers have found another backup to Kyrie Irving by signing free agent guard Jose Calderon to a one-year contract. Calderon split last season between the Los Angeles Lakers and Atlanta, averaging 3.4 points and 2.1 assists in 41 games.

 

In world and national…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who set up a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer during last year’s presidential campaign says it occurred at the behest of a Moscow-based singer with family ties to Trump’s businesses. Trump Jr. concedes he made time for the meeting, organized by music publicist Rob Goldstone, hoping to get information about Hillary Clinton. The New York Times says Goldstone told Trump Jr. ahead of the session that the Russian government was behind the information on Clinton.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry has welcomed the liberation of the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group as a “great victory” for the Iraqi people. It called for intensified regional efforts to contain the spread of terrorism “from one nest to another.” The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has backed Iraqi special forces and the Shiite-led militias in the battle for Mosul. Hezbollah has its own weapons and militia and operates independently of the Lebanese government.

UNDATED (AP) — The Islamic State group has lost the Iraqi city of Mosul and is facing an impending defeat in Raqqa in Syria. But even though the urban heart of its self-proclaimed caliphate may be gone, the extremist organization has built-in plans to endure and has shown years of flexibility that will be difficult to counteract. IS has resorted to a mix of a local insurgency and digitally-connected global jihadis to attain staying power and the means to relaunch its future.

ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) — Officials say a U.S. military plane used for refueling crashed into a soybean field in rural Mississippi, killing at least 16 people aboard in a fiery wreckage and spreading debris for miles. Leflore (le-FLOR’) County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a briefing late Monday that 16 bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles north of Jackson in the Mississippi Delta.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders hope to stage a climactic vote on their health care bill next week. But internal rifts over divisive issues like coverage requirements and Medicaid cuts still leave the measure’s fate in doubt. No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas says “We need to start voting” on the party’s bill annulling much of President Barack Obama’s law. But no one is certain it will be approved.