CSi Weather…

TODAY…Sunny, warmer. Highs in the lower 90s. South

winds 5 to 15 mph.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the evening. Warmer. Lows in the mid 60s. South

winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 10 to

15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to

10 mph.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to

15 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs

in the lower 90s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and

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

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers in the

afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance

of rain showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs around 80.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

 

Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible late this

afternoon and throughout the evening hours. The main threats will

be hail up to ping pong ball size, wind gusts of 60 mph, and

deadly lightning.

 

Dry and quiet weather will return for the weekend.

 

The new work week will bring several chances for thunderstorms with the

first chances Monday and Monday night.

 

 

 

Oklahoma (CSi)  Authorities in Oklahoma report, a Jamestown man died Wednesday in a three-vehicle accident in Oklahoma.

KFGO Radio reports, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol says, 75 year old Bert John Hilber, reportedly died at the scene of the accident traveling on his 2016 Harley Davidson trike when he stopped behind a 2013 Kenworth.

The semi was stopped and attempting to turn left onto a county road when a pickup failed to stop and hit Hibler’s Harley, pushing it into the back of the Kenworth.

The highway was closed over seven hours as the Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigation.

Hilber’s body was taken to the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Edmond, Oklahoma.

The crash remains under investigation.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Airline boardings at Jamestown Regional Airport in June this year rose above the June 2016 numbers.

The 2017 year to date boardings through June 30th also up compared to a year ago.

In June this year, boardings were 1,220 compared to 999 in June of last year, a 22 percent increase.

Year to date through June 2017 there were 6,529 boardings compared to 5,322 boardings through the same six months a year ago, a 24 percent increase.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The program that serves meals rescued from being wasted,  called Daily Bread, continues to expand in Jamestown.

Community Options is now included, at 420 20th St. SW, two blocks east of Valley Plains Equipment in Jamestown.

Other freezers that are used by Daily Bread include Washington Elementary School, St. John’s Lutheran Church and the James River Senior & Community Center for the summer.

Food is from state-certified kitchens and is fully cooked and fully frozen. Those getting food will need to thaw it out and reheat it. The food has never been touched by human hands, so its safe and nourishing.

Last year, Daily Bread collected over 13,000 pounds of food from several vendors in Jamestown.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The 3rd Annual Prairie Paws Rescue “Splash and Dash,” dog wash is Saturday July 15th, at R.M. Stoudt, from 10-a.m., to 1-p.m.

While your dog is getting clean you can enjoy a hotdog and beverage.

The event will feature 5 to 6 kiddie pools for the dogs to be scrubbed and cleaned. Nikki and Kim from Southwood Vet Clinic will be providing nail trimming for a suggested donation of $5.

This is one of the two major fundraisers for Prairie Paws Rescue each year.

Kaye John adds that donations of food, toys, litter, and other pet items would be accepted during the day as well.

She says they are in desperate need of special food for the animals.

More information on line at www.prairiepawsrescue.com or call 701-320-4553.

 

Galesburg  (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a Page, North Dakota youth died from injuries suffered in a crash Tuesday at 7:16 a.m.

The report says 8 year old Braden Dahl, died from injuries when the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, driven by 37 year old Brekka Dahl, of Page, was struck by a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 23 year old Ryan Ust, of Portland, North Dakota,  at the intersection of Steele County Road 1 and 137th Avenue Southeast about 10 miles west of Galesburg.

The Silverado was southbound and failed to yield at the intersection striking the Malibu on the passenger side. Ust was charged with failure to yield in the accident.

The Patrol says, Braden Dahl who was a rear seat passenger was  flown by Hope Ambulance, Life Flight to Sanford Hospital in Fargo for treatment of his injuries on Tuesday and died from the injuries Wednesday.

Assisting at the scene was the Steele County Sheriff’s Office.

The accident remains under investigation.

A GoFundMe page has been set up by a friend to help the Dahl family with medical and funeral expenses.

 

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  The Economic Development Association of North Dakota (EDND) invites nominations from the community for five state economic development awards: Project of the Year (two awards given to one urban and one rural community), Economic Developer of the Year (two awards given to one urban and one rural community), and the Community Development Award.

The Project of the Year recognizes a project that has made a significant contribution to the economic health of a community or region in terms of job creation, partnerships and overall economic impact. The Economic Developer of the Year award is given to an individual who has made a significant contribution that will leave a lasting impact on the economic health of his or her community or region. The Community Development Award recognizes an economic development project that has increased the quality of life in a community.

Nomination forms are available at www.ednd.org and will be accepted until September 15. Winners will be recognized during the EDND Fall Conference Oct. 18-20 in Williston.

EDND represents more than 80 state economic development organizations on the front line of economic development efforts throughout North Dakota. The primary purpose of the organization is to support the creation of new wealth and the diversification of North Dakota’s economy. Additional information is available at www.ednd.org.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  A retirement reception will be held for Southeast District  Court Judge, John Greenwood, of Jamestown on Wednesday July 26,2017 from 2:30-p.m., to 4:30-p.m., at the Stutsman County Courthouse.

At 3-p.m., Judge Greenwood will present a short program.

 

Fingal  (CSi)   Fingal, North Dakota celebrates its 125th Anniversary this weekend.

On Friday July 14, 2017, the Fingal All School Reunion is at the Valley City Eagles Club with entertainment by of Robby Vee.

Also on Friday, a Street Dance at the Fingal Roadhouse with music by Blue English from 10-p.m. to 1-a.m.

On Saturday, July 15th the Fingal Fire Department breakfast is  7-a.m. to 9-a.m. at the Fire Hall.

The 5K Walk/Run starts at 7:30am in City Park and visit the Flea Market in City Park too.

Also on Saturday, the Lund Blacksmithing, Sageng Threshing and Custer’s Memorial 7th Calvary.

Ice cream is provided by Midwest Dairy Association on Saturday.

The parade starts at 10-a.m., with the tractor pull at 11-a.m., pony rides and petting zoo at 12- noon and kiddie games at 1-p.m.

Bingo starts at 2-p.m., and  the car, truck and tractor show is on Main Street.

Music with the Maasjo Sisters  at 4:30-p.m., at the Fire Hall followed by the anniversary supper at 5:30-p.m. in the Fire Hall.

At 9-p.m., the  Street Dance with Blue English, in front of the Fingal Roadhouse followed by the Fireworks display by Starr Fireworks at 11-p.m.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Trump administration has denied a request from Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for a “major disaster declaration” to help cover some of the estimated $38 million cost to police protests of the Dakota Access pipeline.

Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki says the governor was notified in May that the request had been denied. The office didn’t announce the denial until reporters asked about it this week.

The declaration would have allowed the state to pursue reimbursement for the costs it incurred during the months-long protest against construction of the pipeline.

The $3.8 billion pipeline, built and operated by Energy Transfer Partners, began moving oil from North Dakota to a shipping point in Illinois last month.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven says he needs more time to evaluate a revamped Republican health care bill.

The reworked bill pushed by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seeks conservative support by letting insurers sell low-premium policies with skimpy coverage.

Hoeven says he wants to see the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s evaluation of the bill before he decides. That’s expected next week.

Hoeven and a few other undecided senators who had opposed the first version of the bill met with McConnell Thursday. The lawmakers wanted details and numbers on how the bill would affect rural and Medicaid-dependent populations in their states.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Crews are getting the upper hand on a large wildfire burning in the Little Missouri National Grassland of western North Dakota.

The U.S. Forest Service said Thursday that cooler temperatures have helped firefighters get containment of the Magpie Fire to 60 percent.

Crews plan to strengthen the existing fire line and secure an additional fire line. But the forecast calls for increasing temperatures and gusty winds that could whip up the fire.

The fire started Saturday in a remote area and isn’t threatening any structures, people or livestock.

Ninety-five firefighters are battling the fire. The Magpie and Whitetail campgrounds and a short section of the Maah Daah Hey Trail remain closed.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The drought in North Dakota is contributing to a high number of wildfires across the state.

The state Department of Emergency Services says firefighters have battled nearly 200 wildfires since March. McKenzie County had the most fires with 18 since March.

15 counties didn’t have any wildfires. Most of those counties are in the northeast part of the state. Fires have been reported every single day for the last 25 days.

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows nearly three-fourths of the state in some stage of drought, up from about two-thirds last week.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A 36-year-old Minot man has been sentenced to three years in prison for sexting a 17-year-old girl who became his wife, but it won’t be tacked on to a sentence he’s currently serving.

Thomas Hannibal Drumgold II pleaded guilty Wednesday to promoting obscenity to a minor and possession of child pornography.

Drumgold allegedly had nude photos of the girl on his phone and had sexually explicit phone conversations with her while in jail. They were married a few months later.

Judge Todd Cresap said he was conflicted, noting that Drumgold’s wife asked to have the charges dropped and the woman’s mother had asked for the maximum five years.

Cresap ruled the sentence could be served concurrently with a five-year sentence for dealing drugs.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A group of North Dakota high school students have uncovered rare fossils estimated to be from an era right after dinosaurs went extinct.

Paleontologist Jeff Person tells The Bismarck Tribune that the fossils discovered Wednesday during a fossil dig include the jaw of a 60 million-year-old mammal and a crocodile tooth. The students also found several fish vertebrae and mussel shells.

The mammal jaw discovered will assist paleontologists in determining a more precise estimate of the age of the fossils found.

Students from Century and Legacy high schools participated in the fossil dig with paleontologists for a field trip near Medora for their summer biology classes.

Community members will continue to assist paleontologists dig at the site for the week.

 

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Drag Racing Association presents Drag Racing at Jamestown Regional Airport, on Saturday and Sunday July 15-16, 2017.

Special guests this year the Mid-West Wild Bunch, with Outlaws Drag Racing.

Featured Sponsor: Jamestown Tourism.

The registration form, which was revised in 2015, is now available. Whether you’re a veteran at our races or a first-timer please make sure to also read through the rules and safety guidelines when you sign up.

More information on line at: www.JAMESTOWNDRAGRACING.COM

 

AA…

Fargo-Moorhead 1, Kansas City 0

 

MLB… All Star Break…

 

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final L.A. Sparks 87 Connecticut 77

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins start the second half of the season with a tough task at Houston. They’ll face the American League-leading Astros for three games beginning Friday night. Right-hander Jose Berrios takes the mound for the Twins in the opener, opposite Astros righty Charlie Morton.

 

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Governor Mark Dayton has named a new chairman to lead the embattled board overseeing the new Minnesota Vikings stadium. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority has been in flux since top leaders resigned earlier this year amid controversy over its use of two luxury suites. Dayton appointed former Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Blatz as interim chairwoman after Michele Kelm-Helgen stepped down. Dayton named Michael Vekich as the authority’s new long-term chairman on Thursday.

 

WIMBLEDON TENNIS…

LONDON (AP) — Venus Williams has reached the Wimbledon final for the ninth time. The five-time champion at the All England Club will play Garbine Muguruza (GAHR’-been moo-gah-ROO’-thuh) for the title on Saturday.

Williams improved to 9-1 in Wimbledon semifinals with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Johanna Konta, who was hoping to become the first British woman to reach the final since Virginia Wade won it in 1977.

At 37, Williams is the oldest Wimbledon finalist since Martina Navratilova was the 1994 runner-up at that age.

It will be the second trip to the Wimbledon final for Muguruza, who advanced by beating unseeded Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1, 6-1.

 

LONDON (AP) — In search of an eighth Wimbledon title, Roger Federer will play for a place in his 11th final at the All England Club.

The 18-time Grand Slam champion will face 2010 finalist Tomas Berdych in the semifinals Friday on Centre Court.

Federer is 18-6 against Berdych, but the 11th-seeded Czech beat Federer in the quarterfinals during his run to the final seven years ago.

In the first semifinal match, seventh-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia will face Sam Querrey. The 24th-seeded American eliminated defending champion Andy Murray in the quarterfinals.

 

TOUR…

PEYRAGUDES, France (AP) — Frenchman Romain Bardet won the first Pyrenean stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, as Chris Froome lost the race leader’s yellow jersey to Fabio Aru.

Froome’s Sky teammates controlled the race until the final kilometer leading to the ski station of Peyragudes, but the three-time champion cracked in the grueling final section featuring slopes with a 20 percent gradient.

Bardet won the stage ahead of Rigoberto Uran and Aru, who seized the race lead from Froome by six seconds according provisional results.

 

GOLF…

PGA-JOHN DEERE CLASSIC

 

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Charles Howell III and Ollie Schniederjans each shot 8-under 63 in perfect morning conditions Thursday to share the first-round lead in the John Deere Classic.

Howell birdied seven his first nine holes and added a birdie on No. 7 at rain-softened TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. The two-time PGA Tour winner lost a playoff to Kyle Stanley two weeks ago in the Quicken Loans National.

Schniederjans birdied five of his last eight holes in his lowest round of the PGA Tour. He earned a PGA Tour card last year through the Web.com Tour.

Local favorite Zach Johnson was two strokes back at 65 along with Rory Sabbatini, Patrick Rodgers and Chad Campbell. Johnson, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, won the 2012 tournament.

Bubba Watson, the two-time Masters winner making his first Quad Cities start in seven years, opened with a 69. Fifty-year-old Steve Stricker, the winner from 2009-11 at Deere Run, had a 73.

Defending champion Ryan Moore had a 74 in his return from strained tendon in his left shoulder that sidelined him for five weeks.

The British Open is holding one spot for the leading player among the top five who is not already exempt next week at Royal Birkdale.

 

PGA-SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

 

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Larry Mize birdied half the holes and shot an 8-under 64 Thursday for a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Senior Players Championship.

Seeking his second win on the PGA Tour Champions, the 58-year-old Mize was 5 under after the front nine. He made his only bogey on the par-4 10th hole but rebounded with birdies on 14, 15 and 16.

Three-time defending champion Bernhard Langer, Corey Pavin and Steve Flesch were one shot back. Langer enjoyed a bogey-free round on the 7,196-yard Caves Valley Golf Course.

Langer played in a threesome with Brandt Jobe, who was 8 under before pushing a 7-iron off the tee and into the water on No. 17. That led to a double bogey, and he bogeyed 18 to shoot 66.

 

LPGA-US WOMEN’S OPEN

 

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Shanshan Feng shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 and held a one-shot lead over Amy Yang on Thursday when the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open at a quiet Trump National Golf Club was suspended by darkness.

Despite complaints over playing the biggest event in women’s golf on a course owned by President Donald Trump, there were no apparent protests Thursday over his comments about women. The road outside the club was relatively traffic-free and those in in attendance were there for the golf.

The only problem was the weather. Lightning delayed play for 2 hours, 5 minutes late in the afternoon and the horn sounded to stop play for the day at 8:33 p.m. Play was scheduled to resume at 7 a.m. Friday.

Lydia Ko played in the same threesome with Feng and finished at 68 along with top-ranked So Yeon Ryu, the only two-time winner this year on the LPGA Tour. Carlota Ciganda also was 4 under with a hole left.

 

In world and national news…

PARIS (AP) — President Donald Trump says it was a “great honor” to represent the U.S. at the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris. Trump says in a tweet that the military parade featuring U.S. and French troops was “magnificent” and he congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Muslim worshippers perform prayers in the streets near Jerusalem’s walled Old City after police sealed the area in the wake of a Palestinian shooting attack that killed two Israeli policemen. Friday noon prayers mark the highlight of the Muslim religious week. Tens of thousands of faithful typically pray at a major shrine in the Old City, revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount.

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The attorney for a drug dealer in Pennsylvania says his client has agreed to plead guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of four young men who had gone missing this month. The lawyer also says 20-year-old Cosmo DiNardo confessed to the killings and told investigators where the bodies were located. Earlier this week, cadaver dogs led authorities to a spot on the DiNardo family farm, where they discovered human remains inside a 12 ½-foot-deep common grave.

HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge has extended the list of family relationships with American citizens that visa applicants can use to get into the U.S. The judge in Hawaii ruled Thursday that the government could not enforce the travel ban on grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the United States. The ruling further weakens President Donald Trump’s visa policies affecting citizens from six Muslim-majority countries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest doctors’ group says the new Republican health care bill falls short on coverage and access, particularly for low-income people on Medicaid. The American Medical Association says the new Senate bill “does not address the key concerns of physicians and patients.” The group is calling for bipartisan action to stabilize shaky insurance markets.