CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Sunny.  Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.

Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to

10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. A 50 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around

5 mph shifting to the west after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds 10 to 15 mph

shifting to the northwest around 20 mph in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper

50s. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.

.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the

lower 80s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers

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

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi 7-19-17) Jamestown Police is warning residents that two convicted sex offenders have changed their Jamestown residences.

Jamestown Police reports that 24 year old Sawyer Suko now resides at 1101 1st Ave. North, Jamestown, ND.

Jamestown Police is warning Jamestown residents of a convicted sex offender who has changed her address in  Jamestown.

The report says Felita Bravebull Bredeson now resides at 1003 5th Avenue, NE Apt 14, Jamestown, ND

She presently has no vehicle.

Update information posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Stutsman County Commission has appointed Deputy Auditor and Recorder Nicole Meland, as the county’s Interim Auditor, until a replacement for Casey Bradley is found and for a smooth transition.

On July 6, 2017 Bradley announced his resignation, and that his final day would be August 4th.

In a memo to County Commission Chairman, Mark Klose and the Stutsman County Commission, Meland outlined a few of the changes, in line with she being the interim auditor, and changes in positions at the courthouse.

County Treasurer Jessica Alonge, will for now, be Deputy Auditor and Recorder.

Current Deputy Recorder Jessica Moser becomes County Treasurer and her current position will remain open at this time.

The interim positions filled mean a cost savings to the county of about $9,869.95.

The changes are to be in place through October, 2017, through the 2018 budgeting.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Education Association and Jamestown Public School Board have declared an impasse in negotiations for a two year agreement.

The education fact-finding commission will consider the facts and appoint a factfinder to make a recommendation within 40 days from starting the process.  The fact-finding commission makes its recommendation to the School Board and JEA within another 20 days if the impasse is not yet resolved.

The two parties declaring an impasse agree to equally share the cost of the fact finding.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The benefit Barn Dance to support the construction of SAFE Shelter’s  “Mary’s Place”  will be held on Saturday August 5, 2017, from 6-p.m., to 12-a.m.

The dance will be held at Boondocks Barn, located at 7560 46th Street Southeast , about 17 miles south and west of Jamestown.

Optional free transportation to and from Boondocks provided by the Choralaires bus, leaving the Buffalo Mall parking lot.

The first bus leaves  at 5:30-p.m., and returns every 90- minutes.   The live band will be Old Friends.

The barn provided by Boondocks, food provided by Bank Forward, and there will be a cash bar available.

Tickets at $50 per person are available at: 

  • Newman Signs
  • Bank Forward
  • SAFE Shelter board members
  • Or call SAFE Shelter at 701-251-2300

Those supporting and organizing the event include:  Boondocks Venue, Old Friends Band, Cork & Barrel, Bank Forward, Donna Schmitz, Two rivers Printing, Jamestown Choralaires Bus, and Newman Signs.

On Wednesday  Perkins’s Restaurant donated 15% of their food sales, to support Mary’s Place.

SAFE Shelter Executive Director, Lynne Tally said fundraising efforts are about three-quarters of the way toward the goal, with about $300,000 to $400,000 left to raise.

She pointed out that Mary’s Place will have apartments in a more private setting, for victims of domestic abuse to stay safe, and have peace of mind during their difficulties, and not  become homeless.

She said the Mary Newman of Jamestown led the giving of donations, providing a significant boost to get the project “off the ground.”

Those wishing to make a donation may contact SAFE Shelter at 701-251-2300.

 

 

Steele  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a heat related heaved roadway led to a traffic disruption on I-94.

About 6-p.m., Monday, both eastbound lanes were closed, about two miles west of Steele, with law enforcement rerouting the traffic along the shoulder of the roadway.

Following repairs the highway was reopened about 10-p.m.

Assisting the Highway Patrol were, the Steele Police Department and Kidder County Sheriff’s Department.

Earlier on Monday about 5:25-p.m., north of Steele southbound on Highway 3, near mile marker 112, Highway Patrol Sgt. Ryan Duletski reports a semi carrying a load of hay bales  drove off the right shoulder of the roadway. The driver over-corrected, steering to the left and causing the vehicle to overturn on it’s right side.

63 year-old Driver John Hiebert of Oak Bluff, Manitoba was not injured.. Traffic was detoured for an hour while the truck was towed from the ditch.

 

 

Update…

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a fatal collision between a tanker truck and a van carrying 10 people happened when the van attempted to turn around on the highway.

Three passengers in the van were killed in the crash early Tuesday evening east of Grand Forks. The patrol identified the victims as 39-year-old Jason Boppre, 66-year-old William Joyner and 41-year-old Gary Voeller, all of Grand Forks. The patrol says the van was carrying people to work, but was not specific.

Both vehicles were heading west on the four-lane road. The van was in the right-hand lane and the semi was passing in the left-lane lane when the van turned into the semi.

The patrol says the other seven people in van were injured. The semi driver was not hurt.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A man considered a person of interest in a Williston shooting that injured two other people has been found dead of an apparent suicide.

The Williams County Sheriff’s Department says the body of 21-year-old Jonah Hendricks was found at an apartment by officers executing a search warrant Tuesday. Authorities believe he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. An autopsy is planned.

Williston police say two people were shot about 4 a.m. Tuesday. Both were taken to a hospital with wounds not considered to be life-threatening. The investigation is continuing.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A man whom authorities have connected to a large drug trafficking ring in Puerto Rico is in custody in North Dakota.

The U.S. Marshals Service High Plains Fugitive Task Force and local police arrested 23-year-old Christian Rivera-Rivera at a construction site in Bismarck on Wednesday. The man nicknamed “Albino” appeared in federal court later in the day and pleaded not guilty.

He remains in custody until a detention hearing.

As Rivera-Rivera was being arrested, U.S. marshals in Puerto Rico arrested 25 of 26 other suspects in what authorities call the Benito-Lopez Violent Drug Trafficking Organization. They also seized weapons, cash and large amounts of cocaine.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Industry officials say demonstrations like the massive encampment to protest construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota could become commonplace.

The opposition by American Indian tribes and others to the recently completed $3.8 billion pipeline was discussed Wednesday at an annual oil industry conference in Bismarck. A panel dissected what was learned from the nearly yearlong protest.

Craig Stevens, a spokesman for a pro-pipeline coalition, says opponents “will not rest” and industry officials should “realize these protests are going to happen.”

He says the oil industry must battle misinformation by opponents, while touting the benefits of such projects.

Troy Eid, a former U.S. attorney in Colorado who specializes in Indian law, says tribal consultation is key and something the industry must take “much more seriously.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State officials say about 9,900 gallons of saltwater has been spilled at an oil and gas well near Williston.

The Oil and Gas Division says the spill happened Tuesday at a Continental Resources well. The spill was blamed on a connection leak in a gathering system.

The agency says J&M Disposal said the saltwater was contained and recovered on the site. It said a state inspector has visited the site and will monitor cleanup.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A global electronic mapping company is shutting down its operations in Fargo.Officials with HERE Technologies say that about 200 positions in the Fargo facility are being transferred to offices in Chicago, Georgia, India and the Netherlands.

Company spokesman Jordan Stark says the Fargo jobs will be phased out in the next eight months. He says Fargo employees will receive priority for “suitable open positions” elsewhere in the company.

The Fargo facility first opened more than 20 years ago when the company was owned by Navteq.
In sports…

AA…
Fargo-Moorhead 7, Sioux Falls 6

MLB…

 

INTERLEAGUE

Final San Francisco 5 Cleveland 4

Final L.A. Dodgers 9 Chi White Sox 1, 8 Innings

Final L.A. Angels 7 Washington 0

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Miguel Sano hit a three-run home run, Jose Berrios went strong into the seventh inning and the Minnesota Twins beat New York 6-1 Wednesday to win their first home series against the Yankees in nine years. Berrios allowed only one run, his fewest in 11 starts, on a two-out single by Brett Gardner in the seventh before being removed.

 

Final Seattle 4 Houston 1

Final Oakland 7 Tampa Bay 2

Final Baltimore 10 Texas 2

Final Boston 5 Toronto 1

Final Kansas City 4 Detroit 3

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Philadelphia 10 Miami 3

Final Chi Cubs 8 Atlanta 2

Final Colorado 18 San Diego 4

Final Pittsburgh 3 Milwaukee 2, 10 Innings

Final N-Y Mets 7 St. Louis 3

Final Cincinnati 4 Arizona 3, 11 Innings

 

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sylvia Fowles had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Maya Moore added 23 points and the Minnesota Lynx cruised past the Dallas Wings 100-74. Fowles, Moore and Rebekkah Brunson combined for 42 of Minnesota’s 54 first-half points Wednesday as the Lynx took a 14-point lead.

 

Final N-Y Liberty 96 Connecticut 80

Final OT Washington 100 Atlanta 96

Final Indiana 84 Phoenix 77

 

OJ SIMPSON-PAROLE

 

LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — Instead of a blurry No. 32, 70-year-old O.J. Simpson will be wearing an inmate uniform with No. 1027820 when the former NFL star turned actor appears before a Nevada parole board today.

Simpson’s spent more than eight years behind bars for armed robbery and assault with a weapon after trying to take back sports memorabilia in a budget hotel room in Las Vegas. Simpson was acquitted of murder in the 1995 “trial of the century” in Los Angeles.

Parole is a likely possibility with his clean prison record. Sports fans, newshounds and the curious will get to see what happens first hand.

On CSi Cable, ABC 6, NBC 11, CNN 16 , Fox News Channel 32, MSNBC 38, HLN 34  and ESPN 14 will show Simpson’s parole hearing, starting at 12 noon, CDT.

Interest in Simpson was revived last year with ESPN’s documentary “O.J.: Made in America,” and the FX miniseries, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”

 

NBA-NEWS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin says it was a no-brainer for him to sign a max five-year deal to stay with the L.A. Clippers.

He says his summer wasn’t filled with meetings with other teams. Blake says he canceled those after he met with the Clippers, the only NBA team he’s played for in his seven-year career.

He says he’s “excited to be back” and he’s where he wants to start and finish his career.

Griffin, who is 28, is undoubtedly the star of the Clippers with Chris Paul gone in the trade with the Rockets that sent Pat Beverley to Los Angeles. He said he and Paul talked about his decision to want to leave the Clippers and has “no hard feelings.” He says players have to do what’s best for themselves and their families.

In other NBA news:

— Manu Ginobili appears to be putting off retirement for at least another season. The forward, who turns 40 on July 28, has tweeted that he is re-signing with San Antonio.

 

FATAL CRASH-BERMAN’S WIFE

WOODBURY, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials say the wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman died from blunt trauma and drowning after her car hit another vehicle in May.

The Hartford Courant reports that Dr. James Gill, the chief state medical examiner, has ruled 67-year-old Katherine Ann Berman’s death an accident.

Her car struck the rear of an SUV, veered down an embankment and into water. The driver of the SUV, an elderly man who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, also died. The case remains under investigation.

 

 

SOCCER-GOLD CUP

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Omar Gonzalez and Eric Lichaj scored late in the first half and the United States beat El Salvador 2-0 on Wednesday night in an ugly CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal in which defender Henry Romero appeared to bite Jozy Altidore on the back of a shoulder and pull the American forward’s nipple.

Canadian referee Drew Fischer, a Major League Soccer regular, did not penalize the incident, which occurred during a skirmish on the goal line in the 57th minute ahead of a U.S. corner kick. A furious Altidore fell to the ground but remained in the game.

The Americans, who started five veterans added for the tournament’s knockout phase, overcame shaky defensive play and poor passing, advancing to a semifinal against Costa Rica on Saturday at Arlington, Texas.

 

 

GOLF…

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) —  Jordan Spieth is in the early mix at Royal Birkdale as he tries to add a British Open title to his collection of major championships.

Ian Poulter also had quite the day, making only one bogey on his way to a 3-under 67 that gave him the clubhouse lead among early finishers.

Spieth, who narrowly missed getting in a playoff two years ago at St. Andrews, set the tone for his day when he slashed an iron out of the rough on the second hole to within 10 feet for his first birdie. He added two more to finish off the front nine and was at 3 under on the back nine.

Spieth, who did not make a bogey through 12 holes, has won both the Masters and the U.S. Open but has yet to hoist a claret jug. Neither has Poulter, who is winless in major championships and looking to rebound from a long dry spell in his pro career.

The Englishman played steady before making birdie on the par-5 17th hole from the bunker, then getting up-and-down from another bunker on the 18th hole to post the lowest score so far at the Open.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors say Arizona Sen. John McCain has been diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain tumor. The news follows McCain’s surgery last Friday to remove a blood clot above his left eye. In a statement late Wednesday, doctors revealed that he has glioblastoma (GLEE’-oh-blas-TOH-muh). The 80-year-old senator and his family are reviewing further treatment, including a combination of chemotherapy and radiation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeff Sessions was the first Republican U.S. senator to endorse Donald Trump for president and Trump rewarded him with the post of attorney general. But now Trump is displeased with Sessions, telling The New York Times he wouldn’t have installed him in the country’s top law enforcement job if he’d known Sessions was going to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. Sessions did so after it was revealed he failed to disclose meetings with Moscow’s ambassador to the United States.

LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — O.J. Simpson is making the case on live TV for his release from prison where the 70-year-old former football star has been serving a 33-year sentence for an armed robbery involving sports memorabilia. Simpson will ask Nevada parole officials Thursday to release him in October.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Senate Republicans is making another attempt at pulling together a health care overhaul bill that can gain enough GOP votes to get through the Senate. Some two-dozen lawmakers were involved in negotiations that went well into the night Wednesday. But they offered no signs of visible progress following the Capitol Hill session behind closed doors. Their meeting came after President Donald Trump lectured them at the White House about sending him the legislation.

WAKISO, Uganda (AP) — Menstrual hygiene has emerged as a serious, and often emotional, subject across Africa. Some are demanding that governments supply free sanitary pads to schoolgirls who are at risk of dropping out because of embarrassment. One in 10 African schoolgirls misses school during menstruation, according to the United Nations. Kenya last month announced it will give free pads to all public schools. But Uganda backed away from a similar promise.