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CSi Weather…
.REST OF TODAY…Mostly sunny. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Rain showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in
the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
60 percent in the Jamestown area, 70 percent in the Valley City area.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 60 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
of rain showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in
the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Recent rain filled a trench Sunday, excavation done for the waterline project in Jamestown, on Fourth Street Northeast between 13th and 14th avenues northeast.
Valley City (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a 77 year old Valley City woman was among three individuals that were injured when their vehicle encountered heavy rain and hydroplaned Sunday about 4:50-p.m., on I-94, a quarter mile west of West Fargo .
The driver of the Subaru, 71 year old Alvin Jorgensen, and his passenger 54 year Josephine Jorgensen, both of Hope, ND and 77 year old Ruth Berger of Valley City, were traveling westbound from Fargo to Valley City when the vehicle lost control. Jorgensen applied the brakes and slid into the median striking an overhead sign support on the passenger side of the vehicle.
All passengers were wearing seat belts
All occupants were transported to Sanford Health in Fargo for treatment of their injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police report a 20 year old Jamestown woman was not hurt when her vehicle struck parked vehicles and rolled Saturday about 1:35-a.m.
Lt. Justin Blinsky says, Jana Leean was eastbound in the 1400 block of 16th Street Southwest, when her SUV struck a parked pickup, with the impact forcing the pickup into another parked SUV.
She told police her attention was distracted trying to view a text message on her cell phone on the passenger seat.
She was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown informs residents that crews from Rehrig Pacific continue distributing new brown garbage containers to Jamestown single family households, mobile homes and most multi-unit housing (apartment) facilities. As of Thursday nearly 3,800 containers had been delivered to area residents.
It was hoped that all residents with the old green containers would receive their new container on their regularly scheduled garbage pick-up day; however, some logistical concerns have prevented that to go as smoothly as we had hoped.
In addition, survey responses were not what we anticipated them to be and, as a result have resulted in cart shortages of various sizes which will result in some residents not receiving their cart until additional carts arrive. We would like to remind residents that this is a major city-wide effort never attempted before in our community.
The coordination of distributing new containers by crews from a private firm with the removal of the green containers by the City has presented some very unique challenges.
For year’s area residents have used various methods of setting their garbage out for collection and the attempt to coordinate a universal system for everyone to use is a difficult task never seen by our residents. We continue to request the public’s patience and understanding as we work to resolve these and any other concerns as they arise.
Any questions regarding garbage containers or garbage service may be made to 701-252-5900.
Any questions relative to recycling please call 701-320-9218.
Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Department of Human Services has awarded grants to five communities to strengthen local efforts to treat opioid use disorder, support recovery, and save lives by preventing overdose deaths.
Laura Anderson, prevention administrator for the department’s Behavioral Health Division, says, each community will receive $180,000, and grant-funded efforts are expected to begin this month and run through April 15, 2018.
Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot and Valley City will receive funding from the 2017 State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grant (Opioid STR). Grant recipients include the City-County Health District in Valley City, N.D.; the city of Fargo and Fargo Cass Public Health; the city of Grand Forks and Grand Forks Public Health; First District Health Unit of Minot; and the Heartview Foundation and Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health.
In June, the department invited communities to submit proposals. To be considered, communities were required to demonstrate need and the local capacity to address the opioid crisis across the continuum from prevention to recovery. Awarded communities will implement strategies to increase access to evidence-based treatment and recovery support services. Communities will also reduce overdose-related deaths through prevention efforts, specifically dissemination of the life-saving drug naloxone.
Overdose deaths in North Dakota increased from 20 deaths in 2013 to 61 deaths in 2015.1 The Centers for Disease Control reported that during 2015, drug overdoses accounted for 52,404 U.S. deaths, including 33,091 (63.1 percent) that involved an opioid.
Opioids include the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription.
North Dakota is dedicating a minimum of 80 percent of its $2 million grant to treatment and recovery services, and using the rest for prevention and data collection, reporting and evaluation.
The state intends to continue to offer other types of support to other North Dakota communities struggling to address opioid abuse and overdoses.
Resources addressing the state’s opioid epidemic are available online at https://behavioralhealth.dhs.nd.gov/addiction/opioid or by contacting the North Dakota Department of Human Services’ Behavioral Health Division at 1237 W. Divide Ave., Suite 1D, Bismarck, N.D., 58501, 701-328-8919, or ndbhd@nd.gov.
Valley City (CSi) The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office will be able to purchase a drone following a recent donation from Alliance Pipeline.
The news release states that the $2,500 had been donated to the Barnes County Deputies Program, with the funds to purchase a drone to be used to assist with HAZ MAT Emergencies, Search and Rescue and other areas of need.
Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Farmers Union will host their fifth annual WILD (Women in Leadership Development) Conference on September 13th and 14th, 2017 in Jamestown. The goal of the event is to encourage women to be active and passionate about getting involved in their communities and in leadership roles.
NDFU Member Relations Specialist Chelsey Jacobson says the conference will feature a variety of things for women including vendors, two keynote speakers, and panels to discuss leadership.
Loren Leader-Chivee is the nationally known speaker, who has been named one of Fortune’s 500 Most Influential Women on Twitter. Rebecca Undem will be the second keynote speaker and is a North Dakota native.
The cost to attend the two-day event is $99 and individuals must be an NDFU member. Registration can be found at www.ndfu.org/wild.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Bismarck Fire Department says a fire has caused extensive damage to a mobile home in the city.
Officials say the early Saturday morning fire didn’t cause any injuries. The fire department says an investigation into the cause of the blaze is ongoing.
The fire damaged the interior and exterior of the home.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say vandalism to a Catholic church and school in Fargo could reach $100,000 in damage.
Thirty-seven large windows were smashed in a recent vandalism spree at Nativity Catholic Church and elementary school. The buildings have surveillance cameras, but officials say they did not show the vandals.
Police are asking neighbors with surveillance cameras to check their video in hopes of identifying the culprits.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The Minot City Council has approved encroachment requests for three projects by two groups that seek to spruce up the city’s downtown.
The Minot Daily News reports that the Minot Street Art Movement also plans to install pet waste bag dispensers at various downtown locations. The dispensers would be painted with designs and attached to street lights and signs.
Plans also include wrapping yarn around benches, light and sign poles, trash cans, trees and bike racks.
The Minot Lions Club City Beautification Project is also proposing to place locally themed artwork in anti-graffiti vinyl wraps. They would be put around traffic signal and street light cabinets.
Former Minot Lions President Ann Olson says 13 locations have been chosen. She says $11,230 has been raised for the project through grants.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot woman who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in a fatal Ward County crash two years ago has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Authorities say 35-year-old Cocoa Cummings was speeding while driving a pickup truck that collided head-on with another vehicle near Plaza in August 2015, killing the other driver. Twenty-six-year-old Brittany Westman died at the scene.
Cummings pleaded guilty in April and was sentenced Friday. She’ll be on probation for three years following her prison term.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Six groups in North Dakota have formed an alliance aimed at moving the state’s livestock industry forward.The North Dakota Livestock Alliance includes groups representing the pork, dairy, corn, soybean and ethanol industries. Chairman Craig Jarolimek says it will promote responsible livestock operations — not try to push through large confined animal feeding operations that often draw opposition.
But some people wonder about its potential impact on family farms.
Attorney Derrick Braaten represents a citizen group opposing a proposed hog farm near Buffalo. He worries the alliance will be influenced by industrial interests that care only about shareholders.
North Dakota Farmers Union is a member even though it’s fought against corporate farming. President Mark Watne says the alliance can help build a more successful business model for livestock operations.
PARSHALL, N.D. (AP) — A school district in western North Dakota is looking to replace its elementary and high school buildings with a new K-12 school.A public vote is scheduled Aug. 22 on a $5.4 million bond for the Parshall school district on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
Superintendent Beth Shwarz says the two schools are facing structural and asbestos issues. She assures that the schools are safe for the time being, but she fears the issues could pose a problem if left unattended.
Parshall School Board President Michelle Hoff says she’s taking comments from those who are for and against the bond.
The schools were built in the 1960s.
In Sports…
At the Class AA state amateur baseball tournament at Jack Brown Stadium on Sunday night, Cass County Defeated the Jamestown Greyhounds 7-5.
Fargo (WDAY) – The F-M RedHawks have relieved Field Manager Doug Simunic of all duties.
Starting Sunday Pitching Coach Michael Schlact becomes interim manager for the conclusion of the 2017 season.
He has a 1202-839 overall record with the club that included five league championships and six manager of the year awards.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More than 400 athletes and volunteers from across the U.S. and Canada will be in Bismarck this week for the Special Olympics North America Softball Championship.
Twenty-eight teams will compete at the Clem Kelley Softball Complex Friday through Sunday. North Dakota team coach Stacy Christian says that besides the competition, it’s an opportunity for the athletes to build friendships, stay active and be involved in their community.
Participant Ray Carlson tells the Bismarck Tribune he’s been involved in Special Olympics since he was 13. At age 39, Carlson says he plays softball and kickball every week with Community Options, an organization that serves people with disabilities. Carlson says he likes his team’s chances in the championship competition. After all, they have home field advantage.
UNION GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials are encouraging anyone who witnessed the fatal shooting of three men at a southern Wisconsin race track to contact authorities.
Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth says there may be witnesses who initially hesitated to talk to deputies at the Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove Sunday night, but now may be willing to share information.
Authorities say the man who shot the three men at point-blank range is still at large. Beth says the shooting happened in a parking lot concession area about 7 p.m. Sunday. Two men died at the scene, and the third died en route to a hospital. The sheriff says at least two of the men were from Aurora, Illinois.
Union Grove is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Milwaukee.
AA…
Gary Southshore 3, Fargo-Moorhead 2
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Toronto 7 Pittsburgh 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
DETROIT (AP) — Brian Dozier and Miguel Sano homered as the Minnesota Twins won in another topsy-turvy matchup, beating the Detroit Tigers 6-4 for their seventh victory in eight games. Minnesota blew an early 4-0 lead before Byron Buxton hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning. A day earlier, the Twins trailed 5-0, rallied for an 11-6 lead then lost to the Tigers 12-11 on Justin Upton’s two-run homer in the ninth.
Final Cleveland 4 Tampa Bay 3
Final Kansas City 14 Chi White Sox 6
Final Houston 2 Texas 1
Final Oakland 9 Baltimore 3
Final L.A. Angels 4 Seattle 2
Final Boston 3 N-Y Yankees 2, 10 Innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final San Francisco 4 Washington 2
Final Miami 5 Colorado 3
Final N-Y Mets 6 Philadelphia 2
Final Milwaukee 7 Cincinnati 4
Final Atlanta 6 St. Louis 3
Final Chi Cubs 7 Arizona 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 6 San Diego 4
Final Washington 6 San Francisco 2, 11 Innings
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final N-Y Liberty 83 L.A. Sparks 69
MLB…
UNDATED (AP) — The Washington Nationals were relieved to hear that outfielder Bryce Harper didn’t do major damage to his knee when it buckled during Saturday’s game against San Francisco.
General manager Mike Rizzo said Harper has a “significant” bone bruise in his left knee but avoided the kind of ligament or tendon damage that could have ended his season. While, there’s no definitive timeline for Harper to return, manager Dusty Baker referenced 10 days to two weeks.
NASCAR-MICHIGAN
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Kyle Larson grabbed his third NASCAR Cup win of the year by holding off Martin Truex Jr. following an overtime restart at Michigan International Speedway.
Larson’s victory came a day after he was permitted by team owner Chip Ganassi to compete in a sprint car event at Iowa before returning to Michigan. He is the first driver since Bill Elliott in the 1980s to win three straight Cup races at MIS.
Truex led by about a second ahead over Erik Jones before a late caution came out because of a spin by Michael McDowell, causing the overtime restart.
Jones finished third, followed by Ryan Newman and Trevor Bayne. Pole-sitter Brad Keselowski was 17th.
Keselowski and Truex won the first two stages.
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Justin Thomas has his first major title after overtaking Kevin Kisner and several others in winning the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.
The world’s 14th-ranked player closed with a 3-under 68 that included four birdies in a six-hole stretch. The run included a dramatic putt on the par-5 10th hole where his ball lingered on the left edge of the cup for several seconds before falling in. He followed that by chipping in from the fringe on No. 13 for another birdie.
Thomas all-but secured his fourth win of the year by sinking a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th, giving him a three-shot edge. He started the day two shots behind Kisner before finishing 8 under for the tournament.
Louis Oosthuizen (WUHST’-hay-zehn), Patrick Reed and Francesco Molinari tied for second at 6 under, though none had a chance to win as they played the 18th. Rickie Fowler and Hideki Matsuyama (hih-DEH’-kee math-soo-YAH’-mah) finished three strokes back. Matsuyama began the round one shot off the lead as he tried to become the first Japanese player to win a major.
Kisner faded at the end, beginning with a three-putt for bogey on 16. That was followed by a birdie miss and a double-bogey for a 3-over 74 that left him four shots back.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says “too much has been read into” President Donald Trump’s statement Saturday in the aftermath of violence at a demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia. Sessions said Monday that Trump had “explicitly condemned” the violence and that “he totally opposes” the kind of values espoused by white supremacy organizations.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Opponents of the Saturday white nationalist rally that descended into chaos included clergy, students, Black Lives Matter activists, armed militia members and protesters with the anti-fascist movement known as “antifa.” The counter-protesting groups didn’t organize collectively. Instead, it was a largely organic effort among groups who shared the same mission: showing that hate wasn’t welcome.
VICTORIA STRAIT, Nunavut (AP) — The Arctic is warming much faster than the rest of the world, as scientists expected. While global leaders set a goal of preventing 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) of man-made warming since pre-industrial times for the planet, the Arctic has already hit that dangerous mark. Scientists are concerned because a warming Arctic has consequences elsewhere.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week’s stunning solar eclipse in the United States will generate as much science as oohs and aahs. From the discovery of helium to proving Einstein right, great science often comes out of eclipses. NASA and others will monitor this eclipse with an armada of satellites, airplanes, balloons and citizen-scientists looking up from the ground.
MANSHIYEH, Jordan (AP) — More than half a million Syrian refugee children of school age _ or one-third of the total _ are not enrolled in school or informal education in host countries Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq. They should all have been enrolled by now, under a “no lost generation” pledge made 18 months ago by donor countries and international organizations at a Syria aid conference in London. Aid agencies say large funding gaps hamper their work, even if some progress has been made.
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