CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.   Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph.

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

thunderstorms, in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the mid

80s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows

in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area 40 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest

winds around 10 mph shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.

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

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 60.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

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

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s.

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

thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the mid 80s.

 

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across the southern
2/3 of North Dakota tonight. Possible hazards are hail from dime
to quarter size and wind gusts from 50 to 60 mph.

Thunderstorms are possible Tuesday and Tuesday night. Some storms
may be severe, especially southwestern and central North Dakota.
The main threats are large hail and damaging straight-line winds.

There is a chance of thunderstorms daytime on Wednesday,
Independence Day.

A cold front will sweep east across the state during the day with the chances of showers and thunderstorms along and ahead of the cold front. Clearing in the west by afternoon, and clearing central by evening.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Officials report, that 8th Avenue Southwest in Valley City is open to through traffic for cars and light trucks.

Now open is  8th Avenue Southwest between Viking Drive and Winter Show Road to one lane of traffic, using temporary traffic signals, between Viking Drive and 3rd Avenue Southwest.

No parking will be permitted on 8th Avenue Southwest during construction. All heavy truck traffic  follows the established truck route detour in Valley City.

 

 

Mandan  (Sen. Heitkamp’s Office)   U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, will tour North Dakota with a series of discussions in Mandan, Minot, Carrington, and Wahpeton on the recently passed bipartisan Senate Farm Bill that include many wins for North Dakota that Heitkamp fought for. They will also discuss how the administration’s trade policies impact farmers and ranchers.

Heitkamp will also receive the 2018 Champion of Health Care Innovation Award from the American Life Sciences Council while in Bismarck for her work to make healthcare work better for North Dakotans.

 Heitkamp will be in Carrington on Friday, July 6, 2018 at 9:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. CT

at the  Carrington Research Extension Center, 663 Highway 281 North, Carrington.

See the list of other locations and dates in this story at CSiNewsNow.com

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say divers recovered the body of a 23-year-old Grand Forks man in a pond after kayakers reported seeing a floating mattress with a cell phone and fishing gear on it.

The Grand Fork County Sheriff’s Office says divers recovered the body at about 8 a.m. Sunday at the English Coulee Diversion Pond. Officials say the man’s body was in about 10 feet of water about 50 feet from the shore.

Authorities are investigating and have not released the victim’s name.

 

 

STERLING, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a 54-year-old North Dakota man died after his motorcycle with a semi-trailer near Sterling, in Burleigh County.

The Highway Patrol says the accident happened about 7:30 p.m. on Highway 83. The patrol says the victim crossed the center line and struck the semi on the front driver’s side bumper.

The driver of the semi was not injured. The crash remains under investigation.

 

BOTTINEAU, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a woman who died in a one-vehicle accident near Bottineau.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 28-year-old Kara Montreil, of Bottineau, failed to negotiate a curve early Saturday and drove into a ditch. Authorities say she corrected and crossed the road into the opposite ditch, hitting multiple trees before she was ejected. The vehicle started on fire after coming to a stop.

A 37-year-old passenger was injured in the crash.

The accident remains under investigation.

 

 

 

MERCER, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a 40-year-old North Dakota woman was killed when she was thrown off a motorcycle that struck a deer and was run over by another motorcycle.

The Highway Patrol says the accident happened just before 1 p.m. Saturday while a group of motorcycles was travelling east on Highway 200 near Mercer.

The patrol says the victim was a passenger on a motorcycle that lost control after hitting the deer. She was pronounced dead at a Turtle Lake hospital.

The driver of the motorcycle, a 42-year-old North Dakota man, was thrown into the ditch. He was airlifted to a Bismarck hospital with serious injuries.

Names of those involved in the accident have not been released.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state audit of the governor’s use of the state airplane could lead to changes in air travel policy.

State Auditor Josh Gallion concluded last week that Gov. Doug Burgum and others had sometimes used the airplane for questionable in-state trips and for out-of-state trips where cheaper commercial flights were available.

Gallion said there were transparency issues with the costs, and made several recommendations that legislators could take up next year. Rep. Keith Kempenich (KEHM’-puh-nihk) says right now, use of state planes only for official government business “is kind of on an honesty system.”

The governor’s office defends its use of state planes, with spokesman Mike Nowatzki saying no state policies have been violated. He also says the office strives to fly as economically as possible.

 

In sports…

American Association…

Chicago 6, Fargo-Moorhead 3

 

WNBA

Maya Moore’s pull-up jump shot with 1:09 remaining snapped a tie, and the Minnesota Lynx defeat the Dallas Wings 76-72 on Sunday.

Moore witha game-high 26 points, including the last six points of the contest. Her two free throws with 1:50 left tied the game at 72 before she put Minnesota on top.

 

LeBron…

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James is leaving home for Hollywood and an iconic team.

The Los Angeles Lakers have a new superstar — L.A.-Bron.

The four-time NBA MVP announced Sunday night that he has agreed to a four-year, $154 million contract with the Lakers, joining one of the league’s most storied franchises and switching conferences to try and dethrone the Golden State Warriors and grow his own legacy.

The Lakers also include Lance Stephenson after he agreed to a deal with the team on Sunday. Stephenson averaged 9.2 points last season.

For the second time in his career, James is saying goodbye to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who drafted the teenage sensation from Akron in 2003 and have to be satisfied with winning just one title in the 11 years they had him.

Unlike his two previous forays in free agency, James did not drag out his decision and made the announcement less than 24 hours after NBA free agency opened.

 

Other NBA free agency news…

— Aaron Gordon has agreed to a four-year, $82 million deal to remain with the Magic. That’s according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations.

— Glenn Robinson is coming back to Michigan after a person was knowledge of the agreement says the former Wolverine has taken a one-year contract with the Pistons.

— A person with knowledge of the situation says forward Trevor Ariza (ah-REE’-zah) has agreed to a one-year, $15 million contract with the Suns.

— A person with knowledge of the contract says the Raptors have reached an agreement with Fred VanVleet on a two-year, $18 million deal.

— Aron Baynes and the Celtics have worked out a two-year, $11 million contract, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

— Derrick Jones Jr. has signed a minimum deal with the Miami Heat, after playing with them on a two-way contract last season.

— The Kings have signed first-round pick Marvin Bagley III to a contract.

 

MLB…

— Pitcher Jon Lester belted a three-run homer that ignited the Cubs’ eight-run second in an 11-10 triumph over the Twins. Javier Baez doubled home a pair in the second and Ian Happ supplied a solo blast that put Chicago ahead 10-3 in the fifth. Lester improved to 11-2 and the Cubs picked up their fourth straight win after surviving Minnesota’s five-run eighth.

 

— Aaron Hicks slammed three of the Yankees’ six home runs and had four RBIs as New York destroyed the Red Sox, 11-1 to move percentage points ahead of Boston in the AL East. The Yankees torched David Price once again, reaching him for eight runs and nine hits in just 3 1/3 innings. Aaron Judge, Gleyber (GLAY’-bur) Torres and Kyle Higashioka homered to back Luis Severino, who is 13-2 after tossing two-hit shutout ball over 6 2/3 innings.

 

— The Tampa Bay Rays are back over .500 after concluding an 8-1 homestand by taking three straight from the Astros.

Blake Snell improved to 11-4 by limiting Houston to one run and four hits over 7 1/3 innings of the Rays’ 3-2 victory. Diego Castillo preserved Tampa Bay’s 2-1 lead in the eighth by striking out Jose Altuve (al-TOO’-vay) with the bases loaded.

Matt Duffy hit a two-out, two-run single in the seventh to break a 1-1 tie, one inning before Mallex Smith homered to make it 3-1.

Charlie Morton fell to 10-2 despite striking out 11 and yielding six hits over 6 2/3s.

Houston’s lead in the AL West is down to a half-game over Seattle following the Mariners’ seventh consecutive win, a 1-0 decision over the Royals. James Paxton fanned 11 and held the Royals to a pair of hits over eight innings to move to 8-2. Ben Gamel’s second-inning single brought home the game’s only run.

Checking out the rest of Sunday’s major league schedule:

 

— Francisco Lindor (lihn-DOHR’) homered and provided two of the Indians’ 11 doubles in a 15-3 dismantling of the Athletics. Edwin Encarnacion (ehn-kahr-nah-see-OHN’) also homered and Yonder Alonso went 4-for-6 with two doubles and three RBIs. Cleveland ended Oakland’s six-game winning streak and increased its lead in the AL Central to nine games over the Twins.

— The Reds’ 8-2 rout of the Brewers leaves Milwaukee just a half-game ahead of the second-place Cubs in the NL Central. Jose Peraza connected in the sixth inning for the Reds’ ninth slam this year, tying the single-season franchise record set in 2002. Matt Harvey won his third consecutive start by holding the Brewers to two hits over 5 2/3 innings.

 

— Pinch-hitter Hunter Pence lined a big two-run double and the Giants won for the 10th time in 12 games by whipping the Diamondbacks, 9-9. Joe Panik and Brandon Belt each had two hits and two RBIs as San Francisco wrapped up a three-game sweep. Paul Goldschmidt belted a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks, whose lead in the NL West is down to 2 ½ games over the Giants and Dodgers.

— The Dodgers earned a 6-4 win over the Rockies behind Matt Kemp, who had three hits and four RBIs. Kemp sent his 14th homer of the season over the center-field wall off Adam Ottavino in the eighth inning to put Los Angeles ahead 5-4. He drove in the Dodgers’ first three runs with an RBI groundout in the first, a double in the third and a single in the fifth.

— The Braves kept their three-game lead in the NL East by building a 6-0 lead before holding off the Cardinals, 6-5. Freddie Freeman crushed a two-run homer and Charlie Culberson drove in two runs to back Mike Foltynewicz (fohl-tih-NAY’-vihch), who pitched one-hit ball while striking out nine over five shutout innings. Tommy Pham hit a three-run homer in a five-run seventh before the Cardinals dropped their fourth in a row to stay 5 ½ games off the NL Central lead.

— The Phillies remained three games behind the Braves by downing the Nationals, 4-3 on Andrew Knapp’s walk-off homer in the 13th inning. Philadelphia tied the game with a three-run fifth, capped by Odubel (oh-DOO’-bul) Herrera’s RBI single. Adam Eaton’s two-run single didn’t stop the Nats from falling six games back in the NL East.

— Manny Machado and Mark Trumbo belted consecutive homers while the Orioles were scoring six times in the fourth inning of an 8-2 rout of the Angels. Trumbo and Trey Mancini added solo shots in the fifth as Baltimore ended a seven-game losing streak.

— The Tigers’ 11-game skid is over after Nick Castellanos (kas-tee-AH’-nohs) hit his fourth career grand slam and Jordan Zimmermann gave up one run over seven innings of a 9-1 thrashing of the Blue Jays. JaCoby Jones smacked a two-run homer, Niko Goodrum had four hits and Jose Iglesias had two hits and two RBIs in Detroit’s first win since June 17.

— Colin Moran hit his second grand slam of the season to put the Pirates ahead 6-3 in the fifth inning of a 7-5 verdict over the Padres. Corey Dickerson and Elias Diaz also homered as Pittsburgh took the rubber match of the three-game set.

— The Mets won for only the second time in 12 games as Steven Matz combined with three relievers on a four-hitter in a 5-2 victory at Miami. Matz also furnished an RBI single and was lifted after allowing an unearned run and three hits over 5 1/3 innings.

— Avisail Garcia went 4-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored as the White Sox doubled up the Rangers, 10-5. Jose Abreu (ah-BRAY’-oo) and Matt Davidson drove in three runs apiece to back Reynaldo Lopez, who allowed two runs over 6 1/3 innings.

 

MLB NEWS

UNDATED (AP) — The Phillies have placed right-hander Vince Velasquez on the 10-day disabled list with a bruised forearm a day after he made a dazzling throw with his left hand.

Velasquez was hit just below the elbow on a liner back up the middle by Washington’s Adam Eaton on Saturday. He picked up the ball and threw it left-handed to first base to get the final out. He then went down, writhing in pain and clutching his right arm.

 

In other MLB news:

— Strikeouts exceeded hits in the major leagues for the second time in three months, a deviation that had never occurred before this year. The Elias Sports Bureau says there were 6,776 strikeouts and 6,640 hits in June.

 

 

 

NASCAR-CHICAGOLAND

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Kyle Busch outdueled Kyle Larson on a wild final lap to win NASCAR’s Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Busch moved into the lead on a restart with 58 laps to go, replacing Kevin Harvick at the front of the field. Busch, Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. were up front with about 40 laps left before a hard-charging Larson crashed the party.

It was Busch’s fifth victory overall this year and his second win at Chicagoland.

Harvick was third, followed by Truex and Clint Bowyer. Truex was trying for his third straight victory at Chicago.

 

 

PGA-QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL

Molinari shatters tour record to get first PGA win

POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Francesco Molinari picked up his first PGA victory by delivering a record performance to win the final edition of the Quicken Loans National.

The Italian closed with an 8-under 62 for an eight-shot victory, matching the largest margin this year on the PGA Tour. Molinari holed a 50-foot eagle putt to start the back nine, and he never stopped until he turned the final round into a runaway and finished 21 under to break the tournament record by seven shots.

Tiger Woods closed with a 66 and tied for fourth, his best result since a runner-up finish at the Valspar Championship three months ago.

 

 

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

Wins U.S. Senior Open

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — David Toms made one long putt to take the lead, then another one to preserve it on his way to a one-shot victory at the U.S. Senior Open.

Toms sank a 15-foot birdie on the par-3 16th hole at the Broadmoor to take the lead, then held on with a 20-foot downhill make after laying up from a fairway bunker on the 17th hole.

Toms finished 3-under to edge third-round leaders Jerry Kelly, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Tim Petrovic.

 

 

WORLD CUP

Russia eliminates Spain

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has eliminated Spain from the World Cup. The Russians survived two hours of dominance from the 2010 champions in a 1-1 draw, and then won a penalty shootout 4-3. All four Russian shooters scored before thousands of screaming home fans, the team’s greatest win in international soccer in 10 years.

The World Cup’s lowest-ranked team now advances to a quarterfinal in Sochi on Saturday.

Spain has now failed to win a knockout game at three major tournaments since it won the 2012 European championship.

Also on Sunday, Danijel Subasic made three saves in the shootout as Croatia beat Denmark 3-2 on penalties to advance to a quarterfinal against Russia. Subasic joins former Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo as the only man to save three shots in a single Cup shootout.

 

 

TENNIS-WIMBLEDON-MURRAY

Murray pulls out of Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) — Two-time champion Andy Murray has pulled out of Wimbledon because of a hip injury.

Murray had surgery on his hip in January and returned to competition only two weeks ago.

The tournament begins Monday.

 

NHL NEWS

UNDATED (AP) — Five-time All-Star center John Tavares is going home, agreeing to terms on a seven-year, $77 million contract with his childhood team, the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Tavares had spent his entire NHL career with the Islanders after being taken first overall in the 2009 draft. He scored 37 goals and 84 points while playing all 82 games for New York last season.

The 27-year-old Tavares has scored 272 goals and 621 points in 669 career games. He was a First Team All-Star in 2015.

The Isles countered by working out a four-year, $12 million package with Leo Komarov, who provided seven goals and 19 points in 74 games for Toronto last season.

In other NHL news:

— The Flyers have signed left winger James van Riemsdyk (REEMZ’-dyk) to a five-year, $35 million deal. Van Riemsdyk scored 36 goals last season and is back with the team that picked him second overall in the 2007 draft.

—The Lightning have signed defenseman Ryan McDonagh to a seven-year, $47.25 million extension that begins with the 2019-20 season. Tampa Bay acquired McDonagh from the Rangers at the trade deadline.

—The Blackhawks have signed goaltender Cam Ward, winger Chris Kunitz (KOO’-nihts) and defenseman Brandon Manning. Ward and Kunitz each took one-year deals, while Manning received a two-year pact.

— Veteran free-agent defenseman Jack Johnson has agreed to sign a five-year, $16.25 million deal with the Penguins.

—A person with direct knowledge of the trade tells The Associated Press the Sabres acquired two draft picks, including a 2019 first-rounder, and three players in dealing center Ryan O’Reilly to the Blues. Buffalo also picked up veteran centers Vladimir Sobotka and Patrik Berglund, and center Tage Thompson, the Blues first-round pick in the 2016 draft. The Sabres also worked out a three-year, $8.25 million contract with netminder Carter Hutton have worked out a three-year, $8.25 million contract. Hutton was 17-7-3 with a 2.09 goals-against average in 32 games for the Blues last season.

— The Coyotes have signed All-Star defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson to an eight-year contract extension that averages $8.25 million per year. Arizona also inked forward Michael Grabner to a three-year contract worth just over $10.

— The Golden Knights have signed center Paul Stastny to a $19.5 million, three-year deal. He had 53 points last season plus 15 more in 19 playoff games with the Jets last spring.

— The Blue Jackets have signed center Riley Nash to a three-year $8.25 million package. The 29-year-old Nash had a career-high 41 points last season with Boston.

— The Rangers have agreed to terms on an $8 million, two-year deal with restricted free agent forward Vladislav Namestnikov, who had 44 points in 81 games with the Lightning and Blueshirts last season.

— The Red Wings’ rebuilding process has some age to it following the signings of 34-year-old winger Thomas Vanek and 29-year-old goaltender Jonathan Bernier, along with the re-signing of 32-year-old defenseman Mike Green. Vanek signed a $3 million, one-year deal, Bernier got $3 million per season on a three-year deal and Green will make $5.375 million annually over the next two years.

—The Stanley Cup champion Capitals lost one of their longest tenured players as center Jay Beagle signed a four-year, $12 million deal with the Canucks.

— The Avalanche have added two free agents from the Columbus Blue Jackets, signing defenseman Ian Cole and forward Matt Calvert to three-year deals.

— The Wild are bringing in a couple of veteran forwards, agreeing to one-year deals with Matt Hendricks and Eric Fehr.

 

In world and national news….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she would oppose any nominee she believed would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

She would be a key vote on President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court in the closely divided Senate.

The White House is focusing on five to seven potential candidates to fill the vacancy of retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, a swing vote on the court. The Maine senator said Sunday that she would only back a judge who would show respect for settled law such as the 45-year-old Roe decision, which has long been anathema to conservatives.

 

 

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Several families who had fled danger and violence overseas were enjoying a 3-year-old’s birthday party in Boise, Idaho, when a man ran up and began chasing and stabbing the children and the adults who tried to intervene.

The attack Saturday night was at an apartment complex that is home to refugee families.

Nine people were injured, including the birthday girl and five other children ranging in age from 4 to 12.

Thirty-year-old Timmy Kinner was arrested a short distance away. He has been charged with several felonies.

Boise Police Chief William Bones says Kinner, who is not a refugee, had recently been asked to leave the complex after staying there for a short time.

Bones says there’s no evidence that the attack was a hate crime.

 

 

MIAMI (AP) — After being separated at the U.S. border nearly two months ago, a Guatemalan woman has been reunited with her 7-year-old daughter.

Buena Ventura Martin Godinez held her daughter Janne in a tight embrace at a Miami airport Sunday during a reunion she had feared may never happen.

Fleeing violent Guatemalan gangsters, Martin carried her infant son from Mexico into the U.S in May. Her husband followed two weeks later with the young girl.

But the family was caught by the Border Patrol and scattered about under President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy. Her husband awaits almost certain deportation at a jail in Atlanta. Martin was held for a week with her baby in detention facilities before she was released with a monitoring device.

Her daughter was placed in the custody of welfare officials in Michigan.

 

 

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. official tells The Associated Press that Border Patrol arrests fell sharply in June to the lowest level since February, ending a streak of four straight monthly increases.

The drop may reflect seasonal trends or it could signal that President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy to criminally prosecute every adult who enters the country illegally is having a deterrent effect.

The agency made more than 34,000 arrests on the border with Mexico during June, down 16 percent from more than 40,000 in May. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the numbers are not yet intended for public release.

Arrests were still more than double from roughly 16,000 in June 2017, but the sharp decline from spring could undercut the Trump administration’s narrative of a border in crisis.

 

 

MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Rescue divers are advancing in the main passageway inside the flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been missing more than a week.

Thai navy SEALs said in a Facebook post early Monday that divers since Sunday night had reached a bend where the kilometer- (half-mile-) long passage splits in two directions.

The boys, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach entered Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai province on June 23. Heavy rains that flooded key passages are believed to have trapped the soccer players and have thwarted their rescue.

The divers, supplied with rope and extra oxygen, are aiming for a sandy chamber on higher ground in the cave, where they hope the 13 were able to stay dry.