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CSi Weather…
.REST OF TODAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT…Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around
5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around
5 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
High temperatures are expected to increase Wednesday into Friday, with widespread highs in the lower to mid 90s, with upper 80s across the James
River Valley and Turtle Mountains.
During the weekend, increasing chances for rain showers and thunderstorms.
Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports that Boardings at Jamestown Regional Airport were down in July, compared to July 2017.
In July 2018 boardings were 1227, compared to 1297 in July of 2017, down 5.5 percent..
Year to date boardings through July 2018 are 7281 compared to 7889 through July of 2017, down 7.7 percent.
Bismarck (DPI) The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction announces that 15 North Dakota School District will receive over $27-million toward improving students reading ability, and literacy skills of disadvantaged students, in elementary, middle schools, and high schools, while providing teaching training and technical assistance.
Jamestown’s first year’s grant amount: : $404,125
Others include:
Belcourt; $714,277
Bismarck: $2.18 million
Devils Lake: $526,432
Fargo: $864,325
Grafton: $737,494
Kidder County: $272,173
Langdon: $77,051
Mandan: $329,958
Minot: $1.45 million
New Town: $897,775
Parshall: $248,469
Rugby: $140,020
South Prairie: $232,684
West Fargo: $1.56 million
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Planning Commission has granted preliminary approval to the First Community Addition.
The new plat in a combination of existing lots allowing expansion of the First Community Credit Union building at 1021 3rd Ave. SE and additional parking spaces.
Pending final approval at the September 10th, Planning Commission the plat l goes to the Jamestown City Council for consideration.
The Planning Commission scheduled a Public Hearing to revise the Jamestown zoning ordinance removing requirements for off-street parking downtown.
The ordinances require new businesses to have available off-street parking that could be difficult or impossible to meet in some downtown locations.
Jamestown (CSi) The Iron Horse Rebels Motorcycle Club host the 2nd Annual Ironhorse Rebels, Salvation Army Fun Run Saturday, August 25, with registration at 10-a.m., at the Jamestown Civic Center.
Kickstands up at 12 noon.
Registration is $20 per bike, $10 per passenger.
100 percent of the proceeds go to the Jamestown Salvation Army.
Any questions call “Thunder,” at 701-269-3271, or “ Momma,” at 701-779-3792.
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — The man who stole an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane from Sea-Tac International Airport was Richard Russell, a U.S. official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press.
WDAY reports Russell attended VCSU for three semesters, and in 2008, and was a Red Shirted football player.
Previously…
(WDAY TV Saturday evening reported that Russell may have had ties to VCSU, as a one time athlete there.)
WDAY has since learned Russell, committed to playing football for Valley City State University.
Archives on the college’s website show Russell was recruited to play in 2008, but WDAY is still working to confirm if he actually played on the team.
Authorities on Saturday said Russell used a machine called a pushback tractor to first maneuver the aircraft so he could board and then take off Friday evening. He was presumably killed about an hour later when the aircraft crashed into a small island southwest of Seattle.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota have succeeded in bringing the matter to a public vote later this year.
Secretary of State Al Jaeger says proponents submitted more than enough valid petition signatures to get a measure on the November general election ballot.
Supporters needed to submit about 13,500 valid signatures. They had more than 14,600.
The proposal seeks to legalize marijuana for people 21 and older and also seal the records of anyone convicted of a marijuana-related crime that would be made legal under the measure.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Police in Bismarck, North Dakota, requested funding in the city’s 2019 budget for equipment that includes AR-15 rifles for school resource officers.
Bismarck Public Schools and the Bismarck Police Department plan to share the cost of purchasing nearly $26,000 worth of AR-15s, gun safes, additional bulletproof vests and medical kits, the Bismarck Tribune reported .
The district won’t fund the acquisition of firearms and the rifles will be locked up in the schools, according to district officials.
Police and school officials began considering rifles for school resource officers after a gunman in February killed 17 people at a school in Parkland, Florida, said Lt. Jason Stugelmeyer, who oversees the department’s Police Youth Bureau. The bureau includes six school resource officers.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A city official says two pit bulls that attacked a child and her mother in Mandan have been euthanized.
City attorney Dan Nagle says the dogs were being held at the Mandan animal impound under a court order. The dogs’ owner, Antoinette Fleck, has been charged with violating the city’s vicious dog ordinance. The Bismarck Tribune says the local law bans vicious dogs, which are defined as an animal that attacks without provocation or has a vicious or terrorizing manner.
The dogs attack a 7-year-old girl, who suffered a broken leg, and her mother last month while they were walking in Mandan.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakotans will vote in November on whether to provide specialized vehicle license plates free of charge to volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders.
Secretary of State Al Jaeger says proponents submitted more than enough valid petition signatures to get a measure on the general election ballot.
Supporters needed to submit about 13,500 valid signatures. They had more than 15,000.
Supporters say free plates for emergency responders would be a way to recognize them for their volunteer service.
The state would lose the revenue of vehicle registrations from volunteer emergency responders, and it would cost to make the special plates.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — An unmanned aircraft test site in North Dakota is set to fly its first large drone beyond sight of the pilot and without using a manned airplane to observe the flight.
The Federal Aviation Administration in 2016 allowed the Northern Plains Test Site in Grand Forks to begin flying the drones beyond visual line of sight. The facility has now been approved to fly without the chase planes.
The first flight is scheduled Tuesday at the Grand Sky aviation technology park. It will be conducted by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. The FAA contract allows the drones to fly within 30 miles of the park.
Officials say Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson is scheduled to attend an Aug. 20 event to commemorate the FAA authorization.
Bismarck (Sen. Hoeven’s Office) – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Energy and Water Appropriations Committee, Monday hosted Energy Secretary Rick Perry for tours of the Falkirk Mine and Great River Energy’s (GRE) Coal Creek Station and a roundtable with the state’s energy leaders. Throughout the event, the senator stressed how the state’s implementation of innovative technologies are helping to produce more energy at a lower cost and with better environmental stewardship.
Bismarck (NDDOT) Drivers on North Dakota roads are reminded to always drive sober, or to always find a sober driver.
In an effort to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road, law enforcement agencies across North Dakota will run extra patrols, as part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign from August 17 to September 3.
Preliminary data from 2017 reports in North Dakota 55 motor vehicle fatalities and 472 injuries due to an alcohol-related crash. This translates to one alcohol-related fatality every seven days in North Dakota. In fact, nearly 1 in 5 (19 percent) adult arrests in North Dakota are for Driving Under the Influence (DUI).
“Make a difference in your life and the lives of others by always choosing to drive sober or find a sober driver,” says Stutsman County Sheriff Chad Kaiser. “We want everyone to get the message that impaired driving impacts more than just you.”
This campaign is part of the Vision Zero strategy to eliminate motor vehicle crash fatalities and serious injuries on North Dakota roads.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Park Board has voted unanimously directed Jamestown Parks and Recreation Director Doug Hogan to contact the James River Figure Skating Club board concerning $7,630 in the previous season’s outstanding ice time bills including figure skating and the Hockey Fundamentals Program.
A resolution of the contract and payment is hoped for prior to the skating club’s September 4th start date.
The Park Board voted to approved the 2018-19 ice rental rates at $73 for all months.
The hourly fee is arrived at the $62.50 midpoint between the two hourly rates and then adds a $10.44 resurfacing fee.
The next Commission meeting is 4 p.m. Sept. 10, followed by a public hearing on the proposed budget at 5:30 p.m.
Bismarck (NDGF)The North Dakota Cooperative Fur Harvester Education Program is sponsoring three fur harvester education classes for anyone interested in trapping or hunting furbearers.
Courses in Bismarck and Jamestown are set for Aug. 21, 23 and 25. A course in Dickinson is Aug. 18 and 25.
Courses are free and take 16 hours to complete .
Students will learn the history of the fur trade in the Dakotas, furbearer identification, tools and techniques for harvesting furbearers in North Dakota, as well as proper handling (skinning, fleshing and boarding) of furbearers.
Upon completion, graduates are issued a certification card that is recognized by any state requiring trapper education prior to purchasing a license.
Anyone interested in signing up for the class should visit the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov, click on the education link and fur harvester education.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Defending national champion North Dakota State is atop the Football Championship Subdivision preseason coaches poll.
The Bison received 23 of the 26 first-place votes in the poll administered by the American Football Coaches Association.
James Madison is No. 2 and got the other three first-place votes. NDSU beat the Dukes in last year’s FCS title game.
The rest of the top five is South Dakota State, Sam Houston State and Kennesaw State.
It’s the same top five as in the STATS preseason FCS media poll released a week ago.
MADISON, S.D. (VCSUVikings.com)- The Valley City State University volleyball team has been picked to finish third in the North Star Athletic Association Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
The Vikings received 46 poll points to finish third in the rating amongst the eight NSAA teams. VCSU is coming off a 15-13 overall record last season and fourth-place finish in the NSAA standings.
Valley City State is set to open the season Aug. 24-25 with a two-day tournament at Viterbo University. The Vikings will play their first 12 matches on the road before hosting Dickinson State University on Sept. 12 for the home opener and NSAA opener.
Viterbo University was a unanimous pick to repeat at NSAA champions. Bellevue University was picked second in the NSAA poll, followed by VCSU, Presentation College, Dakota State University, Dickinson State University, Waldorf University and Mayville State University.
All NSAA members will be playing a 14-match schedule (7 matches at home and 7 matches on the road). The conference season officially kicks off on Wednesday, Sept. 12 with traveling partners playing each other. Viterbo visits Waldorf; Dakota State hosts Bellevue; Valley City State welcomes Dickinson State and Mayville State travels to Presentation.
The top six teams will qualify for the North Star conference postseason tournament. The postseason tournament will be held at the No. 1 seed on Nov. 9-10.
The NSAA postseason tournament’s champion will receive an automatic bid to the NAIA Volleyball National Tournament. The national tournament opening round is slated for Nov. 17 at campus sites, with each opening round winners advancing to the NAIA Volleyball National Tournament in Sioux City, Iowa on Nov. 27-Dec. 1.
Minneapolis (WCCO) — After 15 seasons of dominant play in the WNBA, Minnesota Lynx star Lindsay Whalen is calling it quits.
On Monday, the Hutchinson, Minnesota, native announced she will retire from the WNBA after the 2018 season.
“I would like to announce that after 15 seasons in the WNBA I am going to retire after the 2018 season,” Whalen said. “I would like to thank the WNBA, the Connecticut Sun, and the Minnesota Lynx for believing in me all of these years. I look forward to the next chapter in my basketball career and wish my Lynx coaches and teammates all of the best in the future.”
According to the team, Whalen will finish her career as the Lynx’s franchise leader in assists, while ranking second in games played and fourth in scoring. She’s also a four-time WNBA champion.
“At season’s end Lindsay Whalen will retire as the winningest point guard in the history of the WNBA,” said Lynx coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve.
“I feel so fortunate to have been on the sidelines for so many of her wins. Lindsay’s will to win made her special, along with always putting her team and teammates first. I will always cherish the times we spent together over the last eight years bringing championships to her home state of Minnesota.”
It was more of the same from Acuna in the nightcap. He sent a towering shot into the seats in left-center , sparking the Braves to a 6-1 win behind another strong outing on the mound from Mike Foltynewicz.
The win edges the Braves a bit further ahead of the Phillies atop the NL East. The Braves led by just a percentage point at the start of the day. The Phillies are idle.
In other league action:
— Jed Lowrie drove in four runs to back Sean Manaea and the Oakland Athletics held off a late Seattle rally to beat the Mariners 7-6 on Monday night in a matchup of AL West contenders. Manaea (11-8) pitched into the eighth and bounced back from a season-low 2 2/3 innings against the Dodgers his last time out. Second-place Oakland moved 2 1/2 games ahead of the Mariners, who had momentum coming off a four-game sweep at first-place and defending World Series champion Houston.
— Pinch-hitter Nick Hundley hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to give the Giants their first lead, and San Francisco rallied for a 5-2 victory on Monday night, handing the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bullpen its fourth consecutive loss.This time, the Dodgers wasted a masterful start by Clayton Kershaw, who held the Giants to one run on eight hits, all singles.
— Jose Ramirez connected for his 35th homer and Yandy Diaz hit a tiebreaking RBI double in Cleveland’s seven-run sixth inning, helping the Indians pull away from the Cincinnati Reds for a 10-3 victory. It was Cleveland’s fifth win in six games.
— Bartolo Colon won his first start since setting the record for victories by a Latin American pitcher, going five innings to help the Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3. Colon has 247 career wins, two more than Dennis Martinez of Nicaragua.
— Ryan O’Hearn homered and drove in a career-high three runs, Brad Keller threw seven strong innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 to spoil Sean Reid-Foley’s major league debut. Reid-Foley is only the second player in major league history to be born in Guam. He was 12-4 with a 2.98 ERA in 23 minor league starts this season.
— Nicholas Castellanos had a career-high five hits, including a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning, and drove in five runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5. It was Castellanos’ sixth five-RBI game of Castellanos’ career.
— Paul DeJong handed the Washington Nationals their second straight walk-off loss, capping a back-and-forth finish with a game-ending solo homer in the ninth inning of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 7-6 victory. DeJong took Koda Glover deep leading off the ninth. A night earlier, Ryan Madson allowed a game-ending ninth-inning grand slam to the Chicago Cubs’ David Bote to end a 4-3 defeat.
— Kole Calhoun hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th inning and Justin Upton added a two-run homer to cap a four-run rally that carried the Los Angeles Angels past the San Diego Padres 6-3 in 10 innings on Monday night. Jose Briceno homered early for the Angels, who got 7 1/3 solid innings from starter Andrew Heaney. Upton robbed pinch-hitter Eric Hosmer of a go-ahead homer in the eighth, making a catch above the left-field wall to leave Hosmer with a tying sacrifice fly.
MLB-YANKEES-SABATHIA
UNDATED (AP) — The New York Yankees have put pitcher CC Sabathia on the 10-day disabled list because of right knee inflammation.
The Yankees made a series of roster moves. Reliever George Kontos was promoted from Triple-A, infielder Ronald Torreyes rejoined the Yankees and first baseman Luke Voit was sent to the minors.
Sabathia was put on the DL a day after pitching six shutout innings of one-hit ball against Texas. The 38-year-old left-hander is 7-4 with a 3.32 ERA in 22 starts.
Sabathia has been bothered by knee trouble for several seasons. The Yankees also transferred left-hander Jordan Montgomery (elbow) to the 60-day disabled list.
In other MLB news:
— Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen expects to have a second heart surgery in the offseason but is confident he’ll be able to come off the disabled list within the next few weeks. The All-Star reliever, out since Thursday with an irregular heartbeat, rejoined the Dodgers when they returned home and threw a light bullpen. He plans to throw bullpens again on Wednesday and Friday.
— Shohei Ohtani (SHOH’-hay oh-TAH’-nee) moved another step closer to pitching again this season for the Los Angeles Angels when he threw a 33-pitch pregame bullpen session. It was the second pitching workout in three days for the right-hander. Ohtani has been held back from pitching by a sprained right elbow.
— A baseball with the signatures of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and eight other legends of the game has sold for more than $600,000. The players all signed the ball on the same day in 1939, when they were gathered to become the first class to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
— The Kansas City Royals have placed left-hander Danny Duffy on the 10-day disabled list with a shoulder impingement. The 29-year-old Duffy received an anti-inflammatory shot after allowing six runs in 5 1/3 innings in Saturday’s 8-3 loss to St. Louis. He has lost three of his last four starts.
NBA-ROCKETS-ANTHONY
HOUSTON (AP) — Carmelo Anthony has signed a one-year, $2.4 million deal with the Houston Rockets.
Anthony was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Atlanta Hawks last month before the Hawks released him.
Houston general manager Daryl Morey announced the signing Monday and the Rockets posted a picture on social media of Anthony signing his contract.
The 34-year-old joins a team led by MVP James Harden and star point guard Chris Paul. The Rockets hope the addition of Anthony will help them contend for their first title since 1995. They lost to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals last season.
NFL-49ers-MORRIS
— The Minnesota Vikings have placed guard Nick Easton on injured reserve with a neck injury that required surgery and has likely ended his season. The Vikings filled Easton’s roster spot by signing guard Kaleb Johnson. Easton started 12 games at left guard last year. He had a procedure done last week to repair a bulging disk in his neck.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Coach Kyle Shanahan says the San Francisco 49ers are bringing in veteran Alfred Morris to provide depth at running back while they deal with injuries at the position.
Morris was a sixth-round draft pick of Washington in 2012 when Shanahan was the offensive coordinator. He rushed for 2,888 yards and 20 touchdowns during his first two seasons. The move won’t become official until he passes a physical.
In other NFL news:
— The new stadium being built for English Premier League club Tottenham isn’t ready to host the NFL this year. The first NFL game at Tottenham was due to feature the Seattle Seahawks and Oakland Raiders on Oct. 14. That will now be played across north London at Wembley Stadium on the same day.
— LeSean McCoy’s ex-girlfriend is suing the Buffalo Bills running back for failing to protect her after she was bloodied, beaten and had $133,000 worth of jewelry stolen during a home invasion last month. Delicia Cordon also alleges in a lawsuit filed in Fulton County, Georgia on Friday that McCoy would “often brutally beat his dog,” and would also “aggressively, physically discipline and beat his young son.”
— Former Tennessee star linebacker A.J. Johnson is getting a shot at the NFL a month after he was acquitted of rape charges. Johnson has signed with the Denver Broncos. The former Volunteers star was a four-year starter at Tennessee but was kicked off the team after he and a teammate at Tennessee were accused of raping a woman.
— A high school hit hard by Hurricane Harvey is getting a new playing surface thanks to the Houston Texans. The Texans say they’re donating the turf they played on at NRG Stadium last season to C.E. King High School after its field was destroyed in flooding from Harvey.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-MICHIGAN SHOES
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says he doesn’t expect any of his players to be suspended for selling shoes.
Harbaugh told reporters Monday night all team issued-shoes of current players have been accounted for by the school. Harbaugh says many former players and some former assistant coaches had access to the shoes that have been sold on the secondary market.
North Carolina announced last week that 13 football players will miss games while serving suspensions for selling team-issued shoes. The school reported the secondary NCAA violations.
WWE-OBIT-THE ANVIL
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) — Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, who joined with brother-in-law Bret Hart to form one of the top tag teams in the 1980s with the WWE, has died. He was 63.
The Pasco Sheriff’s Office said Neidhart fell at home, hit his head and “succumbed to his injury” on Monday in Wesley Chapel, Florida. No foul play was suspected.
Neidhart’s daughter, known as Natalya, wrestles for the WWE and is a former women’s champion. Neidhart made appearances with his daughter on the WWE reality series “Total Divas.”
In world and national news…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan aid group is offering to go into the eastern city of Ghazni where critical battles are underway between government forces and the Taliban and where the local hospitals have been overwhelmed with casualties. At least 120 Afghan forces and civilians have been killed, along with dozens more insurgents, and there are fears many more have been wounded. The head of Afghanistan’s Red Crescent says her organization is impartial and can help both the combatants and the civilians.
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