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CSi Weather…
.REST OF TODAY…Partly sunney. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT…Rain showers. Lows around 40. Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.WEDNESDAY…Rain. Highs in the upper 40s. Northeast winds around
15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain in
the evening in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent in the Jamestown area, 20 percent in the Valley City area.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain
showers in the evening. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
Rain overnight Tuesday night continuing through Wednesday, slowly
decreasing from west to east.
Wednesday night there is a slight chance of thunderstorms across mainly western and north central ND.
A chance of thunderstorms Thursday.
Precipitation totals for this system are currently anywhere from half an inch to greater than an inch, with the highest amounts in the southern half of the forecast area.
Once that system moves through temperatures warm back to around 60 on Thursday,possibly reaching the low 70s in the west on Friday.
Saturday will be similar before a weak cold front moves through, cooling
temperatures but not currently bringing a strong chance for
precipitation.
Flood updates and water level updates for the …
Sheyenne River Level Through Valley City
James River level through Jamestown.
Water amounts in the snow pack
The Latest Flood Warnings from The National Weather Service
https://ndresponse.gov/flood-region
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School Board has partnered with the Jamestown Arts Center, a $22,500 agreement, for the 2019-2020 school year.
At Monday’s meeting, School Board member Diane Hanson was not present.
The agreement includes providing artists in residence during the school year for the elementary schools.
The agreement also includes in-service training for teachers, support for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) curriculum and school performances by touring theater groups.
In other business Superintendent Robert Lech reported that Governor Doug Burgum has added the two-hour late start on April 12 this year, after a snowstorm to the initial make-up day forgiveness application recently approved.
The meeting was recorded by CSi 10 The Replay Channel with replays starting Tuesday.
Jamestown (CSi) Also before Monday’s School Board Meeting, The Jamestown Education Association and the school board held a negotiation meeting.
Agreed to, were ground rules and clarification that any committee member may negotiate in the absence of the lead negotiator.
The negotiations will be for a two-year agreement.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Choralaires will host The North Dakota Men’s Choral Festival, May 11, at 7-p.m., at the University of Jamestown’s Reiland Fine Arts Center.
Participating groups will be from Bismarck, Harvey, Minot, and Valley City.
Tickets are Adults $15, Students $5, with tickets available from Choralaires members, Country Garden Floral, The Dakota Store, Looysen I Care, and at the door.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A teen who ventured out on the swollen Red River in a kayak has been rescued after the boat capsized in Grand Forks.
Police say members of a water rescue team found the 19-year-old Grand Forks man on a tree limb in the river just before midnight Monday. He told authorities he launched his kayak to get a look at the river, but it hit a cement structure causing it to capsize.
KFGO reports he was wearing a life jacket and managed to swim to the tree limb where he yelled for help. The teen was taken to Altru Hospital to be evaluated. Grand Forks police are urging people to stay away from the fast-flowing river for now.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican Gov. Doug Burgum made no comment last week when he signed legislation making it a crime for a doctor performing a second-trimester abortion to use instruments such as clamps, scissors and forceps to remove the fetus from the womb.
Pressed Monday to expand on his approval, Burgum says simply that he considered both sides before deciding to sign the bill.
The bill passed easily in the GOP-led Legislature last month. But Burgum tells The Associated Press that he “read every letter” that came to him on supporting or opposing the bill before deciding to sign it.
Abortion-rights groups argue that banning the procedure is unconstitutional because it interferes with private medical decisions.
The bill becomes effective if a federal appeals court or the U.S. Supreme Court allows its enforcement.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota voters will get to decide if it should be more difficult for citizens to amend the state constitution.
Senators on Monday approved House amendments to a resolution that allows the Legislature to vote on an initiated measure following voters’ approval.
Votes in both chambers largely fell along party lines, with Democrats dissenting.
Any initiated measures would go back to voters for final approval if it fails to win lawmakers’ endorsement.
Opponents of the resolution argue the move damages residents’ participation in the legislative process and is contrary to the will of the people.
North Dakota is among about two dozen states with some form of an initiative process.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Newly unsealed documents in the fraud case of a South Dakota man linked to an admitted Russian covert agent accuse him of obtaining at least $2.3 million from 78 people for bogus investments dating to at least 1997.
Paul Erickson has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of wire fraud and money laundering. Authorities say he promised returns of up to 150 percent while spending the money on personal expenses such as motels, flights and college tuition for Maria Butina, Erickson’s former girlfriend.
An affidavit unsealed Monday shows that Erickson came to the attention of the FBI in 2016, over alleged fraudulent investments in the North Dakota oil patch.
Butina pleaded guilty in December to trying to infiltrate conservative political groups as a Kremlin secret agent.
Erickson’s attorney, Clint Sargent, did not immediately return a phone message.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Legislature has passed a measure that makes it illegal to pass a pet off as a service animal.
Representatives voted 85-4 on Monday to approve the measure that makes it an infraction for falsely claiming a pet as a service animal to “gain admission to a public place” or obtain housing.
An infraction has a maximum fine of $1,000.
The Senate approved the bill earlier.
Backers of the bill say it is aimed at protecting disabled people who truly rely on service animals.
In sports…
Baseball…
LA CROSSE, WIS. (VCSU) – Valley City State pitchers allowed just nine total hits and one run Monday afternoon as the Vikings completed a series sweep against Viterbo University.
Nicholas Vargas and Christian Peery combined to allow just four hits and a run in game one of Monday’s doubleheader as VCSU won 4-1. In game two, Jesse Johnson and Brady Engebretson struck out 16 batters in a combined shutout and the Vikings won 1-0 in extra innings.
VCSU’s offense was quiet, but two big home runs gave the team enough offense for the pair of wins. Sal Avila hit a 3-run home run in game one. In a scoreless game two, Grant Wehseler led off the top of the ninth inning with a solo home run, scoring the only run in the 1-0 victory.
Monday’s doubleheader sweep completed a four-game series sweep of Viterbo, following up 5-0 and 8-6 wins on Sunday. VCSU pitchers struck out 49 batters in the series and combined for two shutouts. The 16 combined strikeouts by Johnson and Engebretson in the series finale is the most strikeouts by any NSAA team so far this season.
Valley City State is now 13-14 overall and 8-4 in the North Star Athletic Association. The Vikings are currently third in the NSAA standings behind Bellevue University (13-1) and Waldorf University (13-1). Viterbo drops to 7-24 overall and 2-12 in the NSAA.
Up next: Valley City State is scheduled to play at Mayville State in a conference doubleheader on Wednesday.
VCSU 4, Viterbo University 1
Valley City State scored all four of its runs in the top of the third inning, including a three-run home run off the bat of freshman Sal Avila.
Avila’s third home run of the season was all the offense the Vikings would need. Nicholas Vargas started and went seven innings on the mound, allowing just four hits and one run en route to his first win of the season. Christian Peery pitched two hitless innings to close out the game and earn the save. Vargas and Peery did not walk anyone and combined for 10 strikeouts, including seven by Vargas and three by Peery.
Emmanuel Leyva went 3-for-5 and scored a run out of the leadoff position for VCSU. Grant Wehseler was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Avila was 1-for-4 with his three-run home run.
Viterbo’s Preston Gamroth took the loss, giving up six hits and four runs over six innings of work. Four different V-Hawks had one hit each.
VCSU 1, Viterbo University 0
Neither team could push across a run in the series finale until Grant Wehseler stepped to the plate in the top of the ninth inning. Wehseler blasted a 2-1 pitch over the right-center field fence, putting the Vikings ahead 1-0 in extra innings. Brady Engebretson took it from there, striking out the side in the bottom of the ninth to complete the series sweep.
Jesse Johnson and Engebretson were lights out on the mound for VCSU. Johnson started and went 6 1/3 innings, giving up just four hits and striking out nine batters in a no-decision.
The game was scheduled for seven innings, and after Viterbo put the winning run on third base in the bottom of the seventh, the Vikings turned to Engebretson to work out of the jam. Engebretson hit the first batter he faced, but then came through with back-to-back strikeouts to send the game to extra innings. It was a sign of things to come for Engebretson, who struck out seven of the 10 batters he faced. The senior left-hander allowed just one hit over the final 2 2/3 innings, picking up his second victory of the season.
VCSU had four hits in the game, including one each by Leyva, Wehseler, Brady Smith and Jayden Shipman.
Viterbo’s Joe Cliver pitched a complete game in the loss, giving up four hits and a run while striking out.
Softball…
Sioux City, IA
Jimmies Home Team
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (uj.edu) — The University of Jamestown softball team completed a four-game sweep of its homestand in Sioux City, defeating Doane (Neb.) 9-8 in 11 innings and 3-2 Monday afternoon.
The games were originally scheduled to be played in Jamestown on Sunday, but weather conditions forced the postponement and change of venue.
Jamestown is now is sole possession of fourth place in the Great Plains Athletic Conference standings at 9-5, and are 25-11 overall.
UJ travels to Aberdeen, S.D., Wednesday for a non-conference doubleheader against Presentation College at 3 p.m.
A single nine-inning baseball game between University of Jamestown and Mayville State University scheduled for today is canceled because of unplayable field conditions.
NHL…
Leafs hold off Bruins after losing Kadri for series
UNDATED (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews had a breakout game on Monday after being bottled up by Boston during the first two games of their Stanley Cup first-round series.
Matthews scored his first goal of the playoffs and set up another as the Maple Leafs downed the Bruins, 3-2 to take a two-games-to-one lead. The All-Star center was seeking his first point of the series until he scored a tiebreaking goal on a power play midway through the second period.
Matthews later set up Andreas Johnsson’s eventual game-winner, also in the middle stanza.
Johnsson also had an assist and Trevor Moore netted Toronto’s first goal.
Frederik Andersen made 34 saves for the Maple Leafs, who host Game 4 on Wednesday.
The Leafs won shortly after the learning that forward Nazem Kadri (NA’-zehm KA’-dree) had been suspended by the NHL for the rest of the first round for cross-checking Boston Bruins winger Jake DeBrusk in the head during the third period of Game 2.
Also in the Stanley Cup playoffs on Monday:
— The Hurricanes are within two games to one in their series after Warren Foegele (FOH’-gul) and Doug Hamilton each scored twice in a 5-0 rout of the Capitals. Foegele and Hamilton each scored while Carolina outshot Washington 18-1 in the second period. Petr Mrazek (mah-RA’-zehk) needed to make just 18 saves, eight coming in the last two periods of his fourth career playoff shutout. Brock McGinn also tallied for the Hurricanes, who host Game 4 on Thursday.
— Nathan McKinnon scored twice in the first period and reigning Hobey Baker Award winner Cale Makar (mah-KAHR’) netted his first NHL goal as the Avalanche blew out the Flames, 6-2 to take a 2-1 series lead. Matt Nieto (nee-EH’-toh) added a short-handed goal, and Mikko Rantanen (MEE’-koh RAN’-tah-nehn) and Erik Johnson also scored while Colorado built a 6-1 lead against the top seed in the Western Conference. Philipp Grubauer was credited with 27 saves for the Avs, who fired 56 shots on Mike Smith.
— The Predators coughed up a 2-0 lead before beating the Stars, 3-2 on Mikael Granlund’s goal with 8:19 remaining. Rocco Grimaldi and Filip Forsberg also scored to support Pekka Rinne (PEH’-kuh REE’-nay), who turned back 40 shots to help Nashville take a 2-1 series lead. Tyler Seguin (SAY’-gihn) and Mats Zuccarello (zoo-kah-REH’-loh) scored for Dallas.
NHL-NEWS
Thornton told to take one off
UNDATED (AP) — The NHL has handed down a one-game suspension to Sharks center Joe Thornton for a hit to the head of Vegas’ Tomas Nosek during San Jose’s 6-3 loss on Sunday. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety determined that Thornton’s hit on Nosek in Game 3 was avoidable and that the head was “clearly the main point of contact.”
In other NHL news:
— The Flyers have hired Alain Vigneault (VEEN’-yoh) as head coach. Vigneault has led the Rangers and Canucks to the Stanley Cup finals and takes over a Flyers team that missed the playoffs for the second time in three seasons. He replaces interim coach Scott Gordon.
MLB…
— Teoscar (tay-AHS’-kur) Hernandez capped his three-hit night by belting the go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning to send the Blue Jays past the Twins, 5-3. Toronto rallied after C.J. Cron’s three-run blast put Minnesota ahead, 3-1 in the fourth.
UNDATED (AP) — Christian Yelich (YEH’-lihch) flashed his MVP form on Monday to power the Brewers to victory in their series opener with the Cardinals.
Yelich crushed three home runs and drove in a career-high seven rebounds as the Brewers topped the Redbirds, 10-7. The reigning NL MVP hit his first three-run homer to cap a six-run second inning, then added another three-run shot in the sixth to put Milwaukee ahead to stay.
Elsewhere around the majors:
— Juan Lagares (lah-GAH’-rehs) scored from second base on Michael Conforto’s hard grounder that went off the glove of first baseman Rhys Hoskins for an error in the 11th inning of the Mets’ 7-6 verdict over the Phillies. Brandon Nimmo hit a solo homer and Robinson Cano (kah-NOH’) added a two-run double as New York stopped a two-game skid.
— Willson Contreras smacked his sixth homer of the season while going 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the Cubs’ 7-2 victory at Miami. Yu Darvish (1-2) struck out eight in a season-high 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs to lower his ERA to 6.11.
— Joc Pederson blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to send the Dodgers past the Reds, 4-3. Los Angeles ace Clayton Kershaw went seven innings in his season debut after returning from shoulder inflammation, allowing two runs on five hits and no walks while fanning six.
— Ian Desmond was hitting .140 before supplying a solo homer and a two-run double to lift the Rockies past the Padres, 5-2. Nolan Arenado’s (ar-eh-NAH’-dohz) also homered to support Antonio Senzatella, who gave up two runs over 6 1/3 innings in his season debut.
— Joey Gallo homered and singled home the tiebreaking run to help the Rangers whip the Angels, 12-7. Los Angeles outfielder Mike Trout was 0-for-2 with two runs scored in his return after missing three games with a groin injury.
— Trevor Bauer struck out eight and allowed one run while pitching into the seventh inning of the Indians’ 6-4 victory at Seattle. Jose Ramirez hit a solo homer to help Cleveland rebound from a three-game weekend sweep by the Royals.
— Dwight Smith Jr. delivered a two-run homer and a two-run double as the O’s hammered the Bosox, 8-1. Chris Davis added a two-run blast to support Dan Straily, who bounced back from his Orioles debut last week by allowing a run and two hits over five innings.
— Welington Castillo atoned for an error by slamming a two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the White Sox past the Royals, 5-4. Chicago shortstop Tim Anderson scored twice and was 3-for-4 to lift his average to a major league-leading .453.
MLB NEWS:
Phillies shelve Robertson
UNDATED (AP) — Phillies reliever David Robertson has been placed on the 10-day injured list because of a sore right elbow. He has a 5.40 ERA in seven appearances after working two scoreless innings in Philadelphia’s 3-1, 14-inning victory at Miami on Sunday.
Right-hander Drew Anderson was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take Robertson’s spot.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Zion going to NBA
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The Duke Blue Devils have lost another freshman to the upcoming NBA draft.
Zion Williamson has announced that he’s leaving the Durham campus after one outstanding season in which he was named the AP national player of the year.
The ACC player and rookie of the year tied teammate RJ Barrett for the conference lead in scoring at 22.6 points a game and also averaged 8.9 rebounds. Williamson is widely projected as the first player taken in the draft.
Barrett and Cam Reddish have also announced they are forgoing their final three years of college eligibility.
In other college basketball news:
— Virginia guards Ty Jerome and De’Andre Hunter are leaving school early for the NBA draft. Jerome helped Virginia win the national championship, leading the Cavaliers with 202 assists and finishing second on the team with 79 3-pointers. Hunter was the national champions’ second-leading scorer at 15.2 points per game, an All-ACC first team selection and the league’s defensive player of the year.
— Gonzaga junior forward Rui Hachimura has declared for the NBA draft and says he will hire an agent as he pursues a professional career. The 6-foot-8 native of Japan led Gonzaga in scoring this season with 19.7 points per game.
BOSTON MARATHON
Cherono wears crown in Boston
BOSTON (AP) — Lawrence Cherono has won the Boston Marathon for the first time.
Cherono needed every bit of his speed to outkick two-time winner Lelisa Desisa in a sprint to the tape, passing him just steps away from the finish line to win the 123rd edition of the race in 2 hours, 7 minutes 57 seconds. Cherono had won marathons in Seville, Prague, Honolulu and twice in Amsterdam but never in a major event before Monday.
Worknesh Degefa broke away from defending champion Des Linden and the rest of the women’s pack in the Framingham flats and ran alone for the last 20 miles to claim the women’s race. Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat was second, reducing a gap of more than two minutes to 42 seconds at the finish.
Daniel Romanchuk, 20, became the youngest-ever men’s wheelchair champion in Boston, finishing in 1:21:36 for the fastest time ever for an American. Manuela Schar won the women’s wheelchair race for the second time.
TRUMP-TIGER WOODS
Trump says Tiger Woods to get Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will present Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Woods won his fifth Masters title Sunday, overcoming personal and professional adversity to once more claim the green jacket.
Trump tweeted Monday that he spoke to Woods and congratulated him on “the great victory.’
Trump didn’t say when a ceremony will be held. The medal is the nation’s highest honor for a civilian.
NFL…
— The Vikings have signed former Rams quarterback Sean Mannion and ex-Denver Broncos wide receiver Jordan Taylor. Mannion will likely replace Trevor Siemian as the primary backup to Kirk Cousins
UNDATED (AP) — Two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning says the New York Giants kept him in the dark until recently about his future with the team. Manning also says the Giants didn’t give him a warning about the trade of star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to the Cleveland Browns.
Speaking as organized team activities started, the 38-year-old quarterback said the Giants informed him a month ago that he would be returning for a 16th season.
In other areas, Manning expects the Giants to draft a quarterback as he enters the final year of his four-year, $84 million contract.
In other NFL news:
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— Todd Gurley still isn’t shedding much light on the injured knee that limited him down the stretch with the Rams. Gurley was in camp for the opening of the Rams’ offseason program in their first team activities since their Super Bowl loss to New England. Gurley only says he is “feeling good” after a bit of offseason travel and two months of rest for his left knee.
In world and national news…
PARIS (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has sent a message of sympathy to French President Emmanuel Macron after a fire ravaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
The British monarch says she was “deeply saddened” to see the cathedral ablaze, and expressed “sincere admiration to the emergency services who have risked their lives to try to save this important national monument.”
British politicians and religious leaders have also sent messages of goodwill and offers of help in rebuilding the medieval building.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church of England, tweeted an image of the fire-damaged cathedral with a passage from the Bible: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.'”
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Monuments are the emotional backbone of France. That accounts for the despair over a blaze that killed no one, yet seared the collective soul. It is the power Notre Dame had, and still has, despite the charred scars on its Gothic walls.
It is not only the unique beauty of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the palaces of Versailles or Mont Saint-Michel proudly facing the sea that make monuments the epitome of France, it is also the sense of nationhood they represent.
Across the nation, the pain was equally felt, especially because just about every region has a similar treasure to cherish.
For all, it was clear the monument transcended its religious meaning and instead was a symbol of European civilization.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it’s preparing to release on Thursday a redacted version of the special counsel’s report on Russian election interference.
That’s not stopping President Donald Trump’s criticism of the probe. Trump is repeating his view that the report exonerated him and the investigation should never have happened.
The findings from the nearly two-year probe are expected to be sent to Congress and made available to the public. The redactions are expected to cover grand jury testimony, material related to ongoing investigations and other sensitive information.
The investigation officially ended late last month. A confidential report sent to Attorney General William Barr was followed by a four-page letter to Congress that said the special counsel didn’t find a criminal conspiracy between Russia and Trump associates.
DENVER (AP) — Twenty years after teenage gunmen attacked Columbine High School, alumni of the Littleton, Colorado, school have become parents.
The emotional toll of the shooting that killed 12 classmates and a teacher has been joined by fears about their own kids’ safety, spiking each time another shooter enters another school.
Survivors have been affected in different ways. They know that mass shootings in schools remain rare. They hope their children will be spared an experience like the one that affected their lives.
Some find comfort in school security changes, while others worry about the effect of active-shooter drills on their kids’ generation. Others found that a child beginning school was a trigger for their own pain, linked to the trauma of April 20, 1999.
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