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CSi Weather….
REST OF TODAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the southwest around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the upper 40s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon in the Valley City area… Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with slight chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy
after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s.
Chance of showers 60 percent.
.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
A widespread 1 to 1.5 inches of rainfall Friday through Saturday, with lesser amounts to the north.
A mainly a rain event. The exception would be across
far northern North Dakota, where temperatures may get just cold
enough for some wet snow to mix in Friday night.
Any snow accumulations would likely be light and melt quickly on Saturday. Temperatures will be noticeably cooler next weekend with highs in the 40s and 50s Saturday and Sunday.
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) Plans are set, as the Jamestown Arts Center, invites the community to the Hansen Arts Park in Downtown Jamestown for events, activities and the popular Arts Market on Thursday evenings, from June through August this summer. (Not on the 4th of July.)
On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center, Director, Mindi Schmitz said, in conjunction with several performing artists, on stage, every Thursday is infused with arts-based activities with Thursday’s including hands-on arts activities or demonstrations for adults and children.
The finest musicians from around North Dakota, join some of Jamestown’s best known and loved musical artists, as the backbone of the market.
Each month features an arts-based focus based on the Arts Center’s current exhibitions.
Vendors will provide unique products, such as hand-knit items, goats milk soap, essential oil products and other artisan goods. No reselling is allowed at the market.
Anyone interested in becoming a vendor during the Arts Market can call the Jamestown Arts Center, at 701-251-2496.
Mindi added that every effort is made to assure that vendors are not competing with local businesses.
She said, the Arts Market is a collaborative vision to build the community, and all of the organizations involved in the planning and running of the Downtown Arts Market are committed to shaping an enduring series that will become a community tradition, and a major source of pride for Jamestown, and attracting additional tourists to Jamestown, and is supported by grant funding from Jamestown Tourism.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City School District Superintendent, Josh Johnson reports that total enrollment in the school district, dropped this school year.
He pointed out that in February to March this year the school district enrollment was down eight students, dropping below the 11-hundred student enrollment mark this school year.
The Valley City Public School District’s high point in enrollment over the past 10 years was 1,137 in 2011.
A majority of the school districts funding share in North Dakota is based on the school funding formula.
OMAHA, NE (USACE) – A draft environmental assessment (EA) for a Dam Safety Modification Study on Pipestem Dam, located four miles northwest of Jamestown in Stutsman County, North Dakota, is currently available for public review.
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Calling – (402) 995-2417 – omaha.usace-pa@usace.army.mil
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Jamestown (CSi) The 26th Annual Auction, Fundraiser for the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown will be Wednesday June 12, 2019, starting at 5-p.m., at the Jamestown Civic Center.
For ticket information, visit: buffalomuseum.com
Valley City (CSi) Valley City School District Superintendent, Josh Johnson reports that total enrollment in the school district, dropped this school year.
He pointed out that in February to March this year the school district enrollment was down eight students, dropping below the 11-hundred student enrollment mark this school year.
The Valley City Public School District’s high point in enrollment over the past 10 years was 1,137 in 2011.
A majority of the school districts funding share in North Dakota is based on the school funding formula.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Legislature is scrambling to finish its work and leave at least a handful of days on the books before the constitutional 80-day limit.
Lawmakers had hoped to be finished in less than 75 days to give themselves a cushion that could be used in the future to address unforeseen problems.
Today is Day 72.
House Majority Leader Chet Pollert and his Senate counterpart, Rich Wardner, told lawmakers in their respective chambers that they should expect to work on Saturday.
Only a few bills remain, but they are among the state’s most important, including new two-year budgets for human services, higher education and the Office of Management and Budget, which serves as the Republican-controlled Legislature’s last-minute catch-all bill.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a man in connection with the January robbery of a bank in Bismarck.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that Robert Wolter was stopped Feb. 5 at Newark Liberty International Airport by U.S. Department of Homeland Security for a routine outbound currency examination. Wolter had declared he was traveling with $6,000 in U.S. currency. He was found to be in possession of $10,595. Authorities say Wolter was attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines airplane headed from Newark to Lome, Togo.
In addition to the robbery charge, Wolter faces a charge of bulk cash smuggling.
Court documents do not list a lawyer for Wolter.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Census Bureau data shows Williams County in North Dakota led the nation in population growth from 2010 to 2018 thanks to the oil boom.
The Minot Daily News reports that estimates released Thursday indicate Williams County grew by 57.8% in those eight years. The census shows that county grew by 5.9% from July 2017 to July 2018.
McKenzie County grew even faster, by as much as 114.4% since 2010, but those numbers are excluded from national census data because with a population of 13,632 the county is too small to be included.
Kevin Iverson is North Dakota’s state census director. Iverson says he expects estimates indicating that people migrated out of the Minot region last year to turn around next year.
Iverson says only nine counties gained through in-migration in 2018.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Supreme Court could soon clarify who is considered a victim under Marsy’s Law, which embedded victim’s rights into the state constitution.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that the high court is expected to rule in the upcoming months in a case that uses the 2016 constitutional amendment to dispute restitution to an insurance company.
Justices heard arguments Thursday in the case of Javonne Hunt. The Bismarck man is fighting a judge’s order that he owes Blue Cross Blue Shield $27,500 in restitution for breaking another man’s jaw.
Hunt’s lawyer argues that corporations aren’t victims under Marsy’s Law because the law defines a victim as “a person” and isn’t intended to protect corporations.
Justice Lisa Fair McEvers says corporations can sustain financial harm from crimes.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican House speaker Lawrence Klemin believes last-minute legislation to commit public money for a Theodore Roosevelt presidential library in western North Dakota may be unconstitutional.
Klemin’s worries forced House and Senate negotiators to move the legislation Friday as an amendment in the budget for the governor’s office.
Senators voted this week to use $50 million from the state treasury and loans from the state-owned Bank of North Dakota to help fund operating and maintenance costs of the proposed library in Medora that has been a top priority with Gov. Doug Burgum.
That legislation was introduced as so-called hog-house amendment that erased an existing bill and rewrote it. Klemin says the library funding was not germane to the original bill and likely would not have withstood a court challenge.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A small property management company in North Dakota where four people were slain in the early morning hours of April 1 is slowly returning to normal thanks to tight bonds among workers and community support.
Memories of the “coffee club” help too. RJR Maintenance and Management co-owner Jackie Fakler says the four victims at the Mandan business would get to work early just so they could sit with mugs in hand and chat.
Fakler’s husband, Robert, was among those killed, as well as married workers Bill and Lois Cobb, and Adam Fuehrer. An RJR renter from Washburn is charged with killing them, but a motive isn’t known.
Fakler says: “This is not something you just bounce back from.”
In sports…
UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Celtics are the first team to advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs following their four-game sweep of Indiana.
Gordon Hayward scored 20 points and the Celtics went on a late 21-8 run to down the Pacers, 110-106. The Celtics hit four 3-pointers during the run to take a 102-90 lead into the final 90 seconds.
Marcus Morris and Jayson Tatum each finished with 18 points, while Kyrie Irving had 14 with seven assists.
It’s the first four-game sweep for the Celtics since 2011 and their second since 1986-87, becoming the first team to reach the second round of the playoffs.
Bojan (BOY’-ahn) Bogdanovic finished with 22 points and Tyreke (TY’-reek) Evans finished with a playoff career-high of 21 to lead the Pacers.
Checking out Sunday’s other NBA first-round action:
— Kevin Durant scored 33 points and Klay Thompson added 32 as the Warriors topped the Clippers, 113-105 to take a 3-1 series lead. Stephen Curry was in foul trouble for the second straight game and finished with 12 points, but he scored seven of the Warriors’ final 10 points to send them into the fourth quarter ahead 87-84. Andrew Bogut (BOH’-guht) fouled out with 5:50 remaining after contributing eight points and 10 rebounds. Game 5 is Wednesday at Oakland.
— The Raptors are up three games to one after Kawhi (kah-WY’) Leonard scored 34 points in Toronto’s 107-85 thumping of the Magic. Pascal Siakam (see-A’-kam) and Norman Powell each scored 16 for the Raptors, who can advance with a home win in Game 5 on Tuesday. Orlando’s Aaron Gordon made his first seven shots of the second half and finished with 25 points. Evan Fournier scored 19 and Nikola Vucevic added 11 for the Magic, who committed 17 turnovers that became 21 Toronto points.
— C.J. McCollum scored 27 points and Al-Farouq Aminu (al fah-ROOK ah-MEE’-noo) added 19 with nine rebounds as the Trail Blazers downed the Thunder, 111-98 to go ahead 3-1 in their series. Damian Lillard scored 15 of his 24 points while Portland outscored Oklahoma City, 29-22 in the third quarter to take an 11-point lead. Thunder guard Russell Westbrook missed his last 10 shots and finished with 14 points on 5 of 21 shooting. Paul George had a game-high 32 points and 10 rebounds for the Thunder, who will try to stave off elimination Tuesday at Portland.
NBA NEWS
Nets GM fined, suspended for entering refs locker room
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has suspended Nets general manager Sean Marks one game without pay and fined him $25,000 for entering the referees’ locker room after Brooklyn’s 112-108 loss to Philadelphia in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.
During the game, Brooklyn’s Jared Dudley and Philadelphia’s Jimmy Butler were ejected after a scuffle broke out following Joel Embiid’s (joh-EHL’ ehm-BEEDZ’) flagrant foul against Jarrett Allen in the third quarter.
The Nets were already angry about a flagrant foul Embiid committed against Allen in Game 2, and coach Kenny Atkinson complained that the 76ers held Allen before he turned the ball over on the Nets’ last chance to tie the game.
Dudley has been fined $25,000 for his role in the fracas, while Butler was fined $15,000.
Also around the NBA:
— Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan has been fined $25,000 by the league for heaving a ball past an official and into the stands of Saturday’s playoff loss to the Nuggets. DeRozan was called for an offensive foul against Denver’s Gary Harris and responded by whipping the ball toward the referee with about five minutes left. He received a technical foul and was ejected.
NHL…
Bruins, Sharks stay alive
UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks have extended their respective Stanley Cup first-round series to the limit.
Brad Marchand scored twice and assisted on Torey Krug’s (kroogz) go-ahead goal as the Bruins doubled up the Maple Leafs, 4-2 in Toronto. The Maple Leafs took a 1-0 lead on Morgan Rielly’s goal midway through the first period, but Marchand knotted the score with a power-play tally 91 seconds later.
Krug also scored with the man advantage, and Jake DeBrusk provided the eventual game-winner eight minutes into the second.
Tuukka (TOO’-kah) Rask needed to make just 22 saves, but he weathered a storm after Auston Matthews got the Leafs within 3-2 with 15:45 to play.
Marchand’s empty-netter iced a victory that leads to a deciding game Tuesday in Boston.
The Sharks also forced a Game 7 by downing the Golden Knights, 2-1 on Tomas Hertl’s short-handed goal at 11:17 of overtime. Hertl beat Marc-Andre Fleury with a shot from the left faceoff circle 31 seconds after Barclay Goodrow was called for slashing Brayden McNabb.
Martin Jones turned back a career-high 58 shots and blanked the Knights after Jonathan Marchessault (MAHR’-sheh-soh) beat him midway through the second period.
Logan Couture (koo-TOOR’) notched the opening goal for the Sharks, who will host the deciding game on Tuesday.
NHL NEWS
Capitals’ T.J. Oshie out of playoffs with broken clavicle
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Washington Capitals winger T.J. Oshie is expected to miss the rest of the playoffs after undergoing surgery to repair a broken right clavicle.
Oshie was injured late in Game 4 at the Carolina Hurricanes on a hit from behind from Warren Foegele. The 32-year-old had 21 points in 24 games during Washington’s run to the Stanley Cup last year. He had 54 points in 69 regular-season games and two points in the first round before being injured.
MLB…
— The Twins completed a three-game sweep in Baltimore as Kyle Gibson pitched six sharp innings Willians Astudillo (as-too-DEE’-oh) drove in two runs in a 4-3 verdict over the Orioles. Trevor Hildenberger worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth before Taylor Rogers did the same in the ninth.
UNDATED (AP) — The red-hot Los Angeles Dodgers continue their seven-game trek through the midwest after taking three of four from Milwaukee.
Cody Bellinger hit a solo home run off Josh Hader with two out in the ninth to lift the Dodgers past the Brewers, 6-5.
Joc Pederson homered twice, tied a career high with four hits and scored three runs as Los Angeles won for the seventh time in eight games.
Clayton Kershaw was in line to pick up the victory after yielding two runs and two hits over six innings, but the Brewers tied it on a three-run, pinch-hit homer by Eric Thames (thaymz) off Kenley Jansen in the bottom of the eighth.
Elsewhere around the majors:
— The Nationals avoided a three-game sweep as Stephen Strasburg struck out 11 while allowing two hits over eight innings of a 5-0 shutout of the Marlins. Ryan Zimmerman hit two solo home runs and Brian Dozier went deep to help Strasburg improve to 18-7 in 32 career starts against Miami, including his current nine-game winning streak.
— Austin Hedges homered and Wil Myers doubled home a pair in a four-run third as the Padres downed the Reds, 4-3 to end a six-game losing streak. Left-hander Joey Lucchesi benefited from the Padres’ first lead in a week and held Cincinnati to one run and five hits with eight strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings.
— Buster Posey snapped his longest home run drought and tagged out Pittsburgh’s Jung Ho Kang (gahng) at the plate for the final out to complete the Giants’ 3-2 victory at Pittsburgh. The three-run blast was the first home run for the six-time All-Star catcher since June 19, 2018 against the Marlins, a span of 237 at-bats.
— Paul Goldschmidt had a pair of hits and drove in two runs as the Cardinals took the rubber match of their three-game set with the Mets, 6-4. Dakota Hudson recorded his first major league win as a starting pitcher by allowing three runs and five hits over five innings.
— Jon Gray worked six shutout innings of one-hit ball and Tony Wolters poked a two-run double in the Rockies’ sixth win in seven games, 4-1 over the Phillies. Trevor Story and Ian Desmond also had RBI singles for the Rockies, who won three of four against the Phillies for their second series win of the season and first at home.
— Josh Donaldson drove in four runs with a pair of homers while the Braves were building a 9-0 lead by the fourth inning of an 11-3 assault on the Indians. Freddie Freeman was 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the Braves, who outscored the Indians 19-5 over the last 14 innings of the series to take two out of three.
— The Cubs topped the Diamondbacks, 2-1 on David Bote’s (BOH’-teez) walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth, a half-inning after Jarod Dyson tied it with a homer. Cubs starter Tyler Chatwood was sharp in his first outing in 11 days, limiting Arizona to two hits over six frames.
— Tommy La Stella hit two home runs and the Angels ended a six-game losing streak by holding off the Mariners, 8-6. Kevan Smith and Brian Goodwin also homered and Mike Trout hit two doubles as Los Angeles avoided a four-game sweep.
— Joey Gallo had the first sacrifice fly of his career and matched his best with five RBIs as the Rangers dumped the Astros, 11-10 to take a series from Houston for the second time this season. Hunter Pence homered and had three RBIs to back Shelby Miller, who picked up his first major league win in two years despite allowing two of Houston’s five home runs.
— The Yankees squandered a 5-0 lead before beating the Royals, 7-6 on Austin Romine’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th. Clint Frazier belted a three-run homer in his first game as a cleanup man, but the Yanks needed Romine’s third RBI single of the afternoon to win it after wasting James Paxton’s six shutout innings.
— Christian Vazquez hit an 11th-inning sacrifice fly and the Red Sox completed a three-game sweep by downing the AL East-leading Rays, 4-3. Xander Bogaerts (BOH’-gahrts) put Boston ahead, 3-2 with a two-run single off in the sixth, but Tampa Bay extended the game on a solo shot by Tommy Pham in the eighth.
— Justin Smoak belted a two-run homer among his four hits to send the Blue Jays past the Athletics, 5-4 for a three-game sweep. Alen Hanson singled, scored and had an RBI in his first game in the leadoff spot for Toronto.
— Daniel Norris picked up his first big league win in 19 months by limiting the White Sox to two hits and a walk over five innings of the Tigers’ 4-3 victory. Gordon Beckham homered against his former team as Detroit took the rubber match of the three-game set.
MLB NEWS
Yanks star Judge on IL
UNDATED (AP) — The New York Yankees All-Star slugger Aaron Judge is on the injured list after hurting his left oblique taking a swing against Kansas City on Saturday. Manager Aaron Boone calls it a “pretty significant strain” and says it will be several weeks before New York can even estimate when the slugger will return. The Yankees now have 13 players out, including Giancarlo Stanton, Luis Severino, Gary Sanchez, Miguel Andujar and Aaron Hicks. Judge has five home runs and is batting .288 with 11 RBIs. The right fielder has played in every game this season.
Also around the majors:
— Blue Jays pitcher Matt Shoemaker suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during Saturday’s start. Shoemaker is 3-0 with a 1.57 ERA in five games this year, one season after being limited to seven starts with the Angels because of a strained right forearm.
— The Rays have placed outfielder Austin Meadows on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right thumb. Meadows called it a freak accident caused when he awkwardly slid into third base on a two-run triple in the seventh inning of Saturday night’s 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox.
PGA-RBC HERITAGE
Pan earns 1st PGA win as Johnson melts down
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — C.T. Pan took advantage of Dustin Johnson’s back-nine meltdown to win the RBC Heritage for his first PGA Tour victory.
The 27-year-old Pan closed with a 4-under 67 at Harbour Town Golf Links for a one-stroke victory over Matt Kuchar. Pan finished at 12-under 272.
The top-ranked Johnson led entering the round before shooting a 6-over 77 to end up in a tie for 28th at 4 under. He played a five-hole stretch in 7 over, making bogeys on Nos. 11-13 and double bogeys on Nos. 14-15.
In world and national news…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s minister of tourism says 39 foreign tourists were killed in the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, while another 28 were wounded.
John Amaratunga says his ministry is working closely with the ministry of foreign affairs and local diplomatic missions to “ensure formalities with regard to the victims are sorted out as quickly as possible.”
In Monday’s statement he added, “The government has already offered assistance to all victims, the damaged places of worship as well as the hotels affected by Sunday’s attacks.”
He said Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and the government was doing everything possible to ensure the safety of those in the country.
A total of nine bombings Sunday killed at least 290 people and wounded about 500 more.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is poised to tell five nations, including allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey, that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran.
Officials say Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to announce on Monday that the administration will not renew sanctions waivers for the five countries when they expire on May 2. The others are China and India.
It was not immediately clear if any of the five would be given additional time to wind down their purchases or if they would be subject to U.S. sanctions on May 3 if they do not immediately halt imports of Iranian oil.
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Donald Trump’s attorneys is asserting that there wasn’t anything wrong with the Trump campaign taking information from the Russians.
Attorney Rudy Giuliani is referring to the 2016 Trump Tower meeting involving Donald Trump Jr. and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in which the campaign sought information damaging to Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. Giuliani says that effort may have been ill-advised but wasn’t illegal.
In remarks that followed the release of a redacted version of the special counsel’s report, House Democrats say they will continue investigating campaign misconduct and possible crimes of obstruction.
The chairman of the House committee that would hold impeachment hearings, congressman Jerrold Nadler, says he remains puzzled why charges of criminal conspiracy weren’t brought against those in the Trump Tower meeting.
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — One of the hottest names in the Democratic presidential primary — and one of the most difficult to pronounce — is Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj).
Whether the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, can build an effective national campaign to maximize the sudden interest in his presidential bid remains a question.
The Buttigieg campaign has a long way to go to match the national presence expected of a top-tier candidate. There are no policy positions on his website. He has virtually no paid presence in states that matter most. And his campaign manager is a high school friend with no experience in presidential politics.
Buttigieg expects to expand his paid staff in Iowa and New Hampshire and hire staff in South Carolina, Nevada and California.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The governor of the only Ukrainian region where comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy did not win the vote in the presidential election has resigned.
Oleh Synyutka, head of the Lviv state administration, said at a local government session that he is resigning from his post. He did not provide a reason.
Zelenskiy, who is projected to win 73% of the vote in the presidential election, has won in all Ukrainian regions except for Lviv incumbent leader Petro Poroshenko has got most of the vote.
It was not immediately clear who will succeed Synyutka but it is in the president’s powers to appoint regional leaders.
BOSTON (AP) — Stop & Shop supermarket workers and company officials say they’ve reached a tentative contract agreement.
Both parties said in news releases Sunday that a tentative three-year agreement has been reached between the company and the United Food and Commercial Workers union members who’ve been on strike since April 11.
The union says “today is a powerful victory for the 31,000 hardworking men and women of Stop & Shop who courageously stood up to fight for what all New Englanders want.”
The company says associates’ “top priority will be restocking our stores so we can return to taking care of our customers and communities and providing them with the service they deserve.”
Members at 240 Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut had been on strike. The company says the strike has ended.
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