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CSi Weather…
. REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Colder. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds
5 to 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy
after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
A cold front moving north to south today will bring cooler
temperatures and breezy north-northeasterly winds across western
and central North Dakota.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms for far southern North Dakota is forecast for this afternoon, however greater chances will be mostly south of the South Dakota border. Severe weather is not expected.
On Saturday high temperatures generally in the 70s.
On Sunday,temperatures warm into upper 70s and low 80s.
For Monday, a warm southerly flow continues
Chances for showers and thunderstorms continue early Tuesday with the main cold front passage.
Jamestown (CSi) The Silver Alert that was issued by Jamestown Police on Thursday afternoon was cancelled about 1:45-p.m., on Thursday. He was safely located.
About 12:18-p.m., Thursday the Alert was issued for Lyle Bollinger of Jamestown with concerns that he had not been seen since about 10-a.m. at Sanford Clinic, in Jamestown.
Jamestown Police Major, Justin Blinsky reported Bollinger was located as he arrived back at his residence in Northeast Jamestown, and he will receive any needed medical attention. The Jamestown Police Department would like to thank everyone for their cooperation and assistance in trying to locate Lyle.
Jamestown (Forum News Service) — The North Dakota State Hospital in Jamestown is working to come into compliance with accreditation standards after a survey documented multiple deficiencies, including suicide prevention measures, maintaining a safe environment for patients and proper use of restraints or seclusion.
A survey team for The Joint Commission, the accrediting body for hospitals, in March found multiple serious deficiencies that resulted in a determination of preliminary denial of accreditation for the state hospital’s inpatient service.
Since then, the hospital has been working with reviewers to resolve problems and bring the hospital back into compliance, according to Rosalie Etherington, the state hospital’s superintendent.
Many of the deficiencies have been addressed, she said, and Etherington expects the remaining problems will be fully resolved by September. “They have almost all been solved.”
She adds, most of the deficiencies stemmed from new standards that recently took effect involving suicide prevention measures for an area of the hospital called “intensive care,” which serves a small number of patients who pose a risk to themselves or others.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Theft charges have been filed against a Morton County man accused of stealing cattle.
KXMB-TV says there have been multiple reports of missing cattle in the Brien and Solen areas in the past three years. And, now investigators believe they’ve found the man responsible, tracing 22 stolen animals to Steven Weinberger, of Brien.
He has been charged with seven felony counts of theft of property. Authorities say the stolen cattle were sold independently to other ranchers who eventually sold their cattle at livestock barns.
Weinberger’s preliminary hearing is set for July 1.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state Board of Higher Education is deciding how much weight to give a critical audit report of the North Dakota State College of Science.
The audit focused on management of the school’s career workforce program. Board member Kathleen Neset said during Thursday’s meeting that she is particularly troubled by accusations of conflict of interest involving college vice president Tony Grindberg and a Fargo marketing firm, as well as a lack of cooperation during the investigation.
Board chairman Don Morton questioned the accuracy of the report, especially allegations the school hid emails from investigators. Morton said the requests were not specific.
The board ordered Chancellor Mark Haggerott to draft a plan for temporary system oversight at the school, but took no formal action on the audit.
STANLEY, N.D. (AP) — A Fargo man has pleaded guilty to murdering his girlfriend’s 6-month-old son in Stanley.
Cody Faltersack entered his plea Thursday in Mountrail County court.
Authorities alleged Faltersack was alone with the child last November when emergency crews responded to a report of an unresponsive child. The boy later died at a Minot hospital of brain trauma.
A manslaughter charge against Faltersack earlier was upgraded to murder.
Faltersack faces life in prison. KXMC-TV reports sentencing is scheduled for August.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The dean of the University of North Dakota medical school has been named interim president at the Grand Forks school.
The state Board of Higher Education on Thursday named Joshua Wynne to fill the position created by Mark Kennedy’s departure to the University of Colorado. Wynne, who has been at UND since 2004, took over as med school dean in 2010. He will maintain those duties.
Wynne was one of two finalists. The other finalist, longtime business school dean Dennis Elbert, agreed to serve as co-chair of the search committee for the next president. Board member Dr. Casey Ryan, of Grand Forks, will join Elbert as co-chair.
Board members say they want to see the news president named as soon as possible, partly to keep search costs down.
NEW SALEM, N.D. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies who stopped a Montana man at a New Salem gas station say they found methamphetamine and guns, among other things.
A court affidavit says Morton County deputies found 50 grams of meth, marijuana, an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, a rifle, a pistol and 150 rounds of ammunition in the vehicle Saturday. Two skull masks, a machete, brass knuckles and cash were also seized.
The Bismarck Tribune says the 28-year-old driver is facing two felonies and six misdemeanors, including possessing a controlled substance with intent to deliver. He’s being held in the Burleigh-Morton County jail in Bismarck.
In sports…
Thursday afternoon…
North Dakota Girls State Soccer West Region Quarterfinal at the Jamestown High School Rotary Soccer Field…
Fargo Shanley/Oak Grove 5 Jamestown 0
The Blue Jay Girls play Friday at noon in a loser-out game.
Shanley plays West Fargo in Semi Finals at 4:30-p.m.
In other action
Minot 5 West Fargo 1
Fargo Davies 1 Bismarck Century 0
Minot Plays Fargo Davies Friday, semifinals at 6:45 p.m.
West Fargo plays Bismarck Century loser out game Friday 2:15-p.m.
Sheyenne 3 Bismarck 1
Sheyenne plays unbeaten Fargo Shanley/Oak Grove at 4:30 p.m. on Friday in a semifinal game.
Thursday
North Dakota Class A State Softball Tournament Quarterfinals, in Minot…
Valley City 10 Dickinson 3
Up next the Hi-Liners play Friday at 6-p.m., in the semifinals, vs. Bismarck.
Thursday
Class B Baseball Tournament
At Harold Newman Outdoor Field, Fargo
Quarter Finals…
Shiloh Christian 5 Carrington 3
Shiloh Christian moves onto the Semi Final round Friday vs Park River/Fordville-Lankin at 7-p.m.
Park River Fordville Lankin 6 Minot Bishop Ryan 4
Also
Thompson 5 North Star 4
Enderlin/Maple Valley 7 Mohall/Lansford/Sherwood-Glenburn 1
On Friday…
10-am – North Star vs. MLSG Consolation
1-pm – Minot Bishop Ryan vs. Carrington
4-pm – No. 2 Thompson vs. No. 3 Enderlin Maple Valley semifinal
7-pm – No. 1 Park River/Fordville Lankin vs. Bismarck Shiloh semifinal
UND
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A coach at a small-college basketball program in South Dakota will take over at Division I University of North Dakota.
North Dakota announced Friday that Northern State coach Paul Sather would succeed Brian Jones, who stepped down after 13 years with the Fighting Hawks.
Sather went 162-82 in nine years at Northern State, which is in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He led the Wolves to the NCAA Division II title game two years ago, when they came within a missed buzzer-beater of winning the championship.
The Princeton, Minnesota, native was named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference coach of the year the last two seasons.
Sather also coached at Black Hills State for five years. He guided that program to the NAIA Final Four and a school-record 30 wins in 2008-09.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION…..
Cleburne 4, Fargo-Moorhead 3
Stephen Curry scored 34 points and Klay Thompson had 21 for the Warriors, who are seeking their third straight championship.
The Warriors were again without All-Star forward Kevin Durant due to a calf injury. Head coach Steve Kerr says that “it’s a long shot” that Durant will be able to practice with the team in Toronto before Game 2 of the title series against the Raptors. Kerr has said that Durant won’t be back in a game until he practices with the team.
Game 2 is Sunday in Toronto.
MLB…
Rays blast Twins
UNDATED (AP) _ The Tampa Bay Rays have extended their winning streak by blowing out baseball’s top team.
Hot-hitting Austin Meadows drove in four runs and the Rays earned their sixth win in a row with a 14-3 dismantling of the Minnesota Twins. Meadows delivered a three-run double while Tampa Bay scored six times in the third inning to take control. He’s hitting .370 since coming off the injured list.
Brandon Lowe (low) had three RBIs and Ji-man Choi hit a two-run homer to help Charlie Morton improve to 6-0. Morton limited the hot-hitting Twins to two runs and four hits over seven innings.
Tampa Bay is a season-best 16 games over .500 after dropping the Twins to 37-18.
Elsewhere around the major league diamonds:
_ The Angels battered Yusei Kikuchi for six runs and 10 hits in just 3 1/3 innings of a 9-3 thumping of the Mariners. Kole Calhoun and César Puello (PWAY’-oh) homered, and Mike Trout had three RBIs, Felix Peña threw 5 1/3 innings of relief, allowing three runs and three hits.
_ The White Sox cruised to a 10-4 rout of the Indians as Yonder Alonso and José Abreu each hit a two-run homer. Eloy Jiménez had three hits and two RBIs in Chicago’s season-high fourth consecutive win. Manny Bañuelos (bahn-WAY’-lohs) pitched 5 1/3 innings of three-run ball for his first win in a month.
_ The Royals were just 7-20 on the road before Jorge Soler (HOHR’-hay soh-LEHR’) and Adalberto Mondesi (MAHN’-deh-see) homered in their 4-2 win over the Rangers. Soler’s three-run home run struck the foul pole in left field and was his career-best 14th this season. Jakob Junis (JOO’-nihs) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings, including homers by Shin-Soo Choo and Nomar Mazara.
_ Hyun-Jin Ryu (hyoon-jihn ryoo) blanked the Mets on four hits over 7 2/3 innings before the Dodgers completed a 2-0 win. Ryu struck out seven, giving him 69 on the season compared to just five walks in 11 starts. Chris Taylor led off the bottom of the first with a triple and scored on Max Muncy’s double to give Los Angeles all the scoring it needed to beat New York for the third time in four games.
_ Mike Moustakas (moos-TAH’-kahs) homered twice while going 4-for-6 with four RBIs as the Brewers battered the Pirates, 11-5. Yasmani Grandal (yahs-MAH’-nee grahn-DAHL’) also homered and had four hits to help the Brewers win for the third time in four games. Chase Anderson gave up two runs and six hits with five strikeouts in five innings to help Milwaukee climb within a half-game of the NL Central lead.
_ Dakota Hudson worked six strong innings and the Cardinals homered four times in a 5-3 win over the Phillies. Hudson allowed four hits and one run in his fourth straight quality start, helping the Redbirds avoid a series sweep. Jedd Gyorko (JUR’-koh) hit a two-run homer for the Cards, who got solo shots from Marcell Ozuna (oh-ZOO’-nuh), Matt Wieters (WEE’-turz) and Matt Carpenter.
_ The Rockies picked up their fifth straight win and completed a four-game sweep by outlasting Arizona, 11-10 on Daniel Murphy’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th. Murphy finished with three hits and three RBIs, while Trevor Story had a career-high four hits in Colorado’s fourth consecutive walk-off victory. Ian Desmond led off the eighth with a homer and Nolan Arenado (ar-eh-NAH’-doh) singled home Story to tie it at 10.
_ The Giants ended their seven-game losing streak as Brandon Crawford hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning of a 3-1 decision over the Marlins. San Francisco trailed in the seventh until Crawford doubled and scored on a single by Mike Yastrzemski (yah-STREHM’-skee), who earned his first career RBI. Tyler Beede allowed one run in six innings to lower his ERA in four appearances to 7.82.
_ The Red Sox and Yankees were postponed due to an impending storm in the Bronx, creating a day/night doubleheader on Aug. 3.
MLB-NEWS
Not packing ‘em in
UNDATED (AP) _ Major League attendance has dropped slightly compared to the start of last season.
Average attendance was 26,854 through Wednesday, down 1.4% from the similar point last season. Last year’s average attendance wound up below 30,000 for the first time since 2003.
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Minnesota and Tampa Bay have set stadium lows this year, and just 11 of 30 teams have seen increases from 2018.
Tampa Bay and Miami drew 12,653 Wednesday night _ combined.
In other MLB news:
_ The agent for Carlos Gonzalez says the three-time All-Star outfielder is closing in on a minor league contract with the Cubs. Gonzalez was designated for assignment by Cleveland last week after batting .210 with two home runs and seven RBIs in 30 games.
_ Major League Baseball says it will keep examining its policy on protective netting at stadiums a day after a female child in Houston was struck by a foul ball and hospitalized. The Astros said the young fan was taken to a hospital, but did not disclose details on her condition. The team said Thursday the family has asked for privacy and will not provide updates.
NHL-STANLEY CUP-SUNDQVIST
Blues’ Sundqvist faces possible suspension
ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist has been suspended for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final for delivering an elbow to the head of Bruins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk (GRIHZ’-lihk).
Sundqvist was assessed only a two-minute minor penalty for boarding for the hit that knocked Grzelcyk out of the game and possibly longer.
Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said Grzelcyk was in concussion protocol and considered day-to-day.
FRENCH OPEN
Djokovic, Osaka, Serena advance
PARIS (AP) _ The No. 1 seeds were able to advance to the third round of the French Open by winning on Thursday.
Men’s top seed Novak Djokovic dropped just eight games in his straight-sets victory, but women’s No. 1 Naomi Osaka had to rally for a beat Victoria Azarenka. Osaka is seeking her third consecutive Grand Slam title.
Tenth seed Serena Williams was among Thursday’s second-round winners, as were third seed Simona Halep (see-MOH’-nah HA’-lehp) and No. 8 Asleigh Barty. Halep lost four straight games before posting a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 victory against Magda Linette.
American teenager and 51st-ranked Amanda Anisimova (ah-nee-see-MOH’-vah) beat 11th-ranked Aryana Sabalenka 6-4, 6-2. No. 14 Madison Keys split her two sets with Priscilla Hon when the match was suspended by darkness.
Back to the men’s bracket, where fourth seed Dominic Thiem (teem), fifth seed Alexander Zverev, No. 8 Juan Martin de Potro (wahn mahr-TEEN’ dehl POH’-troh) and No. 9 Fabio Fognini reached Round 3. Taylor Fritz was the last American to be knocked out of the tournament, falling to No. 18 Roberto Bautista-Agut (ah-GOO’) in straight sets.
Keys and fellow American Sloane Stephens look to advance on Friday. Stephens is scheduled to face Polona Hercog in third-round action, and Keys will try to complete her match with Hon.
Men’s second seed Rafael Nadal (nah-DAHL’) has a third-round meeting with David Goffin, and No. 3 Roger Federer is slated to take on Casper Ruud.
PGA-MEMORIAL
Moore has Memorial lead
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) _ Ryan Moore birdied five of his first seven holes en route to a 7-under 65 that puts him one ahead of Jordan Spieth (speeth) after the opening round of the Memorial.
Only two of his seven birdies were longer than 10 feet, and the only time he came close to a bogey was on his opening hole.
Martin Kaymer (KY’-mur), Marc Leishman, Vaughn Taylor, Bud Cauley and Anirban Lahiri are at 5 under,
Meanwhile, Tiger Woods made a pair of late birdies to salvage a 70 in his first round since missing the cut at the PGA Championship.
LPGA-US WOMEN’S OPEN
Duke sophomore leads US Women’s Open
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Japan’s Mamiko Higa shot a bogey-free 6-under 65 for the lowest round in a U.S. Women’s Open debut. That gives the Duke sophomore a one-stroke lead over American amateur Gina Kim and Germany’s Esther Henseleit.
The 25-year-old Higa tied for the third-lowest round in U.S. Women’s Open history, two off the mark set by Helen Alfredsson in 1994.
Celine Boutier of France shot 67.
NFL-JAGUARS-BROWN
Ex-Jaguars LB pointed gun, threatened to kill woman
UNDATED (AP) _ Former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Blair Brown pointed a gun at a woman and threatened to kill her, according to the Jacksonville’s Sheriff’s Office.
The incident report released Thursday says Brown also was accused of pushing the woman to the ground, kicking her in the abdomen and punching her in the face after a verbal altercation April 28.
Names of the woman and a witness were redacted on the incident report, but Brown’s agent said the woman was the player’s wife.
The Jaguars parted ways with Brown on May 9 — 11 days after the alleged incident.
In other NFL news:
_ After staunchly defending Odell Beckham Jr.’s decision to skip nearly all of the Browns’ voluntary practices since joining the team, head coach Freddie Kitchens said Thursday that the wide receiver has missed a lot while staying away the past three weeks. Other than being at his introductory news conference on April 1 or his appearance two weeks ago at one of the 10 practice sessions, the 26-year-old Beckham has not been around.
_ Quarterback Nick Foles has rejoined the Jaguars for organized team activities following his wife’s miscarriage. Foles’ wife, Tori, announced Wednesday on Instagram that she had a miscarriage and said getting over the “traumatic loss” will take time.
_ The Seahawks have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Michigan against former draft pick Malik McDowell for violating his contract. Seattle’s second-round pick in 2017 never played a snap after suffering serious injuries in an ATV accident prior to the start of his first NFL training camp. The team is seeking repayment of McDowell’s nearly $800,000 signing bonus.
OHIO STATE-TEAM DOCTOR
Board to rebuke Ohio State doctor by undoing emeritus status
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University’s full Board of Trustees is set to vote today on revoking the emeritus status of a team doctor found to have sexually abused young men throughout his two decades there.
Provost Bruce McPheron says the now-deceased doctor, Richard Strauss, would be the first person ever stripped of that honorary status by Ohio State. McPheron says the move would correct the record on Strauss.
A law firm investigating the allegations recently concluded that Strauss sexually abused at least 177 male students between 1979 and 1997. It also found that school officials back then heard concerns but did little to stop him.
University President Michael Drake says Ohio State is continuing to review the findings and take appropriate action.
Strauss retired in 1998. No one has publicly defended him.
In world and national news..
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a surprise announcement that could derail a major trade deal. President Donald Trump has announced that he is placing a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports, effective June 10, to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S. border.
He said the percentage will gradually increase — up to 25% — “until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied.”
The decision showed the administration going to new lengths, and looking for new levers, to pressure Mexico to take action — even if those risk upending other policy priorities, like the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a trade deal that is the cornerstone of Trump’s legislative agenda and seen as beneficial to his reelection effort.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expressing his displeasure with special counsel Robert Mueller’s motives after Mueller blunt dismissal of Trump’s repeated claims that the Russia investigation had cleared him of obstructing justice.
The president also offered mixed messages on Russia’s efforts to help him defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign. Early in the day, Trump tweeted he had “nothing to do with Russia helping me get elected.”
That was the first time he seemed to acknowledge that Russia tried to help his campaign. Then on the White House South Lawn, Trump told reporters: “Russia did not help me get elected.” He said he got himself elected.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean newspaper is reporting that North Korea executed a senior envoy involved in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. as well as four other high-level officials. But as ever with North Korea there are reasons to be cautious about the purported purge.
While North Korea hasn’t used its propaganda services to comment, Friday’s report in the conservative Chosun Ilbo daily could be true.
North Korea has previously executed scapegoats to atone for political flops, and the most recent summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump ended in failure.
But it’s important to note that both South Korean media and the government in Seoul have a history of reporting scoops about the inner workings of North Korea that turn out to be wrong.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The South Korean foreign minister says the cruise ship that collided with a sightseeing boat packed with South Korean tourists, causing it to sink quickly in the Danube River, has been released and is on its way to Germany.
The captain of the cruise ship has been detained. He is a Ukrainian national suspected of endangering water transport leading to a deadly mass accident. There are seven confirmed dead and 21 more people missing. Seven others have survived.
Kang Kyung-wha, the South Korean foreign minister, said Friday at a joint press conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto that the owner of ship has promised to fully cooperate with the investigation into the Wednesday evening collision.
Kang said, “we have seen the footage of a larger vessel ramming into a small boat in bad weather, causing the boat to sink.” She added that “if the investigation finds the ship’s owner responsible, there will be a thorough legal response over its fault.”
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is awash in pot, glutted with so much legal weed that if growing were to stop today, it could take more than six years by one estimate to smoke or eat it all.
Now, five years after the state legalized recreational marijuana, it is looking to curb production.
Lawmakers are moving to give the Oregon Liquor Control Commission more leeway to deny new marijuana-growing licenses based on supply and demand.
The bill, which passed the Senate and is now before the House, is aimed at reducing the huge surplus, preventing diversion of unsold legal marijuana into the black market and forestalling a crackdown by federal prosecutors.
Supply is running twice as high as demand, and the retail price has plummeted.
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Eight spellers were better than the dictionary. They were better than anything the Scripps National Spelling Bee could throw at them. And they all ended up with a hand on the trophy.
In the most extraordinary ending in the 94-year history of the competition, the bee ended in an eight-way tie on Thursday night. The eight co-champions spelled the final 47 words correctly, going through five consecutive perfect rounds.
Each will get the full winner’s prize of $50,000 in cash.
They are: Rishik Gandhasri, Erin Howard, Saketh Sundar, Shruthika Padhy, Sohum Sukhatankar, Abhijay Kodali, Christopher Serrao and Rohan Raja.
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