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CSi Weather…
.REST OF TODAY… Mostly Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast
winds 10 to 20 mph. Heat index 95 to 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows
in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
northwest after midnight. Gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds
around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY 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.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 30 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny with chance of showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with chance of rain showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY…Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s.
Thunderstorms may move across eastern North Dakota into northwest
Minnesota Saturday morning, with winds to 60 mph winds and 1 inch
hail the main threats.
After a lull, more thunderstorm activity is possible midday
Saturday, severe thunderstorms may redevelop Saturday afternoon,
with increasing chances Saturday evening.
This activity may eventually merge into one or more thunderstorm clusters that moves southeast through the night Saturday night into Sunday morning.
The main threats expected with the strongest storms are damaging
wind gusts up to 75 mph, up to 2 inch diameter hail, and possibly
tornadoes.
Additionally, heat index values up to 105 degrees are expected
Saturday afternoon.
Jamestown (CSi) Legal sales and detonation of fireworks in the City of Jamestown is allowed the first day of July through the fifth day of July.
Hours
- July 1: noon to 11pm
- July 2: noon to 11pm
- July 3: noon to 11pm
- July 4: noon to 1am July 5
Police Chief Scott Edinger says no fireworks may be donated after 1-a.m., on July 5th.
You cannot detonate fireworks from 11:00 P.M. to 12:00 P.M. (noon) within the City of Jamestown.
Translation: you can shoot off fireworks July 1-2-3 from noon to 11pm. On the 4th, noon to 1am of the 5th.
The sale of fireworks shall be allowed only in areas zoned commercial or industrial.
No person shall offer any fireworks for sale unless such person is a resident of the city or living within the one-mile area under the city zoning control.
The Jamestown City Council may, by resolution, allow the sale or use of fireworks at any other time or date during the calendar year.
The public fireworks display will be held Thursday night July 3rd at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds, slated to start at 10-p.m.
Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says, Field Days have been scheduled at a number of North Dakota sites, to collect and redistribute flea beetles that eat leafy spurge.
Those interested in acquiring the flea beetles to release on their own property can collect them from established populations at the field day sites.
Goehring says, “Leafy spurge continues to be one of North Dakota’s most difficult-to-control noxious weeds. Using the flea beetles for biological control, as part of an integrated pest management plan, has proven to be an effective tool in combating leafy spurge infestations.”
Field days in Stutsman County are at 1508 4th Street Northwest in Jamestown. The date and time to be announced.
Other planned days will be Wednesday, June 26 in Billings & Stark Counties. Other counties include Grant, Benson, and Morton at dates and times TBD.
Written By: Patrick Springer / Forum News Service
Jamestown (Inforum) — Some employees at the North Dakota State Hospital in Jamestown complain that concerns over violent patient assaults against workers are not being heard, and they have now launched an online petition seeking the removal of two top administrators.
But at least one state official who oversees the hospital says the employee concerns aren’t widespread, and assaults and worker injuries have been declining in recent years.
The online petition, posted on change.org, argues that new leadership is needed at the state psychiatric hospital. The petition so far has gathered more than 350 signatures. It seeks the removal of Superintendent Rosalie Etherington and Clinical Director Melanie Flynn.
Eleven assaults have occurred at the state hospital this year, including two that resulted in aggravated assault charges being filed against patients.
An anonymous person claiming to be a state hospital employee sent an email to the office of Gov. Doug Burgum to express concerns about staff safety and complaints that those concerns are not being addressed by hospital administrators. But the person who wrote the governor’s office said workers fear retaliation for speaking out.
An official with the North Dakota Department of Human Services, which runs the state hospital, said he toured the campus on Tuesday, June 25, talked to employees, and nobody expressed worries about security or safety.
Tom Eide, director of field services for the department, including the state hospital, also said assaults and worker injuries at the hospital have been trending down in recent years.
Mike Nowatzki, Governor Burgum’s communications director, said in a statement. “The safety of patients and team members remains a top priority of this administration.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Board of Higher Education has struck a deal meant to improve some of the management functions at the North Dakota State College of Science, following a critical audit review of the Wahpeton school.
The board’s audit committee had recommended “temporary system oversight” by the university system chancellor after the review accused the school of a conflict of interest regarding the hiring of a consultant for a career education center. The audit also criticized the school for failing to cooperate in the investigation.
NDSCS President John Richman said the added oversight was unnecessary because the school has its own plan to address the report. The board approved a motion Thursday favoring the school’s blueprint while giving Chancellor Mark Hagerott the authority to monitor its progress and make changes.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A new report finds drug arrests and aggravated assault reports increased last year in North Dakota.
State Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem on Thursday released North Dakota’s crime statistics for 2018.
Stenehjem says overall, North Dakota’s crime rate is level and property crimes still account for half of all crimes.
But the report found that reports of aggravated assault grew 7% in 2018, to more than 1,300. Drug arrests also rose 7%, to 5,455 last year.
North Dakota reported 17 homicides in 2018, compared with 12 in 2017. Twelve of last year’s homicide victims died from domestic violence, including four infants and three children. Guns were used in nine of the homicides, including the three children.
The report is based on information provided by local law enforcement agencies across North Dakota.
PARSHALL, N.D. (AP) — A federal murder charge has been filed in a fatal stabbing on the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Chantel Ducheneaux is accused of killing Taylor Benson with a kitchen knife at a mobile home in Parshall last Friday. A court affidavit filed by the FBI says the two women had been arguing before Benson was stabbed.
The federal court in Bismarck has appointed public defender Jason Tupman to handle Ducheneaux’s case. He declined to comment on it.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The National Park Service says the fungus that causes a deadly disease in bats has been discovered in North Dakota.
The Bismarck Tribune reports the fungus was discovered after swab testing of a bat that was captured May 6 at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site near Stanton.
The fungus causes white-nose syndrome, which can lead to dehydration or other conditions that kill bats.
Thirty-three states have confirmed the disease since it was found in 2006 in New York. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife refuge specialist Catherine Hibbard says four states, including North Dakota, have discovered only the fungus.
South Dakota identified the fungus and disease for the first time last year.
Humans can transmit the fungus but aren’t affected by it. It is spread easily among bats.
In sports…
Valley City (VCSU) The Valley City State University softball team continued to rack up honors on Thursday with the announcement of the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association college awards. The awards are voted on by North Dakota sports media.
Valley City State’s softball team won the female awards in all three categories of the NDAPSSA college awards. The Vikings were named the North Dakota Female Team of the Year; pitcher Emily Smith was named the Female Athlete of the Year; and coach Michael Mook was named the Coach of the Year.
Read the full story at: https://www.inforum.com/sports/2731623-Otterdahl-Bison-football-NDAPSSA-College-Award-winners
The Vikings won a school-record 54 games this season and advanced to the NAIA World Series for just the third time in program history (1982, 2006).
The Vikings (54-5, 26-2 NSAA) won the North Star Athletic Association regular season and tournament championships. Valley City State was a No. 1 seed for the NAIA National Tournament Opening Round and won their bracket in Columbia, Mo., to advance to the 10-team NAIA World Series for the first time since 2006.
VCSU was ranked No. 6 in the final regular season NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll. The Vikings are ranked No. 10 in the postseason poll.
VCSU started the season 15-0 and later had a 20-game winning streak heading into the World Series. This year’s team broke more than a dozen individual and team records, including wins (54), runs scored (399), hits (574), RBIs (344), doubles (112) and triples (20).
Members of the Valley City State University softball team, include former Jamestown High School standout Kadie Anderson.
(Other finalists: Shauna Kemp, Jamestown wrestling; Darren Mueller, North Dakota State softball)
In the High School Ranks…
(NDAPSSA) The Jamestown Blue Jays were chosen as the top male high school sports team in 2019 by the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
After topping Fargo Davies 66-49 in the state championship game, Jamestown joined Wahpeton (1941), Fargo South (1989) and Fargo North (2002) as the only Class A undefeated, state championship teams.
Jamestown was led by senior Mason Walters, a 6-foot-7 center heading to the University of Jamestown, who averaged 21.5 points and 11.2 rebounds. Junior guard Boden Skunberg, who has committed to play at North Dakota State, surpassed the 1,000-point career mark and broke the school’s single-season scoring record of 544 points.
(Other finalists: Thompson football, Thompson basketball)
Male Coach of the Year…
Jamestown boys basketball coach Jacoby Lloyd was selected.
In only his second season as Jamestown’s head coach, Lloyd helped claim the school’s first state championship since 1993. Lloyd, who was an assistant coach for eight years under Bismarck Century head coach Darin Mattern, took over a program that had a 2-19 record in the 2016-17 season.
Lloyd’s team went 12-14 during his first season before posting a 27-0 record this past season – becoming only the fourth Class A team to finish the season unbeaten. Jamestown won the West Region tournament for the first time and beat Lloyd’s former team, Century, three times.
(Other finalists: Brandy George, Thompson basketball; Jake Solper, Minot swimming)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION…
Fargo-Moorhead 11, Sioux Falls 6
MLB..
UNDATED (AP) _ Ryan Yarbrough worked three shutout innings of relief and the Rays beat the Twins for the first time in six tries this season by scoring three times in the 18th inning of a 5-2 triumph at Minnesota. Yandy Díaz hit a sacrifice fly to break a 2-2 tie that had lasted since the second inning before Willy Adames (ah-DAH’-mehs) and Ji-Man Choi followed with RBI singles. Rays pitchers set a franchise record with 22 strikeouts.
Craig Kimbrel managed to pick up a save in his Chicago Cubs debut on Thursday afternoon, but only after a nifty play by first baseman Anthony Rizzo.
Kimbrel put runners on first and second with two out before Rizzo grabbed a hot grounder and dove to the bag for the final out to preserve the Cubs’ 9-7 comeback win over the Braves. Kimbrel earned his 334th career save and did it against his original team.
Orlando Arcia smacked a three-run homer and the Brewers avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-2 win over the Mariners. Chase Anderson hit an RBI sac bunt and allowed one earned run while striking pit six over 5 1/3 innings. Josh Hader earned his 19th save of the season, striking out three batters over two scoreless innings.
Jean Segura slammed a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to complete the Phillies’ five-run rally against Mets closer Edwin Diaz in a 6-3 victory. Mikael (MY’-kehl) Franco tied it with a two-run shot off Diaz after Todd Frazier smacked a two-run homer in the Mets’ three-run ninth. Segura gave the Phils a four-game series sweep that followed a seven-game losing streak.
Elsewhere on the major league diamonds:
_ Chris Taylor singled home the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning before pinch-hitter Enrique Hernandez launched a three-run homer in the Dodgers’ 12th consecutive win over the Rockies, 12-8. Max Muncy homered twice for Los Angeles, which also received round-trippers from Cody Bellinger, Alex Verdugo and Justin Turner. Bellinger is one away from matching the Dodgers’ record for most homers before the All-Star break, which was set by Gil Hodges in 1951 and tied by Duke Snider four years later.
_ Victor Robles and Matt Adams homered against starter Sandy Alcantara (al-KAN’-tah-rah) during a five-run sixth erased the Nationals’ 4-1 deficit in an 8-5 win at Miami. Juan Soto and Kurt Suzuki also went deep for the Nats, who are 8-2 in their last 10 games after completing a three-game sweep. Stephen Strasburg gave up four runs over seven innings and won his 10th straight decision against the Marlins.
_ Alex Young won his big league debut by holding the Giants to a run and two hits over five innings of Arizona’s 5-1 victory. Nick Ahmed hit a go-ahead home run leading off the fifth and Carson Kelly added a two-run shot in the seventh. The Diamondbacks won for the fourth time in five games following a six-game skid.
_ The Pirates clobbered the Astros for the second straight day by blasting five home runs in a 10-0 victory at Houston. Josh Bell, Kevin Newman, Corey Dickerson, Starling Marte and Jacob Stallings all connected as Pittsburgh dealt the Astros their ninth loss in 11 games. Former Astro Joe Musgrove gave up nine singles but no extra-base hits over six innings, one day after the Bucs posted a 14-2 win at Houston.
_ Joey Gallo hit two solo homers and Ariel Jurado threw seven shutout innings as the Rangers knocked off the Tigers, 3-1 to complete a three-game sweep. Gallo went deep in the second and fourth innings for his eighth career multi-homer game, helping the Rangers match a season high with their fifth consecutive win and get within 4 ½ games of the AL West-leading Astros. Detroit has dropped seven straight overall and is 2-20 in its last 22 home games.
_ The Angels came away with an 8-3 win over the Athletics as Shohei Ohtani (SHOH’-hay oh-TAH’-nee) and Kole Calhoun each hit two-run homers off loser Tanner Anderson. Griffin Canning allowed only three hits over six innings to help Los Angeles earn its four straight win. Ramon Laureano and Matt Olson homered off Canning.
MLB NEWS
Astros place three on All-Star starting lineup
UNDATED (AP) _ Barring injury, the Astros will make up one-third of the American League’s starting lineup for the All-Star Game at Cleveland on July 9.
Outfielders George Springer and Michael Brantley will join teammate and third baseman Alex Bregman in the AL lineup, along with Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez and New York second baseman DJ LeMahieu.
The rest of the AL starters announced Thursday are Indians first baseman Carlos Santana, Twins shortstop Jorge Polanco, Rangers designated hitter Hunter Pence and Angels outfielder Mike Trout.
Trout was the leading vote-getter in the Starters Election among all MLB finalists to earn his eighth consecutive All-Star selection and seventh straight fan-elected starting assignment
The Cubs and Braves each have two players in the National League starting lineup. Catcher Willson Contreras and shortstop Javier Baez will represent the Cubs, while the Braves will send first baseman Freddie Freeman and outfielder Ronald Acuna (ah-KOON’-yah) Jr.
Also named NL starters are Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel (keh-TEHL’) Marte, Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado (ar-eh-NAH’-doh), Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich (YEH’-lijhch) and Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger.
In other MLB news:
_ Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says slugger Giancarlo Stanton is more likely to return in August than July after straining his right knee while sliding in Tuesday’s win over the Blue Jays. The injury comes barely a week after Stanton returned from a series of setbacks that sidelined him for almost three months.
_ Tom Seaver will be getting a statue outside the home of the New York Mets, and the team will get a new address. Citi Field will now be listed as 41 Seaver Way in honor of the Hall of Fame pitcher’s number. The 74-year-old Seaver has dementia and could not attend Thursday’s announcement. But daughter Sarah Seaver says her father is proud to know he “very much will be remembered.”
PGA-ROCKET MORTGAGE
Lashley’s birdie run gives him Rocket Mortgage lead
DETROIT (AP) _ Nate Lashley birdied the final three holes and five of the last six for a 9-under 63 and the first-round lead Thursday at the PGA Tour’s first event in Detroit.
The 36-year-old Lashley had the lowest score in his PGA Tour career, a day after finding out he would have a chance to compete at Detroit Golf Club. Lashley made the tournament as an alternate after failing to qualify for the field.
Ryan Armour and Nick Watney are a stroke back at 64.
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS-US SENIOR OPEN
Toms, Stricker share US Senior Open lead
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) _ Defending champion David Toms and Steve Stricker share the first-round lead at the U.S. Senior Open at South Bend, Indiana.
Toms set a tournament record with 10 birdies in an 8-under 62 at rain-softened Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame. Stricker made his Senior Open debut with seven birdies and a 30-foot eagle putt on the 17th hole to catch Toms.
Kirk Triplett and Jerry Kelly are two shots back in third.
NBA NEWS
AP Source: Lakers trade with Wizards to make cap space
UNDATED (AP) _ The Los Angeles Lakers have worked a trade with the Washington Wizards that gives them salary cap room to acquire Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans.
A person with knowledge of the negotiations says the Wizards will get Moritz Wagner, Issac Bonga, Jemerrio Jones and a future second-round draft pick from the Lakers. The Pelicans will receive cash from Washington, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The move will give the Lakers enough cap space to sign a max-contract free agent if they are so inclined.
^NHL-HURRICANES-KNIGHTS TRADE
Hurricanes get Haula from Knights, buy out Marleau
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ The Vegas Golden Knights have a little more salary cap space after sending forward Erik Haula to the Carolina Hurricanes for prospect Nicolas Roy and a conditional fifth-round draft pick in 2020.
The 28-year-old Haula played 15 games last season before being lost to a knee injury. He had career highs with 29 goals, 26 assists, 55 points and 12 power-play goals in 2017-18 as the Golden Knights reached the Stanley Cup Final.
Haula’s contract is a $2.75 million cap hit for next season.
The Hurricanes made their own cap relief by buying out the remainder of Patrick Marleau’s contract less than a week after acquiring him in a trade with Toronto. Marleau was entering the final season of a three-year, $18.75 million contract he signed with the Maple Leafs as a free agent.
WIMBLEDON-YOUNG AMERICAN QUALIFIER
15-year-old American qualifies for Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) _ A 15-year-old American has become the youngest player to reach Wimbledon’s main draw for women’s singles via qualifying in the Open era.
Coco Gauff made it into the tournament with a 6-1, 6-1 victory that lasted just 55 minutes in the final round of qualifying Thursday against Greet Minnen, a 21-year-old from Belgium.
Gauff will be the 12th-youngest player to compete in women’s singles at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament since professionals were first admitted in 1968.
In world and national news…
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — President Donald Trump has promised Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that he will visit the South American country.
Trump said Friday that Brazil has many of the world’s assets and he looks forward to the trip. He didn’t say when it would be.
Bolsonaro, dubbed the “Trump of the Tropics” after he emulated Trump to win election last year, told Trump he supports his re-election. The leaders met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan.
Trump answered several questions about his meeting Saturday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said he thinks it will be productive. The U.S. and China are locked in a trade war.
Trump says he hasn’t promised to hold off on new tariffs on Chinese goods.
MIAMI (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden says Kamala Harris mispresented his position on school busing decades ago, but he doesn’t think she did it intentionally.
The California senator challenged Biden’s stance on busing to desegregate public schools during the 1970s during Thursday’s Democratic debate in Miami. Harris, who is black, was part of a busing program as a child and her pointed questioning of Biden was one of the night’s breakout moments.
Biden said he didn’t oppose busing but federal intervention in the issue.
But in the early and mid-1970s, those were the fault lines in almost every U.S. community, from New Orleans to Boston, where there was stiff opposition to busing. If you were a politician opposing federally enforced busing, you were enabling any local school board or city government that was fighting against it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala (KAH’-mah-lah) Harris spoke slowly but bluntly as she stared at Joe Biden, then began treating him as a hostile witness.
The former prosecutor turned California senator started by saying she didn’t think the former vice president “was a racist.”
But she criticized him for recently “defending segregationists” in the Senate and for once opposing mandatory busing of students to desegregated public schools.
Harris described a young girl in the 1970s who boarded such buses before dramatically offering, “That little girl was me.”
The moment was as powerful as it was unexpected.
Biden entered back-to-back nights of presidential debates in Miami as the leading Democratic candidate. Harris showed promise but had not made much of a mark lately.
That all changed Thursday.
VIENNA (AP) — Senior officials from Iran and the remaining signatories to its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers are set to gather in Vienna as tensions in the Persian Gulf simmer and Tehran is poised to surpass a uranium stockpile threshold, posing a threat to the accord.
The regular quarterly meeting Friday of the accord’s so-called joint commission, which brings together senior officials from Iran, France, Germany, Britain, Russia, China and the European Union, is meant to discuss implementation of the deal.
Iran is insisting that it wants to save the deal and has urged Europeans to start buying Iranian oil or give Iran a credit line. The United States withdrew from the accord last year and has imposed new sanctions on Iran to cripple its economy.
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — China’s foreign ministry has expressed hope Washington can “meet China halfway” as President Xi Jinping prepares to meet President Donald Trump amid a costly tariff fight over trade and technology.
Investors are hoping for a repeat of Trump and Xi’s December agreement to postpone new tariff hikes and other action while they tried to negotiate a settlement. But analysts caution any truce at this Group of 20 meeting of major economies is likely to be temporary because of the array of disputes that separate the two sides.
The two sides are in a stalemate after 11 rounds of talks. Beijing has said any agreement must be balanced and rejects U.S. complaints it steals or pressures companies to hand over technology.
Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang says: “We hope that the U.S. can meet China halfway and work together with us to promote a positive result from the meeting. This is in the interest of both countries and also meets the common expectation of the international community.”
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