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CSi Weather…
REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds around 5 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds around 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY…Sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Rain showers likely and chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of rain showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
Near critical fire weather conditions are expected today, with
minimum relative humidity down to 18 percent and west to northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph, gusting near 35 mph at times.
Update
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Fire Department was called to respond to a gas leak in Northeast Valley City, around 7:30 this morning.
A grain fire was also reported, east of Valley City, with firefighters responding to that as well.
The first call at 7:30-a.m.was to a MDU gas line break at 2nd Avenue and 6th Street Northeast. MDU crews from Bismarck arrived in Valley City to repair the gas line break which interrupted service to 16 customers.
Fire Chief Scott Magnuson said members from the Valley City Rural Fire District responded to a fire about four miles east of Valley City around 7:31am.
Jamestown (CSi) A Wednesday luncheon at the University of Jamestown’s Harold Newman Arena, organized by the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) gave the community and state and local officials the opportunity to welcome Archer Daniels Midland to the area, and the planned $350 million Soybean Crushing location at the Spiritwood Energy Park.
Representing ADM was its President of North American Oils & Biodiesel, who stated the project is ready to get started, later this year, with facility’s completion before the 2023 harvest season.
Representing Governor Doug Burgum’s Office was Lt. Governor, Brent Sanford, who was joined by North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, Doug Goehring, lauding the plant’s economic impact on North Dakota, in cooperation with the Bank of North Dakota.
Also speaking was North Dakota Soybean Growers Association, Executive Director, Nancy Johnson.
Jamestown (City of Jamestown) Starting Monday, June 21, 2021; there will be a road closure along 5th Ave SW, from 2nd St SW to 4th St SW. This closure will last approximately two (2) weeks.
Construction signing and detour will be put in place.
NDDoH
COVID-19 Stats 10:30 a.m.
Tues. Jun. 16, 2021
Barnes
New Positives 0
Total Positives 1423
Active: 3
Recovered: 1389
Stutsman
New Positives 0
Total Positives 3543
Active 2
Recovered 3460
Jamestown (CVHD) Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Schedule
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Vaccine Type: MODERNA -or- JOHNSHON & JOHNSON
Event Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Event Location: Central Valley Health District
Jamestown (CVHD) Central Valley Health District’s COVID-19 testing clinics are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11-a.m. to noon.
The clinics will be held at the Jamestown Civic Center.
Pre registration is required.
Valley City (CSi) The play, “Persistence” which focuses on the role of Suffragist Elizabeth Preston Anderson who was a Tower City-Valley City native (with relatives still in the area) and a key figure in the fight in North Dakota to allow women to vote, will be presented on Thursday, June 17 at 8 pm in the Hi-Liner Activity Center. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.
Jamestown (Chamber)Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ground breaking ceremony for the Eagles Club Train Parkette at the Frontier Village. The parkette will focus on the history of trains and include four pedal train cars, a track with a tunnel, ticket station, and model elevator. The project was made possible through a $20,000 donation from the Jamestown Eagles Club. You can learn more about the Eagles Club Train Parkette by calling Jamestown Tourism at 701-251-9145.
Businesses qualify for a ground breaking ceremony if they are starting construction on a new development or project. For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.
LaMoure (CSi) The Toy Farmer show this year is, “The 35th/36th Annual North Dakota Farm Toy Show.” at the LaMoure School set up in both gyms.
Show hours on Saturday Jun 19 are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The pedal pull will begin at 1:00 p.m. sponsored this year by Green Iron Equipment, Titan Machinery and Toy Farmer, from LaMoure. The LaMoure Lion’s chicken barbecue is in Sunset Park will again be part of the weekend’s activities an. The annual toy auction by Tom Cornwell Auctions will begins at 6-p.m. at the American Legion Hall. Toy Farmer will again be donating the proceeds from some special tractors sold at this auction to local youth related organizations.
Sunday Jun 20 the show is from 10-a.m. to 2- p.m. The weekend events end an old time tractor pull.
For more information call: Mike Larson, (701) 361-9520. For any other show related questions call Toy Farmer, (701) 883-5206.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A commission that reviews emergency spending requests says it won’t approve millions of federal dollars sought by North Dakota agencies due to a state law that limits the panel’s spending to $50 million each two-year legislative cycle. The Emergency Commission, headed by Gov. Doug Burgum, did not act on some requests, including for human services programs, that would have exceeded the new threshold. Instead, the full Legislature will take up the requests later this year. The state’s top budget writer says none of the delayed requests would result in loss of funds
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A Moorhead man was arrested and charged with a firearms violation in connection with the March death of a 6-year-old boy who was unintentionally shot with a handgun. Thirty-three-year-old Phillip Jones Jr. Authorities say he has several prior felony convictions in Hennepin County, including attempted drive-by shooting. Court documents show that the victim was at an apartment with three other children and no adults when they discovered the loaded gun in a box on top of the kitchen cabinets. The gun went off while the children were playing with it. Authorities say DNA collected from the gun matched the DNA profile of Jones.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State officials say the number of wildfires this year in North Dakota has increased significantly. They’re citing the state’s extremely dry conditions. Data collected by the North Dakota Forest Service and the state Department of Emergency Services shows nearly 1,400 fires have consumed about 156 square miles since the beginning of the year. Last year, about 921 fires burned approximately 18 square miles. North Dakota has experienced some of the driest winter and spring months this year. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows more than two-thirds of the state is in extreme and exceptional drought.
In sports…
American Legion Baseball
At Oakes
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NBA PLAYOFFS-SCHEDULE
Sixers collapse, fall to Hawks
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On Tuesday, it was the Milwaukee Bucks blowing a 17-point lead to fall behind three-games-to-two against Brooklyn in the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals. One day later, it was the Philadelphia 76ers coughing up a 26-point advantage in a 109-106 loss to the Hawks.
Atlanta outscored the Sixers 40-19 in the fourth quarter to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semis. Trae Young poured in 39 points and John Collins had a double-double of 19 points and 11 boards. Young was fouled on a 3-pointer and hit all three free throws with 1:26 left to put the Hawks ahead.
Danillo Gallinari contributed 16 points and eight rebounds, while fellow backup Lou Williams provided 15 points.
Joel Embiid (joh-EHL’ ehm-BEED’) and Seth Curry combined for 73 points in the loss, with Embiid finishing with 37 and 13 rebounds. Curry added 36 points, but Tobias Harris was held to just four on 2 of 11 shooting.
The Hawks can wrap up the series on Friday in Atlanta.
Meanwhile, the Clippers took a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals by earning their third straight win over the Jazz, 119-111. Paul George carried the load with 37 points and 16 rebounds while Los Angeles played without forward Kawhi (kah-WY’) Leonard because of a a knee injury sustained in Game 4.
Marcus Morris scored 25 points and Reggie Jackson added 22 for the Clippers, who shot 51% from the field.
The Jazz made a franchise record 10 3-pointers and shot 13-of-18 from the field overall in the first quarter. Bojan (BOY’-ahn) Bogdanovic led the way, going 6-of-7 from outside, tying an NBA postseason record for most 3-pointers made in a single quarter. Bogdanovic finished with nine treys and 32 points, Donovan Mitchell had 21 points and Rudy Gobert (goh-BEHR’) added 17 with 11 rebounds for Utah.
NBA-NEWS
Paul enters COVID-19 protocols
UNDATED (AP) — The Phoenix Suns could be missing a very key piece to their starting lineup when they begin their next playoff series.
The Suns say guard Chris Paul has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols, and his availability for Game 1 of the Western Conference finals is unclear. A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that Paul has been vaccinated against COVID-19. That could mean that Paul could be cleared to return faster than those who tested positive before vaccines were available.
In other NBA news:
— Hornets versatile point guard LaMelo Ball is the NBA Rookie of the Year despite missing 21 games with a fractured wrist. Ball beat out finalists Anthony Edwards from the Minnesota Timberwolves and Tyrese Haliburton from the Sacramento Kings to win the award. He led all rookies with averages of 6.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game and was third with 15.7 points and 5.9 rebounds.
— Head coach Scott Brooks won’t be returning to the Wizards, who made the playoffs three times in his five years at the helm. Washington won its play-in game and was promptly knocked out by the 76ers in five games. The Wizards were 183-207 under Brooks.
— Stan Van Gundy was given the one season to coach the Pelicans before the two sides mutually agreed to part. New Orleans just went 31-41 to finish 11th in the Western Conference, two games out of a play-in berth. The Pelicans had the eighth-worst defense in the league this season following a truncated training camp.
— Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson is leaving the team after 24 seasons. Nelson was instrumental in the club’s acquisitions of Dirk Nowitzki and Luka Doncic (DAHN’-chihch). The Mavericks said Wednesday the club and Nelson agreed to part ways, with owner Mark Cuban saying the 58-year-old son of former coach Don Nelson was “instrumental to our success and helped bring a championship to Dallas.”
NHL PLAYOFFS-CANADIENS/KNIGHTS
Habs knot series with Knights
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens aren’t going to go away quietly in the Stanley Cup semifinals.
The Habs have evened the series at a game apiece as Carey Price stopped 29 saves in a 3-2 win over the Golden Knights in Las Vegas. Price improved to 9-4 in the playoffs, his most victories in a postseason. Eight of those wins have come in Montreal’s last nine games.
Paul Byron, Joel Armia (joh-EHL’ ahr-MEE’-ah) and Tyler Toffoli (tah-FOH’-lee) scored for Montreal, with Byron making it 3-0 with 2:45 left in the second period. The Habs have won 21 straight playoff games when scoring at least three goals.
Alex Pietrangelo peh-TRAN’-jeh-loh) scored twice for Vegas and Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves.
The Knights had won five in a row since dropping the first two games of their second-round series in Colorado.
Game 3 is Friday night in Montreal.
NHL-MAPLE LEAFS-SPEZZA
Spezza stays with Leafs
TORONTO (AP) — Jason Spezza (SPEHT’-suh) has re-signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs, agreeing to the NHL-minimum $750,000 for next season.
The 38-year-old Spezza had 10 goals and 30 points in 54 regular-season games for his hometown team and added three goals and five in seven playoff contests.
MLB..
— Nelson Cruz hit a three-run homer against his former team and rookie starter Bailey Ober struck out six as the Twins dumped the Mariners, 7-2. Ryan Jeffers also homered in Minnesota’s first win in four games.
— The Red Sox earned their second-straight, 10-8 win over the Braves as Christian Arroyo slugged a pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh inning. Hunter Renfroe hit a two-run single and Xander Bogaerts (BOH’-gahrts) had three doubles as part of Boston’s 14-hit attack.
UNDATED (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have won a series matchup of AL division leaders, but it took extra innings to accomplish it.
The White Sox pulled out an 8-7 win over the Rays behind Yasmani Grandal’s (yahs-MAH’-nee grahn-DAHLZ’) game-ending single in the 10th. Jóse Abreu (ah-BRAY’-oo) hit his 12th homer of the season for the White Sox, who squandered a 7-2 lead before winning for the 10th time in their last 13 games.
Yandy Díaz and Mike Zunino (zuh-NEE’-noh) homered for the Rays.
Meanwhile, the Mets continue to win games and lose key players.
Jacob deGrom was pulled from a second straight start with an arm injury, this time leaving after three perfect innings with right shoulder tightness in New York’s 6-3 victory over the Cubs. DeGrom struck out eight of the nine batters he faced and lowered his ERA to 0.54, the lowest in major league history after 11 starts.
Dominic Smith hit a one-out solo homer in the third and added a run-scoring grounder in the fourth as the Mets earned their sixth win in seven games, putting the NL East leaders a season-high 10 games over .500.
Around the majors:
— Gary Sánchez belted a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Aroldis (ah-ROHL’-dihs) Chapman dodged a ninth-inning jam to wrap up the Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Blue Jays. Gerrit Cole is 8-3 after limiting Toronto to four hits over eight innings.
— The Athletics have a six-game winning streak after Ramón Laureano hit a home run and made a homer-robbing catch in his return from the injured list, highlighting an 8-4 win over the Angels. Matt Olson singled twice in a six-run sixth and finished 3-for-4 with an RBI.
— Jose Altuve (al-TOO’-vay) homered twice and made major league history by hitting a leadoff homer one game after belting a walk-off grand slam, carrying the Astros to an 8-4 win over the Rangers. Astros rookie Chas McCormick recorded his first two-homer game on a night when Houston went deep a season-high six times.
— José Ramírez homered and drove in three runs as the Indians sent the Orioles to their team record-extending 18th consecutive road loss, 8-7. César Hernández had a two-run triple and Adam Civale (sih-VAH’-lee) became the first 10-game winner of the season despite allowing five runs in as many innings.
— Willi Castro homered during a three-run seventh that send the Tigers to a 6-5 victory and a three-game sweep of Kansas City. The Royals have lost six in a row and 11 of 12.
— The Diamondbacks tied a major league record with their 22nd consecutive road loss as Buster Posey hit a three-run homer in the first inning of the Giants’ 13-7 trouncing of Arizona. Steven Duggar and LaMonte (lah-MAHNT’) Wade Jr. connected in the fourth as San Francisco sent its NL West rival to a 13th consecutive loss overall.
— Zack Wheeler outpitched Clayton Kershaw and Rhys Hoskins ended an 0-for-33 slump with an early homer in the Phillies’ 2-0 shutout of the Dodgers. Wheeler gave up five hits with six strikeouts in six innings to help Philadelphia become the first team to shut out Los Angeles since September 2019.
— Yadier Molina (YAH’-dee-ehr moh-LEE’-nah) delivered his eighth career walk-off hit with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to complete the Cardinals’ 1-0 and three-game sweep of the Marlins. St. Louis starter Johan Oviedo worked a career-high seven scoreless innings and Miami’s Sandy Alcantara (al-KAN’-tah-rah) pitched a team season-high 8 1/3 innings.
— The Reds won for the 11th time in 13 games as Tyler Mahle (MAH’-lee) tied his career high with 12 strikeouts in a 2-1 decision over the Brewers. Tucker Barnhart doubled home the tiebreaking run to send Cincinnati to its sixth straight win and a three-game sweep.
— The Nationals picked up a 3-1 win over the Pirates behind Paolo Espino, who allowed three hits over five shutout innings for his first major league win at age 34. Josh Bell hit a two-run homer against his former team as Washington completed a three-game sweep that extends Pittsburgh’s losing streak to 10 games.
— Pinch-hitter Charlie Blackmon singled home the winning run in the ninth to give the Rockies an 8-7 win over the sputtering Padres. San Diego wasted Fernando Tatis (tah-TEES’) Jr.‘s NL-leading 21st home run and lost for the 13th time in 17 games.
MLB-GRIP ENHANCERS-HILL
Rays’ Hill says union ‘dropped the ball’ on grip enhancers
UNDATED (AP) — Veteran Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Rich Hill says the players’ union “dropped the ball” when it came to this week’s announcement from Major League Baseball about grip-enhancing substances.
MLB says pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games starting Monday for using illegal substances to doctor baseballs. The 41-year old Hill said he feels like the sides should have come together and settled this together.
Elsewhere around the majors:
— Astros third baseman Alex Bregman left Wednesday’s game against the Rangers with a strained left quadriceps. Bregman was injured in the first inning while running to first base when he grounded into a double play.
— The Phillies will be without second baseman Jean Segura for at least three weeks due to a Grade 1 left groin strain. The team also says slugger Bryce Harper is day to day with lower back tightness. Both were injured on Tuesday.
NFL-VIRUS PROTOCOLS
NFL loosening many COVID restrictions for vaccinated players
UNDATED (AP) — The NFL and NFL Players Association have updated COVID-19 protocols to loosen restrictions for fully vaccinated players and to encourage others to get the vaccine.
Unvaccinated players must continue to get daily testing, wear masks and practice physical distancing. They won’t be allowed to eat meals with teammates, can’t participate in media or marketing activities while traveling, aren’t permitted to use the sauna or steam room and may not leave the team hotel or interact with people outside the team while traveling.
TENNIS-NEWS
Venus, Murray get Wimbledon wild cards; prize money reduced
UNDATED (AP) — Former Wimbledon champions Venus Williams and Andy Murray will receive wild cards to compete in the grass-court Grand Slam tournament when it starts in less than two weeks.
The All England Club also announced Wednesday that the men’s and women’s singles winners will each get $2.4 million, a nearly 28% decrease from 2019, although the overall reduction in prize money is 5.2%.
Organizers highlighted plans to have a full crowd of 15,000 at Centre Court for the men’s and women’s finals next month, a year after the tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In other tennis news:
— Roger Federer has failed to reach the Halle Open quarterfinals for the first time. Félix Auger-Aliassime rallied from a set down to stun the former champion 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round.
HORSE RACING-NEWS
Kentucky judge divides Medina Spirit urine sample for tests
UNDATED (AP) — A Kentucky judge has granted representatives of trainer Bob Baffert and the owners of Kentucky Derby winner Medina (meh-DEE’-nah) Spirit most of a split sample of the horse’s urine to be further tested for the steroid betamethasone and other substances.
The Hall of Fame trainer and Zedan Racing Stables last week sued the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission for remnants of Medina Spirit’s urine to prove that traces of the steroid betamethasone in his system came from a topical ointment rather than an injection.
EURO-2020-PLAYER COLLAPSES
Eriksen to be fitted with implanted heart monitoring device
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish soccer federation says player Christian Eriksen will be fitted with an implantable device to monitor his heart rhythm.
Eriksen is recovering in a Copenhagen hospital after suffering cardiac arrest during Denmark’s game against Finland at the European Championship.
The Danish federation says doctors have determined that Eriksen needs to have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. It says such a device “is necessary after a cardiac attack due to rhythm disturbances.”
In world and national news…
(AP) Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin of Russia spent more than three hours discussing issues Wednesday at their summit in Geneva. Biden says they ticked through their respective lists so quickly and in such “excruciating detail” that they looked at each other and thought, “OK, what next?” In one area of agreement, Biden and Putin decided to return their respective ambassadors to Washington and Moscow in a bid to improve badly deteriorated diplomatic relations between their countries. Biden and Putin also instructed their diplomats to begin laying the groundwork for a new phase of arms control.
(AP) A wave of brief internet outages has hit dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies. Internet monitoring websites showed disruptions across the globe. Many of the outages were reported by people in Australia trying to do banking, book flights and access postal services. Australia’s central bank also was affected, as was Hong Kong’s stock exchange. Most of the outages appeared to end after an hour or so. Brief internet service outages are not uncommon and are only rarely the result of hacking or other mischief. But the outages have underscored how vital a small number of behind-the-scenes companies have become to running the internet.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A sudden power failure left more than 337,000 customers in the dark across Puerto Rico, enraging many who were recovering from a massive outage that hit the U.S. territory just days ago. Luma Energy, a private company that took over the island’s power transmission and distribution system on June 1, said three units were knocked offline late Wednesday for reasons not immediately known. The latest outage enraged thousands of people who were forced to throw out food and medication in recent days. Some also complained about damaged appliances as lights flickered on and off since Thursday’s outage that left 900,000 people in the dark.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday. The bill goes to President Joe Biden’s desk, and he’s expected to sign it into law. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered. That was also about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Southern states. It’s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.
BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets are mostly lower after the Federal Reserve indicated it might ease off economic stimulus earlier than previously thought. London and Frankfurt opened lower while Tokyo fell. Shanghai and Hong Kong advanced. Wall Street futures were lower. Fed policymakers, who previously forecast no interest rate hikes before 2024, estimated their benchmark rate would be raised twice by late 2023. The Fed indicated it sees the U.S. economy improving faster than expected. Fed projections showed some board members expect short-term interest rates to rise by half a percentage point by late 2023. Ultra-low interest rates have propelled a stock market rebound from last year’s slump.
ROCKTON, Ill. (AP) — Fire suppression efforts continue at a chemical fire near the Illinois-Wisconsin state line as public health officials lifted an outdoor mask mandate for those within a 3-mile radius of the Chemtool plant. Winnebago County Health Department Administrator Sandra Martell said Wednesday the carbon monoxide and the hydrogen sulfide in the air remain below federal standards. However, the evacuation order for those within 1 mile of the fire remains in effect. That’s because the potential danger from the debris, dust and ash that has fallen on the ground from the fire is still unknown. The explosions and resulting fires Monday prompted officials to evacuate an estimated 1,000 residents.
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