CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms in the evening in the Jamestown area, 30 percent in the Valley City area. Lows around 60. North winds 5 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.  Chance of precipitation 40 percent in the Jamestown area, 20 percent in the Valley City area.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers Highs in the upper 70s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. a  A 20 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms.  Lows in the mid 50s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Chance of rain showers and slight

chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.

Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

There is a slight chance for isolated thunderstorms Wednesday. Severe
weather is not expected.

There is a slight chance for isolated severe thunderstorms on
Thursday. The main threat will be quarter size hail and 60 mph
wind gusts.

 

NDDoH

COIVID-19 Stats 11:00a.m.

Wed. Jun 23,  2021

Barnes

New Positives 0

Total Positives 1423

Active: 1

Recovered: 1392

 

Stutsman

New Positives 0

Total Positives 3544

Active 1

Recovered 3462

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — On Wednesday, North Dakota health officials are confirming 15 new cases of the coronavirus and a positivity rate of just over 1% from tests processed in the last day. The COVID Tracking Project reports that over the past two weeks the rolling average number of daily new cases has decreased by nearly 24 per day, a drop of more than 57%. There were about 45 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in North Dakota over the past two weeks, which ranks 27th in the country for new cases per capita. The state’s COVID dashboard shows 16 current hospitalizations, including four patients being treated in intensive care units. There have been a total of 110,614 confirmed cases and 4,342 hospitalizations since the virus was first detected in March 2020.

 

 

Jamestown  (City)    On Friday, June 25, 2021, there will be street closures and/or partial closures in the Southeast (SE) part of town on 17th Street SE, the Frontier Village, and the south intersection of Circle Drive and 12th Avenue SE.

Construction signing will be put in place by the Contractor.

This construction work is scheduled to be completed by the end of the day.

Motorists should use extreme caution in this area and use alternate routes, if possible.

 

Jamestown  (City)  Starting Monday, June 28, 2021; there will be street closures in the Southwest (SW) part of town on 8th Ave SW, between 16th St SW to 18th ST SW (including frontage roads in that area). 17th St SW will remain open.

Construction signing will be put in place.

This construction work will continue for approximately two weeks.

Motorists should use extreme caution in this area and use alternate routes, if possible.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (JPD)  Jamestown Police is warning Jamestown residents regarding a new High Risk Sex Offender residing in Jamestown.

Jesse Owens Johnson live at 1530 6th Avenue SW, Buffalo Motel, Jamestown, ND Room 33.

He presently has no vehicle.

Johnson is a  37 year old white male, six feet three inches tall, weighing 286 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.

Johnson has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

 

Offense: Pos. of material. Sexual conduct by a minor.  Johnson was found to have 11 files on his tablet containing child pornography, and chats with another person where they were exchanging sexual images of young children.

Conviction Date:  April 2017 in Stutsman County, ND District Court.

Disposition:  Four years, 256 days credit, concurrent.

 

Offense:  Gross Sexual Imposition, touching a five year old female’s body parts under her clothing.

Conviction Date:  April 2017 in Stutsman County, ND District Court.

Disposition:  Four years 256 days credit, comcurrent.

 

Johnson is on GPS Monitoring.

 

Johnson is Not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.  This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.  Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Jesse Owens Johnson are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Chalkfest will feature works by nationally renowned chalk artist Shawn McCann accompanied by eight other artists from around the country. This is a family-friendly event where young and older alike can participate while enjoying in the breathtaking works of these great artists.

The event starts on Thursday June 24 at 5pm and continues on Friday June 25 and Saturday June 26, from 10-a.m. to 5-p.m, and is free to all, and opens this summer’s Jamestown Arts Market, at the Hansen Art Park in Downtown Jamestown.

Arts Center Director Mindi Schmitz said, eight nationally known chalk artists will be at the event, to take place at the Arts Park, and on the street, in front of the Arts Center. Planned artists to join Shawn are Jamie & Craig Rogers, Chris Carlson, Tonya Youngberg, Allison Severson, Julie Jilek, Erik Greenawalt, Brigid Higgins and Sandy Forseth.

Entertainment will be by singer Jesse Veeder returning to Jamestown.

Chalkfest opens The Downtown Arts Market  Thursday evenings June 24 through August 26.

The Jamestown Arts Center has announced this summer’s entertainment at the Downtown Arts Market, and the Hansen Arts Park.

Beginning Thursday, June 24 at 5:30 pm downtown Jamestown comes to life once again!

Enjoy the best of regional live entertainment in The Hansen Arts Park.  The Downtown Arts Market… a celebration of culture and community when we need it the most! Don’t forget your lawn chair or blanket.

Would you like to one of the artisan vendors at this year’s Downtown Arts Market? We are currently accepting applications. Click to download the Vendor Application.docx.

 

OPENING NIGHT, JUNE 24: CHALKFEST! begins

On Stage:   JESSIE VEEDER
With: Retro Entertainment (Mark Urquhart & Jeremy Gray)
Jessie has been a long-standing favorite and a symbol of folk music in the badlands of Western North Dakota for what seems like forever. She is well know across all of North Dakota and the region. The singer song-writer has recently released a new album “Playing Favorites.” Jessie’s new album pays tribute to those songs and songwriters who influenced her at a young age, celebrating the traditional songs as well as covering music by John Prine, Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, Kathy Mattea, among others.

Retro Entertainment is Mark Urquhart & Jeremy Gray. They perform a wide range of genres but for the Downtown Arts Market we will be doing Maritime Folk Music which includes “Songs from the Sea” as well as Scottish and Irish tunes. We will entertain the crowd with some good toe tapping and hand clapping upbeat songs that will be sure to engage all.

See the rest of the schedule at CSiNewsNow.com

 

 

Jamestown  (NDFU)   – The public is invited to a grand opening celebration of the James River Farmers Union Camp on Thursday, June 24, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the new facility, located at the Jamestown Reservoir.

Situated on 19 acres, the facility features a state-of-the-art lodge with indoor gymnasium, STEM classroom, game room and co-op store, in addition to a dormitory, boathouse, outdoor volleyball court, softball field and other features.

North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne, says, “This facility gives our summer camp program a physical presence in the eastern part of the state and complements our camp facility in western North Dakota on the Heart Butte Reservoir. We are excited for all the cooperative learning and fun kids will have here. Investing in youth education is the greatest asset of our state and organization.”

More than 1,200 kids in grades 3-12 attend Farmers Union camp every summer. Cooperative education and leadership skill development are hallmarks of Farmers Union Camp, which incorporates traditional camp activities – such as swimming and singing around a campfire – into learning.

Watne said many individuals, businesses and organizations contributed to the construction of the youth facility. They include the CHS Foundation, CoBank, Broadband Association of North Dakota, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Farmers Union Insurance, First Community Credit Union, Ag Country Farm Credit Services, North Dakota Cooperative Managers’ Association, BCBSND Caring Foundation, Farmers Union Industries, Northern Canola Growers Association, BEK Communications, Verendrye Electric Cooperative, Red River Valley Sugarbeet Education Foundation, Dakota Pride Cooperative, North Dakota Soybean Council, North Dakota Corn Council, Farmers Union Enterprises, Ward County Farmers Union, National Farmers Union, and Knights of Columbus Council 1883.

For directions to the camp, turn west on 32nd St. SE off Hwy. 20 or travel north along E. Lakeside Road (on the east side of the Jamestown Reservoir) toward Lakeside Campground. For more information, go to ndfu.org.

 

 

Jamestown  (JRMC)  —Healogics recently recognized Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s Wound & Hyperbarics Clinic as heal-rate champion.

JRMC’s Wound & Hyperbaric Center manages wounds that will not heal.

Healogics partners with JRMC’s Wound Center to provide advanced wound care. Without proper treatment patients may suffer for years without any improvement, or even worse, may face amputation. To provide that care, Healogics measures Comprehensive Heal Rate (CHR). CHR is the number of days it takes a wound to heal. CHR is the rate at which a wound heals.  In the most recent quarter, the JRMC team made the greatest improvement in their healing rate from any other Healogics clinics in the Western Division.

Holli Marquart, APRN, CNP says, “This award is an honor because it shows, as a team, we are dedicated to healing patients as quickly as possible so they can get back to their normal daily living.”

This year, Healogics also named the JRMC Wound Clinic a Center of Distinction. JRMC received the distinction because of its high patient satisfaction and heal rates. In JRMC’s case: 92% of patients reported they were satisfied with their care. Also, 92% of patients healed in 21 days or less.

The JRMC Wound & Hyperbaric Center understands the challenges faced each day when it comes to chronic and non-chronic healing wounds. The center offers cutting-edge treatments, the highest quality of dedicated providers and specialists and the ability to work with dressing formularies – all to help wounds heal faster.

Healogics partners with 700 Wound Care Centers like JRMC across the nation. Healogics and its partners treat more than 300,000 patients annually. In 20 years, Healogics has healed more than 4 million wounds. In 2020 alone, JRMC’s Wound Center healed more than 100 individuals.

Despite the challenges this year, JRMC worked hard to provide legendary care for patients.

JRMC Chief Nursing Officer, Trisha Jungles says, “We are proud of the wound team.  The Wound Center is one of the reasons JRMC remains a destination for care in the state.”

JRMC and Healogics intend to heal every wound seen in the center.Andria Roberts, Healogics’ Clinical Director of Operations,says “This is such a fantastic achievement and really goes to show the work done to assure patients receive the healing care they need.”

Learn more about wound healing at www.jrmcnd.com/heal-faster or call (701) 952-4878.

 

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)    Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Reflections Salon. They recently opened their new business, and have 2 stylists available offering a wide variety of salon services. They are located at 920 10th St. SE. STE D You can reach them at 701-952-3300.

Businesses qualify for a ribbon-cutting ceremony if they open, move, remodel, are under new ownership or change their name.  For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.

 

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A frequent North Dakota political candidate is leading an effort to recall Republican Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford. Michael Coachman, who last year received just 10% of the vote in the GOP primary for governor, is alleging “contempt of the voters” and negligence by Burgum. Secretary of State Al Jaeger on Wednesday announced he approved for circulation a petition for the recall effort. Coachman is a retired U.S. Air Force veteran who lives in Larimore. He was previously an unsuccessful candidate for secretary of state in 2018 and for lieutenant governor in 2012 and 2016.

 

 

FORT RICE, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a man suffered serious injuries after attempting to flee from police in a stolen vehicle. According to the patrol, the 37-year-old Cannon Ball man was driving a Buick LeSabre on Highway 1806 near Fort Rice at a high speed late Tuesday afternoon. A Bureau of Indian Affairs officer attempted to stop the vehicle for speeding, but the man refused to pull over and a pursuit began. The Highway Patrol says the stolen car entered a ditch during the chase and the man was thrown from the vehicle. He suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to a hospital. The Highway Patrol is investigating.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified the body found in a burning car in Minot earlier this month as a local woman. The North Dakota State Crime Lab and the State Forensic Examiner’s Office helped identify the woman as 33-year-old Domonique Kelly. Police say Kelly is a homicide victim. Her body was found in the car in Minot June 3. No suspects have been arrested. Police are asking that anyone who had contact with Kelly on, or before June 3 to contact them. Police have also asked for help from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms to provide technical, forensics, and investigative assistance.

In world and national news…

 

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a Virginia drug dealer serving a 41-year murder sentence that he claims is the result of vindictive prosecution. The high court on Monday turned aside the appeal from Justin Wolfe without comment. The rejection comes two years after the Supreme Court had ordered Virginia to give his claims of vindictive prosecution a hearing. Monday’s action could be the final chapter in a two-decade legal saga. Wolfe was convicted of murder in Prince William County in the 2001 slaying of another drug dealer, Daniel Petrole. Prosecutors said Wolfe owed Petrole tens of thousands of dollars and hired another man to shoot and kill Petrole.

 

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana rap artist has been released on parole after 21 years behind bars. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports that McKinley “Mac” Phipps was released late Tuesday, hours after being granted parole. Phipps was serving a 30-year sentence after a St. Tammany Parish jury found him guilty in 2001 of manslaughter in a shooting death at a nightclub in Slidell. Phipps has always maintained he was wrongfully convicted. Witnesses told The Huffington Post in 2015 that their testimony was coerced. Phipps, meanwhile, was drawing praise for mentoring young inmates. Gov. John Bel Edwards granted Phipps clemency in April, setting up Tuesday’s hearing.

 

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman has died days after she was dragged from a car and shot during an attack captured on video that killed her boyfriend and drew more attention to the city’s particularly violent year. The Cook County medical examiner’s office says 23-year-old Yasmin Perez died Tuesday. Her death came three days after 24-year-old Gyovanny Arzuaga was shot in the head and killed following a Puerto Rican Day parade in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. The couple, who had two children, were attacked after what police called a minor traffic crash. Police say they were ambushed by several men in the middle of a street. The deadly attack was captured on a video that was shared widely online.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A star of the popular Nickelodeon show “Drake & Josh” has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of attempted child endangerment in Cleveland. Thirty-four-year-old Jared “Drake” Bell, of West Hollywood, California, also pleaded guilty via Zoom to a misdemeanor charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. Defense attorney Ian Friedman declined to comment about the case but said it will be revealed at sentencing “why Mr. Bell chose to enter today’s plea.” Authorities say the girl whom Bell met online filed a complaint with Canadian police after attending one of his 2017 concerts at a Cleveland nightclub. Sentencing is scheduled for July 12.