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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 60 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
COOLER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 70. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
30 PERCENT.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SPREADING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY.
A STRONG SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY EVENING, WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ANOTHER AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT THURSDAY/EARLY FRIDAY. THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITATION MIGRATES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY DAYTIME INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING.
AFTER A DRY DAY ON SUNDAY…THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
ROBINSON, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a 15-year-old Steele boy killed in a pickup truck rollover crash north of Robinson.
The Highway Patrol says Jerod Wolff was a passenger in a truck that went out of control on a gravel road Tuesday night. The driver and another passenger suffered unspecified injuries.
The patrol identified the driver as 15-year-old Dillon Steinolfson, of Steele, and the passenger as 13-year-old Ross Schneider of Tuttle.
Jamestown (CSi) To mark United Airlines and SkyWest start up for Jamestown, there will be a water cannon salute for their first arrival in Jamestown on Thursday, June 5, 2014, with the scheduled landing at 12:46 p.m.
The Jamestown Fire Department has agreed to provide the water cannon salute, with public is invited to attend and greet the first flight.
Jamestown Regional Airport Manager Matt Leitner says access to the field will be limited due to safety and security.
Viewing opportunities will be available from the terminal and at west fence adjacent to the terminal.
He adds, a water cannon salute is tradition in welcoming a new service or saying goodbye to retiring crews and aircraft.
An open house will also be held on June 20,2014 at 11:00 AM. This event will be attended by representatives of federal, state and local governments and United Airlines and SkyWest officials.
Valley City (CSi) – A Valley City Commissioner and former Valley City mayor recently made public her support for the challenger in next week’s mayoral election.
Mary Lee Nielson placed the ad which said challenger Jeff Edwards, a business manager for a developer in the area, has a strong background in human resources. She praised his work with the city’s housing task force.
Nielson also said she believes Edwards “will work with everyone without using profanity or making sexist or racist remarks.”
When asked about the ad, Nielson declined to give specific examples of sexism or racism from Mayor Bob Werkhoven.
Werkhoven, who defeated Nielson in the 2010 mayoral race, accused her of using cheap tactics to sabotage his campaign.
Two other city commissioners have joined Nielson in backing Edwards.
Matt Pedersen and Dewey Magnuson, the other two commissioners supporting Edwards, are also up for re-election Tuesday.
Edwards said he’s had limited contact with Werkhoven in the past and therefore couldn’t comment on possible racism or sexism on the mayor’s part.
At the May 20, 2014 Valley City Commission meeting, during the Public Forum, resident Lloyd Nelson said three Commissioners are backing Jeff Edwards for mayor, and asked about the circumstances of their meeting with Edwards.
Commissioner Nielson said the question is not intended for discussion under City Commission meeting policy, and was not what Nelson indicated that he wanted to discuss at the meeting.
Jamestown (CSi) With the Jamestown Land Use and Transportation plan, there was a gathering Tuesday at City Hall, with the 17th Street Owners Group.
Input from the owners in attendance included, keeping the on- and off-ramp access to Interstate 94 in the area of the current exit 257.
The North Dakota Department of Transportation has indicated it considers the ramp a safety hazard, as the eastbound exit ramp connects to the left-hand lane at the exit.
The Land Use and Transportation Plan addresses the means to improve the safety or how to handle traffic if the ramp was eliminated.
RDG Planner, Marty Shukert said, an option includes replacing the left-lane exit overpass with a new overpass for local traffic, allowing local traffic from the proposed Menard’s location and JRMC to travel to Jamestown without going through an interstate exchange. It would also reduce the amount of traffic utilizing the interchange at U.S. Highway 281.
Other options include adding a lane to I- 94 through Jamestown and include an exit for westbound traffic at the new overpass near the proposed Menard’s location.
Suggestions varied on how to improve safety.
Randy Williams, of Crossroads Repairs, said reducing speeds on Interstate 94 would improve safety, and that when streets were constructed that connect Jamestown Regional Medical Center to the U.S. Highway 281 area near Walmart and the Buffalo Mall, the amount of traffic utilizing exit 257 would be reduced.
At the Wednesday evening public meeting at City Hall, new retail shopping opportunities and another railroad overpass led topics under discussion.
Jamestown City Engineer Reed Schwartzkopf said one possible location for an overpass that has received a lot of discussion is 12th Avenue Southeast. He estimated the project would require two or three construction seasons to complete and would impact the neighborhood with additional traffic.
Shukert said part of the overpass project could include rerouting Highway 20 to avoid the downtown area and connect to 12th Avenue, further reducing traffic through downtown and allow for more pedestrian-friendly features as part of a downtown revitalization.
Meanwhile Shukert said he anticipated more retail stores as the community’s population grows. His estimates place the Jamestown population growing by about 2,500 by 2020 and 7,000 by 2040.
Jamestown (CSi) Officials with Great River Energy report, that a full staff has been hired at Spiritwood Station for the coal-fired generating plant, and preparations are on-going for startup later this summer.
Officials don’t see new draft rules concerning carbon emissions from coal-fired generating plants as an obstacle to starting operations at Spiritwood Station this fall.
GRE Vice President and General Counsel, Eric Olsen, said,”We will be going online on November 1st.”
He adds that The draft rules by the Environmental Protection Agency require states to implement guidelines to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide by 2030. The proposed rules are currently in a 120-day comment period.
He says the rules, have “No effect on the Spiritwood Station.”
Plant construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2011.
Spiritwood Station is a combined heat and power facility that will generate up to 99 megawatts of electricity and supply steam heat to the Cargill Malt plant and Dakota Spirit AgEnergy ethanol plant now under construction at Spiritwood.
The ethanol plant is slated to begin operations during the first quarter of 2015.
Jamestown (CSi) The 20th Annual Kite Festival will be three days in Jamestown June 6-8, 2014.
The event is free to the public, at Meidinger Park Field (17th ST. & 17th AVE. S.W.)
The Kite Festival is sponsored by Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department and the “Wings on Strings” Kite Club.
Guest Appearances by the 180 GO – Kite Team
On June 6—12pm– 8pm Learn Kiting from the Pros
On June 7—10:30am—4pm Kids Kite Building
Concessions, Music and Door Prizes, Inflatable Air Games by Victory Lutheran Church
June 8— 10:30am-4pm Concessions, Music and Door Prizes
Jamestown Parks and Recreation notes, that Kite Fest has become a premier kiting event, attracting kite enthusiasts from across the country and Canada. The event is free and open to everyone. Events include fun contests for kids, kite making, demonstrations, door prizes and music.
For more information call Jamestown Parks and Recreation at 252-3982, Mike Gee at 952-1965 or Chris Dodson at 251-9212. Visit the Wings on Strings website at www.wingsonstrings.org <http://www.wingsonstrings.org>.
ABOUT THE KITE BUILDING CLASS
The “Wings on Strings” Kite Club and the Parks and Recreation Department will be conducting a kite building class during the Kite Festival, June 7th. Materials will be provided. Children 8 years old and under must be accompanied by an adult. You will be able to fly your kite after the Kite Building Class.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – Wahpeton police are investigating the armed robbery of a Tesoro convenience store.
Sgt. Dan Nordick says the robber entered the store about 2:30 a.m. Thursday, brandished a pistol and demanded money from the cash register.
The clerk complied, and the robber fled with an undetermined amount of money.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A fifth person has been charged in the March stabbing death of a Fargo man.
Lalece (lah-LEES’) Slack is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. Authorities say Slack set up a fake drug deal to lure 26-year-old Rolandas House to the parking lot of a south Fargo grocery store.
House was stabbed to death by 19-year-old Wade Garrett, who has been sentenced to 24 years in prison.
Forty-six-year-old Arlen Clapper and his children, 19-year-old Alexander Clapper and 22-year-old Tamara Clapper, are charged for their roles in the case.
Tamara Clapper was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An interim suspension has been lifted against a Grand Forks attorney who was cleared on charges he conspired to kill a confidential informant, but Henry Howe won’t be able to practice law for a few more months.
The criminal complaint accusing the 73-year-old Howe first of murder conspiracy and then of witness tampering was dropped last month after the credibility of a key witness was questioned. Howe was suspended on Jan. 31.
The state Supreme Court last week approved a motion by its disciplinary counsel to drop the interim suspension resulting from the conspiracy charge, but noted that Howe must still serve out another suspension stemming from an immigration case.
The court in March banned Howe from practicing for six months when justices ruled he failed to provide proper representation.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – DNA evidence might be key to solving the mysterious killing of a Minot State University student seven years ago.
Anita Knutson was found stabbed to death in her apartment on June 4, 2007. Investigators were unable to solve the crime and it now is officially classified as a cold case.
But authorities did recover some DNA evidence. Police Lt. Jason Sundbakken says if the killer should ever get arrested for another crime and have his or her DNA put into a national database, that could be the break investigators need.
Sundbakken also says that with many cold cases, “it is just a matter of getting lucky with a tip.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The nation’s top law enforcement official is making a rare visit to North Dakota.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is the keynote speaker Thursday at a tribal conference on the campus of United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck.
North Dakota U.S. Timothy Purdon says it’s the first time a sitting attorney general has visited Bismarck since Robert F. Kennedy addressed the National Congress of American Indians in September 1963.
Purdon says Holder’s visit is fitting because the Department of Justice is committed to improving public safety on reservations.
Holder is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. Thursday at the James Henry Community Center on the UTTC campus.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Nearly two times as many same-sex couples from North Dakota have filed for marriage licenses across the border in Clay County than Minnesotans have. Deputy Recorder Lisa Kunze says 40 of the 68 same-sex marriage licenses filed in the county have been between two North Dakotans. Five more involved one North Dakota resident. Same-sex marriage became legal in Minnesota in August.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A train equipped with four oil tankers and two classroom cars is making a whistle stop at the Port of Albany as part of a multi-state tour providing enhanced safety training in response to increased shipments of North Dakota crude oil.
Albany has become a major hub for shipping the crude oil, which arrives daily in hundreds of tank cars to be shipped down the Hudson River to New Jersey refineries. A massive expansion in the volume of crude oil rail transport has raised safety concerns in the aftermath of several major accidents, including one in Quebec that killed 47 people.
As part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation earlier this year, railroads are offering increased emergency response training. The CSX Safety Train is conducting training at Albany Thursday.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota is holding a groundbreaking ceremony for its new School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
The event is slated for Thursday.
The $122 million school will be built on an 8.25-acre plot of land at North Columbia Road and Gateway Drive.
UND officials hope to complete construction by July 2016.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The University of Mary in Bismarck is set to start offering a doctorate of nursing practice degree at its School of Health Sciences.
The new offering is the university’s second doctoral degree. The university previously only offered a doctorate in physical therapy. That physical therapy doctorate program was started in 2003.
University of Mary announced the new doctoral degree in a statement on Tuesday.
Nursing division director of graduate and distance education Dr. Billie Madler says the new program will help address the shortage of primary care professionals in the state and amplify the university’s educational opportunities.
The first doctoral class is expected to graduate in May 2016.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Land Board is awarding $18 million in grants to fund airport and infrastructure improvement projects in the state’s oil patch.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple announced there grants Wednesday.
Dalrymple’s office says $9.1 million will go to infrastructure improvement in 13 western North Dakota cities.
Another $8.9 million will go to airport improvement and expansion projects in Williston, Watford City, Crosby, New Town, Bowman and Mohall.
The Land Board’s grants to North Dakota airports are in addition to the more than $18 million in federal grants the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded state airports in May and June.
The infrastructures of western North Dakota’s towns have struggled to keep up with sharp population growth in recent years brought on by the oil boom.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has lifted a burn ban on the Oahe Wildlife Management Area south of Bismarck-Mandan. Officials prohibited open burning earlier this spring because of the potential for wildfires in the heavily wooded recreation area along the Missouri River. County burn restrictions will still apply.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Two people with knowledge of the decision tell The Associated Press that Flip Saunders is moving out of the front office to coach the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Saunders was hired last season as president of basketball operations. After the team’s search to replace the retired Rick Adelman was snagged by Kevin Love’s uncertain future in Minnesota, it was determined that Saunders should step in to coach the team. The people requested anonymity Thursday because the team has not officially announced the move.
Saunders coached the team from 1995-2005. He has taken the Timberwolves to the only eight playoff appearances in franchise history, including the Western Conference finals in 2004.
Saunders will continue to work with GM Milt Newton in the front office while handling coaching duties.
AA…
Fargo-Moorhead 5, Lincoln 4, 1st gam
Lincoln 3, Fargo-Moorhead 2, 8 innings, 2nd game
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Oswaldo Arcia drove in four runs to push the Minnesota Twins past Milwaukee 6-4 last night for their seventh win in the last eight meetings with the Brewers. Arcia hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning. Josh Willingham forced in a run with a bases-loaded walk in the fifth inning before setting up Arcia’s go-ahead single with a two-out double.
Final Seattle 2 Atlanta 0
Final Miami 5 Tampa Bay 4
Final St. Louis 5 Kansas City 2, 11 Innings
Final Chi White Sox 2 L.A. Dodgers 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Cleveland 7 Boston 4, 12 Innings
Final Oakland 7 N-Y Yankees 4
Final Toronto 8 Detroit 2
Final Baltimore 6 Texas 5
Final L.A. Angels 4 Houston 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final San Diego 3 Pittsburgh 2
Final Washington 8 Philadelphia 4
Final San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 2
Final Chi Cubs 5 N-Y Mets 4
Final Arizona 16 Colorado 8
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
LOS ANGELES (AP)-For the third straight year, the opener of the Stanley Cup Finals went overtime. When it was over, the L.A. Kings had beaten the New York Rangers 3-2 on Justin Williams’ game-winner 4:36 into OT.
NBA…
NEW YORK (AP) – Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant capped his MVP season by being the lone unanimous choice to the All-NBA first team. Durant was a first-teamer on all 125 ballots, and made the top squad for the fifth time. Miami’s LeBron James got 124 first-team votes on the way to being selected for the eighth time, while the Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Paul earned his fourth first-team selection. Houston’s James Harden and Chicago’s Joakim Noah (JOH’-keem NOH’-ah) are first-time first-team choices.
Second-team All-NBA selections were San Antonio’s Tony Parker, Golden State’s Stephen (STEF’-ihn) Curry, the Clippers’ Blake Griffin, Houston’s Dwight Howard and Minnesota’s Kevin Love.
Portland’s Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge, Phoenix’s Goran Dragic (GOHR’-uhn DRAH’-gitch), Indiana’s Paul George and Charlotte’s Al Jefferson were third-team selections.
Love was second team pick for the second time in his career after he averaged a franchise-record 26.1 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. The only other player in Timberwolves history with multiple All-NBA honors was Kevin Garnett with eight.
SAN ANTONIO (AP)- After losing the NBA title in seven games to the Miami Heat last season, the San Antonio Spurs pointed all year toward getting a rematch. That rematch starts tonight in Game One of the NBA Finals, the 13th time that two championship series teams from the year before are meeting again in the Finals.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The NBA has found a way out of the Donald Sterling situation.
An attorney for the embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner says Sterling has agreed to sign off on selling the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for what would be a record $2 billion, according to his attorney. Sterling bought the team for $12 million in 1981.
Sterling “has made an agreement with the NBA to resolve all their differences” and as co-owner has given his consent to a deal that was negotiated by his wife, Shelly Sterling, to sell the team, said attorney Maxwell Blecher.
NFL…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – The San Francisco 49ers have made Colin Kaepernick (KAP’-ur-nihk) their franchise quarterback for the long haul. One of the NFL’s most dynamic young signal-callers, Kaepernick received a $126 million, six-year contract extension — including $61 million in guaranteed money– that keeps him with the organization through the 2020 season.
NEW YORK (AP) – If the NFL’s use of Roman numerals for the Super Bowl has been confusing over the years, you’re going to get a break in 2016. The 50th edition of the Super Bowl will be played in Santa Clara, Calif., and the league says it will be called “Super Bowl 50”, not “Super Bowl L.”
In 2017, the league will revert to Roman numerals, referring to the 51st edition as “Super Bowl LI.” The NFL first started using Roman numerals for the fifth Super Bowl in 1971.
TENNIS…
PARIS (AP) – Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany won the mixed doubles title at the French Open by defeating eighth-seeded Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Julia Goerges of Germany 4-6, 6-2, 10-7 on Thursday.
Zimonjic and Goerges took the opening set when the Serb hit a forehand return winner off Rojer’s serve.
Rojer and Groenefeld evened the match as Goerges dropped serve twice in the second set. They won four straight points in the Champions tiebreaker to lead 5-2 before clinching the victory when Goerges netted a backhand volley.
BELMONT…
NEW YORK (AP) – California Chrome is the 3-5 early favorite to win the Belmont Stakes and become horse racing’s 12th Triple Crown champion. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner will break from the No. 2 post under Victor Espinoza on Saturday at Belmont Park. Eleven Belmont winners have come out of that post, the last being Tabasco Cat in 1994.
Wicked Strong was the 6-1 second choice and drew post No. 9 while Tonalist was made the third betting choice at 8-1 odds and will break from the No. 11 post.
Eleven horses were entered to take on California Chrome in his bid to win the Triple Crown for the first time since Affirmed swept the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1978.
MLB…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -Former major league manager, coach and player Don Zimmer has died. He was 83. Zimmer spent more than 60 years in baseball. He was a senior adviser for the Tampa Bay Rays, who announced his death.
Zimmer died Wednesday. He had been in a rehabilitation center in Florida since having heart surgery in mid-April.
Zimmer played for the only Brooklyn Dodgers team to win the World Series in 1955, played for the original New York Mets in 1962, nearly managed the Boston Red Sox to a championship in the 1970s and was Joe Torre’s right-hand man with the New York Yankees’ most recent dynasty. He was a lifetime .235 hitter from 1954-65. He also was a manager for 13 seasons.
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig (SEE’-lihg) called Zimmer “a memorable contributor to baseball for more than 60 years,” adding: “Don was the kind of person you could only find in the National Pastime.’
Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg called Zimmer “a national treasure and a wonderful man.”
In world and national news…
HAILEY, Idaho (AP) – A woman who lives next door to Bowe Bergdahl’s family in Idaho says some of the reaction to his release amounts to a “modern-day lynching.” Lee Ann Ferris says Bergdahl has “already suffered enough,” and that the community “will welcome him back no matter what.” But the town of Hailey has canceled plans for a celebration later this month marking his return from five years of Taliban captivity in Afghanistan. The town has been swamped with hate mail and angry calls from those who believe Bergdahl was a deserter who should be punished.
NEW YORK (AP) – Authorities in New York City say 34 people have been injured overnight in a fire on Staten Island. They say 23 firefighters and 11 civilians suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious. Nearly all were taken to the hospital but none of the injuries is considered life-threatening. A Fire Department spokesman says the blaze consumed three, 2-story townhouses.
DOVER, Del. (AP) – Delaware’s governor plans a visit today to the site where an Interstate 495 bridge has been closed — possibly for weeks. State officials believe a mountain of dirt that has been dumped next to the interstate over the past few years may have caused the bridge to tilt. The dirt is now about two stories high and 100 yards long. The contractor is working with state officials to remove it.
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The pilot of a Navy jet is hospitalized in stable condition after ejecting as the jet was preparing for a late-night landing on an aircraft carrier off the southern California coast. The jet crashed into the sea. It was the second military aircraft crash in the area yesterday. Earlier, a Marin Harriet jet crashed in flames in a residential area, but no one was hurt. The pilot safely ejected.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – For the first time in more than two weeks, searchers have recovered the body of a victim from the April sinking of a South Korean ferry. That brings the death toll to 289, with another 15 people still missing. The body was found today in waters 25 miles from the capsized vessel.
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