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REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID
80S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL REMAIN NON SEVERE.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NDDOT…
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING…
PATCHY FOG OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST…SOUTH CENTRAL…AND
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
UNDER ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 94 IN THE
BEACH…DICKINSON…BISMARCK…AND JAMESTOWN AREAS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT TO RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. THE FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE
BY MID MORNING.
Valley City (CSi) At a public informational meeting to review flood wall options for Phase One, of the permanent flood protection project, Monday, residents received information from Valley City and KLJ officials .
About 40 people were on hand, athe VCSU Skoal Room.
The Valley City commission will vote on approval of one option, either at the August 5, 2014 regular city commission meeting or early in September.
Bids will be let for contractors at that time.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police is asking the public if they have information concerning items a Jamestown plumbing business employee has admitted he took for homes that he worked in.
Chad Gourneau has apologized after he admitted to stealing from people’s homes.
Gourneau was arrested after police found he had stolen nearly $20,000 in coins, jewelry and silver while doing plumbing, heating, and cooling work inside residents homes.
Valley News Live reported that two Jamestown residents called their Whistleblower Hotline after they had found that Gourneau had worked in their home.
Gourneau has been cooperating with police since being caught, and admitted to have stolen from at least 12 houses
Jamestown Police believe he’s stolen from more.
He was formerly employed at Pioneer Plumbing in Jamestown.
There are still items that have been recovered. Anyone missing items or know someone who is missing items from the incident, are asked contact the Jamestown Police t at 701-252-2414.
Jamestown (CSi) David Kuhn is running to call attention to those with Cystic Fibrosis.
The 62 year old Kuhn, who is blind, passed through Jamestown on an 11,000 mile 18 month run, to increase awareness of the disease affecting his 12 year old granddaughter, Kylie.
On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Kuhn said, he started from Seattle, enroute to Bangor, Maine, then south Jacksonville, Florida, west to San Diego, and north, back to Seattle.
He finds a running guide to help him “see” along the way, and runs a scenic route, or track.
He’s running the track at the University of Jamestown, along with other scenic routes in Jamestown.
As of Tuesday morning Kuhn, who is also a marathon runner, had covered about 75 miles in Jamestown.
Kuhn also travels by bus or by car besides running.
Also on our show was Nellie Degen, who is helping Kuhn coordinate running guides while he’s in Jamestown.
Cystic Fibrosis is an illness primarily affects the lungs and digestive system.
So far, Kuhn has raised more than $3,400 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a nonprofit headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, that funds CF research.
For more information, visit Kuhn’s blog or his Facebook page, facebook.com/itsallicando.
For more on cystic fibrosis, visit www.cff.org.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Buffalo Mall is again sponsoring their annual Back to School “Stuff the Bus” program.
A bus is placed inside the main entrance of the mall and will remain there until August 15th.
Donations for the bus can also be delivered to Gate City Bank. School supplies are encouraged to be donated for area children in need. The mall’s goal is to fill the bus with backpacks, folders, notebooks and everything a child needs for going back to school.
Community Action Region VI will be receiving the school supplies and distributing them to children in need this fall. For more information contact the Buffalo Mall office at 701-251-2237.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism Board of Directors will meet next month to establish four to six strategic tourism goals.
On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 Jamestown Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund said, eight to ten goals will be established by a tourism board committee that will become Jamestown Tourism’s new three-year strategic plan.
Swedlund said Jamestown Tourism just completed rebranding, and the information the board gathered from the rebranding process should be used by board members when coming up with goals for the strategic plan.
In other business, the tourism board, approved the Jamestown Tourism Executive Advisory Board reviewing applicants for membership on the Jamestown Tourism Board of Directors and make a recommendation for appointments.
The board also authorized Swedlund to obtain a cost estimate for trademarking Jamestown Tourism’s logo, “Discover Jamestown.”
Tourism board President Alden Kollman said trademarking the logo is essential, enabling organizations wanting to utilize “Discover Jamestown,” on a website or in print, how the logo can be uesd, including approved accompanying color schemes.
NAPOLEON, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota farmer has died in a grain bin accident.
A Logan County sheriff says Marvin Grenz of Napoleon died Saturday after being buried in grain for nearly 40 minutes.
He was found by family members who called police. Emergency responders say they retrieved his body after eight minutes.
The sheriff says everyone will miss the Grenz’s smile.
It’s the second grain bin death the town has seen in less than a year.
Bismarck (CSi) The NDDOT reports that beginning this week, crews will be working on culverts along I- 94 three miles east of the Oriska Interchange.
During construction:
* Speeds will be reduced to 55 mph
* One lane closure will be in place in the eastbound direction
* One lane closure will be in place in the westbound direction
* 15-foot width restrictions will be in place
The project is expected to take approximately two months.
For more information about construction projects and road conditions throughout North Dakota, call 511 from any type of phone or visit the Travel Information Map on the NDDOT website at www.dot.nd.gov
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man is in custody in West Fargo after allegedly leading police on a chase, ramming a squad car and trying to force his way into a home.
Authorities allege that the 25-year-old suspect also threw a backpack containing a loaded gun and a bolt cutter during the foot chase.
The incident began as a traffic stop about 1 a.m. Wednesday. After police put the driver in a squad car while they identified him, the suspect allegedly slid into the driver’s seat of the suspect vehicle and took off, ramming a squad car and crashing into a road sign a few blocks away.
Formal charges were not immediately filed against the suspect, who authorities say is also wanted on a Minnesota warrant.
No one was hurt in the incident.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Mandan man who provided the methamphetamine that led to his girlfriend’s fatal overdose aims to spend his time in prison turning his life around. That’s what a lawyer for Joseph Senger says. Senger has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison. The federal case involves 13 defendants in North Dakota and South Dakota.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Essentia Health in Fargo has apologized for giving the names and mailing addresses of hundreds of patients to a private marketing company.
The breach came to light in June when about 430 patients received a letter inviting them to a seminar for people with lower back pain. At least one woman complained, and Essentia last week sent out letters acknowledging the breach and apologizing.
Essentia says no patient medical information was involved. Officials issued a statement saying Essentia takes patient privacy seriously and goes to great lengths to protect patient health information.
Essentia also says it did not sell the names and addresses, and that the marketing company has returned the information.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck is pursuing an affiliation with the Catholic Health Initiatives nonprofit.
The hospital and nonprofit say the goal would be to enhance services and improve care. Officials say that if a final agreement is reached, the affiliation could occur by the end of the year.
Catholic Health Initiatives is based in Colorado, with a division based in Fargo. It has several facilities in North Dakota, but none in Bismarck.
St. Alexius serves residents of central and western North Dakota, eastern Montana and northern South Dakota through its Bismarck hospital and facilities in several other cities. It is associated with the Benedictine Sisters of the Annunciation Monastery in Bismarck.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – An Idaho man working in the North Dakota oil patch says a trucking company is breaking federal law by failing to pay overtime.
Devon Seeling, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, has filed a civil lawsuit against Moorhead, Minnesota-based AM-PM Trucking LLC, which maintains an office in Underwood, North Dakota.
Seeling says he regularly worked more than 60 hours per week. The suit says rather than pay overtime for more than 40 hours of work, the company paid Seeling and other drivers a percentage of the revenue generated by each truckload.
The complaint seeks unspecified damages. Seeling is asking for class action status for drivers who have worked for AM-PM Trucking in the last three years.
Officials with the company could not be reached for comment.
ROSS, N.D. (AP) – State officials say a spill of 427 barrels of oil and 142 barrels of saltwater was contained and recovered at a well site in Mountrail County.
A state inspector visited the Statoil Oil & Gas site about 7 miles south of Ross. A valve failure was determined to have caused the spill that was reported Tuesday.
A barrel holds 42 gallons. Saltwater is a byproduct of oil production.
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – West Fargo officials are warning residents that a watering ban may be implemented if existing restrictions aren’t followed.
West Fargo Public Works says residents with automatic sprinkler systems should check their settings. The city’s policy allows for lawn watering based on a property’s address. Odd numbered addresses are allowed to water lawns on odd days of the month, and vice versa.
The department says watering shouldn’t be done between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. because up to 30 percent of the water used then is evaporated. It says such watering is costly and a waste of natural resources.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A New York company is planning residential and commercial developments worth at least $65 million in the North Dakota oil patch town of Watford City.
Coltown Properties principal Israel Weinberger says his company is planning two projects on Watford City’s Main Street. The Madison Heights development will consist of seven apartment buildings and cost between $45 million and $50 million. The first three buildings will be ready for occupants this fall.
Coltown is also planning a pair of buildings at Watford City’s entrance that will house retail space and offices. Weinberger says that project will cost between $20 million and $25 million and will be ready by late 2015 or early 2016.
Watford City’s population has grown significantly in recent years as a result of North Dakota’s oil boom.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says she thinks Robert McDonald will bring a new outlook as secretary for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
McDonald was confirmed Tuesday by a vote of 97-0.
Heitkamp says the job will be tough because McDonald will have to restore the public’s trust in the VA after the recent scandal. But she says his experience in the military and as a CEO of a global company will renew transparency, accountability and reforms within the VA.
She met with McDonald last week to discuss how he would reform the VA, restore trust and focus on reaching out to veterans in rural areas. Heitkamp said he promised to work with her to improve access to services and benefits for North Dakota veterans, including Native Americans.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A state-record goldeye caught by a 9-year-old North Dakota angler might qualify as a world record.
Brayden Selzler, of Velva, reeled in a 4-pound, 12-ounce goldeye from Lake Audubon on Friday. It shattered the 1998 state record and might eclipse the world record for a kept goldeye of 3 pounds 13 ounces.
That was caught by Gary Heuer of Aberdeen, South Dakota, in Lake Oahe in August 1987.
The Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame is the keeper of world records. Spokeswoman Vicki Musiala (myoo-zee-AL’-uh) says Selzler would have to apply for a world record and meet all of the qualifications to take Heuer’s record. Selzler plans to apply.
Heuer says he won’t be disappointed if he loses the record because it would mean someone else had some good luck.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A 100-mile bicycle race is being held in western North Dakota’s Badlands along the Maah Daah Hey Trail.
The Maah Daah Hey 100 is being held on Saturday. It’s the third year for the event.
This year, the race will include options for teams and shorter distances of 25, 50 and 75 miles.
The trail is open to other users during the race.
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 5 Milwaukee 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kyle Gibson pitched seven strong innings last night to lead the Minnesota Twins past the Kansas City Royals 2-1. Gibson only allowed two hits and struck out seven to improve his record to 9-8 on the season. Eric Hosmer hit an RBI single for the Royals in the bottom of the ninth.
Final Baltimore 7 L.A. Angels 6, 12 Innings
Final Seattle 5 Cleveland 2
Final Chi White Sox 11 Detroit 4
Final Toronto 4 Boston 2
Final N-Y Yankees 12 Texas 11
Final Oakland 7 Houston 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Cincinnati 3 Arizona 0
Final Philadelphia 6 N-Y Mets 0
Final Miami 3 Washington 0
Final Chi Cubs 4 Colorado 3, 16 Innings
Final L.A. Dodgers 8 Atlanta 4
Final San Diego 3 St. Louis 1
Final Pittsburgh 3 San Francisco 1
WNBA BASKETBALL
Final Atlanta 89 Connecticut 80
Final OT New York 80 Washington 76
Final San Antonio 92 Chicago 74
Final Tulsa 80 Seattle 74
Final Phoenix 90 Los Angeles 69
MLB…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The Minnesota Twins have reached a deal with a 24-year-old pitcher who has thrown 100 mph fastballs in a California summer league, but has never been drafted. The Twins plan to send Brandon Poulson to their rookie league club in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Poulson pitched this summer for the Healdsburg Prune Packers in the collegiate Sacramento Rural League.
NHL…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Wild have re-signed right wing Justin Fontaine to a two-year contract. The deal was completed yesterday. Fontaine had 13 goals and eight assists for the Wild in 66 games last season.
NBA…
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) – Byron Scott has been reintroduced to the Los Angeles media after being named the 25th head coach of the Lakers. Scott boldly predicted a quick return to NBA title contention for the Lakers, who are coming off their worst season since moving to Los Angeles. Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jamaal Wilkes (wihlks) attended the news conference for their former teammate, who helped the 1980s Lakers win three championships.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – The National Basketball Players Association has elected Michele Roberts as executive director, making her the first woman to lead a North American pro sports union.
Roberts received 32 of 36 votes in a process that was completed in the early morning hours of Tuesday. The Washington trial lawyer defeated tech industry CEO Dean Garfield and Dallas Mavericks CEO Terdema Ussery in the final vote.
The vote capped a long and arduous process to replace Billy Hunter, who was ousted in February of 2013.
NCAA…
CHICAGO (AP) – The Associated Press has learned that the NCAA will create a $70 million fund to diagnose thousands of current and former college athletes to determine if they suffered brain trauma playing football and other contact sports. A filing in U.S. District Court in Chicago says college sports’ governing body also has agreed to implement a single return-to-play policy spelling out how all teams must treat players who received head blows. The NCAA has been accused of giving too much discretion to individual schools about when athletes can go back into games.
NASCAR…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – NASCAR has suspended Denny Hamlin’s crew chief and car chief for six races because the Joe Gibbs Racing entry failed inspection following his third-place finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The punishment means Darian Grubb and Wesley Sherrill are not eligible to return until the opening race for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, Sept. 14 at Chicago. Grubb was also fined $125,000, while Hamlin and team owner Joe Gibbs were both docked 75 points in the driver and owner standings.
SPORTS-MEDIA…
NEW YORK (AP) – ESPN says it has suspended sportscaster Stephen A. Smith for a week because of comments about domestic abuse, suggesting women should make sure they don’t provoke attacks.
Smith has apologized for the comments that were made last Friday during an on-air discussion about NFL running back Ray Rice’s suspension for assaulting his fiancee.
ESPN chief executive John Skipper said in a memo to the sports network’s staff members that Smith’s comments don’t reflect the company’s viewpoint or values.
In world and national news…
JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel’s military says it was responding to mortar fire by Hamas militants when one of its tanks fired shells into a U.N. school packed with people taking shelter. A health official says 15 people were killed and scores were wounded. Shelling and airstrikes elsewhere today are said to have killed 40 more Palestinians.
BEIRUT (AP) – New York-based Human Rights Watch charges that the Syrian government is defying the United Nations by indiscriminately bombing civilians with explosives-filled barrels. The international group says it has documented more than 650 attacks on rebel-held neighborhoods in the northern city of Aleppo since February, when the U.N. demanded an end to the use of so-called barrel bombs and other indiscriminate attacks.
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) – A Ukrainian security official says pro-Russian separatists have mined approaches to the Malaysia Airlines crash site. International observers say they turned back today after speaking with rebels. Nearby, fighting is continuing between separatist and Ukrainian forces. Local officials say 19 people have been killed in the region in the past 24 hours.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Officials in Los Angeles say the pipe to blame for spewing about eight million gallons of water yesterday is 93 years old. The 30-inch pipe sent water 30 feet into the air and opened a 15-foot hole near the UCLA campus. Firefighters with inflatable boats had to rescue at least five people from a parking garage.
FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) – The officials that operate the George Washington Bridge — which links New Jersey and Manhattan — will replace its railing with a 9-foot security fence. That’s because suicides are approaching record levels. There have been 13 suicides and 40 rescues this year, compared to 16 deaths in all of 2013.
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