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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE MORNING. HIGHS AROUND 80. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.LABOR DAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
ACTIVE WEATHER TO THE REGION OVER THE LABOR DAY
WEEKEND, WITH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND A BIT SOGGY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ON SUNDAY. THEN A SLIGHT THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – The mother of a North Dakota State College of Science student who was missing for two months before his body was found says she believes her son was murdered.
KFGO-AM reports Tammy Sadek says her son was not suicidal. She is calling on North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenhjem to investigate his death.
The body of Andrew Sadek was pulled from the Red River in late June. An autopsy report released Saturday shows Sadek died of a gunshot wound to the head.
The autopsy says it was “undetermined” how the gunshot was inflicted, and the toxicology drug test was negative. The report shows he died May 3.
Police released an arrest warrant for Sadek after he’d been missing several days. Police alleged Sadek sold marijuana twice to a police informant.
Jamestown (CSi) A Jamestown woman has been charged with theft and providing false information to law enforcement officers in a case related to Chad Gourneau.
35 year old Sarah Gray, was charged Monday in Southeast District Court in Jamestown with theft of property, a Class C felony, and with providing false information or report to law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor.
Gray is an acquaintance of 38 year old Chad Gourneau, of Jamestown who was previously charged with burglary and five counts of theft of property after he allegedly stole items from homes he was working in for Pioneer Plumbing and Heating of Jamestown.
She is presently free on bond with her initial court appearance is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. today bin front of Judge Thomas Merrick.
The maximum penalty for a Class C felony is five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. A Class A misdemeanor has a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $3,000 fine.
Jamestown (CSi) Architect JLG has released the rendering of the new James River Valley Library. The view is looking east across 1st Ave. at the corner of 3rd St. The main entrance is on grade, no steps. Parking is on the north side of the addition. The rendering is posted on line at CsiNewsNow.com
A news release from James River Valley Library System Development Director Bill Kennedy says the new library combines an approximate 17,000 sqare foot state of the art addition to the renovated 11,000 sf Alfred Dickey facility. It takes advantage of today’s electronic innovations while preserving the beauty and heritage of the 1919 design.
The estimated cost of the new facility is $9,000,000. An initiative for a ¼% sales tax will be on the November 4th, 2014 ballot for city and county approval. The ¼% sales tax will cost the average Stutsman County family $33.75 a year according to the state tax office.
The target date for the grand opening is September 1, 2016.
The primary service that the public library provides is as the center of a community’s learning network, a learning network that serves pre-school through high school, college through seniors. The library provides the tools for every Stutsman County child, teen, adult and senior to acquire new skills. The library helps people connect to commerce, government and each other, with new devices and technologies while providing printed materials and access to research archives.
The key word is “ALL.” Not every child or adult has access to the internet, a smart phone or tablet. The library is crucial to those who do not have access to the latest electronic device. The library provides a balance of traditional materials, printed books, and internet access for learning.
Think about Louis L’Amour at the beginning of his life as a constant visitor to the Alfred Dickey Library. He credits AD in Education of a Wandering Man with giving him the learning tools he needed to become one of America’s greatest writers.
The next Louis L’Amour could be the first person to walk into the new James River Valley Library.
The new library will act as a catalyst for revitalizing downtown Jamestown. Studies show that whenever a new library is opened, patronage goes up, circulation goes up and the rest of the neighborhood and the community become more attractive to new talent and investment dollars.
For more information about the plans for the new library, go towww.jamesriverlibrary.org, call Bill Kennedy at 701-252-2217, or e-mail Bill at billkennedy0@gmail.com
Jamestown (CSi) The first day of school Monday at Jamestown Public Schools showed 2,181 students enrolled as of Tuesday, compared to 2,104 on May 22, the last day of school for the 2013-2014 school year.
999 students are in kindergarten through grade five, up 15 from last year; 507 in grades six through eight, 22 more than last year; and 675 in grades nine through 12, a 27-student increase.
Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent Rob Lech says, “Based on preliminary calculations, we will be very close to receiving a rapid enrollment grant. Over the biennium, $13 million is set aside for these grants with about $7.5 remaining.”
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center’s 4th Annual Oktoberfest is set for Saturday September 13, 2014 at the Stutsman County fairgrounds, starting at 5:30-p.m
Tickets are $25 and available at Cork & Barrel in Jamestown, the Arts Center, Arts Center board member, and at the gate.
The evening will include German food, beer German style music and more.
The Arts Center Oktoberfest celebration is a fundraising event organized by the Arts Center’s Board of Directors. All proceeds to to support programming at the Jamestown Arts Center.
Valley City (CSi) The Music Hall of Fame Recognition Banquet will honor two Valley City State University alumni — John Reed (in memoriam) and Myron Sommerfeld.
The banquet will be held September 27, 2014 at the Valley City Town & Country Club.
A social hour will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 6:30 p.m. T
All VCSU alumni are invited to attend this event.
Tickets are $35 per person. Contact Paula Larson in the VCSU Department of Music office by emailing paula.larson@vcsu.edu or calling (701) 845-7272.
Payment must be received no later than Sept. 12. Tickets will not be available at the door.
The evening is anticipated to be filled with memories and stories, celebrating the service of those individuals to VCSU and the musical culture of North Dakota and beyond.
Reed spent more than 25 years as the choir director at Valley City State University. He taught in California and North Dakota and spent five years at Valley City Junior-Senior High School before working at VCSU. While at VCSU, Reed directed the Concert Choir, University Singers and taught voice. Reed also served as director of the VCSU Christmas Madrigal Dinner Concerts, the 1986 “Christmas Masterpieces” productions of Bach Magnificat and the opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors” and the 1987 VCSU Choral Union presentation of Handel’s “Messiah.” Reed frequently served as an adjudicator, clinician and massed choir director throughout North Dakota.
Sommerfeld attended Valley City State College and graduated in 1962. He would later go on to earn his master’s in music education from the University of North Dakota in 1973. He taught music in North Dakota for more than 25 years. He has been in the music business for 58 years and is still performing with his band Myron Sommerfeld and His Music. Sommerfeld writes and arranges every piece of music that his band performs. His many accomplishments include having his composition, “Stepping Out,” chosen as the theme song for National Ballroom Dance Week in 1992 and having his orchestra voted as “The Outstanding Band” by the National Ballroom & Entertainment Association. His band has played for several governors and has toured throughout the Midwest and into Canada.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – No one was hurt in an early morning fire at an apartment building in Fargo.
The Fire Department says the blaze was reported about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, and all occupants were safety evacuated.
Officials say there was structural damage in two apartment units and smoke damage in two others. The total damage was estimated at about $225,000.
The cause of the first was not immediately determined.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train carrying unscented propane derailed near Canada’s border with Minnesota and North Dakota early Tuesday.
Manitoba RCMP media relations officer Tara Seel says the RCMP responded to a train derailment in Emerson at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. She adds no leaks have been detected and there were no injuries.
Seel says the train was carrying unscented propane, prompting the evacuation of approximately 40 people who lived within 110 yards of the site. RCMP says the train crossed into Canada from Minnesota.
Andrew Kirking is the emergency manager of Pembina County on the North Dakota side of the border. He says the train derailed about 100 yards into Canada but did not affect the nearby North Dakota town of Pembina.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Bismarck Civic Center might be getting a new name – the Bismarck Event Center.
The City Commission has approved seeking offers for a second marquee and also has accepted the concept of renaming the building that’s undergoing a $27 million expansion. A decision on a new name is not final.
Commissioners agree with Civic Center Manager Charlie Jeske (JEHS’-kee) that the “civic center” name might indicate limited options, and they want to convey that the complex can host many events including conventions and concerts.
Jeske will draft a new marketing plan for the expanded facility and present it to the commission for approval.
FESSENDEN, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Department of Transportation says roadwork is set to begin Thursday on U.S. Highway 52 between Harvey and Fessenden.
In a statement, the Department of Transportation says motorists should be advised of oil and loose rock on the road.
North Dakota Highway 3 will also be affected north of Harvey until the junction with North Dakota Highway 19.
Speeds will be reduced to 45 mph and the Department of Transportation says motorists can expect delays of up to 15 minutes. They expect the project to be completed in mid-September.
TIOGA, N.D. (AP) – Oklahoma-based Oneok (WUHN’-ohk) Partners is continuing to increase its natural gas processing capacity in the western North Dakota oil patch.
The company says its Garden Creek II plant in eastern McKenzie County is now operational, and capable of processing 100 million cubic feet of natural gas daily.
About one-third of North Dakota’s natural gas is burned off and wasted in a process called flaring, due to a lack of infrastructure. Oneok President and CEO Terry Spencer says the Garden Creek plant will help reduce flaring.
Oneok has other facilities in North Dakota and earlier this summer announced plans for a seventh gas plant that’s expected to be complete in 2016. That factory, in northeastern McKenzie County, will bring Oneok’s total investment in North Dakota to about $4 billion.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota officials have approved the engineering and bidding process for a new water storage facility project near Bismarck. The facility in McKenzie would store up to 2 million gallons of water. Officials estimate it will cost $2 million.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The public works director in the steadily growing North Dakota oil patch hub of Williston says he needs help finding workers.
David Tuan is asking the city to allow him to create a human resources manager position. He says there currently are 30 open positions in the department, including an operations manager. That’s the No. 2 position in the department.
Tuan says the skill set needed for public works jobs is similar to the skill set needed for a wide range of oilfield jobs, and he needs help finding workers.
City Auditor John Kautzman said Fargo doesn’t use its human resources manager to help with hiring, but more for policy management. Mayor Howard Klug scoffed at the comparison, saying, “We’re a different dog than Fargo.”
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Forest Service is reminding people to take their trash home with them when visiting public lands.
The plea comes after employees picked up half a ton of garbage from a 48-acre area of the Little Missouri National Grasslands in western North Dakota.
Trash picked up by McKenzie Ranger District employees near Watford City included beverage cans, a broken lawnmower, vehicle parts, used ammunition, destroyed road signs and broken gas cans.
The garbage filled a flatbed trailer and three pickup truck beds. Some was taken to a recycling center and the rest to a dump. The Forest Service says the trash came from target shooters, hunters, people on off-highway vehicles and in campers, and from people using the area as a dumping grounds.
In sports…
PREP FOOTBALL
Beach 66, Trenton/Trinity Christian 26
Cavalier 26, Kindred 6
Divide County 48, Kenmare-Bowbells-Burke Central 12
Grant County-Flasher 54, Hettinger/Scranton 26
Hankinson 40, Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran 8
LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 38, Sargent Central 0
New Town 18, Parshall-White Shield 0
North Prairie 48, Bottineau 7
North Star 47, New Rockford-Sheyenne 30
Richardton-Taylor-Hebron 52, Mott-Regent 12
Richland 48, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 6
Shiloh Christian 66, Center-Stanton 14
St. John 40, Dunseith 8
Strasburg-Zeeland 22, Napoleon 6
Thompson 33, Benson County 6
Towner-Granville-Upham 52, Drake/Anamoose 14
Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn 28, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 8
Williams County 12, Stanley-Powers Lake 6
AA…
Kansas City 3, Fargo-Moorhead 2
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final L.A. Angels 8 Miami 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Alex Gordon hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give Kansas City a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins yesterday. The Royals had been shut down all night by the Twins’ Ricky Nolasco. But the AL Central leaders managed to break through against closer Glen Perkins in the ninth. Wade Davis earned the win with a perfect ninth inning in relief.
Final Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 2
Final Boston 11 Toronto 7, 11 Innings
Final Detroit 5 N-Y Yankees 2
Final Cleveland 8 Chi White Sox 6, 10 Innings
Final Houston 4 Oakland 2
Final Seattle 5 Texas 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 2
Final Philadelphia 4 Washington 3
Final N-Y Mets 3 Atlanta 2
Final Chi Cubs 3 Cincinnati 0
Final L.A. Dodgers 9 Arizona 5
Final San Diego 4 Milwaukee 1
Final San Francisco 3 Colorado 0
WNBA BASKETBALL
Final Chicago 81 Atlanta 80
NBA…
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) – Andrew Wiggins and the rest of the new Timberwolves got a warm welcome to Minnesota at the state fair. Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and Thaddeus Young were introduced on Tuesday after being acquired in last weekend’s three-team deal that sent All-Star forward Kevin Love to Cleveland. Huge crowds turned out for the introductory press conference.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The newest Minnesota Timberwolves are pitching in to help the Lynx push toward another championship.
Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett, Zach LaVine and Thaddeus Young have purchased a total of 500 tickets for Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday. The upper level tickets will be available for free to those who call the Lynx ticket office.
Wiggins, Bennett and Young were acquired in the trade that sent Kevin Love to Cleveland. LaVine was the team’s first-round pick in the June draft.
The first 250 fans who call the Lynx ticket office at 612-673-8400 starting at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday can claim two tickets.
The Lynx open the highly anticipated series on Friday in Phoenix.
Kevin Love says Cleveland Cavaliers fans shouldn’t worry about the opt-out clause in his contract.
The newly-acquired forward can become a free agent next summer after just one season with the Cavs. However, he said at a news conference on Tuesday that he intends to stay with LeBron James and the team.
Love never made the playoffs during his six seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who acquired Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett in the deal that sent Love to Cleveland. Wiggins and Bennett are the last two No. 1 picks in the NBA draft.
BASKETBALL-TEAM USA…
LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands (AP) – Anthony Davis scored 18 points and teamed with forward Kenneth Faried (fehr-EED’) to dominate the inside, leading the U.S. national team to a 101-71 victory over Slovenia in its final exhibition game before the FIBA World Cup of Basketball.
Faried finished with 14 points for the Americans, who now head to Bilbao, Spain for their tournament opener Saturday against Finland.
TENNIS…
U.S. OPEN…
NEW YORK (AP) – Five-time champion and No. 2 seed Roger Federer has won his first-round match at the U.S. Open. So has two-time defending women’s champ Serena Williams.
Playing in his record 60th consecutive Grand Slam tournament and seeking his 18th major title, Federer posted a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 win over 76th-ranked Marinko Matosevic of Australia.
The top-seeded Williams struggled early in her match before blowing past fellow American Taylor Townsend, 6-3, 6-1.
Fourth seed David Ferrer needed four sets to advance to the second round. Ferrer is joined by 10th seed Kei Nishikori (kay nih-shih-KOHR’-ee), 12th seed Richard Gasquet (gas-KAY’) and No. 13 John Isner.
The biggest upset of the day was authored by CiCi Bellis, who ousted women’s 12th seed Dominika Cibulkova (see-bul-KOH’-vah) in three sets. The 15-year-old Bellis became the youngest player to win a U.S. Open match since 1996.
Winners on the women’s side include third seed Petra Kvitova (kuh-VIT’-oh-vah), seventh seed Eugenie Bouchard (yoo-JEE’-nee boo-SHAHRD’), No. 8 Ana Ivanovic (ee-VAH’-noh-vihch) and No. 16 Victoria Azarenka.
Americans Madison Keys, Varvara Lepchenko, Shelby Rogers, Christina McHale and CoCo Vandeweghe also won their opening-round matches.
NASCAR-2015 SCHEDULE…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Darlington Raceway will return to its traditional Labor Day weekend date next season in one of the few significant changes to NASCAR’s 2015 Sprint Cup Series schedule. Darlington was accommodated by Atlanta Motor Speedway, which gave up the date and will go back to hosting the second race of the season on March 1. NASCAR also has pushed back the second Daytona race of the season from Saturday, July 4 to Sunday, July 5 for next season only.
In world and national news…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Philadelphia police are investigating the discovery of two bodies in a river along with a third man who says he made it out after being abducted, bound, robbed, stabbed and thrown into the water. Chief Inspector Scott Small says officers were called to the Schuylkill (SKOO’-kul) River in Fairmount Park just before 4 a.m. The 20-year-old man found with stab wounds said he had been abducted in a different part of the city. He’s hospitalized.
BOSTON (AP) – A freed U.S. journalist says he’s very moved at all the expressions of support from people as he made his way back to the United States. Journalist Peter Theo Curtis was freed by the al-Nusra Front extremist group in Syria where he had been held hostage for 22 months. He also says he is “deeply indebted” to the U.S. officials who worked to get him released.
BERLIN (AP) – A scientist from Senegal is being treated in Germany for Ebola. The World Health Organization says the man was working for them in Sierra Leone when he was infected. A Hamburg health department spokesman the city’s UKE hospital “has the capabilities to carry out this kind of treatment.” WHO says more than 240 health care workers in four West African countries have gotten sick and half have died.
GENEVA (AP) – The independent U.N. commission on Syrian war crimes is accusing the Islamic State group of widespread and systematic killings that add up to crimes against humanity. The four-member commission also says the forces of President Bashar Assad continue to perpetrate crimes against humanity through massacres and other atrocities.
JERUSALEM (AP) – After more than seven weeks of fighting in the Gaza Strip, Israel and Hamas have settled for an ambiguous interim agreement to stop shooting, though little else changes. Hamas remains in control of Gaza. Israel and Egypt will maintain a blockade despite Hamas’ long-running demand that the border restrictions be lifted. But the open-ended cease-fire appears to be holding today.
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