wbAM5CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY…BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

 SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
 
 TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S…MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF
 AROUND 15 PERCENT…WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS COULD CREATE FIRE
 WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA ON SATURDAY.
 
 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
 THURSDAY.

 

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP,CSi) – Jamestown police say an early morning home invasion ended with a man being shot.

Lt. Justin Blinsky says the man who broke into the home, at 1115 1st Avenue North, shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday got into a confrontation with the homeowner and was shot  in the abdominal area with a handgun . He was taken toJamestown Regional Medical Center, and later tranferred to a Fargo hospital with injuries that Blinsky says do not appear to be life-threatening.

There was another male and female in the house during the incident. Blinsky says all of the people appear to know one another.

Blinsky said the doors to the house were locked and that the man who broke into the house knew the man and a female who were in the residence at the time of the incident.

The investigation is ongoing and no names of anyone involved have been released by the Jamestown Police Department.

The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, Stutsman County Narcotics Task Force and North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted at the scene.

Police are continuing to investigate  what sparked the incident, with more information as it becomes available on line at CSiNewsNow.com

 

Jamestown (CSi) Perfect weather helped attract a record crowd to The Community Block Party Thursday, in Downtown Jamestown, estimated at between 3,000 and 4,000 people.

The Party helped welcome another class of freshmen students to the University of Jamestown.With some late additions, there were about 110 booths.

Photos posted at CSiNewsNow.com and on our facebook page.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City Council committees met Thursday afternoon at City Hall.

POLICE & FIRE COMMITTEE BUSINESS:

Discussion related to possible asset forfeiture for new gun range. Police Chief Scott Edinger said the assets come from dollars seized in a drug raid. He said it amounts to about $75,000. The property being considered is a gravel pit, north of Border States Paving.

The committee recommends adding the dollar amount to the 2016 city budget as a line item, when the exact amount is known. The gun range may open in 2016.

The committee considered first reading of an ordinance to recommend the use of All-Terrain-Vehicles and Utility-Task-Vehicles in the City of Jamestown and was defeated on a 3-2 vote.  Mayor Katie Andersen and Councilman Ramone Gumke voted in favor of considering a first reading of an ordinance allowing the vehicles on city streets. Councilmen Charlie Kourajian, Dan Buchanan and Steve Brubakken opposed.

Police Chief Edinger said he considers the vehicles safer than motorcycles.

Council Member Buchanan explained his disapproval of ATVs by saying that most cities in North Dakota disapprove there use on city streets, adding the vehicles are not intended for street use, and cited insurance companies including Progressive mainly insuring the vehicles for off-road use, and sited safety studies. He pointed out cornering skid issues. He added that Jamestown residents he has spoken to, are opposed.

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE:

The committee recommends postponing the river bank stabilization project until 2016 and move anticipated funding adding $7500 into 2016 budget to repair channel banks at 11th Street NW AND along the Buffalo Scenic Road near the culvert from State of ND lands adjacent to the road. Being late in this year’s construction season, work will start next spring.

The committee recommends an adjustment submittal to the ND Department of Emergency Services, minus some federal dollars being refunded..

Legal and Finance carryover item from Tuesday’s meeting.

Joint Powers Agreement between the Jamestown Park District and City of Jamestown for the TRAC Facility, will be sent to the City Council without recommendation. It includes the effective date of the sales tax, and the start date of the tax collections.

The committee moves to the council without recommendation, the request for a liquor license for an establishment to be located on First Avenue, South, between the Maple Mall and The Kitchen Store.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67, followed by replays.

 

Valley City (CSi) The Valley City State University V-500 Board of Directors kicked off the 2015-2016 campaign. The V-500 organization conducts an annual membership drive to support academic scholarships at the university. Last year, V-500 allocated over $250,000 to academic scholarships for incoming Valley City State University students.

This year the new members include Erica Bunn (VCSU), Kelli Heath (VCSU), Bill Mason, and Laurel Westby (VCSU) to the board. The board promotes fundraising events like the VCSU Rendezvous coming up October 23 and the VCSU Scholarship Auction to be held April 15, 2016. To contribute or to learn more about the V-500 campaign contact a board member, visit v-500.vcsu.edu, or call the VCSU Foundation at 845-7203.

Assistant Director of Annual Giving Jeremy Wiebe says, we are very excited to add these incredible individuals to our board of giving at the VCSU Foundation, pointing out, year after year this group commits a large portion of their time, talent and treasure to V-500 and they cannot be thanked enough.

The V-500 Board of Directors consists of both VCSU employees and Valley City community members and they are asked to contact alumni and other members of our community throughout the campaign.

 

(CSi) The North Dakota Education Fact Finding Commission at Barnes County North Public School Thursday afternoon for an impasse hearing.

Barnes County North School Board and the Barnes County North Education Association have been meeting since May to settle the terms of a proposed two-year contract.

Dean Rummel, chair of the Fact Finding Commission, said in seven to 10 days the commission will issue a recommendation.

At issue is a thousand dollars, difference between a $2,250 raise over two years and a $1,250 raise over two years.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The 51st Annual Jamestown Fine Arts Association Art Show opens Saturday, August 29, 2015 with a reception at the Arts Center from 1 to 3 p.m.

At 1:15 p.m. Saturday the awards will be given by the judges. There is a $100 cash prize for best in show, the piece the judges determine to be the best of all in the exhibits. The winner in each category receives $50, and the people’s choice winner will receive $50.

The art work will remain on exhibit at the Arts Center through October 3rd.

There are 39 artists with 77 pieces on display.

Each artist may select up to three pieces to be be part of the show and exhibit if those pieces are ready for display, being framed or is ready to be hung on a wall.

The JFAA Art Show is also a juried show, as a judge or judges will review each piece before the show opens. The two judges, are from the art faculty from Valley City State University, Armando Ramos and Karri Dieken. Ramos did his undergraduate studies at the Kansas City Art Institute and his graduate studies at Montana State University. He has been an artist in residence at art centers in California and Vermont.

 

EVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – The attorney for a 54-year-old Grand Forks man facing criminal charges in a fatal boat crash says he’s devastated by the incident. 
 
Thomas Burns did not speak or enter a plea during a court hearing Thursday. Burns’ attorney, Darla Schuman, said he continues to be under medical care for his injuries.
 
     Authorities allege that Burns was intoxicated on Aug. 9 when a boat he was driving on Devils Lake struck a tree about 30 yards from shore. He is charged with felony manslaughter, felony reckless endangerment and boating under the influence.
 
     Twenty-six-year-old April Stenger, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, was killed. Three other passengers were injured.
 
     District Judge Lee Christofferson set bail at $20,000 and required frequent alcohol testing and monitoring of Burns, with no boating or fishing. 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Texas man who stabbed to death a fellow oil field worker in a North Dakota hotel about four years ago is seeking to be released from state supervision.

Thirty-seven-year-old Charles Davis, of Trinity, Texas, acknowledged killing 48-year-old Donald Flowers, of Wichita Falls, Texas, in a conference room at the Candlewood Suites in Minot in March 2011. But he was found to be not criminally responsible due to mental illness, and sent to the State Hospital in Jamestown for treatment of schizophrenia.

Two psychologists testified this week that Davis is not a substantial risk to the public if released from supervision. Prosecutors argued he might be a risk if he fails to take his medicine.

Judge Stacy Louser ordered both sides to submit written arguments, after which she will rule.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – An inmate who went missing from a minimum-security prison in Bismarck more than two months ago has been arrested in Williston.
 
     Thirty-nine-year-old Ernesto Difabio left the Missouri River Correctional Center on June 14. Authorities say he was found hiding in the basement of a Williston home on Tuesday and taken into custody.
 
     Police also arrested the woman who owned the home on a charge of hindering law enforcement.
 
     Difabio had been serving a five-year sentence on convictions for burglary and theft in the Williston area when he went missing.
 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler says North Dakota will recover more than $316,000 as compensation for problems schools had earlier this year administering new state assessments in math and English.
 
     The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium that developed the online tests intended to align with Common Core standards will forfeit to the state about $92,000 in membership fees for the last academic year. The state’s fee for this school year will be cut by about 40 percent.
 
     North Dakota adopted Common Core standards in 2011 and began to fully implement them during the 2013-14 school year. The state has been participating with 17 others in the consortium, and is one of three that contracted with New Hampshire-based Measured Progress for test administration.
 
     Montana and Nevada also experienced problems with the tests.
 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has agreed to pay $58,000 in legal fees and costs associated with a federal lawsuit that challenged the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
 
     Court documents show that nearly $7,000 will be paid to the National Center for Lesbian Rights. The remainder will be split by lawyers who represented the plaintiffs.
 
     The lawsuit was thrown out shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in all 50 states.

 

 EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (AP) – A North Dakota woman has sued American Crystal Sugar, alleging she endured years of sexual discrimination and harassment when she worked at the company’s East Grand Forks plant. KFGO-AM reports Janine Bailey filed her lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Minnesota on Thursday.American Crystal Vice President Lisa Borgen tells KFGO that the company vigorously denies the allegations. She says the company doesn’t tolerate discrimination or harassment in the workplace.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A federal judge in North Dakota has blocked a new rule that would give the federal government jurisdiction over some state waters.
 
     U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson of North Dakota issued a temporary injunction Thursday against the Obama administration rule. The rule gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers authority to protect some streams, tributaries and wetlands under the Clean Water Act.
 
     Thirteen states led by North Dakota asked Erickson to suspend guidelines they say are unnecessary and infringe on state sovereignty. The federal government says the new rule clarifies ambiguity in the law and makes it easier for the states to manage some waterways.
 
     The other states involved are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, South Dakota and Wyoming.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division says about 2,100 gallons of oil and 12,600 gallons barrels of saltwater were released, contained and recovered on a site just outside of Williston.
 
     StatOil Oil and Gas LP reported Wednesday’s incident to the state division.
 
     The company reported that the cause of the contained fluid release at the oil and gas well is listed as equipment failure, which caused a tank to overflow. The site is about 15 miles northwest of Williston.
 
     A state inspector has been out to the location. 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the 11 narcotic task forces are sharing a federal grant to continue illegal drug-fighting efforts.
 
     The delegation says the $447,000 grant comes from the U.S. Justice Department.
 
     North Dakota’s attorney general’s office will administer the grants. The funds can be used for such things as training, personnel, equipment and supplies.

 

In sports…

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – Longtime sports broadcaster Brent Musburger, who grew up in Billings, will call the season-opening football game between Montana and four-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State in Missoula.

The FCS battle will be aired on ESPN  CSi Cable 14, starting at 1:30 p.m. on Aug.29, 2015, and marks the start of the football season as part of the network’s second annual FCS Kickoff.

First-year Montana football coach Bob Stitt said Musburger called him Monday to let him know that he and color commentator Jesse Palmer will call the game.

Musburger has called seven BCS National Championship games, including the last five.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State says it will start providing stipends to scholarship athletes in all 16 sports beginning next year with a goal of paying the full cost of attending college.
 
     Officials with the school that has won four straight Football Championship Subdivision titles say the anticipated additional cost will be up to $3,400 per full scholarship.
 
     The proposal to help players with miscellaneous expenses originated with the most powerful conferences at the Football Bowl Subdivision level. Those schools approved the legislation in January.
 
     NDSU officials say they believe that Liberty University is the only other mid-major offering cost of attendance scholarships for all sports.
 
     An NCAA spokeswoman did not immediately return a phone message left Thursday.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is allowing sport fishing on four national wildlife refuges in northeastern North Dakota. The Ardoch, Lake Alice, Rose Lake and Silver Lake refuges all are part of the Devils Lake Wetland Management District. North Dakota’s congressional delegation announced the change this week.
 

High School Football…

     Bismarck Century 21, Fargo Davies 0
     Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 86, New Town 6
     Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn 36, Minot JV 13

 

MLB…

 AMERICAN  LEAGUE

 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Relievers Brandon Gomes, Alex Colome and Brad Boxberger combined for 4 2-3 scoreless innings as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 on Thursday night. The loss dropped the Twins a half-game behind Texas for the second AL wild-card spot. Gomes got an inning-ending double play with two on in the fifth during his 1 2-3 innings. Eduardo Escobar homered for the Twins.
 
   Final            L.A.  Angels          2    Detroit                0
   Final            Texas                      4    Toronto                1
   Final            Kansas  City          5    Baltimore            3
    Final            Chi  White  Sox      4    Seattle                2
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE

Daniel Murphy’s two-run opposite field double keyed a four-run uprising in the 13th inning as the New York Mets rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-5 last night. That’s the Mets’ seventh straight victory that maintains their six and a-half game lead over Washington in the NL East.
 
   Final            L.A.  Dodgers        1    Cincinnati          0
   Final            San  Francisco      9    Chi  Cubs              1
   Final            Washington            4    San  Diego            2
   Final            Pittsburgh            2    Miami                    1
   Final            St.  Louis              5    Arizona                3
 
 
       WNBA  BASKETBALL
 
   Final    Phoenix      81    Connecticut      80

 

MLB…

 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -The Baltimore Orioles lost to AL Central-leading Kansas City 5-3 and may have lost the services of Adam Jones. The Orioles centerfielder ran into the wall at Kauffman Stadium and was to be re-evaluated before tonight’s series opener in Texas.

 CHICAGO (AP) – The playoff-contending Chicago Cubs acquired struggling reliever Fernando Rodney from the Seattle Mariners for cash, reuniting the exuberant closer with manager Joe Maddon.
 
     The 38-year-old Rodney had been designated for assignment by Seattle on Sunday.
 
     Rodney was 5-5 and had gone 16 for 22 in save chances this season. The right-hander had a 5.68 ERA in 54 games.

 

GOLF…

 EDISON, N.J. (AP) – Bubba Watson, Spencer Levin, Tony Finau and Camilo Villegas (kuh-MIHL’-oh vih-JAY’-guhs) start second round play at The Barclays tied for the lead at 5-under 65. Masters and U.S. Open champ Jordan Spieth (SPEETH) shot his worst competitive round in three months, shooting a 4-over 74.

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Brittany Lang has the first round lead at the LPGA’s Yokohama Tire Classic. She shot a 7-under-65 that featured nine birdies.  That’s good for a two-shot lead over Tiffany Joh, Sydnee Michaels and Ryann O’Toole.

 

 INDYCAR…
  
     SONOMA, Calif. (AP) – Justin Wilson’s race car will be back on track for the IndyCar season finale. Andretti Autosport announced that series veteran Oriol Servia will drive Wilson’s No. 25 Honda at Sonoma Raceway this weekend.
 
     The 37-year-old Wilson died Monday, a day after a piece of debris from another car struck him in the head at Pocono Raceway.
 
     NBA-OBIT…
 
     UNDATED (AP) – Darryl Dawkins, one of the most colorful players in the NBA in recent memory, has passed away at the age of 58. His backboard-shattering dunks earned him the nickname “Chocolate Thunder” and helped pave the way for breakaway rims.
 
     The Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, coroner’s office said Dawkins died Thursday morning at a hospital. Dawkins’ family says he died of a heart attack.
 
     Dawkins spent parts of 14 seasons in the NBA with Philadelphia, New Jersey, Utah and Detroit. He averaged 12 points and 6.1 rebounds in 726 career regular-season games.
 

 

In world and national news…

 VIENNA (AP) – The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugee says an estimated 200 migrants are missing and feared dead after two smuggling boats capsized off the coast of Libya. The U.N. agency says the Libyan Coast Guard conducted rescue operations seven miles off the Libyan port city of Zuwara. In Austria, police investigating the deaths of 71 migrants found in truck along a main highway say they likely suffocated.
 
     HONG KONG (AP) – Wall Street is expected to open lower this morning, with Dow and S&P 500 futures down. European stocks were down in early trading, but most Asian benchmarks have ended strongly today. In two days of gains Wednesday and Thursday, the Dow has recouped about half the losses it suffered over the previous six days.
 
     ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s statistics agency says the country’s economy grew slightly faster than earlier forecast in the second quarter of the year. The agency says the economy grew 0.9 percent compared to the first three months of the year, faster than the 0.8 percent previously estimated. The growth figures are good news for financially troubled Greece, which recently reached a deal on its third international bailout and is heading to early elections next month.
 
     SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Tropical Storm Erika is expected to dump up to 12 inches of rain across parts of the drought-stricken northern Caribbean as it carves a path toward the U.S. Right now it’s lashing Puerto Rico with heavy rains and wind. The storm left four people dead in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica (doh-MIN’-ih-kuh), and some 20 people are missing. Forecasters say Erika could strengthen into a hurricane as it gets closer to South Florida early next week.
 
     NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Former President George W. Bush is marking the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by returning today to New Orleans to talk about the region’s recovery from the nation’s costliest natural disaster. He’ll deliver remarks at Warren Easton Charter High School, the same school he visited on the first anniversary of the catastrophic storm. Then the Bush family will visit Gulfport, Mississippi. President Barack Obama visited New Orleans yesterday.