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REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER
40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
Valley City (CSi) Phase One of the Valley City permanent flood protection project is now working east of the Viking Drive Bridge, on College Street and on 4th Avenue Southwest in Valley City.
Starting Monday, May 16, 2016, the intersection of College Street and Second Avenue, Southwest in front of Foss Music Hall will be closed for construction.
4th Street from 8th Avenue Southwest to 2nd Avenue will be open to College Street detour and local traffic only.
Viking Drive has been partially opened to traffic. Construction activities may limit the traffic flow.
Pedestrian traffic will not be able to cross the East City Park Bridge. Pedestrians are encouraged to detour using Main Street or through the VCSU campus.
Updated maps for all road closures will be posted on the City of Valley City’s website (http://www.valleycity.us/) when they are taking affect.
Direct any questions regarding the project to the KLJ office at 845- 4980.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Water Department reports that the water was back on, early Friday afternoon, in Southeast Jamestown following the repair of a broken water main.
A spokesman said the cast iron pipe crack was repaired with a stainless steel clamp, and the excavation was filled and brought up to grade.
The 75 or so customers in the area were advised that the water service would be shut off starting at 11-a.m., Friday, and crews finished the repair at 1-p.m.
The area affected was south of 15th St SE from 7th Ave SE to Elmwood Place, including 15th St SE between 6th Ave SE & 8th Ave SE and areas to the south.
Jamestown (CSi) A private reception was held Friday afternoon, at the Historic 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse in Jamestown, for the Dedication of The Mary Faith Young Room .
At the event the family and friends of Mary Young were on hand to dedicate the clerk of court office in the historic courthouse in honor of Young.
A ribbon cutting was held to officially open the room.
Speakers included:
State Historical Society, Historic Sites Manager, Guinn Hinman
1883 Courthouse Committee President, Mike Williams
The Dedicatory remarks were given by the State Historical Society, former President, Jim Sperry.
Also remarks were given by former Jamestown Sun Editor, Jim Smorada, a personal friend of Mary’s.
Following the dedication, refreshments were served.
The program reminds residents that when the 1883 Stutsman County Courhouse was threatened with demolition, Mary Young passionately advocated to save and restore the building. Faced with Staunch opposition, Mary established, “Project ’83,” a group of Jamestown citizens dedicated to saving the building, creating awareness and raising funds for its restoration.
Mary passed away on November 14, 2015. In January 2016, the State Historical Society Board honored her legacy by naming the historic Clerk of Court’s Office, the “Mary Faith Youhg Room, as a gesture of memorial and remembrance to her legacy and tireless efforts to save the courthouse.
The efforts are continuing.
Jamestown (CSi) On Saturday over 800 visitors toured the courthouse, as the State Historical Society of North Dakota and the 1883 Courthouse Committee opened the doors to the historic structure for all to see. Video taken before the doors opened posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com.
Open House Photos at Facebook by Matt Sheppard – CSi
Jamestown (CSi) Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Burgum will host a meet-and-greet event from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Sabir’s Buffalo Grill in downtown Jamestown.
Anyone is interested in attending this may visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1744335312467989. Tickets are recommended but not required. The event is free to attend.
Sabir’s Buffalo Grill is located at 103 1st Avenue South in Jamestown.
Bergum is facing the Republican endorsed candidate for governor, Wayne Stenehjem
The winner of the run-off will face the Democratic endorsed candidate Marvin Nelson in the November General Election, and the Libertarian Party endorsed candidate Marty Riske, in the November 2016 General Election.
Jamestown (CSi) Mary and Richard Ovind represented Jamestown at the Freedom Resource Center Awards Luncheon held in Fargo, May 10th. Mary was one of three guest speakers who spoke about their experiences with the Freedom Resource Center.
During the awards portion, Richard Ovind was announced as the Advocate of the Year for Freedom Resource. He has spent his time with Beth Dewald, an Independent Living Advocate with Freedom Resource, and Freedom Resource Center to help make the community of Jamestown more accessible and ADA certified.
Freedom Resource Center’s mission is to provide services that increase independence for people with disabilities, making them an equal and valued participant in society. Beth Dewald is an Independent Living Advocate with Freedom Resource.
Update…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police have identified a body found in a town house over the weekend and have now classified the woman’s death as a homicide.
A friend found the body of 40-year-old Cory Terlecky about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. An autopsy is being done to determine how she died.
Police are looking for a man they want to interview in the case. They are calling him a person of interest, not a suspect. But they also say that since they don’t know his mental or emotional state, 22-year-old Landon Lauwagie should be considered a risk to public safety.
BOTTINEAU, N.D. (AP) – The Highway Patrol has identified a 24-year-old Bottineau man who died in a single-vehicle crash over the weekend.
Authorities say Cody Block lost control of his pickup truck on a Bottineau County road, and the vehicle rolled in the ditch.
Block died at the scene. He was alone in the pickup.
Authorities were notified of the crash shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday. The exact time it happened isn’t known.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Two Fargo residents are in custody across the Minnesota border in Moorhead after a police chase that ended when the suspects crashed their vehicle.
Police say the 22-year-old man and 19-year-old woman fled a traffic stop about 12:45 a.m. Monday, traveling up to 70 mph in a 30 mph zone. The vehicle they were in eventually went out of control on a curve and slammed into a floodwall.
Both suspects then fled on foot. The woman was found hiding behind the floodwall. The man was taken into custody after allegedly fighting with officers.
Police say they recovered what they suspect is a bag of methamphetamine.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man accused of distributing a heroin substance in the Fargo area that led to two overdoses in April has pleaded not guilty in federal court.
Greg Krutsinger was arraigned Friday on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance resulting in serious bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
An affidavit says Krutsinger is responsible for distributing drugs that are “harming people and even causing death.” A trial date has not been set.
Krutsinger’s attorney, Jeff Bredahl, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Law enforcement officials and other community members have been conducting public forums this month warning people about the increase in opioid overdoses and deaths.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A judge has sentenced a 33-year-old Minot man to three years supervised probation and a deferred sentence for firing a gun into a wall at his home while his wife was in the room on New Year’s Day.
Prosecutors dropped terrorizing and aggravated assault charges against Philip Stephen Maxwell. He pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment. Prosecutors say Maxwell was given a plea agreement because he suffered a head injury in a car accident.
According to court documents, Maxwell’s wife also had told authorities that her husband is a military veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after being deployed.
Ward County State’s Attorney Roza Larson agreed to take out language that would have required Maxwell to serve two years under state
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Minot Area Chamber of Commerce committee is raising funds to place a one-fourth scale Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile model at Minot Air Force Base.
The chamber’s Military Affairs Committee has started a community drive to raise $25,000.
Chamber officials say the committee is extremely proud of the ICBM mission and would like to make it more visible to all the base military personnel, families and visitors.
The model would be located at a main intersection on Minot AFB across the street from the existing B-52 bomber model.
The missile would be 14 feet tall and on an 8-foot-tall stand, for a total 22 feet in height. The base will be responsible for lighting, decorative brick work and a concrete foundation.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the National Endowment of the Arts has awarded grants for North Dakota arts programs.
The North Dakota Council on the Arts will receive $727,100 for partnership activities throughout the state.
The delegation says the University of North Dakota will receive $10,000 to support author fees for an annual writing conference and to preserve audiovisual archives of past presentations at the annual event.
CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) – North Dakotans interested in growing hops can get more information about the beer ingredient at a meeting in Casselton.
The state Agriculture Department and North Dakota State University Extension Service are hosting the free meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Cottonwood Golf Club.
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says hops are suited to North Dakota’s climate. He says the meeting will be an opportunity for his staff, researchers, producers and industry officials to work together to advance the hops market in the state.
The meeting is being funded through a federal grant.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The NAIA baseball brackets have been announced, including four teams that will join the University of Jamestown in the five-team double-elimination tournament next week.
Games begin on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, with three games.
There will be three games on Wednesday. Games times those two days are: 11am, 2:30pm, and 6pm.
Teams include:
1. #9 Sterling (KN)
2. #10 Missouri Baptist
3. #14 Jamestown
4. #RV Midland (NE)
5. Avila (MO)
Tuesday:
11am: Avila vs Midland
2:30pm: Jamestown vs. Missouri Baptist
6pm: Sterling vs. Winner of Avila/Midland
Wednesday, May 18 schedule
Game 4: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser, 11 a.m.
Game 5: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 2:30 p.m.
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 6 p.m.
Thursday, May 19 schedule
Game 7: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7, 6 p.m.
Friday, May 20 schedule
Game 9: Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 8, 1 p.m.
*Winner advances to NAIA World Series, May 27-June 3, Lewiston, Idaho
ELGIN, N.D. (AP) – A Lake Tschida camping area will be closed and a boat ramp will be taken out as of May 28 due to a tiff with a neighboring landowner.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that Koehler’s Point will be closed by the Bureau of Outdoor Reclamation because the bureau is unable to obtain a road easement. Bureau spokeswoman Patience Hurley says walk-in use is the only way the point will be open.
Hurley says the matter came to a head when landowner Corey Roth put up speed bumps and fences, leading to access being unsafe.
Roth says he recorded a new public easement across his land to the camping area that provides a roadway measuring between 18 and 33 feet wide. Hurley says a 33-foot easement is required by the bureau.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A multi-year study of walleye in Lake Oahe in the Dakotas is showing that anglers are not over-fishing the resource.
Crews this spring are wrapping up a four-year effort to tag tens of thousands of walleyes in the Missouri River fishery to learn more about them.
Preliminary results already have given biologists valuable information, including data on the percentage of catchable-size fish being harvested by anglers. The angling mortality rate in the first three years of the study has ranged from 17-27 percent.
North Dakota Fisheries Chief Greg Power says angler mortality rates in comparable lakes in the region also are in the 25 percent range. He says total walleye mortality in Oahe is about 35-40 percent, below the typical range in North America of 40-55 percent.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota men’s baseball team has played its final home game and is less than a week away from the last game in program history.
UND is cutting baseball and men’s golf due to state budget cuts. The team played its final home game at Kraft Memorial Field in Grand Forks on Sunday, losing to New Mexico State 7-2.
UND launched its baseball program in 1889. The team plays its final games this week when it travels to Cal State Bakersfield for a three-game series that begins Thursday.
High School Softball..Saturday…Trapper Field
Jamestown 20 Mandan 1
Jamestown 12 Mandan 7
High School Baseball Saturday…
At Jack Brown Stadium…
The completion of a suspended game early this season in Minot due to darkness….the Blue Jays won with a run in the top of eighth for an 11-10 victory.
The Jays hosting the regularly scheduled doubleheader had Minot’s Easton Bennett firing a no-hitter in the opening 5-0 win before the Blue Jays game back with an 8-5 win in the second game.
Two wins out of three for Jamestown including a season split of the four-game series.
Al Cassell Relays at Taylor Stadium Saturday…
Boys
1, Rapid City Central (S.D.) 191.5. 2, Jamestown 133. 3, Lisbon 105. 4, Kindred 66.5. 5, Wahpeton 49. 6
Girls
Team scores
1, Jamestown 145.5. 2, Rapid City Central 139. 3, Lisbon 70.5. 4, Oakes 60. 5, Devils Lake 57.5. 6
COLLEGE SOFTBALL…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota State University softball team has claimed its third straight Summit League Championship and will make its seventh appearance in the NCAA Tournament in eight years.
The Bison won the league crown over the weekend with a 10-1 victory over IUPUI and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
NDSU will open against Big Ten champion Minnesota on Friday in the Seattle Regional hosted by the University of Washington. The fourth team in the regional is Weber State.
The Bison last season lost to Oregon in a regional championship game.
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Kansas City 4 Atlanta 2, 13 Innings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CLEVELAND (AP) – Tyler Duffey pitched seven scoreless innings, Eddie Rosario drove in three runs and the Minnesota Twins won their first road series of the season with a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians Sunday.
Duffey (1-2) allowed six hits and struck out six, giving the Twins back-to-back wins for only the third time this year. Minnesota (10-26) broke an eight-game losing streak Saturday and has won four of six against Cleveland this season.
Ian Desmond belted a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh to lift Texas past Toronto 7-6. Jose Bautista and Texas second baseman Rougned Odor got into a fistfight behind the bag after a hard slide by the Toronto slugger in the eighth inning, sparking a benches-clearing melee that lasted about 10 minutes.
Final N-Y Yankees 7 Chi White Sox 5
Final Oakland 7 Tampa Bay 6
Final Boston 10 Houston 9
Final Detroit 6 Baltimore 5
Final L.A. Angels 3 Seattle 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Miami 5 Washington 1
Final Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 4
Final Milwaukee 3 San Diego 2
Final Pittsburgh 2 Chi Cubs 1
Final Colorado 4 N-Y Mets 3
Final San Francisco 2 Arizona 1
Final St. Louis 5 L.A. Dodgers 2
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
TORONTO (AP) – The Toronto Raptors are in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals for the first time after Kyle Lowry scored 35 points and DeMar ReRozan added 28 in a 116-89 win over Miami. Lowry shot 5-for-7 from 3-point range and had nine assists in the Game 7 victory. Bismack Biyombo scored 17 points on 6 of 8 shooting and grabbed 16 boards for the Raptors, who led by eight before outscoring the Heat 30-11 in the third quarter.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Blues have opened the NHL’s Western Conference finals with a 2-1 triumph over the visiting San Jose Sharks. Jori Lehtera (YOHR’-leh-the-ruh) snapped a 1-1 tie with an unassisted goal midway through the second period. David Backes (BAK’-ehs) also scored and Brian Elliott turned back 31 shots to help the Blues get within three wins of their first Stanley Cup finals appearance in 46 years.
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final L.A. Sparks 96 Seattle 66
Final N-Y Liberty 79 Dallas 71
NBA…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns has been voted the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the award.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement has not yet been made. The NBA was scheduled to announce the winner Monday.
The first overall pick from Kentucky posted the best rookie season for a big man since Tim Duncan. He averaged 18.1 points, 10.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks and helped the Timberwolves win 13 more games than they did the previous season.
Towns also played all 82 games and was named Western Conference rookie of the month in all six months the award was handed out.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia 76ers have become the first team in the NBA to put a sponsorship logo on player uniforms, striking a deal with StubHub for a spot on one of the hottest pieces of real estate available in sports.
StubHub, a website that connects ticket buyers and sellers, will have its logo appear on the front left of the jersey in 2017-18 for the start of a three-year trial period. The patches will appear opposite Nike’s logo, and measure about 2 1/2-by-2 1/2 inches.
StubHub’s jersey patch will be included on all jerseys sold at Sixers’ home games.
NASCAR…
DOVER, Del. (AP) – Matt Kenseth is the fourth driver from Joe Gibbs Racing to win a Sprint Cup race, taking the checkered flag at Dover International Speedway. Kenseth battled Kyle Larson door-to-door for part of the final five laps before the 2003 NASCAR champion picked all the right lines and pulled away at the end. Larson finished second, followed by Chase Elliott.
GOLF..
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Jason Day completed a wire-to-wire win at The Players Championship, his seventh victory in 10 months. Day closed with a 1-under 71 for a 15-under total, four strokes ahead of Kevin Chappell. Americans Justin Thomas, Matt Kuchar (KOO’-chur), Colt Knost and Ken Duke tied for third at minus-10.
TENNIS…
ROME (AP) – In an All-American final, Serena Williams ended a nine-month title drought with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Madison Keys in the Italian Open. On the men’s side, Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic (NOH’-vak JOH’-kuh-vich) on clay for the first time to win the men’s division in Rome with a 6-3, 6-3 victory.
MLB-OBIT…
NEW YORK (AP) – Former major league hurler and pitching coach Sammy Ellis has died at 75.
Ellis was an All-Star in 1965 before finishing the year 22-10 and throwing 15 complete games. He was 63-58 with a 4.15 ERA in seven seasons, also pitching for the Angels before finishing up with the White Sox in 1969.
Ellis served as pitching coach for the Yankees, White Sox, Cubs, Mariners, Red Sox and Orioles.
In world and national news…
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – A United Nations envoy for human rights says there’s nothing good about the European Union’s response to the refugee crisis. Following visits to detention sites and migrant camps today, Francois Crepeau says the response lacks vision, operates under legal ambiguity, and backs the detention of newly arrived migrants in Greece. He’s urging an immediate change in policy.
LONDON (AP) – Britons are likely to be roiled by Donald Trump’s latest remarks about their prime minister and the mayor of London. Appearing on ITV’s “Good Morning Britain,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said he may have a poor relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron in light of Cameron’s criticism of Trump’s call for all Muslims to be temporarily banned from entering the U.S. Trump also calls London’s new Muslim mayor “rude” for calling him ignorant.
LONDON (AP) – Fitch Ratings is warning Britain today there could be wide-ranging negative consequences if its citizens vote to leave the European Union in a referendum next month. The credit ratings agency says an exit could eventually lead it to downgrade the ratings of EU countries. In a report today, Fitch says a so-called Brexit would also increase political risks in Europe.
MIAMI (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking for volunteer mosquito hunters. The mosquitoes that can spread Zika are already buzzing among us and the Invasive Mosquito Project wants to scale up and fast, since Zika has been linked to serious birth defects. Volunteers are needed to collect mosquito eggs in their communities and upload the data to populate an online map, which in turn will provide real-time information about hot spots.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – More hearings are scheduled to begin today concerning the sinking of the freighter El Faro. The U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation is looking for new information about the vessel’s stability and whether there were mistakes in weather forecasting or cargo loading before the ship’s final voyage. The ship lost propulsion and sank in a hurricane Oct. 1. All 33 aboard died.
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