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.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. A 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 70 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS AROUND 50. WEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY
CLOUDY WITH RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
70 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID
50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

 

UPDATE…

May 30, 2016 Rainfall Totals issued Tuesday afternoon…

VALLEY CITY 2NW (BARNES)……………………………….. 0.88″

JAMESTOWN …………………………………………………………..0.99″

 

There’s a chance of thunderstorms Thursday night and Friday.

The highest chances will be from the Turtle Mountains south into the James River Valley.

Saturday through Monday look dry along with a moderating trend as an upper level ridge builds over the northern Rockies. Afternoon highs will rise from the upper 70s into the lower 80s through the period.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police was called to Wells Fargo Bank’s parking lot, in Downtown Jamestown  about 1-p.m. on Tuesday, when bank officials called a report that six male juveniles were involved in a skirmish at the bank parking lot.

Lt. Robert Opp says the incident was over when the units arrived.

Allegedly a couple of punches were thrown between those involved.

The youths apparently knew each other, and were the only ones involved.

No injuries were reported.

Opp says a report will be sent to juvenile authorities to determine if any action will be taken against those involved.

 

 

Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission will meet Wednesday morning at 8:30 in Special Session at City Hall.

Commissioners will receive a petition for a special election for the mayor vacancy, and are expected to be  setting an election date.

A group led by Janis Clark Klein successfully gathered the necessary signatures to have the City Commission call for an election to fill out the remaining two year term of former mayor Bob Werkhoven.

City Auditor Avis Richter says petitioners submitted more than the 66 signatures from city residents needed for the city commission to set up an election.

Under the City Code, the City Commission may call a special election to fill the unexpired term, or may, after 15 days appoint a person to fill the unexpired term.

Another option is upon a petition of 5 percent of the qualified electors (based on the total number of ballots cast in the last city general election) the city commission must call a special election if there is more than 6 months left on the term, and the petition has been submitted within 15 days of the vacancy.

Mayor Robert Werkhoven resigned on May 12, 2016, and the City Commission accepted his resignation at the May 17, 2016, City Commission meeting. The current mayoral term in Valley City ends in June of 2018.

 

 

Nome (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a male escaped serious injury when the vehicle he was driving went into a slough about three miles east of Nome Monday morning.

The patrol says alcohol was a factor in the crash which remains under investigation.

DUI and DUS charges are pending against the man.

 

Update…

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A 69-year-old Williston woman is dead after an all-terrain vehicle crash on private property in Williams County.
 
     The North Dakota Highway Patrol says Kathleen Hovde was found between a wooden fence post and the John Deer Gator 4X4, a four-wheeled work utility vehicle.
 
     Authorities believe the vehicle was parked and rolled downhill when the woman tried to get back in. It was in neutral with the ignition key in the on position.
 
     The incident happened about 2 p.m. Monday.

 

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot police are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store.
 
     Authorities say a male with a handgun confronted an employee who was leaving a Superpumper store about 9 a.m. Tuesday to make a deposit.
 
     The suspect took the bank bag and the employee’s purse and fled.
 

 WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Formal charges are pending against a West Fargo man after authorities say a shotgun he was handling inside his apartment accidentally fired.
 
     The  round went through a wall and a window early Monday. No one was hurt.
 
     Police Chief Mike Reitan (RYT’-uhn) says the 21-year-old man told officers he didn’t think the shotgun was loaded.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The sheriff’s office in Cass County says an inmate is facing an additional charge after he injured a deputy while he was being booked into the jail.
 
     Authorities on Tuesday said inmate Michael Jonathon Cox head-butted deputy Bennett Strege on Sunday. Cox has been charged with simple assault of a peace officer in connection with the incident at the jail.
 
     Strege sustained minor injuries.
 
     The sheriff’s office says Cox originally had been arrested on a terrorizing charge. Authorities say Cox was not being cooperative when he arrived at the jail and refused to comply with the orders of the arresting officers.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Mandan man shot by Bismarck police in January has pleaded not guilty to an escape charge that authorities say was filed after he tried to leave the hospital where he was detained for treatment after the shooting. 
 
    Travis Clark Jr. on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to escape and unlawful entry into a vehicle.
 
     Clark was shot by two Bismarck police officers on Jan. 31 after authorities say he ignored the officers’ commands and reached for what officers believed was a weapon.
 
     Authorities allege that while Clark was in the hospital on Feb. 7, he overpowered a private security officer, ran from the hospital and entered a vehicle. He later left the vehicle without incident and was returned to custody.
 
     Clark was sentenced in March to five years in prison on several charges, including burglary.
 

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Attorneys for victims of the largest hepatitis C outbreak in recent U.S. history want a judge to order more testing – a move they say could identify even more infected people.
 
     Plaintiff’s attorneys have asked Judge Todd Cresap to order Minot’s Trinity Hospital to expand testing. The motion says that could prevent “an already devastating outbreak from spreading.”
 
     The state Health Department says 52 people were sickened in the outbreak that began in August 2013. State and federal health officials have said they conducted a comprehensive investigation of the outbreak – including testing more than 1,800 people.
 
     A medical professor at Johns Hopkins University hired by plaintiffs as a consultant says that number is much less than the numbers tested in other disease outbreaks around the country in recent years.

 

 

 FORT TOTTEN, N.D. (AP) – The Spirit Lake Tribe will take over the full operation of a government-run clinic on its reservation in east-central North Dakota this week.
 
     The Indian Health Service, which has been running the facility, announced the move Tuesday. The agreement effective Wednesday transfers to the tribe the administrative and clinical operations of the Spirit Lake Health Center in Fort Totten.
 
     All funding for programs, services and other activities at the facility will also be managed by the tribe.
 
     The Spirit Lake Tribe is the first one in the Great Plains to enter what is considered a “self-governance agreement.”
 
     Indian Health Service principal deputy director Mary Smith says the agency supported the tribe in this agreement, which will give the tribe “the flexibility to administer program funds to best meet the needs” of its members and communities.

 

In world and national news…

 CHESTER, Ill. (AP) – Jurors have found former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson guilty of trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who helped convict him in his third wife’s death. The jury released the verdict after deliberating for little more than an hour. Peterson was accused of trying to hire a fellow inmate’s uncle to kill Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow. Peterson is serving a 38-year sentence in ex-wife Kathleen Savio’s death and faces up to 60 more years in prison.
 
     LOS ANGELES (AP) – A jury has convicted an actor who played a police officer on TV of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife in Los Angeles. The verdict was read today after the weeklong trial of Michael Jace. He had told detectives he didn’t intend to kill his wife and only wanted to inflict pain.
 
     CINCINNATI (AP) – Police in Cincinnati say they’re investigating what happened over the weekend at the Cincinnati Zoo, where a 4-year-old boy got into a gorilla’s enclosure, and the gorilla was shot to death to protect the child. There’s also a federal investigation. A spokeswoman for an Agriculture Department agency says it will be looking for any violations of the Animal Welfare act. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is supporting the zoo’s decision — saying it was a “very tough call,” but that a child’s life was at stake.
 
     EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Alberta’s premier says a phased return of more than 80,000 residents of the fire-damaged oil sands city of Fort McMurray will begin Wednesday as planned. Rachel Notley says the wildfire is no longer an imminent threat to the city and critical facilities have been repaired. The massive wildfire destroyed about 2,400 structures almost a month ago in Fort McMurray but 90 percent of the city remains intact. Residents of three neighborhoods won’t be able to return because of environmental concerns.
 
     ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Televangelist Jan Crouch has died. She co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network with her husband more than four decades ago. Word of her death comes just days after she suffered a stroke. Crouch, who was instantly recognizable for her mountain of blonde hair, warm smile and long eyelashes, was 78.