wbAM5CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. HEAT INDEX 90 TO 95.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID
60S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE MORNING…THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
70 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 60 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 60S.

 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA ON FRIDAY…ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY

EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING…AND CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL

NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

MORE THAN ONE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE DURING THAT TIME AS A WARM FRONT SETS UP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY…AND A COLD FRONT

MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. INSTABILITY

AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXISTS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

 

 

Bismarck (CSi – PPR) A big new wind farm is proposed for Barnes County. It would be 300 megawatts, and it would be called the “Glacier Ridge Wind Farm.”

Prairie Public Radio reports the wind farm would be on 34,450 acres about five miles northeast of Valley City. And it would consist of up to 87 turbines.

North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk says the PSC just received the application.

The company wants to start construction by November. Kalk says the PSC will call for a public hearing on the proposal, once it’s deemed the filing is complete.

Barnes County is already home to three wind farms – Ashtabula One, Two, and Three.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown announces that fogging operations in the city for adult mosquitoes is scheduled to begin tonight, (Thursday, July 21, 2016) and will continue throughout the week.

All fogging operations are contingent upon weather conditions.

All fogging operations will take place between approximately 8:30 PM (dusk) until approximately 6:00 AM.

Parents are advised to keep children out of the streets and away from the fogging machines.

Motorists are urged to use caution when traveling in the vicinity of the fogging units.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Regional Airport Authority has reviewed development plan for an industrial park.

The project would include 17 lots, with the cost of development estimated at $3.7 million.

The parkwould be on the west side of the land, okayed by the Federal Aviation Adminstration for non-aeronautical activity.

The Airport Authority has also approved a proposal for a wildlife assessment and updating to the wildlife management plan.

 

 

BOTTINEAU, N.D. (AP) – A Maxbass man has been sentenced to serve 30 years in prison for repeatedly raping a girl when she was as young as 12.

Judge Michael Sturdevant sentenced 35-year-old Adam Ray on Wednesday, noting that Ray could have faced dozens of charges in the case.

Ray in April pleaded guilty to a single felony count of continuous sexual abuse of a minor. The charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.

Ray also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of corruption of a minor. He was given a five-year sentence to be served at the same time as his 30-year term.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Health officials in North Dakota say a child in the northeast part of the state has been hospitalized with the rare and potentially deadly hantavirus disease.

The viral infection causes severe lung disease. It is spread by through the urine, droppings and saliva of infected rodents. It is not transmitted from person to person, and the deer mouse is the primary carrier.

The state Department of Health on Wednesday said the school-aged child had contact with rodent-infested buildings.

State epidemiologist Jill Baber says people should be mindful of the “presence or evidence” of rodents when cleaning, especially in rural areas.

This is the 15th hantavirus infection reported to the state Health Department since 1993, when the virus was first recognized in the U.S. Seven of those cases were fatal.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Trial for a former Minot neurosurgeon facing federal child pornography charges has been rescheduled to give his attorney more time to prepare.
The Minot Daily News reports  that 55-year-old Marc Eichler is to stand trial beginning Oct. 4 in U.S. District Court in Bismarck, rather than Aug. 1.
Eichler is accused of coercing two minors into becoming victims of child pornography. He has pleaded not guilty to seven counts, including producing and receiving child porn.
Eichler was formerly employed by Trinity Health in Minot. He’s free on bond but was recently ordered to surrender his passport.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Federal prosecutors allege a Minnesota man stole more than $2 million from investors hoping to make money off North Dakota’s oil boom. Fifty-year-old Ronald David Johnson of Corcoran is charged with five counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. Prosecutors allege Johnson got victims to invest in proposed RV parks for Bakken oil workers. But Johnson instead allegedly used the money to fund his cattle farm, take vacations and buy an island.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Democrats are holding a press conference in Fargo to lay out their plan and goals for the special session of the Legislature next month.

The news conference is slated at the Fargo Depot at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.

Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple last week called a special session of the Legislature to address a $310 million shortfall to the state treasury due to slumping oil and crop prices.

Republicans hold supermajorities in both the House and Senate.

Senate Minority Leader Mac Schneider, of Grand Forks, says Democrats want to work with Republicans to reach a consensus on how the budget shortfall should be addressed before the Legislature returns for the three-day session beginning Aug. 2.

 

KEENE, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota officials say more than 10,000 gallons of a mixture of oil and produced water have spilled at a well site in McKenzie County.

The state’s Oil and Gas Division says the incident happened Tuesday at a site about 10 miles southeast of Keene. Officials say the incident was caused by a “piping connection leak.”

The division says more than 9,500 gallons of the mixture have been recovered. Clean-up efforts are ongoing. A state inspector visited the site Wednesday.

Produced water is a mixture of saltwater and oil and can contain drilling chemicals.

Hess Bakken Investments II operates the site. The company on Wednesday said the spill did not threaten any waterways.

KILLDEER, N.D. (AP) – Dunn County and Killdeer officials have declared a summer storm emergency in the wake of a storm that dropped torrential rain, strong winds and hail that piled up like snow.

The  declaration allows the governments to tap emergency funds and also helps farmers filing claims for agricultural damage.

Town officials have said the July 10 storm was one of the worst disasters to hit the town in memory. It stripped siding from homes, downed trees, and smashed windows in buildings and vehicles.

County Emergency Manager Denise Brew says virtually every building in town was damaged. Police Chief Eric Braaten has estimated there are about 1,000 damaged vehicles in town.

The North Dakota Community Foundation has set up a storm relief fund to help Killdeer residents.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The profile of a famous Sioux warrior that has adorned North Dakota’s highway signs for nearly a century is quietly being replaced by a rectangle.
One descendant of Marcellus Red Tomahawk said it “tears my heart out” that officials decided to swap out the markers featuring his great-great-grandfather with versions displaying the nondescript North Dakota outline.
The department says the change is intended to pay tribute to the upcoming 100th birthday of the state’s transportation agency and to provide “uniformity” with other states’ signage.
Marcellus Red Tomahawk was involved in the killing of Sitting Bull in 1890 and was the first chairman of the Standing Rock Reservation.
The state adopted Red Tomahawk’s profile signs in 1923. The agency had no public hearings but consulted with some of Red Tomahawk’s descendants.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The 51st North Dakota State Fair begins its nine-day run on Friday at the State Fairgrounds on the east edge of Minot.

The fair will have the usual carnival rides, food vendors, animal shows, 4-H exhibits and musical entertainment. There also will be the unusual – from trained grizzly bears to walleye on a stick.

Grandstand acts this year are highlighted by country superstar Kenny Chesney and rock legend KISS. Other performers include country stars LoCash, Jake Owen, Old Dominion and Billy Currington, along with rockers Fall Out Boy.

The 35th annual North Dakota State Parade is Saturday morning.

More than 300,000 people attended last year’s State Fair.

 

 

DUNSEITH, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations has a new leader of its Pembina Port of Entry in northeastern North Dakota.

Jason Schmelz will take over command of the agency during a ceremony Thursday at the International Peace Garden in Dunseith.

Schmelz has been serving as area port director.

The Pembina Border Control Station was first established in 1924. It covers 102 miles of U.S.-Canada border in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

 

 

 

In sports…

 

Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown head men’s track and field coach Ed Crawford announces the signing of Brady Carlson of Jamestown, N.D., who will join the Jimmie track and field team in the fall of 2016.

Carlson, a 2016 graduate of Jamestown High School, was a member of the fourth-place 4 x 400 meter relay team and placed 8th in the 400 meter dash at the North Dakota state track meet this spring.

Crawford says, “I’m really happy to have Brady run at the University of Jamestown. Being a Wilson Scholarship winner, he’s a very smart young man who I want as part of my team. He is a fantastic sprinter who has great range between 100 meters to 400 meters and will help us get to nationals in the relays and open events. I’m excited to see him do great things in the classroom and on the track for UJ.”

Brady also competed in soccer at JHS and was named to the All-WDA team in 2015. He will major in Mechanical Engineering at UJ.

He is the son of Ryan Carlson and Leah Carlson of Jamestown.

 

AA..

Sioux Falls 2, Fargo-Moorhead 1

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

BOSTON (AP) – Henley Ramirez hit three home runs and the Boston Red Sox took over first place in the AL East by beating NL West-leading San Francisco 11-7. The victory gave the Red Sox a half-game lead over the Baltimore Orioles.

Final    Tampa  Bay    11    Colorado                3
Final    Toronto        10    Arizona                  4

AMERICAN  LEAGUE

 

DETROIT (AP) – Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario homered off Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth, and the Minnesota Twins scored three runs in the inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Wednesday.

Detroit wasted a fine start by Justin Verlander, who gave up a run and two hits in eight innings. Rodriguez (1-1) retired the first two batters of the ninth before Kepler sent a drive to right field to break the 1-all tie.

Rodriguez then made a throwing error and appeared to be shaken up, but after a conference at the mound he stayed in the game and allowed a two-run shot by Rosario.

Ryan Pressly (3-5) earned the win in relief, and Brandon Kintzler pitched the ninth for his sixth save.

Final    Cleveland        11    Kansas  City          4
Final    Houston              7    Oakland                  0
Final    Seattle              6    Chi  White  Sox      5,  11  Innings
Final    N-Y  Yankees      5    Baltimore              0
Final    L.A.  Angels      7    Texas                      4

NATIONAL  LEAGUE

Final    Cincinnati          6    Atlanta                3
Final    St.  Louis            4    San  Diego            2
Final    Chi  Cubs              6    N-Y  Mets              2
Final    Philadelphia      4    Miami                    1
Final    Washington          8    L.A.  Dodgers      1
Final    Milwaukee            9    Pittsburgh          5
Final    St.  Louis            3    San  Diego            2

WOMEN’S  NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Seimone Augustus scored 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting, Rebekkah Brunson had 13 points and 12 rebounds, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Atlanta Dream 83-65 on Wednesday to secure a spot in the WNBA playoffs.

Minnesota (20-4) won its fifth straight and reached at least 20 victories for the sixth straight season, tying the Los Angeles Sparks (1999-2004) for the longest streak in WNBA history.

The Lynx are the second team to clinch a 2016 playoff berth after Los Angeles (20-3) qualified on Tuesday in a loss.

Sylvia Fowles had 14 points, on 6-of-8 shooting, and five blocked shots. Renee Montgomery added 12 points for the Lynx.

Final    N-Y  Liberty      88    Washington        81
Final    Connecticut      89    Dallas                78
Final    Seattle              83    San  Antonio      69

TOUR…

MEGEVE, France (AP) – Alexis Gougeard holds the early lead in Stage 18 of the Tour de France, a 17-kilometer (10.5-mile) mountain time trial featuring majestic views of Mont Blanc.

The French rider with the AG2R La Mondiale team clocked 33 minutes, 6 seconds over the demanding route from Sallanches to Megeve.
Overall leader Chris Froome will be the last rider to start.

Froome holds a lead of 2:27 over Bauke Mollema of the Netherlands, with Adam Yates of Britain third, 2:53 back.

The Tour ends Sunday.

 

In world and national news…

CLEVELAND (AP) – Tonight Donald Trump accepts the nomination for president at the Republican National Convention. But first, the convention hears from one of Trump’s most effective and compelling advocates – his daughter Ivanka. She’ll be the last of Trump’s adult children to speak. Last night, Trump’s son Erick told delegates that his father is the one candidate for president “who does not need this job.”

CLEVELAND (AP) – It started as a minute-long standing ovation and then turned to boos. The mood of the crowd at the Republican convention changed last night, when delegates realized that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was not going to endorse Donald Trump. Some people heckled Cruz’s wife, who was on the convention floor. The boos turned to cheers when Trump walked into the convention at the end of Cruz’s speech.

MOSCOW (AP) – A new report suggests that the detention and torture of civilians has become common in Ukraine, which has been torn by a separatist war in the east. A report released by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch says both the Ukrainian government and Russia-backed separatists have committed enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and torture of civilians. The report is based on interviews with 40 victims.

NEW YORK (AP) – Police negotiators in New York are trying to talk to a man who for several hours has been barricaded inside a vehicle in Manhattan, where he’s suspected of tossing a hoax bomb through the window of a police vehicle. Police say the object turned out to include a harmless electrical component wrapped in cloth. Surrounding streets have been closed, and subway trains are bypassing the area.

TOKYO (AP) – Asian shares rose today, but European shares have dipped slightly in early trading. France’s CAC 40 inched down 0.1 percent, Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.3 percent and Germany’s DAX was little changed today. Wall Street is expected to open lower, with Dow and S&P futures slipping. Investors are watching for a news conference by the European Central Bank governor, Mario Draghi (DRAHG’-ee), to see what he might do to shore up regional growth.