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CSi Weather…
REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN TH VALLEY CITY AREA LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 50 PERECENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA,. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 50S.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL…FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
Jamestown (CSi) Beginning today roadways located at 9th Ave SW & 11th Ave SW through 15th St SW will be closed to through traffic due to utility work. Traffic/Detour signage will be posted as necessary.
Motorists and other traffic should use extreme caution when entering detoured areas. The public should consider alternate routes if possible. The Road Closure is contingent upon changing weather conditions.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department is warning residents of a convicted sex offender who has moved into the City of Jamestown.
Ramon Martinez, Jr.,is living at 221 1st Avenue, North, Jamestown ND. (Living in his vehicle).
His vehicle is a dark green 1997 Mercury Mountaineer, ND license: 684AEK.
He is a 37 year old male, five feet six inches tall, and 150 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.
He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
He has been convicted of Corrupt/Solicitation of a minor involving a 15 year old girl at his Fargo residence.
Convicted in December of 2007 in Cass County District Court.
Disposition, five years, one year suspended, 10 years supervised release.
He has been convicted of Corrupt /Solicitation of a minor providing alcohol to a 16 year old girl and then had sex with her.
He was convicted in October of 2001 in Richland County District Court.
Disposition, one year-359 days suspended for one year.
He is currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and Probation, is on GPS monitoring.
Martinez is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.
This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.
Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.
Printed handouts of the demographics of Ramon Martinez, Jr., are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov
Jamestown (CSi) The Fallen Heroes Memorial and Honor Ride is set to begin in Jamestown on August 12, 13, 2016 starting at the Jamestown Civic Center. The event honors fallen and KIA soldiers, and there families.
This year’s theme is: “Not Without Honor: They Served, They Defended Freedom.
The activities start on Friday the 12th at the Civic Center with the Fallen Heroes Memorial Steak Fry at at 6-p.m. The social hour is at 5-p.m., when the doors open.
At the Steak Fry is the chance to win $2,500 in cash prizes. Tickets are $25.
The North Dakota Army National Guard, 188th Army Band will perform from 7-p.m., to 10-p.m.
There will be a cash bar all evening. Must be 21 years of age or older, to enter the designated alcohol sales premises.
On Saturday August 13th, at 10-a.m., is the North Dakota Patriot Guard Memorial Program and Honor Ride.
Ahead of that at 7-a.m. to 10-a.m., is the Pancake Breakfast Feed, for a free will offering, sponsored by the CMA.
10 a.m., to noon is the Honor Ride Registration, at $10 per person.
At noon, the Memorial Program and presentation to Gold Star Families of Fallen Soldiers.
1:15-p.m., the Honor Ride leaves from the Civic Center.
5:30-p.m., a free meal to The Honor Ride Participants, and Gold Star Families.
Again there will be a cash bar all evening, Must be 21 years of age or older to enter the designated alcohol premises.
There will be a Silent Auction and Raffle.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is offering a grief support group for anyone who is grieving the loss of someone important to them, whether the loss is recent or from years past. The group will meet once a week at 7:00 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 424 1st Ave South in Jamestown beginning on Thursday, August 11th, 2016 and will run for 6 weeks.
In his book, Understanding Your Grief, internationally recognized expert in the field of loss and grief, Dr. Alan Wolfelt states, “You can benefit from a connectedness that comes from people who have also had a death in their lives. Support groups, where people come together and share the common bond of experience, can be invaluable in helping you and your grief and supporting your need to mourn long after the event of the death”
In our fast paced society, people who have had a significant loss are often expected to be ‘over it’ in a matter of a few weeks. They may even expect this of themselves. In reality, it may take years for someone to work through his or her grief. The support group experience allows individuals to express grief in their own unique way and on their own unique timetable.
The group is free of charge, however, participants are asked to register to ensure that enough materials are available. Participants should plan to attend all six sessions. For more information, or to register, please call Charlotte at 701-952-9358 or Kathy at 701-952-8001 or 701-659-8001.
Kindred (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a Menoken, man was injured when the bicycle he was riding was hit by a pickup in Cass County, on Highway 46, four miles east of Kindred at 8 a.m. Saturday.
29-year old Adam Walsvik’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
The pickup driver 25-year old Theordore Finton, was headed to a work site along Highway 46 near Leonard. The crash remains under investigation.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Two Minot men are in custody after a shooting and police chase in the city.
Officers responded to a report of people fighting shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday and heard gunshots. They gave chase to a vehicle that fled the scene and drove to an apartment, and arrested the 21-year-old driver on several charges including fleeing and driving under suspension.
Officers also arrested a 25-year-old man for discharging a gun in city limits.
Police say one bullet struck a residence but no injuries were reported.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – One person is dead after a crash at a Bismarck intersection involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck.
Police say the collision happened about 2:40 p.m. Sunday. The 20-year-old Bismarck man driving the motorcycle was declared dead at a hospital. A passenger on the bike suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.
The two people in the pickup were not hurt.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A small plane made a successful emergency landing at the Bismarck airport after experiencing mechanical problems.
The Highway Patrol says the 1975 single-engine Cessna was traveling from Bismarck to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, on Sunday evening when it began having electrical problems.
The pilot decided to land at the Valley City airport but couldn’t get the landing gear to lock, so he returned to Bismarck. The plane then experienced complete electrical failure, and was forced to land on its belly at the Bismarck airport.
Fifty-four-year-old pilot Peter Weisbeck and 53-year-old passenger Thressa Essler were not hurt. Both are from Bismarck.
The plane suffered damage to its undercarriage and a wing.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A federal judge in North Dakota has granted a fifth trial delay for a flight attendant accused of disrupting SkyWest flights in the upper Midwest and on the East Coast last year.
Justin Cox-Sever’s attorney asked for more time to prepare, and prosecutors didn’t object. Judge Daniel Hovland moved the Arizona man’s trial from early August to early October, in Bismarck.
The trial originally was scheduled for last December. All of the delays have come after the defense asked for more preparation time.
A prosecutor says he still thinks a plea deal is likely, and Cox-Sever’s attorney says all options are on the table.
Cox-Sever is accused of making bogus bomb threats on a flight from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Chicago, and on a flight from Minneapolis to Dickinson, North Dakota.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a man convicted in 2005 for beating a man to death with a hammer.
David Hieb was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit felony murder. He was one of three men charged in the case.
Hieb argued that his conviction should be reversed because he pleaded guilty to a charge that is not a crime.
The state countered that Hieb lost his right to challenge when he voluntarily pleaded guilty his appeal was not filed within the two-year statute of limitations.
THOMPSON, N.D. (AP) – Voters in the Thompson school district will once again decide the fate of a school expansion and renovation project.
The vote next month will be the fourth time residents have voted on the issue since 2012, and the second time this year.
School officials say enrollment has risen every year since 2008, to nearly 500 students. The proposed $10 million project will include new classrooms and other improvements.
If the vote fails again, the issue can’t be placed on the ballot for another year, under state law.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is asking gardeners to donate at least a quarter of a million pounds of fruits and vegetables this year.
The Hunger Free ND Garden Project is now in its seventh year generating fresh produce for food pantries, shelters and charitable feeding groups.
Goehring says hunger is a problem even in a state that produces so much food. He says the Great Plains Food Bank served 11.2 million meals in 2015. He says about a third of those needing help are children.
Information about the Hunger Free ND Garden Project including drop-off points for produce can be found on the Agriculture Department website, at www.nd.gov/ndda .
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The legal team for imprisoned American Indian activist Leonard Peltier is hoping President Barack Obama will grant his release before he leaves office.
Peltier is serving two life sentences for the 1975 shooting deaths of two FBI agents during a standoff on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He’s now 71 and in frail health, and his next parole hearing isn’t until 2024.
Peltier and his supporters say he was framed – a claim the FBI denies. He’s unsuccessfully appealed his conviction numerous times, and former President Bill Clinton left office without acting on a clemency request.
Peltier’s legal team recently filed a clemency petition with Obama. Attorney Cynthia Dunne says the team hopes Obama will “look at the case with fresh eyes.”
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – This year’s air show at the Minot Air Force Base will be headlined by the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 Viper Demo Team and the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team.
The free Northern Neighbors Day Air Show is scheduled for Aug. 13. This will be the first air show at the base in seven years.
The Viper Demo Team will perform several maneuvers to show the unique capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, which is considered one of the Air Force’s premier multi-role fighters.
The base says attendees will also get to see the Smoke-n-Thunder Jet Car accelerate to speeds approaching 400 mph, as well as a helicopter demonstration.
A weapon upload demonstration on a B-52 is also planned.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot officials are planning to turn a once-contaminated landfill into a recreation area.
About 60 acres of land that once was on the federal Superfund list of major pollution sites will be repurposed into a variety of activity areas. Ideas include a cross country course, mountain bike trail and disc golf course.
The land around the Maysa Arena once was home to the 26-acre Minot Landfill. It operated from 1961 to 1971 and received shipments of municipal and industrial waste including oil drums, spent battery casings and lime sludge. The operations contaminated groundwater, surface water, soil and air with hazardous chemicals.
The area eventually was cleaned up, and the Environmental Protection Agency took it off the Superfund program’s National Priorities List in 1997.
DUNSEITH, N.D. (AP) – A new sculpture is being dedicated at the International Peace Garden.
The 6-foot stainless steel sculpture is being dedicated on Sunday. The sculpture depicts a dove being released from a pair of human hands.
The 2,300-acre garden that straddles the U.S.-Canada border north of the North Dakota city of Dunseith is a tribute to the longstanding peace between the two countries. It gets funding from both sides of the border.
The $80,000 sculpture was installed last month. It’s designed to last for centuries.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A booth at the North Dakota State Fair in Minot is trying to teach visitors how to properly lock, monitor and dispose of prescription medications.
The North Dakota Department of Human Services says the booth is part of the “Stop Overdose” campaign.
The department says access to prescription medications “is a crucial risk factor relating to the abuse of and addiction to prescription opioid pain relievers and heroin.”
People visiting the booth will get to learn how to keep medications out of sight and in a safe and secure place, as well as where to drop off unused medications.
The department says the booth’s resources also address the “significant role” that parents have in preventing the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs by their children
The fair runs through Saturday.
MEDORA, N.D. (AP) – Author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams will speak Sunday at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora.
The park says Williams will read portions of her most recent book “The Hour of Land” beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the South Unit Visitor Center.
Williams has a long history of advocating for protection of Utah’s wild spaces. In February, she purchased development rights on a small stretch of land in that state during a federal oil-and-gas lease auction. At the time, she said she purchased the lease rights to shine a light on the negative effects of climate change.
Williams is also the author of “Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place,” “Finding Beauty in a Broken World” and “When Women Were Birds.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck family is undertaking a unique scavenger hunt this summer: They’re searching out all the urban green space in the city.
Casey Jacobson is trying to visit every playground in the city. That’s 47, scattered across 32 city parks.
Her partner in adventure is her 3-year-old son, Gus, and they’ve made it about a third of the way. Husband Chad Kuntz comes along when he can, but it’s more often special bonding time for mother and son.
Jacobson has used the city’s parks website to make sure she’s not overlooking any of the city’s lesser-used green spaces. And she’s sent pictures of some of her adventures to a contest.
In sports…
AA…
Fargo-Moorhead 7, Sioux City 1
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final N-Y Yankees 5 San Francisco 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BOSTON (AP) – A year ago, Rick Porcello was hearing nearly as many boos as cheers in Fenway Park.
Now, he’s piling up wins in front of the home fans.
Porcello became the first Boston pitcher in 55 years to open a season 10-0 in Fenway, and Hanley Ramirez and Travis Shaw both hit a three-run homer as the Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 8-7 Sunday to earn a split of a four-game series.
Porcello (13-2) allowed five runs with eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings, becoming the first since Don Schwall in 1961 to win his first 10 Fenway decisions in a season.
Final Toronto 2 Seattle 0
Final Baltimore 5 Cleveland 3
Final Houston 13 L.A. Angels 3
Final Chi White Sox 4 Detroit 3
Final Texas 2 Kansas City 1
Final Chi White Sox 5 Detroit 4
Final Oakland 3 Tampa Bay 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 3 Miami 0
Final Arizona 9 Cincinnati 8
Final San Diego 10 Washington 6
Final Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 4
Final Chi Cubs 6 Milwaukee 5
Final Colorado 7 Atlanta 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 9 St. Louis 6
MLB…
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) – Ken Griffey Jr., a five-tool outfielder, and Mike Piazza, probably the best 62nd-round draft pick in the history of pro sports, are the two newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Griffey finished his 22-year big league career with 630 home runs while Piazza had a career batting average of .308 and is fourth all-time in runs driven in by catchers.
CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago White Sox suspended ace Chris Sale five days without pay for destroying collared throwback uniforms the team was scheduled to wear, costing the 14-game winner about $250,000 of his $9.15 million salary. He is eligible to return Thursday against the crosstown Cubs at Wrigley Field.
NASCAR-BRICKYARD…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Kyle Busch won the Brickyard 400 to make it clean sweep at Indianapolis. He beat Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth to the finish line by 2.126 seconds. Jimmie Johnson was third.
Busch is the first NASCAR driver to sweep the Xfinity Series and Sprint Cup poles and races on the same weekend. He also joined Johnson as the only Cup drivers with back-to-back wins on Indy’ 2.5-mile oval. Johnson won in 2008 and 2009.
Tony Stewart was 11th in his final Brickyard race after being assessed a late penalty for speeding on pit road.
Five-time race winner Jeff Gordon finished 13th after coming out of retirement to replace the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earnhardt is fighting concussion-like symptoms and has not yet been cleared by doctors to drive.
F1-HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX…
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has won the Hungarian Grand Prix for a record fifth time. And in doing so, he took over the world championship standings from teammate Nico (NEE’-koh) Rosberg, who finished second. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo (rih-KAHR’-doh) was third, followed by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen of Red Bull.
Hamilton now has five F1 victories this season for 192 points, while Rosberg has 186 points and Ricciardo 115.
GOLF-CANADIAN OPEN…
OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) – Jhonattan Vegas has his second win on the PGA Tour. He finished 12-under to edge three players, including Dustin Johnson, to win by one stroke. Vegas birdied the final three holes and had a final round 8-under-64 to clinch the win.
GOLF-SENIOR BRITISH OPEN…
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) – Paul Broadhurst won the Senior British Open in Scotland. He shot a final-round 4-under 68 to finish 11 shots under par, two in front of Scott McCarron. Tied for third were third-round leader Miguel Angel (AHN’-hehl) Jimenez and Magnus Atlevi Persson at 8-under.
GOLF-LPGA…
GURNEE, Ill. (AP) – Cristie Kerr held on for a 3-and-2 victory over England’s Melissa Reid to give the United States the UL International Crown title.
Kerr and company were shut out in the first session of the LPGA Tour event, but got progressively better each day. Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller each closed out wins before Reid missed a birdie putt on 16, handing the decisive victory to Kerr.
TOUR DE FRANCE…
PARIS (AP) – Britain’s Chris Froome is celebrating his third Tour de France title. The Kenyan-born Froome finished the last stage safely back of the main pack but in front overall. He has won the annual race three of the last four years.
The winner of the last stage was Andre Greipel of Germany.
TENNIS…
MONTREAL (AP) – Serena Williams had to pull out of the Rogers Cup in Montreal because of shoulder inflammation. The three-time Rogers Cup champion was seeded first in the hard-court tournament and was set to have a bye in the first round. Williams is coming off her seventh Wimbledon title earlier this month. The win tied Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles.
In world and national news..
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Democratic National Convention kicks off today in Philadelphia amid a backdrop of lingering bitterness among supporters of defeated candidate Bernie Sanders over a process they say was tilted in favor of Hillary Clinton. Sanders will meet in private with his supporters today before the convention starts and address the full convention tonight.
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) – Gunfire erupted at a teen party at a Florida nightclub, leaving two dead and at least 16 wounded in Fort Myers. Police say they are questioning three people and that they continue to canvass the area for others who may have been involved.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Baton Rouge residents will mourn again today at the last of three funerals for Louisiana law enforcement officers slain in an ambush. Today’s services are for 32-year-old city police officer Montrell Jackson. The shooter, former Marine Gavin Long, was also killed.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The hills north of Los Angeles continue to burn and spew thick black smoke from a wildfire that destroyed 18 homes and drove thousands from their homes. Some evacuees were about to return to their homes yesterday, two days after the fire broke out, when unexpected winds stirred up the blaze. One body has been found in the fire area. A fire 300 miles up the coast destroyed six homes.
ANSBACH, Germany (AP) – German authorities say there likely would have been more casualties had a failed asylum-seeker from Syria been admitted to an open air music festival before blowing himself up. But he was turned away and detonated an explosive at a nearby bar, killing himself and wounding 12 people. An interior ministry spokesman said the man was due to be deported to Bulgaria. The unidentified man had received psychiatric treatment.
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