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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS…LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS…LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE EVENING.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN
THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SOME
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SOME
STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN.
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) – A strong storm Sunday, damaged two campers in the New Town area.
Authorities say one camper overturned in the ditch east of New Town on Sunday evening, and a camper with a boat got hung up on the guard rail on Four Bears Bridge over the Missouri River.
No injuries were reported.
The storms had wind gusts exceeding 60 mph and large hail. Funnel clouds were spotted near New Town and Parshall, but they didn’t touch down.
Jamestown (CSi) The Buffalo Mall is once again sponsoring the annual Back to School, Stuff The Bus, program, August 1-15, 2016.
The bus, placed at the main entrance of the mall, and donations can also be dropped off at Gate City Bank in Jamestown.
The goal is to fill the bus with donated school supplies for area children in need.
Items needed include, backpacks, calculators, folders, notebooks, wide-lined loose leaf paper and all the necessities for going back to school.
School supply lists are available at the Buffalo Mall, and Gate City Bank in Jamestown.
Community Action, Region VI in Jamestown will be receiving the school supplies and distributing to children in need.
Parents/guardians are asked to call 701-252-1821 beginning August 15, 2016 for an appointment to pick up their children’s school supplies.
They should also bring in the school supply list pertaining to the grade the school the student is in.
Questions? Call the Buffalo Mall Office at 701-251-2237.
Jamestown (CSi) All area veterans and their families are invited to the Annual All Vets Indoor Picnic, Sunday August 7, 2016, at the All Vets Club in Jamestown.
The picnic runs from noon to 4-p.m.
There will be bingo, food and fun for the entire family.
A free will offering will be accepted.
The Jamestown Drum and Bugle Corps will b performing.
No membership is required, and a great opportunity to socialize with fellow vets and their families.
Call the All Vets Club for more information at 701-252-8994.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A group of developers is planning to make ethanol from the stalks and leaves of North Dakota wheat straw and corn plants.
New Energy Investors is looking to develop a 13-million gallon, cellulosic ethanol plant at the Spiritwood Industrial Park near Jamestown.
New Energy co-founder and partner Thomas Corle says the company is attracted to the area because it believes the investment community in the state seems committed to agricultural products and generating new revenues back to the farm. Corle says the city of Jamestown has also been supportive of the project.
The company is asking the North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission for $125,000 for a three-month feasibility study. Corle says the study would be to reassure potential investors.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks police are investigating the death of a male whose body was found in a grassy area by a truck stop. Authorities say the body had “significant trauma.” It was found Sunday morning by a person exercising a dog. Police did not immediately release the male’s name or age. An autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Police are investigating the death of a man who was struck by a train in downtown Fargo.
The incident happened about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say the crossing arms were down at the time, and the BNSF Railway freight train hit its brakes and sounded a horn but couldn’t stop in time.
The 61-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Police are investigating the death of a man who was struck by a train in downtown Fargo.
The incident happened about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say the crossing arms were down at the time, and the BNSF Railway freight train hit its brakes and sounded a horn but couldn’t stop in time.
The 61-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota attorney general says the city council in Bisbee broke the law regarding a meeting with a city employee who was fired.
The council voted at a regular meeting to terminate the employee’s contract. Since the employee was not at the meeting, the council arranged a second meeting to tell him about the decision. The council did not provide notice or take minutes of the special meeting.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says personnel issues are public business because they relate to the performance of a government function and use of public funds.
The city was ordered to create detailed minutes of the special meeting.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Legislature is returning this week for a three-day special session to address shortfalls in the state treasury.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple called for the extra work last month after a revenue forecast showed tax collections continuing to decline due to depressed oil and farm commodity prices.
Dalrymple in February ordered state agencies to make immediate cuts and raided the state’s rainy day fund to make up for about $1.1 billion in shortfalls for the current two-year budget cycle. Tax collections since then are down an additional $100 million.
North Dakota’s Constitution allows the governor to call a special session for “extraordinary occasions.” The governor’s action is the 15th time a special session has been called since statehood.
The session begins Tuesday.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Figures from a survey of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states have dropped again and suggest slow or no economic growth ahead.
A report issued Monday says the Mid-American Business Conditions index fell to 47.6 last month from 50.1 in June.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says global economic uncertainty, including Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, was a significant concern for many of the supply managers in the survey.
The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests economic growth. A score below that suggests decline. The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Attendance at the 51st North Dakota State Fair was down 4 percent over last year, but Manager Renae Korslien (KOHRS’-leen) still calls this year’s event a success.
The state is in the midst of challenging economic times, with slumps in the oil and farming industries. Korslien says given that, an attendance drop of only 4 percent is “truly incredible.”
The fair wrapped up its nine-day run in Minot on Sunday. Officials say 293,123 people attended, down from 305,093 last year.
Among this year’s grandstand shows, a concert by country superstar Kenny Chesney had the biggest attendance, at 11,342 people.
Next year’s fair is scheduled July 21-29.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Dakotas-based Sanford Health is expanding in Minot.
Sanford says in a statement that its $1.5 million clinic will open today.
The 6,800-square-foot Northwest Clinic will provide family medicine and specialty care. The clinic features 16 exam rooms, two procedure rooms, an X-ray area and lab.
Sanford says its Highway 2 Clinic in Minot will remain open, providing walk-in services, primary care and occupational medicine.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The new superintendent of the Williston Public School District has stepped into his job amid challenges, including budget issues amid the slowdown in the energy sector.
Superintendent Michael Campbell began his position in Williston July 1 and has been assessing improvements within the district in his first month. His first goal is to begin restructuring the budget to avoid the district’s reliance on oil grants.
Campbell said he had been determined to avoid the western side of North Dakota until he became antsy for a new challenge.
He was previously superintendent of Sargent Central School District in southeast North Dakota, where he inherited a district plagued with deficit spending. After four years of tacking the problem, the district was free of its financial troubles.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The city of Bismarck has spent more than $12 million to upgrade its water treatment plant to keep up with the growing population.
The new technology will help the Bismarck Water Treatment Plant process more water from the Missouri River.
Plant Superintendent Brian Young says the updates also help prepare for future population jumps. The cost of the improvement is spread over time among users.
KILLDEER, N.D. (AP) – Killdeer has opened a new fitness center and indoor pool.
It’s a first for the community.
Killdeer Parks and Recreation Director James Mosseau says Killdeer used to have an outdoor pool, but it wasn’t open much of the year. He says it was hard to use.
Assistant Facility Manager Hannah Braathen says swimming lessons, an aerobics class and others activities are in the works.
Mosseau says it’s a facility that can make residents proud.
MEDORA, N.D. (AP) – Theodore Roosevelt National Park is hosting a star party for visitors to gaze at the sky through telescopes from the park’s north unit.
The event will be held Aug. 5 and Aug. 6.
Constellation tours will be offered from about 10 p.m. each night and telescopes will be set up at Oxbow Overlook at the end of the north unit’s scenic drive.
Visitors will be able to observe the planet Saturn.
The North Dakota Badlands Star Party is presented by an astronomy club associated with the University of North Dakota called the Northern Sky Astronomical Society of Grand Forks.
Sports…
The Valley City Post 20 took the crown Sunday in the 2016 Class A Legion Baseball State Championship in Dickinson in walk-off fashion with a 5-4 win in extra innings.
Valley City defeated Velva,Bismarck, Beulah and Wahpeton twice in capuring the state title.
Post 60 in heads to the Central Plains American Legion A baseball tournament August 4-7, 206, in Waupun, Wisconsin.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Anglers who catch a tagged salmon in Lake Sakakawea are being reminded to turn in the heads and report information to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.
Anglers can identify a tagged salmon by looking at the adipose fin – a small fleshy lobe found on the back toward the tail. If the fin is missing it was likely removed by Game and Fish biologists and the salmon probably has a micro-tag embedded in its head.
The tags are inserted into a sample of young salmon before they’re stocked. They contain codes that identify stocking information.
Heads can be turned in to Game and Fish, or to local bait shops in Riverdale and Pick City. Anglers will be provided with information about the fish when tags are extracted and studied by biologists.
AA…
Fargo-Moorhead 11, Joplin 7
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Chi Cubs 7 Seattle 6, 12 Innings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Brian Dozier homered twice and Ervin Santana posted another strong start one day before the trade deadline as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4 on Sunday.
Kennys Vargas hit a two-run homer as part of a three-run first inning for Minnesota, which has won three of four games.
Vargas’ towering blast in the first was hit an estimated 428 feet to straightaway center field and highlighted the quick start against Chicago’s Carlos Rodon (2-8), who made his first start since July 5 after recovering from a sprained left wrist.
Santana (4-9) allowed three runs – one earned – in six innings with five strikeouts. Ryan Pressly gave up a double to Melky Cabrera but recorded his first save in three chances.
Final Baltimore 6 Toronto 2, 12 Innings
Final Cleveland 8 Oakland 0
Final Tampa Bay 5 N-Y Yankees 3
Final Detroit 11 Houston 0
Final Texas 5 Kansas City 3
Final Boston 5 L.A. Angels 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 6 Colorado 4
Final Miami 5 St. Louis 4
Final Atlanta 2 Philadelphia 1
Final Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 2
Final San Francisco 3 Washington 1
Final L.A. Dodgers 14 Arizona 3
Final Cincinnati 3 San Diego 2
Vikings…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The newly built stadium for the Minnesota Vikings holds its first formal event this week, an international soccer exhibition that has already sold more than 55,000 tickets.
More than 200,000 people visited the new U.S. Bank Stadium for a July open house. The Vikings pledged $477 million toward the project, with the rest coming in public funding. By the end of construction, the team contributed an extra $125 million to add the bells and whistles that it wanted for the $1.1 billion stadium.
The open-feel stadium features a giant glass wall looking toward the downtown Minneapolis skyline.The seats are the closest to the field of any NFL stadium. The Vikings first game in the stadium will be their Aug. 28 preseason game against San Diego, but the real curtain raiser will come on September 18th in a Sunday night game against NFC North rival Green Bay.
MLB….
CLEVELAND (AP) – The Cleveland Indians have added Andrew Miller to their bullpen, acquiring the lefty from the New York Yankees for four minor leaguers. Miller is 6-1 with a 1.39 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 44 appearances this season, compiling a 0.772 WHIP (wip) on 28 hits and seven walks in 45 1/3 innings. But Cleveland missed out on getting Milwaukee catcher Jonathan Lucroy (LOO’-kroy), who nixed a trade that would have put him on a contender.
The St. Louis Cardinals added depth to the back half of their bullpen by acquiring veteran left-hander Zach Duke from the White Sox for minor league outfielder Charlie Tilson. Duke is 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA this season and was leading the American League with 53 appearances before heading to the NL.
Golf…
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) – Jimmy Walker is the fourth first-time winner in as many majors this year after earning a one-stroke victory over defending champ Jason Day at the PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club. Walker closed with a 3-under 67 for a 14-under total, playing his final two rounds yesterday due to Saturday’s rain. Daniel Summerhays closed with a 4-under 66 to finish third at minus-10, one shot ahead of Brooks Koepka (KEHP’-kuh), Branden Grace and Hideki Matsuyama (hih-DEH’-kee maht-soo-YAH’-mah).
WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN
WOBURN, England (AP) – Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn (ahr-EE’-uh JUH’-tan-uh-garn) has won the Women’s British Open with an even-par 72 that left her 16 under, three shots in front of Mirim Lee and American Mo Martin.
It was the fourth LPGA Tour win of the year for Jutanugarn, and her first major.
RACING…
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) – The NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway has been postponed until today because of rain. The race will start at 11 a.m., eastern time, with Martin Truex Jr. on the pole.
The June Pocono race was also delayed a day by rain. NASCAR says this is the first time a track had two rain-postponed races in the same season.
F1-GERMAN GRAND PRIX
HOCKENHEIM, Germany (AP) – Two-time defending F1 champ Lewis Hamilton won the German Grand Prix, the final Formula One race before the summer break. Hamilton has won six of the last seven races and now tops teammate Nico (NEE’-koh) Rosberg by 19 points in the world driver standings.
Red Bull drivers Daniel Ricciardo (rih-KAHR’-doh) and Max Verstappen finished second and third.
INDYCAR-MID-OHIO…
LEXINGTON, OHIO (AP) – Pole-sitter Simon Pagenaud (see-MOHN’ PAH’-zheh-noh) took the checkered flag in the IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio. He took advantage of Conor Daly’s late fuel stop to win the race for his fourth victory of the season and the eighth of his career.
Will Power finished second with Carlos Munoz third.
In world and national news…
NEW YORK (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump begins the first full week of the general election campaign in a familiar place — surrounded by controversy. Trump has been admonished by Democrats and Republicans alike over breaking a major American political and societal taboo over the weekend — feuding with the bereaved parents of a decorated Muslim Army captain killed in Iraq. A source says Trump was genuinely surprised, believing that he was attacked first.
LOCKHART, Texas (AP) – A Missouri police officer says the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas had had trouble with the law — a 2000 arrest on a felony driving while intoxicated charge. And the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported in 2008 that the Better Business Bureau had warned consumers about doing business with him. Investigators are working the crash site where 16 people were killed after the balloon hit power lines.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The once picturesque Main Street of Ellicott City, Maryland, is anything but today in the wake of a flash flood over the weekend that killed two people who were swept away. Officials say recovery will take months and money — millions of dollars. Five buildings were destroyed and nearly every home and business took damage.
VIENNA (AP) – Austria is placing soldiers as embassy guards in Vienna to free up police for possible anti-terrorism operations and other duties. The troopers took up their new duties today with more than 100 guarding two dozen embassies and other international locations, including the United Nations office. Army spokesman Kurt Wagner says the soldiers are armed and can use force in emergencies.
TOKYO (AP) – There was a national moment of panic in Japan today over a false alert of a major earthquake in the Tokyo area. The announcement of a magnitude 9.1 earthquake was cancelled seconds after being sent and the Japanese Meteorological Agency is investigating. One official says a seismograph may have been hit by lightning.
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