CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

.TONIGHT…Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to

15 mph.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Slight chance of rain showers and thunderstorms

in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to

15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms in the evening, in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area, then partly cloudy

after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 10 to

15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

Highs in the lower 80s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.

Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.

.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the

lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Slight chance of rain showers in the morning,

then chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in

the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation

20 percent.

 

On Friday…the eastern two-thirds of the state is in a marginal risk for severe weather.

Any storms should exit to the east of the area Friday night, with

quiet weather returning for Saturday into Sunday.

High temps still look to remain mostly in the 80s. N to NW

winds may be a little breezy in the afternoons, especially on

Saturday.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  North Dakota National Guard, The Valley City-based 231st Brigade Maintenance Support Battalion, along with Guard and state and local officials will celebrate the ribbon cutting officially opening for operations the new facility,  today at 1-p.m.

Scheduled to speak are: U.S Senator John Hoeven, North Dakota Lt. Governor, Brent Sanford, and North Dakota Adjutant General, Major General Alan Dohrmann.

The public is encouraged to attend.

The location is 2135 7th Street SE, Valley City.

The $13 million project was completed this spring after construction began in June 2015. The building provides the National Guard with a new vehicle maintenance shop and unheated enclosed vehicle storage facility to support unit maintenance operations and training.

The previous maintenance shop, which was located near the Valley City Airport, was not suitable for expansion to house the new equipment. Built in 1960, the building had only 3,230 square feet of floor space. The new building has more than 45,000 square feet.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Barnes County Sheriff’s office responded to a cabin along Lake Ashtabula near Meyers Landing on May 30, 2017 for a call for service.

Chief Deputy Don Fiebiger says a rural Oriska man had shot himself in the chest with a .22 caliber rifle, who was Life-Flighted to a Fargo hospital for  treatment.

More details coming as the investigation continues.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi) Jamestown city crews began flushing fire hydrants in the SE & SW areas Wednesday  and will continue the work throughout the City during normal working hours until completed.

Please be aware of the possibility of lowered water pressure when flushing of hydrants occurs in the various areas.

Jamestown (CSi)  R.M. Stoudt in Jamestown is hosting the 10th Annual Running of the Pink,  5-K Run/Walk, 10-K Run, Saturday, June 3, 2017, starting at 9-a.m.

The event will be held rain or shine.

Over $80,000 has been raised from the events, and last year  topped over 600 registrants.  400 were walkers participating in the 5-K  event.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Tara Kapp from R.M. Stoudt said, the latest registration count showed over 400 participants have pre-registered, so it’s anticipated that at least 600 will participate.

Photos by Matt Sheppard for CSi TV.   280 photos from last year at Facebook.  Like, Tag, & Share your favorites.

She added that last year a total of $30,000 was raised, including an R.M. Stoudt match of $15,000 in honor of Stoudt’s 75th Anniversary in 2016.

ALL PROCEEDS are donated locally to the JRMC Foundation & Women’s Way Chapter to be used for Breast & Cervical Cancer screenings, education & needs.

The funding also supports the “No Excuses” program through the Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Foundation,  that allows screenings for those with no insurance, or limited insurance, to have the 3-D mammograms at JRMC at no cost.   The program also covers gasoline costs for those traveling to Jamestown for the screening from out of the area.  More information by calling JRMC, or R.M. Stoudt in Jamestown.

Register online and print forms on line at www.stoudtcars.com .

The Running of the Pink offers prizes for Largest Family and Largest Business Team.  Prizes will also be awarded for the most unique costume.

Prizes also to be given for those competing in the 5-K and 10K run.

Along the course there will be watering stops, including for dogs who come along on the walk, as families are encouraged to join businesses on the run/walk.

She said that new this year is a raffle to win a pink tandem bike, with raffle tickets benefiting the run, at $10 each, with the drawing after the run. (need not be present to win).

“Vivian,”  The Pink Fire Truck,” returns to Jamestown in conjunction with the run.

The founder of the international Pink Heals movement, Dave Graybill started  “The Pink Heals Tour,” and brings fire trucks and police cars to locations across America to spread awareness of breast cancer screenings and education.

Register and print forms on line at www.stoudtcars.com (fees apply on line)

E-mail rmstoudt@csicable.net

Or call 701-252-2270, or 1-800-279-2886.

Registration fee is now

Adults $25

Youth 12 & under $20

Seniors 60 and over $20

Tara added the Running Of The Pink is a cooperative effort of R.M. Stoudt, Central Valley Health District, and the JRMC Foundation.

Major sponsors include:  The Jamestown Rural Fire Department, IDK, AmeriPride, and the Jamestown Sun.

Stay up to date on this year’s Running of the Pink at the new Facebook page: www.facebook/runningof the pink

Photos of last year’s event in this story at CSiNewsNow.com and at the CSi Facebook page from over the years.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  Construction will begin Thursday, June 1, 2017 on the Interstate 94 business route in Valley City. The project consists of mill and overlay along with work on the traffic signal system.

Work will take place separately on the following three segments of the I-94 business loop through Valley City:

West segment from 3rd Street to 5th Avenue Southwest.

Middle segment from 2nd Avenue to 5th Avenue Northeast.

East segment from the Rainbow Bridge to the east city limits.

During construction:

Traffic through the work zone will not be greatly affected for most of the project, except during milling operations.

During milling operations, traffic may be temporarily reduced to a single lane controlled with pilot car and flaggers. This is anticipated to last approximately three to four days per segment.

Pedestrians will be temporarily detoured during the portion of work from 2nd Avenue Southeast to 5th Avenue Northeast.

The project is expected to be complete this fall.

For more information about construction projects and road conditions throughout North Dakota, call 511 or visit the Travel Information Map on the NDDOT website at https://www.dot.nd.gov/ travel-info.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota sheriff who abruptly resigned has been arrested on felony counts of conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine and bribery.

Johnny Zip Lawson resigned as Wells County sheriff on April 25, citing personal reasons. The 41-year-old was then arrested Friday. He was released from jail Tuesday, on a promise to appear in court.

Lawson is also charged with misdemeanor counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer, neglect of duty by a public official and ingesting meth.

Lawson’s attorney, Peter Welte, says his client is “looking forward to the truth of this matter coming out.” Welte declined to comment further, saying the matter should be resolved through court.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota woman accused of pouring scalding water on a 4-year-old boy has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Twenty-two-year-old Shayla Left Hand, of Fort Yates, pleaded guilty in February to four counts of child neglect and one count of child abuse.

Authorities say Left Hand did not seek medical treatment for the child, who was discovered by law enforcement about five days after he was burned. The boy had second- and third-degree burns over a significant portion of his body.

Further investigation found that Left Hand would leave the boy and another 3-year-old child locked in the home while she was away from the residence.

Left Hand lived in the residence with Calvin Crow Eagle, who has pleaded guilty to three neglect charges.

 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Results from a monthly survey of business supply managers suggest a slight decline in the economic conditions for nine Midwest and Plains states.

The Mid-America Business Conditions Index report released Thursday says the overall regional economic index dropped to 55.5 in May from 61.4 in April.

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says the index figures over the past six months point to healthy growth for regional manufacturing and nonmanufacturing through the third quarter of this year.

The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth in that factor. A score below that suggests decline.

The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, which is expected to begin shipping oil to contractors on Thursday, will face scrutiny later this summer over whether it violated North Dakota rules during construction.

North Dakota’s Public Service Commission is looking into whether Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners removed too many trees and shrubs, and whether it improperly reported the discovery of Native American artifacts. No artifacts were disturbed.

ETP says it didn’t intentionally do anything wrong. If the three-member commission decides differently, the company could face tens of thousands of dollars in fines.

Regulators decided during a Wednesday meeting to hold hearings in either July or August.

ETP said earlier this month that the $3.8 billion pipeline would begin transporting crude on June 1 to fulfill contracts with shippers.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum says a newly created task force will support development of drone technology in North Dakota.

Burgum announced the task force Wednesday at the Drone Focus Conference in Fargo. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao also attended the conference.

The governor says the UAS Detection and Counter-UAS Task Force will study government, business and research opportunities for drone technology and work with operators who want to test drone detection and countermeasures in North Dakota.

Burgum says North Dakota has already staked a position in drone applications and testing by investing $43 million to advance research and development.

An Army report last fall cited more than 600 types of unmanned aerial systems being used in more than 80 countries.

 

 

In sports…

The Class A State  Baseball Tournament against Grand Forks Red River.

Thursday schedule:

11:30am – Davies vs. Minot

2pm – Jamestown vs. Sheyenne

4:30pm – Dickinson vs. Red River

7pm – Mandan vs. West Fargo

 

The Jamestown High girls soccer team are the West Region champs and locked in as the number one seed in the state tournament beginning Thursday.

They will play Fargo Davies at 4:30pm at Sid Cichy Stadium in the quarterfinals.

The Jays are a perfect 14-0-0 and have only allowed six goals all year.

The Jamestown High girls soccer team the West Region champs are the number one seed in the state tournament beginning Thursday.

Thursday schedule:

12pm – St. Mary’s vs. Sheyenne

2:15pm – Minot vs. Shanley

4:30pm – Jamestown vs. Davies

6:45pm – North vs. Century

 

Mandan – The Valley City Hi-Liners softball team today, plays the WDA Champion Bismarck Demons. The match up between the 4th seed out of the east and the west’s top seed will be the final game of the day.

 

The bracket for the 2017 State Class B Boys Baseball Tournament

June 1, 2017 in Jamestown:

Jack Brown Stadium

 

Game 1 – 11:30 a.m. – No. 2 Kindred-Richland vs. Shiloh Christian

Game 2 – 35 minutes after Game 1 – No. 3 Park River-Fordville/Lankin vs. MLS/G/K/B

Game 3 – 4:30 p.m. – No. 1 Thompson vs. Rugby

Game 4 – 35 minutes after Game 3 – No. 4 Carrington vs. No. 5 Bishop Ryan

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The University of Mary has named former North Dakota and Southern Illinois head football coach Dale Lennon as its new athletic director.

The 57-year-old Lennon returns to the school where he started his head coaching career two decades ago. He took over the UND program in 1999, where he led his alma mater to an NCAA Division II national championship. In 2008 he moved on to Division I Southern Illinois, where he coached until2015.

Lennon takes over for Roger Thomas, who is retiring at the end of June. Lennon also took over for Thomas as UND’s head football coach.

Mary moved up from NAIA athletics to NCAA Division II in 2008. It has 17 athletic teams and is one of 16 schools in the Northern Son Intercollegiate Conference

 

AA…
Fargo-Moorhead 5, Sioux City 1

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Toronto 5 Cincinnati 4

Final L.A. Angels 2 Atlanta 1

Final Seattle 5 Colorado 0

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Springer reached base in all six plate appearances and hit two of Houston’s season-high six home runs to lead the Astros to their seventh straight victory, 17-6 over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.

Carlos Correa, Alex Bregman, Evan Gattis and Marwin Gonzalez also went deep for the Astros, who scored 40 runs in the three games to set a franchise record for runs in a series of any length. They had 19 hits on Wednesday and 37 in the series.

Brian Dozier, Eddie Rosario and Jason Castro homered for the Twins, who have lost four straight. Hector Santiago (4-5) gave up six runs on eight hits and walked three in six innings, three days after he was an emergency fill-in during the 15th inning of a loss to Tampa Bay.

 

Final Oakland 3 Cleveland 1

Final Baltimore 10 N-Y Yankees 4

Final Tampa Bay 7 Texas 5, 10 Innings

Final Boston 4 Chi White Sox 1

Final Detroit 6 Kansas City 5

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Arizona 6 Pittsburgh 5, 14 Innings

Final Miami 10 Philadelphia 2

Final San Diego 2 Chi Cubs 1

Final Milwaukee 7 N-Y Mets 1

Final St. Louis 2 L.A. Dodgers 1

Final Washington 3 San Francisco 1

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have taken a 2-0 lead over the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup Final.

Rookie Jake Guentzel scored twice and the Penguins chased Nashville start goaltender Pekka Rinne (PEH’-kuh RIH’-neh) with a three-goal outburst in the third period to win 4-1.

Rinne was pulled after giving up three goals in just over 3 minutes in the third. Pittsburgh is now two wins away from becoming the first team since the Detroit Red Wings in 1998 to win back-to-back Cups.

Scott Wilson and Evgeni Malkin also scored for Pittsburgh, which won for the ninth time in these playoffs when being outshot. The Predators had 38 shots to the Penguins’ 27, but Rinne allowed four goals on 25 shots and got the hook in favor of backup Juuse Saros in the third period.

 

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Atlanta 77 San Antonio 70

Final Washington 78 Connecticut 76

 

BROADCASTER-HARRELSON RETIRING

 

CHICAGO (AP) — White Sox broadcaster Ken “Hawk” Harrelson says he will retire after working 20 games next year in his 34th season in the booth.

Harrelson, a colorful character known for sayings like “You Can Put It On The Board” when the White Sox hit a home run, will work primarily Sunday home games in 2018. After he finishes his TV duties, the 75-year-old Harrelson will serve as a team ambassador for the 2019 season.

 

KIDS CHOICE SPORTS-WILSON

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is returning for a third time as host of the Nickelodeon (CSi 26) Kids’ Choice Sports awards.

He will preside over the show honoring the world’s top athletes and sports moments from UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. It will tape on July 13 and air three days later.

Wilson has proven to be a game host in the past, whether he’s dancing or getting slimed.

“Kids get ready,” he said Wednesday. “Three times the slime coming your way.”

Wilson recently became a first-time father to daughter Sienna with singer-wife Ciara.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says fighting climate change is a “global consensus” and an “international responsibility.” Speaking in Berlin about the Paris climate change accord, he said that “China in recent years has stayed true to its commitment.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump may abandon U.S. pledges to reduce carbon emissions, but global economic realities ensure he is unlikely to reverse the accelerating push to adopt cleaner forms of energy. Around the world, coal-fired power plants are being shuttered as governments and private companies invest billions in wind turbines and solar farms.

ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says that Russia’s military deployments on a group of Pacific islands also claimed by Japan have been caused by concerns about the U.S. military buildup in the region. Speaking at a meeting with international news editors, Putin said the U.S. will likely continue to build up its missile shield in the region even if North Korea agrees to curb its nuclear and missile programs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says the Russian state has never been involved in hacking. Speaking at a meeting with senior editors of leading international news agencies Thursday, Putin said that some individual “patriotic” hackers could mount some attacks amid the current cold spell in Russia’s relations with the West.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The city’s acting mayor says the massive truck bombing in Kabul caused property damage as far as 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away from the blast site. Abdullah Habibzai says city workers removed around 200 large trucks of garbage and destroyed material after Wednesday’s blast. Habibzai says the total damage from the bombing based on an initial estimate is 1 billion Afghanis ($ 1.5 million) but that number could rise.