CSi Weather…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1-AM WED.

NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARNES               CASS                DICKEY
FOSTER               GRAND FORKS         GRIGGS
LAMOURE              LOGAN               MCINTOSH
NELSON               PEMBINA             RANSOM
RICHLAND             SARGENT             STEELE
STUTSMAN             TRAILL              WALSH

 

Forecast…

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the evening in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Some thunderstorms may be severe.

Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to

25 mph in the evening.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest

winds 10 to 20 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds

10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds

15 to 20 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. A 40 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the mid 70s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the lower 70s.

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

Highs in the mid 70s.

 

A second round of thunderstorms developing Tuesday afternoon and continuing through the evening and into the overnight hours.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to re-develop this afternoon and evening and continue into the overnight hours. Some storms may be severe with large hail to golf ball size, damaging winds to 65 mph and a tornado or two along with localized flooding. The higher tornado potential will be across the James River Valley and points east, including the far southern Red River valley into west central Minnesota, but possible anywhere in the region.

Wednesday through Monday There will be periods of showers and thunderstorms across the region from Thursday through next Monday.

 

 

Streeter (CSi)  The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a Streeter man who died in a car fire that occurred May 27th.

Sheriff Chad Kaiser says 67 year old Stanley Schauer was found in the burned car at a rural residence, at 50th Avenue Southeast,six miles northwest of Streeter that Saturday morning.

No foul play is suspected.  The cause of the car fire is undetermined, as the investigation is closed.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown High School Advanced Theatre Art’s Program will be performing the musical “Into The Woods,”  at the Jamestown High School Theater on June 29th and 30th at 7:00pm.

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine.

The story follows a childless baker and his wife. The couple venture into the woods to reverse a spell. During their journey they encounter Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Jack, and a Witch, each one on a quest to fulfill a wish.

Forty students from grades 6-12 and 2017 graduates are participating in the show which is directed by Cheryl McIntyre, the director of choirs at JHS, and her husband Mike McIntyre, who teaches theater at the University of Jamestown.

Into The Woods will be performed Tickets will be sold at the door ($5 for students and senior citizens, $7 for adults.)

 

Valley City  (VCSU)   VCSU Alumni send out an invitation to join them during Rally in the Valley, for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Medicine Wheel Park Saturday, June 17, 2017 @ 1 p.m.

Covered will be construction history in pictures.  Lemonade and homemade cookies will be available, and of course Dr. Joe Stickler will “Connect Us to the Universe!”

VCSU Alumni and Friends that have enjoyed the Medicine Wheel either by participating in a work day or just visiting it are invited to comment with special memories on their Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/vcsualumni/.  There will be a drawing for a VCSU T-shirt next Monday for all those that leave a special memory!

 

 

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — A Wahpeton man injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash on Friday died over the weekend.

The Highway Patrol says the ATV operated by 48-year-old John Hansen veered off a Richland County road on Friday night and rolled several times.

Hansen was taken to a Fargo hospital, where he died Saturday.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Fargo police officer has been arrested on a possible domestic assault charge.

Police Chief Dave Todd says Officer Jeremiah Ferris was arrested Tuesday in Moorhead, Minnesota. Ferris is a K9 officer and has been placed on leave.

Todd issued an apology to the victim and to Moorhead police, whose officers made the arrest. The chief says he will try to get the officer the help he needs. No specific details of the alleged assault were immediately released.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An American Indian activist accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline says he has no qualms about taking the case to trial, even though he could face more than five years in prison if convicted.

Trial has been scheduled early next year for Chase Iron Eyes in North Dakota. He pleaded not guilty in March to the felony charge and also misdemeanor criminal trespass.

Iron Eyes’ attorney also represented Hollywood actress Shailene Woodley, who signed a plea deal this year that kept her out of jail in another high-profile protest case.

Iron Eyes says he still lives and works in the area where the protests occurred and has “a huge and sincere concern about the administration of justice.”

His trial is set for February 8.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A legal battle involving one of the largest hepatitis C outbreaks in recent U.S. history continues even after nearly two dozen victims settled their claims last year against a Minot hospital.

The Minot Daily News reports that ManorCare Health Services, a nursing home, is seeking punitive damages against Trinity Health, which it blames for causing the 2013 outbreak through drug diversion and reuse of needles by an outreach phlebotomist.

The hospital says there is a lack of evidence and suggests the nursing home created its own problems.

More than 50 patients were infected with a genetically similar strain of hepatitis C, and most spent time at the nursing home.

A pretrial conference is scheduled June 30.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s oil production remained above 1 million barrels per day in April for the third straight month.

The Department of Mineral Resources says the state produced an average of 1.05 million barrels of oil daily in April, up slightly from 1.02 million barrels in March.

North Dakota also produced 1.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day in April, up slightly from March to a record.

The April tallies are the latest figures available.

There were 55 drill rigs operating in North Dakota on Tuesday, up five from the April and May averages but well below the all-time high of 218 on May 29, 2012.

North Dakota first surpassed the million-barrel-per-day mark in April 2014 and set a production record in December 2014 at 1.22 million barrels daily.

 

In world and national news..

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein says he will “defend the integrity” of the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. elections. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein told Rosenstein that she believes it would be “catastrophic” if special counsel Robert Mueller were fired on the orders of President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has told senators he would only fire special counsel Robert Mueller for good cause, and he’s seen no evidence of that. The question arose amid news reports suggesting that President Donald Trump is thinking about “terminating” Mueller. Mueller charged with investigating Russian interference in the U.S. election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a U.S. envoy met with North Korean foreign ministry representatives in Norway last month as part of efforts to win freedom for Americans held by Pyongyang. Joseph Yun, the U.S. envoy to North Korea, attended the May meeting in Oslo in which North Korea agreed that Swedish diplomats could visit all four American detainees. Yun was dispatched to North Korea and saw Otto Warmbier (WORM’-bir). Warmbier is the American college student released by North Korea but is in a coma.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will take an unspecified leave of absence, saying he needs time off to mourn his mother and to become a better leader. His decision comes as a report on Uber’s workplace and culture recommends Kalanick cede some power to a chief operating officer, and says the company needs more diversity.

EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s governor is committing to using every state resource necessary to capture two inmates who authorities say killed two guards and then fled. Authorities Baldwin State Prison transfer sergeants 42-year-old Christopher Monica and 58-year-old Curtis Billue were slain Tuesday morning. Gov. Nathan Deal said of the officers: “The selflessness and courage of these two brave souls will not be forgotten, nor will their sacrifice and service.”