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CSi Weather…
REST OF TODAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs near 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
60s. Highs around 90.
Very warm temperatures are expected Monday through Wednesday with
temperatures close to 100 possible with very little rain. This
will increase the Fire Danger as well as the potential for heat
related illnesses.
LaMoure — According to a report Thursday evening on WDAY TV, LaMoure Police Chief 53 year old James G. Watson is being held in the Stutsman County Correctional Center.
The Bureau of Criminal Investigation made the arrest Thursday evening, possibly in western North Dakota.
Authorities would only say the charge against him is gross sexual imposition.
More information is expected when the formal criminal complaint is released on Friday.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police is warning residents of a convicted sex offender living in Jamestown.
Christopher James Midgett lives at 2605 Circle Drive, Jamestown, ND, the North Dakota State Hospital Transition Home.
He presently has no vehicle.
Midgett is a 34 year old white male, six feet two inches tall, weighing 291 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.
Midgett has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
Offense: Sexual assault of a child, when he was 12 or 13 years old involving a five year old girl, and an 8 year old boy. A recent charge involving a 10 year old boy in North Dakota was dismissed for lack of evidence.
Conviction Date: December 1996 in Victoria Juvenile Court, in Texas.
Disposition: 7 years.
Midgett 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 Christopher James Midgett 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
Information and photo posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com
Jamestown (CSi) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will increase Pipestem Dam releases on Friday (Jun 30, 2017)
Pipestem Dam Manager Bob Martin, says, the release will go from 125 cfs to 250 cfs.
He says the increase as part of the planned drawdown of the reservoir to freeze up levels before winter, at 1,443 feet.
Pipestem Reservoir is currently at 1,463 feet above sea level.
Also releases from Jamestown Dam were decreased from 13 cfs to zero on Wednesday this week, with Jamestown Reservoir a few inches below its normal level at this time.
The current inflow to the Jamestown Reservoir is down to about 25 cfs.
Martin adds, that water is evaporating from Jamestown Resrvoir, eliminating the need for releases at the present time.
Jamestown (CSi) White Cloud Days in Jamestown offers traditional and new events and activities this year, around Jamestown, July 8-9, 2017.
National Buffalo Museum has organized this year’s activities.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Director Illana Xinos said, there will be vendors offering Native American items for sale in front of the National Buffalo Museum.
Also new this year is the TRAC (Two Rivers Activity Center) 5-K Run/Walk with proceeds benefiting the TRAC Scholarship Program. More information on line at CSiNewsNow.com
She pointed out that the official Grand Opening of the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse is on July 8th, from 10-a.m., to 4-p.m.
She added also on July 8th, Frontier Village will host activities including Craft/Rummage Sales, Dutch Oven Demonstrations, Buffalo Cupcakes served at 11-a.m., Color Time for Kids, Grilled Buffalo Burgers and $1 ice cream cones from 11-a.m., to 2-p.m., on the 8th, and Bobbing for Apples.
The Ivan Flett Memorial Dance Performance on the 8th from 12:30-p.m., to 2:30-p.m., along with Native American Flutist, Matt Shannandore from 4-p.m., to 6-p.m., at the amphitheater.
Also part of White Cloud Days is the parade, starting at 9:30-a.m. starting from McElroy Park going north on First Avenue, and back to McElroy on Second Avenue Southeast, (The parade will NOT across the railroad tracks).
At McElroy Park, The Jamestown Classic Car Show, along with crafts and vendors.
On July 8th at 7-p.m., Dirt Track Car Races, with the Dakota Classic Modified Tour, at 7-p.m., at Jamestown Speedway.
Highlights on Sunday July 9th include the Interdenominational Worship Service at 9:30-a.m., by Pioneer Ministry at Frontier Village, along with other activities.
For more information call the National Buffalo Museum at 701-252-8648.
Illana also invites the public and visitors to the newly renovated National Buffalo Museum, including the Bison Video. The preserved White Cloud, is on display, in the large room. For now White Cloud is in an area that is roped off, and she asks visitors not to touch. She added that later, White Cloud will be in a clear four sided display that will enable visitor’s to see her 360 degrees.
Also on our show Jamestown Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund said, White Cloud Days, along with the Stutsman County Fair, 4th of July Fireworks Display at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds at 10-p.m., and July 4th car racing at Jamestown Speedway, along with reunions make Jamestown a large tourist destination.
GWINNER, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say the pilot of crop spraying plane 45 year old John Goerger, of Barney, North Dakota, has been killed in a crash in Sargent County.
Sheriff Travis Paeper says crash happened shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday about 8 miles west of Gwinner. Paeper says dense fog in the area is believed to be a contributing factor in the crash.
The sheriff says a farmer who lives nearby witnessed the crash. The pilot was working for an area crop spraying company. The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the cause.
FESSENDEN, N.D. (AP) – A judge says a former North Dakota sheriff who is facing charges for dealing drugs and bribery should be allowed to travel out of state.
Southeast District Court Judge Daniel Narum made the ruling at a bond hearing for Johnny Zip Lawson on Wednesday. Lawson is charged with conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance, bribery, false reports to law enforcement or other security officials, public servant refusing to perform duty and ingesting a controlled substance.
Wells County State’s Attorney Kathleen Murray opposed the motion, saying Lawson was a danger to others, namely witnesses and informants.
Narum ruled that Lawson can travel to South Dakota and Montana with the stipulation that any travel to Montana must be work-related.
BERTHOLD, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a traffic stop near a small northwestern North Dakota community led to the discovery of a large stash of marijuana.
Berthold Police Chief Al Schmidt says the seizure of 122 pounds of high-grade marijuana is one of the largest busts he’s heard of in North Dakota. Officials say the marijuana has a street value of about $600,000.
The marijuana was found following a traffic stop this week on Highway 2. The man driving the vehicle, as well as two others, were arrested.
Krebsbach had been missing since last Saturday in Lake Metigoshe when the pontoon he was operating was discovered with the motor running and no one on board about 9:30 p.m. in the area of the Twin Oaks on Lake Metigoshe.
Water in the search area ranged from about eight feet to 16 feet and is punctuated by heavy weed growth in places. Authorities say the weed cover made the search for Krebsbach more difficult than anticipated.
Searchers included Dive teams from Jamestown, and Devils Lake, along with North Dakota Game and Fish Department, Bottineau County Fire Department, and Ward County Dive and Rescue, are all participating in the search.
Krebsbach was sent to the state medical examiner in Bismarck for autopsy. However, the Bottineau County Sheriff’s Office has said no foul play is suspected. Krebsbach had dropped off passengers on his pontoon at a dock about one-half hour before he was reported missing.
Meanwhile, the search continued without any results Thursday for a jet skier who went missing on Lake Sakakawea in the area south of the Four Bears Bridge on June 11. Missing is Chad Kanine, 42, Parshall. Authorities believe he fell of his jet ski sometime between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on that date.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The heavily criticized company that handled private security for the Dakota Access oil pipeline says its efforts were aimed at creating a safe working environment and that it’s the victim of a smear campaign.
North Carolina-based TigerSwan faces trouble in North Dakota for operating without a license. It’s been lambasted by pipeline opponents for aggressive tactics during months of protests.
The company says in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday that it’s “been the subject of a deliberate misinformation campaign.” It says social media “‘click bait’ makes wild claims about work done in the interests of public safety.” The company didn’t answer further questions, citing ongoing litigation.
North Dakota’s Private Investigative and Security Board has sued TigerSwan for having no license. TigerSwan said it looks forward to addressing issues with the board.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing additional assistance for livestock producers dealing with the ongoing drought across North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.
The USDA has expanded emergency grazing on land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, including those counties where drought conditions are moderate.
The agency says the authorization includes any county in which any part of its border lies within 150 miles of a county with severe drought.
The action also allows ranchers in the expanded set of counties to donate their hay to those in severe drought counties if the ranchers are CRP contract holders.
Farmers enrolled in CRP received a yearly payment for removing environmentally-sensitive land from production.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is reminding people that fireworks are prohibited on state wildlife management areas.
The areas are set aside to enhance wildlife production and provide outdoors opportunities including hunting and fishing. They’re popular destinations during the Fourth of July, but officials say fireworks can disrupt wildlife and cause wildfires.
Fireworks have been banned in many other areas this year due to drought conditions in the state.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state agency is trying to collect millions of dollars in oil and gas royalty payments it says are owed to the state. The North Dakota Petroleum Council is promising litigation.
The dispute began after North Dakota’s Board of University and School Lands discovered during a recent audit that some oil companies allegedly took improper deductions for transportation, processing and other costs on royalties owed to the state.
The Petroleum Council disagrees with the department’s interpretation of the leases, which date to 1979.
The amount of money allegedly owed to the state is still being determined, but state Land Commissioner Lance Gaebe (GAY’-bee) says it’s in the millions.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Blue Jays Boys Hockey Assistant Coach, Andy Fitzgerald has become the new Blue Jays Girls Hockey Team Coach.
He succeeds Shaulee Iverson, who resigned after two seasons as coach.
Fitzgerald a 2001 Jamestown College graduate. was head coach of the Jays baseball team from 2005-08. He played high school hockey in St. Paul, Minnesota, the playing college baseball for the Jamestown Jimmies. He’s also teaches Physical Education at Jamestown High School.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Rodeo will have its two day event June 30 & July 1, 2017.
Tickets are $10 for ages 17 and up, $5 for ages 6-16 and free for 6 and under. The rodeo will be held at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds, at 6:30pm.
Events include: Tie Down, Barrel Racing, Team Roping the Roughstock, and more.
Committee member Richard Doerr says the Slack competitions will be held Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, held then because of a limited time in each competition.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Speedway hosts the “Fireworks Spectacular,” racing on Tuesday July 4, 2017, starting at 7-p.m.
Fireworks start at 10-p.m.
Race and fireworks sponsors are Don Wilhelm Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Jamestown Tourism.
Remember, The Dakota Classified Modified Tour will be at the Speedway, on Saturday July 8, 2017.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The University of North Dakota and University of Montana have agreed to play a home-and-home series in football during the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The teams will play in Grand Forks on Sept. 7, 2024, and in Missoula on Sept. 13, 2025.
WOLVES…
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Jimmy Butler has a new team with the Timberwolves. He’s had his warm welcome to Minnesota. Now he has work to do, when free agency begins: Persuade some of his peers around the league to join him. As Wolves officials introduced Butler at a news conference yesterday at the Mall of America, they touted a belief that this up-and-coming team will be a desired destination on the open market.
AA…
Sioux Falls 9, Fargo-Moorhead 8
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 4 Tampa Bay 0
Final L.A. Dodgers 6 L.A. Angels 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BOSTON (AP) — David Price won for the second time in three starts, Mookie Betts and Hanley Ramirez hit solo home runs, and the Boston Red Sox rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 last night. Tzu-Wei Lin singled and tripled for his first big league multihit game. Jackie Bradley Jr. had three hits and an RBI.
Final Cleveland 5 Texas 1
Final Detroit 7 Kansas City 3
Final Houston 6 Oakland 1
Final Baltimore 2 Toronto 0
Final Chi White Sox 4 N-Y Yankees 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final St. Louis 10 Arizona 4
Final Chi Cubs 5 Washington 4
Final Milwaukee 11 Cincinnati 3
Final N-Y Mets 6 Miami 3
Final San Diego 6 Atlanta 0
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Washington 67 N-Y Liberty 54
Final Connecticut 96 Seattle 89
NBA…
UNDATED (AP) — Two of the best players in the NBA’s Western Conference are about to become unrestricted free agents. One is expected to re-sign with the NBA champions, but another could be reunited with his college coach.
A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that Kevin Durant has declined to opt in for the second year of his contract with Golden State. Durant has said he plans to re-sign with the team he led to a title earlier this month, his first as a pro. He would now have to reach a new deal after free agency begins Saturday.
Durant is expected to earn about $31.8 million a season under the new deal, a 20 percent raise over the $26.5 million he made last season.
Meanwhile, a person with knowledge of the situation says Utah Jazz small forward Gordon Hayward has declined the player-option final season on his contract and will test the free-agent market. The Jazz have made it clear that re-signing Hayward is their No. 1 priority, but the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat are showing serious interest in the small forward.
Hayward was Butler’s star player when Celtics coach Brad Stevens ran the Bulldogs program.
Durant averaged 25 points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists last season, his first as a Warrior. Hayward was named to the All-Star game for the first time last season and averaged 21.9 points, 5.4 boards and 3.5 assists.
GOLF…
PGA-QUICKEN LOANS
POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — David Lingmerth fired a 5-under 65 to grab the first-round lead at the PGA’s Quicken Loans National in Potomac, Md.
The 29-year-old Swede carded five birdies during a seven-hole stretch and hit 12 of 14 fairways to tie for best in the field. He is seeking his second PGA victory and first since the 2015 Memorial.
There’s a six-way tie for second, with Troy Merritt, Marc Leishman and Johnson Wagner matching 66s with Nick Taylor, Daniel Summerhays and Sung Kang.
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS-US SENIOR OPEN
PEABODY, Mass. (AP) — Kirk Triplett is the first-round leader at the U.S. Senior Open after matching the lowest round in a PGA Tour Champions major.
Triplett opened with an 8-under 62 that included an eagle on the par-4 fourth hole. He birdied six of his first 12 holes before holing out a 9-iron from 120 yards for his eagle.
Olin Browne is one shots back and one ahead of Doug Garwood. Six players are at minus-5.
LPGA-WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (AP) — Chella Choi and Amy Yang shared the lead when the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship was suspended by rain.
Choi opened with a 5-under 66 that puts her one ahead of Brittany Altomare. Yang completed 17 holes when the round was halted.
Joanna Klatten was at minus-4 through 16 holes, while defending champ Brooke Henderson was among six players at 3 under.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has denounced the partial reinstatement of President Donald Trump’s travel ban as a “truly shameful exhibition of blind hostility to all Iranians” and a measure that will prevent Iranian grandmothers from seeing their grandchildren in America. His remarks came after “fiancé” was added to a list of U.S. criteria for visa applicants from the six Muslim-majority nations. The list includes parents, spouses, children, siblings and others, but not grandparents.
WASHINGTON (AP) — MSNBC “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have postponed a vacation in order to respond to President Donald Trump’s Twitter attack, saying Trump’s claim that Brzezinski was “bleeding badly from a face-lift” in a December encounter was a lie. MSNBC’s Willie Geist said Scarborough and Brzezinski skipped a Red Sox game Thursday because they didn’t want to become a public spectacle.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has tweeted about the sputtering Senate health care bill. Trump says: “If Republican Senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately REPEAL, and then REPLACE at a later date!”
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing has strongly protested a U.S. plan to sell $1.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan and demanded that the deal be canceled. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang on Friday said Washington should immediately stop the sale to avoid harming relations with Beijing.
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi commanders say troops are clearing up a key neighborhood captured from Islamic State militants in the city of Mosul, a day after Iraq’s prime minister declared an end to the extremist group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab al-Saadi and Lt. Col. Salam Hussein say their forces are continuing to clear territory on Friday. On Thursday, Iraqi forces retook the hugely symbolic al-Nuri Mosque, blown up by IS last week.
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