CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 to

15 mph shifting to the northwest around 15 mph in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast

winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast

winds 5 to 10 mph.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.

Highs in the 90s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid

60s. Highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.

Highs in the mid 80s.

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.

 

Update…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A police chief in a southeastern North Dakota town is charged with sex crimes in three southwestern counties, including allegations he had sex with a minor under the age of 15.

Fifty-two-year-old James Watson is the chief of the LaMoure Police Department. He was charged Friday in Stark, Hettinger and Golden Valley counties. The charges date back to 2011.

Watson faces single charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child in both Stark and Golden Valley counties. Those complaints say Watson engaged in sexual contact or sexual acts on at least a weekly basis.

Watson is charged in Hettinger County with three counts of gross sexual imposition.

Court documents do not list a lawyer for Watson, who is jailed in Jamestown. A court hearing has not been scheduled.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a traffic stop last Saturday,  south of Spiritwood, resulted in two individuals  facing several drug charges.

Trooper Wesley Maley says, around 12:41-p.m.,, a traffic stop was conducted for a vehicle that did not have current registration. Following the stop, it was learned that the driver, 40 year-old Adam Lee Hagen of Jamestown, had methamphetamine drug paraphernalia on his person.

A female passenger, 34 year-old Sarah Broderick of Cleveland, was observed to have been trying to hid something from officers. Stutsman County Deputy Damian Hoyt located the item, which was a small amount of white powder in a small plastic zip bag.

Maley says from talking and observing Hagen that it was apparent that he was under the influence of some drug.  A search of the vehicle found numerous drug paraphernalia including glass smoking devices, scales, and syringes.

All illegal items were taken as evidence. Most of the items were located in Broderick’s purse. Both were taken into custody.

Stutsman County State’s Attorney Fritz Fremgen reports that both individuals were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia (Marijuana and Methamphetamine) and possession of a controlled substance.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown  AAUW announces the date of the 28th Annual Garden Tour as Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 4-8 pm.

Locations on this year’s tour include:  Kim Avans, 418 4th Ave SE;  Frank and Stephanie Jensen, 1605 3rd Ave NE;  Alan and Mary Sargeant, 3161 Highway 281 N; and John Zvirovski, 1601 7th Ave SE.

An added feature of the tour is the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse, Corner of  3rd Ave and 5th St SE, where refreshments will be served and guests can see the recently completed restoration work.  Completed tickets can also be dropped off there to qualify for door prizes.

Advance tickets are $8.00 and will be available to purchase after July 5th at The AAUW Used Bookstore, 601 1st Ave. S.; The Arts Center, 115 2nd  St. SW; Country Gardens Floral, 106 Business Loop West;  Don’s House of Flowers,1107  7th Ave SE ;  1602 Business Loop E; Lloyds Toyota, 500 17th St SW; the Garden Gate, 208 1st St W,  and all AAUW members.

Tickets are $10 the day of the tour and after 3 PM on tour day, they will only be available at The AAUW Used Book Store or at each tour site during tour hours.

Proceeds from the garden tour support the AAUW Endowment Fund at the University of

Jamestown and the AAUW Foundation which provides grants and funding for projects that promote equity for women and girls.

For more information and maps showing the host sites, visit the Jamestown AAUW website at http://jamestown-nd.aauw.net or call Kelly Krein, 252-4690 or 4107.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (June 30, 2017  CSi) – Gov. Doug Burgum Friday amended his June 22 Executive Order on drought assistance for livestock producers, expanding coverage by five counties in response to the June 29 U.S. Drought Monitor.

 

The amendment provides aid to livestock producers through the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Program (Program) overseen by the State Water Commission. The additional areas include counties designated as extreme drought classification, or “D3,” and adjacent counties, including: Stutsman, Logan, McIntosh, LaMoure and Dickey.

 

The amendment allows the State Water Commission to expand the number of counties eligible for the Program if additional areas are added to the D3 classification in the future. Gov. Burgum last week also activated the State Emergency Operations Plan and initiated intragovernmental support for drought planning and response activities through a unified command structure, which meets weekly to coordinate statewide resources and response activities.

 

“A whole-of-government approach is critical to helping impacted communities as we face moderate to extreme drought conditions across the state,” said Gov. Burgum. “We will continue to work proactively with state and federal partners to ensure affected individuals have access to the resources they need to protect livestock, crops and their livelihoods.”

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Some federal aid is being made available for drought-stricken farmers and ranchers in the Upper Midwest.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is designating 15 North Dakota counties as primary natural disaster areas. That paves the way for emergency loans for producers in those counties and 19 contiguous counties in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.

Perdue also has expanded grazing on Conservation Reserve Program land in the three states.

The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows 25 percent of North Dakota in extreme drought. The worst areas are in the western part of the state. Small portions of north central South Dakota and eastern Montana also are in extreme drought.

The drought conditions are harming crops, causing many ranchers to sell off cattle, and prompting bans on open burning and fireworks.

Congressman Kevin Cramer’s Office has provided specific information on the counties in North Dakota and the region.

Click here to view disaster declaration for North Dakota.

Click here to view disaster declaration for South Dakota.

Click here to view disaster declaration for Montana.

For more information on livestock options, visit Cramer.House.Gov/Drought

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — About $65 million in construction projects are in the works at a North Dakota air force base.

The  projects at the Minot Air Force Base include a nearly $18 million aircraft maintenance unit.

Trev Albright of the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron recently provided a detailed report about the base’s projects to members of the Minot Area Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Committee.

The base completed some of the projects, including a nearly $19 million lodging facility in 2016.

Plans are expected for more construction projects, such as an indoor firing range.

The Minot base has about 12,000 personnel overseeing B-52 bombers and Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.

 

In world and national news…

 

NEW YORK (AP) —  New York City’s mayor says one doctor is dead and several others are fighting for their lives after a gunman opened fire at a New York City hospital.

Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at a news conference Friday, hours after a doctor with a rifle concealed in his lab coat started shooting inside Bronx Lebanon Hospital.

Police say five of the injured were seriously wounded, and one had a gunshot wound to the leg.

Police Commissioner James O’Neill says the shooter then apparently tried to set himself on fire before turning the gun on himself.

A law enforcement official identified the shooter as Dr. Henry Bello, who used to work at the hospital.

 

Previously…

Police say at least four people have been shot at a New York City hospital and the gunman is still at large.

The gunfire broke out at 2:50 p.m. Friday inside the Bronx Lebanon Hospital in the Bronx.

Television images showed the hospital surrounded by police cars and fire trucks. Police could be seen on the roof of the building, at one point, with their guns drawn.

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center describes itself as the largest voluntary, not-for-profit health care system in the south and central Bronx.

The 120-year-old hospital claims nearly 1,000 beds spread across multiple units. Its emergency room is among the busiest in New York City.

The hospital is about a mile and a half north of Yankee Stadium.

 

SAN ANTONIO (AP) —  San Antonio police have identified the man who shot two police officers, one fatally, before he was killed in the shootout.

A police department spokesman identified the gunman as 34-year-old Andrew Bice.

Officers Miguel Moreno and Julio Cavazos were shot Thursday as they exited their patrol car to speak with Bice and another man about a vehicle break-in just north of downtown San Antonio. Moreno died Friday morning of a gunshot wound to the head. Cavazos has undergone surgery for his gunshot wounds and is expected to survive.

Bice was fatally wounded in the exchange of gunfire. Police say the second man was unaware that his companion would pull a weapon and is cooperating with investigators.

 

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Hundreds of civilians continued to flee Mosul’s Old City as Iraqi forces slowly squeezed the last pockets of Islamic State resistance. The United Nations warned that “intense and concentrated” were putting innocent lives in even greater danger.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the 2012 free trade agreement between the U.S. and South Korea was a “rough deal” for America and that he wants a new one. Trump was meeting with the South Korean president at the White House for the second day. In joint remarks in the Rose Garden, Trump called for the lifting of barriers to U.S. auto sales in South Korea and accused Seoul of enabling exports to the U.S. of dumped steel.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is declining to comment on the president’s suggestion that the Senate vote now to repeal the Obama health care law, and vote later to replace it. But that idea that was rejected months ago by GOP leaders in the House and Senate.

RIVERTON, Utah (AP) — The parents of a Utah man imprisoned in Venezuela a year ago as of Friday fear their son will die in a Caracas jail amid growing volatility in the South American country. Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has been brought in by Joshua Holt’s family to try to pry open negotiations with the government of Nicolas Maduro over a humanitarian release. The U.S. government has raised Holt’s case to the highest levels of the Venezuelan government. It renewed a call Thursday for his release.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are trying to stop the IRS from enforcing a law that prevents churches and other nonprofits from endorsing political candidates and retaining their tax-free status. A House panel has approved a funding bill for the IRS that would prevent the agency from spending money to enforce the law. GOP lawmakers say churches should have First Amendment rights too. But some Democrats say if churches want to get political, they don’t have a constitutional right not to pay taxes.