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CSi Weather…
.REST OF TODAY…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers in the Jamestown area, 70 percent in the Valley City area. Cooler.
Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT…Cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers in the evening in the Valley City area. Lows around 50. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph
shifting to the north around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. a 40 percent chance of showers in the evening in the Valley City area. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with
a 20 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s.
Chance of showers 60 percent.
.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the morning. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
Expect highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s Thursday, and in the 50s Friday. Lows Thursday night and Friday night should be in the 30s.
Thursday will also see another chance of widespread showers.
A dry pattern returns for the weekend.
Update…
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police is asking for the public’s assistance, in locating a Person of Interest, who was the subject of a pursuit, Monday evening, May 7th.
Jamestown Assistant Police Chief, Justin Blinsky says, 31 year old Amanda Leavy of Jamestown is being sought, for questioning concerning the pursuit that started Monday just after 10-p.m., starting in Southeast Jamestown, traveling past Hillcrest Golf Course, with the pursuit lasting about 10 minutes, last seen eastbound on I-94, operating from the Spiritwood Exit.
Police attempted to stop her car to question her concerning possible outstanding warrants and under suspicion that her driver’s license had been suspended.
The report says, she failed to stop and the pursuit began, during the time of rain and a thunderstorm in Jamestown .
The North Dakota Highway Patrol assisted Jamestown Police in a search of the area but were unable to find the car.
Anyone with information regarding Leavy is asked to contact the Jamestown Police Department at 252-1000.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session, Monday evening at City Hall. Council Member Brubakken was not present.
HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Individuals may address the City Council about any item not contained on the agenda. A maximum of 15 minutes is allotted for the hearing. If the full 15 minutes are not needed, the City Council will continue with the agenda. The City Council will take no official action on items discussed at the hearing, with the exception of referral to staff or Committee.)
No one spoke.
NO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY
REGULAR AGENDA
RESOLUTIONS:
Approved and authorized the issuance of improvement warrants and exchanging them for $2,170,000.00 Refunding Improvement Bonds of 2018, Series AB, and awarding the sale of $2,170,000.00 Refunding Improvement Bonds to Raymond James for the purchase price of $2,170,000 at an average annual net interest rate of 2.5832%.
Six bids were received from around the United States.
The Moody’s report was positive, showing Jamestown with a Double-A-3 rating.
The City Council approved a Resolution to approve and authorize entering into a Cost Participation and Maintenance Agreement with the ND Department of Transportation for US-281 and I-94 Ramp Intersections, Project (No. IM-2-094(157)257.)
This summer, traffic signals at the north and south end of the overpass, will be installed. The signals to be synchronized with the existing traffic signals at 17th Street Southwest and 25th Street.
The contract requires the project be completed by October, this year.
ORDINANCES:
A SECOND READING: An Ordinance, to amend and re-enact a Chapter of the City Code pertaining to the Forestry Department, was approved.
The amendment pertains mainly to language changes.
Council Member Buchanan said draft indicated the reference of a member from NDSU to be deleted, and the at-large membership be increased from 3-to-4.
Lynn Hill from the Shade Tree Committee said the committee prefers to have the NDSU member be retained.
The City Council voted to keep the NDSU member as part of the committee, and amend the at-large membership numbers to remain at three.
A SECOND READING: Of an Ordinance, was approved to amend and re-enact Section of the City Code and to enact a Section pertaining to enact changes to minor subdivisions.
A SECOND READING: Of an Ordinance, to amend and re-enact Sections of the City Code of the concerning special use permits for C-2, M-2 and A-1 Districts to allow special use zoning for compassionate care centers pursuant to State Law N.D.C.C. § 19-24.1.
The zoning outlines the areas where a potential medical marijuana distribution of manufacturing facility would be located through a Special Use Permit, in city limits.
APPOINTMENTS:
The City Council appointed Bob Martin and Colleen Grenz to serve as members of the Shade Tree Committee for a three year term to expire April 2021.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:
Council Member Phillips said the repairs are going well, on the retaining wall and access road to Frontier Village and should be completed in a short period of time.
She added that the gates to the Village have been chained open, and will remain that way.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Approved the request from Jamestown Hockey Booster Club Inc., for a gaming site authorization at Shady’s Restaurant to conduct raffles from January 1, 2019, through February 28, 2019.
Approved the request from the Corner Bar for a permit to conduct street dances on 2nd Street SW, on Saturday, June 9, 2018, and Saturday, July 21, 2018.
The Meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67 followed by replays.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown’s Mayor Katie Andersen says the grant application with the federal Department of Transportation for the project to reduce the number of traffic lanes through Downtown Jamestown along with other traffic flow improvements is still in the review process.
On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, she said the city expects to hear word whether the application has been approved in June this year, and what areas of the application may have been approved.
At this point the project cost is on cost share with 80-percent federal, administrated through the NDDOT, with the city’s share 20 percent.
Those percentages may change depending on how the project is approved, and through funds set aside by Governor Doug Burgum’s Main Street Initiative, with the Urban Road Grant Program.
She added that the application includes several items on the list, and not all will likely be approved for funding.
The mayor said the city’s share may be paid through Special Assessment to benefiting property owns, or by increasing the city sales tax regarding infrastructure, or another fund.
She said property taxes would NOT be increased.
The $3.1 million Urban Road Grant applied for the downtown project, would include re-striping the street, upgrading the traffic signals, and pedestrian crossing signals, and extending sidewalks to the width of the parking lanes at the crosswalks. She said the new traffic signals will be modernized, with no addition or deletion of the present signals, which will also receive a change in timing between the signals, and pedestrian control of the lights changing color, with a button at the base of the traffic signal arm. The current traffic signals were purchased, used, from the City of Grand Forks.
The Mayor added that the changes in the traffic lanes, including the left turn only lanes would come from re-striping, and no other physical changes, such as medians.
Diagonal parking is NOT an option with the project.
She pointed out that the heavy traffic count of about 10,000 vehicles per day is in the area of 10th Street Southeast and First Avenue South, near First Community Credit Union.
The application includes funds for benches and tree plantings.
Travis Dillman, at Interstate Engineer in Jamestown says the scope of the project includes a bike path on the north side of 5th Street Northwest, along with a bump-out at 4th Avenue, Northwest.
He says the change would entail striping the pavement.
He pointed out that the bike path may or may not be included, pending the final plans approved, and funded.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School Board, Monday, approved almost $1.07 million in summer maintenance projects and related costs.
The total anticipated expenditures are almost $1.07 million.
Included in the major projects are: $490,000 roofs replacement at the Central Office building and the L-shaped section at the middle school.
$202,000 is set aside to replace the boiler at Roosevelt Elementary.
$100,000 is earmarked for a new bus garage.
$35,000 is planned for the boiler and a sewer main projects at Gussner Elementary School, $41,500 for a kitchen renovation at Lincoln School, and $57,900 for maintenance projects at Louis L’Amour.
$47,200 is set aside for high school exterior caulking and new pool drains, and $18,000 for maintenance at Jamestown North school, and the James Valley Career & Technology Center.
In other business, the School Board, passed along congratulations to Superintendent, Robert Lech, who received his Doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Mary.
Valley City (VCSU) VCSU interim president, Margaret Dahlberg will address the campus community on Tuesday, May 8, at 12:15 p.m. in Vangstad Auditorium.
She will share information on the 2018–19 and 2019–21 biennium budgets, provide an update on the presidential search, and deliver summer updates from Facilities Services and Technology Services. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend.
Valley City (CSi) Due to the concrete pavement repair project in Valley City, Winter Show road will have a one way eastbound traffic. The westbound lane will be closed allowing completion of the concrete pavement repair work.
Access to businesses being provided, and a truck detour in place.
Jamestown (CSi) The U.S. Postal Service informs Jamestown residents, that the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be held in Jamestown Saturday, May 12.
Those wishing to donate may place a bag of non-perishable food items next to their mailbox that day.
The items will then be picked up by local mail carriers.
The event will help support the local community.
The Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive is the country’s largest single-day food drive. It is held annually on the second Saturday in May in 10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A fire that caused an estimated $450,000 in damage to a Fargo apartment building displaced residents of at least four units.
No injuries were reported in the Monday evening blaze that caused heavy damage to two apartments and smoke damage in several others.
Authorities did not immediately determine the cause of the fire.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Police say preliminary results show that a Grand Forks mother shot and killed her three children and then took her own life.
Astra Volk and her children, 14-year-old Tyler Talmage, 10-year-old Aidan Talmage and 6-year-old Arianna Talmage, were found dead in a rental home Thursday morning after a school asked police for a welfare check. All had gunshot wounds.
Police said in a news release issued Monday that no additional suspects are being sought. The investigation remains open.
Court records show Volk was divorced and had struggled to pay off medical bills.
Family, friends and neighbors shared stories Sunday evening at a vigil held outside the home. Volk’s mother, Elizabeth Richards, urged people dealing with mental health issues to get help.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Three men accused of damaging land in the Little Missouri National Grasslands while driving their pickups in the mud four years ago are facing federal charges.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that Terry Klein Jr., Bradlee Cole and Dustin Nelson are charged with aiding and abetting injury and depredation to property of the United States. The men lived in Montana at the time of the incident.
Cole and Nelson have pleaded not guilty. Klein has not appeared in court.
Authorities say the men were “mudding” in an illegal off-road use area along the North Dakota-Montana border known as Estes Springs. Five full-sized pickups allegedly became stuck in the mud and three road graders used to try to recover the vehicles also got stuck.
Damage was estimated at about $5,000.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and labor industry leaders in North Dakota are joining forces to increase awareness of trenching hazards and collaborate on training programs.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that the alliance members signed a two-year agreement Thursday at the North Dakota Safety Council’s safety training campus to discuss the programs.
Alliance members include the North Dakota Safety Council, Workforce Safety and Insurance, Associated Builders and Contractors of North Dakota and Associated General Contractors of North Dakota.
The groups will provide employers and workers with information and training resources to help reduce exposure to excavation-related hazards.
Scott Overson is the assistant area director of the Bismarck OSHA office. He says the alliance’s “goal is to eliminate trenching hazards and prevent injuries and fatalities.”
In sports..
ABERDEEN, S.D. (dsublehawks.co) – The Blue Hawks of Dickinson State Monday, soared over the Jimmies of the University of Jamestown to claim the 2018 NSAA Conference title. The Blue Hawks defeated the Jimmies 1-0 from Players Field in Aberdeen, S.D. to claim their first conference title since the 2016 season when they defeated Valley City State in a three game series.
It wasn’t until the top of the third inning when the Blue Hawks struck for the only run of the game.
With the win, Dickinson State (28-19 overall) claimed the conference’s automatic bid to the NAIA Softball National Tournament Opening Round.
Jamestown (43-8) will find out Tuesday at 4 p.m. if they receive an at-large bid to the opening round.
High School Softball Polls…
Class A Coaches Poll
1.Valley City (2)
2. WestFargo (1)
3. Dickinson (3)
4. Bismarck Century (4)
5. Grand Forks Red River (9)
6. Bismarck (5)
7. West Fargo Sheyenne (7)
8. Minot (6)
9. Fargo North (8)
10. Bismarck Legacy (10)
*Week 2 ranking in parentheses
Class B Coaches Poll
1. Central Cass (1)
2. Kindred-Richland (2)
3. Bishop Ryan (5)
4. Heart River (6)
5. Thompson (4)
6. Des Lacs-Burlington/Lewis & Clark (3)
7. Hillsboro-Central Valley (7)
8. Grafton (8)
9. May-Port-CG Area (9)
10. Watford City (10)
*Week 2 ranking in parentheses
NBA Playoffs…
CLEVELAND (AP) — For LeBron James, it was just a matter of housekeeping. He scored 29 points, Kevin Love added 23 and the Cleveland Cavaliers swept Toronto for the second straight postseason by winning Game 4 128-93. Cleveland now heads to the Eastern Conference finals to face the winner of the Boston-Philadelphia series.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — First a Super Bowl win for the Eagles and possibly an NBA championship for the 76ers? It’s only a very remote possibility. The Sixers held off elimination in a 103-92 win over the Celtics in Game 4. Game 5 will be in Boston on Wednesday.
NHL Playoffs…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — After 20 years, the Washington Capitals are heading to the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals. Evgeny Kuznetsov’s goal 5:27 into overtime gave the Washington Capitals a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6. It will be just the third time the Caps are headed to the finals in franchise history.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist, Pekka Rinne (PEH’-kuh RIH’-neh) stopped 34 shots for his second shutout of the playoffs, and the Nashville Predators beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-0 to force a decisive Game 7 in their Western Conference semifinal series. Game 7 is Thursday at Nashville.
NBA NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — Stan Van Gundy will not return to the Detroit Pistons as coach or president of basketball operations.
The Pistons announced Van Gundy’s departure Monday, with owner Tom Gores saying in a statement that the team has not progressed over the past two seasons. Gores said Van Gundy wanted to return for a fifth season with the team.
The Pistons went 39-43 this season, missing the playoffs for the third time in four years under Van Gundy. They’ve made the postseason just once in the past nine years, and even a blockbuster trade for Blake Griffin wasn’t enough to salvage 2017-18.
In other basketball news:
— David Fizdale has been hired as coach of the Knicks, saying he is hoping to “build the type of winning team the passionate fans of New York will be proud of.” The Knicks announced the hiring after agreeing to terms with the former Memphis Grizzlies coach last week. They plan to introduce Fizdale at a news conference Tuesday.
MLB
— Fernando Romero didn’t allow a run for the second straight start to begin his major league career, throwing six sharp innings to lead the Minnesota Twins over the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0. The win was a season-high fourth straight for the Twins, who have won 13 of their last 16 games against National League opponents dating to last year.
— Odubel Herrera homered twice and drove in five runs, helping Zach Eflin and the Philadelphia Phillies to an 11-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Carlos Santana and Cesar Hernandez also connected for Philadelphia, which had dropped six of eight. Santana drove in four runs, and Hernandez had two RBIs. Eflin struck out a career-high nine in 6 2/3 innings.
In other MLB action:
— Matt Adams homered in consecutive innings and drove in five runs, Trea Turner homered in his first at-bat at Petco Park and Stephen Strasburg beat his hometown team again, leading the Washington Nationals to an 8-5 victory against the San Diego Padres.
— George Springer went 6 for 6 with a home run to match a Houston record as the Astros routed the Oakland Athletics 16-2. Last year’s World Series MVP doubled and scored in the first inning, hit a three-run homer in the second and then singled and scored in the fourth.
— Jurickson Profar hit a tiebreaking RBI triple in a wild seventh inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 7-6. Delino DeShields and Shin-Soo Choo both scored from first in the seventh for Texas.
— Ian Happ homered from both sides of the plate, and the Chicago Cubs stopped a five-game slide by routing the Miami Marlins 14-2. The Cubs collected 15 hits after scoring three or fewer runs in 10 of the previous 11 games. Kris Bryant and Javier Baez connected, and Happ finished with five RBIs.
— Tim Lincecum has made his first rehab appearance with the Texas Rangers’ Triple-A team, 21 months after his last big league start. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner allowed two runs and struck out two while pitching the fifth inning for Round Rock against the Iowa Cubs.
—Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer in the ballpark where he had his best moment, rounding the bases to a familiar “BRUUUCE” chant, and Adrian Gonzalez connected twice, powering the New York Mets to a slump-ending 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The Mets hit the road after getting swept during a six-game homestand that included three shutout losses.
MLB NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — The mother of Athletics outfielder Stephen Piscotty has died, less than a year after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Gretchen Piscotty died Sunday night from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the A’s said Monday.
She was diagnosed in May 2017 when her son was with St. Louis. The Cardinals traded him to Oakland in December in part to allow Piscotty to be closer to his home in the East Bay suburb of Pleasanton during his mother’s terminal illness. The A’s stressed they had targeted Piscotty beginning last July and were in search of a right-handed hitting outfielder.
In other major league baseball news:
—San Francisco pitcher Johnny Cueto will be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks because of a strained right elbow. The 32-year-old right-hander will undertake rest and rehabilitation and will not have Tommy John surgery. Cueto is 3-0 with an 0.84 ERA in five starts.
— Chicago White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar has been released from a hospital, and a doctor who treated the 31-year-old right-hander expects he will pitch again but not this season. Farquhar collapsed in the dugout with a brain hemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm during a home game against Houston on April 20. He had surgery the following day.
NFL NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — The NFL players’ union has filed a non-injury grievance on behalf of free agent safety Eric Reid.
Considered one of the top safeties in the league, Reid played out his contract with San Francisco last season. He has been a strong supporter of former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who in 2016 became the first player to kneel during the anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality.
The NFLPA cites one team appearing “to have based its decision not to sign a player based on the player’s statement that he would challenge the implementation of a club’s policy prohibiting demonstration” during the national anthem.
Also in the NFL:
— Michael Griffin says his 10-year NFL career was a blessing that lasted far longer than some of his former teammates at the University of Texas. The two-time Pro Bowl safety officially ended that career by signing a one-day contract with the Tennessee Titans and retiring with the franchise that drafted him with the 19th pick overall in 2007.
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