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CSi Weather…
.REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon in the Jamestown area, 30 percent in the Valley CIty area. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area . Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MEMORIAL DAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
Scattered thunderstorms will enter central North Dakota by early Tuesday evening. A few storms could be strong. The main hazards will be small hail, gusty winds, and dangerous lightning.
More widespread thunderstorms are possible Wednesday, especially
during the afternoon through the evening, across most of western
and central North Dakota. Some storms could be severe.
There is a chance of thunderstorms across northern North Dakota
and the James River Valley on Thursday.
Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown has started the annual street and avenue traffic marking/striping maintenance program. The work is expected to continue until completion, work is contingent upon changing weather conditions.
City owned parking lots along the BNSF Railroad corridor will commence on Tuesday May 22, 2018.
Motorists and other traffic should use extreme caution in these areas due to fresh paint and limited lane use. Please be aware of directional cones and the traffic maintenance crew.
Jamestown (CSi) North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, has been approved to manage the Farm Business Management Program that will continue to be offered through the James Valley Career & Technology Center in Jamestown.
Jamestown School Superintendent Rob Lech, told the school board, Monday that the NDSCS’s agricultural department will manage the program. The arrangement gives the appropriate support and oversight, while allowing it to continue serving the Jamestown area but not using K-12 public school funds
He pointed out that the school board did not have to vote on the issue, as there are are no longer contractual obligations to the program, other than providing reimbursed office and administrative support.
Jamestown (CSi) CSi Cable presents Meet Your Candidates, live on CSi 10 The Replay Channel on Tuesday evening May 22nd, starting at 7-p.m., only on CSi Cable.
E-Mail and Call in your questions to: news@kcsitv.com and 252-2400.
At 7-p.m., Candidates for Jamestown Mayor and Jamestown City Council.
At 8-p.m., Candidates for Jamestown Public School Board and Jamestown City Park Board.
The program is in cooperation with the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce
The program will replay on various days between May 25 and June 11. Shows will also be made available online at CSiNewsNow.com after the holiday.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Rural Fire District host another open house on Tuesday May 22nd from 6-8-p.m., with a presentation at 7-p.m., at the rural fire hall, to further discuss the need for at tax levy increase of up to five mills to fund the planned new fire station in Jamestown.
Jamestown Rural Fire District Board secretary/treasurer, Shirley Krapp says, a Special Election has been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, June 19, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the rural fire hall, in Jamestown for voters who live in the rural fire district, not including the city of Jamestown.
Stutsman County auditor/chief operating officer, Nicole Meland, points out that the rural fire district is its own taxing jurisdiction certifying its own property tax levy, and is able to hold its own elections regarding property taxes.
Krapp said the fire district’s population fluctuates between 3,600 to 4,000 people, but she didn’t know how many registered voters are in the district.
A full five additional mills would raise about $180,000 annually and a residential property with a true value of $100,000, a property owner would see an additional $22.27 in taxes in annual taxes if approved by voters.
The rural fire district has applied for a 30-year loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program, which will determine the mills the district uses each year and the amount, and the five mills would cover the loan payment is for the first year.
The Jamestown Rural Fire Department has closed to purchase a building at 1209 9th Street, Southeast, in Jamestown from Century link at a cost of $625,000, to enable the rural fire department to keep all of it’s vehicles and equipment at one location.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Public School announces that a full day of school on Thursday, May 24, 2018 and School will dismiss at 1:00 PM on *Friday, May 25, 2018 for the conclusion of the school year.
Buses will run at that time.
*A make up day from storm day on March 23rd.
Graduation will be on Sunday, May 27, 2018, at 2:30 PM at the Jamestown Civic Center.
Bismarck (NNHP)The North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) and the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services (NDDES) will conduct the annual test of the AMBER (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alert system from 2-4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23. All AMBER Alert components will be tested.
Advance notification is provided to avoid misinterpretation of this test as an actual AMBER Alert.
AMBER Alerts are recorded on the North Dakota Department of Transportation’s 511 Road and Weather Information System and displayed on the NDDOT roadside message signs, the nd.gov and AMBER Alert websites, and at North Dakota Lottery terminal sites. Eight AMBER Alerts involving nine children have been issued in North Dakota. Eight children were successfully recovered. Nationwide, the AMBER Alert system has successfully recovered 924 children since its inception in 1996.
An AMBER Alert instantly prompts the community to assist in the search for and safe return of an abducted child. The program is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement, state agencies, the National Weather Service (NWS), and the North Dakota Broadcasters Association to activate an urgent bulletin in child abduction cases meeting AMBER Alert criteria.
NDDES, in collaboration with the NWS, uses the Emergency Alert System to provide a description of the abducted child and suspected abductor to statewide radio and television stations. AMBER Alerts are also automatically sent through Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) to mobile devices.
To learn more, visit the Safety and Education page on the NDHP website, www.nd.gov/NDHP.
WASHINGTON (Sen. Hoeven’s Office) – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Monday announced that North Dakota farmer Michael Clemens has been selected to serve as a Farm Industry board member on the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors. Hoeven recommended Clemens, who runs a family farm outside of Wimbledon, for the position in a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
Hoeven Says, “We are pleased that USDA has selected Mike to serve on the FCIC Board. Having an experienced and knowledgeable Board of Directors is integral to ensuring the FCIC is able to fulfill its mission and ensure a strong safety net for America’s farmers. Mike brings the right background and perspective. Not only has he run the family farm for nearly 40 years, but he has helped with the development and support of various crop insurance policies through his work with the sunflower and corn grower organizations.”
Update…
Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Republican Party confirmed Tuesday that it will support Al Jaeger’s independent candidacy for secretary of state one day after that office’s longtime occupant said he would mount such a campaign.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Incumbent North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger has decided to step back into the race for his office, after his party’s endorsed candidate dropped out over the weekend.
Will Gardner withdrew after it came to light that he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in 2006 after being accused of peeping through a window at a North Dakota State University women’s dormitory.
Gardner had beaten Jaeger for the Republican Party endorsement for secretary of state in April.
Jaeger says he’ll run as an independent in the November general election. The 74-year-old is the longest-serving Republican official in the North Dakota Capitol and says he wants another term.
The party’s state committee will decide whether to issue a letter of support for Jaeger.
Fargo state Rep. Josh Boschee is the endorsed Democrat for the seat.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota has chosen a Pennsylvania-based company to perform laboratory testing for the state’s medical marijuana program.
The Health Department says Keystone State Testing is expected to set up shop in Fargo and will operate as Dakota State Testing.
State Medical Marijuana Director Jason Wahl says the lab will ensure medical marijuana dispensed in North Dakota is safe.
State law allows the use of medical marijuana for 17 medical conditions, along with terminal illnesses. The drug was approved by voters in November 2016 and is expected to be available to patients late this year.
The state is registering medical marijuana manufacturing facilities in Bismarck and Fargo, and earlier selected a Florida-based company to implement a system to monitor the drug program.
Application periods will soon be held for dispensaries, patients and caregivers.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Denver-based company operating in the Bakken oil patch says employees failed to report five spills in northwest North Dakota dating to October.
Zavanna vice president Cody Duran tells The Bismarck Tribune three spills occurred at the same saltwater disposal well last year and two spills occurred at different sites in January.
All spills were in Williams County and involved produced water or brine, a waste byproduct of oil production. Most of the contamination stayed on well facility locations, but one spill killed a strip of grass adjacent to the well pad.
Duran says Zavanna recently fired three employees, and a new production supervisor brought the spills to management’s attention. The company notified the state, and could be fined up to $12,500 a day for failing to report the spills.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s oil industry is set to discuss technology advancements that could recover more oil from the Bakken patch at an annual petroleum conference.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that more than 2,100 people are registered for the three-day Williston Basin Petroleum Conference starting Tuesday in Bismarck. The conference will showcase current research projects meant to increase the potential of the Bakken and target more oil-producing formations.
North Dakota has nearly 14,500 producing oil and gas wells as of March. But industry experts say the oil produced from those wells only represents about 10 percent of the petroleum that could be recovered.
Oilfield geologist Kathy Neset says technology advancements will allow the oil industry to capture a higher percentage of oil from future wells as drilling continues.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Planting of corn and soybeans still lags in North Dakota, despite a good week for fieldwork.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly crop report for North Dakota, five days were suitable for fieldwork last week.
But soybean planning has only reached 33 percent, well behind the pace of 53 percent last year and behind the five-year average of 40 percent. One percent of soybeans have emerged, compared with 9 percent last year and 7 percent average.
Corn planting is 62 percent, behind 79 percent last year and 67 percent average. Eight percent of corn has emerged, well behind 34 percent last year and behind 22 percent average.
Sugar beet planting is nearly complete, at 99 percent, equal to last year and ahead of the 85 percent average.
In sports…
Class B Region 3 High School Baseball….
Monday…
No. 1 Carrington 9 No. 4 Sheyenne/New Rockford 2
SNR 3 Kidder County 1 (elimination game)
Carrington 10 Midkota/L/DP/GCC 3 (semifinal)
Tuesday’s schedule:
12-pm – Midkota/L/DP/GCC vs. SNR
2:30pm – Carrington vs. Winner of Midkota/L/DP/GCC & SNR (championship)
5:30p – repeat championship game, if necessary
Region One Championship
Game one…
Enderlin-Maple Valley 5 Kindred- Richland 1
Game two…
Enderlin- Maple Valley 8 Kindred- Richland 5
Next week’s state Class B tournament, will be May 31st thru June 2nd.
at Jack Brown Stadium in Jamestown.
Valley City (VCSU) Five VCSU student-athletes will compete at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships May 24–26 in Gulf Shores, Ala.
Senior Megan Johnson is competing in women’s long jump and triple jump; juniors Sayge McKrill and Mackenzie Huber will throw in the women’s discus competition; and freshman Kyle Odegard and sophomore Garret Roemmich are both competing in men’s javelin.
VCSU distance runners Grace Miller and Dennis Gonzalez also qualified for the marathon at the national meet but are unable to compete.
Opening ceremonies for the national meet will be on Thursday, May 24, at 2 p.m. Live video coverage of the national championships is available on a pay-per-view basis at portal.stretchinternet.com/naia/.
Here is the schedule for the Viking student-athletes:
Thursday, May 24
2 p.m. Opening Ceremonies
5:30 p.m. Women’s long jump (Megan Johnson)
6:30 p.m. Men’s javelin (Kyle Odegard, Garret Roemmich)
Friday, May 25
5:30 p.m. Women’s triple jump (Megan Johnson)
Saturday, May 26
2 p.m. Women’s discus (Sayge McKrill, Mackenzie Huber)
Valley City (VCSU) The annual Viking Scramble Golf Tournament will be played Saturday, June 9, in Valley City.
Open to the public, the 18-hole, 4-person scramble will be played at both golf courses in Valley City. Registration is $90 per person, which includes 18 holes of golf, dinner, door prizes, hole prizes and an entry gift.
The event tees off with registration and a social hour from 8–9 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, at the Valley City Town & Country Club. A shotgun start is set for 9:15 a.m. at both the country club and Bjornson Park Public Golf Course.
Online registration is available at secure.vcsu.edu/vikingscramble/vp.htm?p=1452.
To reserve carts for the tournament, contact Jill DeVries at 701-845-7160 or jill.devries@vcsu.edu.
Bismarck (Game & Fish) North Dakotans who want to give fishing a try are reminded they can fish for free June 2-3.
That is the state’s Free Fishing Weekend, when all residents age 16 and over can fish any North Dakota water without a license. Residents age 15 and under do not need a fishing license at any time of year.
Greg Power, fisheries chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, says,“Most North Dakotans fish with family or friends, so it’s a great time for anglers to take someone new who otherwise might not have the chance. And you don’t have to travel far, as our state continues to offer real quality fishing opportunities in all corners of the state.”
Fishing regulations and information on fishing waters is available on the Game and Fish website at gf.nd.gov, and in the current regulations guide available at license vendor locations.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s record for largest walleye caught by a recreational angler had stood for nearly six decades. In about a minute, Neal Leier bested it.
Leier was fishing Friday with his brother and uncle on the Missouri River when he hauled in a 15-pound, 13-ounce walleye near the Fox Island boat ramp.
“My brother said, ‘There’s some fish down there,’ so I grabbed a plastic (bait), threw the line in, and boom!” Leier said. “It hit, and it hit hard, but it didn’t fight a lot. Took me about a minute to bring it in. It just drug in like a log.”
Leier’s whopper broke North Dakota’s longest-standing fish record, according to the state Game and Fish Department. The previous record walleye was a fish from Wood Lake landed by Blair Chapman of Minnewaukan in January 1959.
Many anglers believed that wasn’t the true record — that Chapman didn’t catch the fish but instead found it dead, or that it wasn’t as big as claimed. There were no state-certified scales at the time, and no photos exist of the fish. Chapman’s son, Blair Chapman Jr., in the past has publicly said that the fish was found dead. The family told The Associated Press in 2014 that it was no longer interested in discussing the story.
Leier’s lunker is among 17 state-record fish caught on North Dakota waters since the turn of the century, Game and Fish records show. Eleven of the records have been set in just the past seven years. Greg Power, fisheries chief for Game and Fish, attributes the windfall of whoppers to more anglers and more fishable waters in the state due to recent wet years and stepped-up fish stocking efforts.
Other large walleyes have been caught in North Dakota in recent years. Alecia Berg, of Minot, caught a 15-pound, 4 ounce whopper at the Garrison Dam Tailrace in 2011. Leier said his brother, Leon, caught a 15 pound, 1 ounce fish on the Missouri River just a few weeks ago. State fisheries crews in North Dakota and South Dakota have caught 17-pound walleyes in nets recently, according to Power.
Fishing in the Missouri River system has been good in recent years due to healthy populations of larger bait fish.
“There are a lot of cisco and shad feeding those (walleye),” Power said. “Which are bigger forage, and lead to bigger walleye.”
Neal Leier, a supervisor at the oil refinery in Mandan, has been fishing for about 20 years and had never landed a walleye bigger than 7 pounds. When he caught his whopper — a female full of eggs — the first scale in the boat bottomed out and the second one indicated he might have a record. He his fishing buddies left the river and took the whopper to the nearest certified scale.
“The adrenaline was really going,” he said.
Now that’s it’s an official state record, Leier plans to have it stuffed and mounted so he can proudly display it.
“Hopefully in the house,” he said with a laugh. “My wife wants me to put it in the garage, but I’ve got a spot picked out in the house.”
American Association…
Fargo-Moorhead 4, Cleburne 3
Holtby notched his first shutout of this postseason and the fifth of his career.
Vasilevskiy stopped 31 shots for the Lightning, who host Game 7 on Wednesday.
NHL-NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — Lou Lamoriello is about to join the New York Islanders’ front office.
A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Associated Press that the Hall of Fame executive has been hired by the Isles, although it’s not clear whether Lamoriello’s title will be director of hockey operations, general manager or a hybrid. However, it’s expected that he’ll be in charge.
It was also uncertain how his hiring would affect current president and general manager Garth Snow, who has four years left on his contract but has led the team to just four playoff appearances in 12 years at the helm.
Also in the NHL:
— Paul Fenton is the new general manager of the Minnesota Wild after 20 seasons in the Nashville Predators organization. The 58-year-old Fenton spent the last 12 seasons as assistant GM for the Predators and helped mold last year’s Western Conference champions. He replaces Chuck Fletcher, whose contract was not renewed last month.
MLB
— Jose Berrios (beh-REE’-ohs) struck out nine while scattering three hits over eight innings as the Twins doubled up the Tigers, 4-2. Max Kepler tied the game with a two-run double in the fifth, three innings before Logan Morrison worked out a four-pitch walk with the bases loaded to put Minnesota ahead.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has extended the administrative leave of Toronto closer Roberto Osuna for a third seven-day period through May 28 as it investigates an assault charge filed against the All-Star.
Osuna was put on administrative leave by MLB on May 8. The pitcher was charged with one count of assault, according to a Toronto Police constable. The Meixcan-born Osuna is scheduled to appear in court June 18.
NFL-NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Congress should enact uniform standards for any states that plan to legislate sports betting.
Goodell reiterated the NFL’s stance that legalized sports gambling in the United States should be governed by federal law rather than state law. The Supreme Court ruled last week to strike down a 1992 law that barred most state-authorized sports gambling.
Goodell also is seeking consumer protections as well as fan access to official and reliable league data.
In other NFL news:
— The NFL says sexual assault allegations against Lions coach Matt Patricia from 1996 are not subject to its personal conduct policy. The league says it has completed its review of the team’s interviewing process. Patricia has said he was falsely accused of allegations that resurfaced earlier this month in a Detroit News report. The accuser did not testify and the case was dismissed. The Lions have said a pre-employment background check did not reveal the incident.
— Veteran guard Richie Incognito is free to resume his career after the Bills released him from their reserve/retired list on Monday. The move came six weeks after Incognito abruptly announced on his Twitter account that he was retiring. Incognito cited health concerns as one of the reasons he was retiring, although he was also unhappy with taking a pay cut in restructuring the final year of his contract with Buffalo this offseason.
SWIM COACH-SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
SEATTLE (AP) — Olympian Ariana Kukors Smith has sued USA Swimming, alleging it knew her former coach sexually abused her as a minor but failed to protect her and covered it up.
Kukors Smith alleges Sean Hutchison groomed her for sexual abuse when she was 13, started touching and kissing her when she was 16, and engaged in sexual activity with her when she was 17.
Hutchison began coaching her at a swim club near Seattle and previously denied the allegations when Kukors Smith posted an emotional essay on line earlier this year.
USOC-SEX ABUSE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Committee has hired an FBI executive as its senior director of athlete safety, in charge of strengthening sex-abuse policies that are being rewritten in the wake of cases involving Olympic athletes.
Wendy Guthrie comes to the USOC after spending the past six years as senior executive of human resources at the FBI. Before that, she held high-ranking jobs at the Northwest and West Coast Conferences in college sports.
The USOC has commissioned an independent investigation into its handling of abuse allegations, with results expected this summer.
FRENCH OPEN-SEEDING WILLIAMS
PARIS (AP) — French Open organizers will not give Serena Williams a seeding.
The French Tennis Federation said in a statement to The Associated Press that tour officials will establish the list and ranking of the women’s seeds based on the WTA ranking. That leaves Williams out of the seedings, since she is currently ranked No. 453 due to her lengthy maternity leave. The three-time French Open champion hasn’t played a Grand Slam event since last year’s Australian Open.
LPGA-OBIT-MANN
UNDATED (AP) — Two-time LPGA major champion Carol Mann has died at age 77, according to the tour.
Mann won 38 LPGA titles, including the 1964 Women’s Western Open Invitational and the 1965 U.S. Women’s Open. She won 10 tournaments in 1968 and served as LPGA president from 1973-76.
Mann was inducted into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame and the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1977.
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