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CSi Weather…
REST OF TODAY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, AN 80 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…INCREASING CLOUDS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN
THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. LOWS
IN THE MID 50S.
RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH
OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH THE JAMES RIVER
VALLEY THROUGH GRAND FORKS-MAYVILLE TO BAUDETTE AREAS WITH 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED.
THERE IS A DAILY CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY.
Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown voters have made their voices heard in the June 10, 2014 City Elections, and Primary Elections.
Unofficial vote totals.
*Denotes Winner
Mayor:
*Katie Andersen 1370
Pam Phillips 924
City Council:
*Denotes winner
*Ramone Gumke 1487
Dwaine Heinrich 776
City Park Board: Elect Three
*Denotes Winners
*Larry Knoblich 1559
*Mike Landscoot 1689
*Richard Ryan 1167
Kevin Miller 1137
For Jamestown Public School Board
*Denotes Winners
Urban/City Seats
*Bob Toso 1480
*Heidi Heim-Larson 1833
Write In: *Brenda Roemmich 386
Write In: Robin Gumke 228
Other write ins 136
Winning the two rural school board seats are:
*Greg Allen 1875
*Mindy Schmitz 1622
In Stutsman County those on the Primary Ballot have been nominated, including Sheriff, County Commission, and Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, and North Dakota legislative candidates in District 29
The vote totals are unofficial until canvass and certified, later.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City and Barnes County Voters have elected candidates in the June 10, 2014 Elections.
For Mayor:
*Denotes Winner
*Bob Werkhoven 721
Jeff Edwards 581
City Commission
*Denotes Winner
*Duane Magnuson 866
*Matt Pedersen779
Gary Schlagel 619
Barnes County Commission Districts
With opposition
Top TWO Nominated from District Two:
*Shawn Olauson 27
*Phil Leitner 22
James (Mike) Metcalf 19
For seats on the Valley City Public School Board, candidates include:
At-Large position:
*Denotes Winner
*Mike Callahan 839
Stephanie Kruta 582
The unofficial vote totals, as tabulated Tuesday, with the officials results after votes have been canvassed and certified.
Jamestown (CSi) Stutsman County voter turnout on Tuesday was termed light by county officials at the main voting location, at the Jamestown Civic Center.
2,871 ballots were cast on Tuesday.
There were 200 absentee ballots received. More may be entered into the tabulation if received by mail with a post mark no later than June 9, 2014.
There were 550 early voting ballots cast.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City crews repaired a water main break, Tuesday with a street closure in place to perform necessary utility work.
The area was at 3th St NE from 9th Ave NE to 4th St NE & 11TH Ave NE (University Stadium Hill),
Traffic was being re-routed until the repair work was completed.
The area remains coned, but is open to traffic, according to a spokesperson at the City Engineer’s Office.
Update…
Jamestown, ND (June 10, 2014) Beginning Tuesday, (June 10,) 4th Ave NW was closed for paving from 7th Street to 9th Street for pavement patching. The closure will run through Thursday.
A detour is provided on 3rd Avenue NW from 7th to 9th Street.
Children attending Washington School can be picked up and dropped off at the intersection of 4th Ave. NW and 7th St.
For more information, contact Jim Hubbard with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.
Valley City (CSi) The 2014 Barnes County Relay For Life the 15th year will be
Friday June 13th, in conjunction with Rally in The Valley, on the lawn of the Barnes County Courthouse.
Friday, June 13th ~ Relay for Life
Barnes County Courthouse
4:30pm – Survivor Reception
6:00pm – Opening Ceremony, including survivor’s 1st lap
9:45pm (dusk): luminary lighting
There will be kids games, a talent show, lots of goodies to eat, crafts for sale, a quilt raffle, a silent auction with different things & themed baskets. Chinese lanterns will be sent during the evening.
Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota State Water Commission has authorized cost-share grants for the first phases of the Valley City and Lisbon permanent flood control projects approved on May 30, 2014.
The State Water Commission says both cities were approved to receive 80% of their eligible project costs in grant funding. The balance of the projects costs are eligible for loans from the State Water Commission.
The State Water Commission will allocate funds appropriated in the 2013-2015 biennium, with the total amount of grant and loan funding approved at $12,540,294 for Valley City and $1,775,000 for the Lisbon.
The Valley City flood protection plan uses a combination of permanent structures, clay levees, concrete flood walls, and removable flood wall closures as protection from future flood waters.
Lisbon’s proposed plan is to install a clay levee through an area on the northwest side of the city.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Seventy-three-year-old Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker took his challenger’s campaign slogan to heart on his way to winning his third term in office.
Walaker collected 56 percent of the vote Tuesday in defeating Brad Wimmer, a city commissioner who ran on a health and wellness platform he called “Fargo Fit.”
The 60-year-old Wimmer, who often wore warm-up clothes on the campaign trail to promote his cause, played tennis Tuesday morning before casting his vote in his workout gear.
The mayor has embarked on a wellness project of his own. The 6-foot-5 Walaker says he has lost 60 pounds this year.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota voters have approved a proposed constitutional amendment to set an earlier deadline for initiated measure petitions. Measure 1 changes the date to 120 days before an election, rather than the current 90 days. Secretary of State Al Jaeger pushed for the new deadline to give his office more time to review signature petitions for accuracy and to allow the state Supreme Court an extended period to consider challenges.
In Stutsman County the unofficial results showed 1226 yes votes, 1305 no votes.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Several local issues have been decided in Tuesday’s primary election. Voters in Morton and Burleigh counties have approved a temporary half-cent sales tax that will finance a new $70 million joint detention center. And residents in Watford City have voted to increase the city’s sales tax to fund a new $57 million events center and other projects in the booming oil patch town.
Voters elect Williston native and city commissioner Howard Klug as next mayor of oil boomtown.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two Fargo-area attorneys advanced Tuesday to fill a judgeship in East Central District Court.
Susan Bailey, an administrative law judge, and assistant Cass County state’s attorney Tristan Van de Streek will square off in the general election in November. The winner will replace Wickham Corwin, who did not seek re-election after being accused of harassing a female court reporter.
Bailey and Van de Streek outpolled assistant Cass County prosecutor Constance Cleveland and Fargo attorney Adele Page in Tuesday’s primary election.
Twelve other district judges are running unopposed. And no one filed to oppose Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle, who is the longest-serving chief justice in state history. He has been a justice since 1978 and became chief justice in 1993.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Republican incumbents in two North Dakota House races survived primary challenges Tuesday.
Reps. Gary Sukut and Patrick Hatlestad of Williston defeated T.J. Corcoran in District 1. Democrats have not fielded candidates to run against them in November.
In District 19, Reps. Gary Paur and Wayne Trottier defeated Steve Burke. The incumbents will face Democrat Carol Gierszewski in November.
Bruce Eckre, Daniel Rugroden and Cindy Beck vied for the District 25 seats left open by retiring GOP incumbents John Wall and Clark Williams. Eckre and Beck won Tuesday and will face challenges in the general election from Democrats Richard Grosz and Alisa Mitskog.
In Fargo’s District 41, Democrats Pamela Anderson and Sheila Christensen outpolled Lillian Jones to run against GOP Reps. Al Carlson and Bette Grande in November.
In other news…
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A Bowman woman who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the drowning death of her baby in a toilet will not serve prison time if she stays out of trouble.
Judge William Herauf on Tuesday gave 42-year-old Stephanie Lindstrom a one-year suspended sentence. She will be on probation for five years.
Lindstrom initially had faced a murder charge but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge in February. Prosecutors at the time said medical information showed Lindstrom was most likely unconscious when the baby died in July 2013 after Lindstrom gave birth in the bathroom, and it would be difficult to pursue a murder case.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A water projects bill signed into law by President Barack Obama includes the proposed $2 billion Red River diversion for Fargo-Moorhead.
Obama signed the bill Tuesday during a White House ceremony. Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker was on hand.
The 36-mile diversion project would move floodwaters through a channel around Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minnesota, a metro area that has faced major flooding in the last several years. The Water Resources Reform and Development Act authorizes construction of the project, but Congress must separately pass legislation to pay for it.
Corps of Engineers St. Paul District Commander Col. Dan Koprowski says the diversion is one of the top priorities for the corps’ Mississippi Valley Division.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Major violations of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Act more than tripled between 2008 and 2013 in North Dakota.
The state Health Department’s Annual Drinking Water Compliance Report says there were 325 major violations recorded in the state’s public water systems in 2013. Just 98 were registered in 2008.
Health Department environmental scientist LeeAnn Tillotson says the rise is likely the result of new public water systems in the state and high turnover rates among those responsible for water systems.
Between 2008 and 2013 the number of water systems in the state grew from 514 to 654.
Tillotson says that many of the new water systems have appeared in the state’s western oil patch. She says many infractions were monitoring and reporting violations.
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – A day care operator in Watford City has been granted a $2 million federal loan for an expansion project that will allow the facility to host more than 200 children.
U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp on Tuesday announced the loan meant to ease the area’s day care shortage.
Community leaders in northwest North Dakota have said the state’s oil country doesn’t have enough day cares to host the children of the thousands of workers who have flocked to the region in search of jobs. They say the shortage has forced some parents to quit their jobs.
The Wolf Run Village day care is expected to keep its rates near $4 an hour.
Heitkamp says parents shouldn’t have to decide between getting quality care for their children and going to work.
FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) – A limited number of tickets will be provided to members of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation who wish to participate in the tribe’s Cannon Ball Flag Day Celebration that will be attended by President Barack Obama.
Obama will pay his first visit as president to Indian Country when he travels to the reservation Friday.
Obama says he wants to hear firsthand about challenges Native Americans face and plans to announce new initiatives during the visit to help grow Indian economies.
The tribe on Tuesday said tickets will be required because of limited space. The venue will be re-opened following the president’s departure.
First Lady Michelle Obama is also expected to attend the celebration.
In sports…
AA…
Fargo-Moorhead 6, Lincoln 0
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Arizona 4 Houston 1
Final St. Louis 1 Tampa Bay 0
Final Miami 8 Texas 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
TORONTO (AP) – Brian Dozier hit a two-run home run as the Minnesota Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 last night. Newly signed slugger Kendrys Morales had two hits and scored a run as the Twins avoided falling five games below .500. The Blue Jays were shut out for the third time in four games.
Final Boston 1 Baltimore 0
Final Kansas City 9 Cleveland 5
Final L.A. Angels 2 Oakland 1, 14 Innings
Final N-Y Yankees 3 Seattle 2
Detroit at Chi White Sox (8:10 p.m., postponed, Rain)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Chi Cubs 7 Pittsburgh 3
Final Philadelphia 5 San Diego 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 6 Cincinnati 1
Final N-Y Mets 6 Milwaukee 2
Final Atlanta 13 Colorado 10
Final Washington 2 San Francisco 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
MIAMI (AP) – The San Antonio Spurs set an NBA Finals record by hitting 76 percent of their shots in the first half of a 111-92 rout of the Heat in Miami. Kawhi (kah-WY’) Leonard hit his first six shots and scored 18 of his career-high 29 points in the first half. LeBron James and Dwayne (dwayn) Wade each had 22 points for the Heat, who will try to even the series at two games apiece when they host the Spurs tomorrow night.
WNBA BASKETBALL
Final Tulsa 72 New York 57
Final Phoenix 81 Washington 66
Final Seattle 80 Chicago 76
NBA…
NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Knicks have introduced Derek Fisher as their new head coach.
Fisher agreed to replace Mike Woodson, who was fired by new Knicks’ president Phil Jackson. His hiring comes days after he finished his 18th season as a player, a career that included five championships while playing for Jackson with the Lakers.
The Knicks went 37-45 and missed the playoffs this season, just a year after winning the Atlantic Division and advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Shelly Sterling’s attorney will be in probate court Wednesday to seek an emergency order for a hearing so a judge can confirm her authority to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, according to an individual familiar with the matter. She brokered the $2 billion sale of the team to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, but her husband and co-owner Donald Sterling is fighting to keep control of the franchise. Donald Sterling was suspended for life by NBA commissioner Adam Silver for making racist comments to a girlfriend that were recorded and publicized.
MLB…
TORONTO (AP) – Minnesota Twins right-hander Mike Pelfrey has undergone elbow surgery and will be sidelined for at least two months. Pelfrey had Tommy John surgery on the same elbow in 2012. He had scar tissue removed yesterday to relieve pressure on a nerve. The problem had been causing tingling in his fingers since spring training and led to reduced velocity on his pitches.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins have added their latest local player to the organization. Second baseman Pat Kelly is a product of Red Wing High School who played three seasons in college at Nebraska. He has decided to skip his senior year and sign with the Twins. Kelly was drafted in the 12th round by the Twins last week.
SEAL BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Former big-league pitcher Bob Welch has died at the age of 57. Welch broke into the majors in 1978 and finished 211-146 with a 3.47 ERA in 17 seasons with the Dodgers and Athletics. Authorities have not released the cause of death.
Orioles third baseman Manny Machado (muh-CHA’-doh) has been suspended for five games and fined for intentionally throwing his bat on the field during Sunday’s game against Oakland.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – He had been seen as possibly becoming the next Speaker of the House. Today, Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s political career may be over. Cantor lost yesterday’s primary badly to tea party challenger David Brat, an economics professor at a small college in suburban Richmond, Virginia. Brat, who ran hard against immigration reform, will face Democrat Jack Trammel, who teaches at the same school as Brat.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Air Force officials are considering several proposals to improve the performance of its nuclear missile corps following training failures and security lapses. Air Force leaders are planning to offer bonuses, fill gaps in the supervisory ranks and offer a nuclear service medal.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A probate court judge in Los Angeles refereeing an NBA dispute may have to make a major call. The court has been asked to confirm Shelly Sterling’s authority to sell the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion. She contends she is the sole trustee of The Sterling Family Trust, which owns the team and that her husband Donald is suffering from dementia.
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey IAP) – The trucker involved in the crash that killed one person and critically injured comic actor Tracy Morgan is due in court today in New Jersey. Wal-Mart truck driver Kevin Roper faces charges including death by auto and assault by auto. Morgan is said to remain in critical but stable condition.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – It sounds less like science and more like fiction. NASA is getting ready to launch a “flying saucer” into Earth’s atmosphere in a test of technology that could be used to land spacecraft on Mars. Weather permitting — a saucer-shaped vehicle will be launched sent 34 miles into space today. It will slow itself with an inflated tube and deploy a parachute for a water landing.
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