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…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING…
REST OF TODAY…INCREASING CLOUDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST WINDS 25 TO
30 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.
.TUESDAY…CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 40 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER
50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID
80S. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND.
Jamestown (Csi) A portion of Southeast Jamestown was without power Saturday afternoon, starting about 3:15 p.m., when a high gust of wind broke a tree branch that struck an electrical transformer on a utility pole causing the transformer to spark, and shut off power.
The location was in the alley in between 5th Avenue Southeast and 6th Avenue in the 1100 block, near the TSC store.
The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to the scene, however Lt. Mark Urquhart said the sparks from the transformer did not cause a fire.
The fire units were on the scene less than 30-minutes, as crews from Otter Tail Power Company were sent to the scene.
The power was restored at 4:08 p.m.
The National Weather Service placed Jamestown and Valley City in a Wind Advisory at 3:50-p.m., which was allowed to expire early Saturday evening. The Jamestown weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 41 mph in the 4-p.m. hour. At 4:30-p.m., Saturday, the Law Enforcement Center in Jamestown said a wind gust caused a tree to topple damaging two vehicles near 2nd Avenue and 10th Street Northwest.
A flash flood watch expired Saturday evening, with .05 of an inch of rain recorded on Saturday, and .10 of an inch on the CSi weather computer in downtown Jamestown. 1.08 inches officially on Friday, .92 on the CSi weather computer. On Sunday the weather computer picked up another. 02 of an inch of rain.
The running total of precipitation for Jamestown officially, as of 7-a.m., Monday is 6.32 inches.
On Sunday another wind advisory was issued, and led to a few more tree branches to come down.
Another wind advisory is in effect on Monday from 10-a.m. to 7-p.m.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Weekend rainfall in the Dakotas set records in both states and led to flash flooding in some areas.
The National Weather Service reports that Minot in northern North Dakota got more than 2.6 inches of rain on Saturday, breaking a 62-year-old record for the date. Pierre in central South Dakota got more than 1.4 inches, also a record – and nearly all of it fell in just one hour.
Water flowed over U.S Highway 83 in central North Dakota – a major north-south artery. The rain also washed out games at the McQuade charity softball tournament in Bismarck, which drew more than 450 teams from around the country.
Showers are in the forecast for both states this week. A severe thunderstorm watch was posted for southeastern South Dakota early Monday.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State transportation officials Monday morning say floodwaters have receded from the northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 83 in central North Dakota.
Heavy rains over the weekend swamped the highway near Coleharbor. The Transportation Department says there is still water in the southbound lanes, slowing traffic.
Highway 83 is a major north-south artery in North Dakota.
Water also remains on sections of state Highway 256 south of Antler, in north central North Dakota. Traffic is allowed, with reduced speeds.
Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, single-vehicle rollover on Friday about 2:20-p.m. backed up traffic on I-94 for about a half mile for about 20 minutes, with traffic reduced to a single lane.
The report says a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 29 year old Weston Pachl, of Riverdale, rolled over near mile marker 257 due to wet road conditions.
Pachl and two passengers were not injured in the accident.
They were taken to JRMC to be checked.
Pachl was issued a citation for care required.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center, has a number of activities coming up.
On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Director, Taylor Barnes said the current exhibit is photography by Kenneth Andersen and runs through July 26, 2014 is entitled, “What Was-Is.” His photos are a study of light, shadow, texture, form and tonaility found in old farm buildings, and the passage of time in and around his North Dakota family farmstead, in western Cass County.
The Arts Center will host the AAUW Garden Tour, reception on Wednesday July 16, 2014 from 5:30-p.m. to 8-p.m.
The Jerry Barlow performance is on Thursday July 17, 2014 at 7:30-p.m., at the Arts Center.
A free luncheon is set with North Dakota Poet Laureate Larry Woiwode on Wednesday July 23, 2014 at 12 noon.
At the Arts Park in downtown Jamestown, the Arts Center will host a fine crafts and farmers market July 26, 2014, in conjunction with the Chef’s Challenge event planned by the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce.
During the August 28, 2014 Community Block Party the Arts Center will host John Offut, a glass blower from Fargo, demonstrating the making of glassware, heating glass material and blowing into the material.
For more information on Art in the Park events, or to register for classes,call 251-2496.
Jamestown (CSi) Monday, Jun 30, 2014, is Taylor Barnes last official day as the Jamestown Arts Center Director, as she plans retirement.
On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, she said while Monday is her last official day as director, she will stay on until her successor is in place.
She said the Arts Center has received a number of applications for the position, by it remains open.
She added that applications are still be accepted by contacting the Arts Center for more information.
Taylor will be at the Arts Center on a limited schedule starting on Tuesday.
From Wes Anderson
Valley City (CSi) Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Come One Come ALL! After a false start and major disappointment of Alan Komrosky’s Triceratops “Bob” first being planned and announced that it was coming to the Barnes County Museum and then not coming due to the back door being three inches too short, Allen Komrosky and crew have pulled a rabbit out of their hat and made it possible for “Bob” the Triceratops to at last being displayed on the main floor of the Barnes County Museum for all to see.
Wes Anderson says, the process has been gradual, starting with the massive skull that came to the museum on Memorial Day. The rest of “Bob”was assembed as Alan dismantled “Bob” from where it’s been assembled in the workshop.
It will be on display at the museum for an undetermined length of time while Alan seeks a buyer and permanent home for “Bob”.
The dismantling process involved painting the metal skeleton that clutches the heavy fossil pieces of Bob like jewelry.
More information on “Bob” on at www.hellcreekrelicsvc.com
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fires in Fargo damaged a walking bridge at a city park and prompted the evacuation of an apartment building. No one was hurt.
Authorities say the bridge fire at Johnson Park near the North Dakota State University campus about 3 a.m. Monday caused an estimated $3,000 in damage. The cause was not immediately determined.
Discarded smoking materials are listed as the cause of a blaze that started on a second-floor deck at an apartment building Sunday afternoon. All of the building’s residents safely evacuated. Damage was estimated at about $15,000.
This morning a fire broke out at a church in Moorhead MN at Moorhead Baptist Church, which is causing extensive damage.
BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (AP) – Police have identified a body found in the Red River near Breckenridge as Andrew Sadek, a 20-year-old college student from Rogers who has been missing since the beginning of May.
Sadek left his dorm at the North Dakota State College of Science the in the early morning of May 1. Authorities had searched for the student for several days in May.
The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says the North Dakota Department of Pathology identified Sadek Saturday. The cause of death is still under investigation.
Authorities issued an arrest warrant charging Sadek with two counts of delivery of a controlled substance shortly after his disappearance. Investigators had kept the warrant secret because they didn’t want to hamper their search.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The attorney for a man who worked for a Texas company that illegally sold the chemicals traced to the synthetic drug deaths of two North Dakota teenagers is asking for a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Twenty-six-year-old John Polinski, of Houston, is the last of 15 people to be convicted in a case that federal authorities dubbed “Operation Stolen Youth.” He’s scheduled for sentencing Monday afternoon.
The wide-ranging investigation started after 18-year-old Christian Bjerk, of Grand Forks, and 17-year-old Elijah Stai, of Park Rapids, Minn., died within a week of each in June 2012.
Authorities say Bjerk and Stai ingested hallucinogens that were cooked up by Andrew Spofford, who bought the chemicals from Houston-based Motion Resources LLC.
Polinski worked as an hourly employee for Motion Resources.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A lawyer for a Seattle doctor accused of turning in phony Medicare claims that included reports of nursing home visits to patients who were dead says his client should receive a sentence of probation.
John C. Chen is charged in federal court in North Dakota with six counts, including health care fraud and false statements related to health care. He is scheduled for a plea hearing and sentencing Monday.
Defense attorney Robert Flennaugh the Second says Chen plans to plead guilty to one count of possession of an access device. Flennaugh says the government agrees with a recommendation of one year of probation.
The case is being tried in North Dakota because Fargo-based Noridian Healthcare Solutions LLC processes and pays Medicare Part B claims in Washington state.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The Minot nursing home where dozens of residents contracted hepatitis C last year has filed a lawsuit against Trinity Health that claims the health care provider is responsible for the outbreak.
Forty-six people were infected last year with the virus that can cause serious liver damage and even death. All but one of the people had spent time at the ManorCare Health Services nursing home.
ManorCare filed the suit in federal court earlier this week. The lawsuit alleges that one Trinity Health employee is responsible for the spread of the disease.
It says Trinity should have been aware of “serious longstanding problems” with the employee’s blood service, or phlebotomy, practices. The employee allegedly performed the majority of Trinity’s phlebotomy services at ManorCare.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Today is the deadline for North Dakotans to apply for a refund of fuel taxes paid in 2013 on gasoline and gasohol bought to power farm, ranch, and industrial equipment used off-road.
Fuel purchased for use by an emergency medical services operation also qualifies for a refund.
Taxes collected on motor fuels go toward highway maintenance. State Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger (RAW’-shuhn-bur-gur) says state law provides for the refund because construction and farm equipment typically doesn’t operate on public highways.
Fuel used in vehicles designed for use on public roads is not eligible for the refund.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials have secured funding and plans for a presidential library for former President Theodore Roosevelt in Dickinson are moving forward.
Dickinson State University and its Theodore Roosevelt Center were tasked last session by the state Legislature with designing a presidential library for the man who often said he was transformed by his time in western North Dakota.
Legislators promised $12 million in state funding if Dickinson State could come up with $3 million of their own, which university President D.C. Coston said this week will come from the city of Dickinson.
Dickinson State officials have said that the project will likely cost more than the $15 million already invested.
Master design plans are expected to be finished by the end of July.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Backers of a proposed North Dakota conservation fund ballot measure say they’re making a big push this summer to gather signatures to get the issue on the November ballot.
Conservation advocates want a bigger slice of North Dakota oil tax revenues for an outdoor heritage fund. Backers want 5 percent of the state’s oil extraction taxes for a fund to benefit water, wildlife and parks projects. That would raise about $150 million during the 2015-17 budget period. The current fund is capped at $30 million.
Opponents include energy, farm and business groups and they have started a campaign against the measure. The say the state already provides money for conservation efforts, and they worry that a bigger fund would take away from other critical needs.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is gearing up to stock a record number of walleye lakes this year.
Fisheries production and development supervisor Jerry Weigel says 156 waters are scheduled to get a share of 9 million fingerlings.
Twenty years ago, only about 60 waters were stocked with walleye fingerlings each year. That number grew to 100 in the early 2000s.
Weigel says the growth in walleye waters is directly linked to the number of public fishing waters managed by Game and Fish.
AA..
Fargo-Moorhead at Winnipeg, ppd., rain
A double header scheduled today
MLB..
INTERLEAGUE
Final Oakland 4 Miami 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The Minnesota Twins snapped a 10-game road losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Rangers yesterday. Kyle Gibson matched a career high by going eight innings and scattering eight hits. Glen Perkins struck out the side in the ninth for his 20th save in 23 chances.
Final Chi White Sox 4 Toronto 0
Final Tampa Bay 12 Baltimore 7
Final Houston 6 Detroit 4
Final Kansas City 5 L.A. Angels 4
Final Seattle 3 Cleveland 0
Final Boston 8 N-Y Yankees 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Atlanta 3 Philadelphia 2
Final Pittsburgh 5 N-Y Mets 2
Final Colorado 10 Milwaukee 4
Final Cincinnati 4 San Francisco 0
Final San Diego 2 Arizona 1
Final L.A. Dodgers 6 St. Louis 0
WNBA BASKETBALL
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Janel McCarville scored a season-high 22 points as the short-handed Minnesota Lynx beat the Seattle Storm 74-69 last night. Maya Moore added 14 points for the Lynx. Devereaux Peters had 12 points and Lindsay Whalen scored 10. Sue Bird scored 21 points to lead Seattle.
Final New York 67 Connecticut 65
Final San Antonio 73 Washington 65
Final Phoenix 80 Tulsa 77
Final Atlanta 76 Indiana 68
WORLD CUP SOCCER
UNDATED (AP) – The second round of World Cup continues following yesterday’s wins by the Netherlands and Costa Rica. Today’s schedule opens with France against Nigeria before Germany takes on Algeria. The Dutch advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-1 comeback win over Mexico before Costa Rica beat Greece 5-3 on penalty kicks after playing to a 1-1 tie.
TENNIS…
Wimbledon resumes this morning following the traditional Sunday layoff. Men’s third seed and defending champion Andy Murray takes on Kevin Anderson in a fourth-round match, and fifth seed Stan Wawrinka (vahv-REEN’-kah) battles Denis Istomin in third-round play. The best matchup on the women’s side has fifth seed Maria Sharapova against No. 9 Angelique Kerber in a fourth-rounder.
LONDON (AP) – Kei Nishikori of Japan completed a five-set victory over Italy’s Simone Bolelli today to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon.
The two resumed play at 3-3 in the fifth set after their match had been suspended on Saturday.
The 10th-seeded Nishikori broke in the 10th game of the final set Monday to win 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
He will play Canadian Milos Raonic in the fourth round.
LONDON (AP) – Madison Keys of the United States has withdrawn from her uncompleted third-round match at Wimbledon because of a left thigh injury, allowing Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan to advance.
The two were scheduled to resume their third-round match in a second-set tiebreaker on Monday.
After Shvedova won the first set 7-6 (7), the two were level at 6-6 in the second set when darkness suspended their match on Saturday.
The 30th-seeded Keys won her first tour title at the Eastbourne grass-court Wimbledon warm-up.
NBA…
MIAMI (AP) – The Miami Heat’s Big 3 are all pending free agents.
Chris Bosh has joined Dwyane (dwayn) Wade and LeBron James in opting out of his contract with Miami. The move was not unexpected, and gives the Heat a gigantic amount of financial flexibility to shop with when the free-agent window officially opens at midnight Tuesday.
LeBron James opted out of his contract on Tuesday, and Dwyane (dwayn) Wade did likewise on Saturday. The trio did so to give Heat president Pat Riley a chance to spend the biggest amount of money possible. Although they’ve opted out of their contracts, none of the three has expressed true interest in leaving the franchise after taking the Heat to four straight NBA Finals.
Reserve guard Norris Cole is the only player from Miami’s playoff roster with a completely guaranteed contract for next season.
GOLF-QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL…
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) – Justin Rose won the Quicken Loans National at Congressional in a playoff over Shawn Stefani.
Rose two-putted for par on the final hole, while Stefani made double bogey. Both were 1-under in the final round and 4-under through regulation.
GOLF-SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP…
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Bernhard Langer made a short birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff with Jeff Sluman to win the Senior Players Championship.
The victory is the 56-year-old Langer’s third of the year and his third major title on the Champions Tour. The two-time Masters champion shot an even-par 70 to finish at 15-under 265 at Fox Chapel.
GOLF-LPGA…
ROGERS, Ark. (AP) – Stacy Lewis birdied three of her last four holes to win the NW Arkansas Championship. Lewis closed with a 6-under 65 for a 12-under total, one shot ahead of Lydia Ko, Cristie Kerr and Angela Stanford.
Second-round leader Michelle Wie (wee) shot a 73 to tie for eighth at 8 under.
INDYCAR-HOUSTON…
HOUSTON (AP) – Simon Pagenaud picked up his second win of the season in the second race of the Grand Prix of Houston doubleheader. The first race took place on Saturday. The victory comes a day after Pagenaud started from the pole in the first race but had an early spin. The Frenchman was the class of the field in the second race.
In world and national news…
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) – The chief prosecutor says examination results show that Oscar Pistorius was not suffering from a mental illness when he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home last year. The murder trial has been on hold for a month while a panel of mental health experts did the assessment. The trial resumed today.
WASHINGTON (AP) – If the Senate agrees, the revamping of the Veterans Affairs department will fall to a former corporate executive. An administration official says President Barack Obama will nominate former Procter & Gamble executive Robert McDonald. He’ll inherit an agency gripped by reports of treatment delays, some patient deaths and cover-ups.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans police say two men who exchanged gunfire on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, injuring nine people, are still on the loose. Two of the wounded remain in critical condition after yesterday’s shooting. New Orleans Police Chief Ronal Serpas calls the shooters “two cowardly young men trying to hurt each other.”
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan evacuated half a million people first, but now has launched its long awaited ground offensive targeting militant strongholds in the North Waziristan tribal near the Afghan border. The early part of the offensive began June 15 with mostly airstrikes to give civilians time to get out. Militants use the area as a safe haven from which to attack targets in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
BEIJING (AP) – Prosecutors in China have announced murder and terrorism charges against four people for a knife attack that killed 29 people at a train station in the country’s southwest, part of an upsurge in unrest the government blames on Muslim extremists. Today’s announcement comes during a security crackdown launched after violence in China’s southwest and attacks in the restive Muslim northwest.
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