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.REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY…COOLER. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE
MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
EVENING.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 60. EAST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING…
THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID
60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 50S.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY..
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – A mixed martial arts fighter from Jamestown is accused of choking and sexually assaulting a woman.
Twenty-one-year-old Antonio Borden faces three felony charges: gross sexual imposition, aggravated assault and terrorizing. He could face life in prison if convicted of the sex crime.
Court documents do not list an attorney for Borden and a telephone listing for him could not immediately be found.
Borden is accused of assaulting the woman after she gave him a ride home from a bar early Wednesday. The Bismarck Tribune reports that he denied assaulting her.
The newspaper reports that Borden is a 135-pound MMA fighter.
Borden received a scholarship to the University of Jamestown and wrestled for the Jimmies for a year in 2013. Since then Borden has competed in cage-fighting events in North Dakota.
Valley City (CSi) The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Valley City Health, Wellness & Physical Education Center will be on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 10am at 755 Viking Drive Southwest.
The community is invited to attend.
Valley City Park Board president Dick Gulmon says “It never ceases to amaze me what can be done to enhance quality of life and quality of place when public-private partnerships work together for a common goal.”
Three major groups are involved with the development of the Valley City Wellness Center, including Valley City Park & Recreation, Valley City State University and the Sheyenne Valley Community Foundation.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center will host the Robby Vee concert on Saturday May 30, 2015, at 7:30-p.m.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show, on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Director, Cyndi Wish said tickets are sold in advance at $20 for Arts Center members and $25 for non-members. Call 701-251-2496 or stop by at 115 2nd Avenue Southwest in Jamestown.
Robby, the son of Bobby Vee, is in the U.S. and Canadian Rockabilly Hall of Fame, and will be accompanied by his Strings and Things, Rock N Roll Orchestra, on a journey through the 1960’s with stories, videos and music from his father, Bobby Vee’s, career.
Ms. Wish also pointed out that entries are being accepted for the 51st Annual Jamestown Fine Arts Association Show, August 28-October 3, 2015 to be held at the Jamestown Arts Center. The deadline to submit entries is August 1, 2015.
She added that in conjunction with Jamestown’s White Cloud Days, the 2015 Mini-Art Hunt will be Saturday July 11, and ends when all 12 art works are found.
12 unique mini-art works by visual artist, William Hessian will be hidden throughout Jamestown Parks.
Four sets of visual clues in the form of photos to each artwork’s hiding place will be made public on Saturday July 11th at 10-a.m., and 3-p.m., and Sunday the 12th at 10-a.m., and 3-p.m. All art work will be hidden in plain sight.
Anyone finding an art work should post a photo of themselves and the art work to Art Center’s Facebook page, or contact the Arts Center. There is a limit of one artwork per family, to claim which can be kept by the finder.
Visual clues will also be available at the Arts Center’s booth that will be set up at McElroy Park that Saturday and Sunday during White Cloud Days.
On another topic Cyndi said there is a paying employment opportunity beginning this fall, with the Arts Center’s Artist is Residence program, working with students at Jamestown schools. Contact the Arts Center for more information.
The Jamestown Arts Center is open Monday-Friday 9-a.m. to 5-p.m., and Saturdays 10-a.m., to 2-p.m. at 115 2nd Street Southwest.
On line www.jamestownarts.com
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC), Executive Committee recommends a 5 percent increase to the JSDC budget for 2016, bringing the proposed budget to $457,102
The 5 percent increase maintains the same budget level for marketing and a 12 percent decrease in recruiting.
The recruiting budget, currently at $34,000, would be reduced to $30,000.
The marketing budget will remain at $35,000
JSDC, CEO Connie Ova says the budget includes a 5 percent increase in staff wages and a 62 percent increase in benefits and health insurance because an employee who left the JSDC did not carry health insurance through the JSDC and a new hire may.
The draft budget now moves to the JSDC Board of Directors for discussion during June 8 meeting before action by the Jamestown City Council and Stutsman County Commission.
The JSDC has approved the sale of three lots in the I-94 Business Park to Magnum for use as a 12 door freight terminal, where goods being shipped could be transferred to different trucks for local delivery.
Officials say construction could start later this year, and the freight terminal will create two jobs when it opens and seven jobs within one year.
Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Public Service Commission has approved the proposed 150-megawatt wind farm in McIntosh and Dickey counties,on a split vote.
The ruling Wednesday was based on the information from an earlier hearing.
The plan is amended to use 75 2-megawatt turbines rather than 100 1.5-megawatt turbines that were included in the initial plan.
The Merricourt Wind Farm is being developed by San Diego-based EDF Renewable Energy, formerly known as enXco, which had received a site permit from the PSC in 2011 but had not constructed the wind farm.
Commissioners Brian Kalk and Julie Fedorchak voted in favor of the amended order approving the siting plan while Commissioner Randy Christmann opposed the certification.
EDF, received PSC approval of the project in 2011, when Xcel Energy had contracted to purchase the power.
Xcel canceled the contract and was sued by EDF. Xcel received a court ruling in its favor in 2013.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Becky Thatcher Keller says the new My Place, 46-room, 3-story Extended Stay Hotel, held its “Soft Opening,” in Jamestown.
The business is located on Interstate 94 and Highway 281 South.
It will be independently owned by MP Jamestown and operated by Legacy Management, LLC.,and offers daily, weekly, and monthly rates and offers on-site laundry facilities, free internet service and a 24-hour store in the hotel lobby.
The motel is now accepting reservations and have several openings.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Police in Grand Forks are looking for three suspects in a reported armed home invasion.
Authorities say the two victims reported that a male claiming to be from a local business knocked on their door Thursday afternoon, and when they opened the door two masked and armed males entered the home and held them at gunpoint until they handed over money.
One of the victims reported suffering minor injuries but declined medical attention.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A Grand Forks man is in custody on several charges including attempted murder after a shooting in an apartment.
Police say officers responded to a report of a disturbance involving a firearm about 11:30 p.m. Thursday and arrested the 31-year-old suspect at the scene without incident.
The man was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries he suffered in the altercation in the apartment and then taken to jail on charges of attempted murder, terrorizing and reckless endangerment. Formal charges were pending.
Police did not immediately release details of the shooting incident.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Police say a U.S. airman who fatally shot one worker and injured another at a Grand Forks Wal-Mart before killing himself did not use a military-issued weapon.
Lt. Derik Zimmel says 21-year-old Marcell Willis personally owned the Smith and Wesson M&P 9mm semi-automatic handgun. Zimmel says Willis legally bought the gun, though the officer didn’t provide details on when and where.
The gun was found near Willis at the scene.
Willis was a senior airman stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base. Police say he walked into the store about 1 a.m. Tuesday and shot and killed 70-year-old overnight cashier Gregory Weiland. Willis then shot and wounded 47-year-old overnight grocery general manager Lisa Braun, who is recovering in a hospital. Willis then killed himself.
His motive isn’t known.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo man who pleaded not guilty to causing the death of his 2-month-old daughter is scheduled to change his plea. Thirty-year-old Nicholas Desjarlais (duh-ZHAR’-lay) is accused of falling asleep and smothering the baby after a night of drinking last summer. He pleaded not guilty in March to a negligent homicide charge that carries a maximum punishment of five years in prison. Court documents show that a change-of-plea hearing is scheduled July 13th.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston police say an officer was knocked unconscious during a traffic stop earlier this month.
The Williston Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1FRF1Fo ) that Officer Zach Hansen was treated for a concussion after the May 21 incident. He has since returned to duty.
Authorities allege that 24-year-old Cassidy Simpson kneed Hansen in the head and knocked him out while Hansen was trying to subdue Simpson with a stun gun.
Simpson is faces several charges including aggravated assault and preventing arrest. He could face more than 10 years in prison if convicted. Court document do not list an attorney for him and a telephone listing for him could not be found.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – U.S. transportation officials are extending an order for railroads to notify states about shipments of hazardous crude oil shipments. Emergency responders had raised worries over a new rule that did away with the requirement. Trains hauling crude from the Bakken region of North Dakota have been involved in multiple fiery derailments in recent years.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Rising oil prices in recent weeks mean North Dakota oil producers won’t be getting a tax break.
That’s because May’s average price for a barrel of crude will be higher than needed to trigger a tax cut.
If oil prices had averaged below $55.09 a barrel in May, it would mark the fifth straight month that they will lag below the trigger price and the tax break would have gone into effect.
But oil prices have been about $4.50 above the benchmark this month. The final price will be tallied Friday and will hold through the weekend.
If the tax cut had been triggered, analysts estimated it would decrease state tax collections by about $80 million a month through November.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A company that’s planning North Dakota’s largest-capacity crude oil pipeline to date says it still needs permission from about half of the landowners along the route in North Dakota.
Energy Transfer Partners spokesman Chuck Frey told North Dakota’s Public Service Commission Thursday that 56 percent of the easements needed along the North Dakota route have been obtained.
Frey says the company has a goal of obtaining permission from all landowners along the route. But says the company would seek eminent domain authority to access the land if it’s “forced” to do so.
The company wants to build the 1,100-mile pipeline to move 450,000 barrels of North Dakota crude daily to Illinois. The $3.8 billion pipeline also would pass through South Dakota and Iowa.
In sports…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota standout cornerback and punt returner Alex Tillman has signed a professional contract with the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League. Tillman on Thursday was joining other first-year players at a three-day minicamp.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota hockey defenseman Jordan Schmaltz is skipping his senior season to turn pro.
The Verona, Wisconsin, native has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues. The Blues took Schmaltz in the first round of the 2012 draft, 25th overall.
Schmaltz had 13 goals and 51 assists in 125 collegiate games.
He is the fourth member of last year’s UND squad to sign a pro contract.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Former University of North Dakota women’s basketball standout Madi Buck has signed a professional contract with a team in Germany.
The school says Buck will play for the Chemnitz ChemCats.
The Bismarck native had more than 1,200 points and 750 rebounds during her college career. She was the Big Sky Conference player of the year in 2014.
MLB…
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Chi White Sox 3 Baltimore 2 (first game)
Final Baltimore 6 Chi White Sox 3 (second game)
Final Boston 5 Texas 1
Final L.A. Angels 12 Detroit 2
Final Oakland 5 N-Y Yankees 4
Final Cleveland 5 Seattle 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 11 San Diego 5
Final San Francisco 7 Atlanta 0
Peterson….
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Adrian Peterson is expressing his frustration over criticism he is receiving while staying away from the voluntary portion of the Minnesota Vikings offseason. Peterson said on Twitter that he knows “hundreds of players” that wished the team would have honored their contracts as he is being asked to do. Coach Mike Zimmer said yesterday that Peterson has two choices: he can either play for the Vikings next season or not play at all.
NBA…
CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Bulls have fired head coach Tom Thibodeau (THIH’-buh-doh), who took the team to the playoffs in each of his five seasons but had a strained relationship with the front office. Thibodeau went 255-139, a .647 winning percentage that ranks seventh in NBA history among coaches with at least 200 games. He led the Bulls to the top seed in the playoffs his first two seasons and was the NBA’s Coach of the Year in 2011, the same year Derrick Rose became the league’s youngest MVP.
MIAMI (AP) – A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that contract talks between Dwyane (dwayn) Wade and the Miami Heat are at “an impasse” and the three-time NBA champion is preparing himself for possibly leaving the team this summer. Wade could opt out of his current contract, which calls for him to make about $16.1 million next season. The person said Wade has not decided anything, including whether he will opt out.
NHL…
UNDATED (AP) – The NHL coaching carousel continues. The Devils’ former coach will be behind the Sharks’ bench, while the Penguins’ ex-coach will take over the Sabres’ roster.
The Sharks have announced the hiring of coach Peter DeBoer (deh-BOHR’) as the replacement for the departed Todd McLellan, who is the new coach of the Oilers. The decision to hire DeBoer ends a search that started when the team announced April 20 that McLellan would not be back for an eighth season.
DeBoer has coached seven seasons in the NHL with the Panthers and Devils. His best season came when he led New Jersey to the 2012 Stanley Cup finals before falling to Los Angeles.
Dan Bylsma (BYLZ’-muh) has secured a new job as coach of the Sabres. He coached the Sidney Crosby-led Penguins to win the 2009 Stanley Cup championship and captured three division titles in 5 1/2 seasons before he was dismissed last spring. He takes over a franchise coming off consecutive last-place finishes.
Bylsma replaces Ted Nolan, who was fired last month.
FRENCH OPEN-DAY 5…
PARIS (AP) – Top-seed Serena Williams has advanced to the third round of the French Open, but she needed three sets to do it. Williams rallied to beat German Anna-Lena Friedsam 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
Joining Williams among the Day 5 winners is men’s top-seed Novak Djokovic (NOH’-vak JOH’-kuh-vich), who beat Gilles Muller 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 despite playing with a right leg injury. Djokovic took a medical timeout before the last game of the second set, getting his upper leg and lower back massaged by a trainer.
Also advancing are sixth seed and nine-time winner Rafael Nadal (rah-fay-ehl nah-DAHL’), No. 3 seed Andy Murray and women’s fourth seed Petra Kvitova (kuh-VIHT’-oh-vuh).
Women’s fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki (wohz-nee-AK’-ee) was upset by Germany’s Julia Goerges 6-4, 7-6.
PGA…
IRVING, Texas (AP) – Steven Bowditch is the leader through one round of the Byron Nelson Classic.
Bowditch fired a bogey-free, 8-under 62 for a two shot advantage over Jimmy Walker. Bowditch matched his low round on the PGA Tour.
He didn’t make it to the weekend each of the past three years at TPC Four Seasons after finishing tied for 60th in his tournament debut in 2001.
James Hahn and Ryan Palmer were three strokes back.
The second round of the AT&T Byron Nelson will be delayed at least three hours after nearly 5 inches of rain fell overnight on the already-saturated TPC Four Seasons.
FIFA-CORRUPTION…
UNDATED (AP) – FIFA (FEE’-fuh) head Sepp Blatter says the recent bribery arrests and raids have shamed and humiliated the sport of soccer.
Blatter rejected a demand from the European soccer association UEFA (yoo-AY’-fuh) to resign in the wake of the scandal. Blatter is running for a fifth term as FIFA president with the election set for Friday.
Blatter says individuals were responsible for tarnishing soccer’s governing body and says he intends to restore trust in the organization.
FIFA major sponsor Visa is threatening to sever its ties with the organization unless it cleans up its act.
In world and national news…
ZURICH (AP) – Members of soccer’s governing body FIFA (FEE’-fuh) will decide today whether to stick with Sepp Blatter, who’s been president of the organization for 17 years. But two corruption investigations have cast a new shadow on his reign. Blatter told the FIFA congress today that if two other countries had been chosen to host the World cup besides Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022, “I think we would not have these problems today.” But, he says “we can’t go back in time.” The countries were picked amid widespread allegations of wrongdoing.
HOUSTON (AP) – Officials are closely monitoring the levels of three rivers in Texas after flooding this week left at least 20 people dead in the state. And a body found last night in Houston Ship Channel could be the 21st victim. Officials believe it’s an 87-year-old man who was swept away in flooding earlier this week.
TOKYO (AP) – Authorities are evacuating people on a small island in southern Japan, as a volcano spews out rocks and ash. One person is reported to have sustained minor burns from falling debris from Mount Shindake (shihn-DAH’-kay). Another 133 people were evacuated on a coast guard vessel, a ferry and fishing boats. A military helicopter was sent to survey the island and assess damage.
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Seven miles of shutdown Southern California beaches could reopen today if cleanup of a mysterious, oily goo is completed. Crews have been scooping up truckloads of tar balls and patties that began washing ashore Wednesday. The stretch of coast from Manhattan Beach to Redondo Beach was closed.
NEW YORK (AP) – There’s a new bird’s eye view of New York City. The One World Trade Center observatory opens to the public today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Visitors will get a view of the city and its surroundings from above 1,250 feet, with sight lines stretching 50 miles past the Manhattan skyline and Statue of Liberty to the Atlantic Ocean. The main public viewing space is on the 100th floor, with restaurants on the 101st floor, and an event space on the 102nd floor.
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