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REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID
60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
..TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE VALLELY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. EAST WINDS 5 TO.FRIDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 50S.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 70S.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING SHOULD
WEAKEN THROUGH THE MORNING. STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY
EVENING
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE
PRIMARY THREAT.
AT THIS TIME THE FAVORED AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS
LOOKS TO BE ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER REGION AFTER
6PM. FRIDAY…WITH HEAVY RAIN.
DAILY CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.
Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports that 546 passenger boarded in Jamestown in May of 2015,
That compares to May of 2013 when Great Lakes Airlines served Jamestown, of 206. Jamestown did not have commercial airline service in May of 2014, as UnitedExpress/SkyWest started service in June of 2014.
Prior to May this year, the next highest Jamestown boardings was 443 in May of 2011 with Delta Airlines service.
Jamestown (CSi) Plans continue for the replacement of the current Bookmobile, and the purchase of a new unit.
The James River Valley Library System Board of Directors on Wednesday discussed progress on fundraising as about $8,000 in repairs were expended on the current vehicle.
Library Director Joe Rector, says in 2014, the bookmobile required only scheduled maintenance. He adds that the vehicle has more than 118,000 miles, and this year the exhaust and steering issues made the vehicle inoperable and needed to be fixed to use until a new vehicle was acquired.
The board discussed work to identify bookmobile manufacturers before a bidding process would begin. The cost of a new vehicle will be established as discussions continued with manufacturer
Rector and board members are working on two grant applications, and if approved, would bring funds to offset costs for the new bookmobile. Rector is also working on a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant application that would pay for 15 percent of the total vehicle cost.
Jamestown (CSi) The South Central Dakota Regional Council Executive Board has approved working with Stutsman County officials to resolve the issues related to the county’s multi-hazard mitigation plan completion
The executive board Wednesday agreed to seek payment from Stutsman County equal to how much of the mitigation plan was completed by the Regional Council.
Regional Council executive director, Deb Kantrud said former planner Daniel Schwartz had estimated that the plan was 70 percent done before he was fired on May 18th . Kantrud said Schwartz not completing the plan by the June 1st deadline in the contract the Regional Council had with Stutsman County was part of the reason she fired Schwartz.
Schwartz said at the executive board’s May 20 meeting that he was told by Kantrud he was fired for being insubordinate.
On Tuesday the Stutsman County Commission approved terminating the contract with the Regional Council for work the council did on the mitigation plan.
Jamestown (CSi) District 12 North Dakota Democratic, Representative, Jessica Haak will host forums to discuss the needs surrounding childcare in Jamestown and surrounding communities. The forums will be held from 12:07 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, and Monday, June 29, at the Gladstone Inn & Suites in Jamestown.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Representative Haak said, the events are open to the public and will have leaders from the childcare industry and the business community in attendance.
Those include, ChildCare Aware, the Jamestown Head Start program, and invited is Jamestown Public School Superintendent, Rob Lech.
She said the forums are also a way for concerned parents in the community to express their views.
Ms Haak said, “Childcare is a critical issue in Jamestown. It is important that we bring business leaders, parents, and providers together to discuss solutions to the needs throughout the community. In Jamestown, over 90 percent of households with two parents have both parents working. That’s higher than the state average. We need to collaborate to address this issue to anticipate the growth in Jamestown and surrounding communities in upcoming years.”
An opportunity will be provided to all who attend to comment on the childcare issue. Lunch will not be served, but attendees can order off the menu at their own expense.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City will not renew the contract with Valley Recycling, the only recycling center in the city.
City Administrator David Schelkoph says the city gave Valley Recycling a 30 day notice earlier this month, adding that the city wants to explore other options and open the bidding process to other parties.
Schelkoph adds Valley City wants to see more sites available for residents to drop off their recycling items in the future.
Valley City (CSi) Following action by the City Commission on Tuesday, Marketplace Foods owner, Keith Johanneson said the company plans to build a new liquor store, gas station and convenience store at the intersection of Main and Central Avenue in Valley City.
The city commission approved of selling a portion of the Rosebud Visitor Center parking lot near the future construction project.
Johanneson says the company expects to hire another 20 to 25 people after the renovation and construction projects.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A 37-year-old Milwaukee woman is accused of human trafficking in the North Dakota oil patch.
Authorities allege that Rasheda Ross was involved in sex trafficking in Williams County. Court documents do not list an attorney for her.
The charge against her carries a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison. She’s due in court on July 30 and could enter a plea at that time.
Ross and another woman also are charged with criminal conspiracy for allegedly trying to steal $50,000 in cash from another person. That charge also carries a potential 20-year prison term.
STANLEY, N.D. (AP) – Bond has been set at $100,000 for an Idaho man accused in a stabbing near Stanley.
Thirty-one-year-old Travis Barnes, of Post Falls, Idaho, has been charged with attempted murder in the attack on 23-year-old John Daly, of Wasilla, Alaska.
Authorities say Daly was stabbed three times during an altercation at the White Earth Rodeo Grounds. He is listed in stable condition.
Authorities say Barnes fled the scene in his vehicle with Idaho plates. He was later pulled over while driving on U.S. Highway 2 and arrested.
The arraignment for Barnes is scheduled Sept. 24 in Minot.
Court documents do not list an attorney for Barnes.
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – A Colorado man has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide in a weekend crash in North Dakota that killed two Montana men. Authorities say 32-year-old Dustin Jeane of Grand Junction was driving a pickup truck that went out of control on state Highway 1806 and rolled in the ditch about 20 miles north of Watford City shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man who received packages of powdered fentanyl and other drugs that became the focus of a federal investigation into overdoses in the Grand Forks area has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Twenty-year-old Jameson Sele (SEE’-lee) pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to possess with intent to deliver controlled substances. Authorities say he continued to accept packages after he knew someone died of an overdose.
Sele is the first of a half-dozen defendants to be sentenced in the case.
Federal sentencing guidelines called for Sele to serve a sentence of nearly six years, but the two sides agreed on the three-year term because the defendant cooperated with authorities and accepted responsibility.
Sele apologized to the court Wednesday and said each day he thinks about the people who died.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Five 15-year-old boys have been arrested in connection to a burglary at a Minot grocery store.
The Minot Police Department said in a news release Wednesday that the suspects are being charged in juvenile court. One is charged with burglary, while the other four are charged with criminal conspiracy to commit burglary.
Police responded to an alarm at B&D Market in Minot around 2 a.m. on May 3. According to police, the suspects threw a cinderblock through a window.
FORT TOTTEN, N.D. (AP) – Federal authorities say a tribal police officer was involved in a shooting on an Indian reservation in North Dakota.
FBI special agent Cindy Burnham on Wednesdaysays the shooting took place overnight on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation. She says the incident remains under investigation.
The station reports it is still unknown whether someone was injured or killed in the shooting. Burnham would not provide additional details.
The Spirit Lake Police Department declined to comment.
WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) – North American Coal Corp. says it will be 3-10 days before it can resume running a huge coal-mining machine that tipped on unstable ground at the Falkirk Mine near Washburn.
The 13 million pound dragline known as Chief Ironsides tipped Tuesday afternoon. The two employees inside got out safely, and the machine did not suffer any major damage.
Geologists and engineers are being brought in to determine what caused the ground beneath the dragline to slump.
The base of the dragline is about the size of a baseball infield. Its boom is about as long as a football field. It was built in the 1970s at a cost of $40 million.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota regulators aren’t endorsing Xcel Energy’s plans for some solar projects in Minnesota.
The Minneapolis-based power company is proposing the projects to comply with Minnesota’s mandate that investor-owned utilities get 1.5 percent of their power from the sun by 2020.
The Public Service Commission determined Wednesday that the projects don’t provide the best option for low-cost electricity for Xcel’s about 87,000 North Dakota customers.
Commission chairwoman Julie Fedorchak says North Dakota customers “shouldn’t have to pay for policies they had no say in creating.”
Xcel officials say the solar projects will move forward without the nod from North Dakota regulators.
The three solar projects proposed by the company would create 187 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power about 41,000 homes.
MEDORA, N.D. (AP) – A 21-year veteran of the National Park Service has been named superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota.
Wendy Ross has been serving as acting superintendent since last November, when she took over for the retired Valerie Naylor, who had held the post for more than a decade.
Ross is a native of Tacoma, Washington. She came to the park from Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site near Stanton, where she was superintendent. She previously worked at Yellowstone National Park, Shiloh National Military Park, and North Cascades and Glacier National Parks.
Ross will now be in charge of the 110-square-mile Theodore Roosevelt park, and its Elkhorn Ranch site where Roosevelt’s 1880s-era cattle-ranching cabin was located.
In sports…
Valley City (CSi) Trevar Hansen has been named the new Head Boys Golf coach for the Valley City School District, replacing head coach Buff Murray.
The Valley City Public School Board has also approved of the appointment of Preston Meyers to become the next Head Girls Golf coach.
The board accepted the resignation of assistant track coach Connie Courtney.
Valley City (CSi) An estimated $14,000 in maintenance and repairs is planned to begin this year, on the 14 year old Youth Sports Complex in Valley City.
Valley City Twisters Gymnastics Club President, Bobby Koepplin says, fixtures would be replaced by energy efficient LED lighting, the building would be re-keyed to enhance security and the construction of a storage room and locker room wall would be added.
Under the plan, the Gymnastics and Hockey clubs would pay $150 apiece per month beginning in September and do so until the Demolition Fund balance is restored back to $18,560.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani (bruh-SHAW’-nee) has been named chairman of the Missouri Valley Football Conference Presidents’ Council. The council helps provide leadership for the conference. It includes schools in the Dakotas, Missouri, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois and Ohio.
AA..
Sioux Falls 7, Fargo-Moorhead 3
MLB..
INTERLEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Tommy Milone gave up one run in seven innings as the Minnesota Twins squeaked out a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. Milone gave up five hits and struck out five. Eduardo Nunez had two hits and two RBIs to help the reeling Twins.
Final Baltimore 6 Philadelphia 4
Final N-Y Yankees 2 Miami 1
Final Tampa Bay 5 Washington 0
Final Toronto 8 N-Y Mets 0
Final Atlanta 5 Boston 2
Final Chi Cubs 17 Cleveland 0
Final Cincinnati 8 Detroit 4, 13 Innings
Final Kansas City 10 Milwaukee 2
Final Pittsburgh 3 Chi White Sox 2
Final Houston 8 Colorado 4
Final Arizona 3 L.A. Angels 2
Final Oakland 16 San Diego 2
Final Seattle 2 San Francisco 0
Final Texas 5 L.A. Dodgers 3
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Florida is still alive in the College World Series after the Gators clobbered Miami for the second time in five days.
Harrison Bader led off the game with the first of Florida’s four home runs in a 10-2 rout that eliminated the Hurricanes. Alex Faedo and two relievers combined on a four-hitter for the Gators, who outscored Miami 25-5 in their two CWS meetings.
The Gators next play Virginia, which is 2-0. Florida will need to beat the Cavaliers twice to reach the best-of-3 finals.
Cards Hacking…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – An attorney representing the St. Louis Cardinals says an internal review shows high-level executives of the team were not involved in the hacking of the Houston Astros’ player personnel database. However, the internal investigation is not finished.
Attorney Jim Martin’s comments were the first to suggest that any wrongdoing could be limited to the lower levels of the Cardinals organization. The Cardinals said they retained the Dowd Bennett firm for a review several months before this week’s disclosure that the FBI is investigating whether the team hacked into the Astros’ computer system that is used to track players and prospects.
The FBI has declined to confirm it is investigating the Redbirds. But a person familiar with the inquiry earlier told the AP that federal authorities are investigating whether members of the team were to blame for what Major League Baseball called a “breach” of the Astros’ database.
There has been no indication of how many employees might be under investigation.
NFL…
SAN DIEGO (AP) – San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer is questioning whether the Chargers were serious about staying in the city. Faulconer’s characterization comes one day after the team shot down the mayor’s trial balloon for a city election this year on financing a stadium, dealing a blow to San Diego’s efforts to prevent the Chargers from moving to Los Angeles. The Chargers and Oakland Raiders plan to jointly build a $1.7 billion stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, one of two proposals to return an NFL team to the nation’s second-largest city after a two-decade absence.
BEREA, Ohio (AP) – Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel (man-ZEHL’) acknowledged on Wednesday that he got caught up trying to live up to the “Johnny Football” persona he helped create. The second-year pro spoke with the media for the first time since spending 10 weeks in a rehab facility, saying he’s hoping to move past a regrettable chapter in his life. The former Heisman Trophy winner from Texas A&M intends to scrap his trademark money sign, when he rubs his fingers together after a big play.
NBA FINALS-RATINGS…
NEW YORK (AP) – This year’s NBA Finals have drawn their highest TV rating since the series moved to ABC in 2003.
The Golden State Warriors’ six-game win over the Cleveland Cavaliers averaged an 11.6 rating. ESPN says that the more than 19.9 million viewers were up 30 percent from last year’s five-game series between the Spurs and Heat.
In world and national news…
Update…
WASHINGTON – The suspected gunman in the shooting at a South Carolina, church, in which nine people died, 21-year-old Dylann Roof,has been caught Thursday morning in Shelby, North Carolina, a local television station and other news outlets reported on Thursday.
WCCB in Charlotte, N.C., posted the report on its Twitter page but gave no other details. CNN and MSNBC also reported his capture.
Authorities have identified the suspect in the shooting, in which nine people died, as 21-year-old Dylann Roof.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Police in Charleston, South Carolina, say the nine people killed last night during a prayer meeting at a historic black church were six women and three men, including the pastor of Emanuel AME Church, state Sen. Clementa Pinckney. Police have released photos from surveillance video of the suspect, who’s described as a white man in his early 20s, about 5′ 9″ with sandy blonde hair. Police also have released photos of the car he was driving.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Police say the suspect in the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting walked into Emanuel AME Church last night and stayed for nearly an hour before he opened fire, killing nine people. Police have not mentioned whether anyone else was shot and survived. They’re calling the shooting a hate crime.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Flooding from Tropical Depression Bill is shifting from Texas to Arkansas and Oklahoma. Forecasters say up to 8 inches of rain could fall from Oklahoma to Illinois by the end of the week as a low-pressure system churns toward Missouri and Illinois. The storm system dropped more than 11 inches of rain southwest of Houston yesterday.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A House vote is expected today on legislation that would give President Barack Obama authority to negotiate global trade deals that Congress can either approve or reject, but not change. The bill had been derailed by Democrats backed by organized labor. House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell say a separate bill to renew an expiring program of aid for workers who lose their jobs because of imports is expected to pass soon.
CHICAGO (AP) – It’s parade day for Stanley Cup champions the Chicago Blackhawks. The streets of downtown Chicago will be lined with hockey fans today, as double-decker buses carry Jonathan Toews (tayvz), Patrick Kane and other team members through the city’s Loop neighborhood to Michigan Avenue. Then there’s a rally at Soldier Field. It’s the third Stanley Cup win in six years for the Blackhawks.
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