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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 DAMAGING WINDS…AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE PRIMARY THREATS.
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.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department wants to warn Jamestown residents that a convicted sex offender has changed his address in the City of Jamestown.
37 year old Larry Gant resides now resides at 112 Sunnyside Trailer Court, in Jamestown.
He previously lived at 223 First Avenue South Apt #4 in Jamestown.
He presently has no vehicle.
Gant is a black male 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 177 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.
He has been assigned at high risk assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee, of the office of the North Dakota Attorney General.
Offense:
Gant and two other individuals entered a residence through a bedroom window. They raped a developmentally disabled teenager who was sleeping in the bedroom
Conviction Date: February 11, 2003 at Shelby County District Court, in Tennessee. Disposition: 8 years.
Gant is currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and probation.
Gant is not wanted by police at this time, and is currently serving the sentence imposed by the court. This notification is meant for public safety, and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender. Attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, or their families, landlords or employers will be turned over for prosecution.
Printed handouts of Gant’s photo and demographics are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
More information on registered offenders is available on the Attorney General’s web site:
Valley City (CSi) The annual Rally in the Valley & Barnes County Relay for Life kicks-off Thursday night during a block party in downtown Valley City starting at 5:30pm.
Co-event coordinator Tammy Tibke says, Cassidy Tibke will have her hair cut off Thursday evening during the 300 block party.
Cassidy has been raising funds for the American Cancer Society over the last few months leading up to this event tonight
A reminder, the Barnes County Relay for Life will be held Friday night on the south side of the courthouse in Valley City, with the goal to raise $32,000 this year. Last year the event raised more than $28,000 in Barnes County.
Another event sponsored by Stoudt Ross Ford and Ford Motor Company called “Drive 4 UR Community” will attempt to raise $6,000 to benefit the Barnes County Relay for Life.
Ford Motor Company will donate $20 per test drive to the local American Cancer Society chapter.
The test drive event will be on the east side of Veterans Park in Valley City from 11am to 2pm on Saturday, June 20, 2015.
Relay for Life:
To be held at the Barnes County Courthouse lawn , 230 4th St NW, Valley City, ND
Friday, June 19, 2015
- 11:30am-1:30pm Lunch on Courthouse Lawn Sponsored by Valley Meats
- 1:30pm-3:30pm Bingo
- 4:30pm Survivor Reception
- 5:00pm Team Campsites must be open
- 6:00pm Opening Ceremony, Events running until 12:00am
Photos from 2014 Relay by Matt Sheppard – CSi
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) As a follow-up, on behalf of the Community Health Partnership, in early May, Jamestown Regional Medical Center had held a community session for prioritizing its local health needs based on the community health survey assessment results. The primary goal of the event was to prioritize Stutsman County’s greatest health needs in efforts of being the healthiest community to live, learn, work and play. As a result of this meeting, four priority areas were determined to focus on for 2015-2018 and those are:
* physical environment – not enough affordable housing
* access to care – cost and adequacy of health insurance
* obesity and physical activity
* employment – workforce
To continue this process, the next step is the development of a Community Health Improvement Plan. The Community Health Improvement Plan is an action-orientated plan that outlines priority community health issues based on the community health assessment findings and the county health rankings. This plan addresses how these issues will be approached, including strategies and measures, to ultimately help improve the health of our community.
JRMC is asking for community participation in completing the survey to help determine its action plan and strategy moving forward. This survey will allow the community to provide input on developing the action plans and strategy moving forward.
The survey is live now through June 25. The link can be found on the JRMC website or Central Valley Health’s website. The survey can also be found at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/STSCO_CHIP2015.
Valley City (CSi) Joe and Betty Swann with their 1912 EMF stopped in Valley City, Thursday afternoon at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum. They are traveling cross country from east coast to west coast.
They were traveling the back roads and taking it slow at 35mph
Before arriving in Valley City they were in Casselton. for a time before setting out for Valley City.
The Swann’s checked out the Barnes County Historical Society Museum’s 1901 Oldsmobile, and visited with curator Wes Anderson.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The crash of a motorized tricycle on Interstate 94 has killed a Mandan woman.
The Highway Patrol says the 64-year-old woman was a passenger on a Harley Davidson tricycle driven by a 65-year-old Mandan man. He was injured in the crash 14 miles east of Bismarck and taken to a hospital in the city.
The patrol says the trike went in the ditch for an unknown reason about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and overturned. The woman died at the scene.
26-year-old Daniel Dufloth on Wednesday was sentenced to three years in prison.
Dufloth and his mother, 46-year-old Danielle McCrae, were arrested in March with what police said was a large quantity of prescription pills, heroin and cocaine, along with about $1,400 in cash.
Both mother and son reached plea deals with prosecutors on reduced charges. McCrae was sentenced in April.
The latest arrest came Tuesday in Providence, Rhode Island, when Melinda Bulgin was apprehended. She faces several charges, including mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
Authorities accuse Bulgin of receiving money on behalf of Sanjay Williams, who was convicted by a North Dakota jury last month and faces up to 40 years in prison. Williams is the first of more than 30 defendants to go to trial.
Key witnesses in the Williams trial included an elderly woman from Harvey, North Dakota, and a married couple from Madison, South Dakota.
Court documents do not list an attorney for Bulgin.
The overall Rural Mainstreet index improved to the neutral score of 50 in June from last month’s 49.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the strong dollar is continuing to hurt crop prices and exports, so farm income is down in the region.
Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming were surveyed.
The survey indexes range from 0 to 100. Any score below 50 suggests decline in that factor in the months ahead.
The weak crop prices and current bird flu outbreak have bankers worried. The confidence index registered 45.9 in June, up from 41.5 in May, but still negative.
The excavation this month at Chief Looking’s Village is a follow-up to a previous dig in which members of the PaleoCultural Research Group found remains of Mandan homes.
Research Director Mark Mitchell says the group wants to get a clearer picture of Mandan earth lodge architecture during the 1500s.
Mitchell estimates that as many as 20,000 Mandan Indians might have lived in the region at one time. He says there is strong evidence at the site of a healthy trade network. Workers have uncovered pottery, stone and other materials from southern Canada, eastern North Dakota, northern South Dakota and Wyoming.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says the church shooting in South Carolina shows the need for a national reckoning on gun violence in America. He says all too often, he has had to mourn the deaths of innocents killed by those who, in his words, “had no trouble getting their hands on a gun.” Obama says it’s the type of violence that “does not happen in other advanced countries.”
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is thanking Pope Francis for taking what the U.N. chief calls a “strong stand on the need for urgent global action” against climate change. The secretary-general has made that issue his top priority since taking office more than eight years ago. And the World Bank says the pope’s encyclical is a “stark reminder” of the link between climate change and poverty. In his message Thursday, the pope sought to recast the environmental debate in moral terms — while taking aim both at big business and at climate doubters.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has revived President Barack Obama’s embattled trade agenda. But a potentially tough Senate battle awaits. The House voted 218 to 208 Thursday to grant Obama “fast track” authority to send Congress trade agreements it can reject or ratify but not change. The Republican-driven vote marks a dramatic turnabout from last week’s stunning setback dealt to Obama by House Democrats. This time fast track was separated from another matter that the Democrats had used to scuttle the whole package.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The state of Texas is lifting its ban on deep fryers in public school kitchens. Also being lifted are restrictions on soft drinks in school vending machines. The state’s agriculture commissioner, Sid Miller, says government mandates have failed to make kids healthier in Texas. About two-thirds of the state’s residents are considered overweight. Still, experts say federal limits on calories and fat in school meals make it unlikely that Texas schools will resume deep-frying.
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