wbAM2CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO
 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. 

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 60 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 50S.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. 

  
 DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST IN THE FORECAST
 TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS ON

WEDNESDAY IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. THE MAIN

THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Violent thunderstorms passed through central North Dakota for the second time in three days, leaving behind damage in New Salem.
 
     Winds gusting up to 90 mph were reported in the Morton County town on Sunday night. The National Weather Service said large tree limbs were knocked down, and heavy rains caused street flooding. Pea- to nickel-size hail also fell in the county.
 
     Cleanup continues in the Bismarck-Mandan area after a severe storm on Friday night that knocked out electricity to more than 10,000 people. Montana-Dakota Utilities spokesman Tim Rasmussen  says power had been restored to most residents by Sunday night.

Earlier in the weekend….thunderstorms with high winds and hail– and even a tornado — continued to pop up in the region into Saturday night causing damage as unstable air covered the region.

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks said a tornado touched down Saturday afternoon in northeast North Dakota about seven miles east of Cando around 4:10 p.m. There were no reports of serious damage.

Another storm that hit farther south near Cooperstown with almost ping-pong sized hail moved southeast and its estimated 60 mph winds knocked down a 50-foot tree near Morton — just west of Wahpeton — and was accompanied by large hail early Saturday night.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports  a  motorcycle – pickup,trailer accident on  I-94, near Jamestown, Saturday just before 5-p.m.

59 year old Lawrence Doll, of Fargo was heading westbound when he made an improper turn on a crossover west of the Highway 281 exit. Two other riders slowed and drove onto the left shoulder to avoid a collision. 60 year old Michael Jones of Dickinson, was in the process of merging and was unable to avoid collision with the motorcycle.

Doll’s motorcycle slid onto its left side and came to rest on the left lane. Doll was thrown from the motorcycle and was not wearing a helmet, but he did have protective clothing. He suffered some scuffs and bruising and was able to walk off the driving lane.

Neither Jones nor his 58 year old passenger Kin Jones of  Dickinson were injured.

He was cited for care required.

Both vehicles were towed from the scene.  The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a pickup –  bicycle accident, Sunday about 3:40 p.m. on Highway 30, one mile south of Streeter.

55 year old Michael Dean of Gackle was riding his mountain bike southbound along the right edge of the southbound lane.  41 year old Shane Dockter, of Streeter was also southbound and approached from the rear and struck Dean with the right side of the Chevrolet pickup.  Dean was wearing a helmet when he was thrown from the bike into the west ditch.  Dockter slowed and stopped on the shoulder of the road.

No report of Dean’s injury, as he was taken to JRMC for treatment.

Damage was reported to the front of the bike, with minimal damage to the pickup.

The crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol, assisted by the Stutsman County Sheroff’s Office.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office, reminds residents of work going on this week.
On Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 5th Ave SE, between 2nd St & 3rd St SE, will be closed to traffic, due to utility work. The work is expected to be completed and the street is expected to be re-opened to traffic late in the day on Friday, June 26th 2015. The work and anticipated street closure schedule are contingent upon weather conditions.

Motorists and other traffic should use extreme caution when entering road construction areas. The public should consider alternate routes if possible.

Also…

City crews will begin flushing fire hydrants this week beginning approximately on Wednesday, June 24, 2015.

Crews will start flushing in the SE & SW areas of the City and continue the work during normal working hours until completed.

Please be aware of the possibility of lowered water pressure in these area.

 

Jamestown (CSi) This morning the 46th annual Fort Seward Wagon Train leaves for its weeklong trip, of 68 miles.

A welcome was held Sunday, as about 150 participants from 16 states and three countries will climb aboard 10 wagons, that includes volunteer riders, drivers, cooks, medics and entertainers.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The poultry show at this year’s Stutsman County Fair will be missing this year.

The fair runs July 1-4, 2015, in Jamestown,and the poultry show, was cancelled to prevent potential exposure to H5 avian influenza virus and possibly spreading it to otherwise healthy farms.

The poultry show has members of 4-H throughout the county exhibit their prized hens and roosters.

 Stutsman County Fair Board, President, Mike Willians says, the cancellation is disappointing, but there would be plenty of other animal exhibits to attend. The birds should be back next year.

Extension agent, Family and Consumer Sciences division of the North Dakota State University Extension Service in Stutsman County, Chirstina Rittenback adds the decision to cancel the 4-H program poultry exhibition at state and county fairs was made prior to the state Board of Animal Health decision to add fair events to the movement ban.

The Board of Animal Health press release noted that it is continuing to monitor.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Formal charges are pending against a 21-year-old Minot man who allegedly shot a woman during a domestic violence incident.
 
     Police say the woman was taken to a hospital after the shooting shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday and is recovering.
 
     The man was arrested and jailed on an aggravated assault charge.

 

 WALHALLA, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a Minnesota man who died when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a deer in northeastern North Dakota.
 
     The Highway Patrol says 50-year-old Kenneth Letexier, of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, died Friday night after the crash on a Pembina County road about 1  1/2 miles east of Walhalla.
 
     A passenger on the motorcycle was taken to a Grand Forks hospital with what the patrol said were serious injuries.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A magistrate judge says a North Dakota woman jailed on a federal escape charge cannot be released to help care for her son.
 
     Jessica Bailey, of Fort Totten, was arrested last fall after she failed to report to a halfway house in Devils Lake to continue her sentence for embezzlement and theft. She is scheduled for a plea hearing next month on the escape charge.
 
     Bailey proposed a release plan to U.S. Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal and testified that her mother, who works for the public defender’s office in Fort Totten, is willing to act as a third-party custodian.
 
     Senechal said in an order denying the request that Bailey has a poor record of compliance with previous release orders “despite repeated opportunities allowed to her.”

 

 HORACE, N.D. (AP) – The nonprofit Farm Rescue is getting a large donation from the Otto Bremer Foundation.
 
     The donation totals $150,000 over two years and will be used for general operations.
 
     The North Dakota-based group assists family farmers in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and eastern Montana. Crews with the nonprofit set up camp on the farms of injured or ill farmers, doing their planting or harvesting work rather than handing out money. The group also assists farmers who have been victims of natural disasters.
 
     Volunteers help the farmers plant and harvest up to 1,000 acres of crops free of charge.
 
     The nonprofit reached a milestone in the fall when it helped its 300th farm family.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission has slated a public hearing in Stanley to take comments on a new crude oil pipeline.
 
     The hearing for the Bison Pipeline Project is being held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the Stanley City Hall.
 
     Plains Pipeline is proposing the 10-mile-long, 8-inch diameter oil pipeline that’s designed to transport about 15,000 barrels of crude daily.
 
     The $9 million pipeline would originate at about eight miles northeast of New Town and extend southward to connect with the company’s rail facility about five miles east of New Town.
 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Hospital Association President Jerry Jurena says the state’s population growth and good economy have increased the attractiveness of hospital partnerships and buyouts.
 
     Jurena says  North Dakota previously has lacked the population base to generate much interest in hospital acquisitions by outside groups.
 
     Jurena says now those outside groups are giving North Dakota hospitals another look because of the increase in the volume of medical services.
 
     There have been big changes in the hospital landscape in Fargo and Bismarck in recent years. The latest change is in Minot, where Trinity Health announced earlier this month that it’s becoming part of Montana-based Billings Clinic RegionalCare.

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Cost Share Program is accepting applications.
 
     The program helps producers and processors of organic food pay their certification costs. North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says they can receive up to $750 of the costs paid between Oct. 1, 2014, and Sept. 30 of this year. Applications are due Nov. 16.
 
     Certification enables organic producers and processors to label and sell their products with a federal seal that assures consumers the products were produced using recognized organic methods.
 
     Goehring says the program last year provided $88,100 in certification reimbursements in North Dakota.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Sens. Heidi Heitkamp and John Hoeven are accepting nominations for the Angels in Adoption program. 
 
     Angels in Adoption was established in 1999 by the Congressional Coalition of Adoption Institute to raise awareness about the importance of adoption.
 
     The Angels can be adoptive parents, foster parents, a social worker, attorney, adoptee, physician, nurse, teacher, mentor, or child advocate that has made a difference in the lives of children through adoption, foster care or child welfare advocacy.
 
     Heitkamp is accepting nominations through July 16 and Hoeven through July 17.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Transportation Department plans to begin mowing the top cut along shoulders of state highways within the next few weeks, as weather allows.
 
     The agency says adjacent landowners who plan to mow non-interstate ditches for hay should cut the top before the state mows those areas.
 
     Private mowing is not allowed in medians of four-lane highways.

 

In sports…

The Jamestown Public School Board, Monday evening accepted the resignation of High School football coach Tim Fletcher.

Fletcher and his family will be moving to Bismarck because of a career advancement.

Fletcher led Jamestown to a 12-15 record in three years, and went 2-7 in his first season.

Fletcher led the Blue Jays to their first playoff trip in six years in 2013, falling to eventual-state champion Fargo South in the Class AAA state quarterfinals and finishing 6-4.

Fletcher, the defensive coordinator under previous coach Bill Cahill, over-saw one of Class AAA’s best defenses the past two years, finishing in the top five in the state in points-per-game allowed.

 

AA…

Fargo-Moorhead 3, Winnipeg 2

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE
 

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Jake Arrieta pitched a four-hitter and Dexter Fowler hit a grand slam to lead the Chicago Cubs over the Minnesota Twins 8-0 on Sunday. Arrieta didn’t walk anyone and struck out seven for his second career shutout. Minnesota has lost 10 of its last 15 and has been blanked three times in June. Kyle Gibson took the loss. 
 
 
       AMERICAN  LEAGUE
 
   Final            Detroit                12    N-Y  Yankees          4
   Final            Baltimore            13    Toronto                  9
   Final            Cleveland              1    Tampa  Bay              0
   Final            Boston                  13    Kansas  City          2
   Final            Chi  White  Sox      3    Texas                      2,  11  Innings
   Final            Oakland                  3    L.A.  Angels          2
   Final            Houston                  6    Seattle                  2
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final            Cincinnati            5    Miami                      2
   Final            Washington            9    Pittsburgh            2
   Final            Philadelphia        9    St.  Louis              2
   Final            Colorado              10    Milwaukee              4
   Final            Arizona                  7    San  Diego              2
   Final            Atlanta                  1    N-Y  Mets                0
   Final            L.A.  Dodgers      10    San  Francisco      2
 
 
       WNBA  BASKETBALL…
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Skylar Diggins scored 26 points to help the Tulsa Shock beat the Minnesota Lynx 86-78 on Sunday. The Shock won the second of their last 22 meetings with Minnesota and extended their winning streak to six. Rebekkah Brunson led the Lynx with 18 points.
   Final    New  York            73    Atlanta              64
   Final    Connecticut      76    Los  Angeles      68
   Final    Phoenix              84    Seattle              72

NASCAR…

 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) – Erik Jones took the lead from Ryan Blaney with 11 laps remaining and held on to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series AttiCat 300 on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. Jones beat Blaney to the finish line by just less than two seconds. Jones led on two other occasions during the 200-lap race.

 

 FORMULA ONE-AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX…
  
     SPEILBERG, Austria (AP) – Nico Rosberg overtook pole sitter Lewis Hamilton on the first turn and went on to win the Austrian Grand Prix. Hamilton finished second.
 
     Rosberg’s third win this season took his career tally to 11, and cut Hamilton’s overall lead to 10 points.

 

GOLF…

 UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) – Jordan Spieth (speeth) birdied the final hole to win the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay by one stroke over Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen (WUHST’-hy-zehn). The 21-year-old Spieth closed with a 1-under 69 for a 5-under total, two months after winning the Masters. Johnson three-putted for par on 18 to fall into a tie with Oosthuizen, who followed back-to-back 66s with a 3-under 67.

 

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP  SOCCER…

 
     UNDATED (AP) – Australia, France and Canada have advanced to the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals by winning their knockout matches on Sunday.
 
     Substitute Kyah (KY’-uh) Simon scored off a rebound in the 80th minute to lift Australia to its first Women’s World Cup knockout win, a 1-0 upset of Brazil. Aussie goalkeeper Lydia Williams stopped a header off a long free kick in the 90th minute to secure her team’s quarterfinal appearance against either Japan or Netherlands on Saturday in Edmonton.
 
     Marie Laure Delie scored twice as France beat South Korea 3-0 to earn a matchup against top-ranked Germany on Friday in Montreal. The French led 2-0 by the eight-minute mark.
 
     The host country is still alive after Josee Belanger scored in the 52nd minute to lift Canada over Switzerland 1-0. Next up for the Canadians is a meeting with either Norway or England on Saturday in Vancouver.

 

 TENNIS-WIMBLEDON TUNE-UPS…
 
 
     UNDATED (AP) – Roger Federer and Andy Murray tuned up for Wimbledon with grass court tournament wins.
 
     Federer has beaten Italy’s Andreas Seppi 7-6, 6-4 to claim his record eighth Gerry Weber Open title. The 17-time Grand Slam winner earned his 15th title in 20 grass court finals and his 86th overall career title.
 
     Murray had to work overtime to get his fourth title at the Queen’s Club tournament.  He first beat Viktor Troicki in the rain-delayed semifinal, then capped things off by beating South Africa’s Kevin Anderson in 6-3, 6-4 in the championship match.
 
     German’s Angelique Kerber has earned her first grass court title, defeating Karolina Pliskova 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 in Birmingham, England.
 
    

In world and national news…

 BRUSSELS (AP) – French President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH’ oh-LAWND’) says a summit of European leaders needs to solve the Greece crisis with a loan agreement tonight. Commenting before he left for the Brussels meeting, Hollande said progress has been made. He says “France and Germany are aware that Greece must remain in the eurozone.” Failure to reach agreement could force Greece’s exit from the common currency.
 
     BERLIN (AP) – Defense Secretary Ash Carter says a united NATO against Russian aggression and other security threats in the region doesn’t mean anyone is looking for a new Cold War or other conflict. Speaking in Germany, Carter pointed to the progress that Europe has made and says Russia must not be allowed to turn back the clock.
 
     KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – No members of parliament were harmed but some 31 civilians were wounded as Afghan security forces repelled a Taliban attack while lawmakers were in session. A suicide car bombing near the parliament entrance was followed by seven gunmen trying to storm the building. They eventually fled into a building under construction and were surrounded.
 
     ISTANBUL (AP) – Hundreds of Syrian refugees are crossing the border from Turkey as they return to the town of Tal Abyad, which was wrested from the Islamic State group by Kurdish forces last week. The returnees began flowing after Turkey reopened a nearby border crossing.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Guardian newspaper reports at least one Republican presidential hopeful is returning a campaign contribution from the leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder suspect Dylann Roof. The Guardian reports that Earl Holt, leader of the Council of Conservative Citizens, made $65,000 in donations to Republicans, including several presidential candidates. The Guardian also reports that Rand Paul and Rick Santorum got donations.