wbam1CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA, 40 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA, 40 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.  HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. EAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 50S. HIGHS AROUND 80.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
 LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY NIGHT.
 SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
 
 WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
 
 THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY…WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.

LOWER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR THE END OF THIS WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT  WEEK.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a two vehicle accident Monday afternoon about 3-p.m., injured two people after their vehicles collided at the intersection of Highway 281 and 46 south of Jamestown.

A vehicle driven by 32 year old Leah Krupich of Fargo was traveling northbound on Highway 281. A second vehicle driven by 79 year oldJames Grugin of Jackson, West Virginia was westbound on Highway 46. Grugin failed to yield to the other vehicle and proceeded into the intersection.

After the initial collision, both vehicles came to rest in the northwest ditch of the intersection.

Krupich, and the passenger in the second vehicle, 77 year old Betty Grugin were transported to Jamestown Regional Medical Center, by Jamestown Area Ambulance Service, and treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Assisting the Highway Patrol was the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office.

The accident remains under investigation.

 

Valley City (CSi) A 74 year-old Sanborn area man, was injured when he was run over by a John Deere two wheel drive tractor on Sunday about 3-p.m.  Barnes County Sheriff’s office says Mark Hill was air lifted by helicopter to Sanford Health in Fargo for treatment of his injuries. His condition has not been released.

Agencies assisting at the scene were the Barnes County Ambulance, Sanborn First responders and Sanborn Fire Department.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Planning Commission has unanimously recommended approval of the Land Use and Transportation Plan during a special meeting Monday at City Hall.

The Planning Commission recommended approval stressing that the plan was a living document and could be modified to reflect changing conditions in the future.

The plan anticipates a population growth of approximately 7,000 people between now and 2040. To accommodate this growth, the city will need to add at least 800 acres of residential housing, 170 acres of commercial land and 290 acres of industrial development.

Marty Shukert, planner for RDG Planning and Design and principal author of the plan, said about 30 percent of the residential growth is anticipated in northeast Jamestown with 50 percent in the southwest. The remaining 20 percent would occur in existing residential areas with vacant areas and in west-central Jamestown.

Additional streets would be needed to connect areas of future development and some areas where development has already occurred and adequate infrastructure does not exist.

The highest priority street project in the LUTP is a street connecting 25th Street Southwest between Walmart and the Buffalo Mall to Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The 2016 budget Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporportation (JSDC) will go to the board of directors for review following the Stutsman County Commission”s objection to the size of the budget increase.

Earlier this year, the JSDC Board of Directors approved a budget that included a 5 percent overall increase to the operating budget and a 5 percent increase for employee compensation. The $457,000 budget did not fall within guidelines set by the Stutsman County Commission.

The county has set a limit of a 3 percent mill levy increase in property taxes for all funds controlled by the county.

In other business, the JSDC approved leasing office space to Bechtel, which has been negotiating with CHS to serve as the construction management company for the planned CHS nitrogen fertilizer plant at Spiritwood.

The JSDC Executive Committee also agreed to retain an attorney for negotiations with Bechtel for land to be used for a crew camp for the CHS project. The JSDC will request a zoning change from Spiritwood Township for the land anticipated to be used for the crew camp.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School Board reviewed the potential of a proposed 19th Avenue Northeast project as an additional traffic outlet at Jamestown High School.

Superintendent Rob Lech supported the plan and fielded questions from board members about how the road fits with long-term city and school development plans. Board members wanted to see more complete information on all affected plans.

Private developer Phil Culler is proposing an apartment complex to the east of the Jamestown High School and is requesting that the district share the costs of building a new road that would be 19th Avenue Northeast. It would sit between school district land and the property he is developing for the apartment complex.

Also the board:

Approved a motion to update the Food Service deficit amount. It allows a student with a deficit below $11 to take care of it at the register, but if it’s larger and with no repayment plan in place it would be forwarded to collections.

It agreed to pay off two bonds totaling $7.7 million for Jamestown High School and middle school bonds. The 20-year debt on two loans is being paid off in 13 years with refinancing and leaves $50,000 in the debt service account.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Police in Fargo are investigating what might be the second homicide in as many days.
 
     Authorities found the body of a man inside a residence shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday after responding to a report of a fire. Police say the man died a violent death, and they’re looking into whether it might be connected to a homicide Monday in the same part of the city.
 
     Officers on Monday found the body of a man at an apartment complex and identified a person of interest in the killing – a man they say knew the victim.

Police in Fargo have detained a man they say is a person of interest in a homicide. They also are investigating what might be a second homicide.
     Police on Monday night found a pickup truck they had been looking for, but a SWAT team that searched a nearby residence did not find the person of interest.
 
     Homicides are rare in Fargo, with four reported in the state’s largest city in 2014 and three in 2015.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A judge has dismissed the case against a former North Dakota teacher of the year accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student in 2009.
 
     The trial for West Fargo High School English teacher Aaron Knodel ended abruptly in April following one juror’s medical emergency during deliberations. Judge Steven McCullough also said the woman failed to disclose during jury selection that she had been a victim of sexual abuse.
 
     McCullough later dropped three of the five charges against Knodel and declared a mistrial on the remaining charges of felony corruption or solicitation of a minor.
 
     State prosecutors filed the motion last week to drop the remaining two charges, after their request to delay the retrial was rejected by McCullough. The second trial was scheduled to start Tuesday.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A 30-year-old man accused in a 2014 fatal shooting in Grand Forks has been convicted of murder and burglary.
 
Delvin Shaw is facing the prospect of life in prison without parole when he’s sentenced on July 31.
 
     Shaw was charged in the June 2014 death of 24-year-old Jose Lopez, who authorities say was shot three times in his Grand Forks apartment. Police say Lopez wasn’t the intended target, but that Shaw went to the wrong apartment.
 
     Shaw represented himself at trial, unsuccessfully trying to convince the jury that he police were trying to frame him. Jurors convicted him Monday.
 
     The other suspect in Lopez’s death, 19-year-old Dametrian Welch, agreed to plead guilty in March to a reduced charge of facilitating murder.

 

  MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Minot man involved in a domestic violence incident in which a woman suffered a gunshot wound has been charged.
 
     Twenty-one-year-old Dalton Gruca has been charged with reckless endangerment. Court records show he has not entered a plea and a preliminary hearing in his case has been scheduled for July 30.
 
     Police say the woman was taken to a hospital after she was injured shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday and is recovering. Police say the initial investigation showed that Gruca retrieved a pistol and shot the woman in the leg.
 
     Court records do not list an attorney for Gruca.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An Argusville man has pleaded guilty to sexual assault and attempted sexual assault in an attack on three North Dakota State University students in their off-campus apartment. Authorities say Stanley Busche (bush) raped two students from China last December and attempted to assault a third student.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a convicted con man accused of passing himself off as an FBI agent in the North Dakota oil patch is wanted on a warrant in Tennessee and should not be released before sentencing.
 
     Steven Goldmann pleaded guilty in February to an illegal weapons charge, after federal authorities agreed to drop four counts of impersonating an officer. Authorities say he regularly displayed a badge and gun.
 
     A defense attorney says Goldmann suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his Air Force service in Iraq and should be allowed to seek treatment in St. Cloud, Minnesota before his Sept. 25 sentencing.
 
     The government says Goldmann has yet to answer to an amended warrant in Tennessee, where he was convicted in 2013 on a theft of services charge.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota health officials say around 42 gallons of oil has spilled in Divide County after a pipeline leaked.
 
     Condor Petroleum, Inc., also reported that around 1,638 gallons of produced water, or brine, have been released. The North Dakota Department of Health said it’s evaluating a nearby wetland for impacts to water quality.
 
     Officials say a brine spill also occurred in Burke County, around 4 miles northwest of Bowbells.
 
     Petro Harvester Operating Company, LLC, said around 2,100 gallons of brine spilled offsite and affected a nearby wetland. State department officials are responding and will work with the company on a remediation plan.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Critics of the federally backed Common Core education standards have filed a lawsuit against North Dakota over its membership in a group that developed new standardized tests.
 
     The Michigan-based conservative Christian advocacy group Thomas More Law Center filed the suit, which names as defendants State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler, the state and others.
 
     The plaintiffs contend North Dakota’s membership in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium violates part of the U.S. Constitution stating that “no state shall, without the consent of Congress … enter into any agreement or compact with another state.”
 
     Common Core standards outline skills students need to be ready for college and careers. Many states, including North Dakota, offered new standardized tests this year that were developed by Smarter Balanced.
 
     A Department of Public Instruction spokesman says the agency wont’ comment on the lawsuit.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks has named a new dean for its Northwest Campus in Minot.
 
     Scott Knutson is a clinical assistant professor of family medicine for UND and an emergency medicine physician for Trinity Health in Minot, serving as chief of medical staff since December 2013.
 
     He’ll succeed Martin Rothberg as Northwest Campus dean, starting July 1.
 
     Knutson is a native of Minneapolis. He received his undergraduate degree in biomedical science from St. Cloud State University and earned his medical doctorate from the University of South Dakota.

 

 MOTT, N.D. (AP) – Former longtime state Rep. James Kerzman died in a tractor accident over the weekend on his farm near Mott. His wife of nearly three decades, Jill, tells The Associated Press that Kerzman was working alone in a Quonset on Saturday. She says the family believes a tractor slipped into gear and ran over him. Hettinger County Sheriff Sarah Warner tells the AP the incident is still under investigation. Kerzman was a Democrat who served in the state House from 1991 through 2009.

 

In sports…

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University assistant track and field coach Justin St. Clair has been named to the Team USA coaching staff for the World University Games in South Korea in July.
 
     The World University Games are an international multisport event featuring university athletes from around the world.
 
     St. Clair is the director of the NDSU men’s and women’s throws programs, and will coach the throwers for Team USA.
 
     He also served as the men’s throws coach for Team USA at the Under-23 Championships in British Columbia, Canada, last August.

 

AA…

  Lincoln 4, Fargo-Moorhead 3

 

INTERLEAGUE
 
   Final    Philadelphia    11    N-Y  Yankees          8
 
 
       AMERICAN  LEAGUE

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kennys Vargas went 4 for 4 with a three-run homer and four RBIs as the Minnesota Twins trounced the Chicago White Sox 13-2 on Monday night. Joe Mauer homered to start a five-run fourth against starter John Danks. The rally was fueled by a throwing error on shortstop Alexei Ramirez.
 
   Final    Detroit                8    Cleveland              5
   Final    Toronto                8    Tampa  Bay              5
   Final    L.A.  Angels        4    Houston                  3
   Final    Kansas  City        4    Seattle                  1
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final    Chi  Cubs              4    L.A.  Dodgers        2

 

BASEBALL-COLLEGE WORLD SERIES…
 
 
     OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Vanderbilt has opened the College World Series finals by downing Virginia 5-1 at Omaha.
 
     Carson Fulmer combined with two relievers on a four-hitter for the Commodores, who will successfully defend their championship if they win on Tuesday or Wednesday. Fulmer improved to 14-2, striking out eight and walking two in his 20th consecutive start of at least five innings.
 
     Will Toffey’s two-run double broke a scoreless tie in the sixth.

 

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SOCCER…

   UNDATED (AP) – The United States and England have moved into the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals by winning yesterday. Second-half goals by Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd led the Americans past Colombia 2-0. Lucy Bronze scored the tiebreaking goal in the 76th minute as the Brits beat Norway 2-1.

HAMILTON…

 PEARLAND, Texas (AP) – Former major league outfielder Darryl Hamilton was killed in his Pearland, Texas, home at age 50 in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide. An initial investigation determined Hamilton was shot several times and that a woman in the home died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Hamilton was a career .291 hitter in 13 major league seasons before retiring in 2001.

NBA…

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kentucky big man Karl-Anthony Towns says he has “no promise at all” from the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wolves hold the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft on Thursday. Towns is the heavy favorite to come off the board first ahead of Duke center Jahlil Okafor and Ohio State point guard D’Angelo Russell.

 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Two people familiar with the situation tell The Associated Press the Charlotte Hornets have won the bid to host the NBA All-Star game in 2017. The city agreed to spend more than $30 million to upgrade their arena when the Hornets submitted the bid to host the game last summer. Charlotte last hosted the All-Star game in 1991 at the Charlotte Coliseum.
 
     EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – Thaddeus Young has informed the Brooklyn Nets he will become a free agent and forego the $10.2 million he would have made in the final year of his contract. General manager Billy King says the Nets want to keep the forward. Young was acquired from Minnesota for Kevin Garnett at the trade deadline and played well as the Nets overcame a slow start to make the playoffs.

 ATLANTA (AP) – The Atlanta Hawks have announced that Danny Ferry has stepped down as general manager of the team. That ends an indefinite leave of absence that began in August following racially derogatory comments Ferry made about then free-agent Luol Deng.
 
     The Associated Press reported Friday that Ferry and the Hawks had reached a buyout of the final two years of his contract.
 
     Ferry signed an $18 million, six-year contract when he was hired from San Antonio in 2012.

 

In world and national news…..

 CHICAGO (AP) – At least seven people were injured as severe thunderstorms hit northern Illinois last night, accompanied by a tornado that wrecked homes and overturned trees. The community of Coal City southwest of Chicago was particularly hard hit. The National Weather Service confirmed that a twister struck the community of about 5,000 residents. Grundy County coroner John Callahan says there have no immediate reports of fatalities.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Once given up for dead in congressional gridlock, a measure that would give President Barack Obama sweeping authority to negotiate trade pacts is back before the Senate. The second-chance challenge for supporters later today is to get at least 60 of the 100 members of the Senate to vote for moving the measure forward in a key procedural showdown.
 
     BELLMONT, N.Y. (AP) – Authorities in northern New York say that items recovered from a remote hunting cabin have been sent to labs for DNA testing. Police want to learn whether they’re linked to a pair of convicted killers who escaped from a nearby prison more than two weeks ago. Meanwhile, searchers have converged on a wooded area in a hamlet not far from the prison.
 
     CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -Although political sentiment has moved increasingly in the direction of taking down a Confederate flag situated on the grounds of the South Carolina capitol, it won’t be easy. Making such a change will require a two-thirds supermajority vote in both chambers of the legislature. Lawmakers returning to Columbia today thought they would be merely wrapping up a special session to approve a state budget.
 
     NEW DELHI (AP) – A U.N. report says the global commitment to rescue impoverished children from lives of squalor, disease and hunger has fallen short. According to the study released today by UNICEF, lagging economic development in many countries is leaving millions of the most vulnerable behind. It says the world’s poorest children are almost twice as likely to die before their 5th birthday as children from wealthier homes.