CSi Weather from Staff Meteorologist Steve Root…

.HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING….

THIS MORNING…CLEAR. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO15 MPH. HEAT INDEX 95 TO 100.

.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE

EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. LOWS AROUND 70. SOUTHEAST WINDS5 TO 15 MPH.

CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.

HEAT INDEX 95 TO100.

.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN

THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH

SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX 90 TO 95.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF

THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO10 MPH.

.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF

THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OFTHUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.

.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 90. .SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF

THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.

.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.

.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE

OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. .WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. $$_

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The National Weather Service says its

Doppler radar in Bismarck has been shut down for an upgrade.

The installation of dual-polarization Doppler is part of a $50

million upgrade to radar systems nationwide.

The major advantage is the ability to distinguish the shape and

size of objects in the air.

Forecasters say it can help them predict flash floods and determine the difference between rain and snow when it is near 32 degrees.

Officials say the radar will be down no longer than two weeks.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jul 19, 2012) — The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called out about 7-p.m. Wednesday to

3432 82nd Avenue. Southeast.

Wood, broken fences, debris and an exterior wall caught fire.

Rural Fire Chief Rick Woehl says no cause of the fire has been determined but may have been electrical in nature, starting an outdated building at that site.

16 rural firefighters and seven units was on scene for about an hour and a half.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jul 18, 2012) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol has received the results of a blood sample taken from Wyatt Klein of Jamestown.

The report, provided by the North Dakota Attorney General’s Crime Laboratory, revealed that Klein’s blood alcohol was 0.25, over three times higher than the legal limit of .08.

On July 6, Klein was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-94 near Crystal Springs and struck a vehicle head-on.

This vehicle was driven by Aaron Deutscher of West Fargo. Deutscher, his wife Allison and daughter Brielle were killed as a result of the crash. Klein also died in the crash.

 The Highway Patrol says, fifty-one percent of all 2012 North Dakota fatal crashes have been attributed to alcohol.

The Patrol says, all alcohol-related crashes and fatalities are preventable.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Stutsman Harley-Davidson, along with the Stutsman Harley Owners Group (HOGS) presents the 7th Annual, “Hogs For Dogs,” on Saturday July 28, 2012.

The event is the annual fundraiser to support the James River Humane Society.

Breakfast and registration is at Stutsman Harley Davidson at 9:30-a.m., with the ride leaving at 11-a.m., sharp.

The registration fee is $15 per bike.

There will be a hotdog eating contest and a hog calling contest.

Donate any pet food and receive 15% off any one single item at Stutsman Harley

Davidson…EXCLUDING MOTORCYCLES.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases

shot up 52 percent during January, February and March when compared

to the same three months a year ago.

North Dakota’s Tax Department says the state recorded $5.3

billion in taxable sales and purchases during the first quarter.

Commissioner Cory Fong says taxable sales and purchases almost

doubled over last year in the oil and mining sector alone.

Construction went up 113 percent.

Fong says almost all of North Dakota’s economic sectors are

growing.

Fong says of North Dakota’s largest cities, 40 of them showed

double- or triple-digit percentage growth during the quarter.

North Dakota already has one of the nation’s lowest unemployment

rates. Fong says: “We are growing at a level beyond what we could

have expected.”

In the regional taxable sales and purchases for the first quarter of 2012

compared to the first quarter of 2011:

Barnes County…$20.4 million up 14.45%

Foster County…$11.1 million up 8.7%

Stutsman County…$55.1 million up 14.49%

LaMoure County…$10.1 million up16.46%

Jamestown…$53.2 million up 14.40%

Carrington…$10.9 million up 12.7%

Valley City…$19 million up 15.75%

　

Bismarck, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jul 18, 2012) — The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports, statewide boardings for the month of June set another record and are up 15% from last year.

Director Larry Taborski says, “this comes with no surprise as North Dakota has been continually breaking monthly airline boarding records for almost two straight years.

Our travelers are varied – coming from and going to all sorts of places. It is great to see that North Dakotans are taking advantage of the investment in our airports. Businesses and individuals see the convenience and savings in time and money in airline travel.

Jamestown Boardings in June 2012, were 175, compared to 417 in June 2011.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials say a hiker from Virginia was found dead Wednesday at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota.

 The National Park Service says searchers located the body of 48-year-old Dan Olszewski, of Midlothian, Va., late Wednesday afternoon.

 Agency spokeswoman Eileen Andes says an autopsy will be performed to determine cause of death.

Officials say Olszewski went hiking in the park on Sunday morning. He was reported missing by his employer Monday morning.

 The agency says Olszewski was from Virginia but had been in North Dakota working.

　

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo woman is accused of exposing her 1-year-old child to methamphetamine.

A police report says Amber Marie Helps was keeping the child in a filthy apartment with rotting food and sacks of garbage.

Helps has been charged with child neglect and abuse.

　

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bismarck police cited two teenage boys for breaking into a vehicle after one of the boys’ mother turned in a handgun she found in her son’s dresser.

A woman brought a handgun to the police department Tuesday night.

　

　DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A Dickinson insurance agent is accused of

stealing $30,000 from a customer three years ago to buy gold coins

and make a payment on his credit card.

Scott Biggs is charged with five felonies. The most serious

carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison. He and his attorney

wouldn’t comment on the case.

Earlier this month, Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm ordered

Biggs to quit selling insurance in North Dakota.

Biggs was in court Wednesday. Southwest District Judge Zane Anderson ordered him

not to leave North Dakota without permission.

Court documents say Biggs obtained two checks from his

customer’s savings account in September 2009.

One $23,000 check went for a credit card payment. The other

check for almost $6,000 bought three gold coins.

 

In sports…

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION…

Wednesday’s Games

 Sioux Falls 5, Fargo-Moorhead 3

　

MLB…

AMERICAN LEAGUE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Adam Jones’ two-run homer in the first was

enough to give the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 win over the Minnesota

Twins last night.

Starter Tommy Hunter earned the victory after allowing one run in seven-plus innings of work.

Josh Willingham hit a solo home run for the Twins.

Final N-Y Yankees 6 Toronto 0, 6 Innings

Final Oakland 4 Texas 3

Final Detroit 7 L.A. Angels 2

Final Boston 10 Chi White Sox 1

Final Cleveland 10 Tampa Bay 6

Final Kansas City 8 Seattle 7

 

 NATIONAL LEAGUE

 Final Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 3

Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Philadelphia 3, 12 Innings

Final Pittsburgh 9 Colorado 6

Final San Diego 8 Houston 4

Final Washington 4 N-Y Mets 3

Final Arizona 7 Cincinnati 1

Final San Francisco 9 Atlanta 4, 11 Innings

Final Chi Cubs 5 Miami 1, 7 Innings

　

NBA…

　UNDATED (AP) – The Portland Trail Blazers have matched

Minnesota’s offer sheet worth more than $45 million for Nicholas

Batum.

The Blazers announced the decision yesterday, a few hours

before the deadline.

The Timberwolves filed the offer sheet on

Sunday and Batum flew to Portland yesterday for a physical before

the deal was matched.

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A person with direct knowledge of the

decision says free agent forward Antawn Jamison will sign a

one-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The 36-year-old Jamison will be reunited with coach Mike Brown, who was in charge of the Cavaliers when Jamison was traded to Cleveland during the 2009-10 season.

　

The Boston Celtics have signed free agent guard Jason Terry, the 2009 NBA sixth man of the year.

Terry averaged 15.1 points per game for the Mavericks last year and was second in the league with 138 made 3-pointers last season.

　

TOUR….

BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France (AP) – Yellow jersey holder Bradley

Wiggins faced a final test in the Pyrenees on Thursday as the

peloton started the 17th stage of the Tour de France, the last in

the mountains this year.

The 89.2-mile trek between Bagneres-de-Luchon and the ski

station of Peyragudes features three difficult climbs and an uphill

finish at an average gradient of 10 percent.

Wiggins will try to keep intact his lead of 2 minutes, 5 seconds

ahead of Saturday’s time trial, his favorite discipline.

 

BRITTISH OPEN GOLF…

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) – The British Open, third major

of the golf season, is under way today at Royal Lytham & St. Annes,

which features a staggering 206 bunkers around this historic

course.

Tiger Woods, who’s won three times already this year, can

regain his world No. 1 ranking with a victory and if current No. 1

Luke Donald finishes below fifth this week.

 

NHL…

NEW YORK (AP) – The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association met for

more than two hours in an attempt to nail down a new collective

bargaining agreement before the current one expires on Sept. 15.

Neither side reported much progress and players union director

Donald Fehr (feer) says he hasn’t decided whether to formally

respond to the owners’ first offer, which reportedly called for

major concessions from the players.

 

NFL…

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) – Robert Griffin III has agreed to terms on a contract with the Washington Redskins.

Griffin’s agent, Ben Dogra, told The Associated Press that the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback agreed to terms and will be in Redskins rookie camp.

Griffin was the second pick in the draft out of Baylor.

 He is due for a four-year contract worth about $21 million, roughly two-thirds of which would be the signing bonus. The deal includes a club option for a fifth year.

 

In world and national news…

BEIRUT (AP) – The chief U.N. observer in Syria says his mission

is irrelevant without a political process seeking to end the

country’s civil war.

Maj. Gen. Robert Mood says “we are not on the

track for peace.” Government forces attacked neighborhoods in and

around Damascus today, a day after a rebel bomb attack killed

President Bashar Assad’s defense minister and deputy defense

minister.

 

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – Israel is standing by its claim that

Iranian-backed Hezbollah is responsible for the tourist bus attack

in Bulgaria that killed six Israelis.

Bulgaria’s prime minister says officials still don’t know the identity of the suspected

bomber, but that the Michigan driver’s license he was carrying is

fake.

The man is seen on airport security camera tape.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) – First lady Michelle Obama is taking a more

prominent role in her husband’s presidential campaign.

She’s launching a nationwide effort to get every supporter of President

Barack Obama to become more involved in his re-election campaign –

and bring along somebody else, too.

Mrs. Obama delivers the message in a new three-minute video.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) – A new report by AARP says more than 1.5

million older Americans have lost their homes, and millions more

could face foreclosure during the housing crisis.

The group says older Hispanics and African Americans are the most at risk.

 

　LONDON (AP) – No room at the inn? A London taxi driver says he

has a solution. Visitors to the city can sleep in his cab for 50

pounds – about $78.

Cabbie David Weekes says busy traffic throughout the Olympics and special road lanes could mean fewer taxi fares.

So he’s converted his traditional black London taxi into a cozy single bed with a Union Jack blanket.