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TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING.
A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
LOWS AROUND 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER
60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80.
Jamestown (CSi) 6-24-15 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 129 Sunnyside Trailer Court in Jamestown. He previously live at 112 Sunnyside Trailer Court, in Jamestown.
Before that he 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:
Jamestown (CSi) Lee Charles Ellingson of Tracy, Minnesota will go to trial on November 30, 2015 stemming from charges after he was allegedly pursued by police on March 17 this year in Jamestown.
The 43 year old Ellingson, appeared in Southeast District Court in Jamestown Wednesday with his attorney, Nicholas Thornton, for a motion hearing.
Thornton filed procedural motions acted on by Judge Thomas Merrick at the hearing.
The trail is scheduled to last four days.
Merrick says due to the amount of publicity the case has received in the media, it might take one day to pick a jury.
Ellingson is charged with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and driving while under the influence of liquor or any other drug or substance, all Class C felonies. He is also charged with fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown businesses have been sent a letter from the Jamestown Regional Airport, Commercial Air Service Committee members, explaining short and long-term goals regarding the airport’s UnitedExpress/SkyWest airlines service.
The letter asks for the business community’s continued support.
The letter states that, “Our ultimate goal would be to obtain sustainable annual passenger boardings of more than 15,000 per year. This would allow the airport to come off of our government subsidy as provided by the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, and allow multiple air carriers to multiply destinations.”
The letter goes on to say, “However our current short-term focus is to achieve a 10,000 passenger per year threshold which would award Jamestown with an additional $850,000 per year of government funding. This federal money would be used for Capital Improvement Projects that increase safety and improve operational efficiency of our airport. We are currently on track to reach between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers this year.” (2015).
The letter says, for Denver travelers, the cost of a round-trip from Jamestown is $222. For departures from Fargo or Bismarck, flying from Jamestown Regional Airport versus from Fargo or Bismarck, provides cost savings in the areas of operating a vehicle, the cost of meals, cost of parking per week, and travel time, on the road.
Those added costs are, Fargo, $177.55 and Bismarck, $174.90.
The letter asks travelers to, before booking their next trip be it business or personal, to research the schedule and prices to utilize the “great resource of having UnitedExpress flights into Jamestown.”
The letter is signed by the Committee Chairman, Jim Boyd and committee members Katie Andersen, Brent Harris, and Airport Manager, Sam Seafeldt.
More information is available on line at www.flyjamestown.net
Jamestown (CSi) A swimming “Last Splash,” pool party, is planned at the pool at James River Family Fitness in Jamestown on June 26, 2015, from 6-p.m., to 10-p.m.
The pool will close at the end of June as the area will be then used as the wrestling facility for the University of Jamestown.
Executive Director, Frank Conlon, on Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 added, that the event may also be a good opportunity, for those who have used the pool over the years, to tell some stories about the pool.
He said the next Two Rivers Activity Center public input meeting is set for July 8, 2015 at 7-p.m., at the Jamestown Middle School’s, Thompson Community Room, when planning and the design of the pool area, aquatics will be the main topic of discussion
Conlon also pointed out the the JRFF annual maintenance week closing of the indoor facility will take place July 6-10, 2015. In addition to sprucing up the building, the lower level ladies locker room will be getting a new tile floor..
Childcare will continue as usual, as will the planned outdoor activities.
Conlon added that anyone with suggestions on programs, is invited to call James River Family Fitness, at 253-4101.
James River Family Fitness’ summer hours are now in effect….Monday-Friday 5-a.m., to 10-p.m., Saturday 6-a.m., to 10-p.m., closed Sundays.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Chapter of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, willl hold the 2nd annual Unite to Silence the Stigma Bike Run to be held July 19, 2015.
Margo Haut, is President, of the local chapter.
The bike run will start at Stutsman Harley Davidson with registration from 11-12:30pm. Kickstands are up at 12:30pm.
The ride ends at IDK Bar and Grill with a hog roast, door prizes, and fellowship. The cost of the Run is $25/rider, $10/passenger.
Cars are welcome at the Run.
The cost of registration includes a bandana, meal, and door prize entries.
Guest with more information scheduled for the July 14, 2015 Wayne Byers Shows at 8:25-a.m., on CSi Cable 2.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Regional Medical Center Foundation continues support for expansion of patient care through summer community events. Concert for Care will be held Thursday, July 16 followed by the 5th Annual GOLF “fore” GOOD Tournament on Friday, July 17.
JRMC Foundation Director Lisa Jackson says, “We are excited for this summer’s events. Our goals include bringing the community together and funding emergency and radiology services at the concert and cancer care through golf.”
The Concert for Care will be an all-ages barbeque and street dance held on 2nd Ave SW, in front of the Elks and Bank Forward. A barbeque will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and the street dance will be held from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The funds raised from the event will support both JRMC and the Anne Carlsen Center. Tickets are $10 with food and drinks available for purchase at the event. Event is sponsored by Cork & Barrel Liquors as well as community partners.
The 5th Annual GOLF “fore” GOOD Tournament drives cancer care home. The tournament will be held at the Jamestown Country Club. This event is co-sponsored by Farmers Union Insurance, The Davis Group and Physicians Realty Trust. Other major sponsors committed to this years’ tournament include Wilhelm GMC Buick, Newman Signs, Hillerud Construction, Alerus Financial, AgStar Financial Services, Great River Energy, Elaine Nieland Family, Edward Jones Investments – Patrick Nygaard, Sanford Health and Dixon Golf. Proceeds will be in dedication to those conquering cancer for the launch of the oncology unit at JRMC.
Registration per player is $100 and includes 18-hole golf scramble, cart, meals, drink tickets, chances to win prizes, and a swag bag (valued at $100). The Hole-in-One is presented by Don Wilhelm and Dixon Golf. Deadline for registration is July 13th.
For more information on either event contact Lisa Jackson at 701-952-4880 or ljackson@jrmcnd.com. www.jrmcnd.com.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says American white pelicans are nesting at a central North Dakota refuge in near-record numbers.
Biologist Alisa Bartos says the agency estimates about 32,000 pelicans returned to the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
A record 35,466 birds were counted in 2000 at the refuge, which is the largest nesting colony for the big-billed birds in North America.
Bartos says rising water levels swallowed one of the two main nesting islands at the refuge this year. But she says there is still a lot of land left at the remaining island for the big birds to nest.
The pelicans normally stay in North Dakota through September, raising their young and feasting at small prairie ponds within a 100-mile radius of the refuge.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Severe thunderstorms late last week prompted about $200,000 in emergency repairs at the newly expanded Bismarck Event Center.
Center Manager Charlie Jeske (JEHS’-kee) says a lobby area was flooded by several inches of water, and excess water also damaged six wooden doors and some electrical boxes.
The City Commission has approved money to cover the cost of repairs. City Commissioner Steve Marquardt inquired whether a design flaw in the $27 million expansion project led to the flooding.
Jeske said he’s awaiting a report from the architect who designed the facility’s expanded convention space. City Commissioner Josh Askvig says he thinks incomplete landscaping might have been a factor.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Minot man has pleaded guilty to federal drug and weapons charges.
Dustin Goettle is charged with six counts, including possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and felon in possession of a firearm. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Authorities say Goettle had 44 grams of methamphetamine in his pocket and a pistol in the waistband of his pants when he was arrested in March 2014. Authorities had been searching for Goettle for a week after he eluded law enforcement during a chase in the Bismarck area.
Sentencing is set for Sept. 28.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter has been sentenced to 2 years in prison after admitting to setting several small fires at his workplace in North Dakota.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced Anthony DeGroot on Wednesday.
DeGroot pleaded guilty to destruction of government property in March. His plea came about a month after Hovland declared a mistrial because jurors were unable to reach a unanimous decision on whether to convict DeGroot of arson.
Federal authorities had planned on retrying DeGroot, who was charged in January 2014 with setting the fires in December 2013, causing about $30,000 in damage.
DeGroot’s plea agreement states that after setting the fires, he duct-taped his wrists and mouth, walked out of the building pretending to be injured, and told police he was assaulted.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A task force set up to address what state officials say is a teacher shortage in North Dakota has begun meeting.
The group formed by the Department of Public Instruction met at the Capitol in Bismarck on Wednesday to begin brainstorming solutions both for the upcoming school year and for the long term.
There’s no available estimate on the number of open teaching positions in the state. But State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler says the shortage might rise to a “crisis” level this fall.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Board of Higher Education has approved 3 percent raises for presidents at the state’s 11 public colleges and universities.
The highest salary is for retiring University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley, who will make $371,596 in his last year. North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani will make $354,568.
Minot State’s Steven Shirley is the third-highest paid president at $257,500, followed by Dickinson State’s D.C. Coston at $224,359; Bismarck State’s Larry Skogen and North Dakota State College of Science’s John Richman, each at $201,896; Mayville State’s Gary Hagen at $196,201; Valley City State’s Tisa Mason at $195,700; Williston’s State’s Ray Nadolny at $188,798; and Lake Region State’s Doug Darling at $173,988.
New university system chancellor Mark Hagerott will make $372,000. He takes over next week.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Some members of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education say one way to cut down on expenses would be to hold more meetings remotely instead of in person.
Board member Don Morton, who works as the site leader at Microsoft in Fargo, is proposing that the board hold four face-to-face meetings a year and conduct other business by electronic means.
Board member Grant Shaft says it’s a good idea but the university system doesn’t yet have the technology to make it work. He says the current call-in system that the board uses is akin to Morse code.
Eric Murphy, faculty adviser to the board, is opposed to the plan. He says it’s important for board members to visit the campuses on a regular basis to see what’s going on.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Softball players are once again flocking to the Bismarck-Mandan area for the annual McQuade charity tournament. McQuade Distributing bills the event as the largest nonprofit, one-weekend slowpitch softball tournament in the country. It attracts thousands of players from across the nation and Canada.
AA…
Lincoln 4, Fargo-Moorhead 3, 10 innings
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final N-Y Yankees 10 Philadelphia 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Phil Hughes tossed eight strong innings as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 Wednesday. Chris Sale reached double digits in strikeouts for the seventh straight game. The left-hander’s streak of innings with at least one strikeout was stopped at 38 in a row when the Twins hit three doubles in a three-run fourth to give Hughes the lead for good.
Marco Estrada carried a perfect game into the eighth inning and Chris Colabello homered in the 12th to lead Toronto’s 1-0 shutout of Tampa Bay
Final Cleveland 8 Detroit 2
Final L.A. Angels 2 Houston 1, 13 Innings
Final Boston 5 Baltimore 1
Final Oakland 8 Texas 2
Final Kansas City 8 Seattle 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Washington 2 Atlanta 1, 11 Innings
Final Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 2
Final St. Louis 6 Miami 1
Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Chi Cubs 2
Final Milwaukee 4 N-Y Mets 1
Mets, have their longest losing streak since a seven-game skid in April 2011.
Final Arizona 8 Colorado 7
Final San Francisco 6 San Diego 0
WNBA BASKETBALL
Final OT Chicago 100 Atlanta 96
College World Series…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Virginia is the NCAA baseball champions for the first time following a 4-2 victory over Vanderbilt in the deciding third game of the College World Series finals. Pavin Smith homered and had three RBIs to back Brandon Waddell, who went seven innings and limited the defending champs to two hits after the Commodores scored twice in the first. Nathan Kirby struck out five in picking up a two-inning save.
NHL…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Wild will open the 2015-16 season on the road. The Wild open the season at Colorado against the Avalanche on October 8th and then return for their home opener against the St. Louis Blues on October 10th. The National Hockey League announced the home openers for each club on Wednesday.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league is opening a formal expansion review process to consider adding new franchises to its 30-team league. Las Vegas, Seattle and Quebec City are the markets that have expressed the most serious interest, although a second team in the Toronto area leads the list of additional possibilities. The Board of Governors decided Wednesday that the league will take formal applications for new franchises on July 6, closing the process Aug. 10.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price has recorded a hat trick at the NHL awards show Wednesday night in Las Vegas.
Price has come away with three awards, including the Hart Trophy as the player most valuable to his team. He also received the Ted Lindsay Award, chosen as the NHL’s most outstanding player by his fellow players. And he was already a lock to receive the Vezina (VEH’-zih-nuh) Trophy as the league’s best netminder after becoming the first goaltender since Chicago’s Ed Belfour in 1991 to lead the NHL in victories, goals-against average and save percentage.
Price set a franchise record and led the league with 44 wins in the regular season, posting a 1.96 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage.
NBA…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Timberwolves have the first pick in the draft on Thursday night for the first time in the franchise’s hard-luck history. Team president and coach Flip Saunders says it should be “the best draft day this organization has ever had.” Saunders wouldn’t say who the Wolves will pick. The heavy favorite is Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns.
CLEVELAND (AP) – A person familiar with the decision says Cleveland forward Kevin Love is opting out of the final year of his contract and will become a free agent, ending a deal that would have paid him over $16 million next season. Love came to the Cavaliers last summer in a blockbuster trade and had a Thursday deadline to inform the Cavs of his plans. The former All-Star has said he wants to return to Cleveland.
DALLAS (AP) – Monta (MAHN’-tay) Ellis is declining the player option for the final year of his contract with the Dallas Mavericks and will become an unrestricted free agent. Ellis was set to make $8.7 million in the final year of a three-year, $25 million contract. His agent doesn’t rule out a return to the Mavs.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – The Charlotte Hornets have agreed to a trade that will send guard Gerald Henderson and power forward Noah Vonleh to Portland for small forward Nicolas Batum (bah-TOOM’). That’s according to a person familiar with the situation. Batum averaged 9.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 71 games while battling a nagging wrist injury.
WIMBLEDON-SEEDING…
LONDON (AP) – Novak Djokovic (NOH’-vak JOH’-kuh-vich) and Serena Williams have been installed as the No 1 seeds at Wimbledon, which gets underway next week. Two-time champion Rafael Nadal (rah-fay-ehl nah-DAHL’) was seeded No. 10, his lowest seeding ever at the All England Club.
Djokovic is followed in the men’s seeding by seven-time champion Roger Federer, 2013 winner Andy Murray and French Open champion Stan Wawrinka (vah-VRINK’-ah). Following Williams are defending champion Petra Kvitova (kuh-VIHT’-oh-vuh), Simona Halep (HAL’-ehp) and Maria Sharapova (shah-rah-POH’-vah).
The Wimbledon draw will be on Friday.
In world and national news…
DETROIT (AP) – Police in Detroit say a driver they were pursuing got up to more than 70 mph on a residential street before striking a group of children, killing two of them. Three other children and an adult were injured last night. Police Chief James Craig says officers had been chasing a firearms suspect in the car, but backed off. Craig says the car then struck the children and the adult a few blocks away.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Funerals begin today for some of the victims of last week’s massacre at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina. And later today, the Emanuel AME Church will be the scene of a wake for state senator and pastor Clementa Pinckney, who was gunned down in the church with eight parishioners during Bible study last Wednesday. Pinckney’s funeral is tomorrow at a nearby college arena, and President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy.
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) – The prison guard accused of delivering to convicted killers frozen meat containing the tools that helped them escape, has now bailed himself out of jail in upstate New York. Gene Palmer was released overnight after using a credit card to pay the $25,000 bail. Palmer was charged Wednesday with promoting prison contraband, tampering with physical evidence and official misconduct. His lawyer says he didn’t know tools were inside the frozen meat. Escapees David Sweat and Richard Matt have been on the run since June 6.
TOKYO (AP) – The CEO of Japanese air bag maker Takata is apologizing for the air bag problem that has killed at least eight people. At a news conference today, the official bowed in apology, but said Takata still hasn’t pinpointed the exact cause of the problem that causes some of its air bags to explode with excessive force, spewing shrapnel into the vehicle. Nearly 34 million vehicles by 11 automakers including Honda, BMW and Toyota, have been recalled.
BAGHDAD (AP) – Attacks in Baghdad and a town south of the Iraqi capital have killed at least eight people. Police say a car bomb ripped through a commercial area in Baghdad’s northern neighborhood of Shaab today, killing six civilians and wounding 16. And a bomb struck an outdoor market in the town of Mahmudiyah, about 18 miles south of Baghdad, killing two people. There’s been no immediately claim of responsibility for the attacks.
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