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CSi Weather…
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS A 40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING A 40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID
80S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. LOWS IN THE MID
60S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY
NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police is warning Jamestown residents regarding a convicted sex offender living within the City of Jamestown.
Sawyer John Suko resides at 1605 4th Avenue, Southwest, Jamestown, ND
His Vehicle is a 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix, with North Dakota license plate,
KHK 892.
Suko has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee, of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
He is a 22 year old white male, five feet eight inches tall, weighing 168 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.
Suko has been convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition, involving a 13 year old girl, when both Suko and the female were intoxicated at a campsite, when Suko was 18 years of age. The conviction date was January 6, 2012, in Stutsman County, District Court.
Disposition: One year and one day…with 285 days suspended.
Suko is currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and Probation.
He is under GPS monitoring.
Suko is not wanted by police at this time and has served 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.
Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.
Printed handouts of the demographics of Sawyer John Suko are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov
Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission has released the June 2015 airline boarding numbers.
In June Jamestown Regional Airport boardings were put at 736, compared to 334 in June of 2014, when airline service resumed in Jamestown, on June 5th, with UnitedExpress/Sky West Airlines.
In 2013 with Great Lakes Airlines the Jamestown boardings were 218, and only 175 in June of 2013.
Passenger numbers in June at North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports were down 2.6 percent over the same month a year ago.
There were 97,502 boardings in the month, a decrease of 2,613 passengers from June 2014.
The agency says airline boardings at Dickinson, Fargo, Minot and Williston were down over the year. Bismarck, Devils Lake, Grand Forks and Jamestown posted increases.
Jamestown (CSi) An agreement concludes negotiations between the Jamestown Public School Board and the Jamestown Education Association and adopts pay changes for non-teaching professionals and support staff in addition to the new teacher-salary structure.
The Jamestown Public School Board Monday voted unanimously to ratify the two-year master agreement that in inclusive of a teacher salary agreement and district policies through 2017.
Approximately 10 non-teaching professional positions were approved with a $2,000 flat increase. These include social workers, counselors, technicians and other professional support.
Superintendent Robert Lech says, “This group is not part of the teaching-salary structure although there are credentialed teachers along with social workers and other licensed professionals.”
The positions are not part of the JEA bargaining agreement The committee recommendation for a flat rate resulted in a board-negotiated $2,000 increase for nine-month employees and a prorated increase of around $2,400 for 12-month staff.
In addition, all support staff will receive a $1-per-hour increase at a total cost of approximately $158,500 to the district. The across-the-board raise follows a two-year study and was in the interest of retaining high-quality staff and recruiting new staff to needed positions.
The district will provide more than $2.8 million to the JEA group’s health plan for the next two school years, according to the master agreement. At the end of the fiscal year if the fund drops below the four-month required reserve, additional funds needed to bring the fund up to the reserve will be split 60 percent to JEA members and 40 percent to the School Board.
The school board also elected Roger Haut to his third term as board president and Heidi Larson to her second term as board vice president for the 2015-2016 school year.
The board also approved a transfer of special reserve funds to compensate for an $800,000 deficit general operating draft budget. The deadline for the final budget and mill levy hearing is October 5, 2015.
The meeting was recorded by CSi 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL, with showings starting later Tuesday.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System’s Development Director, Bill Kennedy says the Jamestown Land Use and Transportation Plan includes enhancements to Alfred Dickey Library as part of the downtown improvements.
He told board members that “improvements outlined in the area includes parking, and safety, issues are being addressed, including traffic.
In other business, the board approved revisions to the policy manual and delayed action on its 2016 budget until the August meeting.
Valley City The North Dakota Highway Patrol Monday morning, about 7:30 reported that a semi hauling two combines on a trailer had difficulties negotiating a construction zone west of Valley City.
Traffic was significantly slowed westbound on Interstate 94 after the semi driver stopped to avoid a construction barrier just west of Valley City.
It took authorities over three hours to remove the semi, trailer and two combines.
The Highway Patrol issued a citation to the driver of semi hauling those combines.
Valley City (CSi) The 7th Annual Debbie Gabel Memorial Motorcycle Ride and Raffle is set for Saturday, July 25, 2015 in Valley City.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. at Boomer’s Corner Keg. The ride begins at noon and ends about 5:30 p.m. The cost to participate is $25 per rider and $15 per co-pilot.
Food is included in the registration fee and will be served after the ride at Boomer’s Corner Keg. A live auction will be held there at 7 p.m. One registered participant will win $500 cash.
A street dance, featuring music by Blackwater, will be held after the ride.
Event organizer Rocky Gabel of Valley City, founded the event in memory of his wife, Debbie, whom he lost to ovarian cancer in 2009.
Net proceeds of the events benefit Hospice of the Red River Valley.
He said Hospice of the Red River Valley cared for Debbie,and provided vital support and care toher and the family.
He sees the event as an opportunity to give back and help others.
Last year, around 150 people participated in the motorcycle ride.
For more information, go to www.thunderingsaints.com
Valley City (CSi) Valley City State University’s online bachelor’s degree program in communication has received a 2015–16 Students Before Profits Award for Best Online Bachelor’s in Communication and Public Relations by Nonprofit Colleges Online.
The recognition is the second award VCSU’s communication program has received in 2015. In January the program was named to the Affordable College Foundation’s list of Top Online Communications Degrees for 2015.
VCSU President Tisa Mason says we take our role in equipping students with crucial skills such as communication seriously, and the name of the award—which puts students first—resonates with our student-centered philosophy at Valley City State.
Available entirely online in addition to being offered face-to-face, VCSU’s professional communication degree offers three concentrations: Corporate Communication, Digital Media Management and Media Communication.
A key component of the VCSU program is a professional internship during the junior or senior year which provides real-world, hands-on learning.
Nonprofit Colleges Online’s list of award-winning online communication programs can be found at www.nonprofitcollegesonline.com/rankings/best-online-bachelors-in-communication-and-public-relations/
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota health officials are investigating a cluster of E. coli cases in which all ill individuals attended a fair.
The Department of Health says the three cases involve individuals younger than 18 years old who reported attending the Red River Valley Fair in West Fargo. The fair ran July 7 through 12.
State epidemiologist Michelle Feist says officials are in the early stages of the investigation. She says individuals who experience diarrhea or bloody diarrhea for over 24 hours within 10 days of attending the fair should contact health officials.
E. coli is a bacterial infection that can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramping, nausea and vomiting.
Officials say one of the ill individuals has been diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, a severe complication that can cause kidney damage and failure.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck man and woman who authorities say lived in a storage unit with three children face child abuse or neglect charges.
Authorities allege 33-year-old Victor Rios and 31-year-old Katie Meyers lived in a storage unit with a 2-year-old girl, a 9-month-old girl and a 9-month-old boy. A relative brought the children to police.
Authorities say all three children had respiratory problems, and the two infants had diaper rashes and bruises. Police say the storage unit also contained dangerous items such as gardening shears.
Rios and Meyers each face a child abuse charge that carries a maximum punishment of five years in prison. Rios also faces drug charges that could carry an additional 10 years. Court documents don’t list an attorney for them, and a telephone listing couldn’t be found.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fifteen North Dakota National Guard soldiers who have been serving overseas since September are returning home.
The soldiers are assigned to the Fargo-based 231st Brigade Support Battalion Logistical Support Element. They managed supply, maintenance and transportation for units in the U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM.
CENTCOM covers security and military issues in the central area of the globe and includes 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.
The North Dakota soldiers arrived at Fort Hood, Texas, on Friday. They will return to North Dakota Tuesday evening on separate civilian flights.
Twelve soldiers are scheduled to arrive at Hector International Airport in Fargo at 8:35 p.m. and three soldiers are scheduled to arrive at the Bismarck Municipal Airport at 8:01 p.m.
FAIRMOUNT, N.D. (AP) – Repair work is underway on the storm-damaged water tower in the southeastern North Dakota community of Fairmount.
The top of the tower was blown to one side by strong winds that accompanied a thunderstorm a week ago, and officials put water restrictions in place. State health officials lifted a boil order on Friday but residents are still being asked to conserve water.
The crews began repairing the water tower on Saturday. The work is being done by companies out of Fargo and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Officials expect the work to take about 2 1/2 weeks.
About 400 people live in Fairmount.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team is arriving in Fargo ahead of a weekend air show.
The elite aerial demonstration team is headlining this weekend’s Fargo AirSho. The first of the distinctive blue and yellow F-A 18 hornets arrived Monday. The rest of the aircraft will land in Fargo on Tuesday.
The air show is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Hector International Airport. AirSho co-chairman Dick Walstad says 20,000 to 30,000 people are expected to attend the event.
The Blue Angels team hasn’t performed at the AirSho since 2011.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota has broken ground for a new headquarters for its College of Engineering and Mines.
The 37,000-square-feet Collaborative Energy Complex will cost $15.5 million. About $10 million is coming from private donations. Hess Corp. has committed $5 million over five years to support the facility. Hess is a major player in the booming Bakken oil patch.
UND’s petroleum engineering program started with four students in 2010 and is expecting as many as 350 students this fall. The new complex also will house the Institute for Energy Studies that UND established five years ago.
The new complex will have state-of-the-art labs and multipurpose teaching centers.
KILLDEER, N.D. (AP) – The energy company that developed the biggest drilling unit in the Bakken oil patch says it will move some hiking and horse-riding trails away from its operations.
ConocoPhillips created the 47-square-mile Corral Creek Unit in 2011. It has pledged $100,000 to move two trails in the Little Missouri State Park area away from an area that eventually will contain 30 oil wells.
Company spokesman Jim Lowry says ConocoPhillips has worked with the state Parks and Recreation Department to be as least disruptive as possible. He says the goal is to move two trails so recreationists don’t have to view the oil operations.
Parks Department Project Manager Jesse Hanson says other trails have been improved to handle increased use while the two trails are being moved.
WALHALLA, N.D. (AP) – Officials are digging for fossils at the Pembina River Gorge in northeastern North Dakota this week.
Fossils as old as 80 million years have been found in the area in the past, including those of giant sea lizards called mosasaurs (MOHZ’-uh-sorz).
The state Parks and Recreation Department says this year’s dig got underway Monday and was continuing through Sunday.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota wildlife officials say the ruffed grouse population in the state is up dramatically this year.
A Game and Fish Department spring survey indicated a 44 percent jump in ruffed grouse statewide over 2014. The number of male grouse heard drumming in the Pembina Hills was up 86 percent, and the Turtle Mountains saw a 35 percent increase.
Upland Game Bird Supervisor Stan Kohn says ruffed grouse in North Dakota seem to adjust their numbers depending on the quantity and quality of habitat in an area, and the amount of available food.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Construction of the Minnesota Vikings new stadium is more than half way done.
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and the Vikings said Monday US Bank Stadium is 65 percent complete and a year away from being finished.
More than 1,200 men and woman are involved in the construction project and so far, $550 million of work has been done on the $1 billion stadium. One of the largest cranes in the world was used on the project, but its work is done and it’s being dismantled and shipped in a couple weeks.
The stadium in downtown Minneapolis will be home, not only to the Vikings, but will host a wide range of events, including the Super Bowl in 2018 and the NCAA Men’s Final Four in 2019.
AA…
New Jersey 2, Fargo-Moorhead 0
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Philadelphia 5 Tampa Bay 3
Final Pittsburgh 10 Kansas City 7
Final Colorado 8 Texas 7
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final L.A. Angels 11 Boston 1 (first game)
Final L.A. Angels 7 Boston 3 (second game)
Final Detroit 5 Seattle 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Washington 7 N-Y Mets 2
Final Cincinnati 5 Chi Cubs 4
Final Atlanta 7 L.A. Dodgers 5
Final Arizona 3 Miami 1
Final San Diego 4 San Francisco 2
GOLF…
ST. ANDREW’S, Scotland (AP) – Zach Johnson, who describes himself as a “normal guy from Cedar Rapids” has added the 144th British Open title to his 2007 Masters triumph. Johnson rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that got him into a three-man playoff, and he outlasted Louis Oosthuizen (LOO’-ee WUHST’-hy-zehn) and Marc Leishman (LEESH’-man) to win the British Open.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) – Jordan Spieth (SPEETH) gave it a great try in the British Open in his attempt to become the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win golf’s first three majors. Spieth was tied for the lead with two holes to play but a bogey on No. 17 doomed his chances to join the three-man, four-hole aggregate playoff.
TOUR DE FRANCE
GAP, France (AP) – Spain’s Ruben Plaza Molina was the winner of the 16th stage of the Tour de France. Chris Froome remains the overall leader by 3 minutes, 10 seconds.
NCAA-TOURNAMENT SEEDING
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The committee that puts together the field of 68 for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will have more flexibility to set the First Four and give No. 2 seeds more favorable matchups.
The NCAA has announced that the Division I selection committee will now be allowed to slide every team up or down the seed list, including the last four at-large teams selected. Until now, the last four teams voted into the tournament field were locked into the First Four, the eight-team playoff that serves as the tournament’s first round.
Going forward, the last four at-large teams on the overall seed list – after the seeds have been tweaked by a process known as scrubbing – will play in the First Four.
TENNIS-WILLIAMS OUT
Serena Williams pulls out of World TeamTennis
WASHINGTON (AP) – With the Grand Slam in sight, Serena Williams is not going to risk playing World Team Tennis.
Williams originally was slated to play for the Washington Kastles this week. But the Kastles announced that Williams would miss those matches.
The No. 1-ranked Williams withdrew from the Swedish Open last week, citing an injured right elbow.
The 33-year-old American won Wimbledon this month for her fourth consecutive major title, including all three in 2015. If she wins the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 31, she will be the first tennis player with a calendar-year Grand Slam since Steffi Graf in 1988.
In world and national news….
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama travels to Pittsburgh this morning to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ national convention. Obama on Monday signed a bill to allow all veterans to receive official IDs from Veterans Affairs even if they don’t meet certain criteria for VA services. The VA has been under intense scrutiny over waitlists and other shortcomings in its health system. Obama also will be talking about a federal rule he’s finalizing on predatory lending and the military.
UNDATED (AP) – The number of Republican presidential candidates is expected to grow to 16 today, with an announcement by Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik), who’ll be at Ohio State University. Meanwhile, more critics of Donald Trump are calling for him to drop out of the GOP race, after Trump questioned the heroism of Vietnam POW and Arizona Sen. John McCain. An editorial in the Des Moines Register says “Trump has proven himself not only unfit to hold office, but unfit to stand on the same stage as his Republican opponents.”
ISTANBUL (AP) – Turkey’s prime minister says authorities have identified a suspect in an apparent suicide bombing that killed 32 people and wounded nearly 100 in southeastern Turkey yesterday. He says authorities are looking into international and domestic connections of a specific person they believe was a suicide bomber tied to the Islamic State group. Monday’s blast happened near Turkey’s border with Syria. Turkish officials have said that they believe the attack was retaliation for Turkey’s recent steps against IS militants.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis is expected today to address mayors from around the world at a gathering in Vatican City on climate change. The two-day meeting comes ahead of climate negotiations in Paris later this year. The mayors also are expected to sign a declaration demanding that in Paris in December their national leaders approve a “bold climate agreement” that keeps global warming at a safe limit for humanity.
HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) – The prosecutor in Waller County, Texas is calling for a “thorough review” of the case in which a woman arrested following a traffic stop was found dead in her jail cell three days later. Authorities say 28-year-old Sandra Bland hanged herself. Her family disputes that. The Illinois woman was arrested July 10. Authorities plan today to release police Dashcam video of the arrest.
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