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WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT
THIS EVENING…
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT
THIS EVENING…
.REST OF TODAY…SUNNY…WINDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST
WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. WINDY. LOWS AROUND 60. WEST WINDS
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY…WINDY. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTHWEST WINDS
20 TO 30 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S.
TOLNA, N.D. (AP) – The National Weather Service has confirmed that storm damage in Tolna was caused by a tornado.
The tornado last Thursday night was rated an EF-1, with an estimated peak wind speed of 110 mph. It was on the ground for about 4 minutes, covering about half a mile.
The twister uprooted trees, bent a communications tower, blew a storage building off its foundation and knocked out electricity for a time. No injuries were reported.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City Fire Chief Jim Reuther, Tuesday morning said that MDU will be doing work in the following areas today, July 28, 2015 from 10:00am – 5:00pm.
Utility workers will be discharging natural gas in the area of 302 2nd Ave NW and 12th Ave 2nd St NE, MDU staff will be on site while this work is being performed.
The public may smell natural gas in these areas and see flaring of natural gas in these areas.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Public School Board, and Valley City Education Association have reached a tentative agreement.
The agreement still has to be ratified by a majority of the members of the Valley City Education Association and the Valley City School board this week.
Negotiations have been going on for two months on the issues of base salary, health insurance, personal leave days and class size.
Valley City (CSi) Hospice of the Red River Valley has formed a new grief support group in Valley City, open to any adult who has experienced the death of a loved one, and is free and open to the public.
The support group will be held at the Hospice of the Red River Valley office at 1240 West Main Street in Valley City, the second Thursday of each month, starting in August, from 2-3:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact Traci Issendorf, bereavement specialist at Hospice of the Red River Valley, at (800) 237-4629 or bereavement@hrrv.org.
If enough interest is gauged during the introductory session, this will become an ongoing support group available in Valley City.
Jamestown (CSi) The All Veterans Picnic is set for Sunday August 9, 2015, with an indoor event a the All Vets Club in Jamestown.
All veterans and their families are invited, with the picnic put on by the Patriotic Council
The schedule includes:
Noon…Concert by the Jamestown Drum and Bugle Corp
12:25-p.m., Pledge and National Anthem
12:30-p.m., Picnic Lunch with grilled hamburgers and brats along with potato salad, beans, homemade bars, coffee and lemonade.
The suggested donation is $5 person.
Refreshments available, plus BINGO and raffles.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. & FARGO, N.D. (CSi) The tenth annual Dairy Queen Miracle Treat Day will take place on Thursday, July 30, at area Dairy Queen and DQ Grill & Chill locations. Participating locations will donate $1 or more of the proceeds from the day’s Blizzard® sales and Blizzard® coupon sales to Children’s Miracle Network benefitting Sanford Children’s.
Everyone is invited to stop by local Dairy Queen or DQ Grill and Chill locations and order a Blizzard®, which in turn will benefit local sick and injured children. Miracle Treat Day is an opportunity to savor a sweet treat to support Sanford Children’s Hospitals in both Fargo and Sioux Falls, each region’s only Children’s Miracle Network hospital.
Last year’s Miracle Treat Day raised more than $242,000 for Sanford Children’s Hospitals in Sioux Falls and Fargo. Since 1984, Dairy Queen has raised more than $100 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals– making it one of the top-five contributors to the charity.
Families touched by Children’s Miracle Network will be at their local DQs throughout the day, helping with this year’s event.
Jamestown: 330 Business Loop W.
Valley City: 909 Central Ave. N.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks police say a standoff with a suicidal man ended peacefully after about four hours.
The standoff began about 3:30 p.m. Monday when the man barricaded himself in his home and threatened to harm himself. SWAT and crisis negotiation teams were called in.
The man left the home after authorities used a flash-bang grenade about 7:30 p.m. He was taken to a hospital to be evaluated.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A weekend rollover in northwest North Dakota killed a 23-year-old Williston man.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a tire on Keith Bellamy’s pickup truck blew out on a county road 15 miles west of Williston about 2 p.m. Saturday. The vehicle went into the ditch and overturned.
The Highway Patrol says Bellamy was wearing a seatbelt and road conditions were good at the time of the incident.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Musselshell County sheriff’s officials have identified the North Dakota woman killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Montana. Melissa Victoria Lane died Wednesday after she swerved to hit a deer on U.S. Highway 12. The Chevrolet Trailblazer she was driving went off the side of the road and rolled through a barbed wire fence.
RAY, N.D. (AP) – Law enforcement authorities say a 70-year-old Montana man died in a rollover crash Monday in northwest North Dakota.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the man of Great Falls, Montana, was driving a semi heading southbound on Williams County Road 42 when the vehicle reached the top of a hill and failed to negotiate a curve. The semi then left the road, entered the ditch and rolled at 9:42 a.m. about 10 miles northwest of Ray.
The Highway Patrol says the man was partially ejected from the vehicle as it rolled and died from injuries sustained in the crash.
The man has not been publicly identified. Authorities say he was wearing a seatbelt. The crash remains under investigation.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – A 60-year-old man died over the weekend in a trench collapse in Benson County.
Sheriff Steve Rohrer says William Collins Jr. was installing a water line to a rural home northwest of Churchs Ferry late Sunday afternoon when the trench that had been dug for the line caved in.
Three other people were at the site and rescue crews were called in, but Rohrer says Collins died of his injuries at the scene.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The West Fargo School Board has voted to lift the suspension of a former North Dakota teacher of the year accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student in 2009.
The board offered Aaron Knodel a teaching position in the upcoming school year and says the high school English teacher should receive back pay for the time he was suspended.
Knodel was found not guilty on three of five charges after a trial in April. The other two charges were dropped after prosecutors opted against a second trial.
Knodel’s accuser was among those who urged the board Monday night not to reinstate the 2014 teacher of the year.
Knodel said during the trial he was only trying to help a troubled student.
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a 28-year-old man who was shot in rural Cass County.
The sheriff’s office says Akeem Johnson received medical treatment for injuries that were not life-threatening after the shooting in the West Fargo area Friday night.
The sheriff’s office is still investigating the incident and has not released additional information.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A judge in Bismarck says he needs more time to review a lawsuit filed by opponents of the Common Core education standards. Tioga Republican Rep. Bob Skarphol and three other plaintiffs want to bar the state from paying membership fees to an organization that’s writing tests for the federally backed standards.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Parts of eastern North Dakota received up to an inch of rain over the past week, but dry conditions and signs of drought are being reported in the west.
The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that soil moisture statewide still is in good shape. Topsoil moisture is rated 89 percent adequate to surplus, and subsoil moisture is 93 percent in those categories.
The report says North Dakota’s staple spring wheat crop is maturing at a pace ahead of last year. Eighty-four percent of the crop is rated in good to excellent condition.
Pasture and range conditions statewide are rated 78 percent good to excellent. Stock water supplies are 96 percent adequate to surplus.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s top energy regulator says the low oil prices might jeopardize targets that require reducing the amount of natural gas that is burned off as a byproduct of the state’s oil production.
State Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms told some lawmakers Monday that the oil industry is exceeding rules that require reducing the amount of natural gas that is burned off as a byproduct of the state’s oil production.
But he says low oil prices have put some natural gas projects on hold in North Dakota and that may make reaching new capturing goals difficult.
The rules put in place a year ago require oil companies to capture 90 percent of natural gas by 2020.
Helms says the industry is capturing 82 percent of the natural gas at present.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A subsidiary of ExxonMobil that does business in the western North Dakota oil patch has contributed $5 million to North Dakota’s Housing Incentive Fund.
The money from XTO Energy Inc. is the single-largest contribution to the fund since its inception.
The fund is to help developers who pledge to build affordable and low-income housing. Those who contribute are eligible for dollar-for-dollar state tax credits.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the money from XTO Energy will support affordable housing projects in western North Dakota.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple has appointed three lawyers to newly created North Dakota district court judgeships.
Dalrymple on Monday announced the appointments of Kirsten Sjue, Daniel El-Dweek and Rhonda Ehlis.
Sjue and El-Dweek will be judges in the Northwest Judicial District. Sjue will serve in Williston, while El-Dweek will be chambered in Watford City.
Sjue is the current Williams County assistant state’s attorney, and El-Dweek is a supervising attorney in the Williston Public Defender’s Office.
Dalrymple appointed Ehlis to the Southwest Judicial District, which is chambered in Dickinson. Ehlis currently serves as Stark County assistant state’s attorney.
The North Dakota Legislature this year approved the establishment of four new judgeships to help the state’s district courts manage their caseloads.
The lawyers graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A faith-based effort to provide housing for recovery volunteers in Minot after the 2011 Souris River flood is transforming into a regional disaster response organization.
Hope Village operated in Minot from April 2012 to November 2013, housing nearly 5,300 volunteers from 48 states and five Canadian provinces.
Hope Village Disaster Services is now partnering with other groups to coordinate disaster responses in other communities. Its first project was in the tornado-ravaged South Dakota town of Delmont.
Hope Village Disaster Services is operated through Our Savior Lutheran Church in Minot in partnership with The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. It recently received a $6,000 donation from Bayer CropScience to advance its regional efforts.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Taylor Swift fans in North Dakota will have to wait a little longer to see her play live as the Grammy Award-winning singer’s show in Fargo has been postponed until October.
Organizers on Monday announced that Swift’s concert at the Fargodome has been moved from Sept. 9 to Oct. 12.
The change comes as Swift’s planned concert at the home of the Houston Astros had to be moved up to Sept. 9 in case of a playoff run.
Tickets purchased for the September show in Fargo will be honored on Oct. 12, but those who are unable to attend because of the change can receive a refund.
In sports…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Four-time defending Football Championship Subdivision winner North Dakota State is favored to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference. A poll of league coaches, media and sports information directors shows that NDSU earned 32 of a possible 40 first-place votes for 389 points. Illinois State received the other eight first-place votes and 366 points.
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Baltimore 2 Atlanta 1, 11 Innings
Final Arizona 4 Seattle 3, 10 Innings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Chi White Sox 10 Boston 8
Final Tampa Bay 5 Detroit 2
Final Kansas City 9 Cleveland 4
Final N-Y Yankees 6 Texas 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Chi Cubs 9 Colorado 8
Final St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 1
Final San Francisco 4 Milwaukee 2
DENVER (AP) – A person with knowledge of the situation confirms the Colorado Rockies have traded slugger Troy Tulowitzki to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jose Reyes and three pitching prospects in a stunning swap of star shortstops.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity early Tuesday because the deal had not yet been announced.
In addition to Tulowitzki, the Rockies sent 42-year-old reliever LaTroy Hawkins to the Blue Jays.
Along with Reyes, the Rockies picked up reliever Miguel Castro and two minor league pitchers.
FoxSports.com first reported the teams had agreed to a trade involving Tulowitzki, Reyes and minor leaguers.
The talented but oft-injured Tulowitzki is a five-time All-Star who is hitting .300 with 12 homers and 53 RBIs this season.
NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Mets have bolstered their bullpen by acquiring Tyler Clippard from the Oakland Athletics. Clippard has gone 1-3 with 17 saves and a 2.79 ERA in 38 2/3 innings since he was acquired by the A’s from Washington last winter. The Mets also received $1 million from the Athletics and sent minor league hurler Casey Meisner to Oakland.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – The Los Angeles Angels have acquired veteran outfielder Shane Victorino and cash from the Boston Red Sox in a trade for infielder Josh Rutledge. Victorino helped the Red Sox win the 2013 World Series, but he’s hitting just .245 while playing 33 games this season, missing time due to two stints on the disabled list. The 34-year-old Victorino is a lifetime .276 with 108 homers and 229 stolen bases since reaching the majors in 2003.
NBA…
UNDATED (AP) – The NBA-champion Golden State Warriors have completed a trade that sends two-time All-Star forward David Lee to the Boston Celtics for Gerald Wallace and Chris Babb.The teams agreed to the trade July 7, but Boston needed time to sort out other moves in free agency before completing the swap. Lee was an All-Star in 2010 with New York and 2013 with Golden State.
In world and national news….
BRUSSELS (AP) – NATO is declaring its “strong solidarity” with Turkey as ambassadors gathered for a rare emergency meeting. Turkey asked for the extraordinary meeting to gauge the threat the Islamic State extremist group poses to the country, and the actions Turkish authorities are taking in response, including attacks on Kurdish rebels. NATO ambassadors have issued a statement saying, “We strongly condemn the terrorist attacks against Turkey, and express our condolences to the Turkish government and the families” of victims killed in recent terrorist actions.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – President Barack Obama says creating jobs and opportunity for the next generation is Africa’s most urgent task. Obama is marking the end of a five-day visit to East Africa with an address before the African Union in Ethiopia. Obama says Africa needs only look to the Middle East and North Africa to understand how large numbers of jobless young people who feel disenfranchised can fuel instability and disorder.
BERLIN (AP) – The United Nations says the civilian death toll from four months of fighting in Yemen has risen to nearly 1,900. And the U.N. human rights office in Geneva says more than 200 people have been killed over the past 12 days. Yemen’s fighting has pit Shiite rebels known as Houthis (HOO’-theez) and troops loyal to the former president against southern separatists, local and tribal militias, Sunni Islamic militants and the president’s loyalists. Since March, a Saudi-led coalition has been waging an air campaign against the Houthis.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) – It’s a sad ending to the search for an 8-year-old Northern California girl who vanished Sunday afternoon while riding her scooter. Police in Santa Cruz say a body found inside a trash bin at an artist community and housing center likely belongs to Madyson Middleton. Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel says, “We haven’t positively identified her yet but we believe she is probably Madyson Middleton.” Madyson lived at the complex with her mother, and a 15-year-old boy who also lives in the community has been arrested.
MAHWAH, N.J. (AP) – Police in Mahwah, New Jersey say two employees who were replenishing ATMs mistakenly left a bag of cash on a lawn. A man drove off with the bag and the $150,000 inside. Police say the employees had stopped at a business yesterday, when one of them placed the satchel on the front lawn as he moved items around in their vehicle. They drove off, forgetting the bag. Surveillance shows a passenger in a white van grabbing the bag. The same van is seen in other surveillance videos pulling into a nearby auto repair business and stealing used tires.
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