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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department is warning Jamestown residents of a convicted sex offender living within the city limits.
27 year-old Joseph Allen Johnson currently resides at 517 4th Street NW. He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee.
Johnson is a 27 year old white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 168 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair.
Johnson was convicted in 2011 of Corruption of a Minor when he met a 15 year-old girl online and had intercourse with her.
Conviction date: March 28, 2011 in Stark County District Court.
Disposition: 5 years, 2 years suspended, 233 days credit, 8 years supervised probation.
Johnson is currently on probation with the North Dakota Parole and Probation. He is on GPS monitoring.
Johnson is not wanted by police at this time. This notice is for residents information. Any attempt to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders or their families, landlords or employers will be turned over for prosecution.
Printed handouts of Johnson’s demographics available at the Jamestown Police Department.
More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site:
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is offering a grief support group for anyone who is grieving the loss of someone important to them, whether the loss is recent or from years past. The group will meet at 7:00 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 407 2nd Ave NE in Jamestown beginning on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 and will run for 6 weeks.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable2, JAGST member, Diane Witzig said, the session will be based on the book, Understanding Your Grief, by internationally recognized expert in the field of loss and grief, Dr. Alan Wolfelt.
She pointed that the book states, “You can benefit from a connectedness that comes from people who have also had a death in their lives. Support groups, where people come together and share the common bond of experience, can be invaluable in helping you and your grief and supporting your need to mourn long after the event of the death”
She added that in our fast paced society, people who have had a significant loss are often expected to be ‘over it’ in a matter of a few weeks. They may even expect this of themselves. In reality, it may take years for someone to work through his or her grief. The support group experience allows individuals to express grief in their own unique way and on their own unique timetable.
The group is free of charge, however, participants are asked to register to ensure that enough materials are available. For more information, or to register, please call Diane at 320-4915 or Eileen at 251-1280 (evenings).
Jamestown (CSi) The USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center invites the public to help celebrate 50 years of conducting research for the management of the Great Plain’s natural resources.
An anniversary open house is being held on Saturday, August 22, 2015 for the public to come out celebrate, and learn about the research, watch demonstrations, and meet the staff.
The center is located one mile south of the Bloom Interstate East of Jamestown.
Click here to learn more about the center.
Founded in 1965, the center established a scientific foundation and has provided information for the Department of Interior’s waterfowl management programs. It became an internationally respected center for waterfowl and wetlands research through many field studies in the Prairie Pothole Region.
GARRISON, N.D. (AP) – Winds gusting in excess of 75 mph demolished a nearly completed sports facility in Garrison.
The winds on Tuesday blew down the structure that included grandstands, a press box and a concessions area. The facility that cost tens of thousands of dollars was to have siding installed next week.
School Superintendent Nick Klemisch says the facility was funded with donations from the community, and will be rebuilt.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Mandaree man accused of killing another man with his bare hands on the Fort Berthold Reservation is scheduled for a hearing on whether he’s mentally competent to stand trial.
Marcel Chase is to appear before federal Judge Daniel Hovland in Bismarck on Oct. 14. Hovland earlier ordered Chase to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, after defense attorney Paul Myerchin said Chase plans to rely on an insanity defense.
Chase is accused of killing Toby Young Bear last December during a fight while the two men were using methamphetamine. Chase then allegedly put the body in the trunk of a car.
A grand jury indicted Chase on a second-degree murder charge. A magistrate judge has entered a not guilty plea on Chase’s behalf. He could face life in prison if convicted.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Former U.S. attorney from North Dakota Timothy Purdon is taking on his previous boss.
Purdon filed a motion in federal court Thursday asking a judge to lift an 11-year-old injunction that prevents Alex White Plume from producing industrial hemp on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Purdon contacted the U.S. attorney’s office in South Dakota several months ago in an effort to solve the dispute. His proposal was rejected.
Hemp can be used to make clothing, lotion and many other products, but growing it has been illegal under federal law because it looks like marijuana. Many states have defined hemp as distinct from marijuana, and the recent federal farm bill allows its production under certain circumstances.
Federal prosecutors in South Dakota could not immediately be reached for comment.
BOTTINEAU, N.D. (AP) – An administrator of Colorado’s community college system has been named the next leader of Dakota College at Bottineau.
Jerry Migler has been named the new Campus Dean of the two-year college, which is an affiliate campus of Minot State University.
Migler replaces Ken Grosz who announced his plans to retire in May after spending four decades at the school.
Migler currently serves as vice president of academic affairs for the Colorado Community College System.
He’s a Rugby native and previously served in an administrative role at the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown announces Dan Lovell will join the University as head men’s wrestling coach.
Most recently, Lovell was the head wrestling coach and Health/PE instructor at Itasca Community College in Grand Rapids, Minn. However, he is no stranger to Jamestown. From 2012-13 Lovell was an assistant men’s wrestling coach and admissions counselor at UJ before moving onto ICC.
Jamestown Athletic Director Sean Johnson, says, “We are excited to have Dan rejoin the Jimmie family. Dan has enjoyed success at nearly every level of wrestling both as a coach and competitor. His previous experience at UJ combined with his accomplishments elsewhere make him the right person to lead Jimmie wrestling into the future.”
Lovell brings a wealth of coaching experience as he takes the helm of the program at UJ. As the head coach at Antioch High School in Antioch, Calif., from 2001-2006, Lovell led his team to a North Coast Section Class 3A Dual Championship, Bay Valley Athletic Championship, North Coast Section Tournament Championship, and was named the Contra Costa Prep Athlete Coach of the Year.
He began coaching in 1997 as an assistant coach at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, a position he held until 1999. He served as co-head coach at Great Oak High School (CA) in the 2006-2007 season before moving onto the head coaching position at Marshalltown High School in Marshalltown, Iowa until 2012.
Coach Lovell also has extensive coaching experience at the club level serving as Nebraska Omaha Espoir Junior World Team Trials Coach from 1997-99, Head Coach of the California National Team from 2003-05, Head Coach of the California Australian Tour in 2005, California USA Wrestling Coach from 2005-06, Iowa USA Wrestling Coach from 2009-11, Jamestown Taz Wrestling Club Coach in 2013, and was as the Screaming Yetis Wrestling Club Director and Minnesota Storm Wrestling Coach (Greco-Roman/Freestyle) from 2013-15.
Professionally, Lovell is a member of the National Coaches Education Program for USA Wrestling, the National High School Coaches Association, the National Wrestling Coaches Association, International Sports Specialist, Inc., and holds a USA Wrestling Copper and Bronze Coaches Certification.
Lovell says, “I am very pleased to return to the University of Jamestown as the men’s head wrestling coach. I’m very excited about the potential and the commitment of the current athletes and hope to create a winning attitude in every aspect of their college experience.”
The University of Jamestown was established in 1883 and is ranked as a top tier regional school in US News and World Report and a top Midwestern school in The Princeton Review. The school features development of the whole person through its distinctive Journey to Success experience.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The Big 12 Conference is giving affiliate membership to six wrestling schools including North Dakota State and South Dakota State.
The additions are effective beginning with the upcoming academic year. The new schools will immediately compete for the conference’s postseason championship and the league’s automatic qualification to NCAA postseason competition.
The other four new schools are Air Force, Northern Colorado, Utah Valley and Wyoming. They and the two Dakotas schools previously comprised the Western Wrestling Conference.
Other wrestling schools in the Big 12 are Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and West Virginia.
NDSU has won two consecutive NCAA West Regional Championships, and last season qualified a school-record six wrestlers for the NCAA championships. SDSU qualified three wrestlers.
Beulah (CSi) – At the American Legion Class A baseball tournament in Beulah, Valley City Post 60 posted a 10-2 win Thursday, versus the Makoti Mavericks, eliminating Makoti.
Jesse Johnson picked up the win for Valley City, pitching a complete game on the mound while giving up 2 runs on 10 hits with 5 strike outs.
Post 60 will play the loser of the Grafton/Beulah game Friday at 1 p.m.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Ash Carter is telling the military branches to review security policies – including possibly adding armed personnel – in the wake of the July 16 attacks at a Chattanooga Navy-Marine reserve center that killed four Marines and a sailor. Military personnel are generally prohibited from carrying firearms at recruitment centers and bases. But Carter says commanders can arm qualified personnel for security, law enforcement and counterintelligence duties.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has passed a three-month bill to keep highway and transit money flowing to states, one day before the deadline for a cutoff of funds. The Senate has approved the bill on a 91 to 4 vote. The House passed the bill Wednesday. The bill extends the government’s authority to process aid payments to states through Oct. 29. The bill also provides $8 billion to shore up the federal Highway Trust Fund through mid-December. The Senate also passed a sweeping, long-term transportation bill earlier in the day. The House is working on its own long-term bill.
CINCINNATI (AP) – A University of Cincinnati police officer remains behind bars on $1 million bond, after pleading not guilty Thursday to charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter in the death of a motorist. A lawyer for Ray Tensing says there’s more than one way to view a body-camera video of the traffic stop that ended in the death of motorist Samuel DuBose. And he says, “The case will be tried and decided in court.”
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency is standing by its decision to deny disaster aid to help Maryland and Baltimore recover millions of dollars in costs stemming from rioting in the city in April. And a spokesman for Gov. Larry Hogan says the governor is “disgusted and outraged” by the decision. Maryland provided an estimate of $19.4 million in costs for protective measures and damage from rioting after the death of Freddie Gray from injuries he suffered in police custody.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – The families of two missing teen boaters are vowing to keep their own search going even after the Coast Guard’s search ends. An uncle of Austin Stephanos told reporters in Florida Thursday that private efforts, largely by pilots of small planes, will go on even if the boys aren’t found before authorities end a formal search. The Coast Guard said earlier that the search for the two 14-year-olds would continue at least into tomorrow.
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