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REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND
15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 30 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The National Weather Service’s Bismarck Office says North Dakota’s first freeze is typically just a couple of weeks away for most residents of the state.
Climatological data for 1980 through 2010 shows that most of North Dakota typically experiences its first sub-32-degree temperature between Sept. 21 and Sept. 30.
A small portion of the far western part of the state will typically freeze earlier – between Sept. 11 and Sept. 20.
The data comes from the Vegetation Impact Program, a monitoring, assessment and networking program hosted by the Midwestern Regional Climate Center.
New Rockford (CSi) A man was shot to death at a wedding reception early Sunday, in New Rockford, ND.
Friends of the victim identified him as 41 year-old Donnie Perleberg of Pingree, ND.
Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies says it happened at around 1-a.m. Sunday morning at the Eagles Club.
Sheriff Paul Lies says 51-year-old David Troske of New Rockford is in custody after he allegedly shot Perleberg and a woman. Formal charges are pending against Troske.
Lies says Troske did not resist arrest, and that a small-caliber handgun was recovered at the scene.
Pam Perleberg of Fargo told WDAY-TV that she and her family were at the event at the Eagles Club.
Perleberg says Donnie was at a table with a woman when a man at the reception shot him from behind. Perleberg says the man also shot the woman beside Donnie, saying the shooter then dropped his gun and surrendered.
The woman suffered two gunshot wounds during the shooting and was transported to a Bismarck hospital for treatment. Her condition has not been released.
Perleberg says her brother, Donnie was a victim of “being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Troske will go in front of a judge for the first time today.
Photos: Donnie Perleberg Facebook, New Rockford Eagles Club Facebook
Jamestown (CSi) The annual Patriot’s Day, Freedom Walk will be held in Jamestown on Friday September 11, 2015, starting at 5:30-p.m., from the All Vets Club.
The community is invited to join in the short walk through downtown Jamestown and back to the All Vets Club, where a free supper will be served.
There will be a short program honoring our first responders, and the men and women serving our country, in the Armed Forces and the National Guard.
The Guest Speaker will be North Dakota District 12 Democratic State Representative Jessica Haak.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation is now accepting resumes for Board of Directors positions. Anyone interested in serving on this Board should send their resume to:
JSDC PO Box 293 Jamestown, ND 58402-0293
Or e-mail resume to Connie Ova at connie@growingjamestown.com. Resumes must be received by September 18
th, 2015.
Jamestown (CSi) The 3rd Annual Jamestown Zombie Crawl has been scheduled for September 19, 2015, with a format change.
Th event changes from a Pub Crawl into more of a family event.
Co-Host of the event Johnny Jerome stated that the change came in order to allow more people to attend the event.
The event will encourage participants to dress up as zombies and will raise money to be donated to the James River Humane Society.
No registration is required and the event will begin at 5:00 PM at the REALTRUCK parking lot.
Click here to visit their Facebook page.
(CSi) Gorman King Jr. passed away on Saturday September 5th in Bethesda, MD. Obituary from Inforum.com:
Gorman King Jr. charted a course in life with interrelated destinations involving law, business, public policy and politics. He died Saturday September 5, 2015 at age 62.
Gorman was a longtime Fargo resident, where he practiced law and later was active in real estate development and investment.
Regardless of where he lived, Gorman always considered North Dakota as his home. He grew up in Valley City, where he was born Dec. 17, 1952. He cherished his hometown for its quiet charms, including the Sheyenne River and its picturesque bridges.
From his parents, Gorman inherited a devotion to the Democratic-NPL Party. Gorman grew up experiencing politics as vital. He was a friend and supporter of leaders including Sen. Quentin Burdick, Sen. Byron Dorgan as well as governors Bill Guy, Art Link and George Sinner.
A high school summer spent studying at the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire would prove pivotal by inspiring him to work harder at his studies and to attend college in the east. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Tufts University, where he studied liberal arts and graduated in 1975.
Once, when asked what career prospects studying literature would offer, Gorman replied, “I’ll enjoy life more.” He had a wry sense of humor and a knack for enlisting others in his causes. His childhood friends, who remained lifelong friends, called him “Foreman Gorman.”
Political activism – he protested against the Vietnam War in Boston – and a stint working at a coal company ultimately led him to study law, which he saw as a way to counter the imbalance between the mighty and the meek.
Law might also have been in his blood. His father, Gorman King Sr., was raised above his father’s law office in Park River, N.D.
After graduating from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1979, Gorman worked briefly for law firms in Minneapolis and Grand Forks before opening a law office in Fargo in 1982.
Early in Gorman’s legal practice he focused on medical product liability. Most of his cases involved representing women harmed by an intrauterine birth-control device called the Dalkon Shield, which was removed from the market in 1974.
Because of the specialized medical evidence central to the litigation, Gorman decided to increase his knowledge by earning a master’s of public health from Harvard University in 1984.
He filed numerous lawsuits in North Dakota against the Dalkon Shield’s manufacturer, which sought bankruptcy protection when facing a storm of litigation. His dedication to his clients and mastery of the issues resulted in his being named to a five-member claimants committee representing more than 300,000 victims – then one of the nation’s biggest product liability cases, resulting in a $3.1 billion settlement.
Over time, Gorman’s enjoyment of the entrepreneurial aspect of running his own legal practice led him to business, following both his late father, who was a serial entrepreneur, and his mother, who sold real estate.
He was a founder and the chairman of the Dakota Real Estate Investment Trust, based in Fargo. He also was president of ProviDent, a managed care dental health services company. He was the principal of Old Orchard Partners, the developer of the $16 million One Oak Place, a “55 and better” community in Fargo, among other multi-family housing projects.
A voracious newspaper reader – Gorman often carried a satchel stuffed with newspapers, books and magazines to delve into during spare moments – he was publisher of the Hillsboro Banner, North Dakota’s oldest newspaper, from 1999 to 2005. More whimsically, in partnership with lifelong friend Stan Johnson, Gorman launched Luna Coffee in 1993, possibly Fargo’s first coffee shop, a business they later sold.
Politics remained a passion throughout his life. He was a confidante for his lifelong friend Earl Pomeroy, who served nine terms in the U.S. House. He served as Sen. Kent Conrad’s chief counsel from 1986 to 1989. In fact, it was while working for Conrad in Washington that Gorman met his wife, the former Susan Lenaburg, also a Valley City native, whom he married on Sept. 30, 1989.
Gorman was a member of the North Dakota Health Council in the 1980s. He served in the 1990s as a member of the Democratic National Committee for North Dakota. He was the Democratic candidate for North Dakota insurance commissioner in 2000. Although an ardent Democrat, Gorman never allowed partisanship to interfere with friendship, and counted many Republicans among his friends.
He enjoyed traveling and spending time with his family, golfing and visiting with friends, and telling anyone who would listen the virtues and opportunities to be found in North Dakota.
He is survived by his wife, Susan, Bethesda, MD; daughter Ingrid and son August; his mother, Marjorie “Chris” Knox of Fargo; sisters Von King and Mia King, both of Fargo, and Darcy King-Leatham (Dwight), Chevy Chase, MD; brother Darren King, Bismarck; nieces, nephews, and many cousins.
Memorial receptions will be held in Washington, D.C., and Fargo at a later date.
Memorials preferred to the ND Democratic-NPL Party, Bismarck, ND; or Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) Hospice, Rockville, Maryland.
Valley City (CSi) Soybean and corn producers are invited to the Barnes County Soybean and Corn Plot Tour on Wednesday, September 9th at 5:45pm.
Seed company representatives will be on hand to discuss the plot entries located 7 miles north of the Hi-line Bridge. Free sample bags for soil testing for Soybean Cyst Nematode will be available and producers can also register for a drawing for $1000 of free corn and soybean seed.
A free supper sponsored by Maple River Grain & Agronomy and Columbia Grain of Valley City will be served following the tour. For more information contact the Barnes County Extension Service at 845-8528.
Bismarck (CSi) – The Labor Day holiday kicked off with a nice surprise for one lucky ticket holder. A Powerball ticket purchased in North Dakota for the Saturday September 5 drawing matched all five white balls, making it worth $1 million, and because the Lottery player had added the Power Play feature for one dollar more, the prize doubled, making the winning ticket worth $2 million.
The winning numbers are 10, 16, 18, 29, 45, and the Powerball is 19.
This the second Match 5 North Dakota Powerball prize won this year. In January, a $1 million Powerball ticket was sold at the Horizon Resources Cenex in Williston.
Winners have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prize. North Dakota Lottery director Randy Miller said, “if you have the winning ticket, the first thing you should do is sign the back of the ticket. Then, call the North Dakota Lottery office and make arrangements to claim your prize.”
For winning numbers and other information; or to join the North Dakota Lottery Players Club, visit us on the web at LOTTERY.ND.GOV.
CALIO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a 30-year-old Munich man killed when his pickup truck crashed into a ditch east of Calio.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says Nicholas Miles was heading east on North Dakota Highway 66 from the Calio area to Munich just before 7 p.m. Saturday when the truck entered the ditch and rolled twice. Miles was ejected from the truck’s cab and died at the scene.
The cause of the wreck remains under investigation.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A North Carolina man is facing federal drug and illegal weapons charges resulting from an investigation by Minot police.
Roderick Harris is charged with three counts of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Authorities say a search of the Harris’ apartment in Minot on July 20 yielded nearly five pounds of meth and several weapons.
Harris is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Bismarck. A federal public defender could not be reached for comment over the holiday weekend.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A rare status hearing is being held Tuesday on a man’s appeal of a conviction in the November 2003 kidnapping and killing of a University of North Dakota student.
A jury in 2006 convicted Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. of kidnapping and killing Dru Sjodin (shuh-DEEN’), of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. It has been nearly four years since Rodriguez’s attorneys filed the federal habeas corpus motion, considered the last step in the appeals process.
Sjodin was abducted from the parking lot of a Grand Forks shopping mall. Her body was found five months later near Crookston, where Rodriguez lived with his mother. He had been released from prison earlier in 2003 for other crimes.
Rodriguez for the last decade has been sitting on death row in a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The first order of business for the new Grand Forks Air Force Base commander is figuring out how to fly the aircraft that defines the operations he will manage.
Col. Rodney Lewis moved his way up the military ladder flying mammoth C-17A transport planes, but later this fall he’s going to take the controls of an unmanned aircraft for the first time in his career. The base that was once known for bombers and air refueling tankers is now home primarily to the Global Hawk and Reaper drones.
Lewis says the unmanned mission has “gained a lot of traction” and has ushered in a new generation of airmen. He says if he asked by his 16-year-old son if he would rather fly big transport planes or drones, he’d pick drones.
BEULAH, N.D. (AP) – An oil patch work camp operator is looking to provide housing for an expected flood of workers coming in to build a $400 million urea fertilizer plant near Beulah.
Capital Lodge has made a pitch to the Beulah Planning and Zoning Board but still lacks one critical piece of zoning. The town’s council can override that outcome when it meets to hear the recommendations on Tuesday.
Beulah Mayor Darrell Bjerke (bee-YER’-kee) says he remembers when Beulah hosted a man camp during the 1980s coal boom and he doesn’t understand resident opposition.
Bjerke says the camp would be fenced with security and rules for no drugs or alcohol, and construction crews will be working there whether they’re provided housing or not.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota State Council on Developmental Disabilities is meeting in Bismarck to award grants and conduct other business.
The meeting is slated for Wednesday and Thursday at the state Capitol in Bismarck.
The council says it “promotes choice, independence, productivity, inclusion, and opportunities for people with developmental disabilities.”
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences has named Colin Combs its chair of the Department of Basic Sciences.
Combs is a professor in the department and has worked at the school since 2000. He earned his doctorate from the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Rochester in New York.
Combs is a research scientist noted for his study of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
UND vice president for health affairs and dean of the UND School of Medicine dean Joshua Wynne says Combs is an outstanding researcher and teacher who will grow the research enterprise and optimize the student experience for learners.
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) – An early morning fire has destroyed a popular Sturgis saloon that billed itself as the “world’s largest biker bar.”
Crews from the Sturgis Volunteer Fire Department responded to the Full Throttle Saloon on South Dakota Highway 34 about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday and found heavy smoke coming from the building.
Sturgis Assistant Fire Chief Sean Barrows says crews tried to get inside but heat and smoke forced firefighters to battle the blaze from the outside in heavy winds. The building was completely on the ground by 3 a.m.
Barrows says there were no injuries.
The bar, which featured such amenities as zip lines, musical stages and rental cabins, had been the subject of a reality television series.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota hunters should expect similar to higher numbers of sharp-tailed grouse, Hungarian partridge and ruffed grouse this hunting season compared to 2014.
That’s according to Stan Kohn, upland game management supervisor for the state Game and Fish Department.
The season opens Saturday. Shooting hours are half an hour before sunrise to sunset. Sharptails, ruffed grouse and Hungarian partridge each have a daily limit of three and a possession limit of 12.
Hunters must have a fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate and general game and habitat license. In addition, hunters age 16 and older need a small game license.
AA…
Amarillo 10, Fargo-Moorhead 7 (End of regular season)
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final L.A. Dodgers 7 L.A. Angels 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Tommy Milone pitched seven effective innings as the Minnesota Twins beat the struggling Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Monday night. Milone held the Royals to six hits and two runs. Yordano Ventura yielded four runs, eight hits, five walks and two wild pitches in 5 1-3 innings.
Final N-Y Yankees 8 Baltimore 6
Final Detroit 5 Tampa Bay 4
Final Boston 11 Toronto 4
Final Cleveland 3 Chi White Sox 2
Final Oakland 10 Houston 9
Final Texas 3 Seattle 0
Final Minnesota 6 Kansas City 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 8 Washington 5
Final Milwaukee 9 Miami 1
Final Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 1
Final Chi Cubs 9 St. Louis 0
Final Colorado 6 San Diego 4
Final Arizona 6 San Francisco 1
Final Atlanta 7 Philadelphia 2
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Cardale (kahr-DAL’) Jones started Ohio State’s season opener and was a double threat as the top-ranked Buckeyes opened their championship defense with a 42-24 win at Virginia Tech. Jones threw for 186 yards and two touchdowns, and he also carried 13 times for 99 yards and a score. Receiver Braxton Miller also had a productive night, scoring on a 53-yard run and grabbing a 54-yard scoring pass from Jones.
TENNIS…
US OPEN
Day 8 play
NEW YORK (AP) – Kevin Anderson authored the biggest Labor Day upset at the U.S. Open.
The 15th-seeded Anderson had never advanced to a grand slam quarterfinal until he fired 25 aces in a 7-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 win over third seed Andy Murray. Anderson also hit 81 winners compared to 49 by Murray, who had reached the quarters at his previous 18 Grand Slam tournaments.
American John Isner gave Roger Federer all he could handle before the five-time U.S. Open champ prevailed in a 7-6, 7-6, 7-5 decision. Federer broke in the last game, ending Isner’s streak of 110 consecutive service holds at Flushing Meadows over the last two years.
Federer has not dropped a set on the way to a quarterfinal against No. 12 Richard Gasquet, who got past No. 6 Tomas Berdych 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1.
No. 5 Stan Wawrinka (vah-VRINK’-ah) eliminated American Donald Young 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach his third straight U.S. open quarterfinal.
No. 2 Simona Halep (HA’-lehp) advanced to the women’s quarters by dispatching No. 24 Sabine Lisicki, 6-7, 7-5, 6-2. Fifth seed Petra Kvitova (kuh-VIT’-oh-vah) was a 7-5, 6-3 winner against Johanna Konta. No. 20 Victoria Azarenka and No. 26 Flavia (FLAH’-vee-ah) Pennetta won in straight sets to join Halep and Kvitova in the quarterfinals.
GOLF…
NORTON, Mass. (AP) – Rickie Fowler rallied from two shots down with five holes remaining to beat Henrik Stenson and win the Deutsche (DOY’-chuh) Bank Championship near Boston. Fowler sank a 40-foot birdie putt on 14 en route to a 3-under 68 and a 15-under total. Stenson never trailed in the final round until his tee shot on the par-3 16th came up short and bounced into the water for a double bogey.
In world and national news…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee meets privately today with the county clerk from Kentucky now jailed for contempt of court over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. He’ll also join protesters at a rally outside the jail where Rowan (ROW’-uhn) County Clerk Kim Davis is being held.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis is streamlining the Catholic Church’s annulment process by issuing a new law regulating how bishops around the world determine when a fundamental flaw has made a marriage invalid. The new rules provide for fast-track decisions and removing automatic appeals in a bid to speed up and simplify the procedure. Catholics must get an annulment if they want to remarry in the church. The process has long been criticized for being complicated, costly and out of reach.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Hungary’s government is pledging redoubled efforts to stop a human wave of migrants from the Middle East and Africa, even as thousands of people seeking new lives in Europe entered the country today. Almost all of those passing through Hungary are hoping to reach Germany or other Western European countries with generous welfare benefits and open asylum regulations.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s government now says 14 policemen have been killed by a roadside bomb in the eastern part of the country. The bombing today came after Turkish jets carried out airstrikes against Kurdish rebels and their camps in northern Iraq. There’s been a sharp escalation of violence between Turkey’s security forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
LONDON (AP) – From Britain comes word that the “Sock it to Me” girl from the “Laugh-In” comedy show has died. Star Judy Carne was 76. Newspaper reports say she had pneumonia. Carne shot to fame with the rise of “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” coining the famous phrase. She left the show in its third season and her acting career faltered as she became heavily involved with drugs, a phase described in her autobiography.
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