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CSi Weather….
TODAY…PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. RAIN. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 40S. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 100 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN
THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S. LOWS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 50S.
PRECIPITATION FINALLY ENDING BY TUESDAY NIGHT
MOST AREAS can EXPECT ANOTHER 0.75-1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ONE-THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA…WITH AMOUNTS
TAPERING OFF QUICKLY TO THE NORTH.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department wants to warn Jamestown residents regarding a convicted sex offender who has changed addresses in Jamestown.
29 year-old Patrick Wayne Schmitz currently lives at 438 2nd Street Southwest Apt #3, Jamestown, ND
Schmitz’ vehicle is a Green/Blue 1995 Saturn SW2.
ND license: KOU872
He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee.
Schmitz is a 29 year old white male, six feet tall, 210 pounds blue eyes, brown hair.
Schmitz was charged in 2010 for Luring a Minor by Computer and Gross Sexual Impostiion when he met a 14 year old female in an online chat room. They met and had sexual intercourse several times.
Schmitz is currently on probation and is not wanted by police at this time.
He is on GPS Monitoring.
This notification is meant for public safety only.
Any attempt to use this information to harass, assault or intimidate the offender, families, employer, or landlord will be turned over for prosecution.
Printed handouts of the demographics of Patrick Wayne Schmitz are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site at www.sexoffender.nd.gov
Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Aeronautic Commission reports another uptick in Jamestown boardings in March this year compared to March of 2015.
The report shows that the Jamestown Regional Airport Boarding is March this year were 962, compared to March 2015’s 678.
That’s an increase of almost 42 percent.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism Grant/Executive Advisory Board, Friday approved two grant requests.
Meeting at The CSi Technology Center, at Historic Franklin School,
the board approved the Jamestown Downtown Association’s request for $1,000 for the June 11, 2016 2nd Annual Rods and Hogs event, to be held on First Avenue, South, downtown.
Representative, Lynn Lambrecht said the event will be expanded this year to include a tractor display, along with food vendors, classic cars and trucks, and motorcycles. There will also be a tire changing contest, a car balance beam, and a trike race.
The board also approved a request for $1,600 for the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse Open House, planned for May14,2016.
Also representing the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse Committee, Lynn Lambrecht said the Open House will allow the public to tour the structure, for the first time since a 2014 Open House.
She said since that time improvements have included the areas of plumbing, lighting, and restorations of rooms.
At the Open House Jerome Zimmerman will be serving fry bread, with free will donations going toward the restoration project. Other refreshments will be served. Entertainment will be provided by the local band, “Old Friends.”
A dedication of the Mary Young Room, will be on that Friday, May 13, 2016.
She pointed out that the State Legislature appropriated $350,000 toward the project, with local matching dollars coming from on-going fundraising events.
In other business, Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund said the 4th of July fireworks display contract has been signed with RES Pyrotechnics, in the amount of $10,000. The fireworks will be at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds.
Nellie Degen represented the Frontier Village board, and showed a T-shirt the staff will wear during White Cloud Days, and throughout the summer at the Village.
She said that plans are moving forward for the activities, at McElroy Park this year.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown retail sales activity jumped by 19.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 when compared to the fourth quarter of 2014.
JSDC, CEO Connie Ova, points out that “The new stores and the quality of the existing businesses contribute to that.”
Jamestown saw an overall 2.2 percent increase in sales and use tax activity, which compares to a statewide decline of 25 percent. Of North Dakota’s 50 largest cities, Jamestown was one of just nine cities that saw an increase in sales and use tax collections.
Stutsman County sales and use tax collections for the quarter were up 2 percent for the fourth quarter. Stutsman County was one of six counties to see an increase.
Jamestown fourth-quarter sales and use tax increased from $65.3 million in 2014 to $66.7 million in 2015.
The increase was pushed by retail sales, which climbed from $34.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2014 to $41.4 million in 2015.
The annual sales and use tax figures for 2015 for Jamestown and Stutsman County showed about a half percent decline compared to 2014.
(CSi) District 12 Representative Jessica Haak (D) was awarded the ‘Friend of Public Employees’ Award by North Dakota United President Nick Archuleta at the organization’s General Assembly Sunday. Haak was recognized for her efforts in the past two legislative sessions and during the interim sessions.
In his introduction speech, President Archuleta recognized Haak for her efforts in the 2015 legislative session on leave policy to include fathers and mothers and parents of adopted children. He remarked, “…what really established Haak as a rising star in our Legislature was the hard work she put into getting her legislation turned into law. In that area, Haak has proven to be a master at building consensus and unique alliances.”
In her acceptance speck Haak said, “I believe that together, we can and do make a difference, and we do what we do for a better North Dakota. It’s about economic opportunity for everyone, the North Dakota economy has changed and we need to focus on helping North Dakotans get a head with more skills, more jobs, and more wealth for all families.”
Governor Dalrymple was also recognized at the event with the Adrian R. Dunn Friend of Education Award for his contributions to K-12 education in the state.
Haak and Pam Musland are on the Democratic ticket for the State House from District 12, and are opposed by Republicans, Bernie Satrom and Jim Grueneich.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Formal charges are pending against a West Fargo man who allegedly assaulted a Fargo police officer and tried to take his gun.
Authorities say officers responded to a disturbance at a hotel shortly after midnight Saturday and encountered the 24-year-old man, who had allegedly broken a bathroom mirror and was covered in blood.
The man was subdued with a stun gun and pepper spray after he allegedly began scuffling with the officers and tried to disarm one of them.
No officers were injured. The suspect was arrested on several charges including assault on a law officer and disarming an officer.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck was put on lockdown for about an hour Sunday after reports of gunshots in the area.
Security Supervisor Duane Edwards says officials at the state museum were alerted to the situation by Capitol grounds security officials late Sunday morning, and followed standard procedure. About 20 people were inside the museum at the time.
Police also blocked off several streets in central Bismarck. Officers found no evidence of any shots being fired.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – A $13.3 million project to replace aging water and sewer systems at the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton will get underway next month.
The systems are about half a century old. The Legislature last year approved the money to replace them.
Construction is to begin in mid-May, when the spring semester ends. It will include some beautification work, such as landscaping and lighting. Some trees will need to be removed, but crews will be planting about 300 new ones.
Most of the infrastructure work is to be done by the end of November. Finishing touches will be completed by late 2017.
Joel Paulsen with the Fargo engineering company Bolton and Menk says the new systems should last up to a century.
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) – Students in Cannon Ball are getting a new playground to replace one that was destroyed by a grass fire last fall.
Construction started last week on the new $98,000 playground that is being paid for with donations and by the school district.
The Oct. 11 blaze melted playground equipment at Cannon Ball Elementary School and filled the building with smoke and soot. The 115 students attended classes in nearby Solen during the three weeks of cleanup.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A new leader has been elected by the Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery.
Sister Nicole Kunze has been elected prioress and will take over leadership at the monastery May 20. As prioress, she will be president of University of Mary’s board of trustees and have leadership positions at Garrison Memorial Hospital and CHI St. Alexius Health.
Kunze was born near Valley City and came to the University of Mary in 1990, joining the monastery a week after graduation. She taught chemistry at St. Mary’s Central High School and went to study at the University of Northern Colorado in chemical education.
Kunze teaches chemistry at the University of Mary, but will have to resign her position at the end of the school year
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston school officials are discussing teacher positions as the community prepares to open a new high school this fall.
The continued growth in student population amid the oil slowdown has created some shortfalls with the upcoming school year’s budget.
The approval of teachers for the new 5th and 6th-grade building, yearly tenure increases and benefits take a $1.3 million bite out of the budget.
A recent school district board meeting brought presentations and arguments for the need of specific teachers. Many of the proposed educators would allow for greater electives.
Williston Middle School Principal Duane Noeske proposed a Career and Technical Education instructor that could utilize the CTE building left behind by the high school students as they venture to the new building.
In sports…
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A father and son are accused as serving as bird hunting guides without wildlife licenses.
53-year-old Keith Strand and 23-year-old Ryan Strand are each charged with exploitation of wildlife.
Authorities say the charge is a Class C felony and stems from the number of misdemeanor charges against the two men. North Dakota Game and Fish Department investigator Scott Winkelman says he believes it is the first time anyone has been charged under the statute.
Game and Fish officials say the Strands were the subject of an investigation last year when undercover game wardens booked hunting trips through their northern Minnesota business.
Court documents do not list lawyers for the Strands.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot’s Maysa Arena is one of 10 finalists named by Kraft Foods in the “Hockeyville USA 2016” competition.
The arena will receive $10,000 for current facility upgrades and is eligible to win a $150,000 grand prize and the opportunity to host a televised National Hockey League preseason game.
Voting to select two finalists was conducted last week, and those two arenas will be named on Tuesday. Kraft will announce a winner on April 30.
Maysa Arena opened in 2000 and is home to the Minot Minotauros NAHL hockey team and Minot State Beavers club hockey team. Crews are in the process of building a $13 million third ice rink on the building’s east end. That rink is slated to open later this year.
WEST FARGO, N.D. UJ — Brittany Rheault pitched a no-hitter in game one and Hanna Dunnigan followed with a shutout of her own in game two as the Jimmie softball team swept Bellevue (Neb.) 3-0 and 8-0.
Sunday’s doubleheader was moved to West Fargo’s Sheyenne High School due to inclement weather in Jamestown. Despite playing away from the friendlly confines of Trapper Field, the Jimmies made themselves at home right away.
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College Baseball…
The University of Jamestown traveled to Moorhead for Sunday’s doubleheader due to wet cold weather in Jamestown.
Game One
Viterbo 6 Jimmies 4
The Jimmies, ranked No. 9 in the NAIA top 25, bounced back to win the nightcap 5-1 behind a strong pitching performance from Brad Bennett.
The two teams are scheduled to play two today in Jamestown beginning at 1 p.m., weather permitting .
Jamestown High School Baseball & Girls Tennis Saturday @ Minot was POSTPONED.
INTERLEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 6 Cleveland 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Oswaldo Arcia’s single down the left field line scored Byron Buxton in the 12th inning and the Minnesota Twins completed a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 3-2 victory Sunday. Trevor Plouffe had three hits and an RBI and Kyle Gibson gave up two runs on four hits in seven innings for the Twins.
Final N-Y Yankees 4 Seattle 3
Final Tampa Bay 3 Chi White Sox 2
Final Toronto 5 Boston 3
Final Houston 5 Detroit 4
Final Oakland 3 Kansas City 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Atlanta 6 Miami 5, 10 Innings
Final Pittsburgh 9 Milwaukee 3
Final Philadelphia 3 Washington 2, 10 Innings
Final St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 3
Final Colorado 2 Chi Cubs 0
Final Arizona 7 San Diego 3
Final L.A. Dodgers 3 San Francisco 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
UNDATED (AP) – San Antonio, Cleveland, Miami and the Los Angeles Clippers were Game 1 winners in the NBA’s conference quarterfinals. Kawhi (kah-WY’) Leonard had 20 points as the Spurs hammered Memphis 106-74, and Kyrie Irving’s 31 points led the Cavs in a 106-101 triumph over Detroit. The Heat’s Luol Deng (LOO’-ul dehng) scored 31 points on 11 of 13 shooting in a 123-91 blowout over Charlotte, and the Clippers got 28 points and 11 assists from Chris Paul in a 115-85 romp over Portland.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry’s ankle injury leaves the Golden State Warriors guard questionable for Game 2 of the Western Conference quarterfinals against Houston. Curry tweaked the ankle just before halftime of Saturday’s 104-78 rout of the Rockets. He missed most of the second half and still finished with 24 points.
Shaun Livingston will start Monday if Curry can’t play.
ATLANTA (AP) – Boston Celtics guard Avery Bradley is likely out for the rest of the opening-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks.
Bradley went down with a severely strained right hamstring in Boston’s Game 1 loss.
Coach Brad Stevens says Bradley is definitely out for Game 2 on Tuesday.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
UNDATED (AP) – The New York Islanders, St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning are up two games to one in their respective Stanley Cup first-round series. The Isles beat Florida 4-3 on Thomas Hickey’s goal 12:31 into overtime, Brian Elliott turned back 44 shots in the Blues’ 3-2 triumph against Chicago, and Petr Mrazek (muh-RA’-zehk) needed to make just 16 saves as the Detroit Red Wings downed the Lightning 2-0. Nashville has a 2-0 series lead after Craig Smith and Shea Weber scored in the second period of the Predators’ 3-2 victory at Anaheim.
NASCAR…
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) – Carl Edwards completed a dominating effort when he took off on the final restart to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The pole-sitter led 276 of 500 laps on the half-mile track. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second, followed by Kurt Busch, Chase Elliott and Trevor Bayne.
INDYCAR…
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Simon Pagenaud (PA’-zhehn-oh) held off a challenge from Scott Dixon to win the Grand Prix of Long Beach.
It’s Pagenaud’s fifth IndyCar victory.
GOLF…
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – South Africa’s Brandon Grace had five birdies on the front side on the way to a 5-under 66 to win the RBC Heritage tournament. It was Grace’s first win on the PGA tour and his 11th worldwide. Grace finished 9-under par for a 2-shot win over Luke Donald and Russell Knox.
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) – Woody Austin tied the Mitsubishi Electric Classic record with an 8-under 64 and beat Wes Short Jr. with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
The 52-year-old Austin has two victories in the last three events on the Champions Tour.
Short could have avoided the playoff, but he missed a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to tie Austin at 11-under.
TENNIS…
MONACO (AP) – Rafael Nadal (rah-fay-EHL’ nah-DAHL’) beat Frenchman Gael Monfils (GAH’-ehl mohn-FEES’) 7-5, 5-7, 6-love to win the Monte Carlo Masters for the ninth time.
This was the Spaniard’s first tournament win in Monte Carlo since winning the last of his eight straight titles there in 2012. It is also the record-equaling 28th Masters title for Nadal, bringing him alongside top-ranked Novak Djokovic.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – Two Syracuse football players were stabbed several times in an altercation at the university’s south campus, and a former teammate has been charged in the assault.
Police said redshirt junior defensive backs Corey Winfield and Chauncey Scissum, both 21, were injured in the attack at about 6 p.m. Saturday and hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries.
Naesean Howard, 20, was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon and was being held in the Onondaga County Justice Center. Authorities believe the weapon used was a pocket knife.
Howard, a former Orange defensive back who grew up in Syracuse, left the program in September 2014 before re-enrolling this year with the hope of rejoining the team. He has never played in a game for the Orange.
In world and national news..
CHICAGO (AP) – A new poll finds the majority of American anger these days is about a government they don’t believe is working the way it should, or is outright broken. The Associated Press-GfK poll finds that almost 8 in 10 Americans say they’re dissatisfied or angry with the way the federal government is working, while about the same proportion say they’re fine about their personal lives.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Millions of people who are living in the country illegally could ultimately be affected by a case being argued before the Supreme Court today. It pits the administration against the opposition of 26 Republican-dominated states led by Texas. At issue are two programs, now on hold, to shield roughly 4 million people from deportation and make them eligible to work in the United States. A decision could come in June.
PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador (AP) – The earth continues to shake in Ecuador following the devastating, 7.8 magnitude quake that killed at least 272 people over the weekend. Ecuador’s Geophysics Institute says 230 aftershocks have ranged in magnitude from 3.5 to 6.1. Most are happening in the Pacific Ocean near the hard-hit coastal cities of Pedernales (peh-dehr-NAH’-lays) and Manta. Officials also warn today they expect a significantly higher death toll.
BEIJING (AP) – Authorities say a school built near former chemical plants in eastern China is making hundreds of students sick. Chinese authorities are investigating a report that close to 500 students have illnesses including cancer. State broadcaster CCTV says that high concentrations of some toxic chemicals could be to blame. The Education Ministry is investigating and local officials are walking back initial denials.
JERUSALEM (AP) – A new World Bank report finds that action by Arab donors to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s war against the seaside enclave has fallen far short of what they promised. The World Bank released its report a day before a gathering of international donor countries in Brussels, sending a stark message that donations are well behind the schedule set when pledges were made at an international conference in October 2014.
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