USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center<\/a> scientists and learn about research conducted at the Jamestown, facility. Wildlife-oriented activities will be available for children, and refreshments, including cookies and lemonade, will be provided.<\/p>\nThe USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center has been a member of the Jamestown community since its founding in 1965, and celebrated its 50th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary in 2015 with an informational open house.<\/p>\nUSGS biologist at the center, biologist, Dave Mushet says,\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cOur science center enjoys the opportunity to show members of the community what we do, and we hope to make this a regular event.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 The band Gooding\u2019s Financial Literacy Tour, sponsored by Raymond James Financial, Inc., will perform Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 9-a.m., at the Jamestown High School, theater, as part of an effort to educate teens about making sound financial decisions.<\/p>\n
Funding for the Future a nonprofit organization is partnering with the North Dakota Securities Department to have Gooding perform in North Dakota schools.<\/p>\n
The event includes a concert, a multimedia presentation and question-and-answer discussions on predatory lending, saving early and the danger of credit card debt.<\/p>\n
The band\u2019s Financial Literacy Tour is sponsored by Raymond James Financial Inc.<\/p>\n
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Fargo (Stutsman Co. Vets Service Office) The Fargo VA Health Care System extends an invitation to attend the upcoming Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony and Open House at the Fargo VA Medical Center on October 6, 2017, at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n
The ribbon-cutting will take place in the Fargo VA Healing Garden by the flagpole.<\/p>\n
The purpose of the ribbon-cutting is to highlight a number of construction<\/p>\n
projects that have recently come to fruition: the new Community Living<\/p>\n
Center, Primary Care Department, Imaging Department, Healing Garden, and<\/p>\n
Intensive Care Unit. After the ribbon-cutting, those attending are welcome to check out the new Community Living Center between the hours of 12-3 p.m. Free cake and refreshments will be available.<\/p>\n
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Grand Forks police are warning people about a potentially dangerous substance after responding to four drug overdoses in the last week.<\/p>\n
Police say the overdoses involved a form of a white powder users thought was heroin, but likely laced with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.<\/p>\n
Fentanyl is considered to be 50 times more potent than street heroin and death can occur through skin contact or inhalation.<\/p>\n
None of the overdoses was fatal, but required life saving measures and medical attention. Police believe there have been additional overdoses that have not been reported.<\/p>\n
North Dakota has a law that protects people from prosecution if they seek medical assistance for someone who is overdosing on drugs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The North Dakota Public Service Commission has rescheduled a public hearing in Ashley regarding the Merricourt Wind Power Project in Dickey and McIntosh Counties.<\/p>\n
The hearing on a proposal to amend the project’s permit initially was scheduled for June 28 but had to be postponed.<\/p>\n
It’s now been rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 13. It’s to begin at 10:30 a.m. Central time in Ashley City Hall.<\/p>\n
EDF Renewable Development Inc. wants to revise its site plan for the proposed 75-turbine, 150-megawatt wind farm, following coordination with the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service to reduce the risk for whooping cranes and piping plovers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that the McKenzie County Commission overstepped its authority when it disciplined a lieutenant in its sheriff’s department.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0 Supreme Court ruled that the commission can’t restrict or remove a sheriff’s authority.<\/p>\n
The district court previously denied McKenzie County Sheriff Gary Schwartzenberger’s request to prohibit the commission from placing Lt. Michael Schmitz on unpaid administrative leave.<\/p>\n
Schmitz was placed on leave following an investigation into bullying allegations. An interim sheriff fired him for an unrelated disciplinary reason.<\/p>\n
The commission also had petitioned to remove Schwartzenberger from office. But Schwartzenberger was reinstated as sheriff Aug. 4 after Gov. Doug Burgum dismissed a months-long proceeding.<\/p>\n
Schwartzenberger currently faces charges for unauthorized use of county credit cards.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Registered nurses at CHI St. Alexius Health in Bismarck have voted not to unionize.<\/p>\n
Nurses voted this week on being represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association, and decided against it in a close vote. The association didn’t release numbers.<\/p>\n
Nurses have maintained that operational changes and declining care standards are harming patient care and the hospital’s reputation.<\/p>\n
The hospital has laid off about 120 employees over the last year and a half but maintains its quality of care hasn’t suffered.<\/p>\n
The Minnesota Nurses Association represents nearly 22,000 nurses in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.
\nMINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Officials who run a popular language and cultural immersion program in the north woods of Minnesota are warning that potential changes in visa rules could make it hard for them to hire enough instructors.<\/p>\n
Christine Schulze, executive director of Concordia Language Villages, is urging supporters to contact congressional representatives to help ensure international exchange programs are excluded from President Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” executive order.<\/p>\n
The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is considering major reductions in visas for cultural exchange programs under his April executive order.<\/p>\n
Concordia Language Villages draws more than 10,000 people from all 50 states and more than 40 countries to Minnesota annually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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In sports…<\/p>\n
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Football polls<\/p>\n
9-Man<\/p>\n
Team W-L Pts<\/p>\n
1. Cavalier (10) 2-0 70<\/p>\n
2. Shiloh Christian (4) 2-0 61<\/p>\n
3. Wyndmere-Lidgerwood (2) 2-0 54<\/p>\n
4. Thompson 1-1 23<\/p>\n
5. North Prairie 2-0 16<\/p>\n
Others receiving votes: Linton-HMB (2-0), New Salem-Granville-Upham (2-0), May-Port-C-G (2-0); Divide County (2-0).<\/p>\n
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Class A<\/p>\n
Team W-L Pts<\/p>\n
1. Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm (10) 1-0 70<\/p>\n
2. Hillsboro-CV (1) 1-0<\/p>\n
3. Beulah (5) 1-0 45<\/p>\n
4. Langdon Area-E-M 1-0 35<\/p>\n
5. Carrington 1-0 18<\/p>\n
Others receiving votes: Minot Ryan (1) 1-0, Des Lacs Burlington 1-0, Dickinson Trinity 0-0, Velva 1-0.<\/p>\n
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BIGHORN LICENSES<\/p>\n
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 North Dakota wildlife officials are reducing the number of bighorn sheep hunting licenses available this year as they continue to see the impacts of disease on the western herd.<\/p>\n
The Game and Fish Department is making five of the once-in-a-lifetime licenses available, three fewer than last year. The decision came after the agency’s annual summer survey found 83 rams in the western Badlands, 21 fewer than in 2016.<\/p>\n
Big Game Management Biologist Brett Wiedmann says the 20 percent decline in rams is tied to an outbreak of bacterial pneumonia that surfaced in 2014 and killed dozens of sheep.<\/p>\n
Bighorn hunting is big in North Dakota. More than 13,200 hunters have applied for a license this year.<\/p>\n
The bighorn season opens Nov. 3 and closes Dec. 31.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department says 522 swan hunting licenses remain after this year’s license lottery.<\/p>\n
Only hunters who don’t have a swan license for the 2017 season can apply, as regulations limit hunters to one license per year.<\/p>\n
A total of 2,700 licenses were made available this year. The remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Sept. 6.<\/p>\n
The statewide tundra swan hunting season starts Sept. 30 and runs through the end of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Fargo-Moorhead 4, Lincoln 0<\/div>\n
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INTERLEAGUE<\/p>\n
Final Detroit 6 Colorado 2<\/p>\n
AMERICAN LEAGUE<\/p>\n
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Jose Berrios pitched seven scoreless innings, Brian Dozier had four hits and Eddie Rosario homered twice Wednesday night as the Minnesota<\/span> Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox 11-1. Berrios tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, including seven of the last nine batters he faced.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Final Texas 8 Houston 1<\/div>\n
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HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 The Astros plan to host the Mets in a three-game series that will begin on Saturday.The Astros had to relocate their current series against the Rangers to St. Petersburg, Florida, following the catastrophic flooding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The team will be back in Houston following its finale with Texas on Thursday.<\/p>\n
A doubleheader with the Mets is planned for Saturday, followed by a single game on Sunday before the Astros hit the road for a 10-game trip.<\/p>\n
Final Cleveland 2 N-Y Yankees 1<\/p>\n
Final Baltimore 8 Seattle 7<\/p>\n
Final Cleveland 9 N-Y Yankees 4<\/p>\n
Final Boston 7 Toronto 1<\/p>\n
Final Tampa Bay 5 Kansas City 3<\/p>\n
Final L.A. Angels 10 Oakland 8<\/p>\n
NATIONAL LEAGUE<\/p>\n
Final Atlanta 9 Philadelphia 1<\/p>\n
Final Milwaukee 6 St. Louis 5<\/p>\n
Final Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 2<\/p>\n
Final Washington 4 Miami 0<\/p>\n
Final N-Y Mets 2 Cincinnati 0<\/p>\n
Final Chi Cubs 17 Pittsburgh 3<\/p>\n
Final San Diego 5 San Francisco 0<\/p>\n
Final Arizona 6 L.A. Dodgers 4<\/p>\n
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION<\/p>\n
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Maya Moore scored 18 points, Sylvia Fowles had 12 points and 13 rebounds for her 19th double-double, and the Minnesota<\/span> Lynx beat the Indiana Fever 80-69 Wednesday night. Minnesota<\/span> won its 25th game for the sixth time in seven years and moved a game in front of Los Angeles for the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\nFinal Dallas 99 Chicago 96<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The Texans are planning to head home to flood-ravaged Houston after their final preseason game against the Cowboys was canceled. The game had been moved from Houston to Arlington, Texas, because of widespread flooding of Harris County in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The decision to cancel Thursday night’s game altogether was announced when the Texans said local authorities had found a safe route for the team to drive the 250 miles home.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NBA-CAVS\/CELTICS TRADE<\/p>\n
CLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 The Cavaliers and Celtics have finally signed off on a blockbuster trade that sends Isaiah Thomas to Cleveland for fellow All-Star guard Kyrie (KY’-ree) Irving.<\/p>\n
A person familiar with the negotiations has told the Associated Press that the Celtics will send another draft pick to the Cavs. That comes after Cleveland grew concerned with medical findings after looking at Thomas’ injured right hip.<\/p>\n
Thomas tore a labrum last season in the playoffs against Cleveland, and it’s possible he might not be ready for the start of the season.<\/p>\n
The additional pick is a second-rounder in 2020.<\/p>\n
ESPN first reported the deal was done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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TENNIS-US OPEN<\/p>\n
NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Maria Sharapova has advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open by grinding out another three-set win.<\/p>\n
The unseeded Sharapova dropped a first-set tiebreak before earning a 6-7, 6-4. 6-1 victory over Timea Babos (tih-MAY’-uh BAH’-bohsh) at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Sharapova finished with 12 aces and managed to overcome a whopping 19 unforced errors in the first set alone.<\/p>\n
This is Sharapova’s first Grand Slam event since last year’s Australian Open, having served a 15-month doping suspension that was lifted in April.<\/p>\n
Joining Sharapova in the third round are ninth seed Venus Williams and No. 13 Petra Kvitova (kuh-VIH’-toh-vah), each of whom won in straight sets. Sloane Stephens knocked off 2014 Australian Open runner-up Dominika Cibulkova (see-bul-KOH’-vah) in three sets to reach the third round.<\/p>\n
Sofia Kenin won an all-U.S. matchup to get into Round 3.<\/p>\n
First-round winners on the women’s side include eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova (kooz-NEHT’-soh-vah) and No. 10 Agnieszka Radwanska (ag-nee-EHSH’-kah rad-VAHN’-skah), along with unseeded Americans Christina McHale and Shelby Rogers.<\/p>\n
Croatia’s Borna Coric pulled off the biggest upset in the men’s draw, beating fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev 3-6, 7-5, 7-6, 7-6.<\/p>\n
Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey have moved into the third round with straight-set victories, but countryman Jared Donaldson was knocked out in five sets by No. 16 Lucas Pouille (pwee) of France. Wednesday’s first-round winners include seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov, ninth seed David Goffin and No. 11 Roberto Bautista-Agut (ah-GOO’).<\/p>\n
No. 14 Nick Kyrgios (KEER’-ee-ohs) was dispatched in the opening round by John Millman in four sets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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OBIT-MASSMINO<\/p>\n
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Former Villanova basketball coach Rollie Massimino has died at 82 following a long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n
Massimino led Villanova’s improbable run to the 1985 national championship and won more than 800 games in a career also spent with Stony Brook, UNLV and Cleveland State before an 11-year run at NAIA powerhouse Keiser. He was a finalist for enshrinement in the Basketball Hall of Fame this year.<\/p>\n
Massimino’s death was announced by Keiser University, where he was still the men’s basketball coach. He spent the final days of his life in Hospice care.<\/p>\n
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BARRETT, Texas (AP) \u2014 A Houston-area chemical plant that lost power after Harvey flooded the area has been rocked by two explosions. Arkema Inc. says the Harris County Emergency Operations Center reported two explosions and black smoke coming from the plant at about 2 a.m. Thursday. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says 10 deputies have been hospitalized. Arkema has said that without power, the plant had no refrigeration system to cool chemicals that become volatile when the temperature rises.<\/p>\n
HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 A Houston mother is warning people in the area to stay out of Harvey’s floodwaters after her son was electrocuted while wading through the water to check on his sister’s home. Jodell Pasek says her 25-year-old son Andrew was unaware that a landscape light had electrified the water when he stepped into it Tuesday afternoon. She said he fell and grabbed a lamppost and told a friend who was with him to stay away because he was dying.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A grand jury used by Special Counsel Robert Mueller has heard secret testimony from a Russian-American lobbyist who attended a June 2016 meeting with President Donald Trump’s eldest son, The Associated Press has learned. A person familiar with the matter confirmed to the AP that Rinat Akhmetshin had appeared before Mueller’s grand jury in recent weeks. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the secret proceedings.<\/p>\n
BEIJING (AP) \u2014 China’s ruling Communist Party is taking a new approach to try to repatriate one of its most wanted exiles, New York-based billionaire Guo Wengui. Two Chinese officials with direct knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press that Guo is now accused of rape. He had already been accused of bribery and other charges, and China wants the U.S. to extradite him. Guo posts regularly online to release what he says are official secrets ahead of a pivotal party leadership conference.<\/p>\n
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 A federal judge has temporarily blocked most of Texas’ tough new “sanctuary cities” law allowing police to inquire about people’s immigration status during routine interactions like traffic stops. Opponents call the measure, approved by the GOP-controlled Legislature, a “show your papers” law. They sued and the ruling by U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia in San Antonio keeps it from taking effect Sept. 1, allowing the case to proceed. Conservatives say it’s necessary to enforce the rule of law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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