CSi Weather…
.TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
20 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS
IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN
THREAT WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS.
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
Jamestown (JRMC CSi) Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) will launch its new electronic medical record system, known as EPIC OneChart on June 1. This change utilizes JRMC’s partnership with Sanford Health and connects medical records across organizations, greatly enhancing the safety and quality of patient care.
While JRMC has had an electronic system for some time, the change to OneChart offers many advantages. For instance, if a patient has a procedure done at a hospital or clinic with the EPIC system, their records will be more readily available to the care team in that same system – no need to have records faxed, photocopied or brought to the appointment.
JRMC Chief Nursing Officer, Trisha Jungels says, “Upgrading to OneChart will improve patient care at JRMC. With the new electronic medical record system we hope to increase patient satisfaction by creating a faster and more accurate way to access medical information while providing continuous care to our patients.”
Another advantage to OneChart is that patients will have access to a personal health record, known as MyChart. MyChart allows patients to see their test results, prescriptions, immunizations, summaries of recent visits or dependents’ information anytime, day or night. With MyChart, patients have access to their personal health record on their home desktop computer, laptop or smart phone. Medical information will continue to be assured to be confidential to each patient.
Patients can sign-up for MyChart by visiting www.jrmcnd.com.
JRMC Chief Financial Officer, Brandoen Vaughn says, “JRMC is excited to provide MyChart to our patients. We have been preparing and training our staff for the past eight months for the upgrade and launch of EPIC OneChart and MyChart.”
Although many steps have been taken by staff to try and minimize the delays during this transition, JRMC initially expects a longer than normal wait for scheduling an appointment and registration.
About Jamestown Regional Medical Center
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, ND and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. Between JRMC, JRMC Clinic, Sanford Health Jamestown and Essentia Health Jamestown, the community is served by 30 local medical providers and a variety of visiting specialists. For more information on services at JRMC, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call 701-952-1050.
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – A person critically injured when a tornado struck a worker camp in the western North Dakota oil patch has been identified as a 15-year-old girl.
McKenzie County Emergency Manager Jerry Samuelson didn’t immediately release her name. He says she’s in critical condition at a Minot hospital but he doesn’t know the nature of her injuries.
Samuelson says he doesn’t know why the girl was at the worker camp south of Watford City, but he says families do live at the camp.
Eight other people were treated at a Watford City hospital for lesser injuries.
The tornado that struck the camp about 5 miles south of Watford City on Monday destroyed eight trailers where workers lived.
Samuelson says rescue crews are searching a large amount of debris, but he’s confident no one is missing. He says the camp where the tornado hit had quite a few more trailers just a few days ago, so the casualties could have been higher had it happened earlier.
A National Weather Service team is heading to western North Dakota to assess the strength of the tornado.
PISEK, N.D. (AP) – A blaze has destroyed the former Terra Cotta Ballroom in Pisek.
About 30 volunteer firefighters from two communities battled the fire from about 6 a.m. Monday until the afternoon.
Jerry Slinger is the owner of the building. He estimates his loss between $250,000 and $500,000.
The source of the fire has not been determined.
Slinger bought the ballroom from the city of Pisek about six years ago. He says he had been working on rehabilitating the building as it was in disrepair when he purchased it.
The building was used for weddings, meetings, school productions and other events while under ownership of the city.
Pisek is about 60 miles northwest of Grand Forks.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – BNSF Railway officials are inspecting a railroad overpass in Fargo after a recycling truck hit the structure.
The crash early TOday prompted officials to stop train traffic and close the street. The impact took out several small chunks of concrete on the bridge and partially crushed the truck’s cab.
The truck also downed an overhead power line in a nearby parking lot and struck a traffic light.
Police Sgt. Tom Shaw says the two people in the Minnkota Recycling truck were taken to a hospital to be checked out but should by OK.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man convicted in what witnesses called one of the largest credit card schemes in U.S. history says he should receive more than $4 million for injuries he allegedly suffered from a fall outside the Cass County Jail in Fargo.
Adekunle Adetiloye (aw-duh-KUHN-lee aw-duh-tuh-LOH’-ee) was sentenced in 2012 to 18 years in prison for mail fraud. Authorities say he stole the identities of about 38,000 people and bilked companies out of about $1.5 million.
Adetiloye says he suffered a serious head injury when he stepped on a sewer grate while he was being transported by U.S. marshals to the jail in November 2011. He says he could not break his fall because he was in handcuffs and leg shackles.
The defendant says he suffers from headaches, dizziness and blurred vision.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Four women were taken into custody after a weekend incident in which they allegedly tried to steal more than $1,000 worth of clothing from a Fargo mall and then struck a security guard with their getaway vehicle.
All four women were arrested Saturday night on a charge of felony shoplifting, and the driver of the vehicle also was arrested on a reckless endangerment charge. Formal charges were pending.
The guard was not seriously hurt and refused medical attention. The women drove off after allegedly hitting the guard and were later stopped and arrested on Interstate 94 across the Minnesota border.
CHURCHS FERRY, N.D. (AP) – Officials on Wednesday are closing a railroad crossing on state Highway 281 at Churchs Ferry, as they work on raising the tracks.
The state Transportation Department says motorists in that area will need to take an alternate route while the work is done. The department is handling the roadwork and BNSF Railway crews are handling the work on the track. Officials didn’t estimate how long the crossing will be closed.
Work on the threatened track in the flooded Devils Lake basin has been ongoing in recent years.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The head of the biggest railroad serving the Upper Great Plains says hauling pickup trucks by rail has really picked up.
BNSF Executive Chairman Matt Rose joked that pickup truck hauling by rail appears to be “the next great line of business” for the railroad.
Rose says BNSF is hauling 240 pickups daily by rail to Fargo and St. Paul, Minnesota. He says that’s a 543 percent increase since 2011.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Safety regulators have quietly placed two extra conditions on construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline after learning of potentially dangerous construction defects involving the southern leg of the Canada-to-Texas project.
The defects involved high rates of bad welds, dented pipe and damaged pipeline coating – and they’ve been fixed.
But the Obama administration wants to make sure similar problems don’t occur during construction of the pipeline’s northern leg. That segment, between Alberta, Canada, and southeastern Nebraska, is on hold pending a decision by the administration.
One condition requires TransCanada to hire a contractor chosen by the U.S. government to monitor construction and make reports about whether the work is sound.
The second requires TransCanada to have a quality management program to ensure that the pipeline meets “the highest standards.”
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s top federal prosecutor says a new Justice Department policy on electronic recording is a good idea and cites a recent case in which prosecutors had to deal with competing confessions.
A federal public defender calls it an important step.
The new policy assumes that agents will record interviews with suspects who have been taken into custody, but haven’t appeared in court.
U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says recordings were key pieces of evidence in a recent North Dakota case involving a man convicted of killing two children on the Spirit Lake Reservation.
Neil Fulton, head of the federal public defender’s office for the Dakotas, says the policy shift is important to help ensure a “full and fair court review” of statements, but noted that it doesn’t cover all interviews.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Beekeepers in the nation’s top honey-producing state are getting help through a product tied to a plant typically associated with beer.
The federal government is allowing North Dakota beekeepers to use Hopguard pesticide to control a mite thought to be connected to colony collapse disorder. It’s the fourth year for the exemption, which is necessary because Hopguard isn’t yet registered with the Environmental Protection Agency.
North Dakota’s top pesticide official says there’s no concern about safety because Hopguard is made from a natural product – an extract of the hop plant.
Minot beekeeper Will Nissen says Hopguard is important to the industry because it is the only pesticide that’s legal to use during actual honey production.
Other honey states including South Dakota also have received EPA exemptions.
In sports…
AA…
Fargo-Moorhead 5, Sioux Falls 4
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Boston 8 Atlanta 6
Final Baltimore 7 Milwaukee 6, 10 Innings
Final N-Y Yankees 6 St. Louis 4, 12 Innings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Nick Tepesch won his second consecutive start as the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 yesterday. Tepesch allowed two runs in 6 2-3 innings. He struck out four to win consecutive starts for the first time in his career.
Final Chi White Sox 6 Cleveland 2
Final Oakland 10 Detroit 0
Final Seattle 5 L.A. Angels 1
Final Toronto 10 Tampa Bay 5
Final Houston 9 Kansas City 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 5 N-Y Mets 3
Final Miami 3 Washington 2
Final Chi Cubs 8 San Francisco 4
Final Philadelphia 9 Colorado 0
Final L.A. Dodgers 4 Cincinnati 3
Final Arizona 7 San Diego 5
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
MIAMI (AP) – LeBron James poured in 32 points and had 10 rebounds as the Miami Heat hammered Indiana 102-90 to take a three-games-to-one lead in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals. Chris Bosh had 25 points and Dwyane (dwayn) Wade added 15 for the Heat, who are on the verge of their fourth straight trip to the finals. Paul George scored 23 points for the Pacers.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jake Muzzin (MUZ’-ihn) and Dustin Brown scored on power plays while the Los Angeles Kings were building a 3-0 lead in the first period of a 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Marian Gaborik and Drew Doughty also tallied to help the Kings grab a 4-0 lead in the second period and a three-games-to-one lead in the NHL’s Western Conference finals. Muzzin and Doughty each finished with a goal and an assist, while Anze Kopitar (AHN’-zhay KOH’-pih-tahr) and Justin Williams collected two assists apiece.
The Blackhawks, host Game 5 on Wednesday.
WNBA BASKETBALL
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) – Lindsay Whalen scored 22 points to help the Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 75-72 yesterday in a showdown of unbeaten teams. WNBA scoring leader Maya Moore scored 14 for Lynx. Elena Delle Donne and Jessica Breland each had 16 points. Reserve Allie Quigley added a career-high 15 points for Chicago.
TENNIS…
PARIS (AP) – Li Na lost her opening match at the French Open on Tuesday, the second reigning Australian Open champion to fall in the first round at this year’s tournament.
Li, who won the title at Roland Garros in 2011, lost to Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.
Kimiko Date-Krumm, the oldest woman in the field at the French Open, is already out.
The 43-year-old Japanese veteran lost to 24th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-3, 0-6, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round.
Fourth-seeded Simona Halep won 11 straight games at the start to beat Alisa Kleybanova of Russia 6-0, 6-2 on Tuesday and reach the second round at the French Open.
PARIS (AP) – No. 5 David Ferrer and No. 7 Andy Murray are the top men’s seeds in action at the French Open today. The women’s schedule is highlighted by matches featuring second seed Li Na (lee nah), fourth seed Simona Halep (HAH’-lehp) and No. 15 Sloane Stephens. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (NOH’-vak JOH’-kuh-vich) won their opening-round matches at Roland Garros, but third-seed and reigning Australian Open champ Stan Wawrinka (vah-VINK’-ah) was beaten by Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0.
COLLEGE BASEBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT
Oregon States tabbed No. 1
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Oregon State is the top seed for the NCAA baseball tournament. The Beavers were named No. 1 by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. The other five national seeds, in order, are Indiana, Florida State, Louisiana-Lafayette, TCU and LSU.
The tournament opens Friday with 16 four-team, double-elimination regionals. Best-of-three super-regionals will be held next week, with those winners moving to the College World Series in Omaha. National seeds that win their regionals play at home in super-regionals.
In world and national news….
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is urging a speedy conclusion to fighting in eastern Ukraine and says Moscow is willing to assist any efforts by the country’s president-elect to negotiate a peaceful solution. Meanwhile, government forces used fighter jets to stop pro-Russia separatists from taking over the Donetsk airport. The mayor says 40 people were killed.
NEW YORK (AP) – A study of CEO pay finds it’s going up. The Associated Press/Equilar study finds the median pay package for a CEO rose above eight figures for the first time last year. The head of a typical large public company earned a record $10.5 million, an increase of 8.8 percent from $9.6 million in 2012.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The future of Philadelphia’s two largest newspapers is on the line today as two powerful businessmen vie for ownership in a closed-door auction. The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News are being sold for the fifth time since 2006. Businessmen George Norcross and Lewis Katz bought the papers in 2012. But they began feuding and are now locked in a fight to buy each other out.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – An attack on Libya’s new prime minister has apparently failed. A government official says the attack on the home of the Libyan premier, who was recently approved in a contested parliamentary vote, set off a gunbattle with guards. The official says four attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades early today. One assailant was killed and another was arrested.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) – The European Union’s drug agency says it’s coming under increasing pressure over the volume, diversity and availability of new psychoactive substances. The annual European Drug Report published today says the agency identified more than 80 new chemical drugs last year, making a total of almost 250 detected over the past four years across the continent. The new substances are not controlled under international law.