CSi Weather…
TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. 80 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…80 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS . HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID
50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 70. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
30 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS…SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL…CONTINUES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST…AND ON SATURDAY FAR SOUTH.
MORE RAIN SATURDAY OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OVER FLOOD PRONE AND LOWLYING AREAS.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND…WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT.
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED.
THE PROLONGED POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF LOW LAND FLOODING AND RISING RIVER LEVELS. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK…WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a grass fire in the 400 block of 4th Street Northwest, about 11:36 a.m., on Wednesday.
City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says, the initial call was for a car fire.
He said the driver indicated that he lost his breaks, and the vehicle went into a ditch and was hung up on a ridge. The hot exhaust system, or the spinning tires trying to get out of the ditch caused the grass fire.
The vehicle received no damage, with about an 8×8 foot section of grass burned.
No injuries reported.
20 city fire fighters and 5 units were on the scene about 15 minutes.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City officials on Thursday will meet with North Dakota Water Commission officials to request a reduction in the the local share of costs for permanent flood protection projects
The current share is 25 percent local with the request to reduce the local share to 15 percent.
City Commissioner Mary Lee Nielson says the city will also ask the water commission to pick up the engineering costs of the permanent flood protection construction projects.
During Wednesday morning’s Special Valley City Commission meeting, commissioners approved making the request.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office is informing all residents in the area of the 2nd St Bridge SW to 6th Ave SW south to Klaus Park that they will experience water outages schedule to start at approximately 8:00 a.m. today (Thursday, May 29, 2014) AND until utility repair work is completed.
It is anticipated that the utility repairs will be completed within the working day.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Family “Y” in Jamestown in conjunction with the University of Jamestown will hold summer basketball and volleyball camps this summer.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 the Y’s Executive Director, Frank Conlin said, The UJ Women’s basketball team and Men’s basketball teams and the UJ Volleyball team will host the camps at the Y. More information and to sign up by contacting the University of Jamestown Athletic Department.
Also this summer there will be a Kiddie Basketball Camp at the Larson Lifetime Sports Center.
He said that several activities, and classes are being held outdoors this summer.
Conlin said the Y will host its first Golf Tournament at Jamestown Country Club on June 21, 2014.
He said it will be a four person scramble, with three divisions, with the shotgun start at 9-a.m.
Registration forms available at the Y, with registrations accepted the day of the tournament.
Conlin also pointed out that the Y has also established a new membership summer offer of reduced rates, during June, July and August 2014.
Contact the Y for more information.
He added that sign up is being taken for the Summer II classes and activities, with brochures available at the Y’s front desk.
BISMARCK (CSi) The North Dakota Industrial Commission has authorized the distribution of more than $197,000 to organizations statewide through Helping Housing Across North Dakota (Helping HAND). North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) administers the program.
A local match of 25 percent is required to access the funds. Helping HAND dollars are most often used for housing weatherization and rehabilitation projects. All of the funds must be utilized for projects in North Dakota.
In a news release the commission said, “Helping HAND allows community action agencies, tribal housing authorities and other nonprofit organizations to quickly address the unmet housing needs of lower-income individuals and families.”
2014 funds will be distributed to Community Action Region VI in Jamestown in the amount of $14,002.
The Industrial Commission, consisting of Gov. Jack Dalrymple as chairman, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring and Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, oversees the agency.
For more information on Helping HAND, contact NDHFA at (800) 292-8621 or visit www.ndhfa.org.
Also the Industrial Commission has increased the purchase price limit of North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) homeownership programs from $250,000 to $265,158 in accordance with Internal Revenue Service guidelines.
NDHFA offers first-time buyers below-market interest rate mortgage loans through its FirstHome(tm) program. Households headed by a single parent or that includes a disabled or elderly member or a veteran honorably discharged from active duty may qualify for similar cost savings through the agency’s HomeAccess program. NDHFA also provides down payment and closing cost assistance and supports homebuyer education.
For more information on NDHFA homeownership programs, visit the agency’s website at www.ndhfa.org.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Mayor’s Partnership Committee is working with the Jamestown Police Department to identify accessible parking stalls that do not meet the requirements of North Dakota Century Code (39-01-15-12) and the Jamestown City Ordinance (Sec 21-16-16-10.)
An accessible parking space is defined as a vehicle space with proper signage and a striped access aisle. The entire space must be kept clear of obstructions at all times including ice, snow, shopping carts, trash cans, racks, seasonal displays, bicycle racks, etc.
This joint effort is due to numerous violations with people who wrongfully park in the accessible parking space. Police are not able to ticket violators when the parking stall is not properly signed and marked.
The North Dakota Century Code states: An entity that fails to comply with signage and pavement markings is guilty of an infraction — $500 fine — if the entity does not correct such violations within 60 days after receiving an official notice.
The Jamestown Mayor’s Partnership Committee and Jamestown Police Department will work on implementing a progressive plan and contacting businesses who do not have proper signage showing them how they can be corrected.
Providing accessible parking is vital to ensuring equal access to everyone including those with mobility impairments.
For more information, contact Gary Jensen at 252-2414 or Andrea Nelson at the Freedom Resource Center at 252-4693.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say a toddler who fell from a third-floor window at a Grand Forks apartment building is recovering.
The 2-year-old boy was taken to Altru Hospital on Tuesday afternoon with unspecified injuries after University of North Dakota police responded to the incident.
The child is reported in good condition at the hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Officials say a large fire at the Grand Forks landfill could smolder for more than a week.
The blaze broke out Wednesday night and went more than 10 feet into the ground. Firefighters used dirt to smother the flames.
The Fire Department says small fires happen about once a year at the landfill, but there hasn’t been a blaze like this for nearly 10 years. The cause wasn’t immediately determined.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State health officials are cautioning North Dakotans to guard themselves against hantavirus disease.
Hantavirus is transmitted by infected mice. Epidemiologist Michelle Feist (fyst) says it’s important to take precautions because there’s no cure, and the disease can be fatal.
Feist says people who are cleaning cabins or other buildings that have been closed up for the winter should protect themselves by properly ventilating the space being cleaned, wearing gloves and using disinfectant.
Eleven cases of hantavirus infection and six deaths have been reported in North Dakota since 1993. The most recent case was in 2009.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has denied an appeal of a man accused of killing the mother of his child and three other people in Minot in January 2011.
The attorney for Omar Mohamed Kalmio told the state’s high court in November that the judge in the case improperly admitted hearsay evidence about Kalmio’s past, that Kalmio was not allowed to give an alibi and that there was not enough evidence for a conviction.
Ward County Deputy State’s Attorney Kelly Dillon argued that all four people were killed with the same weapon, and the only connection between the four people was Kalmio.
Kalmio, a Somali national, is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – An Almont man charged with felony negligent homicide in the death of a mail carrier in southwestern North Dakota has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and been sentenced. The Bismarck Tribune reports that 21-year-old Ernest Borntrager will spend six months on electronic monitoring for misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A Williston nonprofit organization is collecting food and clothes for the victims of the Memorial Day tornado that hit a trailer park south of Watford City.
Box Up Generosity took up donations in a Williston’s Davidson Park Tuesday. Donations can still be arranged by calling the drive’s organizers.
Box Up Generosity organizers say their group is solely dedicated to helping the less fortunate in the oil patch. The organization prefers collecting non-perishable food.
A tornado hit a trailer park around five miles south of Watford City around 7:50 p.m. Monday. The twister injured nine people and destroyed 15 trailers. Watford City is around fifty miles southeast of Williston.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A state agency that offers low-interest loans to qualifying homebuyers in North Dakota has increased its purchase limit to more than $265,000.
The state Industrial Commission has approved the increase to the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency, based on guidelines from the Internal Revenue Service. It had been set at $250,000.
The program offers below-market interest rate mortgage loans to first-time homebuyers and to households headed by a single parent or ones that include a resident who is disabled, elderly or military veteran.
Jolene Kline, the agency’s executive director, says the program has helped more than 38,000 households with purchases. The agency has provided nearly $2.8 billion in mortgage loans since 1982.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Sen. John Hoeven is slated to meet with state veteran organizations in Fargo to talk about health care issues impacting North Dakota veterans.
The Veterans Administration is confronting allegations about treatment delays and falsified records at VA centers around the country. The program serves nearly 9 million veterans.
Hoeven says the officials from the Fargo facility are slated to make a presentation today regarding a recent review of the facility’s wait times.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker says challenger Brad Wimmer was not around when Walaker made the decision to keep the city open during a record flood.
Walaker closed a debate with Wimmer on KFGO radio Wednesday by talking about a 2009 incident when Walaker rejected a call by then-Governor John Hoeven to evacuate the city. Wimmer was in his first term as city commissioner at the time.
Walaker said Wimmer was out of state during the meeting with Hoeven and other government officials. Wimmer countered that he was in another room with some other commissioners.
Walaker said the city needed “every person on our first line of defense” during the flood and that’s why he refused to evacuate. All but about 100 homes were spared by a massive sandbagging effort.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot residents who still have Federal Emergency Management Agency units on their private lots might get a reprieve from a Sunday deadline to move them.
The Minot City Council’s Public Works and Safety Committee is recommending the council consider an extension for residents who submit information by June 16 regarding their home reconstruction progress and a timeline for moving out of the temporary units set up after the June 2011 Souris River flood.
The committee took the action after hearing from several homeowners who are plugging away on do-it-yourself repairs they say have drained them financially and physically.
If approved by the council Monday, the option to submit a plan by June 16 would spare FEMA unit owners the immediate threat of fines.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Construction could start in the fall on the first phase of a flood control project in Minot.
An engineering firm is completing design work on proposed concrete flood walls in the area of the city’s water treatment plant. The federal government is paying 75 percent of the $25 million project.
Minot is working to protect its water treatment plant from Souris River floods like the one in June 2011, which swamped a good part of the city.
Completion of the first phase is expected in the spring of 2016.
In sports…
VALLEY CITY (VCSU, CSi) – Valley City State University (N.D.) men’s basketball coach Jeff Kaminsky announced Wednesday that Rashad Satahoo of North Lauderdale, Fla., has signed a letter of intent to attend VCSU and play basketball for the Vikings this fall.
A 6-foot-2 guard, Satahoo averaged 23 points, 8 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game this season for Pompano Beach High School. Satahoo led his team in scoring and was named Team MVP and Offensive MVP this season. He was also named Offensive MVP as a junior and received the team’s Most Promising Player Award as a sophomore.
Kaminsky says, “Rashad had an outstanding high school career. He is intelligent, athletic, and skilled. We are excited to have him in the Viking Basketball program.”
Pompano Beach head coach Alex Jenkins says Satahoo has a hunger and readiness to go to work.
Jenkins adds “Rashad was the inspiration of our program. The day I took the job, Rashad got my attention – ever since that day, he has given me 100 percent of his efforts and improved those around him. He will be truly missed. Valley City State has gained a great student-athlete who will be a great addition to the program.”
Satahoo has also excelled with high marks in the classroom at Pompano Beach High School, which is known for its high academic standards and is a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. He plans to continue his education by studying business and accounting at VCSU. Satahoo is the son of Winston Satahoo and Barbara Spence.
The assistant coach at Pompana Beach, Joe Bateman, is a VCSU alum and former player for Kaminsky’s Vikings.
Satahoo joins fellow high school seniors Briton Bussman (G, Milnor, N.D.), Jayden Ferguson (F, Williston, N.D.) and Alex Quist (G, Bismarck, N.D.) as signed recruits for next season. Transfer Riley West (G, Lakeville, Minn./St. Cloud Tech.) has also signed to attend VCSU.
Valley City State University posted a 14-14 record in 2013-14. Under Jeff Kaminsky, the Vikings are 149-115 and have posted 20-win seasons in four of the past seven years. In 2012-13, Kaminsky led the Vikings to their first NAIA National Tournament appearance since 1987.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota women’s basketball team has been invited to participate in the 16-team Preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament in November.
School officials say UND becomes the first Big Sky Conference member to participate in the event since Northern Colorado was selected in 2009. Athletics Director Brian Faison calls it “a major honor.”
North Dakota is the defending Big Sky regular season and tournament champion. UND last season advanced to its first NCAA Division One Tournament.
The bracket, game dates and times for the Preseason Women’s NIT will be announced in June.
Other teams playing in the tournament are Albany, Arkansas State, Central Arkansas, Colorado, Eastern Kentucky, Jackson State, Mercer, Mississippi State, Penn State, Rider, Seton Hall, St. Francis Brooklyn, Towson, West Virginia, and Western Kentucky.
Bismarck (CSi) A 2013 report from the State Game and Fish Department showsStutsman County as the 10th-highest county in the state for game and fish citations.
The county had the eighth-highest number of incidents involving a district game warden.
The most common citation was for hunting, fishing or trapping without a proper license, at 305 citations.
304 citations were issued for not having a license with them.
Jamestown District game warden, Greg Hatings adds, license violations were the most common citation he issued in 2013.
AA…
Fargo-Moorhead 8, Sioux Falls 7
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Boston 4 Atlanta 0
Final Milwaukee 8 Baltimore 3
Final N-Y Yankees 7 St. Louis 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Luis Sardinas drove in the only run of the game to lift the Rangers to a 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins last night. Joe Saunders gave up five hits and struck out six in five innings after being activated from the 15-day disabled list earlier in the day. Sardinas had a two-out single off struggling Twins reliever Jared Burton in the seventh inning to help propel the Rangers to their seventh win in the past 10 games.
Final Houston 9 Kansas City 3
Final Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 2
Final Chi White Sox 3 Cleveland 2
Final Oakland 3 Detroit 1
Final Seattle 3 L.A. Angels 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 5 Pittsburgh 0
Final San Francisco 5 Chi Cubs 0
Final Philadelphia 6 Colorado 3
Final Miami 8 Washington 5, 10 Innings
Final Arizona 12 San Diego 6
Final Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers 2
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indiana Pacers are still alive in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals following a 93-90 win over Miami. Paul George scored 31 of his 37 points in the second half, including 21 of the Pacers’ 29 fourth-quarter points. LeBron James had a miserable game while plagued with foul trouble, shooting 2-for-10 in 24 minutes and scoring just seven points.
The Heat, host Game 6 on Friday.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Blackhawks have forced a sixth game in the NHL’s Western Conference finals by beating the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 on a goal by Michal Handzus (HAND’-zoos) at 2:04 of double-overtime. The Hawks blew an early 3-1 lead and trailed 4-3 until Ben Smith scored early in the third period. Patrick Kane had four assists and Brandon Saad added a goal and two assists.
NEW YORK (AP) – New York Rangers defenseman John Moore has been suspended for two games by the NHL for an illegal check to Montreal Canadiens forward Dale Weise’s (WEES’-ehs) head in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday. Moore received a match penalty for the hit in the third period of Montreal’s 7-4 home victory.
WNBA BASKETBALL
Final San Antonio 82 Tulsa 79
NBA..
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Former Gophers standout Austin Hollins will take part in a pre-draft workout for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Timberwolves announced a list of six pro prospects scheduled to be on the court for drills in front of team officials at Target Center yesterday. That includes Hollins, Louisville forward Chane Behanan and Oregon forward Mike Moser.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Shelly Sterling is reviewing bids from five groups interested in buying the Los Angeles Clippers.
A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press if an agreement to sell is reached before next Tuesday, the league’s owners wouldn’t meet in New York to vote on terminating Donald Sterling’s ownership. The person told the AP the sale price “appears to be increasing to an unbelievable number,” and that it could soar past $1.5 to $2 billion, and possibly more.
NEW YORK (AP) – San Antonio Spurs center Tiago Splitter was fined $5,000 by the NBA for violating anti-flopping rules during Game 4 of the Western Conference finals last night. Splitter was fined for a play in the second quarter of Spurs’ 105-92 loss at Oklahoma City.
TENNIS…
PARIS (AP) – Fifth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain comfortably advanced to the third round of the French Open by beating Italy’s Simone Bolelli 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 Thursday.
Ferrer, last year’s runner-up to Rafael Nadal, broke Bolleli’s serve five times and saved all four break points he faced.
Also, former French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia advanced to the third round by beating Camila Giorgi of Italy 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Kuznetsova, seeded 27th, broke Giorgi’s serve four times and next faces either fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova or Marina Erakovic, who were playing later Thursday.
Sixth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and 15th-seeded Sloane Stephens of the United States also advanced in straight sets.
Jankovic won 7-5, 6-0 against Japan’s Kurumi Nara and Stephens won 6-1, 6-3 against Slovenia’s Polona Hercog.
GOLF…
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) – The upcoming U.S. Open at Pinehurst will not include Tiger Woods. He has withdrawn from the second major of the year as he recovers from back surgery that has kept him out of golf for nearly three months. It will be the second U.S. Open, and sixth major, he has missed because of injury over the last six years.
In world and national news…
SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s president says 14 soldiers were killed when a government military helicopter was shot down in eastern Ukraine today. Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov says rebels used a portable air defense missile to down the helicopter over the city of Slovyansk. The city has become the epicenter of fighting between pro-Russia insurgents and government forces in recent weeks.
MOSCOW (AP) – The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have created an economic union to boost cooperation between the ex-Soviet neighbors. Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Eurasian Economic Union takes the countries’ cooperation to a “new level” while respecting their sovereignty. Moscow had pushed Ukraine to join the alliance, helping spark the worst crisis in relations between Russia and the West since the Cold War.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is releasing a report today that says significant increases in domestic production of natural gas and reductions in oil consumption have better positioned the United States to advance its economic and environmental goals. The White House is setting the stage for upcoming restrictions on coal-fired power plants by casting its energy policy as an economic success that’s creating jobs, securing the nation against international upheavals and shifting energy use to cleaner sources.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is holding a White House Summit today to draw attention to young athletes and concussions. Among those attending will be representatives of professional sports leagues, coaches, parents, young athletes and researchers. The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council say not enough is known about how concussions may affect still-developing brains.
DETROIT (AP) – Eight vehicles have earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s highest safety rating for high-tech crash prevention systems. The vehicles are equipped with collision warning and automatic braking systems. Among the eight vehicles are the Buick LaCrosse, Dodge Durango, BMW3 Series and the 2014 Chevy Impala.