CSi Weather…
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. EAST
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA..
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL.
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES…AND ISOLATED 3 INCH AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS 24 HOUR PERIOD. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE…WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALSO IN THE AFTERNOONS ON SUNDAY
AND MONDAY.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Police is asking for the public’s assistance, concerning any information about a driver who eluded an officer on Saturday morning (jun 1, 2014).
At about 2:42 a.m., police observed a vehicle turning onto 4th Street Southwest in Valley City in the wrong direction from a one-way street.
As the officer activated his lights, the vehicle, a 2004 Jeep Liberty, accelerated and starting making quick turns through a residential area.
The Jeep was found a short time later in the 500 block of 2nd Street Southwest against a tree, with damage to the left front end.
The driver apparently left the vehicle while it was still in motion, and ran off in an unknown direction.
There is currently no description of the driver, who faces possible criminal charges.
The VCPD urges anyone with information on the incident to contact them at (701) 845-3110.
Jamestown (CSi) Betty Jo Krenz of Woodworth is expected to testify Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at a congressional subcommittee oversight hearing, in Washington, D.C.
Republican U.S. Representative, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota announced that the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs hearing, will concern child protection and the justice system on the North Dakota’s Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.
On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Ms. Krenz said she plans to tell the congressional subcommittee about her experiences of working with at-risk children on the Reservation.
She had worked as a case manager for Spirit Lake Tribal Social Services.
She said she was terminated in June 2011, after bringing problems of child abuse to light on the reservation.
Since that time, she has been an advocate for Native American children.
The Natural Resources Committee said the hearing will, “examine the current status of child welfare and protection services on the reservation that is publicly unknown because relevant federal and tribal agencies lack transparency.”
She said she will have five minutes to present her testimony, followed by questions from the panel.
She added that members of the Bureau of Indian Affairs will also be given the opportunity to present testimony at the hearing.
Cramer called the current situation unacceptable, and “failing our children.”
The goal of this hearing is to shine a light on the situation and promote a dialogue about solutions between local, state, tribal and federal government.
Ms Krenz added, her testimony will be “The first time kids will be heard.”
They will hear from judges and people working with the kids.”
There have been two child deaths in the past year at Spirit Lake.
Almost three years old, Laurynn Whiteshield, was killed on June 12, 2013, as her step-grandmother, Hope Whiteshield pleaded guilty of felony child abuse, along with witness tampering in the case. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The death of an infant on April 25 remains under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A news release from the committee said, “The hearing could lead to congressional action concerning child welfare and justice system on the reservation.”
The hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. EDT on June 24, 2014, at the 1334 Hearing Room of the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C.
Ms Krenz pointed out that she is looking to bring to Washington, DC with her, an as yet to be determined number of “aged out” individuals, previously involved in cases with the social services.
She is looking to raise funds for them to go on the trip.
More information by visiting on line:
www.gofundme.com www.gofundme.com/a88sbs
and the search save the children of spirit lake nation
She also has a Face Book page, BettyJoKrenz.
The information is posted on line at www.CsiNewsNow.com
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – Bond has been set at $250,000 for a Hazen man accused of robbing a Jamestown woman last month.
37-year-old Darrell Boggs faces 14 felonies, including robbery, and drug and weapons charges.
He is being held in the Stutsman County jail.
Jamestown (CSi) Buffalo Valley Red Cross Chapter, Manager, Beth Dewald has resigned her position, saying “It was just time”
Dewald has been with the Red Cross for over 16 years in Jamestown, and prior to that, was on its board of directors. She had also worked for 7 1/2 years for the Red Cross in Minnesota.
Red Cross Regional Executive Director, Judy Green says, “She’s pursuing other opportunities.”
It’s possible the Jamestown office at the Jamestown Business Center, could close as a disaster program specialist does not have to live of work in Jamestown.
While the disaster program specialist will need to live within the Minn-Kota area, he or she will not have to reside — or work — in Jamestown, meaning that the Jamestown office may be closed.
Dewald was the only paid Red Cross staff member in the Jamestown area, though there are 30 Red Cross volunteers in Jamestown, including seven Red Cross volunteer leaders.
Ms. Dewald thanks the community for all the support people have provided to the Red Cross, volunteers and herself.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) Board of Directors, has denied a request from Charlie Kourajian, representing a non-profit corporation for funds to build a bus shelter in downtown Jamestown.
JSDC Board President, Gary Riffe, says he personally supports the project, but does not believe that the JSDC was the proper funding source for the project.
Jamestown Bus Stop, Inc., was requesting $12,000 from JSDC toward estimated construction costs of $16,000. The balance would come from other sources.
Kourajian says bus transportation is important for economic development.
A small lean-to building is proposed for the southeast corner of the parking lot west of the Post House which is located on First Avenue South, downtown.
The building would include lights and heat but no restroom.
Windows would make up the entire south wall of the building to allow law enforcement to observe activities in the building.
Kourajian, expects to use volunteer labor to construct the building.
The plan also includes operations handled by one part-time employee and volunteers.
He’s looking at the possibility of selling bus tickets at the bus stop and using the 10 percent commission paid by the bus line to fund operations.
Jefferson Lines schedule includes two buses through Jamestown each day.
The buses stop in the city parking lot along First Avenue next to the railroad tracks, in a small three-sided shelter, with no lights or heat.
Kourajian says that bus service is also important to local social services agencies, that give bus vouchers to individuals traveling to Fargo or Bismarck for shelter.
If Kourajian is able to secure funding, he hopes to see the building finished before this winter.
The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. Executive Committee will meet with local lenders before making a recommendation to the JSDC Board of Director concerning participating in the Bank of North Dakota Flex Pace Affordable Housing program.
JSDC Executive Committee members said they want to hear from lenders and developers about how much a project like the JSDC is proposing would be used. COO, Connie Ova says the JSDC staff will try to schedule the special meeting on June 25.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot police are investigating a shooting in the city.
Police say in a statement that officers stopped a vehicle that was traveling at high speed early Sunday morning and determined that a 44-year female passenger had been shot.
The woman was taken to a hospital, where she remained Monday. Her name and condition were not released.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A 31-year-old Fargo man who authorities accuse of starting a deck fire has been arrested.
Police in Fargo say the man was arrested in Moorhead, Minnesota. An arrest warrant had been issued for the man on charges of arson, terrorizing and criminal trespass.
Authorities say the man started the fire at his ex-wife’s apartment on Sunday. They say the blaze did not cause any interior damage, but affected the deck.
Police say the man had previously told his ex-wife that we would “napalm” her apartment. Police say officers responded to the same address hours after the fire for a report of a possible burglary. The woman told police she saw the man inside the apartment.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Tucson, Arizona man accused of robbing a Bismarck bank has pleaded not guilty to felony theft in federal court.
Thirty-seven-year-old Sean Nichols was arrested on May 6, just hours after the robbery at Dakota Community Bank.
Authorities say Nichols entered the bank and demanded cash, fleeing on foot with an undisclosed amount. He did not display a weapon.
Nichols was convicted of burglary in Arizona in 2003 and he had two separate robbery convictions in Arizona in 2004.
Nichols is being held on a $20,000 bond. His trial is slated for Aug. 19.
Nichols faces up to 20 years in prison.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A judge has denied bail for a man accused of raping and killing a woman on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
Twenty-nine-year-old Lance Summers has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of murder and sexual abuse in the slaying of 38-year-old Natalie White Lightening of Cannon Ball. Trial is set for Aug. 19.
The indictment says White Lightening died on or around March 18. Her obituary provided by the funeral home states that her body was found April 22 in Fort Yates.
No further details have been provided by the government.
U.S Magistrate Judge Charles Miller ruled Monday that Summers be held without bond. Miller says the defendant is a flight risk and danger to the community.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck woman has been sentenced to six months in jail for assaulting a J.C. Penney employee who tried to stop her from shoplifting. Thirty-six-year-old Leah Hatzenbuhler pleaded guilty to felony robbery and was sentenced Hatzenbuhler to two years in custody with all but six months suspended. Hatzenbuhler was also ordered to spend two years on supervised release. Court records show Hatzenbuhler punched the employee in the face on May 13.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger says he has received signed petitions for a proposed statewide ballot measure on parental rights that could go before voters in November. Advocates of the proposed law giving both parents equal rights and decision-making responsibilities in child custody cases on Monday turned in petitions totaling 13,521 signatures. A similar measure failed in 2006.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The Ward County canvassing board has determined that the vote spread in Minot’s mayoral race wasn’t great enough to warrant delineating the write-in votes.
Chuck Barney won the mayoral race 997-879. Barney ran unopposed and all the 879 votes were write-in.
Ward County Auditor Devra Smestad says it wasn’t necessary to determine who received write-in votes to declare a winner, so the canvassing board on Monday chose not to spend time on tallying the votes.
The Stutsman County Canvassing Board, Monday Certified the June 10th elections. A few votes were added in some races, but no outcomes were affected. The results will be sent to the North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office for Certification.
The final results posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Bureau of Reclamation has named David Rosenkrance as the new manager for the Dakotas Area Office.
Rosenkrance started the position on Monday. He succeeds Richard Long, who retires this month.
The office has oversight for water projects and nine dams in North Dakota, South Dakota and parts of Wyoming.
Rosenkrance has worked for the Bureau of Land Management for 23 years.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A group of Red River diversion opponents who have filed a federal lawsuit against the planned flood control project are pleading their case in Minnesota state court as well. The lawsuit says it doesn’t make sense for the Red River Diversion Authority to begin construction of a ring dike around communities south of Fargo until Minnesota finishes its review on possible environmental impacts.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state of Missouri has denied a request to supervise the probation of a white supremacist who unsuccessfully tried to take control of a small North Dakota town.
Sixty-two-year-old Craig Cobb was sentenced to four years of probation in April for terrorizing residents of Leith (leeth), where he’d tried to establish an all-white enclave. The Missouri native said during his sentencing that he wanted to return to that state to care for his elderly mother.
North Dakota Corrections Department spokesman Tim Tausend says Missouri denied Cobb’s request because “he has had little or no contact with his mother for the past 40 years.”
Tausend says Cobb has been living in Bismarck since his release from jail, where he spent nearly half a year before reaching a probation deal with prosecutors.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – An exhausted University of North Dakota student says he danced, screamed and ate potato chips after finishing a 13-day run between Grand Forks and the state’s oil patch to raise awareness about the environmental impacts of oil.
Caleb Kobilansky arrived in Williston on Friday. The 22-year-old says he originally planned on running 360 miles but likely ran farther.
Kobilansky was joined by 21-year-old Tom Fisher who followed on bicycle carrying supplies.
The pair stayed on back roads for the journey. Kobilansky says dust created by oil field traffic made running difficult and dangerous during the last leg of the trip.
The pair say they hope to release a documentary on the internet about their journey across the back roads of the changing state.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) On Tuesday, June 24 the Buffalo City Gun Club will present the 2nd Annual John Dardis Memorial Hospice Gift Fund “City Shoot”. This is a special three event trapshooting tournament that will begin at 6:30 p.m. The shoot is open to any and all shooters. The proceeds that are raised from the event will go to the John Dardis Memorial Hospice Gift Fund at Jamestown Regional Medical Center Foundation.
John Dardis was the first President of the Buffalo City Gun Club and was a lifetime supporter of shooting sports organizations in the area. He passed away on September 19, 2008 after a long battle with cancer. The JRMC Hospice Program was a great comfort to him and his family in those final days. The John Dardis Memorial Hospice Gift Fund provides for the giving of non-medical items that the families would not be able to procure under normal circumstances. The Gun Club is using this tournament to generate funds to keep the program helping other families in their difficult times.
The “City Shoot” will be composed of three separate events, each comprised of 50 targets. The first event will be 16 Yard Singles – two sub-events of 25 targets each. There will be three classes so all shooters are grouped according to their shooting ability. The next event will be a Troy System Handicap event also consisting of two 25 target sub-events. The Troy Handicap means that whatever you shoot in the Singles event will determine which yard line you will shoot from. There will be two Yard Group classes for event winners. The final event will be a one sub-event of 25 pair of Doubles Targets. There will be two classes based on each shooter’s ability.
Each event will cost $16.00 with all proceeds donated to the John Dardis Memorial Hospice Gift Fund at JRMC Foundation. We hope this will be well attended and continue to be an annual event to help continue the work the JRMC Hospice Program. Interested spectators are welcome and unknown shooters will be classified to the best ability of the shoot management.
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Seattle 5 San Diego 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BOSTON (AP) – Rubby De La Rosa matched his first career Fenway Park start with another seven impressive innings to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 1-0 win over the Minnesota Twins last night. De La Rosa gave up only a single in the third inning as he combined with three relievers on a three-hitter. He walked three and fanned three.
Final Cleveland 4 L.A. Angels 3
Final Kansas City 11 Detroit 8
Final Tampa Bay 5 Baltimore 4
Final Texas 14 Oakland 8
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Chi Cubs 5 Miami 4, 13 Innings
Final Philadelphia 6 Atlanta 1, 13 Innings
Final St. Louis 6 N-Y Mets 2
Final Milwaukee 9 Arizona 3
Final L.A. Dodgers 6 Colorado 1
WORLD CUP SOCCER
NATAL, Brazil (AP) – The United States has taken a major step toward advancing to the knockout round of World Cup by beating Ghana 2-1 in the opener for both teams. Clint Dempsey scored 32 points into the game, the fifth-fastest goal in World Cup history. But the game was tied until substitute John Brooks scored on a header off a corner kick in the 86th minute, four minutes after Ghana tied the game.
Thomas Mueller scored a hat trick as Germany ripped Portugal 4-0.
– Nigeria and Iran played to a 0-0 stalemate, the first draw of the World Cup.
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Louisville has been eliminated in the College World Series.
Texas stayed alive with a 4-1 win over the Cardinals. Parker French and Travis Duke combined for a four-hitter to help the Longhorns end a four-game College World Series losing streak dating to 2009.
Texas scored runs on a sacrifice fly, a groundout and a throwing error.
Also at Omaha, Vanderbilt beat UC Irvine 6-4 as Walker Buehler pitched 5 1/3 innings of no-hit relief. The Commodores will play in a bracket final Friday against the winner of Wednesday’s elimination game between Irvine and Texas.
OBIT-GWYNN
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn has passed away at the age of 54 from cancer. The eight-time National League batting champ and 15-time All-Star spent his entire career with the San Diego Padres. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2007. Gwynn finished his career with a .338 average, 3,141 hits, five Gold Gloves and 319 stolen bases.
He made headlines in 1994 when he toyed with a .400 batting average, something not achieved in decades. He finished the strike-shortened season with a .394 average.
Gwynn had two operations for cancer in his right cheek between August 2010 and February 2012. The second surgery was complicated, with surgeons removing a facial nerve because it was intertwined with a tumor inside his right cheek.
Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux says on Twitter that Gwynn was “the best pure hitter I ever faced.” Gwynn owned a .415 lifetime average against Maddux, who never struck him out in 107 at-bats.
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer says “our city is a little darker today without him but immeasurably better because of him.”
Gwynn had said he believed the cancer was from chewing tobacco.
MLB…
UNDATED (AP) – Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters (WEE’-turz) will undergo season-ending surgery on his right elbow on Tuesday.
Wieters had his ailing elbow examined by Dr. James Andrews on Monday after sitting out since May 10. He was hitting .309 with five home runs and 18 RBIs in 26 games.
In world and national news…
PILGER, Neb. (AP) – Officials say they don’t expect to know the intensity until later today of unusual twin tornadoes that wrecked the small Nebraska town of Pilger, killing a 5-year-old and injuring at least 19 people. Crews still have to examine the area to determine the storm’s strength. Evacuated residents will have a chance to survey the damage and recover valuables this morning.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Food and Drug Administration is getting ready to further address increasing concern about salty food as part of a long-awaited federal effort to try to prevent thousands of deaths each year from heart disease and stroke. The FDA is preparing to issue voluntary guidelines asking the food industry to lower sodium levels. Americans eat about 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt daily, about a third more than they should.
VIENNA (AP) – More negotiations have begun between Iran and six world powers as they try to reach a nuclear deal by a July 20 deadline. A May round ended in stalemate over some stubborn differences. Officials say the main obstacle is the size and capacity of Iran’s future uranium enrichment program. Enrichment can create both nuclear fuel and the core of an atomic weapon.
BAGHDAD (AP) – Sunni militants have been on the offensive again today in Iraq, where officials say a raid on a police station northeast of Baghdad left at least 44 Sunni detainees dead. The militants were apparently trying to free the prisoners, but met resistance from pro-government Shiite militiamen defending the lockup. There is conflicting information on how the detainees died.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Somali extremists have hit a coastal area of Kenya near the border for a second day, killing at least nine people. That’s in addition to 48 killed a day earlier. The back-to-back al-Shabab attacks underscore the weak security around the former tourist attraction, which lies just south of the Somali border. The U.S. ambassador made Kenya’s entire coastal region off-limits for embassy employees.