CSi Weather…
TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS…LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE EVENING…THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS…
LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA .
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE MORNING…THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA 60 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL IN THE EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
70 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
TODAY AND TONIGHT…
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A THREAT…ESPECIALLY IF
STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA MULTIPLE TIMES. FLOODING COULD BE
AN ISSUE IN SOME SPOTS…BOTH OVERLAND AND IN RIVERS AND STREAMS.
KEEP ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS AS STORMS PASS THROUGH. THUNDERSTORMS BRING MANY HAZARDS
AND THE BEST PLACE TO BE WHEN ONE HITS IS INSIDE. IF HIGH WINDS OR
LARGE HAIL ACCOMPANY THE STORM IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE WEATHER READY.
Jamestown (CSi) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week, increased the release from Jamestown Dam, after 2.5 inches of rain soaked the area June 18 and 19, 2014
The Jamestown and Pipestem Reservoir levels went up a foot.
Pipestem Dam Manger, Bob Martin, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says
the Jamestown Dam increase release went from 150 cfs, to 235 cfs on Monday, June 23, 2014.
The Pipestem Dam releases remains at 215 cfs for a combined release of 450 cfs.
Martin adds that the water level at Jamestown Reservoir is also about 1 foot above normal summer lake levels, fluctuating with rain events.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River “Y” is currently hosting a Volley Ball Camp, in conjunction with the University of Jamestown.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the Y’s Executive Director Frank Conlin said, over 100 high school girls from a 100 mile radius of Jamestown are participating through Saturday this week, at the Y and the Hansen Center, on Campus.
Last week the camp was held for middle school girls.
Conlin reported the 1st Annual Y, Golf Tournament was recently held at Jamestown Country Club, which had 18 sponsors. R.M.Stoudt offered a vehicle for anyone hitting a hole-in-one, on hole four, but unfortunately no one aced that hole.
The proceeds went to the youth scholarship program.
Conlin reminds members, that the Y will be closed for the annual cleanup and maintenance week, July 7-11, 2014.
The Y’s staff and University of Jamestown staff will perform the work, which includes draining a re-painting the swimming pool, and installing some new carpeting.
He noted that swimming lessons continue this summer.
Signups are being taken for the upcoming Camp Rokiwan at Spiritwood Lake, in July.
The camp is a joint venture of the Jamestown Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs.
Scholarships are available with applications available at the Y’s front desk.
Fifty openings are offered, and at that time the camp is about half full.
Valley City (CSi) Due to lack of support, the owners of Valley City’s Cinema Flix movie theater may sell the business, look for investors or close the theater.
On FaceBook, cinema owner, Jeremy Zako, note his options.
He says costs incurred at the recently renovated theater amounted to about $250,000, and community support has not be sufficient in paying the overhead of running the business.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – One of two suspects in the fatal shooting of a man in Grand Forks is in custody.
Police arrested the 18-year-old man Wednesday on an unrelated warrant for failing to pay fines. Charges against him were pending in the Tuesday slaying of 24-year-old Jose Lopez.
Police are continuing to search for a 29-year-old man also wanted in connection with Lopez’s death. He is considered armed and dangerous.
Lopez was found in an apartment building early Tuesday with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A 58-year-old Bismarck man is accused of holding a woman against her will in a motel room and raping her in the presence of her 7-year-old son.
A judge on Wednesday set bond at $150,000 cash for Kenneth Nash, who faces charges of gross sexual imposition, felonious restraint, interfering with an emergency telephone call and promoting obscenity to minors.
Court documents do not list an attorney for Nash. He could face life in prison if convicted.
Authorities say the woman and her child went to the hotel room to hang out with Nash, and that Nash would not allow them to leave on Tuesday. They eventually were able to escape. The relationship between Nash and the woman was not clear.
ELGIN, N.D. (AP) – Authorities in Elgin say they are investigating reports of family pets being poisoned.
Grant County Sheriff Steve Bay says residents have called his office to report that when they took their sick dogs to the veterinarian, they were told the animals showed symptoms of ingesting rat or mouse bait poison.
) 10 dogs have apparently been poisoned in the southwestern North Dakota town, and one has died.
Bay says the local vet is getting a lot of calls about the dogs and that the investigation is one of the department’s top priorities.
Stephanie Lince says her two dogs became sick with symptoms including continuous coughing as if they were choking. Their health has since improved.
Lince says that “everyone is just paranoid of losing their animals.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Agriculture Department has created a webpage to help anhydrous ammonia dealers comply with federal Environmental Protection Agency rules.
The site dealing with the Risk Management Program can be found at http://1.usa.gov/1lTBFZR . Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says it provides guidance materials and tools to help anhydrous facility managers better understand the program and how they can comply.
Anhydrous ammonia is a common farm fertilizer. The EPA requires all facilities that handle, process, or store 10,000 pounds or more of anhydrous to register with the agency and submit a risk management plan.
The EPA earlier this year granted authority to North Dakota’s Agriculture Department to enforce the requirements in the state. Goehring says pesticide and fertilizer staff will begin conducting inspections and compliance audits of anhydrous facilities in July.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Officials with American Crystal Sugar Co. say they should not have to testify in a lawsuit involving the sugar and corn syrup industries.
American Crystal is not part of the suit, but KFGO radio reports that the Moorhead, Minnesota-based company is being asked to provide information on genetically-modified sugar beets.
The complaint filed in California accuses corn syrup marketers of misleading consumers by claiming that sugar and high-fructose corn syrup are nutritionally the same.
Lawyers for American Crystal say the information wanted by corn syrup marketers is “confidential, irrelevant or obtainable from other sources.”
A judge has not ruled on the motion.
PEMBINA, N.D. (AP) – The office of the U.S. Department of Customs and Border Protection in Pembina is reminding travelers to Canada to carry the proper documentation and expect heavy traffic at the border starting Friday.
Officials say border traffic volumes are expected to significantly increase through July 7 for the observance of Canada Day and Independence Day.
Travelers are being encouraged to cross during off-peak times such as before 6 a.m. or after 3 p.m.
Authorities say travelers should carry an acceptable travel document such as a passport, a U.S. passport card, a trusted traveler card, a permanent resident card or an enhanced driver’s license. They say these documents can expedite entry into the United States and make future border crossings more efficient.
WASHINGTON (AP) – North Dakota and South Dakota are among five states that saw the median age of their population drop thanks to the country’s oil and gas boom. Census Bureau data shows the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and Oklahoma are attracting young men looking for work in the oil fields. Alaska and Hawaii also saw their population’s age slide.
TIOGA, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s governor and oil industry representatives are hosting the public at a celebration marking the state’s one million barrels a day oil production level. Governor Jack Dalrymple (DAHL’-rimp-ul) says hydraulic fracturing is the key to the future of not only North Dakota but the entire nation. The event featured an aerial acrobatics, a barbeque and a live band.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s general license plate is getting the first makeover in more than 20 years.
The Legislature’s Budget Section approved the new design unveiled by the state Transportation Department on Wednesday.
The new plate retains much of the same design components of the current plate released in 1993.
The new plate still has a blue sky, a butte and a bison. It also has two wheat sheaves instead of one and the state’s tourism slogan, “Discover the Spirit,” has been replaced by “Legendary.”
The new plate also is flat instead of embossed.
North Dakota lawmakers set aside almost $7 million last year to make and distribute the plates.
More than 1 million license plates must be replaced with the new plate by June 30th, 2017.
In sports…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University sophomore wrestler Josh Rodriguez will compete at the 2014 Junior Pan American Wrestling Championships.
The event is Friday through Sunday at the Hershey Centre in the Toronto area.
Rodriguez is scheduled to represent the U.S. in both the Greco-Roman and freestyle divisions at 60 kilograms, or 132 pounds. He won a national championship in Greco-Roman and added a fifth-place finish in freestyle at the 2014 FILA Junior Nationals in Las Vegas in April.
Rodriguez is from Guadalupe, California. His NDSU teammate Matt Gray won gold in the 74 kilogram freestyle division and bronze in Greco-Roman at last year’s Junior Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile.
AA…
St. Paul 13, Fargo-Moorhead 5
MLB…
INTERLEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 5 Pittsburgh 1
Final Oakland 8 N-Y Mets 5
Final Atlanta 4 Houston 0
Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Kansas City 4
Final Cleveland 6 Arizona 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Garrett Richards pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning to win his fourth straight decision as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 last night. The Twins have lost seven straight road games for the first time since September 2011. Richards surrendered the third homer of his breakout season but recovered for his fourth victory in June.
Final Baltimore 5 Chi White Sox 4, 12 Innings
Final N-Y Yankees 5 Toronto 3
Final Detroit 8 Texas 6
Final Boston 5 Seattle 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum (LIHN’-seh-kuhm) has no-hit the San Diego Padres for the second time in less than a year, facing just one batter over the minimum to earn a 4-0 victory. Lincecum struck out six and issued a second-inning walk in joining Christy Mathewson as the only Giants to toss two no-hitters. It’s the third no-hitter of the season following gems by Dodgers hurlers Josh Beckett and Clayton Kershaw.
Final Milwaukee 9 Washington 2
Final St. Louis 9 Colorado 6
Final Cincinnati 4 Chi Cubs 1
Final Miami 3 Philadelphia 2
WNBA BASKETBALL
Final Connecticut 79 Chicago 69
Final OT Tulsa 107 Indiana 102
WORLD CUP SOCCER
UNDATED (AP) – Switzerland topped Honduras 3-0 and moved into the second round at the World Cup, while France played to a scoreless draw with Ecuador to clinch the top spot in Group E.
Argentina closed out the opening round with a 3-2 win over Nigeria. Each team advances to the next round of play. And Iran lost to Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1. The loss eliminated Iran from advancing in the tournament. Bosnia-Herzegovina had already been eliminated.
Meanwhile, a FIFA (FEE’-fah) disciplinary panel member says World Cup organizers will decide by Thursday on a punishment for Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, who appeared to bite an opponent during Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Italy. Suarez has a history of disciplinary problems, including separate bans of seven and 10 matches for biting opponents in the Netherlands and England.
A decision needs to be made before Uruguay’s second-round game against Colombia on Saturday.
RECIFE, Brazil (AP) – The United States will advance to the second round of World Cup with a victory or a tie today against Germany, or a tie by Ghana and Portugal. The Americans are 1-0-1 in Group G following a 2-1 win over Ghana and a 2-2 tie with Portugal. The Yanks will be without Jozy Altidore for the second straight game because of a strained hamstring.
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – John Norwood belted a tiebreaking, solo homer in the eighth inning to lift Vanderbilt past Virginia 3-2 in the third and deciding game of the College World Series. It was Norwood’s first homer since April 19, and Vanderbilt’s first since May 16. The Cavaliers loaded the bases with one out in the eighth before Mike Papi was forced out at home and Brandon Downes grounded out.
TENNIS…
LONDON (AP) – Women’s top seed Serena Williams and men’s No. 2 Rafael Nadal highlight today’s Wimbledon schedule as they try to advance to the third round. Yesterday’s winners included Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Venus Williams, Li Na (lee nah) and Agnieszka Radwanska (ahg-nee-ESH’-kuh rahd-VAHN’-skuh). Men’s seventh seed David Ferrer and women’s No. 8 Victoria Azarenka dropped their second-round matches yesterday.
NBA…
UNDATED (AP) – The New York Knicks have created some salary cap space and picked up a pair of second-round picks in tonight’s draft as Phil Jackson made his first roster move since becoming team president. The Knicks sent Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton to the Dallas Mavericks for Jose Calderon, Shane Larkin, Samuel Dalembert (DAL’-ehm-behr) and Wayne Ellington. Chandler helped the Mavericks win the NBA championship three years ago.
MLB…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Curt Schilling says that his cancer is in remission. The former Red Sox pitcher turned ESPN analyst announced the news on social media and thanked his Boston-based medical team.
He hasn’t indicated the type of cancer or his prognosis, but has posted pictures of himself undergoing treatments.
Schilling is a three-time World Series champion. In 20 seasons, he was 216-146 with a 3.46 ERA.
In world and national news…
CAIRO (AP) – One of Libya’s most prominent female activists is dead. The state news agency reports Salma Bugaighis was assassinated in the restive eastern city of Benghazi when gunmen stormed her house. She had been at the forefront in the 2011 uprising against Moammar Gadhafi and was also among the most vocal and outspoken activists against militiamen and Islamic extremists running rampant in Libya.
KALAK, Iraq (AP) – British Foreign Secretary William Hague has followed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry into Baghdad to echo calls for unity. Hague calls the Sunni militants a “mortal threat.” Meanwhile, hundreds of Iraqi villagers fleeing the militants crowded at a checkpoint leading to relatively safe Kurdish territory. Many others have already gotten in.
MOSCOW (AP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s message to Moscow is actions speak louder than words. Speaking at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg today, Poroshenko called for Russia to support his peace plan with deeds to “stop the killing of civilians and the military” and prevent armed separatists from crossing the Russian border into Ukraine.
CLEVELAND (AP) – A court case involving an underage girl may have proved too much for an Ohio man. A coroner is trying to determine the cause of death of 51-year-old Miguel Aybar, who collapsed and died outside a courtroom minutes after a judge sentenced him to 60 days in jail for trying to restrain and kiss a 14-year-old girl.
AMSTERDAM (AP) – Google says the process has begun but there’s still a backlog of European takedown requests to work through. The Internet search giant has begun to comply with a May court ruling that European Union citizens have a right to ask for the removal of irrelevant or embarrassing personal information that pops up on a search of their names.