North Dakota
Grafton knocks off Wahpeton to earn North Dakota Division A boys state tournament berth
FARGO — After narrowly missing last year’s state tournament, the Grafton Spoilers are heading to the newly created North Dakota Division A boys basketball tournament.
Grafton defeated the Region 1 No. 2-seeded Wahpeton Huskies 48-36 in a state-qualifying game Saturday afternoon at the Scheels Center.
The Spoilers, who came into the game as the No. 3-seed from Region 2, has a few seniors on its current roster that got a chance to play in the state tournament in 2022.
“It’s fun for them to get another crack at it,” said Grafton head coach Riley Lillemoen. “They work and they did just enough to get the win.”
One of those seniors, Juan Villarreal, scored a game-high 21 points for the Spoilers, including a 3-pointer and four free throws.
“We went to it my sophomore year and it felt great,” Villarreal said. “It didn’t seem as exciting, but now that it’s my senior year and last chance to do it. I just want to have fun.”
The Huskies opened the first quarter on a 9-0 run and ended the quarter leading 12-7. Grafton rallied back after Braylon Baldwin splashed a 3-pointer to tie the game at 17-17 with 5 minutes, 2 seconds left in the second quarter.
Villareal scored 13 points in the second quarter to put the Spoilers on top 28-23 at halftime.
“We’ve never been schooled for five minutes,” Villarreal said. “Something just clicked as a team. They saw me driving and I was bouncing off of them. We started scoring and took the lead.”
Grafton continued to put up points in the third quarter. The Spoilers outscored the Huskies 11-6 and led 39-29 after three quarters.
Wahpeton’s struggle to generate a rally continued into the fourth quarter. The Huskies scored only 13 points in the final half. Baldwin closed out the game for Grafton with five free throws.
Baldwin scored 12 points for the Spoilers. Kyler Droog added six points, Ryan Hanson had five points and Brody Lillemoen had four points. Grafton went 11 of 12 from the foul line.
Brayden Steffen led Wahpeton with 10 points. Jayden King and Cooper Klosterman each finished with seven points. Bjorn Kubela scored five points and Landon Ralph drained a 3-pointer. The Huskies made 4 of 8 free throws.
Huskies head coach Jeff Ralph commended his seniors, including King, Klosterman and Landon Ralph, on the impact they’ve had on the program.
“Those five guys were huge leaders for us,” Jeff Ralph said. “They set the tone for these younger kids. A great group of kids and a group that came to work everyday.”
Another week of preparation and execution on the floor is in store for Grafton with the state tournament a week away.
“We need to shoot the ball better,” Riley Lillemoen said. “We did not shoot the ball well today and we need to take care of the ball. Those two things would help a lot.”
After graduating from North Dakota State University, Haugland joined the Forum in January of 2023. Readers can reach him at 701-241-5508 or by emailing ahaugland@forumcomm.com
North Dakota
One Killed in Grand Forks Murder
(KNOX) -According to the Grand Forks Police Department officers were dispatched to Sledster’s Food and Brew, 21 South 4th Street in downtown Grand Forks Thursday evening for a shooting in-progress incident.
Upon arrival at Sledster’s, officers located one adult victim on the floor inside with apparent gunshot wounds. Life-saving measures were immediately rendered to the victim. However, they ultimately succumbed to their injuries.
The suspect of the shooting incident was located and detained at Tea and Crepe’s at 307 Demers Ave in Grand Forks without incident. The suspect was identified as 26 year-old Nicholas Narveson of Grand Forks. Narveson was arrested and taken to Grand Forks County Corrections, charged with Murder.
There was no threat to the public.
The Grand Forks Police Department was assisted at the scene by the Grand Forks Fire Department and Altru Paramedics.
North Dakota
Weather Wednesday: telegraphic coded weather observations
BISMARCK — Bismarck, Omit, Leafage, Buck, Bank. That was the telegraphic code found on this thin piece of paper, hidden in this silk dress from the 1800s.
Wayne Chan decoded the mysterious message which turned out to be a meteorological one, detailing the weather conditions on May 27, 1888. “I’ve never seen any code that wasn’t meant for secrecy be so complex.”
But in the 1800s the U.S. Army Signal Service used this complex code to send weather reports from across the country to the central Signal Service in Washington, DC through telegram, which charged by the word.
“Basically they’re trying to compress several variables down to one word to save money when they transmit the message,” Chan explains.
Here’s how it breaks down: the first word is the reporting weather station: Bismarck. The second word: OMIT represents temperature and air pressure: 56 degrees with a barometric pressure of 30.08”. The next word LEAFAGE is code for dew point and observation time: 32 degrees at 10pm eastern time. BUCK reveals the wind direction and precipitation, it was a dry day with a north wind. And the final word BANK translates the wind speed of 12mph and sunset conditions which were clear on May 27, 1888.
These condensed weather reports in the beginning of the telegraph era were sent to the D.C. weather office three times a day where meteorologists there would decode the messages and create a national weather map of current conditions… a collection of reports traveling faster than the weather for the first time in history.
Meteorologists would use these weather observations as a base for creating a national forecast within two and a half hours of receiving the reports. The forecast would then be sent through telegram to cities and newspapers across the Union, to help alert people of what type of weather was heading their way… all thanks to these condensed, coded messages.
“It’s kind of like texting, you are compressing and using abbreviations and emojis to compress the message,” Chan adds. Though 136 years later, a text of Bismarck, Unit, Lashing, Silvan, Noisy, Ice would be difficult for to decipher, especially without the correct codebook.
Many weather stations in the 1800s were located near the telegraph office so the reports could be quickly transmitted since they had high priority. Telegraph operators were supposed to send the weather reports before almost anything else.
North Dakota
Death Investigation: North Dakota Person Died After Consuming Recalled Microdosing Candies – KVRR Local News
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/NorthDakotaMonitor) — A person in North Dakota died after consuming recalled microdosing candies.
The death is under investigation by state agencies, the poison control center and FDA.
The FDA published a recall on June 28 of some Prophet Premium Blends Diamond Shruumz products.
They are marketed as containing a proprietary blend of mushrooms.
As of July 1, 48 illnesses, including 27 hospitalizations, have been reported in 24 states.
North Dakota is the only state where a death is being investigated.
North Dakota officials are warning the public because the recalled products could still be available for sale online, in stores that sell hemp-derived products, or in smoke and vape shops, said Michelle Dethloff, director of the infectious diseases and epidemiology unit.
The products are not illegal but they are not licensed or regulated by the state.
State officials would not provide specifics about when or where in North Dakota the death occurred or the person’s age, citing privacy reasons. The person who died is an adult, Dethloff said. The exact cause of death remains under investigation.
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