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.REST OF TODAY.. MOSTLY SUNNY THIS  AFTERNOON. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGHS 5 TO 10. TEMPERATURE FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA….50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS 10 TO 15 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS 26 BELOW TO 31 BELOW ZERO.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 BELOW. WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS 29 BELOW TO 34 BELOW ZERO.

 

.Areas of blowing and drifting snow this morning across parts of

southwest and central North Dakota…

Gusty winds as high as 35 mph this morning will help create areas

of blowing and drifting snow across parts of southwest and central

North Dakota. Visibilities could at times be reduced to less than

a mile…especially in open country. Use caution if traveling this

Tuesday morning as roads may be slippery and snow covered.

The Jamestown city street crews were out early this morning clearing arterials in the city.

Any updates on snow removal will be posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown city crews have begun the full snow removal program Tueday morning and will continue snow removal in the RESIDENTIAL areas to begin at approximately 11:00 a.m. today, Tuesday, January 10, 2017.

City crews will begin snow removal in the DOWNTOWN area beginning approximately at 11:00 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, January 10, 2017, and continue during the night.

Downtown merchants and all public/private schools are asked to have their sidewalks shoveled by 9 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, January 10, 2017.

 

PLEASE NOTE:

The above schedule is contingent upon changing weather conditions and snow accumulation totals.

The Jamestown weather station reported four inches of new snowfall in the  24 hours ending at 6-a.m., Tuesday. Total snow accumulation for winter of 2016-17 is 41 inches.  .02 of an inch of moisture in the four inches of new snow, bring the January moisture to  .08 of an inch as of 6-a.m., Tuesday.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  A fire in a downtown Jamestown store/apartment location Monday about 1-p.m., caused considerable fire and some  damage to the two story building at 206 First Avenue South.

The Jamestown City Fire Department quickly extinguished the fire,  entering the building from the alley door.

Jamestown City Fire Department, Lt. Sheldon Mohr says the fire started in the Lloyd’s Electronics offices on the first floor, with extensive fire damage to that area of the building, along with smoke damage to the adjacent offices in the building and the second floor apartments.

The building includes Lloyds Electronics, Nordak Technologies, Target Touch Massage, The Lighthouse, Direct Check, Top of the Stairs dance studio and The Corner Bar.

He adds, there was some smoke damage to the buildings adjacent to the fire scene.

The American Red Cross was on the scene assisting the occupants, two families, residing in  the apartments, who were not allowed to return on Monday.

No injuries were reported, with five city fire units and 30 fire fighters on the scene about two hours.

The cause of the fire was under investigation, Monday afternoon.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  A missing hunter returned home Monday, after a search for him was initiated in rural Stutsman County.

Stutsman County Sheriff, Chad Kaiser says his office received a call about 10-a.m., Monday from the man’s family saying he was overdue returning home from Sunday.

Kaiser says the an air and ground search was initiated and the man’s Suburban was found stuck in snow, about three miles south and a mile west of Jamestown.

Kaiser says the vehicle had slid off the roadway.

The man’s cell phone was dead and he was unable to call for help.

The man left the scene on foot or possibly received a ride at daylight, Monday, and arrived home in Jamestown about the time the vehicle was located, around 2-p.m., Monday.

Kaiser says the man was being interviewed to gather more information.

The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in the search with the help of R&B Motorsports, providing a snowmobile, along with the aircraft provided by Keith Veil.

Also assisting at the scene were the Jamestown Police Department, and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

 

Valley City  (CSi)   The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified    a Max, North Dakota  woman who was killed Sunday afternoon,  in a rollover crash on I-94, eight miles west of Valley City Sunday about 5:15 p.m.

Highway Patrol Captain Bryan Niewind reports 18 year old   Brooke Schroeder was eastbound on I-94 during blowing snow conditions. The car veered towards the median and into the guardrail on an overpass. After striking the guardrail, the vehicle vaulted over the median and landed on its top on the east embankment of the underpass at 109th Avenue SE.

Schroeder needed to be extracted from the vehicle by the Valley City Rural Fire Department. She was transported to Mercy Hospital where she was pronounced dead from the injuries suffered in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

Assisting at the scene were  the Barnes County Sheriff’s Dept, Valley City Rural Fire & Rescue, Barnes County Ambulance.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a Sawyer woman was injured in a rollover crash, west of Valley City Monday morning.

18 year old  Mara Jo Roteliuk, was traveling westbound on I-94 when she fell asleep at the wheel and drifted towards the median. Roteliuk abruptly corrected, causing her to lose control of vehicle. The vehicle rolled as it crossed the median and across both eastbound lanes before coming to rest on its wheels in the south ditch.

Roteliuk was wearing her seat belt and was injured.  She was transported to Mercy Hospital in Valley City and was cited with care required.

The crash remains under investigation.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department reminds residents about winter safety.

Fire Chief Jim Reuther says, with the extended cold weather we have experienced, residents should check their homes sewer vents for ice accumulations.  Toxic vapors and sewer gas can be a serious hazard when sewer vents become plugged with ice.

The smell of sewer gas in a residence is often the first indication of a problem, but homeowners should also make a visible check of their roof vents to make sure ice has not accumulated.  Another indication of ice build-up on a sewer vent may be that sinks and bathtubs do not drain properly.

Use care when checking or clearing a frozen sewer vent on the roof as the job may involve a ladder and icy roof. It’s a good idea to team up with a neighbor or friend and work with a partner on the ground.

Consider helping an elderly friend or neighbor with these simple tasks. 

Help the Jamestown Fire Department by adopting the fire hydrant closest to your home or business and keep it free of snow.

At a fire, the Fire Department must quickly locate and gain a water supply source from the closest fire hydrant. A fire engine carries enough water for approximately 3 1/2 minutes of firefighting. If a fire hydrant is buried by snow, it is difficult to find and valuable time must be spent digging it out. The delay in gaining a water supply from a fire hydrant may cause firefighters to abandon firefighting efforts and may allow a fire to grow.

Keep the snow clear from around the fire hydrant and shovel a path from the street or roadway up to the fire hydrant. These actions will allow the Fire Department to quickly locate a fire hydrant and obtain a water supply for firefighting activities.

A reminder to  building owners, managers and occupants to be sure to keep all exit doors to buildings free of snow and ice buildup. The recent back to back snow storms which hit North Dakota have created a potential safety hazard. In some cases, excessive amounts of snow are blocking alternate means of escape from buildings limiting many buildings to just one entrance or exit.

The need to clear snow from main entrances so occupants can access buildings has caused secondary and other emergency exits to be forgotten. Additionally, the unusually large snowfalls have overwhelmed normally open space creating the added burden of where to put snow so it will not be in the way.

Exits should be cleared at least the width of each exit door and the exit path should lead to the nearest public way. Anyone finding blocked exits should notify building management immediately.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The crew of a United Express commuter jet headed to Denver from Fargo aborted takeoff after the plane blew two of its tires on the runway.

No one was hurt in the incident, which happened about 6:30 a.m. Monday.

Airport spokesman Shawn Dobberstein (DOE’-bur-steen) tells KFGO radio that the plane was accelerating for takeoff when the plane’s two right rear tires blew.

Dobberstein says the 50-seat Embraer 145 jet returned to the terminal and passengers were re-booked on other flights.

Airport crews searched the runway for debris, but did not find any. The cause remains under investigation.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A bipartisan proposal would let North Dakota voters decide once again whether to eliminate the state Treasurer’s Office.

The resolution introduced Monday is sponsored by Republican Rep. Mike Nathe of Bismarck and Democratic Sen. Tim Mathern of Fargo.

The proposal would close the office and split its duties among other agencies.

The state treasurer manages cash for North Dakota agencies and distributes some tax collections to local governments. The treasurer also serves on state boards that oversee government pensions and state land management.

It has been the smallest state agency headed by an elected official. It has about eight employees and a budget of about $1 million annually.

The change would require approval from North Dakota’s voters. They defeated attempts in 2000 and 1984.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two Native American tribes that oppose the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline want a federal judge to reject an effort by the project’s developer to get permission to finish the disputed four-state pipeline.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners asked Judge James Boasberg in November to declare it has legal right to lay pipe under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota. That’s the remaining unbuilt chunk of the 1,200-mile pipeline.

ETP believes it has the necessary federal permission to drill under Lake Oahe, but the Corps and the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes disagree.

They filed court documents Friday asking Boasberg to reject ETP’s request.

The tribes worry the pipeline will harm the environment. ETP disputes that.

 

In sports…

Boy’s Basketball….

Fargo North 88, Fargo Shanley 82, OT

Napoleon 55, Oakes 35

Rolla 64, Rolette-Wolford 55

St. John 77, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 40

White Shield 89, Dunseith 79

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Fargo Davies 91 Valley city 46

Carrington 49, Barnes County North 34

Central Cass 56, Enderlin 43

Dakota Prairie 67, Lakota 37

Des Lacs-Burlington 56, Lewis and Clark-Berthold 42

Drayton/Valley-Edinburg 61, Griggs County Central 25

Dunseith 88, White Shield 24

Fargo Davies 91, Valley City 46

Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran 76, Milnor-North Sargent 25

Fargo Shanley 73, Fargo North 48

Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 48, Cavalier 18

Fordville Lankin-Park River 54, Hillsboro/Central Valley 29

Glen Ullin-Hebron 72, Beach 62

Grafton/St. Thomas 42, May Port CG 35

Harvey-Wells County 54, Benson County 44

Hatton-Northwood 50, Midway-Minto 43

Hazen 52, Richardton-Taylor 20

Heart River 47, New England 39

Kenmare 45, Divide County 44

Killdeer 55, Hettinger/Scranton 38

Lemmon, S.D. 48, Flasher 46

Lisbon 56, Sargent Central 29

Medina-Pingree-Buchanan 55, Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier 41

Minot Bishop Ryan 77, Glenburn 18

Mobridge-Pollock, S.D. 45, Standing Rock 38

Mott-Regent 50, Dickinson Trinity 43

New Salem-Almont 63, Underwood 54

North Shore – Plaza 58, Tioga 53

Oakes 69, Strasburg-Zeeland 25

Parshall 55, Garrison 46

Powers Lake 57, Burke County 22

Richland 55, Hankinson 38

Rugby 83, Drake/Anamoose 14

Solen 51, Bismarck Century Soph 36

Thompson 47, Larimore 22

Tri-State 49, Northern Cass 34

Velva/Sawyer 57, Towner-Granville-Upham 26

Watford City 65, New Town 58, OT

Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 65, Maple Valley 21

 

 

State Class B Basketball Polls (First-place votes in parentheses) Team Boys Rec. Pts. LW

1. FW-Minn. (15) 7-0 150 1

2. Thompson 6-1 106 5

3. Shi. Christian 6-1 102 4

4. Linton-HMB 6-0 82 8

5. North Star 6-1 81 2

6. Northern Cass 5-1 59 6

7. Dickinson Trinity 7-2 57 3

8. Carrington 8-0 56 10

9. St. John 6-0 52 9

10. Milnor-North Sarg. 6-0 24 NR

Others receiving votes: Hillsboro-Central Valley (4-2), Hankinson (7-1), New Rock ford-Sheyenne (5-2), Des Lac-Burlington (4-2), Grafton (6-1), Bishop Ryan (4-1), Oak Grove (4-2), Solen (5-1).

 

Girls Team Rec. Pts. LW

1. North Star (9) 10-0 142 1

2. PR-F-L 10-0 135 2

3. Kindred (3) 8-0 119 4

4. Carrington 9-0 109 5

5. Langdon-E-M 8-1 69 7

6. Oak Grove 9-1 68 9

7. Shi. Christian 6-2 50 3

8. New Town 10-1 27 NR 9 (tie). Grnt Cty 9-1 26 6 9 (tie). Redeemer 7-2 26 10

Others receiving votes: LaMoure Litchville-Marion (9-2), Rugby (10-1) Bishop Ryan (6-3), Enderlin (8-1), Des Lacs-Burlington (8-1), Velva-Sawyer (7-2).

 

Valley City  (CSi)   The Barnes County Boys’ Basketball Tournament opens  tonight at The W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse in Valley City.

Tuesday, Jan. 10 – Quarterfinals

3 p.m. – (1) Milnor/North Sargent vs. (8) Barnes County North

4:30 p.m. – (4) LaMoure/Litchville-Marion vs. (5) Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page

6 p.m. – (2) Enderlin vs. (7) Griggs County Central

7:30 p.m. – (3) Maple Valley vs. (6) Sargent Central

 

Friday, Jan. 13

3 p.m. -Consolation:

4:30 p.m. – Consolation:

6 p.m. -Semifinal:

7:30 p.m. -Semifinal:

 

Sat Jan 14

12:00 p.m. -7th place:

1:30 p.m. -5th place:

3:00pm- 3rd place:

4:300 p.m.- Championship:

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 34 points and 11 rebounds, Ricky Rubio added 13 points and a season-high 15 assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a four-game losing streak with a 101-92 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night.

Harrison Barnes scored 30 points for the Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki had 26, including five 3-pointers.

Towns hit 15 of 19 shots from the floor as the Timberwolves shot 56.3 percent.

Rubio scored nine points in the fourth quarter, including consecutive baskets during an 8-0 run that gave the Timberwolves some breathing room after Dallas had whittled a 21-point lead to 81-77.

He hit three free throws with 2:08 to play to give Minnesota a 97-83 lead.

 

Final New Orleans 110 N-Y Knicks 96

Final Oklahoma City 109 Chicago 94

 

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Florida 3 New Jersey 0

Final Washington 4 Montreal 1

Final Winnipeg 2 Calgary 0

Final Dallas 6 L.A. Kings 4

 

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Deshaun Watson took the snap, rolled right and with one of the easiest throws he had to make all night, completed Clemson’s journey to the top of college football.

A frantic fourth quarter and a championship rematch between Clemson and Alabama was decided with 1 second left on a 2-yard touchdown toss to Hunter Renfrow.

“I couldn’t hear the crowd,” Watson said. “I just felt at peace.”

Watson and the Tigers dethroned the defending champs and became the first team to beat Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty in a national title game, taking down the top-ranked Crimson Tide 35-31 Monday night in the College Football Playoff.

A 35-year title drought for Clemson is over. The Tigers are national champions for the first time since 1981.

A year after Alabama won its fourth title under Saban with a classic 45-40 win in Arizona, Clemson (14-1) denied the Tide (14-1) an unprecedented fifth championship in eight seasons.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota has returned to The Associated Press rankings for the first time in nearly four years.

The Gophers debuted in the AP poll on Monday at No. 24, their first appearance in the Top 25 under coach Richard Pitino. They were last ranked the week of Feb. 4, 2013. Minnesota improved to 15-2 and 3-1 in the Big Ten by beating Ohio State 78-68 on Sunday night .

Pitino and the Gophers have engineered a turnaround from their 8-23 finish last season. They’ve already topped their conference win total of 2015-16.

The arrival of Amir Coffey has been one of the catalysts. He was the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the second time after averaging 18 points over the last two games.

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-HALL OF FAME…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Thirteen former players and coaches have been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. Among those being inducted next December are Peyton Manning who excelled at Tennessee and former Florida coach Steve Spurrier.

The group also includes former Southern California Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart (LYN’-urt), San Diego State running back Marshall Faulk, Danny Ford, who coached Clemson to its first national championship, Georgia Southern running back Adrian Peterson and New Mexico defensive back Brian Urlacher (UR’-lah-kur).

 

 

T25-MEN’S BASKETBALL POLL…

UNDATED (AP) — Baylor has moved into the top spot in the weekly Associated Press men’s basketball poll. The Bears replace Villanova which was upset last week by Butler. The 15-0 Bears have made a meteoric rise in the poll, going from a team that didn’t receive a vote in the preseason poll to one that received 55 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel.

The second-ranked school is Kansas, which received eight first place votes, with Villanova third after getting one first place nod. Ranked No. 4 is UCLA and the Bruins were given the remaining first place vote. The fifth-ranked team is unbeaten Gonzaga (gahn-ZAG’-uh) while Kentucky is sixth followed by Duke, Creighton (KRAY’-tin), Florida State and West Virginia.

 

MLB-NATIONALS-SCHERZER

WASHINGTON (AP) — NL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer has an injured finger on his pitching hand and will miss the World Baseball Classic.

The Washington Nationals say that their star right-hander has a stress fracture in the knuckle of his right ring finger.

The team says Scherzer is still expected to take part in spring training which begins next month.

Scherzer went 20-7 with a 2.96 ERA and 284 strikeouts last season.

 

BASEBALL-RAMIREZ…

 

TOKYO (AP) — Manny Ramirez has agreed to terms with the Kochi Fighting Dogs of an independent league in Japan. The 44-year-old played for Taiwan’s Rhinos in 2013, .hitting .352 with eight home runs and 43 RBIs.

Ramirez finished his 19-season major league career with a .312 batting average, 555 home runs and 1,831 RBIs. A 12-time All-Star, Ramirez helped the Boston Red Sox win World Series titles in 2004 and ’07, the first for the franchise since 1918.

 

In world and national news…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A dozen men and women begin deliberating life and death today in the case of the Charleston, South Carolina church shootings. Dylann Roof has already been convicted of killing nine people at the Emanuel AME Church. Now the jury will decide if Roof is sentenced to life without parole or the death penalty. Roof served as his own attorney and offered no defense in the penalty phase.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A massive manhunt continues today in and around Orlando, Florida for an already wanted man accused of killing a police officer who approached the suspect outside a Wal-Mart. The search itself claimed the life of a sheriff’s deputy in a traffic accident. The suspect, Markeith Loyd, previously was sought in the killing of his pregnant ex-girlfriend in December.

FORESTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The saga of flooded homes and vineyards in northern California and Nevada may have a second chapter in the form of another big storm expected to arrive today. The area got more than a foot of rain over a 72-hour stretch that ended just yesterday. Yesterday, emergency crews in rescue boats and helicopters took advantage of a one-day respite to rescue stranded people and assess damage.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions’ path to the Attorney General’s office goes through the Senate Judiciary Committee today as the first of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks to get a confirmation hearing. In the first day of a two-day hearing, Sessions will testify and answer questions. Supporters and opponents will be heard tomorrow. Opponents question his civil rights commitment.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — There’s been a growth spurt at Graceland. A new entertainment complex featuring exhibits and restaurants focused on the life and career of Elvis Presley is scheduled to open in March at the iconic Memphis, Tennessee attraction. The 200,000-square foot complex will be located across the street from Graceland, Presley’s longtime home. The house was turned into a museum after his death in 1977.