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CSi Weather…

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST

THURSDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM

TO NOON CST THURSDAY.

* DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH

THURSDAY MORNING. FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN

10 TO 30 MINUTES.

* SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY TONIGHT THROUGH

THURSDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY ESPECIALLY

ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

* TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES

WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE

CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING…ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL

COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN

OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND

GLOVES.

 

Forecast…

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AFTER

MIDNIGHT. LOWS 10 TO 15 BELOW. TEMPERATURE RISING OVERNIGHT.

SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WIND CHILL READINGS 29 BELOW TO 34 BELOW ZERO.

.THURSDAY…SUNNY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGHS ZERO

TO 5 BELOW. WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. WIND CHILL

READINGS 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 20 TO 25 BELOW. WEST WINDS

AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND

CHILL READINGS 39 BELOW TO 44 BELOW ZERO.

.FRIDAY…SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS ZERO TO 5 BELOW.

.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS 10 TO 15.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS ZERO TO 5 BELOW.

.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 5 TO 10.

.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY…SUNNY. HIGHS 20 TO 25.

.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 5 TO 10.

.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 15.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 25 TO 30.

 

.SUNDAY THROUGH MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS

IN THE LOWER 20S. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10. HIGHS IN THE 20S.

 

Jamestown  (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met  in Special Session Wednesday at City Hall.   All members were present.

The Council discussed the City Assessor and City Building Inspector positions.

Mayor Andersen said applications were received and all candidates were reviewed and or interviewed by a city committee, consisting of Mayor Andersen, Deputy City Auditor Jay Sveum, City Council Member Steve Brubakken, and City Administrator Jeff Fuchs.

The applicant for City Assessor, Jamison Veil who is employed in the Stutsman County property appraiser’s office, was approved unanimously.  His start date is February 1, 2017.

The present city Assessor Darrell Wollan is retiring at the end of February this year.

The Council unanimously approved Tom Blackmore as the City Building Inspector with his start date February 16, 2017.

He has 18 years of construction experience, most recently with Hillerud Construction.

City Building Inspector, Gary Klundt is retiring, at the end of March this year.

Mayor Andersen said both positions had a number of qualified candidates.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works made repairs Wednesday to a water main break in the 300 block of 14th Avenue, Northeast.

Spokesperson Justin Liebig says water was shut off in that block, while the crew was investigating the cause of the break, and what repairs are needed.

He said a band repair was made to the pipe, and work was finished and the water restored about 1:30-p.m., Wednesday.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Glik’s clothing store has closed, after being offered another location in the Buffalo Mall, at the mall’s expense. That according to Buffalo Mall Property Manager, Tim Perkins.   He says, the Glik’s decision to leave the mall was its own. Glik’s indicated to him, after the new Dunham’s Sporting Good store is open and mall traffic increases the store may think about coming back to the mall. Glik’s CEO Jeff Glik, says the Jamestown store’s inventory is being moved to other Glik’s locations.

The planned move was in conjunction with locating Dunham’s Sports, in the Buffalo Mall, in the spot between the radio station up to and not including Christopher and Banks.  Those stores presently located in those spaces have not yet indicated plans for their stores.  Perkins adds those stores including Sears and Regis have until late February or early March to make a decision, when the demolition and reconstruction is planned.

London Nails has confirmed it will relocate in the mall, at the current mall management location, which will move next to Anytime Fitness.

He adds that Don’s House of Flowers and Fabric and Textiles have closed their locations.

Earlier this month, Dunham’s, a sporting goods retail outlet, said a 40,000-square-foot store would be locating in the Buffalo Mall, its first North Dakota location.

Buffalo Mall regular hours are Mon-Fri 10-8, Sat 10-6, and Sun 12-5.

For more information, contact Tim Perkins, at (701) 251-2237, visit the mall’s new website at shopbuffalomall.com, and on Facebook for events and store updates.

For leasing opportunities, contact David Schlossman (701) 261-6161 or david.schlossman@goldmark.com.

 

Valley City  (VCSU- CSi)  Valley City State University’s online graduate education and bachelor’s degree programs have earned national recognition in the 2017 U.S. News Best Online Program rankings.

In the Best Online Graduate Education Program rankings, VCSU is ranked 47 of 275 schools that were evaluated.

James Boe, Ph.D., and VCSU director for graduate studies and research says, “We are very pleased by the rankings.  The personal attention we give to our students and our flexible delivery methods play a big part in our success.”

He adds, “Our M.Ed. program has unique concentrations to meet the needs of K-12 educators, and the new M.A.T. program increases our ability to meet the critical teacher shortage in North Dakota. We will continue to seek innovative ways to provide our students with quality graduate programs at VCSU.”

VCSU offers two online master’s degree programs in education—the Master of Education (M.Ed.) program and the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program. The M.A.T. is designed for individuals who already have a non-teaching bachelor’s degree and would like to become a teacher, while the Master of Education degree is designed for practicing teachers. The M.Ed. program offers six concentrations: elementary education, English education, library and information technologies, teaching English language learners, teaching and technology, and technology education.

The 47th place ranking for VCSU’s graduate education program represents a considerable move upward compared to the 2016 rankings; last year VCSU was ranked 83rd among 263 listed schools.

More information on VCSU’s graduate education programs can be found online at vcsu.edu/graduate.

 

 

Bismarck (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports,  this week, two separate injury crashes occurred from snow fog and blowing snow. In both cases, motorists entered areas of reduced visibility and struck other vehicles and a pedestrian.

If you encounter reduced visibility, slow down. Always buckle up and obey posted speed limits. Be aware of rapidly changing driving conditions. Remove any distractions and treat driving as a full-time responsibility.

Monday morning, a pickup entered blowing snow and struck another pickup and a pedestrian. The pedestrian suffered minor injuries and was transported for medical treatment. A few hours later, a Department of Transportation snow plow was rear-ended by a pickup. The driver entered snow fog and struck the plow. Both occupants in the pickup were injured and transported for treatment.

These crashes may have been avoided or the severity lessened if the drivers would’ve slowed immediately upon entering areas of reduced visibility.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A McKenzie County judge has rejected a plea deal for a woman accused of taking all of her mentally impaired uncle’s assets.

Northwest District Judge Daniel El-Dweek told attorneys Tuesday that he wouldn’t accept sentencing recommendations for 69-year-old Sandra Potter from either side of the case.

Potter, of Montana, has faced two separate sets of allegations that she defrauded her uncle, Robert Gross, out of his entire estate, worth about $200,000.

Potter was offered the chance to stick with the Alford pleas she’d made in the fall to two charges of endangering a vulnerable adult, but she opted to withdraw them.

An Alford plea is used when a person doesn’t want to admit guilt, but acknowledges that enough evidence exists for a conviction.

The case will be re-scheduled for trial.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A woman accused of bilking investors in a North Dakota oil patch company she owned with a man who was convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

Sarah Creveling is charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering. Authorities say she was part of a scheme to defraud people who invested in a Minot trucking company she owned along with her ex-husband, James Henrikson.

Henrikson was convicted last year for ordering the deaths of two former oil patch associates, including a Spokane, Washington, businessman, and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life in prison.

Creveling faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. A change of plea hearing has not been scheduled.

Federal prosecutors could not be immediately reached for comment.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The front lines of the battle against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline are shifting away from the dwindling encampment in North Dakota.

Main opposing groups asked for activism to be spread around the U.S., a call heeded when a banner was unfurled during an NFL game on New Year’s Day and when there was a demonstration at the Rose Parade in California.

Meanwhile, the camp’s population is down to a few hundred.

Indigenous Environmental Network organizer Dallas Goldtooth says opposition groups are seeing their request for broader activism materialize.

It’s a strategy sociology professors say is advantageous and possibly allows for innovative ways to draw attention to the issue.

Opponents believe the four-state pipeline threatens drinking water and Native American cultural sites, which Texas-based developer Energy Transfer Partners denies.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state lawmaker from Fargo wants to change a North Dakota law that prevents retail stores from opening before noon on Sunday.

Democratic Rep. Pam Anderson says surrounding states don’t have a similar prohibition and since you can shop on the internet around the clock, the brick and mortar retailers are at a disadvantage.

The so-called blue law has changed over the years in North Dakota. At one point in the 1960s, no sales could take place anytime on Sunday. The law was later changed to exempt some businesses, such as pharmacies and restaurants.

Then in the 1990s, it was changed again to allow retail sales after noon on Sundays.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President-elect Donald Trump is “deeply misguided” in his criticism of the intelligence community and its leaders. Trump has accused intelligence agencies of leaking a report claiming that top intelligence officials told him about some unsubstantiated damaging information that that Russia had about him. The president-elect said it made him feel like he’s in Nazi Germany. A U.S. official says top intelligence officials told Trump about the unsubstantiated report last week. It includes unproven claims about unusual sexual activities by Trump, among other allegations attributed to anonymous sources.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rex Tillerson is telling senators he would work closely with Congress on any new Russia sanctions. His comments at his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state came as Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic Party computers. Tillerson also said the Trump administration will be committed to seeking support from Congress for major military actions. He says Trump believes “it is important that we not just lightly go into these conflicts.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Cory Booker says his Senate colleague Jeff Sessions has at times shown hostility toward civil rights. Booker today took the highly unusual step of testifying against President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general on the second day of Sessions’ confirmation hearings. The New Jersey senator said an attorney general “must bring hope and healing to the country.” And he said that requires a “more courageous effort” than he has seen from Sessions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six high-level employees of Volkswagen have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the company’s diesel emissions cheating scandal. That word came as VW admitted wrongdoing and agreed as part of a plea deal with the U.S. government to pay a record penalty of $4.3 billion. VW had earlier reached a $15 billion civil settlement with environmental authorities and car owners in the U.S. under which it agreed to buy back up to 500,000 vehicles.

BOSTON (AP) — Members of a special Massachusetts commission are promising to keep open minds as they study whether the state should observe daylight saving time throughout the year. If the plan is adopted, residents wouldn’t have to set their clocks back in November or forward in March, as most of the U.S. does. The panel held its first meeting Tuesday and hopes to make recommendations before April.