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.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.

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Jamestown (CSi)   The Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department has announced the 2017 for Cabin Fever Days in February.

Horse-drawn rides at the Bunker,  February 4 and 12 from 1 – 4 p.m.  The Bunker is open for sledding Monday through Friday from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. and on Saturday/Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Gussner Elementary hosts open gym on February 4 and 11 from noon to 2 p.m.

Outdoor skating rinks and warming houses are open at McElroy, Meidinger and Leapaldt Parks Monday through Friday 3:30 to 8:00 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 7- p.m. and on Sundays from noon to 6-p.m.

A co-ed softball tournament is planned for Saturday, February 11 at the Stefonek Softball Complex in McElroy Park , starting at 11- a.m.  Team registration is $70.

The Hillcrest Pro Shop will host a Pinochle tournament on February 11 at 10 – a.m.  A $10 entry fee includes lunch and beverage.   Sign up as  two-person teams only,space is limited.

Registration forms for the tournaments are available at Jamestown Parks and Recreation, 1002 2nd Avenue  Southeast, in Jamestown.   Call John at Jamestown Parks and Recreation at 701-252-3982, for more information.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum has presented a preferred spending plan to North Dakota lawmakers that calls for deeper cuts in the state budget than suggested by his predecessor.

The budget statement released Monday night comes a month after the Republican took office, and recommends $4.6 billion in spending over the next two years. That’s about $159 million less than proposed by then-Gov. Jack Dalrymple in early December.

Burgum’s budget plan also predicts lower oil prices than the Republican Dalrymple set in his proposal.

Dalrymple had suggested reducing 583 full-time state employees, while Burgum suggests eliminating about 50 additional full-time positions.

North Dakota state government spending has risen more than $8 billion in the past decade, but low oil and agriculture prices have forced lawmakers to rethink budget plans.

 
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers say the state needs more time to craft rules to oversee the state’s voter-approved medical marijuana law.

A joint House and Senate meeting was held Monday to consider a proposal to delay the law until the end of July. The measure is supported by both Republican and Democratic leaders.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner says the intent is to ensure the law is regulated correctly. He says it isn’t a move by lawmakers to keep the law from going into effect.

The so-called North Dakota Compassionate Care Act won 65 percent voter approval in November. It allows the use of marijuana as medicine for people who suffer from one of several debilitating illnesses.

Leaders of the Republican-led Legislature also are pushing legislation this that would prohibit state agencies to fill any vacant positions until the end of April.

The Legislature also is slated to take out an additional $8 million loan this week through the state-owned Bank of North Dakota to help pay the policing bill for Dakota Access pipeline protests.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A new legislative proposal in North Dakota is aimed at parents with children in day care.

Rep. Pamela Anderson says businesses that pay corporate income taxes would get credit for reimbursing employees for their child care costs. Anderson says the bill helps businesses who help employees. She says child care is such a big workforce issue.

The  North Dakota Agency of Economics and chamber of commerce representatives have spoken in favor of the bill. But, opponents say that if businesses start reimbursing for child care, could health care be next?

 
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s fourth-largest city is looking to tighten its belt.

The Minot Daily News reports Minot has experienced a 30 percent drop in state aid and a 20 percent decline in city sales tax collections.

City Manager Tom Barry says officials have identified $13 million in infrastructure improvements that could be delayed, including design of a new fire station.

The City Council also might re-examine the sales tax structure to possibly provide more money for flood protection work. The tax is estimated to bring in about $4.5 million for that this year. Barry says that might not be enough in coming years.

Another issue the city needs to deal with is debt. The city’s debt has increased about 165 percent in the past four years, due mainly to growth.

 
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota farmers planted 65,000 acres of winter wheat last fall, down from 130,000 acres the previous year.

Winter wheat is planted in the fall and harvested the following summer. It’s not a major crop in North Dakota, and acres fluctuate from year to year.

The Agriculture Department says planted winter wheat acres nationwide totaled 32.4 million, down 10 percent from the previous year.

 

In sports…

Fargo Shanley 71, Valley City 67

 

Benson County 73, Warwick 64

Bismarck Soph 63, Napoleon 38

Bottineau 72, Towner-Granville-Upham 64

Des Lacs-Burlington 86, South Prairie 45

Divide County 63, Trenton 43

Drake/Anamoose 68, Velva/Sawyer 59

Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 83, Northern Cass 66

Flasher 65, Kidder County 40

Four Winds/Minnewauken 71, New Rockford-Sheyenne 39

Harvey-Wells County 60, Lakota 40

Kenmare 71, Tioga 34

Lewis and Clark-Berthold 52, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 37

Minot Bishop Ryan 81, Glenburn 30

Minot Our Redeemer’s 67, Surrey 36

New Salem-Almont 61, Glen Ullin-Hebron 55

North Star 77, Park River/Fordville Lankin 41

Stanley 74, Ray 49

Washburn 68, Wilton-Wing 61

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Fargo Shanley 62, Valley City 30

 

Beach 43, New England 40

Divide County 49, Powers Lake 39

Enderlin 79, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 51

Hankinson 51, Wilmot, S.D. 39

Hatton-Northwood 47, Griggs County Central 18

Herreid/Selby Area, S.D. 41, South Border 26

Hillsboro/Central Valley 70, Climax/Fisher, Minn. 58

Kindred 58, Richland 39

Langdon-Edmore-Munich (All sports) 77, Rolette-Wolford 32

Larimore 56, Cavalier 39

Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 57, Lewis and Clark-Berthold 47

Northern Cass 45, Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 42, OT

Parshall 60, Trenton 45

South Prairie 49, Nedrose 33

Stanley 78, White Shield 16

Tri-State 79, Maple Valley 26

Warwick 56, Dakota Prairie 36

Wilton-Wing 51, Washburn 40

 

Class B Basketball Polls

(First-place votes in parentheses)

Boys

Team W-L Pts LW

1. Four Winds-Minnewaukan (11) 7-1 135 1

2. Shiloh Christian (3) 8-1 113 3

3. Thompson 8-2 89 2

4. Northern Cass 6-1 78 6

5. Dickinson Trinity 10-2 73 7

6. Carrington 10-0 72 8

7. Hillsboro-CV 6-2 63 NR

8. Linton-HMB 7-1 43 4

9. St. John 9-0 38 9

10. Milnor-North Sargent 9-0 17 10

Others receiving votes: North Star (7-2), Bishop Ryan (7-1), Hankinson (7-1), Grafton (8-1), Oak Grove (6-2), Solen (8-1), Kenmare (9-1), New Rockford-Sheyenne (7-3).

Girls

Team W-L Pts. LW

1. North Star (11) 12-0 14 6

2. Park River-F-L (2) 13-0 133 2

3. Kindred (2) 10-0 115 3

4. Carrington 11-0 113 4

5. Shiloh Christian 8-2 58 7

6. Langdon-E-M 9-2 57 5

7. Fargo Oak Grove 10-2 46 6

8. Our Redeemer’s 9-2 42 9T

9. Rugby 11-1 40 NR

10. Minot Ryan 8-3 30 NR

Others receiving votes: Des Lacs-Burlington (9-1), New Town (11-3), LaMoure-Litchville-Marion (9-2), Powers Lake (7-1), Velva-Sawyer (9-2), Grant County (9-3), Watford City (7-2).

 

 

Vikings Basketball…

Men…

Dickinson State 74  VCSU 73

Women…

Dickinson State 68 VCSU 64

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Atlanta 108 N-Y Knicks 107

Final Washington 120 Portland 101

Final Philadelphia 113 Milwaukee 104

Final Indiana 98 New Orleans 95

Final Denver 125 Orlando 112

Final Boston 108 Charlotte 98

Final Golden State 126 Cleveland 91

Final Utah 106 Phoenix 101

Final L.A. Clippers 120 Oklahoma City 98

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Buffalo 4 Dallas 1

Final N-Y Islanders 4 Boston 0

Final Detroit 1 Montreal 0

Final San Jose 5 Winnipeg 2

Final Tampa Bay 2 L.A. Kings 1

Final OT Pittsburgh 8 Washington 7

Final Edmonton 3 Arizona 1

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

UNDATED (AP) — Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams earned his 800th career victory when Isaiah Hicks scored 20 points to lead No. 9 North Carolina to an 85-68 victory over Syracuse. Kennedy Meeks added 15 points and 12 rebounds for the 17-3 Tar Heels, who shot 52 percent from the field.

 

Kris Jenkins scored 16 points and Jalen Brunson added 13 to lead No. 1 Villanova to a 76-46 win over Seton Hall. The 18-1 Wildcats looked every bit like a team that could win back-to-back national championships in their first game at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll following a one-week hiatus after their upset loss to Butler.

 

Frank Mason III had 16 points, Landen Lucas scored 14 and No. 2 Kansas held off Iowa State 76-72 for its 17th straight win. The Jayhawks are 17-1 and 6-0 in Big 12 play.

 

Cole Huff made a pair of free throws with 16.7 seconds left to give No. 7 Creighton (KRAY’-tuhn) a 72-67 win over 22nd-ranked Xavier. Marcus Foster led the Bluejays with 15 points. The Bluejays are off to the best start to a season in school history with an 18-1 mark.

 

No. 13 Butler rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat Marquette 88-80. Kelan Martin scored 22 points in the win as the Bulldogs improved to 16-3. Butler trailed by 16 at halftime, but outscored Marquette 38-18 in the next 11 minutes to take the lead.

 

AP Mens Basketball Poll

 

(AP) After a week out as No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll, Villanova returns to the top spot.

The Wildcats (17-1), who fell to third last week after five weeks as No. 1, moved back on top following No. 1 Baylor’s loss in its only week ever as a top-ranked team.

Villanova received 28 first-place votes and 1,580 points from the 65-member national media panel on Monday while Kansas (16-1) remained No. 2 despite getting more first-place votes than the Wildcats. The Jayhawks had 32 No. 1 votes and 1,562 points.

UCLA (18-1) moved up one place to third and received three first-place votes. Gonzaga (17-0), the only unbeaten team in Division I, went from fifth to fourth and had the other two No. 1 votes.

1. Villanova (28) 17-1 1580 3
2. Kansas (32) 16-1 1562 2
3. UCLA (3) 18-1 1472 4
4. Gonzaga (2) 17-0 1433 5
5. Kentucky 15-2 1357 6
6. Baylor 16-1 1315 1
7. West Virginia 15-2 1185 10
7. Creighton 17-1 1185 8
9. North Carolina 16-3 1063 11
10. Florida State 16-2 964 9
11. Oregon 16-2 931 13
12. Louisville 15-3 900 14
13. Butler 15-3 823 12
14. Arizona 16-2 757 16
15. Notre Dame 16-2 748 20
16. Virginia 13-3 677 19
17. Wisconsin 14-3 644 18
18. Duke 14-4 614 7
19. Florida 14-3 405 23
20. Cincinnati 15-2 373 22
21. Purdue 14-4 309 17
22. Xavier 13-4 294 15
23. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 15-2 210 21
24. South Carolina 14-3 125 —
25. Maryland 16-2 121 —

Others receiving votes: TCU 29, Southern Cal 14, SMU 8, Nevada 7, Northwestern 7, UNC-Wilmington 6, Iowa State 5, Akron 1, Kansas State 1.

 

NFL-NEWS

Packers, Cowboys make TV history

NEW YORK (AP) — The Packers thrilling last second win over Dallas Sunday was a record breaker.

The playoff game was seen by 48.5 million views on Fox, making it the most viewed NFL divisional playoff game in history.

Pittsburgh’s two-point win over Kansas City Sunday night was seen by 37.4 million people on NBC and its digital platform, including 37.1 million on the network.

 

Cubs at White House…

President Barack Obama welcomed the World Series champion Chicago Cubs to the White House. The president has a home in Chicago and said that despite being a White Sox fan he cheered for the Cubs to win. The Cubs won their first World Series title since 1908 by defeating the pitching-depleted Cleveland Indians in seven games.

 

TENNIS-AUSTRALIAN OPEN

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams took her first step toward Australian Open title No. 7 and Grand Slam singles championship No. 23 with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Belinda Bencic.

Williams broke the Swiss player’s service in the 10th game to clinch the first set. In the second set, she pulled out to a 5-love lead but Bencic staged a comeback, breaking Williams’ serve the first time she served for the match.

Williams will play Lucie Safarova, who beat Yanina Wickmayer on Tuesday in the second round.

U.S. Open finalist Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic followed her title win at the Brisbane International with a 6-2, 6-love victory over Sara Sorribes Tormo to get day two under way on Rod Laver Arena.

Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic (MEE’-lohsh ROW’-nihch) got his campaign started with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Dustin Brown. The No. 3-seeded Raonic reached the semifinals here last year in his best run so far at Melbourne Park.

Five years after their last meeting, Rafael Nadal (rah-fay-ehl nah-DAHL’) beat Florian Mayer 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in a first-round match.

The pair last met on clay at Rome in 2012, when Nadal won in straight sets.

 

In world and national news…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police say the operation to capture the gunman who carried out the deadly New Year’s nightclub attack in Istanbul drew on the review of 7,200 hours of security camera footage and about 2,200 tipoffs from the public. Police searched 152 addresses and 50 people were detained. The suspect is characterized as a well-educated terrorist who speaks four languages and is clearly in league with Islamic State. He was captured late Monday.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lone representative at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is accusing global elites of being out of touch. Financier Anthony Scaramucci says they have to get out of their comfort zones and listen to the people if they don’t understand Brexit or how Trump was elected. He says the only people to benefit from stimulus packages during the financial crisis were the top three percent.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart is doubling down on brick and mortar, planning 59 new, expanded and relocated Walmart and Sam’s Clubs facilities. The retailer says that translates to about 10,000 additional retail jobs in the U.S., plus 24,000 construction jobs. The chain is planning $6.8 billion in capital investments in the U.S. in the coming fiscal year, which starts on Feb. 1. Amazon has said it’s adding 100,000 jobs.

PARIS (AP) — Amnesty International is worried that human rights in Europe are being erased by counterterrorism measures, especially the past two years. Amnesty also fears that there’s potential for that erosion to become permanent. It says France, which has been hit with more recent deadly attacks than any other country in Europe, is the most extreme example of a trend that human rights groups are documenting.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The widow of Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen is facing charges of her own in the massacre, including obstruction of justice and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Noor Salman was arrested in California yesterday and faces a federal court hearing today. Officials gave no further details on her alleged role or what specific actions led to the charges.