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CSi Weather…

 

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Lows around 10 below. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Wind chills around 20 below.

.THURSDAY…Cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the afternoon in the Jamestown area, 20 percent in the Valley City area.

Highs 5 to 10 above. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow.

Lows around 5 below. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chills around

20 below.

.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Highs 5 to 10 above.

Lows around 5 below. South winds 5 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 20s.

Lows 5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

Highs 15 to 20.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 5 below.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs

5 to 10 above.

 

Hazardous wind chills are  possible in some areas  Wednesday night.

Hazardous wind chills are possible in some areas Thursday night

and Friday night.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi) Spearheaded by Jamestown Tourism, “The Louis L’Amour Project,” will ramp up in 2018.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund said the project is geared to bring attention to the life of the novelist, while living as a youth in Jamestown, including artifacts to be placed at the James River Library System’s, Alfred Dickey Public library, downtown.

L’Amour a Jamestown native attended elementary school at Franklin, now, the CSi Technology Center.

Swedlund added that anyone with L’Amour artifacts such as photos, or other items is asked to Contact Searle at the Jamestown Tourism office, or Keith Norman, making it a community-wide project.

Swedlund pointed out that the project will feature L’Amour’s roots and his humble beginnings in Jamestown, while engaging tourists.

Swedlund added that 2017 was a good year for tourism in Jamestown saying the National Buffalo Museum set a record for attendance, doubling the previous number of tourists during a one year period.

He said 2018 will be the first full year of operation for the Newman Arena at the University of Jamestown, and the Two Rivers Activity Center (TRAC) in Jamestown.

He noted upgrades to Jamestown Parks and Recreation facilities, additional hotel space, and changes in the Tourism grant application process, now allowing non-profits to apply for grants.

He said the Talking Trail program, with various historic sites in Jamestown highlighted with signage and recorded historical information continues, and will be better explained on its usage in 2018, through the Tourism website.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  A Search for a new Stutsman County Chief Operating Officer/ Auditor continues with the formation of a committee to review applications.

The County Commission approved committee, will assist in publicizing the job opening with the Stutsman County commission making the hiring decision.

With the Resignation of Casey Bradley last year, Nicole Meland as served in the position on an interim basis.

The county commission’s consensus is to hire externally.

 

 

Devils Lake  (NDHP)  On Tuesday January 2, 2018  at approximately 8:12p.m., A North Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper attempted to stop a white Chevy Cavalier passenger car for speeding.

The Cavalier was traveling westbound at 83mph in a 70-mph zone.  The initial violation occurred 5 miles east of Devils Lake ND.   The Cavalier fled from the trooper reaching speeds of 100+ mph.  When the vehicle reached the city limits of Devils Lake the trooper discontinued the pursuit for public safety reasons.

The Chevy Cavalier was located abandoned within the city limits of Devils Lake shortly after the pursuit was terminated.  The vehicle has been seized pending the investigation.

 

 

STANTON, N.D. (AP) — Trial for a former Beulah Lead police officer who prosecutors say admitted to sexual contact with a teenager has been rescheduled for March.

A trial that was to have started Thursday will now begin March 8 for 36-year-old Dustin Pekas at the Mercer County Courthouse in Stanton. The Bismarck Tribune says court records show the discovery process is not yet complete, so the trial was reset.

Pekas is charged with felony sexual assault. The former officer lost his motion last month to have statements made to state investigators in September thrown out because of lack of counsel.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck man has pleaded not guilty to charges of abusing an infant and possessing child pornography.

Charges against 32-year-old Andrew Glasser result from a police investigation into injuries to a 2-month-old girl. Court documents say there’s physical evidence the baby had been sexually abused and had rib fractures and other injuries.

Prosecutors and Glasser’s attorney, Bob Bolinske Jr., questioned a Bismarck police detective about the investigation into the case during a court appearance Tuesday. The Bismarck Tribune says Detective Scott Betz gave various reasons for the infant’s injuries which police and a doctor disputed.

District Judge Bruce Haskell found sufficient cause for the charges. Glasser has been on GPS monitoring since Dec. 26.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says electric power generation from the Missouri River’s six upstream dams increased 23 percent in 2017.

The agency manages dams and reservoirs along the 2,341-mile river. Corps engineer Mike Swenson says energy production from the dams in the Dakotas, Montana and Nebraska totaled 9.6 billion kilowatts of electricity last year, up from 7.6 billion kilowatts.

He says a billion kilowatt-hours of power is enough to supply about 86,000 homes for a year.

The Western Area Power Administration sells the power generated from the dams to rural electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, Indian tribes and other customers.

But the power created last year wasn’t enough to satisfy customers’ contracts and WAPA had to purchase $28.3 million of electricity on the open market.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck’s homeless population is struggling after the area’s lone emergency men’s shelter closed and temperatures plummet into the negative double digits.

The Ministry on the Margins offers meals, a food pantry and other services in the area. The ministry’s Sister Kathleen Atkinson tells the Bismarck Tribune that the severe weather has been particularly difficult for homeless residents and people who can’t afford cold-weather repairs.

She says three people without access to heat visited the ministry Tuesday.

The Ruth Meiers Hospitality House closed its men’s emergency shelter in October following financial management claims and other issues.

The Missouri Slope Areawide United Way has been helping manage the city’s emergency housing needs. Executive Director Jena Gullo says the agency has seen an increase in people seeking shelter amid the recent frigid weather.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot man is the winner of the North Dakota state poker championship.

The Daily News reports that Matt Lizotte took home the $30,000 first prize in the 14th annual event at Minot’s Vegas Hotel. It’s the first title for Lizotte, who has participated in every tournament.

Nearly 1,500 players from 16 states and Canada competed for a total prize payout of $112,000.

The runner-up was Jimmy Van Huss Jr., a Dallas native and Minot Air Force Base veteran currently seeking a master’s degree at Minot State University. He won $15,000.

The event is sponsored by the Minot State University Alumni Association. A portion of the proceeds is used to provide funding for scholarships for the school.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Representatives for President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are pushing back against an explosive new book that, among other things, says Trump never expected to be elected and that his wife shed tears, but not of joy, on election night. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the book is filled with “false and misleading accounts from individuals who have no access or influence with the White House.”

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Voters in two-thirds of the states will be electing governors to new four-year terms this year and could indirectly be shaping the future of Congress for the decade to come. Many governors elected this year will have the power to approve or reject new congressional maps when redistricting occurs after the 2020 Census. Voters also will be electing more than 760 state legislators to four-year terms in states where they will play a role in congressional redistricting.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former vice presidents stood beside the Senate’s newest senators on the Senate floor as the two Democrats took their oaths of office. Former Vice President Joseph Biden was next to Alabama Democrat Doug Jones as he was sworn in Wednesday.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah group says President Donald Trump’s “hopes” that the protests in Iran will snowball and lead to regime change or chaos will be dashed along with the hopes of the Israelis and Saudis. In his first comments since protests in Iran broke out, Hassan Nasrallah said protesters with legitimate grievances have been exploited by political factions who attached political slogans to their protests.

CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s wave of protests brings back memories of the unrest of 2009 that became known as the “Green Movement.” While the core complaint then was political oppression, economic woes are fueling much of the current unrest. In 2009, the government responded with a crackdown on marches and the movement’s leadership. Since Thursday, clashes have led to the deaths of at least 21 people.