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…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY…INCLUDES JAMESTOWN AN VALLEY CITY…
.REST OF TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Widespread dense fog. Lows
around 20. Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY…Cloudy. Widespread dense fog in the morning. Highs in
the lower 30s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Snow likely in the evening, then
slight chance of snow after midnight. Snow accumulation around
1 inch. Lows in the mid 20s. South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to
the west 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds
around 15 mph.
.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.
.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10.
.CHRISTMAS DAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs around 20.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Lows around 10.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Highs in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Chance of snow in the evening, then
snow likely after midnight. Lows 10 to 15. Chance of snow
60 percent.
.THURSDAY…Cloudy. Snow likely in the morning, then chance of
snow in the afternoon. Highs 15 to 20. Chance of snow 60 percent
Snow chances Friday night and Saturday; quiet and dry weather Sunday
through Christmas Day; a then chances of snow after Christmas.
Northwest winds to increase to at least 20-25 mph
with gusts to 35 mph over all of western and much of central ND.
Light snow chances continue Friday night for all of central and
parts of western ND, with the possibility of some mixing with light
freezing rain. Daytime Saturday should bring only lingering light
snow chances in the Turtle Mountains.
Snow totals should be fairly light, with only a dusting in western
ND, less than an inch for most of central ND, with 1-2 inches from
north of Jamestown to the Turtle Mountains. Friday night and
Saturday will be windy with rain and snow chances. Lows Friday night
in the 20s and highs Saturday from the mid 20s north to lower 30s
south.
Sunday, Christmas Eve Monday, and Christmas Day Tuesday
mainly dry weather, with highs from the teens in the
Turtle Mountains to the lower and middle 30s southwest…and lows in
the single digits and teens above zero.
A storm system is forming, and may arrive after Christmas.
The tract of the storm is undetermined at this time. Those traveling then should stay up to date on the latest forecasts.
Jamestown (JRVLS) The James River Valley Library System will be hosting a “Food for Fines” food and toiletry drive January 2nd – 31st.
Here’s how it works: Bring in a non-perishable food or toiletry item to any branch of the James River Valley Library System during the month of January, and we will forgive your overdue fines! It’s that easy!
*Please note that charges for lost or damaged items will not be forgiven, only overdue fines for materials that have been returned late will be forgiven.
All donations will be given to the local food pantries.
For more information, call the Alfred Dickey Library at (701)-252-2990.
Valley City (CSi) The retirement Open House for Gary Retterath will be held on Friday, January 4 in the Valley City Fire Hall from 2-pm to 5-pm.
Gary retires after over 43 years of service to the Valley City Fire Department, and Valley City Rural Fire District and 16 years as Fire Chief.
Scott Magnuson becomes Fire Chief on January 1, 2019.
Jamestown (NDFU) – North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne issued a statement Thursday after President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, more commonly known as the 2018 Farm Bill:
“We applaud our congressional delegation and the bipartisan work of the conference committee in getting a farm bill to the President before year’s end. This gives farmers some certainty moving forward in very uncertain economic times. We appreciate the strong crop insurance component in the bill and adjustments made to existing farm programs, including ARC, and FSA loan limits.
“Our country needs a strong farm bill to establish food security for our nation, and safety nets for farmers and the hungry among us who rely daily on SNAP benefits to eat. The richest country in the world can afford to feed its people.”
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cargill plans to sell its malt operations to a European business.
The Star Tribune reports that the Minnetonka-based agribusiness is seeking regulatory approvals to sell the business in the second half of 2019 to Boortmalt, a subsidiary of French-based cereal grains cooperative Axereal.
Cargill says in a statement it plans to focus on its other food and beverage ingredient groups.
Cargill’s malt business has 15 plants around the world, including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain and the United States. Boortmalt has numerous plants across Europe, including France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Croatia and Hungary.
Cargill announced last spring it was closing its malt plant near Jamestown, North Dakota, which is one of the company’s three U.S. plants. Cargill entered the malt business in 1979.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum won’t stand in the way of an attempt to bring legal sports betting to North Dakota but he won’t advocate for it either, a spokesman said.
North Dakota is one of many states attempting to capitalize on the U.S. Supreme Court’s lifting of a federal ban on sports gambling. Two Republican lawmakers, Reps. Jason Dockter of Bismarck and Thomas Beadle of Fargo, are crafting separate legislation that would allow sports betting, hoping to generate revenue for the charitable gambling industry and the state.
Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki said the first-term GOP governor has not reviewed the draft legislation but he “is open to looking at ways to potentially capitalize on the national change.”
North Dakota voters and lawmakers, once hostile to expanding gambling, have done an about-face in recent years, adding more games of chance that have helped grow it to a quarter-billion-dollar annual industry.
Legislatures in Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, West Virginia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island already have legalized sports betting. And several states already have sports betting bills set for consideration in early 2019, including Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.
Legislation by Dockter and Beadle had not been filed as of Thursday, but they say it will be ready when the Legislature convenes on Jan. 3. Dockter’s bill would permit gambling on college and professional sports, while Beadle’s would allow only the latter.
Neither proposal at present specifies how much sports betting would be taxed, how it would be regulated or how much revenue is expected to be generated.
Both men said the odds are fair that lawmakers would adopt one of the proposals, but expected some opposition from some of their colleagues and the public.
In sports…
Valley City – (Mark Potts, VCSU) – The bracket for the 102nd annual Barnes County Boys Basketball Tournament has been set.
Eight teams will converge on Valley City State University for the annual tournament in early January. The quarterfinals of the tournament will be played on Tuesday, Jan. 8. The semifinals are on Thursday, Jan. 10, and the tournament concludes with the championship and placing games on Saturday, Jan. 12.
All 12 games will be played at Valley City State University’s W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse. Tournament history, records and past results can be found at www.vcsuvikings.com/bct
Enderlin High School has been named the top seed for this year’s tournament and will open with the 3 p.m. game against Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page on Jan. 8. Griggs County Central is the No. 4 seed and faces defending tournament champion Maple Valley at 4:30 p.m. in the opening round.
On the other half of the bracket, LaMoure/Litchville-Marion is the No. 2 seed and takes on No. 7 Sargent Central at 6 p.m. Milnor/North Sargent is seeded No. 3 and plays No. 6 Barnes County North at 7:30 p.m.
Games on Jan. 10 begin at 3 p.m., and Saturday’s games will start at noon. Maple Valley defeated LaMoure/Litchville-Marion in last year’s championship game, 57-41.
The Barnes County Boys Basketball Tournament began in 1917 and has been played each year continuously since 1920.
2019 BARNES COUNTY BOYS TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Jan. 8
Game 1 – 3 p.m.: #1 Enderlin vs. #8 Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page
Game 2 – 4:30 p.m.: #4 Griggs County Central vs. #5 Maple Valley
Game 3 – 6 p.m.: #2 Lamoure-LM vs. #7 Sargent Central
Game 4 – 7:30 p.m.: #3 Milnor-North Sargent vs. #6 Barnes County North
Thursday, Jan. 10
Consolation Semifinals
Game 5 – 3:00 p.m.: Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2
Game 6 – 4:30 p.m.: Loser Game 3 vs Loser Game 4
Championship Semifinals
Game 7 – 6:00 p.m.: Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2
Game 8 – 7:30 p.m.: Winner game 3 vs Winner Game 4
Saturday, Jan. 12
7th place game – 12:00 p.m.
5th place game – 1:30 p.m.
3rd place game – 3:00 p.m.
Championship – 4:30 p.m.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are making a last-ditch attempt to add $5 billion for President Trump’s border wall with Mexico to a government funding bill.
The third-ranking House Republican says the GOP majority will try to add that money along with disaster aid for hurricane and wildfire victims.
It’s unclear whether the bill can pass the House. Asked what happens if the vote fails, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise (skuh-LEES’) says: “That’s a negative attitude.”
A partial government shutdown will begin at midnight on Friday unless the impasse is resolved.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is playing down the possibility of a shutdown. The California Republican says: “I think you’ll find that we’ll be able to move forward.”
The Senate passed a short-term spending bill without the wall money on Wednesday evening. Trump has told Republicans he won’t sign it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump appears likely to pass up his last, best chance to secure funding for the “beautiful” wall he’s long promised to build along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump is backing away from his threat to partially shut down the government this weekend and therefore dimming prospects for his top campaign promise. The unfulfilled pledge threatens to hang over his re-election campaign, potentially depressing enthusiasm among his most loyal supporters and dealing his political rivals a powerful talking point.
Trump is hardly the first president to be confronted with the challenges of passing a legislative priority through Congress. But the lack of progress on an issue so closely identified with his bid for the White House may prove to be a costly failure.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A Yemeni mother who was at the center of a yearlong legal battle for the right to give her dying son has been reunited with her child at a California hospital.
A photograph released by Council on American-Islamic Relations shows Shaima Swileh holding her 2-year-old son Abdullah at the hospital in Oakland. The boy is on life-support.
Swileh arrived at San Francisco International Airport Wednesday night after a yearlong fight to travel to the United States to be by her son’s side.
The U.S. granted her a visa after lawyers for the Council on American-Islamic Relations sued.
The boy’s father is a U.S. citizen who brought his son to California to get treatment for a genetic brain disorder.
Citizens from Yemen and four other mostly Muslim countries, along with North Korea and Venezuela, are restricted from coming to the United States under the travel ban.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed an extensive criminal justice bill on Thursday that will reduce some of the harshest sentences for federal drug offenders and boost prison rehabilitation programs.
The bill passed 358-36 and now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature. He had urged lawmakers to support it, saying the bill would provide hope and a second chance to those who earn it.
The legislation addresses concerns that the nation’s war on drugs led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for nonviolent crimes. The nation’s federal prison population has soared by more than 700 percent since the 1980s.
The bill gives judges more discretion in sentencing some drug offenders and reduces some mandatory-minimum sentences. It also enhances efforts to better prepare inmates for life outside of prison.
LONDON (AP) — The chief executive of London’s Gatwick Airport says the drone intrusion that shut the airport was “highly targeted” and designed to cause “maximum disruption” just before Christmas.
Stewart Wingate said in a statement issued on Thursday that it was “regrettably” not clear when the airport would be able to resume flights safely because the drones still were a threat.
Wingate says the airport closed down after two drones were reported to be flying around Gatwick’s airfield Wednesday evening. He says drones pose a big strategic challenge for the aviation industry and steps must be taken to prevent future airport shutdowns.
Wingate also apologized to passengers. He said: “We are all working flat out to minimize inconvenience and have additional staff in both terminals assisting passengers who are waiting.” he said.
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