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…WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
.Dangerously cold wind chills ongoing. Wind chills as low as 45 below zero this morning.
* WHERE…Much of central North Dakota. The lowest wind chills
will occur from the Turtle Mountains through Jamestown and
Ellendale.
* WHEN…Until noon CST today.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…The dangerously cold wind chills could
cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Forecast…
REST OF TODAY…Cloudy. Chance of snow in the afternoon. Not as cold. Little or no new snow accumulation. Highs zero to 5 above. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent. Wind chills around 30 below.
.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Not as cold. Lows near zero. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Not as cold. Highs in the upper 20s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above. Northwest
winds around 5 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 15 to 20. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10.
.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow in the
afternoon. Highs 15 to 20.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Snow. Areas of blowing and drifting snow. Lows
around 5 below.
.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the
morning. Areas of blowing and drifting snow through the day.
Highs near zero.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 15 below.
.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs
around 5 below.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.
Lows around 15 below.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow.
Highs around 5 below.
Snow today in central ND including the James River valley with up to an inch of accumulation possible.
A much warmer Friday, followed by potential accumulating snow and blowing snow Sunday and Monday, and likely return of dangerous wind chills next week.
From the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History
This Day In History, January 31, 1924 –
Russell-Miller Mills Company of Minneapolis Minnesota, announces it will shutdown operations Jamestown ending forty years of business.
Undated (CSi) Schools and businesses get back to regular schedules today after precautions were taken to keep students and other residents out of the dangerously cold temperatures, and wind chills.
In Valley City garbage collections resume, today, and Friday, including regular collections not picked up earlier this week.
In Jamestown Wednesday and Thursday’s routes collected today, with normal routes on Friday.
Bismarck (CSi) Sanford Health will re-open all Bismarck and Fargo metro and region primary care clinics on Thursday, Jan. 31. This includes all communities Sanford serves in North Dakota and western Minnesota.
Patients are encouraged to check www.sanfordhealth.org/alerts for the latest closures and delays.
All patient appointments and procedures on Jan. 31 and after are expected to resume as scheduled. Sanford emergency departments and medical centers continue to remain open 24/7 for care.
Jamestown (CSi) Stemming from a continuing investigation by Jamestown Police, the Jamestown woman who is facing charges in conjunction with a series of dog attacks, 22 year old Mariah Bermel, of 1530 6th Avenue Southwest, is charged with failure to license a dog, punishable by a $50 fine, and failing to inoculate the dog for rabies and keeping a vicious dog, Class B misdemeanors punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine.
As reported over the weekend, Jamestown Police issued an alert late Friday, January 25, after the dog bit a person near the Buffalo Motel, resulting in serious injuries.
An individual was able to detain the dog in a garage, and turn it over to officers and animal control.
Police Chief Scott Edinger said the dog had bitten at least three people in the 10 days leading up to its capture.
The police report states that Bermel admitted owning the dog when it bit people, but had subsequently given it away, and, she planned on “shooting the dog because she could not handle him biting more people.”
Officers said in the report Bermel had called the dog her “service animal” in previous dealings with law enforcement officers.
The investigation led to Bermel also being charged with criminal conspiracy and aggravated assault, Class C felonies, stemming from an alleged assault also on January 25.
In addition to Bermel, defendants accused in that case include, 41 year old Larry Johnson, also known as Larry Gant, and 22 year old Arron Jacob King, both also living at 1530 6th Avenue, Southwest.
Officers questioned them regarding the dog during the investigation of the assault.
Each are accused of assaulting an individual near Loaf N’ Jug in Jamestown.
The victim was transported to Jamestown Regional Medical Center for treatment.
At last report Bermel, Johnson and King were in custody at the Stutsman County Correctional Center each on $5,000 cash bond. Bermel also has a bail requirement of $1,050 related to the dog charges.
Jamestown (CSi) The 13th Annual Walk the Plank, Polar Plunge, JRMC Hospice fundraiser is set for Saturday February 2, at Stutsman Harley- Davidson in Jamestown.
Jumpers raise money to participate.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Don Wegner said, the event starts at 10 am with the table registration, and donations turned in, with a silent auction and the chili feed will follow. The “Walk The Plank” jumping starts at Noon.
The water is heated to 80-85 degrees.
The “Pirate Ship” will be back.
He pointed out that since the beginning the event has raised nearly $200,000. The 2018 event raised around $20,000.
Sponsored by the Jamestown HOGS Chapter the plunge into the water features live and silent auctions, and the chili cookoff.
Dennis Barton with ABATE is organizing the chili cookoff, with entries being accepted, and award being presented after the tasting and voting. The donation to sample chili is $5 to the JRMC Hospice program.
Auction items can be dropped off at Stutsman Harley-Davidson in Jamestown, by Friday evening, or contact Marla at 320-1506.
Roger Nenow will provide the auctioneering for the live auction.
For more information about the Hospice program, contact the JRMC at 701-952-1050 or Don Wegner at 701-269- 7047.
The water temperature in 2017 was 70 degrees due to the heater having a problem instead of the usual 80 degrees. Before and after, the plungers hit the water the air temperature was two above zero with a bone chilling 21 below wind chill.
Jamestown (JRMC) — Congratulations to team Absolutely Fibula-ous, the top point earner for New Year New You Challenge week three. Team Absolutely Fibula-ous includes seven participants from the Orthopedic and Podiatry departments at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.
Team points are due by 8 a.m. on Tuesday. To learn more about NYNY or two submit points, visit www.jrmcnd.com/nyny. View the full list of teams at www.jrmcnd.com/nyny/teams-standings/.
NYNY is an eight-week wellness challenge that encourages participants to develop positive lifestyle changes.
NYNY is about exercising and eating right. It’s also about staying healthy. This can be difficult when jumping or sneezing causes sudden bladder leakage.
Urinary incontinence is the loss of bladder control and often occurs in postpartum women and seniors. Stroke, dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s or injuries are common causes.
JRMC Urologist, Dr. Robert J. Bates, said any activity that increases pressure on the bladder can cause vulnerability to urine loss, especially when the bladder is full. Stress incontinence is more common in women than men and occurs when the pelvic floor muscles weaken with age and childbirth.
“Kegel exercises can greatly improve the strength and function of the pelvic floor muscles,” said Dr. Bates. “These exercises can be done in the car, at work or at home.”
Practice your kegels at the next community event. Attending a community activity outside of normal activities will yield each participant five bonus points this week. In addition, attendees can earn extra points for the work-friendly Lose Your Lap exercises and the more intense High-Intensity Interval Training.
Still having urine leakage? Contact the JRMC Urology team and schedule direct: (701) 952-4878.
Fargo (In-Forum) Fargo Police report, the body of a deceased elderly woman was found in a car in a Fargo grocery store parking lot on Wednesday.
Police were called to the Cash Wise grocery on 13th Avenue South about noon. The deceased woman was inside the car by a large snow pile in the northeast corner of the lot.
Police say she appears to have been dead for a significant amount of time. They do not think she died because of the recent extremely cold temperatures.
Police are working to identify her and notify her family.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Police are recommending attempted murder charges against a man accused of stabbing a woman at a Minot residence.
Authorities say the woman suffered multiple stab wounds Tuesday. The 24-year-old suspect fled in a vehicle. Police say he was later stopped near the Ward County Courthouse and arrested.
The Minot Daily News reports officials say the woman knows the suspect, a Belcourt man. She was taken to Trinity Hospital and is in stable condition. Police are also recommending charges of terrorizing and theft of a motor vehicle against the man.
TOWNER, N.D. (AP) — Severe winter weather has prompted officials to postpone the sentencing of a Minnesota man accused of attacking a priest in North Dakota.
Forty-three-year-old Chad Legare, of Alexandria, Minnesota, was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for the attack a year ago on the Rev. Robert Wapenski at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Anamoose. Authorities say the dispute involved a woman.
KMOT-TV reports that the court appearance was called off due to recent snow and extreme cold. A new sentencing date was not immediately scheduled.
Legare in November entered an Alford plea to attempted murder. That allows Legare to not admit guilt while acknowledging that evidence likely would convict him. The court treats it like a guilty plea.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Legislature has a dismal approval rating and most voters believe the state’s political system is broken and needs sweeping changes, a primary backer of a successful citizen-led ethics reform measure told lawmakers Wednesday.
“The people of North Dakota want you to hear them,” said Ellen Chaffee, vice president of North Dakotans for Public Integrity, a group that sponsored the constitutional amendment aimed at ethics reform.
The initiative billed as an “anti-corruption amendment” would ban foreign money from elections, restrict lobbying and create an independent ethics commission, among other provisions.
The Legislature set aside the Capitol’s biggest meeting room on Wednesday afternoon to hear testimony on competing Republican and Democratic bills that would develop rules so they conform with voters’ wishes. The bills, however, are vastly different in their approach on how to adhere to the wide-ranging initiative and will require several more hearings during the session, legislative leaders said.
Dina Butcher, a citizen and one of the sponsors of the initiated measure, said in an interview that the GOP version “guts” its intent and continues to restrict transparency, setting “almost meaningless penalties” and making “a mockery of the people’s vote.”
Measure backers largely have agreed with the provisions in the Democratic bill but have signaled a possible lawsuit depending on how the legislation turns out.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The hiring of Brian Mistro as the next head football coach at the University of Jamestown was announced Wednesday at Harold Newman Arena, by UJ Director of Athletics Sean Johnson.
Mistro becomes the 20th head coach in program history and replaces Josh Kittell, who resigned earlier this month to become the recruiting coordinator at North Dakota State University.
Johnson says, “Coach Mistro is an outstanding leader who has the passion, vision, and intellect to be successful at anything he sets his mind to. He will take our football program to a new level of success because he is an excellent communicator, who can evaluate every situation and make adjustments when necessary, will build a culture for our program that mirrors that of our institution, and will inspire our student-athletes, our campus, and our community.”
A native of Gilbert, Ariz., Mistro spent the last seven seasons as an assistant at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., where he was the defensive backs coach, special teams coordinator, and co-recruiting coordinator. The Cobbers posted a record of 51-19 during Mistro’s time on staff.
Concodia Head Coach Terry Horan says, “Jamestown is getting a very qualified football coach that will bring passion to the job each and every day. I’ve been around a lot of successful football coaches, and I can honestly say that Brian ranks right up there with the best that I have had the chance to work with.”
Before joining the Cobber staff, Mistro was a graduate assistant at Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D. He earned a Master’s of Science in Education, Teaching, and Learning with an emphasis in Health, PE, and Coaching in May of 2
Gophers Basketball…
Amir Coffey led a balanced Minnesota attack with 18 points and six assists as the Golden Gophers defeated Illinois 86-75. Jordan Murphy had 16 points and 10 rebounds as five players scored in double figures for the Gophers (16-5, 6-4 Big Ten), who overcame a slow start on a night when the temperature at game time was minus-19 Fahrenheit, with a forecast low of minus-30 overnight.
— Harry Giles came off the bench and scored 12 of his season-high 20 points in the third quarter of the Kings’ 135-113 pounding of the Hawks. Marvin Bagley III added 17 points and 12 rebounds, while teammate Bogdan Bogdanovic had 16 points and seven assists for Sacramento.
— Bobby Portis scored 22 of his 26 points in the second half to lead the Bulls to just their second win in 15 games this month, 105-89 at Miami. Wayne Selden added 20 and Lauri Markkanen had 14 with 13 rebounds to help Chicago drop the Heat’s home record to 11-14.
T25 MEN’S BASKETBALL-SCHEDULE
Marquette gets first win at Butler since 1989-90
UNDATED (AP) — Marquette was able to coast in its first game since cracking the top 10 in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll on Monday.
Markus Howard scored 32 points and Sam Hauser added 19 as the 10th-ranked Golden Eagles dumped Butler, 76-58 at Indianapolis. Howard shot 14-for-23 overall, grabbed five rebounds and provided six points during an 11-0 run that put Marquette ahead, 61-45 with 6:34 remaining.
The Golden Eagles are 19-3 overall and 8-1 in the Big East following their eighth straight victory.
In other top-25 finals:
— Nickeil Alexander-Walker tied a season high with 25 points and No. 12 Virginia Tech improved to 17-3 by shooting 59 percent to beat Miami 82-70. Justin Robinson scored 17 points for the Hokies but appeared to hurt his left leg before limping to the locker room midway through the second half.
— Number-14 Villanova has a nine-game winning streak after Eric Paschall (PAS’-kul) scored 20 points and Phil Booth added 19 and eight assists in an 86-74 verdict over DePaul. Freshman forward Saddiq Bey matched a career high with 16 points and set one with 11 boards, while hitting four of the Wildcats’ 15 3-pointers.
— No. 15 Louisville won its sixth in a row as Jordan Nwora scored 20 points in an 82-54 romp at Wake Forest. Dwayne Sutton added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Cardinals, who shot 52 percent and improved to 16-5 overall and 7-1 in the ACC.
— Tremont Waters scored a season-high 36 points with a career-best six 3-pointers to give No. 19 LSU its 10th straight victory, 72-57 over Texas A&M. Naz Reid scored all seven of his points during a 10-2 run that put the Tigers ahead 51-40 with 15 minutes left.
— Lindell Wigginton scored a season-high 27 points off the bench in 20th-ranked Iowa State’s 93-68 rout of West Virginia. Marial Shayok scored 19 points for the 16-5 Cyclones.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-NEWS
Former coach pleads guilty…Spartans lose Langford
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Oklahoma State assistant basketball coach Lamont Evans has pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to a single charge of conspiracy to commit bribery.
Evans admitted to accepting $22,000 in bribes to convince NBA-destined athletes to team up with favored financial advisers.
Sentencing was set for May 10. A plea deal with prosecutors recommends a sentence of up to two years in prison and a $22,000 fine.
Judge Edgardo Ramos also warned him that he might be subject to deportation because he is a citizen of Barbados.
Also in college basketball:
— Michigan State guard Joshua Langford will miss the rest of the season because of an ankle injury that likely requires surgery. Langford started the Spartans’ first 13 games, averaging 15 points before missing the last eight contests.
NFL-NEWS
Goodell says hiring of minority coaches a priority
UNDATED (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league will keep focusing on opportunities to create a deeper pool of minority coaching candidates.
At his State of the League news conference Wednesday, Goodell lauded the NFL’s Rooney Rule, designed 20 years ago to ensure minorities get interview chances when head-coaching opportunities come available.
An Associated Press analysis of coaching staffs for the 2018 season found only four minorities in the stepping-stone positions of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
In other NFL news:
— Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman says he has received “one or two” death threats from frustrated Saints fans on social media. Robey-Coleman was involved in the now-infamous play during which he was not penalized for his hit on Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis. No flag was thrown for pass interference for the helmet-to-helmet nature of the hit — for which Robey-Coleman was fined about $27,000 by the NFL.
— Patriots head coach Bill Belichick says Malcom Brown has been added to the team’s injury report after being limited during today’s practice. Brown has a calf injury, and Belichick says the defensive tackle spent much of the workout on the sideline. Belichick said everyone else “was good to go.”
— Saints coach Sean Payton says he’s glad he’s part of the committee that discusses proposed NFL rule changes. Payton said that coming up with the topics for the committee will be easy, but finding solutions are the hard part. Payton also noted that nothing discussed or done in the future can change recent officiating mistakes that may have cost the Saints a trip to the Super Bowl.
— Key rulings are expected soon in a lawsuit against the NFL filed by two Saints season ticket holders upset with the outcome of the NFC championship game. The suit calls for the NFL to invoke a rule that could result in a do-over of the game, which ended with the Rams beating the Saints and advancing to Sunday’s Super Bowl. At issue is officials’ failure to call interference or roughness penalties against a Rams player at a key point in the final minutes of regulation play.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-COACH EXTENSIONS
Leach, Riley gets one-year extension
UNDATED (AP) — Washington State and football coach Mike Leach have agreed on a one-year contract extension that runs through the 2023 season.
The school said Wednesday that Leach will be paid $3.75 million in 2019, and $4 million per year the following four years.
Leach guided Washington State to an 11-2 record last season, the most wins in program history.
Meanwhile, the Oklahoma Board of Regents has approved a one-year contract extension for football coach Lincoln Riley through 2023. The Sooners have won the Big 12 championship and made the College Football Playoff in both of his seasons as head coach.
NHL…
Pens double up Bolts
UNDATED (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have followed a lifeless loss against the last-place New Jersey Devils with a strong victory against the NHL’s top team.
Kris Letang (leh-TANG’) tied a team record and Evgeni Malkin reached a milestone as the Pens doubled up Tampa Bay, 4-2. Letang notched his 109th goal as a Penguin to tie Hall of Famer Paul Coffey’s franchise record for career goals by a defenseman. Malkin set up two scores to become the fifth Russian-born player in league history to reach 600 career assists.
Riley Sheahan, Phil Kessel and Sidney Crosby scored during Pittsburgh’s three-goal first period.
Matt Murray stopped 33 shots and blanked the Lightning until J.T. Miller tallied with 4:10 remaining.
The win puts the Penguins in a second-place tie with Washington in the Metropolitan Division, three points behind the Islanders.
The Lightning suffered just their fourth regulation loss in their last 24 games, keeping them five points ahead of the Flames for the league’s top record.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Jamie Benn’s first-period goal held up as Ben Bishop handled 30 shots in the Stars’ 1-0 win against the Sabres. Bishop made 14 saves in the third period to secure his third shutout of the season and 27th of his career.
MLB-NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — The Twins and left-hander Martin Perez have finalized a one-year contract that includes a $7.5 million club option for 2020. Perez went just 2-7 with a 6.22 ERA in 22 appearances in 2018, including 15 starts.
Two people familiar with the negotiations say reliever Greg Holland and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a one-year, $3.25 million contract. The deal allows Holland to earn an additional $3.5 million in bonuses.
The 33-year-old right-hander earned $14 million while going 2-2 with a 4.66 ERA for St. Louis and Washington last season. He has a 2.83 ERA in eight major league seasons.
In other MLB news:
— Mark Reynolds is back with the Rockies organization after accepting a minor league contract. The first baseman hit .248 with 13 homers and 40 RBIs in 86 games last season, opening the campaign with the Rockets before joining the Washington Nationals.
— The Nationals have hired 88-year-old Jack McKeon as a senior adviser to general manager Mike Rizzo, a move that was first reported by The Athletic. McKeon spent parts of 16 seasons as a major league manager, compiling a 1,051-990 record and winning the World Series with the Marlins in 2003.
NC STATE-CORRIGAN
North Carolina State hires Army’s Boo Corrigan as next AD
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State has hired Army athletic director Boo Corrigan as its next AD, replacing Debbie Yow (yow).
The Black Knights claimed 20 Patriot League regular-season or tournament titles and sent 14 teams to NCAA postseason events during Corrigan’s eight years at the academy. The son of former ACC Commissioner Gene Corrigan has also worked in athletic departments at Duke, Florida State, Notre Dame and Navy.
MARYLAND-PLAYER DEATH
U. Maryland head staying until June 2020
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — University of Maryland President Wallace Loh (loh) will remain at the state’s flagship university through June 2020
He initially announced plans to retire at the end of this school year in the aftermath of a football player’s death, but Board of Regents Chair Linda Gooden has announced that Loh is leading several initiatives critical to the university’s future.
The university was shaken by the death of 19-year-old Jordan McNair, who died of heatstroke after a May workout.
Gooden says the university is launching the process to select Loh’s successor.
FED CUP-US
Keys, Collins among US Fed Cup team
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — No. 17 Madison Keys and No. 23 Danielle Collins will lead the U.S. Fed Cup team against Australia next month in Asheville, North Carolina.
Sofia Kenin and Nicole Melichar will join them on the team announced by the U.S. Tennis Association and team captain Kathy Rinaldi. The 25-year-old Collins recently reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open.
BEIJING 2022
China’s Xi: 2022 Winter Games will be green, inclusive, open
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) says his country is well on track to deliver a “spectacular” 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
Xi also told IOC President Thomas Bach in Beijing today that China’s government is firmly committed to putting on a “spectacular games” with a “green, inclusive, open, and corruption-free approach.”
Xi added China’s preparations grew out of its people’s approach to performing jobs in a “methodical matter and well in advance.”
Beijing received the 2022 Winter Olympics by attrition, winning over Almaty, Kazakhstan, after a half-dozen European bidders dropped out, discouraged by soaring costs and taxpayer backlash.
Beijing staged the 2008 Summer Olympics and will be the first city to host the winter edition as well.
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