CSi Weather…

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM TUESDAY EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY…

WHAT…Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 35 below
zero.

* WHERE…Portions of west central Minnesota and northeast and
southeast North Dakota.

* WHEN…Until noon CST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS…The dangerously cold wind chills could cause
frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves.

Forecast…

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows around 20 below. Northwest winds 5 to

10 mph. Wind chills around 35 below.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with

a 30 percent chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs zero to

5 above. West winds around 5 mph shifting to the south in the

afternoon. Lowest wind chills around 35 below in the morning.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Snow likely in the evening, then

chance of snow after midnight. Light snow accumulations. Lows

around 5 below. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow

60 percent in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area.

.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs around 10. Southeast winds

around 5 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.

Lows zero to 5 above.

.FRIDAY…Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs in the

lower 20s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.

Lows around 5 below.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs near zero.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 15 below.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 5 to 10 above.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 above.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 15.

 

On Wednesday snow, with a swath of generally 1 to 2 inches of snow accumulation from Divide and Williams County southeast to LaMoure County.

Some localized amounts of up to 3 inches are possible.

Snow will taper off late Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

Another chance for light snow Thursday night into

Friday,with only up to an inch of snow expected, mainly in the north-central.

A warm up some for Sunday and into the start of the work week.

 

Jamestown  (Valley News Live)  Authorities on Tuesday afternoon  found the vehicle of a missing Stutsman County woman.

Stutsman County Sheriff Chad Kaiser confirmed to Valley News Live that dive crews Tuesday afternoon were working to pull a car out from a slough.

CSiNewsNow.com learned that the Stutsman Dive and Rescue Team was called to the area, about 11:30-a.m., Tuesday.

The vehicle submerged in water belongs to63 year old Sonia Heinle,  who was driving it Sunday night before she went missing.

Sheriff Kaiser says  the vehicle was located Tuesday morning near Heinle’s home and it appears Sunday’s weather played a factor in the vehicle ending up in the slough.

The recent cold snap has made the search efforts difficult, according to the sheriff.

Search crews are working to determine if a body is inside.

Previously…

Jamestown  (CSi)  Authorities  in Jamestown continued the search on Tuesday for a missing Buchanan woman.

Stutsman County Sheriff Chad Kaier says his office will conduct water searches, with assistance from the North Dakota Highway Patrol and the Jamestown Fire Department.

An aircraft will also be available in the search efforts.

63 year old Sonia Heinle was last seen on Sunday night at 7p.m. driving a tan 2003 Buick Lesabre with a ND license plate of 183AVF in the Buchanan area.

Officials say she did not return home after visiting her son’s house about two miles away.

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Salvation Army, Major, Judy Lowder says the Kettle Campaign is dramatically down in donations, and has thus far only raised 25 percent of the Christmas appeal goal. On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, she stressed the need for donations to support the work of the Salvation Army on a year-round basis, along with the need for bell ringers at kettle locations.

She pointed out that the Christmas Campaign funds 40% of the overall operation of the Salvation Army

All the money raised stays in the Jamestown Community and all of Stutsman County and is the only fundraising campaign of the year, and ends of December 24.

She said there’s a growing need for assistance, especially for food assistance.

Statistics show that there is an increase of at least 20 households a month of new people needing food that previously have never come to the Salvation Army for support.

There are between 130 to 150 households a month utilizing food pantry services

The Salvation Army works with the Great Plains Food Bank to get food that is free or low cost. Along with that, community donations help fill the shelves.

Those who get food assistance must fill out an application every 30 days.  The size of the household will determine how much food the family will receive. A typical food box includes vegetables, canned fruit, cereal, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti sauce, pasta, canned meat, crackers, juice and frozen items or refrigerated items such as meat.

Other services provided by the Salvation Army in addition to the food pantry include:

  • Rent and utility assistance
  • Spiritual counseling
  • Vouchers for help through the Salvation Army’s thrift store and the Pathway of Hope program for families with children to help them get to a better place and more stable life.
  • All services are on a case-by-case basis, she said.
  • Christmas assistance such as the Angel Tree program where tags are placed on a Christmas Tree in the community. People take a tag, purchase items and take them to the Salvation Army for distribution.

The Jamestown Salvation Army continues to appeal to volunteers to ring bells

Other cash donations are also welcome.

More information on the Jamestown Salvation Army or to set up bell ringing opportunities, and how to make cash donations, and to volunteer to call 701-252-0290.   The Corps Headquarters in located on First Avenue North in Jamestown.  The Thrift Store is currently located on Business Loop West in Jamestown.

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Salvation Army Thrift Store needs to find a new location in Jamestown.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Major Judy Lowder said, the owner of the building at the present location on Business Loop West in Jamestown has given the Salvation Army a reasonable amount of time to find a new location, at the owner has other plans for the building.

Last winter a heavy snow load collapsed the roof at the center section of the building, but not significantly affecting the Thrift Store.

She said the Salvation Army is looking for a location, to either rent of buy, preferably in a high traffic area.

Anyone with information on a suitable building may call the Jamestown Salvation Army at 701-252-0290.

(AP)  A North Dakotan who has led the National Farmers Union for more than a decade says he won’t seek re-election. Roger Johnson said Tuesday he will retire when his current term ends next year.

Johnson has led the organization for 11 years. During his tenure he led efforts to fight corporate consolidation in the agriculture industry, help farmers adapt to climate change and develop fair international trade agreements.

Johnson is a third-generation family farmer from Turtle Lake, North Dakota. He says it’s time for him to spend more time with his wife and four grandchildren.

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s Foundation and Volunteers invites the community to the Annual Tree of Love Dedication & Holiday Social, on Tuesday December 17, from 3-p.m., to 4-p.m.

There will be a short greeting, prayer and moment of silence to reflect on the holiday season and loved ones.

Ornaments can be purchased for a free-will donation online at www.jrmcnd.com/giving or in the JRMC Gift Shoppe or Foundation office.

The social is free and open to the public. Beverages and light snacks provided.

(AP)  An anti-abortion group has filed a brief in defense of a North Dakota law that requires doctors to inform women that they can reverse the procedure when it is carried out with medication, even though the science behind that claim is disputed. Heartbeat International Inc., and their attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom, filed the brief in federal court on Tuesday. The group says the hormone progesterone may stop an abortion after a woman has taken the first of two medications needed to complete the abortion. Abortion rights proponents dispute that claim.

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — The final medical marijuana dispensary is set to open this week in North Dakota. The eighth dispensary is expected to open in Dickinson on Friday. Division of Medical Marijuana director Jason Wahl says medical marijuana program has issued more than 1,850 identification cards to qualifying patients. Wahl says North Dakota is the first state in the nation to add an electronic option for patients, caregivers and agents of dispensaries and manufacturing facility. Other dispensaries are located in Bismarck, Devils Lake, Fargo, Jamestown, Grand Forks, Minot and Williston.

In sports…

Tuesday afternoon, results from the Barnes County Girls Basketball Tournament

Quarterfinal: LaMoure/Litchville Marion 56, Griggs County Central 21

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee is expected to debate and vote on the two articles of impeachment later this week. The articles, one charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and the other charging him with obstruction of Congress, would be considered separately. The committee’s vote would send the impeachment articles to the House floor for a vote by Christmas. Next would come a Senate trial, likely in 2020. Senators would act as jurors and select House members to act as prosecutors, or impeachment managers. If the Senate approves an article of impeachment with a two-thirds vote of “guilty,” the president is convicted and removed from office. If articles are rejected, the president is acquitted.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr is leveling blistering criticism at how the Russia investigation was conducted. He says it was based on a “bogus narrative” that the Trump campaign might have conspired with Russia during the 2016 election. Barr spoke to NBC News after the release of a Justice Department inspector general report that found problems with the FBI’s investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, but also concluded there was a proper basis for opening the probe. Barr said he disagreed with the inspector general that the FBI had enough information to open the probe and particularly to use surveillance on a former Trump campaign aide.

 

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say police officers have been shot in a Jersey City standoff. A nearby school is on lockdown, but the archdiocese says all staff and students at the Sacred Heart School were safe. SWAT teams, state police and federal agents responded to the scene, and police blocked off the area Tuesday. Loud volleys of gunfire could be heard at regular intervals over the course of at least an hour but have subsided. The area has convenience stores, a kosher supermarket and a hair stylist. FBI spokeswoman Patty Hartman confirms that more than one officer has been shot.

 

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s former president is arguing that Washington helped fuel corruption in his country by spending hundreds of millions of dollars over the past two decades without accountability. In an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Hamid Karzai responded to findings from a trove of newly published documents that say successive U.S. administrations misled the public about the war in Afghanistan. Karzai says the documents, obtained by The Washington Post, confirm his long-running complaints about U.S. spending. The documents also describe Karzai, Afghanistan’s president for 14 years, as leading a government that “self-organized into a kleptocracy.” Karzai has denied wrong-doing but hasn’t denied involvement of officials in his government in corruption.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears likely to rule that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama. Several justices indicated their agreement with arguments Tuesday from the insurers that they are entitled to the money under a provision of the “Obamacare” health law. That provision promised the companies a financial cushion for losses they might incur by selling coverage to people in the marketplaces created by the health care law. Both the Obama and Trump administrations have argued that the provision means the government has no obligation to pay.