CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the evening, then snow after midnight. Snow accumulation around 1 inch. Lows zero to 5 above. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.  Chance of snow 90 percent.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy. Snow likely in the morning, then slight

chance of snow in the afternoon. Snow accumulation around 1 inch.

Storm total around 2 inches. Highs 15 to 20. South winds 5 to

10 mph increasing to northwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Chance of snow 60 percent.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 5 below. Northwest

winds 15 to 20 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Colder. Highs near zero. Northwest

winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 20 below.

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

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows near zero.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 10.

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

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 10.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows near zero.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.

The next round of snow will begin to move into the Devils Lake Basin
Thursday night and continue into Friday. An inch or two of snow will be
possible by sunrise Friday.

Snow will continue Friday into Friday evening, with 1 to 3 inches
expected mainly north of the I-94 corridor. A few isolated spots
could get higher than 3 inches. There will be some blowing snow
Friday afternoon and night as a cold front moves into the area,
reducing visibilities to a mile at times.

Patchy blowing snow will be possible early Saturday. Cold
conditions return through the weekend with wind chills into the
negative 20s Saturday overnight.

Buchanan  (WDAY)   The search for Sonia Heinle in Buchanan on Thursday, continued.

Authorities suspect that her body is still in the murky slough waters that her car went into last Sunday.

Officials say the water is too cold for divers to go into, and underwater sonar equipment is being used.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Barnes County Sheriff’s Department is warning the public about a sex offender now living in Valley City.

50-year-old Juan Perez rsides at 455 Wintershow Rd. SE #104.

He is currently working in Luverne, ND at 12306 20th St. SE.

Perez is  a white/Hispanic man, about 5’5″, 135 lbs with brown eyes and black hair.

He’s convicted of enticing by electronic communication devices out of Nebraska.

Perez does not have a risk level assigned to him at this point.

 

Valley City  (Chamber report)  The Valley City Parks & Recreation 4th Annual Pizza Corner Youth Basketball Tournament  will be held in Valley City, Saturday, December 14.
There will be lots of activity as there is 64 teams coming to town ages 4th grade through 8th grade.  Games will be starting at 9 am through 8 pm in the Rec Center, Wellness Center and at the HAC.

Valley City (CSi) Valley Twisters Gymnastics presents: The Santa Showcase Meet, Sunday December 15, from 3-p.m., to 5-p.m., at the Valley City Youth Complex.

Come watch your favorite gymnast put their skills to the test in a mock meet. Shout outs available to show them how supportive you are.

They will also hold a fundraising silent auction and bake sale upstairs while the gymnasts compete..

GK leos will be available to purchase as well as souvenir meet t-shirts.

Adults and School Age kid admission, $5.

Preschool and younger, get in free.

Jamestown  (CSi)  Victory Lutheran Church at 510 9th Avenue, Southwest in Jamestown invites public to there 16th Annual Community Christmas Dinner on Sunday December 15, from 11:30-a.m., to 1:30-p.m., in the Fellowship Hall.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, spokesperson Eunice Sahr said there is no charge, for the turkey dinner and all the trimmings.  Home delivery is available by calling Victory Lutheran at 251-1570, by 3-p.m., on Friday December 13.

Eunice said that 37 turkeys are being bake courtesy of the James River, Senior/Community Center as around 100 volunteers will be at the church, many donating food items.   15 volunteer drivers will be delivering the meals.

She added about 500 individuals are expected to be served.

Victory Lutheran is north and west of Louis L’Amour School, in Jamestown.

The community is invited to the Christmas Eve Service, at 4-p.m.

Jamestown CSi) 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse, Site Supervisor, Steven Reidburn says, the community will have another opportunity to visit the Christmas Open House, on December 15, from 1-p.m., to 4-p.m.

On a recent  Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Steve said, 17 Christmas trees have been provided courtesy of sponsors, and decorated by volunteers, adding volunteers have worked about 100 hours on the project in November this year. He added that each tree will have a tag indicating the name of the sponsor.

He added that trees will have a theme and visitors can vote on their favorite, and pay $1 per ballot, with proceeds going to the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse supporting future programming and planning.

New this year is Santa’s Café, and workshop, at the main hallway.

Bismarck  (Gov. Burgum’s Office)  – Governor Doug Burgum and North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring have announced the availability of a program that will reimburse eligible producers for a portion of feed transportation expenses.

The Emergency Feed Transportation Assistance Program will help producers who have verifiable feed losses as a result of extraordinary weather conditions this fall.

The state Emergency Commission met Wednesday and unanimously approved $250,000 for the program.

Goehring says, “Some producers have lost feed or were unable to access feed and have had to purchase hay or feed.  This program will assist producers with defraying some of those transportation costs.”

Commssion Chairman, Burgum added, “Livestock is a billion-dollar industry in North Dakota, and producers have been hard hit by the wettest August-September-October period on record in 125 years.   “This is a narrow program to try to support our livestock producers in this extremely challenging area of feed availability and access.”

Program eligibility requirements include:

  • Must have verifiable feed losses which required the producer to purchase supplemental feed or haul breeding livestock to a feedlot. Examples include:
    • Producer was unable to cut corn at the appropriate time to make silage.
    • Producer had hay that was flooded.
    • Producer lost access to hay or other feed.
  • Must own at least 25 animal unit equivalents of dairy cattle, beef cattle, bison, sheep or goats. A description of animal unit equivalents may be found directly on the application.
  • Feed must be used for the purposes of the producer’s own livestock operation.
    • Feed is considered to be hay or any other forage (excluding silage); grain including distillers and other co-products; straw and other feed supplements.
  • Transportation costs must have been incurred between Sept. 30, 2019, and Jan. 31, 2020.
  • Must have costs related to transportation outside of an applicant’s normal livestock operation.

Producers must provide verifiable feed losses through photos, written descriptions and third-party verifications. Applicants must have receipts for purchased feed and transportation costs. Transportation costs will be reviewed and approved based on standard trucking rates. The program will reimburse producers a portion of expenses dependent on the total amount of eligible applications received and approved through the program.

Livestock producers interested in applying or wanting to find more information on eligibility should go to the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s website at www.nd.gov/ndda to fill out and submit an application or to download a paper version.

Applications must be submitted or postmarked by Feb. 10, 2020.

Goehring encouraged those willing to help transport feed to add their information to the Hay Hotline by calling 701-425-8454 to have their name and information added to the database. A self-service Hay Hotline map is available at www.nd.gov/ndda/ for those looking for forage.

Questions about acceptable feedstocks or filling out the application may be directed to 1-800-242-7535 or haytransport@nd.gov.

(AP)  North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Jon Jensen has been elected to head the state’s high court. The 54-year-old Jensen was selected Thrusday over Justice Lisa Fair McEvers. The ballots were cast by the state’s district court judges and each of the five justices on the high court. Jensen was appointed by Gov. Doug Burgum in 2017 to replace Justice Carol Kapsner, who resigned. Jensen has never been elected by a vote of the people. He must run for a new 10-year term next year to stay on the high court.

(AP)  The Defense Department’s internal watchdog is investigating a $400 million border wall contract awarded to a firm that used multiple appearances on Fox News to push for the job. The Pentagon’s inspector general sent a letter Thursday to House Homeland Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson telling him they would audit the contract awarded to North Dakota-based firm Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. Thompson asked for the review last week, in part over concerns the proposals did not meet operational requirements and prototypes came in late and over budget.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The president of Bismarck State College says no foul play is suspected in the death of a student. Twenty-one-year-old Cianna Carlson, of Bowman, was found dead in her room at Lidstrom Hall Wednesday afternoon. Bismarck Police Lt. Luke Gardiner says it’s not clear how Carlson died, but says there’s no danger to the public. BSC President Larry Skogen issued a statement to the campus community expressing “great sorrow”over the student’s death.

In sports…

Thursday…

Barnes County Girl’s Basketball Tournament…

Game One…

Sargent Central 51, Griggs County Central 39

 

In world and national news…

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey authorities say the two killers who stormed a kosher market in Jersey City were driven by hatred of Jews and law enforcement. And the case is being investigated as domestic terrorism. That’s according to the state attorney general. The bloodshed took place Tuesday, when a man and woman with a cache of weapons that included an AR-15-style rifle and a shotgun shot a police officer to death at a cemetery and then killed three people at the Jewish-owned store. They then died in a gunbattle with police. Authorities say social media posts and other evidence show a hatred of Jews and police.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have pushed through legislation that would empower Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and offer new benefits for seniors. Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bill would also provide new dental, vision and hearing benefits for Medicare recipients. But the legislation has no chance of passing the Republican-controlled Senate, and the White House has issued a veto threat. Still, Democrats see a a political victory in the message their bill sends to voters. Republicans say they don’t believe government should set prices for medicines. When Donald Trump was a candidate, he promised that Medicare would “negotiate like crazy.” He’s since backed off.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee is arguing through a marathon session ahead of voting to send impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the full House. It’s the latest big step as the politically split Congress debates whether to remove Trump from office. The Judiciary panel debated for nearly three hours Thursday before rejecting a Republican amendment to simply delete the first of two articles of impeachment. That vote was 23-17, along party lines, and later votes were expected to be the same. Democrats called Trump’s actions a “constitutional crime spree.” Republicans decried what they called the “hot garbage’’ impeachment.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate lawmakers have voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Stephen Hahn, a cancer specialist and hospital executive, will inherit a number of pressing health issues as FDA commissioner. The vote comes amid questions about how the Trump administration will address the problem of underage vaping. In September Trump announced a plan to remove nearly all flavored e-cigarettes from the market, because of their appeal to underage children and teens. But the administration has stepped back from that proposal. And Hahn has given no specifics on how he would approach the problem.

Update….

WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police and military specialists have launched a risky operation to recover the bodies of eight victims of a volcanic eruption. Two helicopters have landed Friday on White Island, where eight others were killed in the eruption Monday. Eight military specialists wearing protective clothing and using breathing apparatuses are trying to recover the bodies. Scientists have warned that gases on the island are so toxic and corrosive that a single inhalation could be fatal. They also say volcanic activity has increased in recent days and the island is “highly volatile.” That’s delayed recovering the bodies until now and is making the operation dangerous.

 

New…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A brief eruption of a volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has sent an ash cloud to heights of 25,000 feet. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says Shishaldin Volcano erupted for about three minutes Thursday morning. Winds of 52 miles per hour help spread the ash cloud. The National Weather Service issued an advisory to aircraft so they can avoid it. Shishaldin is near the center of Unimak Island, the largest island in the Aleutian chain. It has a village named False Pass with a population of 39 that was unaffected by the ash cloud. Shishaldin is one of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutians.