CSi Weather…

…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT…

* WHAT…Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 16
inches possible. Blowing and drifting snow possible as winds
could gust as high as 45 mph.

* WHERE…Stutsman, Logan, La Moure, McIntosh Barnes, and Dickey
counties,  portions of central, northwest and west central
Minnesota and southeast North Dakota.

* WHEN…From late Friday night through late Sunday night.

* IMPACTS…Travel could be very difficult to impossible.
Widespread blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Travel could be impossible.
Widespread blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility.

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates and expect that each
time you look at the forecast it will be just a little different
as details are narrowed.

 

Forecast…

REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 20s. Southwest winds 5 to

10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy in the evening, then cloudy with a

40 percent chance of snow after midnight. Lows 10 to 15. South

winds around 5 mph.

.SATURDAY…Snow likely. Snow accumulation around 2 inches. Highs

in the mid 20s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of snow

60 percent in the Jamestown area, 80 percent in the Valley City area.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Snow likely. Areas of blowing and drifting

snow. Moderate snow accumulations. Lows 15 to 20. North winds

10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph after midnight. Chance of

snow 70 percent in the Jamestown area, 90 percent in the Valley City area.

.SUNDAY…Snow. Areas of blowing and drifting snow. Windy.

Moderate snow accumulations. Highs in the lower 20s. North winds

25 to 30 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Snow likely in the evening, then chance

of snow after midnight. Blowing and drifting snow through the

night. Windy. Lows 10 to 15. Chance of snow 60 percent.

.MONDAY…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Blowing and

drifting snow in the morning. Areas of blowing and drifting snow

in the afternoon. Windy. Highs 15 to 20.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the

evening. Areas of blowing and drifting snow in the evening. Lows

around 10.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows 10 to 15.

.NEW YEARS DAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.

.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s.

 

Fargo  (NDHP) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a 50 year old Jamestown woman was cited in a two vehicle crash Thursday, about 9:30-a.m., on I-94 two miles west of West Fargo.

Sgt Matthew Denault reports that a 2007 freightliner semi and 2013 Ford Raptor were traveling eastbound  in the right lane when the Ford lost control in front of the Freightliner. The Ford slid toward the median and then again back toward the right lane, where it was struck on the front, right side by the semi.

The semi came to rest in the north ditch and the pickup came to rest in the median facing northeast. 50 year oldEdith Sempala, of Jamestown was cited for driving under suspension and care required.

The Semi Driver 70 year old Gary Swart, of New Rockford was not injured.

Valley City  (CSi) Meeting in Special Session, Thursday morning, at City Hall, the Valley City Commission, accepted the resignation of City Administrator, David Schelkoph.

He has said, he tendered his resignation, and is leaving the position to pursue other interests, with his last day as City Administrator, January 17, 2020.

He accepted the position in 2012.

City Human Resources Director Carl Martineck says options will be discussed about the position and the future employee flow chart.

Mayor Dave Carlsrud said a lot of duties have been added to the position.

 

Valley City  (CSi)   Valley City Park & Recreation District informs the public that  the ice skating area of Pioneer Park is closed temporarily, until further notice, because resurfacing issues.

Officials will make an announcement when the ice skating area is ready for the public.

 

Jamestown  (uj.edu)  University of Jamestown hosted 40 prospective students during its Fall Wilson Scholarship Day on Nov. 18, 2019. After participating in on-campus interviews and writing an essay, two high school students, Ema Lee (Casselton, ND) and Kristi Carpenter (Moffit, ND), were awarded full-tuition scholarships.

UJ’s Vice President of Enrollment Management, Greg Ulland says, “Both of this year’s winners truly exemplify what it means to be a Jimmie. Not only are they strong academically, their commitment to community and those around them was clear in their interviews and essays. Any student that attends the Wilson Competition should consider themselves part of an elite group of young adults, and ones we would be honored to have join our campus community.”

Established in memory of the late Dr. John L. Wilson and his wife, Palma, the Wilson Competitive Scholarship Program provides four full-tuition scholarships for four years.

Each fall and winter, University of Jamestown invites admitted students with a 3.5 GPA and 24 ACT to compete in their prestigious Wilson Scholarship Day Event. Qualifying students interview with members of the faculty and compose a brief essay. The top two students from each competition receive a Wilson Full-Tuition Scholarship. All other participants are granted a Distinguished Scholarship worth $1,000 per year.

The next Wilson Scholarship Day will be held on Jan. 20, 2020. Students interested in registering for the event should contact the Office of Admissions at 1-800-336-2554 or admission@uj.edu.

Ulland, adds, “Of course, there are great financial incentives for students to attend the Wilson Competition.  An even bigger benefit of attendance, however, is the chance for these like-minded students to make connections with one another and with the UJ community long before they actually enroll.”

For more information on the Wilson Scholarship and the legacy of Dr. John L. Wilson at UJ, please visit uj.edu/WilsonScholarship.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Eliot Glassheim, a longtime Democratic member of the North Dakota Legislature who ran unsuccessfully for a U.S. Senate seat three years ago, has died. He was 81. Glassheim died Wednesday at a hospital in his hometown of Grand Forks after a long battle with lung cancer, said his wife, Dyan Rey. He is also survived by two children.. A native New Yorker, Glassheim moved to North Dakota in the 1970s. He served a year in the state House in 1975, and again from 1993 until 2016, when he unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate against the Republican incumbent, John Hoeven.

(AP)  Fargo police are warning winter drivers about stolen vehicles after a man drove off in a car that was left running, unattended and unlocked. KFGO radio reports that a woman ran into a Fargo gas station about 8:30 p.m. Thursday to make a quick purchase. When she returned to the parking lot, her car was gone. An officer who happened to be on patrol in the area spotted the vehicle shortly after it was stolen and arrested the suspect. Thirty-six-year-old Michael Mead Jr., of Fargo, is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and drunken driving.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Trade Office has a new executive director. The agency’s board of directors announced Thursday that Drew Combs, who joined the trade office in August as a business development executive, is taking over the post. The trade office is a membership-based, private-public partnership that promotes North Dakota companies in order to help them increase exports and grow their international business. Sanford says the board likes the fact that Combs has a background in agriculture and energy, which the lieutenant governor calls “pillars of North Dakota’s economy.”

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials say a horse in Bottineau County has tested positive for a disease caused by an equine virus. The horse was confirmed positive for EHM, a disease caused by equine herpesvirus-1. Since October, several outbreaks of EHM have been reported in states including Oklahoma, Virginia, Pennsylvania and California. The virus can be spread through the air and on contaminated equipment, clothing and hands. The virus can cause respiratory disease, abortion and neonatal death in horses. North Dakota animal health officials are reminding horse owners to protect their horses from the virus.

 

In sports…

Thursday…

High School Boy’s Hockey…

Rochester Kiwanis Tournament
Blue Division
First Round

Fargo South/Shanley 10, Rochester Lourdes/Dover-Eyota, Minn. 1

West Fargo 3, Detroit Lakes/Perham, Minn. 0

GIRLS HOCKEY
Blaine Tournament
First Round

Blaine, Minn. 3, Bismarck High 1

Sartell Tournament

Sartell/Sauk Rapids-Rice, Minn. 4, Fargo North/South 2

 

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL=

Mandan Holiday Tournament=

First Round=

Bottineau 68, Wilton-Wing 60

Glen Ullin 62, Flasher 57

Linton-HMB 76, Grant County 42

New Salem-Almont 69, Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky 42

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s river otter trapping season is over.The state Game and Fish Department announced Thursday that the season is closed immediately. The department says the statewide season’s predetermined harvest limit of 20 has been reached. Last year’s harvest limit was 15 otters. Only North Dakota residents were eligible to participate. The season limit was one otter per trapper.

NBA…

UNDATED (AP) —  Gorgui Dieng (GEER’-gee jehng) had 21 points and 15 rebounds as the Timberwolves knocked off the Kings, 105-104 to end an 11-game losing streak. Andrew Wiggins furnished the first basket of the second OT and finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Minnesota hadn’t won since Nov. 27 before limiting Sacramento to 11 points in the fourth quarter and then outlasting the Kings in two overtimes.

Luka Doncic (DAHN’-chihch) returned to the Dallas Mavericks’ lineup after missing four straight games with a sprained right ankle. Doncic showed little rust while coming two assists shy of a triple-double in the Mavericks’ 102-98 win over the Spurs.

The NBA’s reigning Rookie of the Year shot just 9 of 23 but finished with a team-high 24 points and 10 rebounds.

Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 17 points, while Kristaps Porzingis (KRIHS’-tahps pohr-ZIHN’-gihs) and Dorian Finney-Smith had 13 apiece to help the Mavericks pull within a half-game of the Southwest Division-leading Houston Rockets.

The Spurs scored the game’s final 13 points before falling.

DeMar DeRozan scored 16 of his team-high 21 points in the second half, while teammate Rudy Gay scored 18 for San Antonio.

— Donovan Mitchell delivered 28 of his 35 points in the second half to power the Jazz past the Trail Blazers, 121-115. Rudy Gobert (goh-BEHR’) forced Carmelo Anthony into an air ball with 22.4 seconds remaining and blocked Damon Lillard’s driving shot with 5.2 seconds left to quell the Trail Blazers’ furious fourth-quarter rally. Gobert had 16 points and 15 rebounds for Utah.

— The Nets shot an NBA season-low 26.9% in a 94-82 loss to the lowly Knicks. Julius Randle had 33 points and eight rebounds as the Knicks ended a three-game losing streak. Marcus Morris added 22 points and eight rebounds in New York’s first win in three meetings with the Nets this season. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 25 points but was only 5 for 15 for Brooklyn.

Checking out Thursday’s other NBA action:

— Jonas Valanciunas (YOH’-nuhs val-ehn-CHOO’-nuhs) scored 21 points and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 20 in the Grizzlies’ 110-97 victory over the Thunder. Valanciunas went 9 of 11 from the field and fueled an 8-0 run early in the fourth quarter that essentially put the game away. Tyus Jones added 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting for Memphis.

— Christian Wood scored 22 points to lead eight Pistons who reached double-figures in points during a 132-102 pounding of the Wizards. Blake Griffin had 14 points and a season-high 11 rebounds, while Andre Drummond added 14 points and 10 boards. Pistons coach Dwane Casey was able to use the lopsided margin to rest his key players, including sitting Griffin for the fourth quarter.

 

NBA-PISTONS-KENNARD

Kennard expected to miss two weeks

DETROIT (AP) — Pistons guard Luke Kennard is expected to be out of the lineup for two weeks because of knee tendinitis. The team says Kennard will be evaluated again before returning to play in early January.

The third-year pro is averaging nearly 16 points per game. He’s tied with Blake Griffin and trailing only Andre Drummond in scoring on the team.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-LSU

LSU’s Edwards-Helaire still mending

UNDATED (AP) — There is more evidence that running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire may be a long shot to play for No. 1 LSU in the Peach Bowl playoff semifinal against No. 4 Oklahoma.

Edwards-Helaire has missed practice this week with a hamstring injury. He did not join his teammates at Thursday’s media day event and was not seen in the portion of the session that was open to reporters.

Coach Ed Orgeron says the junior was receiving treatment. Orgeron hasn’t given up hope that Edwards-Helaire could be cleared to play.

In other college football news:

— Washington quarterback Jacob Eason is skipping his final year of college to enter the NFL draft. Eason started 13 games for Washington last season after beginning his college career at Georgia and transferring following his sophomore season. He threw for 3,132 yards and 23 touchdowns for the Huskies this year.

— Michigan defensive end Kwity Paye has decided to return for his senior season. Paye led the Wolverines with 12 1/2 tackles for losses and was second on the team with 6 1/2 sacks during the regular season.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-BOWL SCHEDULE

La. Tech, Pittsburgh get bowl wins

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Louisiana Tech has pulled off the first shutout in the 44-game history of the Independence Bowl.

J.Mar Smith threw for a second-quarter touchdown and added an eight-yard scoring run with 1:15 left to help the Bulldogs beat Miami, 14-0 in Shreveport, La. Bulldogs running back Justin Henderson was selected the Most Outstanding Offensive Player after rushing for 95 yards on 22 carries.

Louisiana Tech hit double-digit victories for the first time since 1984 and ran its postseason winning streak to six. Miami completed its second losing season in 12 years.

In Thursday’s other bowl game, Kenny Pickett threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Taysir Mack with 47 seconds left to send Pittsburgh to a 34-30 victory over Eastern Michigan in the Quick Lane Bowl.

Pickett completed 27 of 39 passes for 361 yards and three scores, including a school-record, 96-yard TD pass to Maurice Ffrench. Ffrench finished with 12 catches for 165 yards, most of which came on the tying score in the second quarter.

NFL-BROWNS-LANDRY HIP

Browns’ Landry says hip pain caused by fractured vertebrae

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Jarvis Landry has been plagued by hip pain since the Browns reported to training camp in late July.

The Pro Bowl wide receiver revealed the origin of his injury Thursday. Landry said he was diagnosed with a fractured bone at the base of his spine early in the summer, limiting his practice time throughout this season and potentially requiring surgery to correct the problem.

The 27-year-old says it started with a fractured sacrum and “started going bad.” The sacrum consists of two vertebrae that form a large triangular bone at the bottom of the spine. Fractures are typically accompanied by significant hip, back or groin pain.

Landry has played in all 15 games, leading the team with 81 receptions, 1,092 yards receiving and five touchdown catches. He earned his fifth Pro Bowl selection in six seasons.

In other NFL news:

— Pro Bowl running back Derrick Henry says he is definitely ready and will play against the Houston Texans with an NFL playoff berth on the line for the Tennessee Titans. The Titans sat Henry last week against New Orleans and need only a win in Sunday’s regular season finale to clinch the franchise’s second playoff berth in three seasons. Henry ranks third in the NFL in rushing with 1,329 yards and also is tied for third in the league with 13 rushing touchdowns.

— Falcons rookie cornerback Jordan Miller has received a four-game suspension without pay for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. The fifth-round draft pick out of Washington will miss the season finale Sunday at Tampa Bay and the first three games of 2020.

— A Tennessee man is being held without bond in the stabbing deaths of two men outside a Nashville bar — including the brother of NFL quarterback C.J. Beathard of the San Francisco 49ers. Michael Mosley is charged in the deaths of Clayton Beathard and Paul Trapeni and the wounding of a third man in an altercation early Saturday. According to The Tennessean newspaper, Beathard was attending Long Island University, where he was the quarterback for the football team and majoring in Sports Management.

NHL-BLACKHAWKS INJURIES

Blackhawks Seabrook, de Haan out for the season

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks defensemen Brent Seabrook and Calvin de Haan (hahn) are scheduled for season-ending right shoulder surgeries on Friday.

The 34-year-old Seabrook also will have surgery on his right hip in January and left hip in February. He is under contract through the 2023-24 season at an average annual value of $6,875,000.

The last-place Blackhawks placed Seabrook and de Haan on long-term injured reserve, freeing up significant space under the salary cap.

HOCKEY-WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Canada tops U.S. in WJC opener

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Arizona Coyotes forward Barrett Hayton scored twice to help Canada beat the United States, 6-4 in their Group B opener at the world junior hockey championship.

Alexis Lafreniere (lah-FREHN’-yehr) gave Canada a 5-4 lead with 3:11 left, just seven seconds after Shane Pinto tied it for the U.S. Pinto had two goals for the Americans, who advanced to last year’s final.

AP FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Biles wins Athlete of the Year honors

UNDATED (AP) — Gymnast Simone Biles is the 2019 AP Female Athlete of the Year. The reigning world and Olympic champion edged U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe for the honor in a vote among AP member sports editors and AP beat writers.

The 22-year-old is the first gymnast to win the award twice and the first to do it in a non-Olympic year. She was named the Athlete of the Year in 2016 after winning four gold medals at the Rio Olympics.

RUSSIAN-DOPING

Russia confirms it will appeal 4-year Olympic ban

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has confirmed that it will appeal its four-year Olympic ban for manipulating doping data.

The Russian anti-doping agency known as RUSADA has sent a formal letter disagreeing with the sanctions imposed earlier this month by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

RUSADA says it disputes the WADA notice “in its entirety” including the evidence of tampering with the data archive.

RUSADA’s own CEO, Yuri Ganus, attached his own note of protest to today’s letter. Ganus had disagreed with the decision to appeal.

The WADA sanctions ban the use of the Russian team name, flag or anthem at a range of major sports competitions over the next four years including the 2020 Olympics.

In world and national news…

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a tour helicopter with seven people aboard in Hawaii. A news release says the owner of the tour helicopter contacted the Coast Guard around 45 minutes after it was due back from a tour of Kauai’s Nā Pali Coast on Thursday evening. The release says two of the passengers were believed to be minors. The helicopter has an electronic locators, but no signals had been received as of late Thursday night, local time. A Coast Guard officer described weather conditions for the search as “challenging.” Further details weren’t immediately available.

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A winter storm has brought a deluge of rain and snow to Southern California. Snow has shut down the vital Interstate 5 in Tejon Pass through the mountains north of Los Angeles and dozens of miles of Interstate 15 from Baker, California, to Primm, Nevada. A trucker found in a rig stopped on Tejon Pass was pronounced dead. It was not known if the death was weather-related. Authorities say a woman passenger was killed Thursday when a car skated off a snowy road in San Diego County. Officials also say a small tornado hopped across Ventura Harbor on Wednesday night. Damage was minor.

 

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Kazakhstan plane with 98 people aboard has crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 12 people, while 54 were hospitalized with injuries. Authorities had earlier put the death toll at 15 but later revised it downward, without explaining why. The aircraft hit a concrete fence and a two-story building after takeoff from Almaty International Airport. The plane was flying to Nur-Sultan, the country’s capital formerly known as Astana. The aircraft was identified as a Fokker-100, a medium-sized, twin-turbofan jet airliner. The company manufacturing the aircraft went bankrupt in 1996 and the production of the Fokker-100 stopped the following year.

 

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shored up his base with a landslide primary victory. But he will need a big win in national elections in March if he hopes to stay in office and gain immunity from prosecution on corruption charges. Netanyahu handily defeated Gideon Saar in a Likud party primary held on Thursday, but turnout was low amid stormy weather, with less than 60,000 votes cast. Netanyahu faces a much greater challenge in March — the third vote in less than a year — after failing to form a government after the last two elections. He will need a 61-seat coalition to secure immunity from prosecution.

 

PERTH, Australia (AP) — South Australia has issued a code red as temperatures hit 42 degrees Celsius, or 108 Fahrenheit, in the state’s capital, while firefighters battling wildfires in New South Wales have established containment lines in cooler conditions. South Australia last week had 86 homes destroyed after wildfires flared in catastrophic conditions, as its capital Adelaide endured a heatwave. There was respite during the Christmas period, but oppressive conditions returned Friday and are set to continue until Monday.