CSi Weather…

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows around 10. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Decreasing clouds. Highs in the upper 30s. South winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to around 15 mph in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Windy. Not as cold. Lows in the
mid 20s. West winds 15 to 25 mph increasing to 30 to 35 mph after
midnight. Gusts up to 50 mph.

.SUNDAY…Sunny, windy. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds
30 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph decreasing to 20 to
30 mph in the afternoon.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 15.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
evening. Lows zero to 5 above.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 10 to 15.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows near zero.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
afternoon. Highs 15 to 20.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
snow. Lows zero to 5 above.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 10 to 15.

 

A cold front pushes through the area late Saturday afternoon and Saturday night.

Very strong winds that will track west to east, beginning in the far west late Saturday afternoon, and exiting the east late Saturday night.

After Sunday, features will bring temperature swings, chances for precipitation, and a potential for gusty winds.

The strong winds continue over eastern ND Sunday.

Monday and Tuesday…next week bringing chances for snow late  Monday into Monday night, and a potential for gusty winds

Daytime highs to 5 to 15 followed by wind chills of 15 to 25 deg below zero Tuesday night.

 

Jamestown  (JRMC) – Born into a musical family, one baby was already showing off her powerful voice.

Izetta Renee Roise sang a song of hunger on Jan. 2 – the day of her birth.

Born at 12:41 a.m., she is the first baby of the new year born at Jamestown Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 ounces and has dark hair and “probably” blue eyes, her mom said.

Izetta’s parents, Stephen and Hannah Roise, welcome her to their Kulm home, along with little brother, Oliver age 2.

Stephen and Hannah married in 2016 and moved to Kulm, N.D., soon after. The couple farms alongside her dad, Bruce Kusler.

With the long drive and the pending blizzard, the couple rented a hotel room in Jamestown to be nearer the hospital. Hannah’s due date was Dec. 29.

“We weren’t going to take any chances,” Stephen said.

Once the storm ended on Dec. 31, the couple headed home. It felt like they had just arrived when Izetta was ready to return.

The baby’s arrival – like her brother’s – was fast and furious. Though she would have accepted, Hannah did not receive an epidural for either birth.

“She came quickly like her brother,” Hannah said, saying there just wasn’t enough time for the pain medication.

Izetta, an old English name meaning “renowned for beauty,” is also one of Hannah’s middle names. The couple said they hope Izetta is known not only for her external beauty, but also for her beauty inside and out. As their children grow, Hannah and Stephen say they hope their children learn to love music and travel.

The couple met through a mutual friend and a mutual interest in mission work in Uganda.

“Someday soon, I hope to take both of these munchkins to visit that land,” Hannah said.

The Roises say they appreciate the care of JRMC, especially the “peaceful presence” of Dr. Glenn Wiens, Essentia; and JRMC Registered Nurse Deb Thingstad.

Izetta is the first of about 350 babies born at JRMC each year.

To learn more about Family BirthPlace or delivering at JRMC, visit www.jrmcnd.com/mom

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The James River Humane Society reminds those who received an animal as a Christmas gift, to keep in mind that it needs time to adjust to its new surroundings in the home.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable JRHS, Board Member, Jay Nitschke said “The Magic Threes,” are a good way to remember how a new pet needs to adapt to the home and family members.

They are:

Three days to decompress, from being at the shelter, or another home, and possibly three times three days, if the animal is shy.

Three weeks to know the regular routine of the home members, after the Christmas routine.

Three months to feel at home, in its new surroundings.

She says the pet will also need to adjust to a family member who has been away, for a period of time, and returns to the home.

She adds to be patient with the dog or cat, while they are adjusting to their new home.

The principle applies to both dogs and cats.

On another topic, Jay said new memberships are welcome, and at various donation levels, and includes the newsletter.  The dollars go toward such areas, as the costs of spaying and neutering the animals before adoption, and other shelter costs.

The James River Humane Society is located off the I-94 Bloom Exit and is open seven days a week, from 9-a.m., to 11:30-a.m., and 5:30-p.m., to 6:30-p.m, or by appointment.

Call 701-252-0747, and go on line to jamesriverhumanesociety.org

Jamestown  (JRMC)  — The community is the reason Jamestown Regional Medical Center is possible.

As a thank you, JRMC is welcoming the public to a Business After Hours on Jan. 14.

In conjunction with the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Business After Hours will celebrate the JRMC Clinic and JRMC Cancer Center. Attendees can tour the spaces and see new equipment, purchased by the community. Some of that equipment includes vein lights, R.O.S.I.E. the germ-zapping robot and future fetal heart monitors.

JRMC, President, and CEO, Mike Delfs, says, “JRMC’s had a big year. With the opening of the cancer center, the onboarding of new physicians and implementing new equipment like R.O.S.I.E. and the fetal heart monitor, we’re grateful. This is how we can be THE difference in the lives of those we serve. We hope the community will join us in celebration.”

Business After Hours at JRMC is set for 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14. Please use the clinic entrance at on the southwest side of the building. The event is free and open to the public.

About Jamestown Regional Medical Center

Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, N.D. and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. In 2019, it was named a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” for the sixth consecutive year. Modern Healthcare named JRMC a “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” each year since 2017.  For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call (701) 952-1050.

Jamestown  (CSi)  Victory Lutheran Church in Jamestown is excited to announce that recording artist Jason Gray is returning in concert Saturday, January 11, at 7 pm. Tickets are available by contacting the church either by phone at 701-251-1570 or by email: info@findvictory.org.

General admission: $20; at the door: $25 and VIP: $30. With a VIP ticket comes up front seating, early entry at 5:15 pm and a Q & A session with Jason at 5:30 pm.

Jason Gray was born and raised in Southwestern Minnesota where he spent six years in youth ministry, before going into full-time music ministry in 1999 as an independent artist. He lives near the Twin Cities area. He released four independent records before signing with Centricity Music in 2006. Centricity released his first major label record, “All the Lovely Losers” in  2007.

ChristianityToday.com calls Gray one of “Christian music’s best kept secrets. Gray has collaborated with artists such as Sara Groves, Andrew Peterson, Joel Hanson (frontman for 90s Christian rock band PFR), Andy Gullahorn, Randall Goodgame, Jason Ingram, Thad Cockrell, Andy Osenga (of Caedmon’s Call) and others. He has toured with Jeremy Camp, Sanctus Real, Matthew West, Shawn McDonald, Big Daddy Weave, The Afters, Mark Schultz and others.

Gray has won two ASCAP Performance Awards for “More Like Falling In Love” (2011) and “Good to Be Alive” (2012). He has shared the stage with many major artists such as Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman and Sanctus Real. His first No. 1 single, “Nothing Is Wasted”, reached the top spot on the Soft AC Chart in May 2013 and remained there for nine weeks.

Victory Lutheran Church is located at 510 9th Ave. SW, Jamestown, ND.

Arvilla, ND   (OSHA)   – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Columbia Grain International (CGI) LLC for willfully exposing workers to grain-handling hazards after the fatal engulfment of an employee at the company’s Arvilla, North Dakota, storage facility. The company faces $190,000 in proposed penalties.

OSHA inspectors determined that CGI failed to follow OSHA standards during grain bin entry and cleaning operations. OSHA issued a willful citation for allowing employees to “walk the grain” and for not preventing contact with operating machine parts by locking out the bin’s conveyor system. Violations related to walking/working surfaces, ladder use, machine guarding, bin entry procedures and bin rescue procedures resulted in serious citations.

“This tragedy could have been prevented if the employer had simply followed well-known safety procedures,” said OSHA Area Director Scott Overson in Bismarck, North Dakota. “Instead, they exposed employees to dangerous hazards that resulted in the loss of life.”

OSHA’s Grain Handling webpage provides resources on recognizing and controlling hazards in the grain industry. OSHA is collaborating with the National Grain and Feed Association, Grain Elevator and Processing Society, American Feed Industry Association, and the Grain Handling Safety Coalition to identify potential hazards at grain, feed and processing facilities through the Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week slated for April 13-20, 2020.

CGI has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to help ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit https://www.osha.gov.

The mission of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.

(AP)  A North Dakota county that’s home to the capital city of Bismarck may let voters eventually decide whether to bar refugees from resettling in the area. Burleigh County Commission Chairman Brian Bitner said the five-member panel will discuss a potential ballot question Monday night. The discussion will come after the commission last month voted to accept no more than 25 refugees in 2020. Bitner voted against accepting new refugees. He said several people have since requested the issue come before voters.

(AP)  The wet weather that caused flooding problems in much of the Midwest last year had one small benefit: electric generation from the Missouri River’s six upstream dams was up 5.6 percent. It was the first time time this century the river had back-to-back years of producing surplus power. That’s important to consumers because the Western Area Power Administration sells the power to rural electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, Indian tribes and other customers. If they don’t get enough from the dams, they have to buy electricity on the open market. Those costs ultimately get passed on to consumers.

(AP)  An anonymous donor gave Fargo Public Schools more than $28,000 to pay the lunch debt of all students for the first semester of classes. Superintendent Rupak Gandhi told KFGO-AM that no student is denied a hot lunch, but the district must still keep track of expenses because the meals are federally subsidized. He said the district is working with community organizations to put on fundraisers to cover any future lunch debts. Several organizations have already agreed to cover any lunch debt for the rest of the school year.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast in the volatile aftermath of the killing of an Iranian general in a strike ordered by President Donald Trump. Defense officials said the troops are from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. They are in addition to about 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne who deployed to Kuwait earlier this week after the storming of the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad by Iran-backed militiamen and their supporters. The reinforcements took shape as Trump gave his first comments on the strike. He said he ordered the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani because he was “plotting to kill” many Americans.

 

BAGHDAD (AP) — Some Syrians in the rebel-held provinces of Idlib and Aleppo have celebrated the targeted killing of a top Iranian general by distributing sweets. Pictures posted Friday on Twitter showed men with a tray bearing baklava and a card reading, “We congratulate the free people of Syria for the death of criminal Qassem Soleimani. May the pig Bashar be next.” The latter referred to Syrian President Bashar Assad. At a refugee camp near the border with Turkey in Aleppo, another group of men on Friday had a card saying “Thank You Trump” next to a tray of sweets. Soleimani was considered the architect of Iran’s policy in Syria, where he backed Syrian government troops in the country’s nine-year conflict.

 

(AP)  Stocks Friday afternoon were lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Friday and oil prices are climbing after U.S. forces in Iraq killed a top Iranian general. Financial stocks are among the biggest decliners as investors buy up U.S. government bonds, sending their yields lower. Technology stocks, health care companies and airlines are among the decliners as the market pulls back from record highs. Several energy stocks are up. Defense contractors are also notching gains. The S&P 500 was down 0.4% as of 1:11 p.m. Eastern time. The Dow lost 160 points, or 0.6%, to 28,708. The Nasdaq dropped 0.4% and the Russell 2000 index gave up 0.2%.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is indicating he has little interest in hearing from witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. McConnell criticized Democrats Friday as having engineered a “slapdash” impeachment that he called the “most rushed, least fair” in history. McConnell is hoping for a speedy acquittal of the president, but the trial cannot begin until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sends over the articles of impeachment. Pelosi is refusing to do so until Republicans provide details on the trial. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said senators need to hear the “whole truth” as they weigh Trump’s removal from office.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal appellate judges are wrestling with whether courts should be refereeing a dispute between the House of Representatives and the Trump administration over the testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments Friday over the House Judiciary Committee’s effort to compel McGahn’s testimony. Democrats subpoenaed McGahn well before the start this fall of an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. The Trump administration appealed after a trial judge ruled for House Democrats. The Justice Department says there’s no reason for judges to become involved in a political dispute.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says an associate of Rudy Giuliani facing campaign finance charges may turn over documents to Congress as part of the impeachment proceeding against President Donald Trump. Lev Parnas wants to turn over to the House intelligence committee data seized by the government when Parnas was arrested in October. Parnas and another man, Igor Fruman, played key roles in Giuliani’s efforts to launch a Ukrainian corruption investigation against Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The records include documents seized from Parnas’ home and the contents of one of his iPhones.