CSi Weather…

…BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM FRIDAY  EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY…

For the Blizzard Warning, blizzard conditions expected. Additional snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches and ice accumulations of a light glaze. Winds gusting as high as 50 mph.

* WHERE…Wells, Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Logan, LaMoure, McIntosh and Dickey counties….Portions of northeast and southeast North Dakota, including Barnes County.

* WHEN.. For the Blizzard Warning, from 8 PM this evening to 6 PM CST Saturday.

* IMPACTS…Widespread blowing snow will significantly reduce visibility and lead to whiteout conditions.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Travel should be restricted to emergencies only. If you must travel, have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded, stay with your vehicle.

The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

Forecast….

 

.SATURDAY…Sunny.  A 30 percent chance of snow in the morning in the Jamestown in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area.

Blowing and drifting snow through the day. Very windy. Much colder. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Highs around 5 below. Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 55 mph. Wind chills around 35 below.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Areas of blowing and drifting snow through the night. Lows around 10 below. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the evening.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 5 below. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 10 below.

.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY…Sunny. Highs 5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows zero to 5 above.

 

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Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Police is warning the public of a convicted sex offender who has moved to Jamestown.

Patrick Wayne Schmitz lives at  117  ½  First Street West, Jamestown, ND

His vehicle is a Green/Blue 1995 Saturn SW 2, with ND license plate, KOU 872

Schmitz is a  33 year old white male, six feet tall, weighing  210 pounds with Blue Eyes and Brown Hair.

He’s been assigned a High Risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Offense, Gross Sexual Imposition involving a  14 year old female, in met when he was 23 in an online chat room.  He also fondled a 14 year old female friend of the first victim.

Conviction Date: July 2010 in Cass County District Court.

Disposition:  Count 1 & 2 10 years,7 years 3 months suspended, 5 years supervised probation, county 1 & 2 concurent.

Offense,  Luring a minor by computer, when he was 23.

Conviction Date:  July 2010 Cass County District Court.

Disposition: 10 years, 7 years and 3 months supended, 5 years supervised probation.

Schmitz is currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and Probation.

Schmitz is not wanted by police at this time and has served  the sentence imposed by the court.

This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Schmitz are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)   Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and the Young Professionals of Jamestown held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Panache Vintage Rental, a new business in Jamestown.  This business is located at 1001 17th St. SW in Jamestown.

Businesses qualify for a ribbon-cutting ceremony if they open, move, remodel, are under new ownership or change their name.  For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Arts Center Gala is set of  Saturday Feb 8, at 5:30-p.m. at Harold Newman Arena, on the University of Jamestown campus.

Arts Center Director, Mindi Schmitz says, the attending may dress in Prohibition Era style.

There will be live and silent auctions

Tickets are $100 each, and Pre-Registration is required.

Jamestown  (JRMC)   — When Ralph Danuser needed care for his two shoulders and one knee, he asked for Jamestown Regional Medical Center. JRMC Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Michael T. Dean, repaired Danuser’s joints so Danuser could repair his farm equipment – just in time for spring.

Danuser says, “I call it the Jamestown Regional Medical Resort,” because that’s how the people there made me feel.”

Now lovingly referred to as the bionic man, Danuser is sharing his story.

Danuser serves as a supervisor on the Saratoga Township, a member of Future Pheasants Inc., and he’s taught hunter education for more than 30 years. When he isn’t serving the community, Danuser enjoys hunting, fishing and watching Bison football.

His hobbies and civic involvement usually bring him joy. However, 50 years of pain interfered with his life. He scheduled his first surgery on his left shoulder when he couldn’t drive the tractor without pain. He scheduled his knee surgery when it felt like “torture” to shift the trucks. He scheduled his most recent surgery at the suggestion of his wife, Carol. Danuser was in so much pain, he couldn’t sleep at night.

Danuser adds, “I knew it had to be done. And I knew exactly what Dr. Dean would say, ‘why’d you wait so long.”

The public is invited to join Danuser and Dr. Dean for breakfast at the Farmers Cafe in Dickey, N.D. at 8 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 31. Danuser will share his story and Dr. Dean will be available for questions. The event is free and open to the public.

Learn more at www.jrmcnd.com/ralph-danuser or by calling (701) 952-4795.

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.

(AP)  North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he has pardoned 16 people convicted of low-level marijuana crimes. It’s the first wave in what could be thousands of pardons under a new policy the first-term Republican said allows former offenders to get a second chance. The policy adopted last year allows people with low-level marijuana convictions petition to have their records wiped clean if they avoid unlawful behavior for five years. Burgum and Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem both supported the change. Burgum says it could address North Dakota’s workforce shortage and grow its economy, while removing the stigma for what are minor cases from years ago.

 

In sports…

Hockey Day ND games for Sat Jan 18 have officially been RESCHEDULED for MON JAN 20 due to inclement winter weather moving into the area.

Friday night’s University of Jamestown Jimmie outdoor game vs Minot IS STILL ON @ 7pm.
ALL games scheduled for Sun Jan 19 are ALL STILL ON AS SCHEDULED.

(uj.edu)  Due to the snow storm, UJ Men’s and Women’s Basketball Saturday is PPD to Sunday with the women starting at 6 p.m. and the men following at 8 p.m.

Blue Jay Basketball Game vs. Watford City Postponed

 

.Barnes Co. Bball Tournament PPD to Monday

. . . Valley City Gymnastics Meet Canceled

. . . Valley City JV Wrestling Tournament At Oakes PPD

. . . Valley City Jr. High Boy’s Basketball, PPD

. . . Hockey Day ND Jamestown Boy’s, Girl’s Games PPD

 

 

In world and national news..

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials have announced they will begin screening airline passengers from central China for a new virus that is making people sick. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday it would begin the screening immediately. People traveling from Wuhan, China, will have their temperature checked and be asked about symptoms. The CDC said it’s part of an effort to better detect and prevent a newly identified virus that emerged in China last month and has sickened dozens of people and been tied to two deaths. The CDC started a similar screening program at U.S. airports in 2014 during a large outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The country’s top immigration official says New York City’s so-called sanctuary policies are to blame for the sexual assault and killing this month of a 92-year-old woman in Queens. The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told a news conference the slaying could have been prevented had city officials complied with a request last year to hand the woman’s attacker over for deportation. The remarks come amid an escalation of the conflict between the Trump administration and so-called sanctuary cities. Mayor Bill de Blasio accused immigration officials of spreading lies and using scare tactics.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Georgia say three men linked to a violent white supremacist group have been charged with conspiring to commit murder. Friday’s announcement comes a day after three other members of The Base who were believed to be planning to attend a pro-gun rally in Virginia were arrested on federal charges. The arrests are adding to rising fears that Monday’s rally in Richmond will turn violent and could potentially become a repeat of the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. Experts say members of The Base train in military-style camps, want to create a white ethno-state and have pledged violence against minorities.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial concluded Friday after an arduous two-week process, setting the stage for testimony to begin in the next week. The lawyers and judge halted the selection process after 12 jurors and three alternates had been seated. The main jury has seven men and five women. Three alternates were also chosen. The final tally mostly erased a gender imbalance. Hours earlier, that led to complaints by prosecutors that the defense was deliberately trying to keep young women off the panel. Weinstein is charged with raping a woman and sexually assaulting another woman. He has pleaded not guilty and said any sexual activity was consensual.

 

Authorities say one person has died and one person is seriously injured after an avalanche at a Northern California ski resort. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says the avalanche happened Friday at Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows, a ski resort in the Squaw Valley area of Lake Tahoe. An avalanche at Alpine Meadows in 1982 killed seven people, including several employees of the ski resort.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Three people have been sentenced to prison for a 2015 explosion in Manhattan’s East Village that killed two men. A landlord, plumber and contractor each got a term of four to 12 years Friday. The blast leveled half a block in a neighborhood filled with shops and restaurants. In addition to the men who died, it seriously injured 13 people. The men who died were a guest and a busboy in a Japanese restaurant housed in the building. Prosecutor Cyrus R. Vance Jr. warned developers his office would seek prison time for anyone who cuts corners and injures or kills New Yorkers in the process.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is adding to his impeachment defense team, bringing in experience both in constitutional law and the politics of impeachment. He’s adding retired law professor Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton. The team will also include Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump personal lawyer Jay Sekulow are expected to have the lead roles on the defense team. Trump faces charges of abuse of power and obstructing Congress, stemming from his pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democratic rivals as he was withholding aid from the country..