CSi Weather…

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. South winds 10 to20 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light snow and sleet in the afternoon.

Highs in the mid 30s. South winds around 10 mph shifting to the

north with gusts to around 30 mph in the afternoon.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Light snow likely in the

evening, then slight chance of light snow after midnight.

Patchy blowing and drifting snow through the night. Snow accumulation up

to 1 inch. Lows 5 to 10. Windy. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of snow  60 percent in the Jamestown area, 70 percent in the Valley City area.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the

morning. Highs 15 to 20.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 below.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of light snow. Highs 10 to 15.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 below.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 5 to 10.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 below.

.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 20s.

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

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 5 to 10.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 below.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy in the morning then mostly sunny. Highs

 

 

A cold front will move through western and central North Dakota
overnight Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, bringing colder air
into the state. After the cold air arrives, a band of snow is
expected to move into western North Dakota Wednesday morning,
central North Dakota in the early afternoon, and the Turtle
Mountains and James River Valley by late Wednesday afternoon.

Strong northwest winds will accompany the snow and produce areas
of blowing snow, and reduced visibilities as it moves across the
state. Any one area will probably not see more than a few hours of
strong winds and moderate snow at the same time, but the
combination of snow and blowing snow will produce areas of reduced
visibility, and with temperatures dropping, icy roads will linger
after the snow ends. Snowfall is expected to be mainly an inch or
two for most areas, with a few areas possibly seeing up to three
inches.

In Southeast North Dakota, there is a 20 to 40% chance for near blizzard or blizzard conditions to develop late Wednesday evening into the overnight hours. Most areas are expected to receive 1 to 3 inches of snow during this event with the highest impacts expected from 6pm Wednesday to 6am Thursday morning.

If you have travel plans Wednesday through Wednesday night, be sure
to check the latest forecast and travel conditions before
venturing out. Very cold temperatures will linger over the state
into the weekend.

Beyond the potential for precipitation Wednesday into Wednesday

night, arctic high pressure will nudge down into the area from

Canada. This will result in much colder, and below average,

temperatures for the latter half of this week and through the

weekend.

 

 

Valley City  (Barnes Co, SO) First responders had to help a man yelling for help on Lake Ashtabula near the Crossing on December 14th at approximately 8:21 A.M.

The News Release from the Barnes Co. Sheriff’s Office:

On 12/14/2021 at approximately 8:21 A.M. this morning Barnes County Sheriff’s Deputies along with a Corp of Engineer Ranger, Dazey Fire Department/First Responders and the Barnes County Ambulance Service responded to a report of a person on the ice yelling for help at the Ashtabula
Crossing on Lake Ashtabula.


Upon arrival a Corp of Engineer Ranger and Sheriff’s Deputies saw a local Barnes County man about 100 yards from shore sitting on the ice wearing a t–shirt, blue jeans, and no shoes. The Corp of Engineers Ranger and Sheriff’s Deputies with the aid of safety equipment retrieved the male off the ice. This individual was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Valley City for non–life– threatening injuries he sustained from the incident.


This male individual told Sheriff’s Deputies and responders on the scene he was sleep walking. A female friend, who lives with him told Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin he had left his residence about 6 A.M. that morning.

Sheriff McClaflin would like to remind everyone to please stay alert to ice conditions on local lakes and use caution when going onto it.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  A Valley City man facing  charges, of  burglary and theft of property, on Monday December 13, 2021, changed his plea to guilty.

26-year-old Jeffery Lee Hoganson was arrested and charged in connection with  separate incidents in Valley City and at rural residents in Barnes County.  He was also sentenced to three years in prison by Judge Jay Schmitz and ordered to pay restitution of $4,284. He was given credit for 35 days served in the Barnes County jail.

Jeffery Lee Hoganson was arrested October 16, charged with burglary and theft of property, released and arrested again after he was confronted by a Barnes County man protecting his property at a rural residence on November 10.

Valley City Police Chief Phil Hatcher says Hoganson was arrested and charged with burglary and theft of property stemming from a break-in at Smith Lumber Company and another break-in at Bjornson Public Golf course on October 16.

 

 

The North Dakota Department of Health dashboard is updated daily by 11 am and includes cases reported through the previous day. The investigations are ongoing and information on the website is likely to change as cases are investigated. The information contained in this dashboard is the most up to date and will be different than previous news releases. This dashboard supersedes information from previous news releases or social media postings.

Check out our other dashboards: The COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, NDUS Dashboard.COVID- 19 stats:

 

COVID-19 Stats

Tues, Dec. 14, 2021

10:20 -a.m.

 

Barnes

NEW DEATH 1

TOTAL DEATHS 40

New Positives: 6

Total Positives: 2141

Active: 24

Recovered:  2070

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 365

 

Stutsman

New Positives: 19

Total Positives: 5039

Active: 54

Recovered: 4875

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 425

 

 

Jamestown  (CVHD)  Central Valley Health District reminds residents that COVID testing is  on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at the Jamestown Civic Center, Exchequor Room, from 11-a.m. to 1-pm.

Call CVHD at 701-252-8130 to register.

 

 

 

 

Valley City (CCHD)  City County Health in Valley City announces their COVID-19 testing days and site location in Valley City.

Testing is at the REC Center at 140 4th Street Southwest.

Testing will be 12:30-2:30 Mon, Weds, and Fridays.

There are opportunities for vaccinations, both for annual influenza and for the COVID vaccine.  Call 845-8518 to make an appointment.

 

 

Jamestown (CVHD)   – Central Valley Health District (CVHD) still has high-dose flu vaccine available for those 65 and older.

Unit Adminstrator, Robin Iszler says,“It’s not too late for a flu vaccine. Influenza season runs from October to April each year, and typically North Dakota sees a rise in influenza cases in March and April. Having the flu shot provides you with the best protection from season influenza.”

 

Symptoms of influenza include:

  • fever or feeling feverish/chills.
  • cough.
  • sore throat.
  • runny or stuffy nose.
  • muscle or body aches.
  • headaches.
  • fatigue (tiredness).
  • some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in children than adults.

 

High-dose influenza vaccine is specifically formulated for those over 65, who are more susceptible to severe illness, and provides them with extra protection from influenza.

If you are homebound and unable to coming to the clinic or pharmacy, Central Valley Health can help. Access to vaccination is important and CVHD can come to your home to provide the vaccination.

For more information or to make appointment for a nurse to come to your home, call CVHD at 252-8130 and leave a message on the immunization line or dial 0 to speak with a nurse.

 

 

Jamestown (JSDC) At the December Regular JSDC Board Meeting, he Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. Board unanimously approved allocating  $45,000 from the 2021 budget surplus to provide for an upgrade to the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system and improvements to the audio and visual of two meeting rooms in the Center for Economic Development.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, JSDC Business Development Director, Corry Shevlin said with audio visual improvement the $24,000 bid from Premier Audio form from Bismarck is shared 82 percent JSDC, and 18 percent as the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce share, co-located with JSDC.

Premier Audio from Bismarck bid more than $24,000 for the audio and visual improvements. The JSDC’s share of the cost is 82% at over $20,000 plus tax, and the Jamestown Chamber of Commerce’s share is 18% at about $4,400 plus tax.

Improvements in Audio visual  include, at the lower level conference room the installation of  microphones and speaker, and. installing sound panels to deaden  noise in the room

Corry pointed out that the improvements will also allow more effective virtual presentation via  Zoom or Microsoft Teams for video meetings. At  the upper-level conference room improvements include a 65-inch LED TV, an all-in-one conferencing camera and a computer.

Upgrading the economizer controls for the HVAC system  upgrade include over than $10,400, for the economizer controls, for the efficiency for the air-handling units, to reduce air conditioning  run times.

The Chamber’s Board of Directors will consider approval of the projects at this month’s board meeting. The Jamestown City Council and Stutsman County Commission will also look at the projects approvals.

The JSDC Board unanimously approved Jen Dockter, from BlueFrog Realty & Property Management, as a new member on the board member

Lorrie Pavlicek, Curtis “CJ” Janke and Ritchie Wolf are the outgoing board members.

JSDC Board,  Chairperson Marlee Siewert said the board accepted JSDC CEO Connie Ova’s resignation date of May 13, 2022, saying  a search committee will be formed to find Ova’s successor.

 

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A police report on a West Fargo crash that led to a misdemeanor charge against a fire chief reveals the accident seriously injured the driver of the other vehicle involved. Mapleton Fire Chief Kayla Cross, who is also a battalion chief in Moorhead, Minnesota, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of refusing to take a blood alcohol test. According to authorities, the chief was driving across a street onto an Interstate 94 entrance ramp when she collided with the other vehicle on Nov. 13. Police said it’s not known which driver had the right of way. The report says the woman in the second vehicle was taken to Sanford Medical Center with “serious injuries.” Cross was not injured.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company responsible for the largest oil field spill in North Dakota history has reported a leak from a pipeline within two miles of the record discharge in 2015. The latest spill from a Summit Midstream Partners pipeline leaked saltwater onto agricultural land “very close to the creek” contaminated by the record spill reported north of Williston. The pipeline company and the state are monitoring the waterway known as Blacktail Creek. There were no signs the saltwater had reached the creek as of Tuesday morning. The spill is estimated to be about 7,400 gallons. The 2014 spill discharged more than 29 million gallons of drilling wastewater and contaminated more than 30 miles of Missouri River tributaries as well as land and groundwater.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The former director of a South Dakota appraiser agency says Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration departed from established practice and gave an extra opportunity to the governor’s daughter to get her real estate appraiser license. Sherry Bren’s testimony before a joint legislative panel examining the state’s appraiser certification program is the first time that Bren has spoken in depth in public about a meeting in the governor’s mansion last year since The Associated Press first reported on it in September. The meeting occurred in July 2020, a week after the agency notified Peters that her application did not meet federal requirements and was headed for denial.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A police official says the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright with her handgun when she said she meant to use her Taser had been fully trained in their department’s policies on the proper use of force, including stun guns. Brooklyn Center Police Commander Garett Flesland testified Tuesday that Kim Potter, who resigned two days after she shot Wright, should have been familiar with the policies even as they evolved during her 26-year career and that she repeatedly signed documents acknowledging the rules. The testimony came during the second week of Potter’s manslaughter trial. The defense has called the shooting a horrific mistake. Prosecutors have said Potter was experienced and trained to know better.

In sports…

MADISON, S.D.  (NSAA)  Valley City State University senior guard Jalen Addison is the NSAA Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.

Addison earned the North Star Athletic Association weekly honor after averaging 21 points and five rebounds per game this past week during a pair of Viking wins.

North Star Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week
Jalen Addison – Valley City State (N.D.) – 6’2″ – Senior – guard – Milwaukee, Wis. – Addison averaged 21.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game as (RV) Valley City State (N.D.) won a pair of home games.  He scored 22 points on his 9-of-16 field goals, including 4-of-9 3-points in fueling the Vikings to a 107-63 victory over Maine-Fort Kent.  He scored all of 20 of his points in the first half (8-of-12 field goals and 4-of-7 3-pointers) in VCSU’s 104-52 victory over Oak Hills (Minn.), only playing 13 minutes in the game.  For the week, Addison totaled 42 points on his 17-of-28 field goals (60.7 percent) and drained 8-of-16 3-pointers (50 percent).  He pulled down 10 rebounds and dished out four assists for the week.

Recap from last week’s games
Most North Star Athletic members are idle last week as they prepared for the fall academic final examinations.  Presentation (S.D.) remained at 8-5 overall record and Waldorf (Iowa) at 3-7 overall record.

Valley City State (N.D.), receiving votes in the latest NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 national poll, closed out the 2021 portion of the schedule with a pair of home victories.  The Vikings cruised past Maine-Fort Kent 107-63 on Dec. 8 and Oak Hills (Minn.) 104-52 on Dec. 12.  VCSU is 10-4 overall record on the season.

Mayville State (N.D.) lifted their overall record to 6-3 after a 94-49 victory over Trinity Bible (N.D.) on Dec. 6 and a 95-44 home rout over Maine-Fort Kent on Dec. 9.

Bellevue (Neb.) fell short in an overtime road contest at Iowa Wesleyan by the score of 80-71.  The Bruins dropped their overall record to 7-6.

Viterbo (Wis.) split a pair of games during the week.  The V-Hawks lost to Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 89-70 on Dec. 8.  VU returned home and earned an 88-69 victory over Mount Mercy (Iowa) on Dec. 10.  Viterbo is 5-6 overall record.

Dakota State (S.D.) fell short at home to No. 10 ranked Jamestown (N.D.) 81-71 on Dec. 7.  The Trojans are 3-10 overall record.

Dickinson State (N.D.) could not get their first win of the season last weekend at home.  The Blue Hawks dropped a 71-64 overtime thriller to (RV) Montana Tech on Dec. 11.  DiSU lost an 86-64 contest to Montana State-Northern on Dec. 12.  Dickinson State is 0-10 overall record.

In world and national news..

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is debating recommending criminal contempt charges against former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. The action would rebuke Meadows for saying he would no longer cooperate with the panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. That panel voted 9-0 Monday night to recommend the contempt charges. A House vote to hold him in contempt would refer the issue to the Justice Department, which would decide whether to prosecute the former Republican congressman. It would be the first time the House has voted to hold a former member in contempt since the 1830s, according to House records.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has filed a civil lawsuit seeking harsh financial penalties against far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over their role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. The suit also names dozens of the groups’ senior members, many of whom already face criminal charges for taking part in the violent attack. Karl Racine, Washington’s attorney general, says the suit seeks compensation for damages to the city and intends to inflict maximum financial damage on the groups responsible. The suit was filed Tuesday in federal court.

 

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan boy charged with fatally shooting four students at Oxford High School mouthed “I love you” to his wife as the couple appeared in court to face involuntary manslaughter charges. James and Jennifer Crumbley are accused of giving 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley access to a gun and failing to intervene when they were confronted with his disturbing drawings a few hours before the the Nov. 30 shooting. A judge granted a request by prosecutors and defense lawyers to postpone until Feb. 8 a key hearing that will determine whether the elder Crumbleys will face a trial.

 

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was ordered by New York’s ethics commission Tuesday to give up the millions he was paid to write a book about his response to the pandemic. An attorney for Cuomo immediately called the action unconstitutional and promised a fight. Cuomo was directed to turn over proceeds earned from “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic” within 30 days under a resolution approved 12-1 by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics. The order came a month after the commission voted to rescind approval of Cuomo’s $5.1 million book deal. Cuomo resigned in August amid findings he sexually harassed 11 women.

 

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The omicron variant is offering more hints about what it may have in store as it spreads around the globe: A highly transmissible virus that may cause less severe disease, and one that can be slowed — but not stopped — by today’s vaccines. An analysis Tuesday of data from South Africa suggests the Pfizer vaccine offers less defense against infection from omicron and reduced, but still good, protection from hospitalization. The findings are preliminary and have not been peer-reviewed, but they line up with other early data about omicron’s behavior, including that it seems to be more easily spread from person to person.

 

CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — At least 60 people were killed and dozens more injured after a gasoline tanker overturned and exploded in northern Haiti. The blast occurred shortly after midnight in the coastal city of Cap-Haitien. Early reports indicate that the tanker was trying to avoid an oncoming motorcycle when it flipped. Onlookers then rushed to the scene with buckets to scoop up the tanker’s valuable cargo as it spilled toward a nearby pile of simmering trash. It’s the latest tragedy to befall the Caribbean island following the July assassination of President Jovenel Moise and a 7.2 magnitude earthquake a few weeks later.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the nation owes the families of those killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School nine years ago “more than our prayers. We owe them action.” In a video released Tuesday, Biden said that “no matter how long it’s been, every one of those families relives the news they got that day.” The president said everything changed that day, and the “the nation was shocked.” A gunman killed 20 first-grade students and six educators inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012. A senior White House official says Biden shares frustrations expressed by many gun violence prevention groups that Congress is acting too slowly to implement new gun legislation.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson is a free man. A Nevada State Police spokeswoman said Tuesday the 74-year-old former football hero and actor, acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted good behavior credits and discharged from parole effective Dec. 1. Simpson’s lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, says his client declined an immediate interview. LaVergne also declined to talk about Simpson’s future, including whether he intends to remain in Nevada. Simpson was acquitted in Los Angeles in the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend, and convicted in Las Vegas in October 2008 of armed robbery. He served nine years in prison for leading several men in a confrontation with two sports collectibles dealers.