wbam1CSi Weather…

DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND  IN EFFECT UNTIL 1-P.M. MONDAY FOR THE VALLEY CITY AREA…WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY…FOR THE JAMESTOW AREA,,,
.REST OF TODAY…RAIN. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 2 INCHES. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 20S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY…CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF
SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. STORM
TOTAL AROUND 3 INCHES. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. LOWS 5 TO
10 ABOVE.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 10 TO 15.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
AROUND 10.

SNOW…SLEET…AND FREEZING RAIN THEN ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY LATER MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office announces city Snow Removal plans for  Emergency Routes & Downtown-Business Areas

Anticipating snow accumulations, City crews will begin snow removal on the Snow Emergency Routes beginning at approximately 4:30 a.m., Tuesday – December 23, 2014.

At 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2014, crews will begin snow removal in the DOWNTOWN area.

Downtown merchants and all public/private schools are asked to have their sidewalks shoveled by 9 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, December 23, 2014.

Please push snow directly into the street — DONOT create piles of snow.

The above schedule is contingent upon changing weather conditions and snow accumulation totals.

 

Road report…Monday Morning…

WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR
LESS AND AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES I-94 FROM BISMARCK THROUGH JAMESTOWN. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED ARE THE FORT YATES…LINTON…ASHLEY AND ELLENDALE AREAS.

THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD USE CAUTION AND AVOID THE USE OF CRUISE
CONTROL ON SLICK ROADS.

* VISIBILITY…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS

 

 Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police is urging residents to stay off the streets on Monday morning . and sidewalks have accumulated freezing rain causing icy conditions, and some falls.

Jamestown sanding equipment has been on the streets since early Monday morning.

Reports have indicated people falling on the ice and a couple of traffic accidents were reported.

Conditions are forecast to worsen with accumulating snow, and possible blowing snow, later Monday with snow accumulation of an inch.

Monday night….another 2 inches of accumulation is in the forecast, and snow likely Tuesday morning, and another inch of snow forecasted.

 

 Valley City  (CSi)  Valley City Police is reviewing surveillance video in connection with a breakin reported Monday morning at Dietrich & Sons, at  849 14th Street  Southwest, in Valley City.

 Polic chief Fred Thompson saya th building was entered  through a window  b etween 2 and 4 a.m. while the business was closed and unoccupied.

 Once inside the suspect located and removed a small safe and left in an unknown direction. Valley City police officers failed to locate the suspect after checking the surrounding area.

The VCPD is viewing surveillance tapes for additional information on the suspect. The contents of the safe are not being disclosed, Thompson said.

Police is continuing its investigation on this case. Anyone with any information on this case is asked to contact the VCPD at (701) 845-3110.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office reminds resident of changes in the garbage pick up schedule. Please note that due to the Christmas and New Year’s Holiday, there will be NO garbage pick-up on Thursday, December 25, 2014,

Friday, December 26, 2014 OR Thursday, January 1, 2015.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY:

Tuesday’s & Wednesday’s routes will be picked up on Tuesday. Thursday & Friday’s routes will be picked-up on Wednesday.

NOTE: The City Baling Facility will be closed to the public at Noon on Wednesday, December 24th and ALL DAY Thursday and Friday, December 25th and 26th. The Baling Facility will re-open to the public for regular service at 8 am on Saturday, December 27th.

NEW YEAR’S DAY HOLIDAY:

Wednesday & Thursday’s routes will be picked up on Wednesday, regular pick-up routes on Friday, January 2, 2015.

The City Baling Facility will be closed on New Years’ Day, Thursday, January 1, 2015, and will be open for regular service on Friday & Saturday, January 2nd & 3rd, 2015.

PLEASE PLACE GARBAGE OUT BY 6:30 A.M. DURING THE HOLIDAY WEEKS!

 

Jamestown (CSi) About  500 meals were served Sunday during the annual community Christmas dinner at Victory Lutheran Brethren Church in Jamestown.

Around 300 individuals dined at the church and over175 meals were delivered to those who could not attend.

This year, 26 turkeys were cooked and carved on Saturday, by the Meidinger family and Eunice and Ervin Sahr.

30 to 40 people volunteer to prepare and serve the meal.

The mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables and dressing were prepared by volunteers in the church’s kitchen on Sunday. Members of the Victory Lutheran congregation provided the desserts.

 

Valley City (CSi) Senator John Hoeven Friday visited with officials at the North Dakota National Guard (NDNG) maintenance center in Valley City to discuss the constraints of the existing facility and review plans for the construction of a new vehicle maintenance, training and administrative facility. Hoeven serves as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, where he worked to include $10.8 million in the annual military construction funding bill to replace the outdated facility.

Hoeven said, “We depend on our National Guard members in many ways both at home and in our nation’s missions abroad. It is vital that we provide them with the tools and infrastructure they need. We worked hard to make sure this much-needed update was supported.”

The current facility consists of 3,230 square feet, and as the Defense Department noted in its long term construction plan, the facility no longer meets the needs of the National Guard in North Dakota and cannot be expanded.

The new 45,000-square-foot facility will allow Guard units to meet operational readiness and training objectives, provide adequate training areas, administrative space and space for physical fitness, supplies and parking. The new facility will also meet the requirements of Americans with Disabilities Act and Antiterrorism Force Protection guidelines.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The newly refurbished Chinese Dragon Restaurant has opened in the former Great Dragon location on 10th Street Southeast in Jameston.

The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

Ming Hsu has owned the building for 30 years and decided to improve the interior of the building and open his own Chinese-food restaurant.

Hsu said he has owned and operated Chinese-food restaurants in Bismarck, Minot and California as well as Jamestown.

The first restaurant he owned in North Dakota was Ming’s Garden in Minot.

 

(CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that two individuals were injured in a crash that occurred on the I94 near Casselton on Sunday about 5:15 p.m.

43 year-old Scotty Borden of Big Rock, Tennessee was traveling westbound when he slowed to cross the median. A van driven by 48 year-old Bryan Berger of Mandan, North Dakota was struck by the truck when it began to turn. The truck received extensive damage to the front axle and came to rest on the crossover.

After impact, the van left the westbound lane, slid into the median and across the eastbound lanes, coming to rest in the ditch.

Both Bryan Berger and 48 year-old Debra Berger were injured and transported by ambulance to a Fargo Hospital. The crash remains under investigation.

The NDHP was assisted by theCasselton Fire Department, Cass County Sheriff’s Department.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police are searching for a man who attacked three North Dakota State University students in an off-campus apartment.
 
     Police Lt. Joel Vettel says the man entered an unlocked door of the ground-floor apartment about 7:45 p.m. Saturday and ordered the women to strip at knifepoint.
 
     Vettel says the man sexually assaulted at least one of the women, and one woman was injured during a struggle. Vettel says the three women ran from the apartment and contacted another tenant, who called 911.
 
     The women were taken to a hospital.
 
     The attacker is described as a white man in his 20s or 30s, standing 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9, with a thin build. He was wearing a black coat, dark pants, blue gloves and had a black cloth over his face.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – It took nearly eight years from the time a Toronto, Ontario man was arrested in a massive credit card fraud scheme, but a federal judge has figured out how much each victim is owed.
 
     Adekunle Adetiloye (aw-duh-KUHN-lee aw-duh-tuh-LOH’-ee) pleaded guilty earlier to mail fraud and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Authorities say he stole the identities of about 38,000 people in order to bilk dozen of banks.
 
     U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson ruled earlier this month that Adetiloye should pay about $1.5 million in restitution and forfeiture. Adetiloye is appealing the ruling.
 
     Prosecutors say Adetiloye was the leader of an international scheme that involved fake debt-collection agencies.
 
     It’s not clear whether any of the victims will be paid. Adetiloye’s lawyer would not comment on his client’s financial situation.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Victim Services Program of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has received a grant to promote victims’ rights during an annual event.
 
     The U.S. Department of Justice awarded the funding to the state to be used during the 2015 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which will run from April 19-25.
 
     Carisa Upton is the state’s victim services coordinator. She says this year’s community awareness project will be focused in the western part of North Dakota, where crime rates have increased as a result of thousands of people flocking to the area in search of high paying jobs in the oil fields.
 
     The program provides information to empower victims and attempts to raise community awareness of the importance of supporting victims through a mass media campaign.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Transportation Department has finalized a statewide transportation improvement program for the next four years.
 
     The improvements include state and county highways, urban streets, roadway safety features, bikeways and busing programs. They’re being funded with federal highway and transit funds.
 
     Details of the 2015-18 program are available on the department’s website, at http://www.dot.nd.gov . Copies also can be obtained from the department’s programming division or viewed at district offices.
 
     The department also is requesting public comments as it prepares the next program. Comments will be accepted until Jan. 12.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The website for the North Dakota Legal Self Help Center, which offers information for those representing themselves in court, is now live.
 
     Resources available include legal forms and guidance for self-represented litigants in understanding the court system. The website includes information about small claims, evictions, domestic violence protection orders, disorderly conduct restraining orders and other topics.
 
     The information provided is not intended for legal advice but only a general guide to the court process.
 
     The help center’s website is http://ndlshc.ndcourts.gov .

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Sanford Health and the North Dakota State College of Science are working together on a new training program for nurse assistants.
 
     The program will accept 10 people who agree to work full-time at Sanford in Fargo. Sanford will cover the cost of the course and one certification exam.
 
     Applications are available at careers.sanforhealth.org.
 
     Sanford Health is based in Fargo and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The system includes 43 hospitals, 140 clinics and about 1,360 doctors.

 

WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – State transportation officials say additional roadway lights will be installed on the U.S. Highway 85 and North Dakota Highway 23 corridor near Watford City.
 
     Officials say work will primarily be done off of the roadway, but temporary shoulder and lane closures may be needed at times. The project is scheduled to be completed in mid-February.
 
     Officials are recommending that snowmobilers avoid the work area and use an alternate route.
 
     Crews will install roadway lights at the following intersections in the Watford City area:
 
     – U.S. Highway 85 and County Road 30
 
     – U.S. Highway 85B and North Dakota Highway 23
 
     – U.S. Highway 85 and U.S. Highway 85B
 
     – North Dakota Highway 23 and 125th Avenue Northwest
 
     – North Dakota Highway 23 and 26th F Street Northwest
 

  MEDORA, N.D. (AP) – Theodore Roosevelt National Park is inviting volunteers to participate in the annual nationwide Audubon Christmas Bird Count.  
 
     The count in its 115th year is the world’s longest-running citizen science event. Information gathered helps scientists learn more about how birds are faring throughout North America.  
 
     Birders should bring their own binoculars, field guides and warm clothing. 
 
     The area to be covered encompasses a 7 1/2-mile radius around Medora. More than 65 different species have been sighted during previous counts in the area.
 
     Interested volunteers for the Medora Area Count should gather at 8 a.m. Saturday at the South Unit Visitor Center.
 

In sports…

Girl’s Hockey…

Saturday…

G.F. 11 Jamestown 2

 

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL…

Saturday…

Minot St  85 Jamestown 60

Sunday…

Minn St- Moorhead 88 Jamestown 71

 

Friday 12-19-14

Women’s Game: Valley City State 66, Minnesota-Morris 52
Men’ Game: Valley City State 76, Minnesota-Morris 72

 

 EL PASO, Texas (AP) – Kris Brewer’s free throw with 2.9 seconds left in the game earned Kent State a 53-52 win over North Dakota State Sunday in the first game of the Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational at the University of Texas-El Paso.
 
     North Dakota State (6-5) took a 50-48 lead with 1:38 remaining on a pair of free throws by Paul Miller, but Jimmy Hall pulled Kent State even with a pair of free throws nine seconds later.
 
     Hall scored on a layup to give the Golden Flashes the lead, but Kory Brown knotted the game at 52-52 on a hard-fought layup with 18.1 seconds remaining.
 
     Brewer, who led Kent State (8-2) with 14 points, drove to the basket and drew a foul to set up his game-winning free throw.
 
     Brown got off a mid-court shot as time ran out, but it fell short.
 
     Lawrence Alexander led the Bison with 15 points.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Game and Fish Department has set tentative opening dates for next year’s hunting seasons in North Dakota.
 
     They’ll become official with Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s approval.
 
     Tentative opening dates for some major seasons include mountain lions on Sept. 4, waterfowl on Oct. 3, pheasants on Oct. 10 and deer gun on Nov. 6.

 

  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A study by a Dakotas-based hospital shows that middle school football players are getting hit just as hard as older kids, but not as often and not enough to cause short-term damage.
 
     The Sanford Sports Institute study used in-helmet sensors to measure the force and location of hits to the head for players ages 11 to 13. It focuses on 22 players from the same South Dakota team.
 
     The project found that the median number of hits taken by a player during the season was 252. That’s about half of what a high school player absorbs.
 
     Institute officials say the players suffered no ill effects over the season.
 
     Sanford Health is based in Sioux Falls and Fargo, North Dakota. It has more than 26,000 employees in the two states.

 

 NATIONAL  FOOTBALL  LEAGUE

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -The Miami Dolphins beat the Minnesota Vikings 37-35 yesterday. Rookie Terrence Fede blocked a punt for a safety with 41 seconds left. The Dolphins overcame a 14-0 deficit to take the lead but trailed again after giving up 15 points in an 11-second span in the fourth quarter. Minnesota fell to 6-9.

 UNDATED (AP) – The Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers wrapped up playoff berths yesterday. Tony Romo threw for four touchdowns as the Cowboys crushed Indianapolis 42-7 to win the NFC East, and Aaron Rodgers passed for 318 yards and a touchdown in the Packers’ 20-3 triumph at Tampa Bay. Ben Roethlisberger (RAWTH’-lihs-bur-gur) threw for 220 yards and a touchdown as the Steelers beat Kansas City 20-12 to claim a playoff spot and set up a season-ending battle with Cincinnati for the AFC North title.

Joique (JOYK) Bell scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter as the Lions edged Chicago 20-14 to stay atop the NFC North heading into their showdown with Green Bay.

Cam Newton returned from a game off after suffering two fractures in his back to lead Carolina to a 17-13 win over Cleveland.  Newton threw for a touchdown and ran for another a week after being injured in a car accident.
 New England clinched a first-round playoff bye with a 17-16 win over the Jets. 
   Final    Atlanta            30    New  Orleans      14
   Final    Houston            25    Baltimore          13
   Final    Miami                37    Minnesota          35
   Final    New  England    17    N-Y  Jets            1

 Final    N-Y  Giants      37    St.  Louis          27
   Final    Oakland            26    Buffalo              24
   Final    Seattle            35    Arizona                6
 
 
       NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – C.J. Miles scored 28 points to help the Indiana Pacers hold off the Minnesota Timberwolves 100-96 last night. Roy Hibbert had 15 points, eight rebounds and four blocks for the Pacers. Mo Williams had 24 points and 10 assists for the Timberwolves.
 
   Final    Toronto              118    New  York              108
   Final    Cleveland          105    Memphis                  91
   Final    Miami                  100    Boston                    84
   Final    Brooklyn            110    Detroit                105
   Final    Sacramento        108    L-A  Lakers          101
   Final    Philadelphia      96    Orlando                  88
   Final    Phoenix              104    Washington            92
   Final    New  Orleans      101    Oklahoma  City      99
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE
 
   Final  2OT    Colorado              2    Detroit        1  (SO  Colorado  3-2)
   Final  2OT    Dallas                  6    Edmonton      5  (SO  Dallas  3-2)
   Final  OT      Boston                  4    Buffalo        3
   Final            N-Y  Rangers        1    Carolina      0
   Final            Chicago                4    Toronto        0
   Final  OT      Philadelphia      4    Winnipeg      3
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL
 
   Final    (  6)  Virginia      76    Harvard                27
   Final    (17)  Maryland      73    Oklahoma  St.      64
 
 
       TOP-25  WOMEN’S  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL
 
   Final    (  1)  South  Carolina        84              Liberty                    44
   Final    (  2)  UConn                          86              UCLA                          50
   Final    (  3)  Texas                          67    (  4)  Texas  A&M                65
   Final    (  5)  Notre  Dame                64              Saint  Joseph’s      50
   Final    (  6)  North  Carolina        85              Elon                          67
   Final    (13)  Duke                            89    (  8)  Kentucky                  68
   Final    (10)  Louisville                70    (24)  California              57
   Final    (14)  Maryland                  110              Coppin  St.              51
   Final    (18)  Michigan  St.            89    (19)  Syracuse                  76
   Final    (19)  Oklahoma  St.            66              Southern  Cal          62
   Final    (21)  Mississippi  St.      68              Miami  (Ohio)          42
   Final    (23)  Iowa                          100              Drake                        98

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) – New York City authorities say a long violent criminal record, hatred for police and the government and apparent history of mental instability are all part of the background of the man who ambushed two officers in their patrol car, killing both. Meanwhile, warnings have gone out to police to wear bulletproof vests and avoid making inflammatory posts on social media. Officials say 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley killed himself after the attacks.
 
     SINJAR, Iraq (AP) – Kurdish fighters say they’re making progress but fighting is fierce against Islamic State extremists occupying the Iraqi town of Sinjar. The Kurds say they are facing stiff resistance and the IS militants are using snipers. The Kurdish forces say the militants are burning tires and oil to create a smoke screen. 
 
     PARIS (AP) – France’s top security official says the investigation is only just getting started into the incident where a rampaging driver roared into a crowd of people in Dijon. The official cautioned against jumping to conclusions and raised the number of people injured to 13. A local police official says the driver has psychological problems.
 
     VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis isn’t being shy about criticizing an entrenched Vatican bureaucracy. In sometimes blistering comments Francis denounced how some people lust for power at all costs, live hypocritical double lives and suffer from “spiritual Alzheimer’s” that has made them forget what they’re supposed to be. And all of that was in his Christmas greeting to the cardinals, bishops and priests who run the Holy See. 
 
     SYDNEY (AP) – Australian officials say a 5-year-old boy and his 7-year-old brother are recovering and getting their strength back in an Australian hospital after a 10-day wilderness ordeal. The boys and their father survived with little food, no phone service and in weather conditions that ranged from stormy to scorching. Officials say the father took a wrong turn during a family road trip.