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REST OF TODAY…CLOUDY. SCATTERED FLURRIES THROUGH THE DAY.
HIGHS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
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.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
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.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
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.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
Jamestown (CSi) A reminder on the New Year’s fireworks ordinance in the City of Jamestown.
In the city limits, Jamestown allows the sale and use of fireworks from noon to 11 p.m. Dec. 26-30 and from noon Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1. Fireworks are not allowed after 1 a.m. Jan. 1 within city limits.
Jamestown (CSi) An individual was taken to Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Wednesday evening, following an incident with a meat smoker.
Jamestown City Fire Chief Jim Reuther, says, six units and 29 fire fighters responded to a report of a garage fire at 611 3rd Avenue Southeast at about 7:30 p.m.
The fire was extinguished by the homeowner when the units arrived. Units returned to the fire hall by 8 p.m.
Reuther says, the fire started with a meat smoker and spread to some nearby cardboard in the garage.
A resident of the home was transported by Jamestown Ambulance to JRMC for possible treatment of smoke inhalation.
Damage from the fire was minimal.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Fire Department was called about 10-a.m. Wednesday to a construction site fire, at Second Street, Northwest, where a 20 unit condo is being built.
Bob Bergen, owns the building and says a cutting tool started a fire in an elevator shaft in the basement when a spark hit oil residue.
He says the fire was contained to a small area, and no smoke or fire damage to the structure.
Bergen says work will continue, on the project, the original turkey processing plant for Land O’ Lakes, starting after World War II.
A fire also burned the structure in August of 1983.
Bismarck (CSi) Parents with children birth to age 12 can now enroll in Nurturing Parenting Programs that will be held in nine North Dakota communities beginning in January. Nurturing Parenting Programs are family-based parent education classes that help parents strengthen their parenting and nurturing skills through interactive dialogue and engagement with other parents.
The Nurturing Parenting Programs will be offered in Belcourt, Bismarck, Devils Lake, Fargo, Harvey, Jamestown, Minot, Valley City, and Williston.
Certified facilitators guide families through a 16-week program, which features different training modules each week to address a different parenting issue. Some topics include understanding a child’s growth and development, establishing nurturing family routines, building self-worth, managing and communicating feelings, developing family rules, managing anger and stress, understanding healthy ways to discipline, and more.
The classes are conducted in a group setting with separate parent and child sessions and a family time activity. Participants complete a weekly self-assessment that helps measure their family’s progress and success with the program. A nutritious meal is also provided each week and transportation assistance is available with prior approval.
The North Dakota Department of Human Services contracts with the North Dakota State University Extension Service to offer the Nurturing Parenting Programs. The programs are offered at no cost to families.
To register or for more information on the programs being offered in cities throughout North Dakota, call 701-845-6652, toll free 855-NURTND (855-687-8163), or visit www.ndnurturing.org.
Additional parenting information is also available through the North Dakota Parent Education Network at www.ag.ndsu.edu/pen and Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota at www.pcand.org.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – An Arizona woman is facing charges in a fatal crash in the western North Dakota oil patch.
Twenty-six-year-old Lacey Eckert, of Phoenix, is accused of driving through a stop sign at a highway intersection near Mandaree on Dec. 1 and colliding with another vehicle, killing a 36-year-old Minot man and injuring a second person.
Eckert was charged Wednesday with felony negligent homicide and misdemeanor aggravated reckless driving. She could face up to seven years in prison if convicted.
Court documents do not list an attorney for Eckert, and a home telephone listing for her could not be found.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A western North Dakota man says he will plead guilty to an illegal weapons charge.
Ronnie Nikodym, of Bismarck, is charged in federal court with possession and manufacture of illegal firearms. Authorities say he was in possession of six machine guns, including two he sold in Dickinson.
The plea agreement calls for Nikodym to plead guilty to the possession charge. It carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
A federal public defender could not be reached for comment.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A 50-year-old man accused of sex crimes against two children in Minot has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors.
Authorities allege that Roy Powell in the summer of 2014 forced a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy to watch pornographic videos and fondled the girl.
Powell was to go on trial next week but on Wednesday pleaded guilty to felony gross sexual imposition and promoting obscenity to minors and a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure.
If a judge agrees at Powell’s May 6 sentencing, Powell will serve about 10 years in prison under terms of the plea agreement.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bismarck police are investigating the theft of a tip jar from a fast food restaurant. The assistant manager at Pita Pit noticed the tip jar with $400 in it was missing on Monday night. The manager checked surveillance camera footage and saw it had captured two males grabbing the jar and fleeing the building.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Supreme Court is deciding whether a 20-year delay for the trial of a man accused of driving drunk violated his right to a speedy trial.
William Gale was found guilty by a Grand Forks jury in July on a 1995 DUI charge. He was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
Grand Forks city prosecutor Kristi Pettit Venhuizen argued to justices earlier this month that Gale made a concerted effort to avoid prosecution and there was ample evidence to pursue the case.
Defense attorney Scott Brand says Gale moved to Colorado shortly after the DUI arrest and believed that his previous lawyer was going to handle court proceedings.
Brand says the government was negligent in failing to locate Gale and then deciding to prosecute him 20 years later.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A BNSF Railway spokeswoman says the company is temporarily furloughing some employees in response to a reduction in customers’ freight transportation needs.
Railroad spokeswoman Amy McBeth says customers’ volumes in the near term have come down somewhat from prior estimates. She says BNSF is having to adjust its workforce demand numbers down to match volume and the work required to move that volume.
McBeth says BNSF is temporarily furloughing some of its employees at different locations across its network. She says she doesn’t have specifics on numbers or breakdowns by region, but It isn’t concentrated in any one area.
McBeth says the company expects to call the furloughed employees back as soon as business needs require.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston School Superintendent Viola LaFontaine plans to step down, after leading the school district through an oil boom and rapid enrollment increases.
The Williston Herald reports that LaFontaine announced her impending resignation earlier this month. Her contract expires at the end of the school year.
LaFontaine didn’t detail her future plans but said it’s a good time for her “to transition to something new.”
When LaFontaine became superintendent in 2009, 2,184 students were enrolled. That number would swell by more than 50 percent as people flocked to the region in search of oil patch jobs. LaFontaine helped push for a new high school that’s expected to be finished next fall.
The school board will form a committee early next year to search for LaFontaine’s successor.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s poker champion is being crowned in Minot this week.
The 12th annual North Dakota Texas Hold ’em Championship is being held at the Vegas Motel starting Wednesday night. The event is modeled after the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
North Dakota tournament co-founder Wendy Rupert expects up to 1,500 players for this year’s event. The tournament has grown from fewer than 400 participants in its inaugural year in 2004.
Preston Dean of Minot is the reigning champ. He beat out more than 1,300 people from around the country for the 2014 crown.
This year’s champion will be crowned Saturday. The tournament’s top prize is $50,000.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – New Year’s Day brings a handful of new North Dakota laws, including one aimed at people convicted of paying for sex.
Beginning Friday, people caught hiring someone for sex can be forced to participate in a program highlighting the negative consequences that the sex industry has on families and communities.
The so-called “john law” is one of several measures passed by North Dakota lawmakers in 2015 that are aimed at combating the increasing incidence of prostitution in the state.
The “john law” legislation got unanimous approval in the Senate and only two dissents in the House.
The measure was part of a broader bill that increased the maximum misdemeanor penalty of a second conviction of paying for sex.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The general manager of the Fargodome says he expects a good financial year.
Rob Sobolik tells KFGO radio (http://bit.ly/1TrL5c8 ) that final numbers won’t be in until the end of January, but he expects this year’s profit to be more than double the $87,000 that was budgeted.
Sobolik expects the figure to be in the range of $175,000 to $200,000.
Annual profits go into the Fargodome’s surplus fund, which Sobolik says has more than $40 million.
Big concerts including Taylor Swift, North Dakota State University football games and other events this year pushed total attendance to more than half a million people. Sobolik expects another good year in 2016, with big-name acts including AC/DC and Justin Bieber scheduled to perform
In sports…
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A tentative trial date has been set for a former Minot State University football player accused of assaulting the captain of the school’s baseball team.
Twenty-one-year-old Kwame Johnson is charged with felony aggravated assault in connection with the Aug. 29 attack on Keith Ailes. Twenty-two-year-old Steven Patrick faces the same charge.
Both men are accused of repeatedly punching Ailes in the head, causing injuries including a broken eye socket, during a verbal altercation at a party.
The Minot Daily News reports that a judge on Wednesday gave the men’s attorneys more time to work out a plea agreement and attentively set their trial date for March 1.
Johnson was taken into custody after the hearing for violating his bail agreement by leaving the state without the court’s permission.
HELSINKI (AP) – Auston Matthews had two goals and two assists to help the United States rout Switzerland 10-1 on Wednesday in the world junior hockey championship.
Matthew Tkachuk added two goals and an assist, and Christian Dvorak, Zach Werenski and Colin White each had a goal and two assists for the United States (2-1-0).
Nick Schmaltz, Ryan Donato and Brandon Carlo also scored, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 27 saves.
Timo Meier scored for Switzerland (0-3-1).
Earlier, Sweden beat Denmark 5-0 to improve to 3-0 and lock up first place in Group A. In Group B, the Czech Republic beat Belarus 5-3, and Finland topped Slovakia 8-3.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 10 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the short-handed Utah Jazz in a 94-80 victory on Wednesday night. Ricky Rubio tied a career high with 17 assists for the Timberwolves. Gorgui Dieng had 12 points and nine rebounds as the Wolves held off a late charge from the Jazz.
UNDATED (AP) – How’s this for a role reversal – the Golden State Warriors were blown out last night, while the Philadelphia 76ers actually won again.
Golden State guard Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry sat out with a leg injury while J.J. Barea scored 23 points in the Mavericks’ 114-91 rout of the Warriors in Dallas. Zaza Pachulia (pah-CHOOL’-yuh) had 14 points and 15 rebounds, while Dirk Nowitzki added 18 points and eight boards in the Mavs’ fourth straight win.
Curry missed his first game of the season after being diagnosed with a lower left leg bruise that could force him to miss Thursday’s contest at Houston.
Klay Thompson shot 4-for-15 and scored just 10 points as the Warriors fell to 29-2, still the best 31-game start in league history.
Meanwhile, the 76ers are 3-31 following their second victory in three games. Ish Smith scored five of his 18 points over the final 3 1/2 minutes and Jamari Grant drained three late free throws to help lift the Sixers past the Kings 110-105 in Sacramento. Philly center Nerlens Noel had a season-high 20 points with nine rebounds while Grant finished with 16 points, a career-best 11 rebounds and five blocked shots.
San Antonio is 19-0 at home this season after LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and 12 rebounds in the Spurs’ 112-79 pounding of Phoenix. Kawhi (kah-WY’) chipped in 19 points as the Spurs improved to 28-6.
Final Orlando 100 Brooklyn 93
Final L-A Clippers 122 Charlotte 117
Final L-A Lakers 112 Boston 104
Final Toronto 94 Washington 91
Final OT Chicago 102 Indiana 100
Final Portland 110 Denver 103
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Washington 5 Buffalo 2
Final 2OT Toronto 3 Pittsburgh 2 (SO Toronto 2-1)
Final New Jersey 3 Ottawa 0
Final N-Y Rangers 5 Tampa Bay 2
Final San Jose 4 Philadelphia 2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Marc Loving scored 20 points as Ohio State pulled away from Minnesota for a 78-63 win on Wednesday night in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Keita Bates-Diop added 13 points. Carlos Morris scored 18 points for the Golden Gophers.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Dylan Miller scored a season-high 20 points as North Dakota State routed Division III Northland College 105-47 on Wednesday night for its 30th straight win at home. The Bison led by 58 points with 4:30 left to play. A.J. Jacobson and Khy Kabellis scored 16 apiece.
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 4) Maryland 70 Penn St. 64
Final ( 5) Virginia 71 Oakland 58
Final ( 7) North Carolina 80 Clemson 69
Final (11) Iowa St. 104 Coppin St. 84
Final (15) Duke 103 Long Beach St. 81
Final (19) West Virginia 88 Virginia Tech 63
Final (24) South Carolina 78 Francis Marion 56
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 1) UConn 107 Cincinnati 45
Final ( 3) Notre Dame 85 Georgia Tech 76
Final Oklahoma St. 52 ( 4) Baylor 45
Final ( 5) Texas 65 West Virginia 54
Final ( 8) Mississippi St. 68 (20) South Florida 58
Final (13) Tennessee 90 Stetson 56
Final (18) Oklahoma 67 Kansas 44
Final (19) California 106 CS Northridge 44
Final (21) UCLA 78 Southern Cal 73
Final (22) Miami 73 NC State 44
BOWL GAMES…
UNDATED (AP) – Dak Prescott has closed out his college career in impressive fashion.
Prescott set a Belk Bowl record with 380 passing yards to earn MVP honors in Mississippi State’s 51-28 romp over North Carolina State. He threw for four touchdowns while completing 25 of his 42 passes. Prescott also ran for 47 yards to become the fourth player in FBS history to throw for 9,000 yards and run for 2,500 yards in his career.
Prescott threw two touchdown passes to Brandon Holloway in the second half to break it open for the 9-4 Bulldogs.
In other bowl action:
– Rafael Gaglianone hit a 29-yard field goal with 2:27 left to give 23rd-ranked Wisconsin a 23-21 win over Southern Cal in the Holiday Bowl at San Diego. Badgers linebacker Jack Cichy (SIH’-chee) sacked Kessler on three straight plays in the third quarter after entering the game with two career sacks.
– Backup Jeremy Johnson threw for a TD and ran for another to lift Auburn over Memphis 31-10 in the Birmingham Bowl. The Tigers scored three touchdowns in a five-minute span beginning late in the third quarter to avoid the first losing season of Gus Malzahn’s (mal-ZAHNZ’) 11-year college coaching career.
– Lamar Jackson ran for a career-high and Music City Bowl-record 226 yards and two touchdowns in Louisville’s 27-21 win against Texas A&M. Jackson also threw for two scores in leading the 8-5 Cardinals to their eighth victory in 10 games, and the third in their last four bowl appearances.
MLB…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Left-hander Scott Kazmir has found a new team, agreeing to a three-year, $48 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The three-time All-Star was among the top names left on the free-agent market after revitalizing his career over the past three seasons with Cleveland, Oakland and Houston. He ranked fourth in the AL with a 3.10 ERA last year while going 7-11 for the Athletics and the Astros.
In world and national news…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Officials in Missouri have now closed a major interstate south of St. Louis as floodwaters continue to rise. Interstate 55 near the town of Arnold has been completely shut down because of floodwaters from the Meramec (MEHR’-uh-mehk) River. Overnight, crews had tried to fight off the floodwaters with sandbagging and pumping. Officials also are watching the Mississippi River, which runs beside the Gateway Arch and downtown St. Louis. It’s expected to reach nearly 13 feet above flood stage in the area.
UNDATED (AP) – Horns blared and people cheered as New Zealand welcomed 2016 today. Partygoers counted down the seconds to midnight with a giant digital clock on Auckland’s landmark Sky Tower, which was lit up with green, red and white-colored fireworks. There will be no fireworks in Paris and Brussels, because of an ongoing terror threat.
UNDATED (AP) – The mayor of Las Vegas says fears of terrorism shouldn’t keep people from coming out to ring in the new year. Nearly 1,000 uniformed officers will be posted along the Vegas Strip tonight. People are being asked to leave the bags, backpacks and strollers at home. In New York City, some 6,000 police officers will be in a sea of about a million people celebrating in Times Square.
WAVERLY, Ind. (AP) – State Police in Indiana say the four people killed in a crash near Indianapolis last night were teenagers. The accident happened when the teens’ car crossed a median and struck a minivan in Morgan County. A fifth person in the car and four people in the minivan were injured. Police say the dead teens were 17 and 18 years old.
DETROIT (AP) – A university in Michigan has come out with its annual list of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness. The tongue-in-cheek wish-list put out by Northern Michigan’s Lake Superior State University comes from suggestions submitted to the Sault Ste. Marie school. Among the should-be- banished words or phrases: “problematic,” “break the Internet,” ”join the conversation,” ”secret sauce” and “manspreading.”
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