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CSi Weather…

WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING…JAN 10-12, 2013..

 

 

INCLUDES THE CITIES OF:

BOTTINEAU…ROLLA…WILLISTON…NEW TOWN…MINOT…TOWNER…

RUGBY…WATFORD CITY…KILLDEER…BEULAH…HAZEN…CENTER…

GARRISON…MCCLUSKY…HARVEY…CARRINGTON…BEACH…MEDORA…

DICKINSON…MANDAN…BISMARCK…STEELE…JAMESTOWN…MARMARTH…

MOTT…ELGIN…BOWMAN…HETTINGER…FORT YATES…LINTON…

NAPOLEON…EDGELEY…ASHLEY…OAKES

…CROOKSTON…EAST GRAND FORKS…

HALSTAD…MOORHEAD…HALLOCK…ROSEAU…BAUDETTE…WARREN…

NEWFOLDEN…RED LAKE…THIEF RIVER FALLS…RED LAKE FALLS…

FOSSTON…BAGLEY…BEMIDJI…MAHNOMEN…LAKE ITASCA…

PARK RAPIDS…DETROIT LAKES…WOLF LAKE…BRECKENRIDGE…

FERGUS FALLS…NEW YORK MILLS…WADENA…ELBOW LAKE…CANDO…

LANGDON…CAVALIER…MADDOCK…LEEDS…DEVILS LAKE…GRAFTON…

NEW ROCKFORD…LAKOTA…GRAND FORKS…COOPERSTOWN…FINLEY…

MAYVILLE…VALLEY CITY…FARGO…LISBON…GWINNER…WAHPETON…

POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN INITIALLY MAY CAUSE
SLIPPERY ROADS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

 AT THIS POINT IT SEEMS THAT THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM DEVILS LAKE UP TOWARDS ROSEAU…WHERE 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME QUIET STRONG FRIDAY NIGHT…AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER A HALF A MILE AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Fire Department responded to a call Wednesday (Jan 9, 2013) about 1:30 p.m., to an apartment unit at 1510 11th Avenue, Northeast.

Lt. Sheldon Mohr says hot cooking oil caused smoke in the kitchen area of the apartment unit.

No fire was reported.

Three units of the City Fire Department and 20 fire fighters were on the scene about 15 minutes extracting smoke from the kitchen.

No injuries were reported.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Public School District has announced the finalists for the Superintendent Position.

Board members choose the following candidates to interview:

Brian Duchscherer on January 14, 2013

Laura Schuster on January 16, 2013

Gary Wilz on January 22, 2013

Robert Lech on January 23, 2013

All interviews will be at 5 pm in the Conference Room located in the Central Office, 207 2nd Ave SE, Jamestown.

 

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Valley City motorists are reminded of Main Street being closed starting Monday January 14, 2013, for about a month.

The closing is necessary as the Sheyenne Riverbank stabilization project continues.

Traffic detours include over to Second Street Northwest, from fifth Avenue, Northwest, to Central Avenue.

Motorists will still be able to access businesses during construction.

Sheet piling is being placed along the river, continuing 235 feet extending from where the area now leaves off.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle is asking state lawmakers to add three new judgeships and additional court employees to keep pace with increased workloads caused by the state’s oil boom.
 
     The chief justice made his appeal Wednesday in his State of the Judiciary speech to a joint session of the North Dakota House and Senate.
 
     VandeWalle says the state has “reached a crisis point where judicial services are suffering.” He says the shortage of judges and court employees in western North Dakota’s oil patch is affecting court systems statewide.
 
     The chief justice says case backlogs “drive up local incarceration costs, put the rights of accused in jeopardy, impact businesses’ ability to operate and damage families.”

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle says some rural counties have little or no access to legal services.
 
     VandeWalle announced Thursday that three internships for law students will be made available to address the shortage.
 
     The chief justice says 21 of North Dakota’s 53 counties have fewer than four attorneys. He says four counties in North Dakota have no attorneys at all.
 
     VandeWalle says the internships will be with judges chambered in communities that have fewer than 15,000 people.
 
     He says the goal is to show new lawyers the benefits of living and working in small communities.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Confirmed cases of the flu in North Dakota have jumped 72 percent over the past week.
 
     The state Health Department said Wednesday that 1,077 flu cases had been reported statewide, up from 625 last week. Outbreaks have been reported in long-term care and assisted living facilities.
 
     Influenza surveillance coordinator Lindsey VanderBusch says the high number of flu cases is happening earlier in the flu season than usual. Officials say it’s not too late for people to get a flu shot.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The Williams County Commission has approved a route for a truck bypass around Williston that will avoid American Indian burial grounds and artifacts.
 
     The City Commission approved the route late last month. Neither city nor county leaders preferred it because it is longer and will affect more property owners, but County Commission Chairman Dan Kalil tells The Forum that compromises have to be made.
 
     Crews last year completed a temporary bypass in the area to help route heavy oil field truck traffic around Williston and ease congestion in the city limits, but it is designed to last only three years.
 
     The preferred plan for a permanent bypass was scrapped after the cultural sites were discovered and tribal officials asked that the route be abandoned.

 

 PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) – A Lakota language immersion childcare program on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has received a $4,000 grant.
 
     The Lakota Immersion Childcare is a full-immersion language initiative for infants and toddlers. It started in November with a small cohort of children under the age of 2.
 
     The  Minnesota-based Honor the Earth Foundation awarded the $4,000 grant to the organization.
 
     Peter Hill is the day care’s director. He says exposing infants to the language is a critical step in building a successful K-12 school-based curriculum.
 
     There are fewer than 6,000 Lakota speakers – less than 14 percent of the Lakota population in North and South Dakota, and the average age of a Lakota speaker is 60.

 

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) – Baseball’s all-time home run leader is among three big-name stars who’ve been denied election to the Hall of Fame during their first year of eligibility, because they’ve been tainted by allegations of steroid use. Baseball writers declined to elect Barry Bonds, as well as Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa. In fact, no player received enough votes to win admission to the Hall.
 
     CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – A Colorado judge plans to rule by Friday on whether James Holmes should stand trial for the shooting deaths of 12 people at a movie theater last July. Prosecutors say they have shown during a preliminary hearing this week that Holmes acted with deliberation and extreme indifference. Defense lawyers decided not to call any witnesses to talk about his mental health.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Eleven people have been seriously hurt after a ferry crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan Wednesday. Scores of people who’d been standing and waiting to disembark were hurled to the deck or into walls by the impact. It happened as the catamaran Seastreak Wall Street slowed following a routine trip from the New Jersey shore and across New York Bay. The cause of the accident is under investigation. 
 
     BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts public health officials are reporting 18 flu-related deaths in the state already this season, and Boston has declared a public health emergency. There have been about 700 confirmed cases of the flu in Boston so far this season, about 10 times more than in the same period last year.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – A published report says Apple may be planning to introduce a cheaper iPhone. The Wall Street Journal cites people who’ve been briefed on it. The story speculates that Apple could lower the iPhone’s price by giving it an exterior that costs less than the aluminum housing on current models. Apple is looking to reclaim some of the sales lost to less expensive devices. Currently prices for the latest iPhone start at $649.