CSi Weather…

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT , THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

ALSO…….A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON…FOR THE VALLEY CITY AREA.

PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW ON FRIDAY. MINIMAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED…BUT AREA ROADWAYS MAY STILL BECOME SLICK.

Forecast…

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING…
.REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRIZZLE AND LIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING
DRIZZLE AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…CHANCE OF LIGHT SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AND
FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING…THEN SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY…
COLDER. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AROUND 2 INCHES. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER TEENS IN THE
AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 100 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BREEZY.
MUCH COLDER. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LOWS NEAR ZERO.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPATION 100 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY…COLDER. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 50 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 15.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.

 

ONE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST…BRINGING FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND
INTO FRIDAY. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE…MAINLY SOUTH AND
EAST OF A COOPERSTOWN TO GRAND FORKS TO HALLOCK LINE. LOCATIONS IN
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR DETROIT LAKES AND BEMIDJI COULD SEE
ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

MEANWHILE…A LARGE UPPER TROUGH MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL
HELP BRING SNOW…STARTING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THURSDAY
NIGHT AND SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY
NIGHT TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE COLD ENOUGH THAT THE ENTIRE AREA
SHOULD SEE A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST ALONG AND NORTH OF A COOPERSTOWN TO
GRAND FORKS TO ROSEAU LINE…WHERE 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION…NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING IN THE NORTHERN
RED RIVER VALLEY AND DEVILS LAKE BASIN.

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) – Confirmed flu cases in North Dakota have jumped 72 percent over the past week. The state Health Department said yesterday that 1,077 flu cases had been reported statewide, up from 625 last week. Officials say it’s not too late for people to get a flu shot.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Grand Forks Air Force Base is one of four finalists to receive an air refueling tanker mission.
 
     The Air Force says it will base its new active-duty KC-46A tanker mission at either the North Dakota base, Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma, Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington or McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas.
 
     The Air Force will announce its preferred base in the spring, after doing on-site surveys. Starting in 2016, the base that is chosen will support active-duty KC-46A tankers. Other tankers will be based at an Air National Guard Base somewhere in the country.
 
     They will replace aging KC-135 tankers and KC-10 tankers. The Grand Forks base hosted KC-135 tankers for 50 years before losing the mission at the end of 2010.

 

  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.”
 
    
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) – North Dakota lawmakers are getting a sneak peak at an education proposal that would provide more money to schools while providing property tax relief.
 
     Department of Public Instruction analyst Jerry Coleman delivered a preliminary report Wednesday to the House Education Committee. The legislation would permanently restructure the funding formula for kindergarten through 12th grade education.
 
     Republican Rep. Mike Nathe of Bismarck, chairman of the committee, says the proposal could result in an historic piece of legislation. Says Nathe, “It’s a big deal.”
 
     Nathe says the bill should be filed by the end of the week. He hopes to have a hearing on it in about two weeks.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Chairman Richard McCloud is slated to address lawmakers about the relationship between North Dakota’s American Indian tribal governments and the state government.
 
     McCloud’s speech will be to a joint session of the North Dakota House and Senate on Thursday.
 
     By tradition, tribal officials address the Legislature in its opening week.
 
     Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall addressed the Legislature two years ago. Spirit Lake Nation chairwoman Myra Pearson made the tribal speech in 2009.

 

HURON, S.D. (AP) – A 45-year-old man who escaped from South Dakota’s Beadle County Jail by using a makeshift weapon to hold a guard hostage is returning to prison.
 
Charles Beeney was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in the South Dakota Penitentiary on an aggravated eluding charge from December. In that case, he was accused of stealing fuel from a Jerauld County farm and leading authorities on a chase that ended with him crashing a pickup near Alpena.
 
     Beeney escaped from the Beadle County Jail Tuesday but was captured that night in Sioux Falls. He has a criminal history in Kansas and North Dakota, including a jail escape in North Dakota seven years ago.
 
     Beeney was loaded into a Jerauld County Sherriff’s SUV Wednesday afternoon and transported to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

 

In sports…

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – An event that bills itself as the largest two-day coyote hunting tournament in the Upper Midwest is being held this week in southwestern North Dakota.
 
     The North Dakota Coyote Classic is Friday and Saturday, with check-in happening Thursday at the Quality Inn & Suites in Dickinson. More than $16,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded.
 
     The tournament is in its 11th year.

 

NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Kevin Durant scored 26 points and Russell Westbrook added 23 last night as the Oklahoma City Thunder topped the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-84. Kevin Martin added 19 points for the Thunder. Alexey Shved led the Timberwolves in scoring with 18 points.
 
   Final    Cleveland              99    Atlanta                83
   Final    Toronto                  90    Philadelphia      72
   Final    Utah                      112    Charlotte          102
   Final    Boston                    87    Phoenix                79
   Final    New  Orleans          88    Houston                79
   Final    San  Antonio        108    L-A  Lakers        105
   Final    Milwaukee            104    Chicago                96
   Final    Denver                  108    Orlando              105
   Final    L-A  Clippers        99    Dallas                  93
   Final    Memphis                  94    Golden  State      87
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Joe Coleman and Andre Hollins combined to score 51 points last night as No. 8 Minnesota topped No. 12 Illinois 84-67. The Gophers remain undefeated in the Big Ten after holding off a late charge by the Illini. Brandon Paul led Illinois with 21 points.
 
   Final          (  2)  Michigan                62              Nebraska                  47
   Final          (  3)  Louisville            73              Seton  Hall              58
   Final  OT    (  6)  Kansas                    97              Iowa  St.                  89
   Final          (  7)  Syracuse                72              Providence              66
   Final          (11)  Florida                  77              Georgia                    44
   Final          (14)  Butler                    72              Saint  Joseph’s      66
   Final          (16)  San  Diego  St.      65              Fresno  St.              62
   Final          (20)  NC  State                83              Georgia  Tech          70
   Final          (23)  Wichita  St.          82              S.  Illinois            76
   Final          (25)  New  Mexico            65    (24)  UNLV                          60

 

MLB…

  NEW YORK (AP) – Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa were been passed over, so for the first time since 1996, the baseball writers have failed to elect anybody to the Hall of Fame. This means the induction ceremony will take place in July with three men who are all deceased being admitted, Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert (ROO’-purt), umpire Hank O’Day and barehanded catcher Deacon White.

 

NFL…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III may be ready for the start of the 2013 season. The surgeon who operated on the rookie signal-caller, Dr. James Andrews, said it’s “everyone’s hope and belief” that Griffin will be ready for the 2013 campaign.
 
     RGIII had surgery for what Andrews termed “a direct repair” of the lateral collateral ligament and “a redo of his previous ACL reconstruction.”

 

NHL…

 NEW YORK (AP) – What’s next for the NHL? After watching the owners ratify the tentative labor deal yesterday, the players are scheduled to take their vote on Friday and Saturday. The agreement was reached on Sunday, the 113th day of the NHL lockout. 
 
    

NBA…
     NEW YORK (AP) – Carmelo Anthony has been suspended one game by the NBA for confronting Kevin Garnett after the Knicks’ loss to Boston on Monday. Anthony went toward the Celtics’ locker room after the game and later waited for Garnett outside Boston’s team bus.

 

 People with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday that investor Chris Hansen has contacted the Maloof (mah-LOOF’) family about buying the Sacramento Kings. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because no deal has been reached.

The team could possibily move to Seattle.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration will meet today with the National Rifle Association along with gun retailers and owners groups, as officials look at ways to curb gun violence. The NRA has sunk past gun control efforts and opposes any new ones. But yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden said the administration is considering its own executive action as well as measures by Congress, but he didn’t offer specifics.
 
     CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s government is organizing what seems an alternative inauguration outside the presidential palace. Vice President Nicolas Maduro is hosting regional leaders in an unusual show of support for ailing President Hugo Chavez, whose swearing-in ceremony has been indefinitely postponed. Maduro is urging supporters to gather on a street outside the palace to demonstrate their solidarity for Chavez, who remains in Cuba fighting complications after cancer surgery.
 
     PARIS (AP) – Striking taxi drivers across France are calling it “Operation Escargot.” The drivers, who are protesting against government deregulation proposals, have lined up in single file on roadways across the country, refusing fares and traveling highways at a crawl. At one point late in the morning, a trip into Paris that would normally take 20 minutes was listed on traffic signs at more than two hours.
 
     CAIRO (AP) – Archeologists in Egypt have unearthed tombs over 3000 years old in the ancient city of Luxor. Egypt’s Antiquities Minster says the discovery was made beneath the mortuary temple of King Amenhotep II, who reigned from 1427 to 1401 B.C. The official says remains of wooden sarcophaguses and human bones were found inside the tombs.
 
     BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – “Lincoln,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Les Miserables (lay mihz-ur-AHB’-luh)” and “Argo” are among the favorites to be mentioned for best picture when the Oscar nominations are announced in the next hour. The nominees will be announced at 8:40 a.m. (Eastern) by Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane, the host of the Feb. 24 Oscar show.