wbPM5CSi Weather…

 LATE THIS AFTERNOON…SUNNY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. NOT AS COLD. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…INCREASING CLOUDS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 30. WEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 40S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. WEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
LOWS AROUND 30.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 30S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS 15 TO 20.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 15. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 20S.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
 THURSDAY…MAINLY CENTRAL AND NORTH.  

SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE. AT THIS TIME MUCH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON WHERE THE SNOW WILL FALL AND HOW MUCH.

ALONG WITH THE CHANCES FOR SNOW…VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SURGE SOUTH ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT…AND WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY.

HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND 20S…AND LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS…ARE  CURRENTLY FORE CAST. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AS WELL.

 

Valley City (CSi) — The Barnes County Public Service Answering Point Systems non-emergency dispatch phone number has been changed to 845-8181.

The police department phone number remains, 845-3110.

The Barnes County Sheriff’s office is 845-8530.

The Barnes County non-emergency dispatch number is now 845-8181

In the event of an emergency call 911 immediately.

The office hours of the Valley City police station are now Monday-Friday 8-a.m., to 5-p.m.

The Police Department has officers on duty, 24/7.

Jamestown (CSi) The Main Street Downtown Jamestown Association announces that this year’s Holiday Dazzle Parade will be held Friday, Nov. 29, 2013 the day after Thanksgiving which is the traditional start of the Holiday Season.

This year, the parade will start at 7 p.m. and originate at the south end of McElroy Park and travel north to 8th St. S.E. and then west to First Avenue and going north to Third Street North.

Main Street Downtown President Nancy Miller said that last year there were over 40 entries in the parade which was watched by several thousand people.

Parade entries will compete for trophies in four categories:

Best Dazzle

Most Original Theme

Most Outstanding

Amateur Built

Most Outstanding Civic or Non-profit.

Floats will be judged for motion, lights, creativity, originality of theme, holiday spirit and music.

Judges will select the winners at 6:30 p.m. at the gathering area in McElroy Park and awarded at the after parade party at the Gladstone Inn with songs by the Jamestown Choralaires and refreshments and cookies courtesy of Shady’s and the Main Street Downtown Association.

For additional information or to get an entry blank, please call 701-320-3015 or email mainstreet@csicable.net

The parade will be recorded by CSi 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL for viewing enjoyment this season.

　

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Main Street Downtown Association will again be in charge of the City Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, Wednesday Nov. 27, 2013 at the Jamestown Civic Center.

The lighting ceremony will start at 5:15 p.m. with Christmas carols and songs, a history of the tree and a Christmas message by Deacon Tom Geffre, chaplain at Ave Maria Village.

Coffee, hot chocolate and hot cider will be served along with cookies, courtesy of the Main Street Downtown Association.

This year’s tree was selected from the home located at 2015 – 5th St. N.E. by City Forester Doug Wiles and is over 40 feet tall.

This is truly a city project, with the tree cutting and trimming done by the city street department crew, the moving by Scherbenske and Son and the tree lights and decorations done by the Jamestown Fire Department.

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Bismarck (CSi) Congressman Kevin Cramer will host “Coffee with Cramer discussions in Wahpeton and Valley City on Monday, November 25, 2013.

Cramer will be at Vicky’s Viking Room at 253 Central Avenue, North in Valley City from 2-p.m., to 3-p.m.

Early in the day Cramer stops in Wahpeton from 9:30-a.m., to 10:30-a.m., at Fryn’ Pan Restaurant’s banquet room.

Along with taking questions on any issue from attendees, Cramer will discuss current legislative activity in Congress and its implications for North Dakota. The public is encouraged to attend these open events.

 

　ABERCROMBIE, N.D. (AP) – Fire has destroyed the office and drive-thru garage of a privately owned grain elevator in the southeastern North Dakota town of Abercrombie.
 
 Several large steel grain bins also were damaged in the early morning blaze Tuesday. All but one of the bins was empty.
 
     Eight area fire departments responded to the blaze. There was no immediate word on a possible cause.

 

 AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) – The Idaho State Police made three major drug busts on Interstate 86 near American Falls in southern Idaho over the weekend that led to five arrests, the seizure of over 65 pounds of marijuana and just over $9,000 in cash.
 
     All those arrested face felony charges of trafficking and possession of marijuana.
 
     On Friday afternoon, Shirley Scherr and Michael Curt, both 50 and from Bismarck, N.D., were arrested. Officers seized just over 13 pounds of marijuana and nearly $7,300 in cash.
 
     Early Sunday afternoon, 22-year-old Mario Rodriguez of Pocatello was arrested and officers seized nearly 14 pounds of marijuana and $736.
 
     On Monday morning, 37-year-old Danny Goddard of Valley Springs, Calif., and 38-year-old Richard Royal of Linden, Calif., were arrested. Officers seized 38.7 pounds of marijuana and just over $1,000 in cash.
 

  MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Health Department says another eight people from the Minot area are infected with hepatitis C, and it’s still looking for the source of the outbreak.
 
     State epidemiologist Tracy Miller says 35 people have tested positive and about 500 associated with a nursing home have been tested so far. More people could be tested as investigators look for a cause.
 
     Miller says investigators are trying to find the infection’s source to prevent more illness. She says they’ve eliminated drug use, pain management treatments and emergency room visits as possible sources.
 
     ManorCare Health Services-Minot offers long-term care services, but most of its patients come directly from a hospital for rehabilitation before returning home.
 
     Hepatitis C is a viral infection that can cause serious liver damage or even death.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man whose father is serving life in prison for one of the most gruesome killings in state history has acknowledged killing a man and hiding evidence.
 
     Daniel Greatwalker Sr., of Belcourt, was convicted in 2002 of killing Linus Wallette, whose body was found in a wooded area near Belcourt. Wallette was beaten with a pickax, knife and hammer.
 
     Federal prosecutors say Greatwalker’s son, 23-year-old Daniel Greatwalker Jr., of Belcourt, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and altering, destroying or concealing a tangible object in a federal investigation.
 
     He killed 21-year-old Perry Picotte by striking and stabbing him, then disposed of the knife, washed his clothes and burned his shoes.
 
     Picotte was reported missing last Nov. 27. His body was discovered Dec. 2.

 

 By The Associated Press
     A Canadian fuel supplier and reseller plans to enter the U.S. market with a $110 million purchase of a North Dakota fuel distribution business.
 
     Red Deer, Alberta-based Parkland Fuel Corp. says it is buying all outstanding shares of SPF Energy Inc. for $89 million IN cash and about $21 million in common shares of Parkland.
 
     The transaction is expected to close on Jan. 1.
 
     Parkland CEO Bob Espey says the company’s strategy is to grow in areas with strong future prospects where it can add value through strong supply capability.
 
     Minot-based SPF Energy is the parent company of Farstad Oil Inc. and Superpumper Inc.
 
     The company supplies 300 million gallons of refined petroleum products including gasoline, distillates and lubricating oils throughout North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wyoming.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State health officials are working this week to verify that a 20,000-barrel oil spill in northwestern North Dakota didn’t contaminate groundwater.
 
     Tesoro Corp. earlier did testing and found no contamination. State Environmental Health Chief Dave Glatt says state officials are taking their own samples to verify Tesoro’s findings.
 
     The pipeline rupture discovered in September sent oil across a wheat field. Tesoro is working on cleanup, and Glatt says about 5,000 barrels of oil have been recovered. He says most of the rest will have to be baked out of the soil, and the soil renewed and replaced. He says that could take a couple of years.
 
     Glatt says Tesoro is doing more soil boring as part of the cleanup, but he doesn’t expect the spill size estimate to change much.

 

 WILLILSTON, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota authorities say most of a saltwater spill north of Williston has been recovered.
 
     The state Health Department says about 1,240 barrels of brine water were released when a drain valve was left open on a pipeline. The agency says approximately 1,110 barrels have been recovered and the rest is being cleaned up.
 
     The spill is contained on the site.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A judge says a Fargo group serving as public sponsor of a planned Red River diversion can help defend the project in a federal lawsuit.
 
     The suit filed by the Richland-Wilkin Joint Powers Authority accuses the Army Corps of Engineers of planning a project that is overpriced and will damage farmland. The group says the diversion shouldn’t move forward until further review of possible environmental impacts.
 
     U.S. Magistrate Leo Brisbois ruled last week in favor of a request by the Red River Diversion Authority to join as a defendant in the suit. The authority is made up of city and county officials from the Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., area.
 
     Diversion supporters say long-term protection is needed for residents who have had major flooding in four of the last five years.

 

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi) – The Jamestown Blue Jays volleyball team is the top-seed in Thursday’s West Region volleyball tournament.

The history making seed is in conjunction with Jays hosting the tournament.

The tournament starts at 2pm on Thursday afternoon at Jerry Meyer Arena, at Jamestown High School.

Jamestown takes on the Number 8-seed Mandan.

Jamestown has lost just four sets in WDA play this year, two to Century and two to Bismarck.

Day 1 Schedule:

2pm: #1 Jamestown vs. Mandan

4pm: #4 Bismarck vs. #5 Dickinson

6pm: #2 Century vs. #7 Williston

8pm: #3 St. Mary’s vs. #6 Minot

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State senior middle linebacker Grant Olson likely is done for the season after suffering a torn ligament in his left knee.
 
     Bison head coach Craig Bohl made the announcement during his weekly news conference. He says Olson’s college career likely is over.
 
     Olson suffered the torn ACL in the second half of NDSU’s 28-10 win over Illinois State on Saturday.
 
     Olson has been the leading tackler the past two seasons for the Bison, who are seeking a third consecutive NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision title.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minneapolis City Council has approved an agreement with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx to renovate the Target Center, one of the NBA’s oldest venues.
 
     The $97 million renovation of the 23-year-old, city-owned Target Center includes a redesign of the outdated exterior, additional clubs and gathering spaces, as well as improved traffic flow.
 
     The Timberwolves and Lynx will pay $43 million toward the project. The city will contribute $48.5 million and building manager Anschutz Entertainment Group Facilities will pay $5.5 million. As part of the deal, the Timberwolves will extend their lease at Target Center through 2032.
 
     The design of the building will take place this winter, with construction expected to begin after the 2013-14 Timberwolves season.
 
     Talks about renovating the Target Center began in February 2011.

 

In world and national…

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has spoken to the president of the Philippines to express condolences for the devastation brought by Typhoon Haiyan (HY’-ahn). Spokesman Jay Carney says the conversation took place Tuesday morning.  He says the president has directed his administration to act quickly to save lives and ease suffering. Carney noted that USAID and the U.S. military are providing relief on the ground, and that the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and several escort ships are on their way to provide emergency services.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – His spokesman says President Barack Obama would oppose legislation that would allow insurance companies to keep selling policies that don’t offer the type of benefits required by the new health law. Millions of Americans are getting cancellation notices because their policies don’t comply. And former President Bill Clinton says Obama should find a way to let people keep their existing coverage, even if it means changing the law.
 
     SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) – A 19-year-old Southern California computer science student has pleaded guilty to hacking the computers of Miss Teen USA and other women and secretly photographing them with their own webcams. Jared Abrahams faces up to 11 years in prison and fines of up to $1 million. Authorities say he emailed the victims and said he’d publish the images of them on social media sites if they didn’t send him additional pictures or undress for him.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Police in New York City believe a gunman was carrying up to 100 rounds of ammunition during a bloody rampage that left two members of an Iranian indie rock band and a third person dead. Ali Akbar Mohammadi Rafie (UH’-lee UHK’-bahr muh-HAH’-muh-dee RAH’-fee) fired several shots before committing suicide early yesterday. Investigators say Rafie was upset about being kicked out of another Iranian band.
 
     TORONTO (AP) – Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he will fight any attempt to have him take a leave of absence in the wake of a crack-smoking scandal. A motion before the Toronto City Council tomorrow asks the province of Ontario to pass legislation to remove the mayor if he doesn’t voluntarily take a leave of absence. Ford, who acknowledged last week that he smoked crack, said the council meeting will be a “rumble in the jungle.” He made the remark as he signed bobble headed “Robbie Bobbie” dolls for $20 each, outside City Hall. The proceeds go to charity.