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WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY…
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND
30 BELOW.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS
AROUND 15 BELOW. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND
30 BELOW.
.NEW YEARS DAY…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
AROUND 5 BELOW. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW. LIGHT
WINDS BECOMING WEST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND
5 BELOW. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS
5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 10 TO 15.
LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. HIGHS ZERO TO
5 ABOVE. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGHS AROUND 10 BELOW.
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW SATURDAY. ARCTIC AIR WILL RETURN SUNDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Public Works announces that snow removal is slated to begin Monday night, December 30, 2013, in Valley City.
Starting at midnight Monday night, crews will begin removing snow in the Commercial District, Valley City State University, and all emergency routes.
Jamestown (CSi) With the vacancy of the CEO position, Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s Board of Directors announced the selection of James H. Gingerich as Interim Chief Executive at their December meeting. Gingerich will start full time on January 10, 2014 and is expected to be at JRMC for several months while JRMC conducts a search for the CEO position. His presence will support the continued progress of JRMC projects and provide additional support for the search and selection of a permanent CEO.
JRMC Board of Directors President, Connie Krapp says, “We are fortunate to have the opportunity to have Mr. Gingerich serve as CEO in the interim. He has a wealth of experience in not only leading hospitals both large and small, but also rural and urban. He has an approachable style and will be valuable to our employees as a resource and mentor during this time before we hire our next CEO.”
Gingerich has over 25 years of hospital administrative experience. For the past five years he has provided consulting and recruiting services to medical centers throughout the United States, serving several times in an interim CEO capacity. He most recently served as the interim CEO at Cooperstown Medical Center.
About Jamestown Regional Medical Center
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is a 25-bed, critical access hospital located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, ND. For more information on services at JRMC, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call 701-952-1050.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Senior/Community Center, at Legacy Center in downtown Jamestown will be closed December 31, 2013, and January 1st, 2014, and no James River Transit bus service will be available those two days.
The Center will re-open Thursday January 2, 2014 with the regular times and James River Transit bus service.
Casselton (CSi, AP) –A fiery train derailment occurred Monday afternoon about 2:oo on the Jamestown line less than a mile west of Casselton, about 20 miles west of Fargo .
The mile-long train was 106 cars long and headed east-bound.
Cass County Sheriff’s Capt. Mitch Burris tells The Associated Press that investigators are still trying to determine exactly what happened.
First reports indicate a crude oil train struck a grain car.
A Casselton Firefighter confirmed that the train contained oil cars, as did a BNSF spokesperson.
Crews on scene are reporting as many as a dozen rail cars left the tracks and some of them burst into flames.
The train’s destination was not immediately known.
Cass County Emergency Manager Dave Rogness says the town’s 2,400 residents have been told to stay indoors as a precaution.
A code red alert was sent out to residents in a two mile radius of the accident, saying there was “a Haz-mat incident west of town.”
He says there have been no reports of injuries to the train crew or residents.
Rogness says crews are calling for truckloads of sand to help contain leaking material. He says the derailment occurred near the city’s ethanol plant.
Medina (CSi) A Beef Quality Assurance certification training program will be held at the Medina American Legion on January 8, 2014, from 1 to 4 p.m.
The Beef Quality Assurance certification is a producer-driven program in which cattle producers assume responsibility for producing beef that is a healthy, wholesome, high-quality product and free from defects such as injection-site lesions and bruises.
Producers in BQA programs keep detailed records to assure that their management, husbandry and animal health practices meet regulatory and industry standards.
To become certified, producers must attend a training and certification session. After attending a session, each producer or operation will be assigned a North Dakota BQA identification number. If calves are produced following NDBQA certification requirements and with the appropriate records kept, they may be marketed as NDBQA certified.
BQA certification trainings began in 1999 in North Dakota. Since that time, more than 1,950 producers have been certified. These producers market about 20 percent of the state’s feeder calves each year.
The cost for attending the training and receiving a three-year BQA certification is $15. Preregistration is required. To register, contact the Extension Service’s Kidder County office at (701) 475-2632, ext. 9227, or email ndsu.kidder.extension@ndsu.edu.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Public Service Commission has approved a 3.9 percent rate increase for natural gas used by customers of Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
The three-member commission unanimously approved an order Monday that allows MDU to bring in $4.2 million of additional revenue each year.
The Bismarck-based utility says it has made about $100 million in investments to its natural gas infrastructure since 2004 and the increase is needed to help recover the costs.
The utility has about 99,000 North Dakota customers.
The PSC is slated to set the rates on customers’ natural gas bills next month to reflect the increase. MDU has proposed an increase of $2.72 monthly on a typical residential customer’s natural gas bill.
MDU says its last natural gas rate increase was in 2004.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A judicial referee has dismissed a disorderly conduct restraining order filed by the girlfriend of a white separatist against a Leith city councilman.
Deborah Henderson sought a restraining order against Councilman Lee Cook. She alleged that Cook called her crude names and harassed her by putting up a surveillance system.
Judicial Referee Wayne Goter dismissed a temporary restraining order Monday and declined to put a permanent order in place.
Goter says he doesn’t know what transpired and doesn’t have enough evidence to say who said what.
Henderson moved to Leith in October with her boyfriend, Kynan Dutton, and their children to join Craig Cobb in an attempt to turn Leith into an all-white enclave.
Dutton and Cobb are in jail on terrorizing charges.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s population has climbed well beyond a record 700,000 in the latest estimate by the Census Bureau.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s office says estimate of 723,393 residents is more than 22,000 over the estimate from a year ago and a new high mark for the state.
Last year’s estimated population of just under 700,000 topped the state’s previous record count set in 1930.
In the early 2000s, North Dakota was one of only a few states with a declining population. The state began to reverse that trend in 2004 because of the oil boom and the population has grown every year since.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s political leaders say the state’s designation as one of six unmanned aircraft test sites should attract new technology companies, students and others to the area.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday that North Dakota has been selected to research integrating drones into the civilian airspace, along with sites in Alaska, Nevada, New York, Texas and Virginia.
Sen. John Hoeven says the designation makes North Dakota “the premier northern hub for unmanned aerial systems.” He says it will boost the development of Grand Sky, a new aerospace and business complex on the Grand Forks Air Force Base.
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the announcement is “good news for our state and the entire nation.”
Lawmakers approved $5 million for the site, with $4 million contingent on the selection.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The New Year rings in a handful of new laws in North Dakota, most of which deal with tax issues.
Beginning Wednesday, large oil companies are required to withhold taxes on oil royalty payments paid to those who live outside North Dakota. Previously, a nonresident who earned a royalty from an oil or gas well could remit the taxes to the state.
Incoming Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger says that made collections lag for more than a year in some cases.
Another new law effective Wednesday allows the Tax Department to collect a 2 percent tax on prepaid cellular phones and cards to support emergency 911 services.
The Tax Department estimates the new tax will raise $1 million over the next two years.
BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota’s deputy tax commissioner will be taking a $9,202 annual pay cut when he takes over the agency’s top post next week, making him one of several department bosses in the state who earn less than some of their subordinates.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple last month appointed Ryan Rauschenberger to serve the remainder of term held by elected Tax Commissioner Cory Fong, who is resigning at the year’s end. Rauschenberger, who made $114,252 as deputy commissioner, will be paid Fong’s annual salary of $105,050 when he begins his new job on Wednesday, according to state budget records.
Rauschenberger named longtime state employee Joe Morrissette the department’s new deputy and will pay him his old salary.
Salaries for the governor and elected officials who lead agencies are set by the Legislature. But agency heads have some discretion in setting staff salaries, according to Dalrymple, which can account for the differences in pay.
Dalrymple says, “It is important to find highly qualified people for roles in public service. In terms of salaries, it has always been a challenge to compete against the private sector when recruiting staff, so some flexibility in that area can be helpful.”
The lighter paycheck is not lost on Rauschenberger. But he says heading the North Dakota Tax Department is a golden opportunity in public service.
The 31 year old Rauschenberger, a certified public accountant who is single and has no children says, “Obviously, I’m a numbers guy. But this is more than just about money. It’s about being able to serve the people of North Dakota and the taxpayers of North Dakota in the capacity of commissioner.”
The agency that collects an assortment of state taxes has 134 employees and a two-year budget of $57 million.
Rauschenberger has not formally announced a campaign for the elected post, but he says that could happen in the next few weeks.
In addition to the tax commissioner, the state auditor, attorney general, insurance commissioner and the state’s three public service commissioners, all elected posts, have staff members who make more money than they do, according to state Office of Management and Budget records.
But the secretary of state, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction and agriculture commissioner make more money than their deputies, records show.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem makes $143,685 and is the highest-paid elected official to head an agency; State Treasurer Kelly Schmidt, who earns $91,406 annually, is the lowest-paid elected agency head, records show.
As for the more than 40 agency or commission directors who are either appointed by the governor or a board, they often earn far more than their elected counterparts. And Ken Purdy, a state compensation manager for OMB, said appointed agency directors rarely make less than those who work under them.
Eric Hardmeyer, president of the Bank of North Dakota — the only state-owned bank in the United States — makes $246,450 and is the highest-paid appointed agency head in the state, records show. Records show, Nancy Jo Bateman, executive director of the North Dakota Beef Commission, makes the lowest salary, at $72,121.
Records also show, Firector of the State Mineral Resources and North Dakota’s top oil regulator, Lynn Helms, is the second-highest paid appointed agency head in the state, with an annual salary of $189,000. Dr. Terry Dwelle, the state health officer and chief administrator of North Dakota’s Department of Health, is No. 3 at $188,700.
Rauschenberger’s father, Ron, who serve’s Dalrymple’s chief of staff, also brings home a bigger salary than the governor, records show. Ron Rauschenberger’s salary is $148,950 a year, or $27,269.36 more than Dalrymple’s earnings.
In sports..
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings have fired coach Leslie Frazier a day after they wrapped up a 5-10-1 season.
The Vikings made the playoffs last year but struggled in 2013, unable to find stability at quarterback.
Frazier went 21-33-1 in three-plus seasons.
The firing was announced Monday morning.
In world and national news…
HONOLULU (AP) – In the aftermath of two deadly bombings in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, the White House says it would “welcome” a chance to play a greater role in the security preparations for the upcoming Winter Olympics, just 400 miles from where the attacks took place. The attacks, which killed 31 people, highlight the terrorist threat Russia faces as it prepares to host the games.
NEW YORK (AP) – There isn’t much in the way of corporate or economic news to guide investors Monday, on the next-to-last trading day of the year. And stocks haven’t shown much direction, as investors close out their positions for a historic year on Wall Street. The S&P 500 is up nearly 30 percent for the year.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – About 5 million people will be without health care next year that they would have had if they lived somewhere else in America. They make up a coverage gap in President Barack Obama’s health care law created by the domino effects of last year’s Supreme Court ruling and states’ subsequent policy decisions. Twenty-five states declined to expand Medicaid. The Kaiser Family Foundation finds that that leaves 4.8 million people in those states without coverage that their peers elsewhere are getting.
NEW YORK (AP) – A federal judge in New York is scolding the government for failing to give a civil rights group documents about thousands of immigrant detainees held for months or years. The judge’s ruling Monday came after government attorneys insisted last week they need more time to reveal information. The American Civil Liberties Union says it wants to expose a flawed system that keeps thousands of detainees behind bars for long periods while their eligibility to remain in the country is adjudicated.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Police in Montgomery, Ala., have arrested a man on two capital murder charges in the fatal shooting of rapper Doe B. and another man at a bar. Six others were also wounded in the attack early Saturday. A police statement said the shooting stemmed from a dispute involving the rapper.
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