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JAMESTOWN AND AREA…
…WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY…
VALLEY CITY AND AREA…
WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY…
…WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY…
.REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 15 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 50 BELOW.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW.
TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 45 BELOW IN THE
EVENING.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW. NORTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO. WEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND
5 BELOW. HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 15.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 20S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 20S.
. TRAVEL INFORMATION:
Travel Alert issued for north central region of North Dakota
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) has issued
a Travel Alert for north central region of North Dakota due to
blowing snow causing reduced visibility. Motorists are encouraged
to reduce speeds and drive accordingly. Cities included in the
Travel Alert are Minot, Mohall, Bottineau, Towner, Garrison, and
surrounding areas. Conditions are such that motorists can still
travel in these areas, but should be advised of rapidly changing
conditions.
A Travel Alert remains in effect for areas between Highway 2 and
I-94 due to areas of blowing snow and scattered ice creating
hazardous driving conditions especially in passing lanes. Cities
included in the Travel Alert are Devils Lake, Grand Forks,
Jamestown, Valley City, and surrounding areas.
A Travel Alert remains in effect for the southwestern region of
North Dakota due to blowing snow causing reduced visibility.
Cities included in the Travel Alert are Beach, Dickinson, Mott,
Hettinger, Bowman, and surrounding areas.
TRAVEL ALERT – Motorists can still travel but may encounter
areas of challenging winter weather driving conditions on
roadways. Motorists should allow extra time to reach their
destination and be alert to conditions that may make travel
difficult, change rapidly, or cause travel delays. A TRAVEL ALERT
has the potential to change to a NO TRAVEL ADVISED if conditions
deteriorate.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Motorists in the Dakotas are being urged to take precautions if they’re traveling in the extreme cold pushing through the region.
Wind chills in some areas are in the minus 30s, 40s and 50s. National Weather Service meteorologist Philip Schumacher says motorists should carry winter survival kits and a charged cellphone, because if they become stranded they could suffer frostbite quickly.
North Dakota’s Transportation Department is urging motorists in much of that state to beware of blowing snow that’s reducing visibility and scattered ice that’s creating slick conditions.
Travel alerts have been posted for the eastern, north central and southwestern parts of the state. The alerts mean people can still travel but they should use caution.
CHICAGO (AP) – A whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a “polar vortex” is descending into much of the U.S., pummeling parts of the country with a dangerous cold that could break decades-old records. For a big chunk of the Midwest, the subzero temperatures are following heavy snow and high winds. The forecast is extreme: 32 below zero in Fargo, N.D.; minus 21 in Madison, Wis.; and 15 below zero in Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Chicago. Wind chills could drop into the minus 50s and 60s.
Jamestown (Csi)– A house in Northwest Jamestown was destroyed by fire Saturday evening. City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the call came in about 6:30-p.m., to a single family structure at 1409 3rd Avenue, Northwest.
He says the home was unoccupied at the time of the fire. When the seven units and 32 city fire fighters arrived on the scene, flames and smoke were coming from the house.
He says two fire fighters entered the structure, to find the “seat” of the fire but were surrounded by the fire, and a “May Day,” was called and the two were able to safely exit the burning structure.
Reuther says at that point fire fighters went into a defensive mode and cut holes in each side of the house, and the floor which led to a crawl space, where foam was sprayed onto the burning structural members.
The fire is believed to have started in the crawl space beneath the home, although the structure was unsafe to make an immediate determination.
Reuther said the Buffalo Valley Red Cross and Jamestown Salvation Army were on scene and set up in a nearby garage provide by a neighbor, from which hot coffee and soup were provided to the fire fighters battling the blaze in dangerous sub-zero temperatures and wind chills.
The family is staying with relatives. No injuries were reported, with fire fighters spending a consider length of time on the scene, estimated at about four hours.
Sunday morning the JFD was again called out to the address for possible smoke or steam coming from the basement.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – Authorities are investigating what caused a liquid propane tank to catch fire near the Bobcat manufacturing plant in Wahpeton.
Fire Chief Derek Miller says gas leaked from a pump on one of two 1,000-gallon tanks and somehow ignited early Monday. That created a fireball about 8 feet high and 12 feet wide. No one was hurt.
Firefighters who responded to the scene had to battle not only the flames but also frigid weather. The temperature at the time was about 24 degrees below zero, and the wind child was about twice as cold.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – Two Devils Lake firefighters were taken to a hospital to be treated for frostbite after battling a fire at a grain elevator.
Fire Chief Jim Moe says crews were called to the scene just after 8 p.m. Sunday. He says firefighters had to fight the blaze in wind chills that reached about 50 degrees below zero.
Moe says the state fire marshal is on the scene to investigate the cause.
WISHEK, N.D. (AP) – Fire has destroyed a welding business in the southeastern North Dakota town of Wishek.
State Highway 13 into town was shut down and traffic rerouted for several hours Sunday afternoon while firefighters fought the blaze at Central Iron. The cause of the fire was not immediately determined.
There were no major injuries, though Fire Chief Dave says one firefighter was taken to a hospital to be treated for breathing problems.
Firefighters were able to save surrounding buildings.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A Grand Forks homeless shelter is opening its doors for people who have nowhere to go with temperatures and wind chills dipping to dangerous levels.
Northlands Rescue Mission is giving those in need, a place to stay.
About this time last year, Northland Rescue Mission began a waiting list – the first time that was necessary in the last 70 years. The waiting list was needed again this winter, and it started back in October.
Robert Raymer has been living at Northland for a month. He says he’s seen a lot of people come to escape the cold. He says no one is turned away, and the center has mats they can throw down on the floor if needed.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man sentenced to life in prison for killing his niece and nephew on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation is appealing the case to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
A jury in September found 22-year-old Valentino “Tino” Bagola guilty of two counts of felony murder for the May 2011 slayings of 9-year-old Destiny Jane Shaw-Dubois and her 6-year-old brother, Travis Lee DuBois Jr.
Bagola was sentenced in December to life without the possibility of parole.
Authorities say Bagola stabbed the children to death after he sexually assaulted the girl because he was angry at their father but couldn’t find him.
Defense attorneys argued that children’s father was responsible. Travis Dubois Sr. originally confessed to the crimes and later recanted.
Bagola’s earlier appeals to federal district court were rejected.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has pleaded guilty to kicking a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer in the chest during an altercation in December 2012. Nineteen-year-old Christopher Thunder Hawk, of Cannonball, is charged with assault on a federal officer. The charge carries a maximum penalty of eight years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for April 14.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating two workplace deaths in Williams County over the last few weeks.
A fallen forklift crushed a 26-year-old Colorado man and killed him on Dec. 18. Daniel Okyere worked for the Williston branch of United Pulse Trading when his jacket got lodged in the lift.
On Dec. 31, a piece of drilling pipe dislodged and struck and killed Keith Munro of Sioux Falls, S.D., at a Nabors Drilling rig about 10 miles north of Williston.
OSHA Area Director Eric Brooks said both investigations are ongoing.
OSHA’s procedure is to look at every aspect of the job being done, including training for the job, the equipment that was used and the service procedures surrounding the job.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The number of hogs in North Dakota as 2013 came to a close was unchanged from the previous year.
The latest report from the federal Agriculture Department shows that hogs and pigs in the state on Dec. 1 totaled 135,000 head. The breeding hog inventory was 35,000 head and the market hog inventory 100,000 head. All three figures were unchanged over the year.
The report says the 2013 North Dakota pig crop was down 3 percent from 2012, to 767,000 head.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – An annual two-day agricultural conference is scheduled in Devils Lake this week.
The 2014 Lake Region Extension Roundup is Tuesday and Wednesday at the Devils Lake Memorial Building and Ramsey County Courthouse. The event is free and typically draws hundreds of area farmers.
Officials with the North Dakota State University Extension Service and others will give educational presentations, and businesses will display products and services in commercial booths.
Each day begins with a sponsored breakfast, and lunch also is free for participants.
In sports…
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Phil Dawson kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired, and Colin Kaepernick threw for 227 yards and ran for another 98 to lead the San Francisco 49ers past the Green Bay Packers 23-20 last night in a frigid NFC wild-card game. In a back-and-forth fourth quarter, the 49ers (13-4) threw the final punch win in conditions that resembled a meat locker. It was 5 degrees at kickoff, and the winds made it feel like minus-10. San Francisco plays at Carolina next Sunday.
CINCINNATI (AP) – The San Diego Chargers took advantage of three Andy Dalton turnovers while outscoring the Bengals 20-0 in the second half of a 27-10 comeback win at Cincinnati. Ronnie Brown put the game out of reach by running 58 yards for a touchdown with 2:17 to play. Philip Rivers was 12 of 16 for 128 yards and no interceptions as the Chargers earned the right to meet the Broncos in Denver next Sunday.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Memphis 112 Detroit 84
Final Golden State 112 Washington 96
Final Indiana 82 Cleveland 78
Final Miami 102 Toronto 97
Final Oklahoma City 119 Boston 96
Final New York 92 Dallas 80
In 4th Denver 129 L-A Lakers 106
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 6 Winnipeg 5
Final Carolina 2 Nashville 1
Final 2OT San Jose 3 Chicago 2 (SO San Jose 2-0)
Final Edmonton 5 Tampa Bay 3
Final OT Anaheim 4 Vancouver 3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Austin Hollins had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Minnesota went 23 for 27 from the free-throw line to hang on for an 82-79 victory over Purdue yesterday, the first in the Big Ten for new coach Richard Pitino. Andre Hollins added 17 points and five assists and made 9 of his 11 foul shots for the Gophers (12-3, 1-1), who led by as many as 19 points in the second half before surviving a determined comeback.
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Ben Brust scored 19 points and No. 4 Wisconsin remained unbeaten with a 75-71 victory over No. 22 Iowa last night. Wisconsin (15-0, 2-0 Big Ten) matched the best start in school history, tying the 1911-12 and 1913-14 teams.
Final ( 8) Wichita St. 67 N. Iowa 53
Final (20) Colorado 100 (10) Oregon 91
Final (11) Villanova 91 Providence 61
Final (21) San Diego St. 61 (16) Kansas 57
Final Wake Forest 73 (19) North Carolina 67
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 2) Notre Dame 71 Clemson 51
Final ( 3) Duke 64 Georgia Tech 47
Final ( 4) Stanford 89 Oregon St. 67
Final ( 5) Tennessee 85 (19) Georgia 70
Final Florida 83 ( 6) Kentucky 73
Final ( 8) Maryland 79 (10) North Carolina 70
Final ( 9) Baylor 75 Kansas 55
Final (13) South Carolina 76 Vanderbilt 66
Final OT (14) Iowa St. 82 (25) Oklahoma 75
Final (15) Penn St. 87 (22) Iowa 71
Final (16) LSU 63 Tulane 35
Final NC State 67 (20) Syracuse 61
Final OT (23) California 101 Oregon 98
Final (24) Arizona St. 78 Washington 60
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-GO DADDY BOWL
Arkansas State wins
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Arkansas State rallied to win the GoDaddy Bowl on Sunday.
Fredi Knighton threw a 13-yard TD pass to Allen Muse with 32 seconds left to give the Red Wolves a 23-20 win over Ball State. Knighton threw for 115 yards and ran for another 97 to help Arkansas State finish 8-5.
Ball State had a chance to force overtime until Scott Secor’s 38-yard field goal try was blocked as time expired.
It’s the final bowl game before Monday’s BCS title game between top-ranked Florida State and No. 2 Auburn.
NFL…
UNDATED (AP) – The NFL has fined Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch $50,000 for violating the league’s media policy. Lynch stepped in front of a camera Friday and spoke for less than 90 seconds. It was his first time taking questions from the media all season, having declined every previous time.
NBA…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Los Angeles Clippers now say Chris Paul will be out of the lineup for up to six weeks with a separated right shoulder that won’t require surgery. The Clippers gave the prognosis Sunday after Paul had an MRI. He was injured in the third quarter of the Clippers’ game at Dallas on Friday when he tripped over guard Monta (MAHN’-tay) Ellis.
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The San Diego Padres say Hall of Fame broadcaster and former major leaguer Jerry Coleman has died at age 89 after a brief illness. Coleman spent more than 70 years in pro baseball, a career that included four World Series titles with the New York Yankees and was interrupted by World War II and the Korean War, when he served as a Marine Corps pilot. He flew 120 missions combined in the two wars.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-TEXAS/STRONG
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Charlie Strong will be introduced as the new head football coach at Texas during a news conference on Monday. It’s a historic move for Strong, who becomes the first black head coach of a men’s program at Texas.
He leaves a growing Louisville program to take over a team that has gone 30-21 over the last four years, including an 18-17 mark in Big 12 play.
PGA-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
3-way tie through 54
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) – Three players share the lead through three rounds of the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.
Webb Simpson fired a 5-under-par 68 to pull even with Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth (speeth). Johnson and Spieth each had a 69 to join Simpson at 14-under 205.
Second-round leader Zach Johnson stumbled to a 74 and was two back.
In world and national news..
CHICAGO (AP) – Schools are closed today across the entire state of Minnesota as a dangerously cold spate of weather settles in. Schools in cities and districts in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa are also closed, among others. It’s all from a whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a “polar vortex” that’s expected to spread east and south from the Midwest with wind chills as low as 70 below.
DENVER (AP) – One of three Mexican pilots aboard a private jet was killed when the plane went off the side of a runway in Aspen, Colorado. Officials say the plane flipped over and burst into flames. The man who died is identified as the co-pilot. One of the three was a passenger.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – Law enforcement agents in New Jersey are gearing up for the seamier side of the Super Bowl next month. Officials say they worry that sex trafficking could be one of the biggest menaces to come along with all the festivities. The hundreds of thousands of expected visitors, proximity to New York City and lots of highways could make it an attractive base of operations for traffickers.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress is returning from a holiday break to face a number of must do tasks and a lot more that may or may not happen. The list includes a scheduled Senate vote today on the confirmation of Janet Yellen to become chairman of the Federal Reserve. Short term spending and the debt ceiling are also on the immediate horizon.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Published reports say Liz Cheney’s U.S. senate bid is over. CNN, The New York Times and Politico cite anonymous GOP insiders in reporting that the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney plans to quit the Republican Wyoming Senate primary and abandon her effort to unseat incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi. Her primary run against a veteran lawmaker angered many Republicans.
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