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CSi Weather…
TODAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW
EARLY IN THE MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EARLY IN THE
MORNING…THEN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. WINDY. HIGHS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH. .TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. WEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN
CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN AND IN THE AFTERNOON.
PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA…FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE
AFTERNOON. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH.WINDY. NOT AS
COLD. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH
INCREASING TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW IN
THE MORNING.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDY. NOT AS COLD. LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST
WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDY…COLDER. HIGHS AROUND 20.
NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW IN THE EVENING. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 15 TO 20. LOWS
AROUND 10.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 30.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS
AROUND 15. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW…SLEET…AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PROGRESS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE LIGHT PRECIPITATION…STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD LEAD TO
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON IN THE RED RIVER
VALLEY.
AS THE SYSTEM SHIFTS EASTWARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUT OF THE WEST…GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO THE NORTH. WINDS MAY GUST ABOVE 50 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…WITH LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE AS A STRONG COLD FRONT
DROPS SOUTHWARD. THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERY STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
A cooperative weather observer in Streeter reported 2.5 inches of new snow, Tuesday morning.
The National Weather Service Tuesday morning is cautioning residents about blowing snow in central and eastern North Dakota that’s reducing visibilities to a half mile or less. Parts of South Dakota are getting even worse weather.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation announced at Monday’s meeting, that the developer of a proposed Microtel Inn in the Interstate 94 Industrial Park has decided not to purchase a lot from the JSDC.
CEO Connie Ova said at the monthly meeting Monday, that “John Shaw has changed his mind and will not be signing the purchase agreement. He wanted a purchase option rather than a purchase agreement. Shaw said he would look at other options in Jamestown.”
The JSDC had agreed to sell Shaw Development Group a lot during its September meeting. The purchase agreement included a requirement that construction on the project be complete within two years of the purchase agreement.
Ms. Ova also says that Dakota Spirit AgEnergy had begun site preparation work for the ethanol plant at Spiritwood. She also announced the Spiritwood Energy Park Association was in the process of finalizing bids for the rail loop project that would serve DSA and possibly other projects at Spiritwood.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Planning Commission may meet with representatives of the JSDC and City Council before the next Planning Commission meeting conerning drainage issues.
The Planning Commission talked at Monday’s meeting, whether it had the responsibility for leadership for new development in the city.
Planning Commission, Chairman Dave Hillerud, Monday questioned why the Jamestown City Council had not funded a study of water drainage issues in the area between Walmart and Jamestown Regional Medical Center.
The first meeting would outline what the Jamestown City Council expects the Planning Commission to accomplish, while a second meeting define what is needed to facilitate development in southwest Jamestown.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City School Superintendent Dean Koppelman has announced makeup days, for school days missed in August and January this school year.
Koppelman says to make up the day lost due to excessive heat in the school buildings on on August 28th, there will be school on Presidents Day, February 17th
There will be school on March 13th, to make up the school day lost due to excessive cold wind chills on January 6th.
Koppelman says, there are two remaining days designated for make-up days and those are Friday, March 14th and Monday, April 21st.
At Jamestown Public Schools the day missed January 6th will be made up on March 13th.
Valley City (CSi) Erin, Reanna and Kaelyn Welken of Valley City announced the establishment of the Steve Welken Memorial Scholarship at Valley City State University. The endowment will provide scholarships for full-time students in their junior or senior year, with majors in Business, Education or STEM.
Erin Welken says, “Steve believed that education was the key to better families and better communities. Through this scholarship we are looking for the next generation of student leaders demonstrating the same characteristics that Steve portrayed in life. Steve’s drive, determination, and desire to learn helped him be a leader in the community and a successful businessman. We are honored to use this scholarship as an opportunity to both remember Steve and give assistance to the leaders of tomorrow.”
Gifts from the Welken family, in addition to over 70 of Steve and Erin’s family and friends, brought the scholarship fund total to over $21,000.
An endowed scholarship can be established with a minimum of $10,500. This amount would allow for one $500 scholarship to be awarded each year. To contribute to the Steve Welken Memorial Scholarship or for more information on other endowed scholarships, contact the VCSU Foundation Office at 845-7203.
Jamestown,(CSi) — The Jamestown Regional Medical Center Auxiliary made history, when they voted to pay the remaining $12,000 balance of a $70,000 pledge to JRMC Foundation.
The pledge began in August 2009 when the JRMC Auxiliary voted to pledge $70,000 to the Foundation to name the JRMC Radiology Mammography Suite. To date, $255,393 has been given to the Foundation for the benefit of JRMC. This is the third largest cumulative gift the Foundation has ever received.
Throughout the years, proceeds from the JRMC Gift Shoppe, raffles, plant sales, Holiday Magic and other events contributed to the total.
For more information on the JRMC Auxiliary, contact Nancy Jo Kropp, JRMC Volunteer Services Coordinator at 701-952-4809.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The National Transportation Safety Board says an oil train that derailed and caught fire near the southeastern North Dakota city of Casselton spilled about 400,000 gallons of crude.
The NTSB is investigating the cause of the December 30th crash. The agency’s preliminary report says 21 of the 106 cars on the BNSF railway train derailed along with the two leading locomotives. Twenty of the cars were carrying oil and 18 were punctured. Damage is estimated at $6.1 million.
No one was hurt but the wreck prompted the voluntary evacuation of about 1,400 of Casselton’s 2,400 residents.
A westbound train carrying soybeans derailed first, and a portion of it fell onto an adjacent track carrying the eastbound oil train. The NTSB is studying what role a broken axle might have played.
The NTSB Reports is available on line at CSiNewsNow.com
HANKINSON, N.D. (AP) – An ethanol plant at the southeastern North Dakota city of Hankinson is under new ownership.
Arkansas-based Murphy USA Inc. has sold Hankinson Renewable Energy LLC for $173 million to Guardian Hankinson LLC. The deal closed late last year.
Guardian is a joint venture involving Minnesota-based Heartland Corn Products and Chippewa Valley Ethanol, Nebraska-based KAAPA Ethanol and South Dakota-based Dakota Ethanol.
Plant Manager Neil Crocker says there will be no changes in staff or operations. He says the transition will be “seamless.”
The plant was built in 2008. It turns about 130,000 bushels of corn into about 365,000 gallons of ethanol every day.
CARSON, N.D. (AP) – Preliminary hearings have been delayed for two white supremacists accused of using guns to terrorize residents of the small North Dakota town of Leith (leeth). Craig Cobb and Kynan Dutton were to appear Monday in South Central District Court in Carson. The Grant County clerk of court’s office says their hearings have been moved to Wednedsay because of a funeral on Monday that many court officials wanted to attend.
AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) – Two North Dakota men face charges after the Idaho State Police seized 14.6 pounds of marijuana, other drugs and two handguns during a traffic stop. The ISP stopped the van the men were driving shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 86 near American Falls in southeastern Idaho. Thirty-five-year-old Daniel Sewell of New Rockford and 30-year-old Timothy Scott of Fargo remain jailed in American Falls pending a court appearance.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota National Guard is celebrating a decade-long partnership with Ghana. A state delegation led by Guard commander David Sprynczynatyk (sprihn-suh-NAT’-ihk) and Lieutenant Governor Drew Wrigley recently visited senior government and military officials in the West African country. Another North Dakota delegation is scheduled to visit later this month.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A recently retired state Department of Transportation official will serve as part-time liaison for transportation infrastructure development in the oil patch.
Dave Leftwich was appointed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple last week to serve as a liaison for western North Dakota road development.
Leftwich retired in November from the state DOT after 39 years of service.
State Department of Transportation Director Grant Levi says having someone with Leftwich’s expertise in communicating with local leaders will help the process of infrastructure build out as the state continues to experience growth.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakotan from Manning has claimed a Wild Card 2 prize worth more than $673,000.
The North Dakota Lottery says the winning ticket from the December 18th drawing was sold at the Pit Stop in Dickinson.
The winner took home the cash Monday in Bismarck but didn’t want their named released.
Wild Card 2 is played in the Dakotas, Montana and Idaho.
The jackpot for Wednesday is estimated at $225,000.
In sports…
Minneapolis (CSi) The Minnesota Twins’ 54th annual Winter Caravan is will be in Valley City, at Mo Eats (formerly the Broken Spoke) in Valley City on Monday, January 20, 2014 at 8:45am.
Later that morning the caravan motors to Jamestown at 10: 15 a.m., at the Quality Inn in Jamestown.
The event is free and open to everyone. Watch Twins baseball all season long on CSi Cable 25.
Those scheduled to be on hand in Jamestown are former Twin and Baseball Hall-Of-Famer and Twins broadcaster Bert Blyleven, along with coach,Terry Steinbach. Twins pitcher Anthony Swarzak, infielder Trevor Plouffe, and mascot TC Bear are also expected to be on the caravan.
The Twins plan a short program featuring highlights of the last season, and will take questions.
The Twins note that the Winter Caravan stops in nearly 50 communities throughout Twins Territory and is one of the longest and most extensive team caravans in professional sports.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Former University of North Dakota football player and coach Tim Tibesar is no longer the linebackers coach for the Chicago Bears. The NFL team fired Tibesar and defensive line coach Mike Phair on Sunday.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran 71, Central Cass 68
Griggs County Central 44, Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 33
Hatton-Northwood 56, Dakota Prairie 49
Lidgerwood-Wyndmere 52, Sargent Central 49
Milnor 61, Maple Valley 48
Minot Bishop Ryan 80, Turtle Lake-Mercer 59
New Salem-Almont 50, Glen Ullin-Hebron 41
Ray 73, Trinity Christian 60
White Shield 72, Mandaree 62
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Stanley vs. Killdeer, ppd.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Beach 54, Beulah 34
Bottineau 52, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 47
Carrington 54, Velva 41
Cavalier 82, North Star 45
Des Lacs-Burlington 48, Rugby 31
Dickinson Trinity 64, Hazen 44
Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah 67, Richland 43
Fargo Davies 80, Grand Forks Central 46
Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran 64, Northern Cass 48
Four Winds-Warwick-Minnewauken 70, Warwick 39
Harvey-Wells County 29, Towner-Granville-Upham 16
Herreid/Selby Area, S.D. 58, Strasburg-Zeeland 25
Hettinger/Scranton 43, Harding County, S.D. 38
Kindred 55, Lisbon 45
Lakota/Adams-Edmore 56, Larimore 37
Lemmon, S.D. 65, Mott-Regent 39
Lewis and Clark-Berthold 60, North Shore – Plaza 30
Max 47, Tioga 31
Minot Our Redeemer’s 52, Garrison 47
New Rockford-Sheyenne 62, Starkweather-Munich 44
New Town 63, Watford City 25
Rolette-Wolford 62, Glenburn 38
Rolla 60, Dunseith 52
Trenton 56, Burke County 41
Underwood 59, Surrey 35
White Shield 46, Mandaree 45
VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – Valley City State scored a season-high 62 first-half points Monday as the Vikings cruised to a 105-66 men’s basketball victory against Trinity Bible College.
VCSU led 62-32 at the half. Both the 62 first-half points and 105 total points were season highs for the Vikings, who improve their record to 6-10.
Junior forward Russell Robinson posted his second straight double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Five different Vikings scored in double figures and 12 different Vikings scored in the game.
Mac Kroeplin topped the scorebook with 20 points on 9-for-14 shooting. Aaron Duske scored 14 points and added seven rebounds. Robinson, AJ McDonald and Quinton Peterson all posted 12 points.
The Vikings shot 59 percent from the field (40-for-68) and were 7-for-22 on 3-point attempts.
Up next: Valley City State (6-10) hosts Johnson and Wales on Wednesday night. Women tip at 5:30 and men at 7:30 p.m. The Viking men lost to Johnson and Wales 79-76 on Saturday in Denver, Colo.
VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – The Valley City State women’s basketball team opened on a 22-2 run Monday night as they coasted to a 83-32 victory over Trinity Bible College.
In a game that was rescheduled from Dec. 3, VCSU put it away early with their dominant start.
The Vikings (9-6) have now won five games in a row and six of their last seven to move three games above .500.
Brittany Lehner scored 17 points to lead three Vikings in double figures. Ten different Vikings scored in the game, all posting at least four points. Ashli Lee and Tarah Cleveland each reached double figures with 11 points.
The Vikings forced 24 turnovers and shot 47 percent (33-70) from the field. Cleveland made three 3-pointers as part of VCSU’s 10-for-26 performance behind the arc.
Up next: Valley City State hosts Johnson and Wales on Wednesday night. The VCSU women defeated Johnson and Wales 94-78 on Saturday in Denver, Colo. Women tip at 5:30 p.m. and the men tip at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Toronto 116 Milwaukee 94
Final Houston 104 Boston 92
Final OT New York 98 Phoenix 96
Final San Antonio 101 New Orleans 95
Final Washington 102 Chicago 88
Final Dallas 107 Orlando 88
Final Utah 118 Denver 103
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Calgary 2 Carolina 0
Final Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 2
Final Winnipeg 5 Phoenix 1
Final Los Angeles 1 Vancouver 0
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
UNDATED (AP) – Second-ranked Syracuse is 17-0 after Trevor Cooney scored 21 points and the Orange put together a 16-1 run in the second half to earn a 69-59 triumph at Boston College. Kansas won a battle of ranked teams as Naadir Tharpe scored a career-high 23 points to lead the 15th-ranked Jayhawks to a 77-70 win at No. 8 Iowa State. Rasheed Sulaimon (SOO’-lih-mahn) capped his 21-point night by hitting the go-ahead 3-pointer with 18.8 seconds left to help No. 23 Duke down Virginia 69-65.
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 1) UConn 66 ( 7) Baylor 55
TOP-25 BASKETBALL-AP POLL
Arizona, Syracuse still 1-2
UNDATED (AP) – Arizona and Syracuse remain No. 1 and 2 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for a sixth straight week.
The 17-0 Wildcats received 61 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel while the 16-0 Orange got the others.
Third-ranked Wisconsin is followed by Michigan State and Wichita State as all three teams moved up a notch following two straight losses by previous No. 3 Ohio State. Villanova, Florida, Iowa State, Oklahoma State and San Diego State round out the top 10, with the Buckeyes falling to 11th.
NBA…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Timberwolves have recalled rookie Shabazz Muhammad from their NBA Development League affiliate. Muhammad played in four games for the Iowa Energy, averaging 24.5 points on 57.1 percent shooting and 9.8 rebounds. The 14th overall pick in last year’s draft, Muhammad has barely played at all for the Timberwolves, scoring 12 points in 11 games and a total of just 42 minutes.
NFL…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings have moved into the home stretch of their search for a head coach, and Cincinnati defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer has emerged as a favorite. The team is expected to contact finalists for the job by Tuesday. According to an NFL Network report on Saturday, Zimmer was scheduled to travel to Minnesota on Monday and meet with Vikings officials for a second interview on Tuesday.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Tennessee Titans have hired San Diego offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt as their new head coach. The 51-year-old Whisenhunt spent six years coaching Arizona and took the Cardinals to their lone Super Bowl in 2009. He was fired Dec. 31, 2012, with a record of 45-51 in the regular season and 4-2 in the playoffs.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – The Denver Broncos will be without cornerback Chris Harris Jr. for the remainder of the NFL postseason. Harris tore the ACL in his left knee during Sunday’s win over San Diego in the AFC divisional series.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The public authority overseeing Vikings stadium construction is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to make plaintiffs who sued to stop the project post a $50 million bond to show they could cover damages if they lose.
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority filed a motion Monday to intervene in the lawsuit brought by former Minneapolis mayoral candidate Doug Mann and two others. His lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the state’s stadium funding plan, and has already delayed a $468 million bond sale.
State officials warn the delay could stall the project’s timeline and add costs. A spokesman for the state Budget agency says government legal costs will have to come from stadium funds.
The authority’s chairwoman says the lawsuit also threatens a major downtown Minneapolis development near the stadium.
TENNIS…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Men’s sixth seed Roger Federer and women’s No. 2 Victoria Azarenka were among the early winners during Day 2 of the Australian Open. Federer has opened his record 57th consecutive Grand Slam tournament with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 victory over wild-card entry James Duckworth. Azarenka was forced into a first-set tiebreaker before earning a 7-6, 6-2 triumph over Johanna Larsson.
MLB…
NEW YORK (AP) – Alex Rodriguez is keeping his attorneys very busy.
The New York Yankees third baseman has sued Major League Baseball and its players’ union, seeking to overturn a season-long suspension. Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz ruled there was “clear and convincing evidence” Rodriguez used three banned substances and twice tried to obstruct the sport’s drug investigation.
As part of the lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan, Rodriguez made public the 33-page decision.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is intensifying his focus on economic issues. He meets today with his Cabinet to discuss measures that can help the middle class. He’ll head to North Carolina tomorrow to draw attention to industry steps to increase high-tech manufacturing. Two weeks ahead of his State of the Union address, Obama is showcasing how he can advance his economic agenda.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is looking to rebound from the traffic jam scandal when he delivers his State of the State message today. He plans to propose extending the public school calendar and lengthening the school day. The potential presidential hopeful has been shaken by revelations that key aides orchestrated massive traffic backups near the George Washington Bridge.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – President Hassan Rouhani (hah-SAHN’ roh-HAH’-nee) is claiming victory for Iran with the landmark nuclear deal struck in Geneva. He tells a home crowd it effectively means the “surrender” of Western powers to Iranian demands. The remarks were part of the moderate Rouhani’s efforts to bring around hard-liners who claim the deal tramples on Iran’s uranium enrichment rights.
BEIJING (AP) – A doctor has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court that convicted her today of baby trafficking. The doctor admitted in court that she stole babies from the hospital where she worked and sold them. The sentence carries a two-year reprieve, which often means it will be commuted to life imprisonment. The case exposed a baby trafficking ring that operated across several provinces.
ROME (AP) – Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to the Vatican but isn’t expected to meet with Pope Francis. He will meet with a top papal diplomat to discuss the Middle East. Kerry’s next stop is Kuwait. Aides say Kerry is the first American Catholic secretary of state to visit since Edmund Muskie more than three decades ago.
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