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341 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY…
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. MUCH COLDER. LOWS AROUND 25 BELOW.
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…SNOW LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. HIGHS
10 TO 15. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW
60 PERCENT. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. NOT AS COLD. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWEST WIND CHILLS
AROUND 20 BELOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…VALLEY CITY
316 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY…
.LATE THIS AFTERNOON…PARTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. TEMPERATURE FALLING THROUGH
LATE AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS AROUND 20 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS
30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 20 TO 25 BELOW. TEMPERATURE RISING
OVERNIGHT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO.
.TUESDAY…LIGHT SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. HIGHS 5 TO
10. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 80 PERCENT.
LOWEST WIND CHILL READINGS 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO IN THE
MORNING.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 5 TO 10 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWEST WIND CHILL READINGS
20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY
LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY IN THE RED
RIVER VALLEY THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING…INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Monday afternoon issued a travel alert for southeast North Dakota because of blowing snow that’s reducing visibility to near zero in some places.
The Department of Transportation says the alert includes Fargo, Wahpeton and surrounding areas.
The National Weather Service also put out a wind chill advisory for most of central and eastern North Dakota through Tuesday morning.
Jamestown (CSi) – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp Monday spoke with North Dakota agriculture
producers about the progress that has been made on the Farm Bill, and urged them to
keep the pressure on lawmakers to get the job done.
Heitkamp addressed farmers in Jamestown at the Precision Agriculture Action Summit, at the North Dakota Farmers Union State Headquarters, and in Fargo at the Crop Insurance Conference 2014.
“After three years of debate, we are now closer than ever to passing a long-term,
comprehensive Farm Bill,” said Heitkamp. “But we can’t become complacent now, not
when we are so close to passing this law. We need to force members to act and give
certainty to our hardworking farmers and ranchers. We are so close. Now it’s time to
get this bill across the finish line.”
Heitkamp stressed the importance of maintaining a strong crop insurance system. She
highlighte
d the crop insurance provisions she pushed for in the Senate-passed bill,
including: additional crop insurance supports for new and beginning farmers; a
provision to make sure disaster years don’t unfairly harm production histories,
resulting in weaker coverage for farmers; and a provision to make permanent the
enterprise units system that has been very successful in North Dakota.
“Since the beginning of this process, I have heard one clear message from producers
and industry stakeholders – crop insurance is the backbone of the farm safety net
and should not be harmed,” said Heitkamp. “The Farm Bill not only makes sure there’s
strong support going forward for the Federal Crop Insurance Program, it makes
historic investments to further strengthen crop insurance offerings that give our
growers the support they need to feed our state, the country, and the world.”
A member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Heitkamp played a key role in
passing a bipartisan Farm Bill through the Senate in June. Members of Congress are
now working to combine the Senate and House of Representative-passed bills into a
compromise bill that can pass in both chambers. The Senate-passed bill reduces the
federal deficit by $24 billion while maintaining a strong safety net for farmers and
ranchers, so they can continue to feed the world.
Jamestown (CSi) On a very un-summer-like day, the Minnesota Twins’ 54th annual Winter Caravan traveled Monday to Valley City, at Mo Eats (formerly the Broken Spoke) and later in the morning traveled by bus, in near blizzard and sub zero wind chills, to Jamestown, at the Quality Inn & Suites.
On hand with the caravan were the M.C. of the event, former Twin and Baseball Hall-Of-Famer and Twins broadcaster Bert Blyleven.
Also in town were catchers coach, Terry Steinbach, Twins pitcher Anthony Swarzak, infielder Trevor Plouffe, and mascot TC Bear.
Blyleven opened the event by noting the Twins made good acquisitions in the off season, but added that improvement is needed in starting pitching and that a couple of more pitchers are needed in the starting rotation.
He pointed
out that the Twins have good young prospects who may make the team this season, in addition to prospects in the Twins minor league system.
Blyleven feels confident the Twins will be competitive this summer in the American League Central Division.
Anthony Swarzak, who led the major leagues, in innings pitched in 2013, with 96, said he will serve in the Twins in either the reliever or the starting pitcher role, what ever role he can best serve the team.
Blyleven said Swarzak played a big role in the Twins bullpen last season.
Steinbach said catching is looking good in 2014 with the addition of Kurt Suzuki and two young prospects, now that Joe Mauer has moved to 1st base, full time.
Plouffe added that in 2012 he knew hecould hit in the big leagues and is gaining more confidence, with his major league experience.
All indicated the goal for 2014 is “more wins.”
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.
Watch Twins baseball all season long on CSi Cable 25.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled on its second warrantless search case in a month, and this one went against police.
The court says in a case entitled State vs. Hart that authorities were wrong to enter a Bismarck home in August 2012 without a warrant in a search that resulted in drug arrests.
The opinion says officers should not have relied on evidence seized from a different residence when the only connection between the two houses was the fact that one of the suspects was previously at the first residence searched.
The case has been sent back to district court for further proceedings.
Three weeks ago the court ruled in favor of police in Fargo who used a drug-sniffing dog to conduct a warrantless sweep of an apartment.
DOUGLAS, N.D. (AP) – Residents who are facing a fourth straight year of flooding on Rice Lake in northwestern North Dakota say a drainage pipeline is a bad idea.
Ron Kramer, spokesman for Friends of the Douglas Aquifer, says the Rice Lake Recreation Service District has ignored less expensive options in favor of a solution that harms its neighbors and taxes residents beyond their abilities to pay.
The $6 million pipeline would transfer excess water from Rice Lake into Douglas Creek.
The recreation district is suing Kramer and other residents in an eminent domain proceeding to obtain easements to construct the pipeline. District officials say they can’t comment because of the pending lawsuit.
Kramer spoke Sunday at meeting of residents in Douglas.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota auditorium is celebrating its 100 birthday.
The stone and brick structure now known as the Belle Mehus (MAY’-hoos) Auditorium opened in downtown Bismarck on Jan. 19, 1914.
Auditorium officials kicked off the celebration Sunday with an open house. Other events planned include a concert on Feb. 9, a black tie gala, a movie night and a red carpet night.
The anniversary will include a fundraising campaign that will run all year.
The first show on the auditorium’s stage was Reginald DeKoven’s operetta, “Robin Hood.”
The paper reported at the time it was the social event of the city and sold out even when ticket prices were as high as $18, a large sum for that era.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A utility company in western North Dakota is dealing with massive retirements thanks mostly to a lucrative pension plan.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative is trying is to replace 259 employees it has lost to retirement in the last two years, including 179 who left in 2013.
Company communications manager Mary Miller says the average age of the retirees has been 59 and they have had an average of 29.5 years of service.
Basin’s pension plan is based on salary, years of service and interest rates. Employees can get their pension through monthly payments or a lump sum. When interest rates are lower, that lump sum is higher and many retirees are taking advantage before rates rise again.
In world and national news…
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Another band of arctic air is descending into the northern U.S., bringing a wave of frigid temperatures expected to linger for most of the week.
Temperatures plunged below zero in North Dakota and northern Minnesota on Monday morning. The cold front is expected to expand south into Iowa and as far east as Maine by Tuesday night, and will remain entrenched through Thursday.
National Weather Service meteorologist Paul Collar says the bitterly cold blast will lead to a swath of subzero temperatures, with highs in the single digits and wind chills of minus 20 or colder.
He says portions of Minnesota, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are under wind chill warnings. He says the cold will be challenging but not as bad as the recent polar vortex.
SEATTLE (AP) – Friends and family of an American man who’s been held for more than a year in North Korea are both heartbroken and encouraged by his public statement Monday in which Kenneth Bae (beh) apologized and said he committed anti-government acts. A family friend in Seattle says it was heartbreaking to see him in a prison uniform but encouraging to see and hear him. He says he doesn’t know whether Monday’s apology may be part of some process that will lead to Bae’s release. He was seized in November 2012 while leading a tour group.
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s prime minister is skeptical — even as the United States and Europe ease up on sanctions against Iran. They took that step after Iran Monday froze key aspects of its nuclear program. It’s the first step on the road to a final agreement aimed at keeping Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu told his country’s parliament that the final agreement “must remove the Iranian nuclear train from the tracks.” He’s urging the world to keep up the pressure on Iran.
BAGHDAD (AP) – An Iraqi official has a grim warning about the situation in the western province of Anbar. The official says the Islamic militants who are controlling the mostly-Sunni area are so well-armed, they could occupy the country’s capital. The warming came as a new wave of bombings left more than 30 people dead.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has been honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service by helping a soup kitchen prepare its daily meals. Obama took his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha to DC Central Kitchen, which is a few minutes away from the White House by presidential motorcade. They joined an assembly line that was churning out burritos. DC Central Kitchen prepares thousands of meals every day for distribution to local shelters.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A fire official in Omaha, Nebraska, describes conditions as “very extreme” inside the animal food processing plant where there was an explosion and a partial building collapse Monday. At least ten people have been hospitalized, and others could be trapped. The interim fire chief says there were 38 employees at work when the explosion took place.
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