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CSi Weather…
Valley City…
WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
Jamestown…
WIND CHILL WARNING UNTIL 1-P.M. TODAY…
.TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
20 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILL READINGS 40 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO IN
THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW.
PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOWS 5 TO 10.
WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING…
THEN CLOUDY WITH LIGHT SNOW LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. WINDY. NORTHWEST
WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE EVENING. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF LIGHT SNOW. WINDY. LOWS 5 TO 10.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW.
HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LIGHT SNOW
LIKELY. LOWS 5 TO 10.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. HIGHS 5 TO 10.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20 BELOW.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 BELOW.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 BELOW.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 15 TO 20 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10.
SATURDAY…
A BAND OF SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER CLIPPER WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL SHIFT INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM MINOT TO ROLLA TO JAMESTOWN.
VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SURGES INTO THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF FRESH SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD GENERATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS STATEWIDE SUNDAY. … AFFECTING TRAVEL WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Residents of eastern North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota are dealing with temperatures as low as 40 below zero overnight into this morning. Blowing snow is also creating the second blizzard to hit the region in the past week.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Police is looking for information, into pickup crash into the front yard of a Valley City residence, in the 200 block of 6th Street Northwest, about 6:30 Tuesday evening.
Valley City Police Chief Fred Thompson says witnesses say the driver and a passenger, a man and a woman, left the scene immediately after the crash and are wanted for questioning.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Valley City police department at 845-3110.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – One of two men charged with robbing a Medina bank at gunpoint has pleaded guilty in Fargo to one count of bank robbery.
The U.S. attorney says 38-year-old Satrone Rashard Boyd, of Dickinson, is scheduled to be sentenced in April.
Prosecutors say he and Rendell Hardy were wearing masks when they held up the Northland Financial bank in October.
Boyd was later picked up in Fargo and Hardy was apprehended in Dickinson.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Administrator David Schelkoph at the January 21, 2014 City Commission meeting reported that Valley City has made some changes concerning fees for solid waste services in Valley City.
Schelkoph says the rates and fees changes are designed to be an incentive for Valley City residents to recycle, more and reduce solid waste going into area landfills.
Schelkoph says on February 1, 2014, residential customers putting three garbage cans out will be charged an extra $5.
Residents placing four cans out will be charged $15 and residents putting out five cans will be charged an extra $30 dollars.
Also effective February first, landfill hours, will be reduced, open from 8am until noon on Saturday’s only.
During the Commission meeting, Valley City Mayor Bob Werkhoven and City Commissioner Matt Pedersen were opposed to the Resolution.
Mayor Werkhoven believes government shouldn’t dictate an incentive to recycle by penalizing residents who have more solid waste to dispose of, weekly.
BEACH, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says the state will receive more than $42,000 as part of a multistate $1.9 million settlement with Genworth life insurance companies.
Hamm says the agreement stems from Genworth’s use of the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File. Life insurers for years have used the file to search for and stop payments to annuity holders, but they have not used the database to identify deceased life insurance policyholders to pay beneficiaries.
Hamm says Genworth is improving its payment practices.
The agreement was coordinated with state insurance departments in North Dakota, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New Hampshire and Virginia.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Prosecutors have netted a string of guilty pleas among the suspects in an interstate drug trafficking case that’s highlighted the criminal underside of an oil boom sweeping the Northern Plains.
The latest to admit to federal charges is Robert Farrell Armstrong of Moses Lake, Washington – described by authorities as the supplier for a large methamphetamine ring that operated in the Bakken oil patch.
Armstrong pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute during a Wednesday federal court appearance in Billings. He faces a minimum 10 years in prison.
Armstrong was arrested in October in a crackdown aimed at offsetting rising crime in the oil producing region along the Montana-North Dakota border.
Nine others have pleaded guilty in related cases. Several similar cases from North Dakota are pending.
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (AP) – The top civilian leader in the Air Force says she senses morale issues among airmen and officers in charge of the nation’s nuclear force but remains confident in its mission. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James visited the three bases that care for the arsenal Tuesday and Wednesday. Her trip was in response to cheating and drug scandals the Air Force announced last week.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A search committee has narrowed the list of 37 candidates for the presidency at Minot State University.
Seven of the eight semifinalists are from out of state. The only in-state candidate remaining is Valley City State University President Steve Shirley.
The others are current or former officials at schools in New York, Maryland, Vermont, Mississippi, Texas and Iowa.
The list will be narrowed to four or five after videoconference interviews in early February. The finalists will be brought to campus for in-person interviews during the week of Feb. 11. The state Board of Higher Education will choose from three finalists in late February.
Current Minot State President David Fuller is retiring in June from the northern North Dakota university that has about 3,500 students. He has served since 2004.
BEACH, N.D. (AP) – Some residents of Beach are worried about a developer’s plans for an oil-loading railroad port just west of the western North Dakota town.
The plan is to start with a freight facility and expand to an oil-loading facility for 110-car trains within four years. The company that would own the facility hasn’t been disclosed. An initial public hearing is set for Feb. 24.
Zoning board member Tama Smith say she worries about the facility’s proximity to the town. It would be less than half a mile away at its closest point. Smith says if there was an accident, prevailing winds would bring smoke over the community, just as they did during the recent derailment of an oil train near the eastern town of Casselton.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Target Corp. hasn’t said publicly where the loss of nearly 500 jobs will fall.
The giant retailer, based in Minneapolis, says it’s terminating 475 employees worldwide. And over the last six months, Target says it has eliminated 700 open positions. Target has about 10,000 corporate employees in downtown Minneapolis.
The move comes almost two weeks after Target lowered its fourth-quarter profit outlook as it grapples with the fallout of a massive security breach. The company was planning on big holiday sales, but instead was victimized by the data breach that hurt its image and stock prices and sent shoppers elsewhere.
Target also says it will no longer be offering health care coverage for its part-time workers. The company cites new options now available through health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.
In sports..
Jimmie Basketball…
Men…
Jimmies 63 Mayville St. 50
Women…
Mayville St. 83 Jimmies 75…
Jimmies win streak stops at 15 in a row.
Women…
NDSU 83 VCSU 61
North Dakota Class A Basketball Polls
Boys
Team Rec. Lwk. Pts
1. Bis. Century (10) 10-0 2 50
2. Bis. St. Mary’s 9-1 1 40
3. Fargo Davies 8-1 3 30
4. Minot 8-2 4 13
5. West Fargo 6-3 5 10
First-place votes in parentheses
Others receiving votes: Bismarck (6-3) 6, Grand Forks RR (5-3) 1.
Girls
Team Rec. Lwk. Pts
1. Bis. Century (10) 10-0 1 50
2. West Fargo 9-0 2 36
3. Bismarck 8-1 3 33
4. Fargo Shanley 7-2 4 19
5. Fargo Davies 8-2 5 11
First-place votes in parentheses
Others receiving votes: Valley City (7-2) 1.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Atlanta 112 Orlando 109
Final OT Boston 113 Washington 111
Final Chicago 98 Cleveland 87
Final Toronto 93 Dallas 85
Final Charlotte 95 L-A Clippers 91
Final Philadelphia 110 New York 106
Final Milwaukee 104 Detroit 101
Final Oklahoma City 111 San Antonio 105
Final Houston 119 Sacramento 98
Final Phoenix 124 Indiana 100
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 5 Montreal 1
Final 2OT Detroit 5 Chicago 4 (SO Detroit 3-2)
Final Calgary 3 Phoenix 2
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – DeAndre Mathieu and Mo Walker each scored 18 points, an outside-inside combination that pushed Minnesota to an 81-68 victory Wednesday night over No. 9 Wisconsin. Malik Smith added 14 points, including the exclamatory, shot-clock beating 3-pointer with 39 seconds left. Austin Hollins had 11 points and four steals for the Golden Gophers (15-5, 4-3 Big Ten). Walker grabbed nine rebounds, and Mathieu went 8 for 13 from the floor.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – Nik Stauskas scored 26 points, and No. 21 Michigan held off No. 10 Iowa 75-67 last night to remain unbeaten in the Big Ten. The Wolverines have won eight straight to set up a showdown in East Lansing on Saturday night with rival Michigan State, the Big Ten’s only other unbeaten team in conference play.
Final ( 5) Wichita St. 70 Illinois St. 55
Final ( 7) San Diego St. 75 San Jose St. 50
Final (12) Louisville 86 South Florida 47
Final Richmond 58 (13) UMass 55
Final (18) Duke 67 Miami 46
Final (19) Saint Louis 76 Duquesne 72
Final (25) Oklahoma 77 TCU 69
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 1) UConn 83 Memphis 49
Final ( 8) Oklahoma St. 64 Kansas 56
Final (12) Baylor 71 Kansas St. 48
Final (13) Penn St. 65 Indiana 52
Final (18) West Virginia 70 Texas Tech 51
Olympics- Wild
UNDATED (AP) – Concerns about safety in Sochi have prompted some U.S. Olympians to tell their family members to stay home. Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter, who will play for Team USA, is one of them. Suter said after practice Wednesday that his wife and two young children won’t be traveling to Russia for the Winter Games. The long trip is part of the reason, but Suter said recent news about terroristic threats made the decision “a little bit easier.” Suter’s friend and Wild teammate Zach Parise also advised his parents and relatives not to come.
MLB…
NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Yankees have added another star to go along with their other high-profile acquisitions of Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran. Japanese pitching star Masahiro Tanaka (mah-sah-HEE’-roh tah-NAH’kah), who was 24-0 last season in Japan, has agreed to a seven-year, $155 million contract, according to Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner.
Outfielder Grady Sizemore has agreed to a $750,000, one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox. A three-time All-Star, the 31-year-old has played eight major league seasons, all with Cleveland. He hit .269 with 139 homers and 458 RBIs.
NASCAR makes changes in qualifying
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – NASCAR is overhauling its qualifying process and will go to a knockout format similar to Formula One and IndyCar.
The new format will not be used for the Daytona 500, non-points events in the Sprint Cup Series and the Truck Series event at Eldora Speedway in Ohio.
NASCAR will use three rounds of qualifying at tracks 1.25 miles in length or larger. The entire field will have 25 minutes to post their fastest single lap and the top 24 advance to the second round.
The second segment will last 10 minutes and the fastest 12 will advance to a final, five-minute round.
At tracks smaller than 1.25 miles, qualifying will be in two segments. The first will be 30 minutes with the top 12 advancing to a 10-minute final session.
Tennis…
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Fourth-seed Li Na (lee nah) has reached the women’s finals at the Australian Open by dominating 30th-seed Eugenie Bouchard of Canada 6-2, 6-4. It’s her second straight Australian Open final and third overall.
Li, the 2011 French Open champion, is the only major winner and the highest-ranked player still in contention after the fourth-round upsets of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova (shah-rah-POH’-vah) and defending champion Victoria Azarenka’s (ah-zah-REN’-kuhz) quarterfinal loss.
Li will meet 20th-seed Dominka Cibulkova (see-buhl-KOH’-vuh), who dispatched fifth-seed Agnieszka Radwanska (ahg-nee-ESH’-kuh rahd-VAHN’-skuh) of Poland in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. It’s the Slovakian’s first Grand Slam final appearance.
For the men seventh-seed Tomas Berdych (TOH’-mahs bur-DEEK’) is going up against No. 8 Stanislas Wawrinka (vah-VINK’-ah) in a semi-final. They have met 13 times with Wawrinka winning eight of the encounters.
In world and national news..
NEW YORK (AP) – The global cause of civil rights and civil liberties continues to lose ground. A pro-democracy watchdog group says an eighth straight year of decline was led by the Egyptian military’s coup, Venezuela’s clinging to authoritarianism and Russia’s crackdown on opposition groups. Freedom House says violence in Syria, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, and Yemen added to the decline.
MONTREUX, Switzerland (AP) – The two sides in the Syrian civil war aren’t talking directly to one another — at least not until after separate meetings with a United Nations negotiator who will help decide if a face-to-face meeting is worthwhile. Meanwhile, Iran’s president tells the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that there should be elections in Syria and that Iran would respect the results.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The seismic political shift in Virginia politics last election is producing an early temblor. The new attorney general has concluded that the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and he will no longer defend it in federal lawsuits. His office says today the state will switch sides to the plaintiffs who are seeking to have the ban struck down.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Police in Miami Beach say pop singer Justin Bieber has been arrested and is accused of DUI and drag racing. The Miami Beach Police Department confirms 19-year-old Bieber’s arrest this morning in a tweet on its official Twitter page. Police say the pop star was drag racing on Miami Beach early this morning. Officials at the Miami-Dade Department of Corrections say Bieber has not yet been booked into jail.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis has some good things and some not so good things to say about the Internet. In a message about Catholic Church communications, Francis says the Internet is a “gift from God.” He says it facilitates communication. He says the down side is it can also do the opposite. Francis says the obsessive desire to stay connected can actually isolate people from their friends and family.
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