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Sunrise Over James – Matt Sheppard
CSi Weather…
Jamestown…
WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON…
Valley City…
WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO. WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS NEAR ZERO. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
HIGHS AROUND 10.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
HIGHS AROUND 10.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING…AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.
Update…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp say federal Transportation Department officials have agreed to announce Essential Air Service contracts for North Dakota communities this week.
Great Lakes Airlines is pulling out of Jamestown and Devils Lake at the end of the week. Officials in both cities earlier endorsed a switch from Great Lakes to SkyWest Airlines to provide service under the federal Essential Air Service program, which subsidizes service to smaller cities.
Heitkamp and Hoeven say federal officials have committed to expediting the transition to SkyWest if the cities’ requests are approved. Great Lakes Airlines’ contract to provide service doesn’t expire until the end of March.
Great Lakes provides service on turboprop planes, while SkyWest flies jets.
Reported previously…
Jamestown, (CSi) Jamestown Regional Airport Manager, Matt Leitner says Jamestown and Devils Lake were informed, on Monday (Jan 27, 2014) that Great Lakes intends to discontinue commercial air service effective February 1, 2014.
Leitner adds, due to a lack of qualified pilots Great Lakes is drastically scaling back Minneapolis St. Paul operations and exiting many markets. For affected markets, fares will be refunded and tickets will no longer be sold.
Letiner points that the North Dakota congressional delegation and North Dakota Aeronautics Commission have been apprised of the situation.
On Monday, Jamestown Regional Airport Authority Chairman Jim Boyd, Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen and Leitner participated in a conference call with Devils Lake, North Dakota Aeronautics, the federal congressional delegation and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Officials in both Devils Lake and Jamestown earlier endorsed a switch from Great Lakes to SkyWest Airlines to provide service under the federal Essential Air Service program. Great Lakes provides service on turboprop planes, while SkyWest flies jets. The federal Department of Transportation has the final say,and has until February 6, 2014, to make a decision on either of the two airlines making bids on the Jamestown EAS package, the present carrier, Great Lakes Airlines, or SkyWest.
The federal Department of Transportation has the final say.
Starting Monday, Jan 20, Great Lakes Airline reduced service to only 1 flight a day from and to Minneapolis, Sunday through Friday. There are no flights on Saturday. This brings the total weekly flights to 6, on the 19 passenger Beech 1900 turbo-prop.
Great Lakes Airlines, Monday issued a statement
CHEYENNE, Wyo., (CSi) January 27, 2014 – Effective February 1, 2014, Great Lakes Airlines will be suspending service from Devils Lake and Jamestown, ND; Fort Dodge and Mason City, IA; Ironwood, MI; and Thief River Falls, MN due to the severe industry-wide pilot shortage and its relative acute impact on Great Lakes.
CEO Charles Howell, released the following statement:
“Due to the unintended consequences of the new congressionally mandated pilot regulatory requirements, the Company feels it is in the best interest of our customers, communities, and employees to suspend service from these stations until we are able to rebuild our staff of pilots in order to provide reliable service. We deeply regret and apologize for this inconvenience.”
All customers with future flights in any of these stations will be given refunds. Please begin your refund efforts with your initial booking source.
For more background information regarding how the regulatory changes have affected Great Lakes’ unique role in the airline industry, please visit our website at
Great Lakes Airlines provides scheduled passenger air service with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia’s and Beechcraft 1900D regional airliners. A current route map may be viewed at: http://www.flygreatlakes.com/route_map/Docs/route_map.pdf
Additional information is available on the Company web site that may be accessed at
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CSi) – U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp and John Hoeven Monday met with senior U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) officials to stress the need for regular and dependable air service to Devils Lake and Jamestown Regional Airports.
The DOT officials committed to Heitkamp and Hoeven that they would announce Essential Air Service (EAS) contracts for North Dakota communities this week. If a new airline is selected in the EAS process, Heitkamp, Hoeven and the DOT also committed to pressing for an expedited transition to new service after the new bids are announced. Expedited transition for Devils Lake and Jamestown is necessary because the current provider – Great Lakes Airlines – recently announced its intention to discontinue service on February 1, 2014.
The delegation addressed potential concerns that have been raised regarding the approval of EAS contracts, which provide reliable service for Jamestown and Devils Lake. EAS often supports economic development and job creation by enabling businesses to more easily access rural communities.
Also attending the meeting was a representative from Congressman Kevin Cramer’s office, Devils Lake Mayor Richard Johnson, Jamestown Mayor Katie Anderson, along with the communities’ airport authority leadership.
The delegation said, “We are working in lockstep with Devils Lake and Jamestown to make sure the Department of Transportation understands how important reliable air service is to both of these communities. Over the years, we have seen firsthand the economic impact that EAS has had on Devils Lake and Jamestown – enabling businesses to expand and helping our rural communities grow. We will continue to work to put in place a long-term plan that will give local leaders and residents the assurance they deserve that there will be high-quality air service.”
Last week, the Delegation highlighted its support for Essential Air Service in North Dakota to DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department is asking the public to keep snowmobiles off Hillcrest Golf Course property, all city parks, and Park land located along 17th Avenue Southwest. Fines could be incurred.
Anyone seeing snowmobiles on these properties are asked to report the activity to the police department.
Fargo (CSi) Jamestown and Valley City will host farmers for informational meetings about industrial beet production.
The meetings will update farmers on industrial beet processing development efforts in the state and answer grower questions about industrial beet production.
Five sites are proposed in North Dakota, including Jamestown and Valley City.
Industrial sugar beets are bred for the bio-fuels market, with a processing facility site, dependent on the availability of beet feedstock supplies in the proposed growing area.
The development of beets as an industrial crop is a partnership between Green Vision Group based in Fargo and Heartland Renewable Energy based in Iowa. The research component is led by NDSU.
NDSU Extension Educator, Randy Grueneich, says the first meeting will be held in Valley City on Tuesday, January 28 at the Eagles Club at 9am.
Other meetings are planned for Tuesday, January 28 from 1pm to 3pm at the Farmers Union Headquarters in Jamestown.
Then, on Wednesday, January 29 a meeting will be held in Carrington at the Research Extension Center from 9am to 11am.
Other meetings are planned for Cando on Wednesday, January 29 at 1pm in the NDSU Extension Service office and in Landon at the Research Extension Center Thursday, January 30 at 9am.
The public is encouraged to attend any of these meetings.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo authorities have decided not to prosecute a TV journalist for a hidden camera story aimed at revealing holes in security at elementary schools.
Valley News Live reporter Mellaney Moore in December walked around schools in Fargo and West Fargo in North Dakota and in neighboring Moorhead, Minn., without permission. In all three cities, entering schools without registering with administrators can result in a misdemeanor charge.
Fargo Assistant City Attorney Jason Loos says the school district has worked out a resolution with the TV station and isn’t pressing charges. Valley News Live attorney Lisa Borgen and news director Ike Walker declined comment.
School district attorney Joseph Wetch tells the AP the district chose not to press charges because it wants to move forward. He declined further comment.
PEMBINA, N.D. (AP) – A Canadian man survived an accident caused by the weekend snowstorm near the border in North Dakota but was struck and killed when he went to help someone else.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it happened Sunday afternoon on Interstate 29 just south of the Pembina Port of Entry.
The agency says 53-year-old John Geortz, of Winnipeg, got out of his vehicle to check on another driver involved in the crash and was struck by a tractor trailer.
Four other people were injured in a third vehicle.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities are crediting a dog with alerting occupants of a Bismarck home that the house was on fire.
Firefighters responded to the blaze late Friday night.
Authorities say the occupants of the home were alerted of the fire by a pet dog.
The fire is estimated to have caused about $15,000 in damage.
The fire started in a garbage can where ashes from a fireplace were discarded.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston police are investigating a report of a homicide and want the public’s help locating a discarded mattress that may be evidence. Detective David Peterson says police received the report of a homicide Saturday but haven’t confirmed it or found a body. Peterson says the mattress may have been discarded along a roadway or ditch in the Minot area after being transported from Williston. Peterson asks that anyone who sees a mattress report it, but not touch it or disturb the area.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Xcel Energy says it’s lifting an appeal to residential customers in parts of North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin to conserve natural gas by turning down heat and avoiding the use of gas appliances. Xcel began asking customers Saturday to conserve natural gas after an explosion near Winnipeg knocked out three pipelines.
In sports…
Grand Forks (CSi) Special Olympics North Dakota (SOND) is pleased to announce that 34 athletes and 11 coaches have been selected to participate in the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games, June 14-21, in New Jersey. Team North Dakota will have athletes competing in the sports of Aquatics, Athletics (Track & Field), Bowling, Powerlifting, and the Unified Sports® of Bocce, Soccer, & Volleyball. Unified Sports® combine an equal number of Special Olympics athletes with an intellectual disability, and unified partners without a disability to train and compete on the same team. Team North Dakota will be among nearly 3,500 athletes representing all 50 States competing at the Games.
Local individuals participating:
The Management Team includes,
Jennifer Bennett, Valley City
Coaches – Cindy Schopper, Valley City and
Janell Hanson, Jamestown
Aquatics Athletes include:
Joey Fuchs, Jamestown
Tracey Odland, Jamestown
Unified Volleyball Includes Wade Wintermeyer, Jamestown
Powerlifting
Adam Maresh, Valley City
The Special Olympics USA Games will be hosted by New Jersey June 14-21, 2014. Nearly 3,500 athletes will compete in 16 Olympic-style team and individual sports, with the support of 1,000 coaches, 10,000 volunteers and 70,000 family, friends and spectators. The Special Olympics USA Games will celebrate the Special Olympics movement, promote the ideals of acceptance and inclusion through sport and showcase athletes from throughout the U.S. and the abilities of people with intellectual disabilities.
Special Olympics North Dakota is part of a worldwide movement that unleashes the human spirit through the transformative power and joy of sports everyday around the world. Through work in sports, health education and community building, Special Olympics is addressing inactivity, injustice, intolerance and social isolation by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities which leads to a more welcoming and inclusive society.
Every year more than 1,400 Special Olympics athletes in North Dakota have an opportunity to take part in any of the fifteen sports offered. With the support of more than 330 coaches, 4,500 statewide volunteers and are able to deliver more than 70 statewide competitions throughout the year. Learn more about Special Olympics North Dakota at
www.specialolympicsnorthdakota.org
See the complete listing of SOND Athletes on line at www.CsiNewsNow.com
BOYS BASKETBALL
Dickinson 69, Miles City, Mont. 56
Burke County 55, Trinity Christian 52
Carrington 61, Midkota 46
Grant County 68, Lemmon, S.D. 34
Hillsboro/Central Valley 71, Kindred 68, OT
LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 70, North Sargent 52
Larimore 73, Langdon 42
Maple Valley 57, Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 35
Parshall 86, Divide County 48
Turtle Lake-Mercer 64, Center-Stanton 56
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Barnes County North 44, Dakota Prairie 35
Beach 75, Watford City 49
Benson County 61, New Rockford-Sheyenne 48
Bismarck High 90, Williston 52
Central Cass 67, Lidgerwood-Wyndmere 44
Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah 45, Hankinson 27
Fordville Lankin-Park River 52, Larimore 29
Four Winds-Warwick-Minnewauken 58, Midkota 44
Harvey-Wells County 64, Warwick 35
Hazen 54, Wilton-Wing 53
Hettinger/Scranton 41, Richardton-Taylor 37
Kindred 66, Milnor 33
Lakota/Adams-Edmore 54, Grafton/St. Thomas 13
Miles City, Mont. 58, Dickinson 32
New England 65, Flasher 41
New Salem-Almont 73, Heart River 38
North Border 74, Drayton/Valley-Edinburg 51
Northern Cass 60, Griggs County Central 45
Sargent Central 75, Richland 61
Sawyer 64, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood JV 42
Stanley 62, Powers Lake 41
Towner-Granville-Upham 77, Surrey 36
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
CHICAGO (AP) – Kevin Love scored 31 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Chicago Bulls 95-86 Monday night. Ronny Turiaf added 14 points off the bench for the Timberwolves, who snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Bulls and won for the fourth time in five games overall.
Final Phoenix 124 Philadelphia 113
Final Toronto 104 Brooklyn 103
Final Oklahoma City 111 Atlanta 109
Final L-A Clippers 114 Milwaukee 86
Final Utah 106 Sacramento 99
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Boston 6 N-Y Islanders 3
Final Carolina 3 Columbus 2
Final Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 0
Final Colorado 4 Dallas 3
Final Edmonton 4 Vancouver 2
Final Los Angeles 1 San Jose 0
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (23) Oklahoma 88 ( 8) Oklahoma St. 76
Final ( 9) Villanova 65 Georgetown 60
Final (17) Duke 80 (18) Pittsburgh 65
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 2) Notre Dame 87 ( 8) Maryland 83
Final ( 4) Stanford 86 Southern Cal 59
Final (19) Purdue 80 Illinois 68
MLB…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – At the end of last season, Jason Kubel came to Target Field with the Cleveland Indians. He was reminded of how much he missed playing in Minnesota. And now Kubel is back, a past-his-prime outfielder trying to regain his power-hitting form. He’s not the only former member of Gardenhire’s playoff teams who’ll be present in spring training next month, either. Shortstop Jason Bartlett was out of baseball last year, but he was also signed to a minor league contract.
FINAL FOUR…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The nets could be cut down in Minnesota again. Minneapolis has made the list of finalists for the next round of Final Four bids. The NCAA announced Monday eight cities it’s considering as hosts for the semifinals and championship of the men’s basketball tournaments from 2017-2020. Also on the list: Atlanta, Indianapolis, New Orleans, the Dallas area, the Phoenix area, San Antonio and St. Louis. Final presentations from each location will be made to the NCAA in November. Winning bids will be announced later that month.
T25 BASKETBALL-POLL
UNDATED (AP) – The new Associated Press men’s basketball poll is unchanged at the top from last week as both No. 1 Arizona and second-ranked Syracuse won their games. The Wildcats are 20-0 while the Orange check in at 19-0. This marks the eighth straight week they’ve topped the poll.
Arizona received 63 of the 64 first place votes with Syracuse getting the remaining nod.
Florida jumped from sixth to third while Wichita State, the other undefeated Division I team, moved up one spot to fourth. The fifth-ranked school this week is San Diego State.
The next five consists of Kansas, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Villanova and Michigan.
SUPER BOWL…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – The weather forecast for the first Super Bowl in an outdoor stadium in a cold-weather city is not bad, considering the frigid weather than has lingered in the Northeast this winter. National Weather Service meteorologist Anthony Gigi is calling for temperatures to reach a high of 39 with a low of 27, which is average for the New York City area this time of year. There is little threat of precipitation.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Part of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address tonight will underscore a willingness to act on his own. The White House says Obama will announce an executive order increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 for new federal contracts. He also plans to identify measures where he and Congress can cooperate, as well as issues to differentiate Democrats from Republicans.
ATLANTA (AP) – Miserable weather is the order of the day from the Midwest, where arctic air is pushing wind chills well below zero, to the Southeast, which is bracing for an onslaught of snow and ice from a winter storm. Many flights have been canceled and schools have been closed in anticipation.
BEIJING (AP) – A U.S. diplomat says America is in frequent communication with North Korea about imprisoned American Kenneth Bae (bay), and that Washington is urging Pyongyang to release the captive. U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies says Bae is in poor health and needs to return home.
SOCHI, Russia (AP) – Russia is coming under international fire for restricting journalists’ efforts to cover preparations for the Olympics in Sochi next month. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists detailed in a report how Russian and international journalists have been harassed and prevented from covering sensitive stories such as the abuse of migrant workers and environmental issues.
BERLIN (AP) – Researchers say ancient DNA has provided a picture of a hunter-gatherer who lived in Europe some 7,000 years. They say he probably had blue eyes and dark skin, and that the unusual combination was found in DNA extracted from a tooth discovered in a cave in northern Spain. One researcher says that contradicts the stereotype that blue eye color always goes hand-in-hand with light skin. The findings are in the journal Nature.
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