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WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON…
.TODAY…INCREASING CLOUDS. ISOLATED FLURRIES IN THE MORNING.
HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILLS
AROUND 30 BELOW.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING. LOWS AROUND
5 BELOW. WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. WEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO. LOWS
AROUND 20 BELOW.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
HIGHS 10 TO 15.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
Bismarck (CSi) The Jamestown High School Number One team won the state LifeSmarts championship and will be representing North Dakota in the national competition.
The Jamestown High School’s Number Two team was second, Kindred High School took third.
The Jamestown high school students will represent the state in the national championship, which will to be held April 26-29, 2014 in Orlando, Florida.
The State Champion team members include: Captain, Kelsey Becker, Andrew Briedenbach, Zach Fossen, Alex Igl and Jessica Vandal.
Jamestown High School team coach Marchel Krieger says “LifeSmarts is a very valuable program that I wish more schools could take part in and experience. We are very proud to have the chance to represent North Dakota at the national competition.”
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corportation (JSDC) Board of Directors this week, approved a Flex pace interest buy down loan for Buchanan Ag.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 JSDC’s Business Development Coordinator, DeAnn Brunner said, the company, which started operations in October of 2012, is expanding its fertilizer and seed operation.
The Flex pace interest buy down reduces the interest of a bank loan and is repaid to the JSDC at the end of the regular loan.
The Jamestown City Council and Stutsman County Commission will look at the acquisition to approved or disapprove.
The Board also approved acquiring 325 acres of land adjacent to the Spiritwood, SEPA industrial park. The land has a purchase price of $6,000 per acre for a total investment of nearly $2 million.
The plan calls for constructing a railroad spur line into the new property from the SEPA rail loop to be constructed this summer.
The purchase would be funded with 90 percent city sales tax funds and 10 percent Stutsman County property tax revenues.
The purchase will come under consideration by the Jamestown City Council and Stutsman County Commission.
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – Portable heaters are being blamed for a Valley City house fire that led to a close call for a mother and two children and injured a firefighter.
Fire Chief Gary Retterath says two portable heaters were placed too close to a bed in the home’s basement, igniting the Jan. 28 blaze.
Linda Schonert and her children escaped the burning house by jumping from a second-floor bedroom window. They suffered scratches on their legs when they hit a porch roof and then fell to the ground.
One firefighter suffered smoke inhalation as he was turning off the natural gas connection to the house.
The home was destroyed.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A businessman and community leader who founded what is now the Greater North Dakota Chamber is the 40th recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, the state’s highest honor.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple announced Wednesday that the award will be presented to the family of Herman Stern, who died in 1980.
Stern came to North Dakota from Germany when he was 16 years old to work at Strauss Clothing in Casselton, which was established by his cousin, Morris Strauss. Stern would become manager of the Strauss store in Valley City, where he remained 70 years.
In 1924, Stern founded the Greater North Dakota Association, now known as the GNDC, and served as the organization’s first president. He also was pivotal in starting the North Dakota Winter Show in Valley City.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A woman charged in North Dakota with killing her husband by means of drugs and asphyxiation will remain jailed on $500,000 bond.
Sixty-year-old Sherry Midstokke, of Finley, is charged in East Central District Court with Class AA felony murder. She’s accused of killing 66-year-old Lyle Midstokke.
Midstokke was in handcuffs and leg shackles for her first court appearance Wednesday in Fargo. She told Judge Steven Marquart she is not a flight risk or danger to the community and did not agree with the high bail.
Prosecutors want a mental health evaluation before further discussion on bail. A status conference was set for Feb. 26.
Midstokke did not have a lawyer at Wednesday’s hearing but was expected to hire Fargo attorney Bruce Quick. Quick planned to meet with her later Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The legislative fight is over. But North Dakota lawmakers say their work on the farm bill is hardly done.
The state’s congressional delegation says it will quickly pivot to ensuring the massive new bill does what it says it will do and works best for the state. Among the key tasks going forward: maintaining oversight of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ensuring that new conservation provisions and other elements of the bill are put in place as planned and pressing federal officials to give emergency relief to ranchers.
The Senate approved the 5-year, $1 billion-a-year farm bill on Tuesday less than a week after the House did the same. President Barack Obama says he plans to sign the bill on Friday in Michigan.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he believes the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada should be built. Salazar said at an energy conference in Houston Wednesday that the pipeline could be built safely, as long as conditions are imposed. Salazar told The Associated Press Wednesday that the pipeline could be a “win-win” project that benefits U.S. energy security while boosting conservation efforts in Montana, the Dakotas and other affected states.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The military is slated to release a study that shows Minot Air Force Base’s impact on the local economy.
The annual report is slated to be released Thursday.
The military says the base contributed a record amount to the local economy in the fiscal 2012.
The estimated total of $522.6 million was about $29 million more than the amount in fiscal 2011.
There are about 12,800 active-duty personnel, family members and civilians currently at the base, which has B-52 bombers and also oversees nuclear missiles throughout the countryside. About half of the population lives off base.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Town leaders in Williston are exploring a Tax Increment Financing District to fund a downtown parking garage.
The City Commission plans to hold a public hearing on the idea at its next meeting on Tuesday.
The area would include commercial and residential properties in the downtown area.
City departments say at least one multi-story parking garage is needed to meet current and future demand.
A TIF is designed to use future tax revenue to pay for improvements.
In sports…
VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – Valley City State University head football coach Dennis McCulloch announces the addition of 22 student-athletes who have signed letters of intent to attend VCSU and play football for the Vikings this fall.
McCulloch says, “We are extremely excited about this group of incoming student-athletes. We have a good mix of playmakers on both offense and defense joining our program. These young men have proven themselves at the high school level, and we’re excited to see them excel at the collegiate level over the next four years, both in the classroom and on the field.”
The list of incoming freshmen includes 10 standout student-athletes from North Dakota, six from Minnesota, one from South Dakota, three from Colorado, and one from Alaska. The Vikings have also announced the addition of transfer Beau Winchester from Mililani, Hawaii.
The incoming group joins five transfers who are already on campus and will make up the bulk of this year’s recruiting class. VCSU coaches are still out recruiting to round out the 2014 class.
Incoming Freshmen Includes
Marc Wagner: TE, 6-4, 210 lbs, Jamestown, N.D.
2013: All WDA
Valley City native Dustin Lindgren signed his Letter of Intent last week to attend VCSU. The fullback excelled for the Hi-Liners last season, racking up 926 rushing yards and nine touchdowns. He played for VCHS head coach Scott Roehrich, who is a VCSU football alum.
Twin brothers Demetrius and Darius Graves, from Colorado Springs, Colo., are committed to VCSU after finishing their careers at Harrison High School where they were coached by VCSU alum Al Melo. Austin Richter, a defensive back from Walker, Minn., also has a VCSU connection as his father Pat played at VCSU.
The current list is available on line at CsiNewsNow.com
Also, visit the VCSU football page at vikings.vcsu.edu
Under the direction of coach McCulloch, VCSU went 5-5 last season and earned a share of the North Star Athletic Association title with a 3-1 conference record. The Vikings have won three straight conference titles.
Starting this fall, the North Star Athletic Association expands to seven teams in football. Dickinson State and Waldorf College will join the five founding members: VCSU, University of Jamestown, Dakota State University, Mayville State University and Presentation College. The Vikings open the 2014 season at home against University of Jamestown on Aug. 28.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – New North Dakota State head coach Chris Klieman (KLY’-min) says fans can rest easy over fears the three-time Football Championship Subdivision winners would lose some recruits with the departure of previous coach Craig Bohl to Wyoming.
Klieman says the Bison got every player they wanted.
The list of 20 freshman recruits announced Wednesday on national signing day included the only quarterback to receive a scholarship, Easton Stick of Omaha, Nebraska. Stick set several records at Creighton Prep High School.
The Bison inked four players from North Dakota, including defensive end Stanley Jones, who set a single-season state sack record while playing for Bismarck in 2012.
The class includes four from Minnesota, three from Wisconsin, three from Nebraska, and one each from South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan and Florida.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL..
VCSU 70 PRESENTATION COLLEGE 65
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL…
VCSU 79 PRESENTATION COLLEGE 70
BOYS BASKETBALL
Four Winds/Minnewaukan 59, Carrington 43
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Kevin Durant had 26 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and the Oklahoma City Thunder won for the 12th time in their last 13 games with a 106-97 victory over a Minnesota Timberwolves team without Kevin Love and two other starters. Ricky Rubio had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Minnesota.
Final Boston 114 Philadelphia 108
Final Orlando 112 Detroit 98
Final L-A Lakers 119 Cleveland 108
Final 2OT San Antonio 125 Washington 118
Final New Orleans 105 Atlanta 100
Final Dallas 110 Memphis 96
Final Houston 122 Phoenix 108
Final Portland 94 New York 90
Final Denver 110 Milwaukee 100
Final Sacramento 109 Toronto 101
Final Miami 116 L-A Clippers 112
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 5 Buffalo 1
Final Chicago 2 Anaheim 0
Final OT San Jose 2 Dallas 1
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) – A.J. Hammons had 20 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Purdue Boilermakers to a 77-74 triple overtime victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Wednesday night. Maurice Walker had 17 points and six rebounds and DeAndre Mathieu added 15 points for the Golden Gophers (15-8, 4-6), who have lost three straight.
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 4) Wichita St. 65 Indiana St. 58
Final ( 5) San Diego St. 67 Boise St. 65
Final (10) Michigan 79 Nebraska 50
Final (13) Saint Louis 65 Saint Joseph’s 49
Final (14) Louisville 77 Houston 62
Final (20) Virginia 77 Boston College 67
Final OT West Virginia 91 (21) Oklahoma 86
Final (23) Gonzaga 71 Portland 66
Final OT (25) Pittsburgh 59 Miami 55
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (12) Oklahoma St. 76 Kansas 74
Final Southern Miss. 68 (21) Middle Tennessee 56
Final OT (22) Nebraska 71 Wisconsin 70
Final (24) Michigan St. 69 Illinois 53
NFL…
UNDATED (AP) – A person familiar with his decision tells The Associated Press that Vikings quarterback Matt Cassel will void the 2014 option on his contract and test the open market. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because he was not authorized to discuss Cassel’s decision, which leaves Christian Ponder as the Vikings’ only quarterback under contract. Cassel would have made $3.7 million next season if he exercised the option by Friday.
SPORTS-MEDIA
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Former star pitcher turned television analyst Curt Schilling says he is battling cancer.
The 47-year-old Schilling, who spent 20 years in the major leagues before retiring in 2009, divulged the news in a statement released through his employer, ESPN. It did not indicate what type of cancer Schilling has, when he was diagnosed or what his prognosis might be.
An ESPN spokesman says Schilling is taking a leave of absence.
NFL-THURSDAY NIGHTS
NEW YORK (AP) – CBS has won bidding among broadcast networks to televise eight Thursday night NFL games next fall, and perhaps beyond that.
The NFL says that CBS and its broadcast team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will be in the booth for eight early-season Thursday night games simulcast on the NFL Network.
In world and national news…
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Despite increasing attacks and public pressure for a military operation, the government of Pakistan began talking peace today with representatives of the Pakistani Taliban. Both sides confirm the talks have begun but have given no further details.
BAGHDAD (AP) – Baghdad remains under siege from car bombers. Officials say a string of attacks hit commercial areas of the capital today, killing at least 13 people. Police officials say the deadliest attack took place when a car bomb went off near auto spare parts shops in downtown Baghdad, killing four people and wounding nine others. At least six car bombs exploded throughout the capital.
SOCHI, Russia (AP) – Officials in Sochi, Russia, are practically guaranteeing a safe Olympics with their pronouncements about security efforts, but there are multiple words of caution elsewhere. Security concerns were renewed this week when the U.S. Homeland Security Department warned airlines flying to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives into the country in tubes of toothpaste.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The latest eastern storm is gone but its effects are still being felt, especially by the hundreds of thousands of customers still without power. Utilities are estimating it could be a few more days before some people get their lights back on. Pennsylvania is hardest hit with other outages in New Jersey, Maryland and elsewhere.
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Officials say the damage appears to be minimal after a truck hauling salt caught fire and prompted an evacuation at an underground nuclear repository in southeastern New Mexico. Officials at the Carlsbad-area Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, where the federal government seals away its low-grade nuclear waste, say the situation is stable this morning.
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