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CSi Weather…
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTH
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 10. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. LOWEST WIND
CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SNOW AND SLEET IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. HIGHS AROUND 30. LOWS AROUND 20.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. LOWS AROUND 15.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. LOWS 10 TO 15.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 20S.
ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
TWO DISTINCT CLIPPER STORM SYSTEMS…THE FIRST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY AND THE OTHER ON SUNDAY…WILL EACH BRING A THREAT FOR
MIXED PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW TO WEST AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND ARE
ENCOURAGED TO CHECK BACK FOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION AND
STAY UP TO DATE ON ROAD CONDITIONS.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Interstate 94 has reopened between Jamestown and Valley City but travel remained difficult Thursday in much of North Dakota because of blowing snow.
The state Transportation Department closed the stretch of interstate early Thursday because of multiple accidents blocking traffic. It was closed for about three hours.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating 78 year old Ruby Grenz of Jamestown, who has not been seen since about 5-p.m., Tuesday (Feb 11, 2014).
Thursday morning a spokesman at the LEC Dispatch Center said police are still looking for Grenz.
Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger says the Highway Patrol had an aircraft in the search Thursday, but had to land because of poor visibility. Authorities were continuing the ground search south of Jamestown.
The Civil Air Patrol is expected to conduct an air search when visibility improves.
Captain Gary Peterson says, it’s been determined that Grenz did not withdraw any money from her bank account.
A check at McDonald’s Thursday morning, a stop she frequently made, and at the Buffalo Mall, where she likes to walk, turned up no signs of Grenz.
Peterson adde, in addition to Jamestown Police, other agencies involved in the search include: The North Dakota Highway Patrol, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, the Stutsman County Taskforce, and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
He says, law enforcement is covering streets, alleys, back streets and parking lots for any signs of the vehicle, she was last seen driving, a silver 2005 Dodge Caravan minivan with North Dakota license plates HNW560.
Peterson says there is a Hawaiian lei hanging from the rearview mirror. He says authorities are in contract with family members, as well.
Grenz was last seen at 5-p.m. Tuesday leaving the Second Avenue Salon, where she had an appointment.
Peterson said police were called at 10:22 p.m. Tuesday by one of Grenz’s daughters, who had stopped by Grenz’s home to see if she was OK and found she wasn’t there.
Grenz is 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 138 pounds and wears glasses with brown and blue frames. She was last seen wearing a rust-colored fleece Columbia coat, a red sweater and brown pants. Peterson says Grenz had gotten her hair permed at Second Avenue Salon during her appointment there.
Peterson says Grenz gets confused and disoriented due to medication she is taking, adding that does not like to drive at night or on the highway.
Peterson adds that the coat Grenz was wearing isn’t suitable to wear in cold temperatures.
Police are asking residents to look around their streets and neighborhoods to see if there is a minivan matching Grenz’s vehicle description.
Anyone who might have seen Grenz or a vehicle matching the silver 2005 Dodge Caravan should call the Jamestown Police Department at 252-1000.
Jamestown (CSi) Giving Hearts Day is all day Thursday February 13, 2014, up until midnight.
The 24 hour fundraising event, is a one-day opportunity to multiply the benefits of your gift, to Jamestown and Valley City and area organizations.
Direct Links to local organizations
in Valley City Area:
Barnes County Historical Society
and in Jamestown Area:
Jamestown Regional Medical Center Foundation
James River Valley Library System
Others include Elks Camp Grassick, Diabetes Foundation, American Red Cross, and American Cancer Society.
www.ImpactGiveBack.org
Online contributions of a minimum of $10, made until midnight, will be matched up to $4,000 by the Dakota Medical Foundation. An exception is made for gifts of $5,000 or greater, allowing donors to provide the sizeable checks directly to the charity on Giving Hearts Day.
While Giving Hearts Day is still regional, donations come from across the United States.
Each donation is tax-deductible and enables an e-card to be sent to a friend or family member to let them know a donation has been made in their honor.
Also today, computers will be set up at:
Coborn’s from 3-p.m., to 6-p.m.
The Arts Center from 9-a.m., to 6:30-p.m.
The Anne Carlsen Center, Jamestown Regional Medical Center, all day
Bison Six Cinema, from 3:30-p.m., to 8:30-p.m.
Plantation Coffee, during regular business hours, 6-a.m., to 8-p.m., plus a discount on coffee orders.
At Cork & Barrel, 20% of wine sales will be donated, plus a computer will be available during a Wine Tasting from 5:30-p.m. to 7-p.m.
Babb’s Coffee House, Fast Break Coffee, and Meeting Grounds will have “coffee sleeves” to promote the event.
Titan Machinery in Jamestown a computer site from 7-a.m. to 5-p.m.
Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota airport passenger numbers continue to show substantial growth, with January 2014 numbers increasing by 9% over the year before.
Western North Dakota airports in Dickinson and Williston lead the way in passenger increases at 177% and 39% respectively.
Hector International in Fargo showed an increase of almost 4,000 passenger over January of 2013.
Top domestic destinations for North Dakota passengers include Las Vegas, followed by Phoenix, Denver, and Orlando.
Jamestown boardings in January 2014 were 135, down 39.7% from January 2013.
In January 2012 Jamestown Boardings were 599.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Dakotas-based health care system has granted hospital-admitting privileges to doctors at North Dakota’s sole abortion provider, bringing the Fargo clinic in compliance with a new state law.
In a statement to The Associated Press, Sanford Health says physicians at the Red River Women’s Clinic are credentialed at its hospital in Fargo.
The abortion clinic announced this week that it had entered into settlement talks with the state on a lawsuit over a new law requiring doctors who perform abortions to obtain hospital-admitting privileges.
Opponents had said the law would effectively make abortions illegal in North Dakota, fearing such credentials would nearly impossible to obtain.
Clinic officials and their lawyers didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokeswoman for North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem declined to comment.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The Ward County Sheriff’s Department is investigating several building shootings over the past week and a half.
Lt. Larry Hubbard says three residential homes and one shop building have been hit with bullets fired from a handgun. Two bullets were shot into bedrooms at night.
No one has been hurt, but Hubbard says in one instance a bullet narrowly missed a person in a bed. He says the bullet would have hit a second person had that person not been sick and sleeping on a couch.
Hubbard says at least three of the four shootings are believed to be related. There are no suspects.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the decision by its disciplinary board to suspend a Minot judge for delays in deciding a divorce case.
The court ruled Thursday that North Central District Judge Richard Hagar should be suspended for one month beginning in April. He was ordered to pay more than $3,700 in court costs.
The Judicial Conduct Commission had previously censured Hagar for “failing to hear and decide judicial matters promptly, efficiently and fairly.” That ruling came eight days before Hagar heard the divorce case, which wasn’t decided until nearly 10 months later.
Hagar argued there was no wrongdoing in the divorce case and a suspension would place an undue burden on his colleagues and citizens in the district.
Hagar did not immediately respond to a phone message.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A two-day conference focusing on local foods is being held in Minot this year.
The conference is scheduled in conjunction with the 10th annual meeting of the North Dakota Farmers Market and Growers Association on Friday and Saturday at the Grand Hotel in Minot. The state Agriculture Department helps sponsor the event.
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says topics this year will include packaging and labeling, improving soil health, specialty crop opportunities and craft brewing.
In world and national news…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – One Pennsylvania man says he didn’t see this much snow when he lived in Colorado. The latest in a series of winter storms to hit the region has residents of the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast shoveling again Thursday. Philadelphia received nearly nine inches of snow. New York City had nearly 10 inches. At least 18 deaths are blamed on the storm. They include a pregnant woman who was struck and killed by a snowplow in New York City. Her baby was delivered in critical condition by c-section.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is dropping its insistence that Afghanistan sign a crucial security pact within “weeks.” That suggests it could be willing to wait and see if the successor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai is easier to work with after elections in April. Karzai worsened tensions with Washington Thursday by releasing 65 accused militants from a former U.S. prison. The American military opposed the move, saying the men are Taliban fighters who will likely return to the battlefield to kill coalition and Afghan forces.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. research institute says North Korea has accelerated its excavation work at a site used for underground nuclear test explosions. But it says a test doesn’t appear likely any time soon. The findings are based on satellite photos. They were released as Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart warned the North against any possible aggression.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The surveillance industry is now fighting back against new privacy laws. The government of Utah is being sued over a new state law that’s intended to protect the privacy of drivers. The suit was filed by a company that makes a camera that can rapidly scan and record the license plate numbers of passing vehicles. The Texas company, Digital Recognition Network, says the law infringes on its free-speech rights to collect and disseminate the information it captures.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The fees may seem small, but they can add up for college students using debit and prepaid cards issued by their schools — often to draw financial aid. And congressional investigators are calling for greater oversight of the use of those cards. The cards are popular with college administrators and with many students because of their convenience. But investigators heard reports of students whose fees ranged from hundreds of dollars to more than $1,000.
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