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CSi Weather…
TODAY…PARTLY 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.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT A 60 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. NOT AS COLD. LOWS
5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. EAST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
SNOW 60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTH
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED
WITH SNOW. LOWS 15 TO 20. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. LOWS AROUND 15.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
AROUND 30.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
IN THE MID 20S.
A MIX OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST FOR FRIDAY NIGHT…AND
IT WILL LEAD TO SLIPPERY SPOTS ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS…GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 AND ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR
TRAVEL FRIDAY NIGHT.
Jamestown (CSi) The search continues for a missing Jamestown woman, and the Police Department is still 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).
As of Friday morning, Grenz had not been located.
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 added, 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.
Law enforcement officers returned to the areas that had previously been searched and searched those spots again as part of a more systematic approach.
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. 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.
Updates on line at CsiNewsNow.com
Jamestown (CSi) On February 13th, weather conditions caused poor driving conditions in the Southeast Region of North Dakota. Strong winds, coupled with some freshly fallen snow, caused visibility issues in the rural areas, especially between Valley City and Jamestown. In the Fargo/Moorhead metro area, frost, blowing snow and exhaust condensation caused ice covered roads.
Interstate 94 was closed from Valley City to Jamestown in both directions from approximately 4:30 am until 8:00 am. The roadway was closed because of visibility issues and vehicles blocking the traveled portion of the roadway.
In all, NDHP troopers investigated thirteen Property Damage Only crashes between 3:00 am and 11:00 am region wide. Two of these crashes occurred on the Red River Bridge, eastbound, at approximately 10:45 am. Both were property damage only crashes. The NDHP investigated one of the crashes (a sideswipe crash) and the Minnesota State Patrol investigated the other crash (a rollover).
In addition, twelve passenger vehicles, one pickup pulling a horse trailer and seven commercial motor vehicles were towed from the ditches and medians of Interstate 29 and Interstate 94 during the morning hours.
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 yesterday, Sanford Health says physicians at the Red River Women’s Clinic are credentialed at its hospital in Fargo.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A woman says she will plead guilty in the stabbing death of a man on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
Morning Star Brown is charged in federal court with second degree murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. Authorities say she stabbed Jarrett Two Bear in the chest during an argument on March 3.
Two Bear died while en route to a Bismarck hospital.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. A plea hearing has not been scheduled.
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – Fifteen workers were evacuated as a precaution from the site of an out-of-control oil well in northwestern North Dakota.
McKenzie County Emergency Manager Jerry Samuelson says no fire or explosion occurred at the Whiting Petroleum site five miles southwest of Watford City late Thursday afternoon. But he says oil and water blew a plume from the well until the company was able to divert the flow into nearby storage tanks.
State Health Department environmental geologist Kris Roberts says the volume of well fluids involved wasn’t immediately known. He says an inspector was to be at the scene today.
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) – The presiding judge of the North Central Judicial District in North Dakota is retiring after a long career.
Minot-based Judge William McLees says he’ll step down at the end of June. He was elected a district judge in 1994 after serving as a county judge since 1983. He was re-elected in 2000, 2006 and 2012.
Before his judicial career, the Valley City native was in private legal practice in Watford City from 1976-1982.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The federal government is setting aside $35 million over three years to help landowners conserve wetlands and grasslands in the five-state Prairie Pothole Region.
The money is part of an incentive program built into the farm bill that President Obama signed into law earlier this month. It includes conservation grants, carbon credits and technical assistance.
Wildlife officials say the region of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Montana provides important breeding and nesting habitat for more than 60 percent of the nation’s migratory waterfowl.
Hundreds of thousands of native prairie acres in the region are lost to cropland conversion each year.
Agriculture Undersecretary Robert Bonnie says the program provides farmers, ranchers and conservation groups with options.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Paleontologist John Hoganson with the North Dakota Geological Survey says the state is holding five public fossil digs this summer.
Hoganson came up with the idea for public digs more than a decade ago and pitched it to state tourism officials. He says the digs have become popular, drawing thousands of people from 26 states and several foreign countries.
This year’s digs begin in late June at Pembina Gorge. Other digs are planned in the Bismarck area and in western North Dakota.
There is a fee to take part in the digs and cost varies depending on location.
In sports…
The opening round of the West Region hockey tournament Thursday in Minot.
Bottineau-Rugby 4, Jamestown 1
The Blue Jays only goal came from leading scorer Nick Stockert, with assists to Austin Rene and Brandon Stahlhut.
Goalie Brian Wenzel had 32 saves for Jamestown
The Blue Jays face Hazen-Beulah at 11 a.m. today in a loser-out game.
College Basketball…
MACOMB, Ill. (AP) – Taylor Braun scored 19 points as North Dakota State topped Western Illinois 56-52 last night, maintaining sole possession of first place in the Summit League. North Dakota State held off Western Illinois late, making 5 of 6 free throws in the last 20 seconds in Macomb, Illinois. North Dakota State holds a one-game lead over IPFW with four conference games remaining.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Bismarck High 70, Dickinson 36
Bismarck St. Mary’s 71, Minot 58
Fargo Davies 88, Fargo South 67
Fargo Shanley 62, Grand Forks Central 52
Grand Forks Red River 67, Fargo North 61
Class B District 10 Tournament
Quarterfinal
Garrison 68, Center-Stanton 54
Max 85, Underwood 34
Turtle Lake-Mercer 53, Washburn 50
Class B District 11 Tournament
Quarterfinal
Drake/Anamoose 67, Sawyer 50
Dunseith 60, Velva 51
Rugby 85, Bottineau 52
Towner-Granville-Upham 62, Westhope-Newburg 54
Class B District 12 Tournament
Quarterfinal
Des Lacs-Burlington 90, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 27
Lewis and Clark-Berthold 82, Kenmare 58
Minot Bishop Ryan 53, Surrey 44
Minot Our Redeemer’s 75, Glenburn 35
Class B District 15 Tournament
Quarterfinal
North Shore – Plaza 68, Mandaree 45
Parshall 76, White Shield 65
Class B District 16 Tournament
Quarterfinal
Powers Lake 80, Divide County 52
Ray 72, Trinity Christian 64
Stanley 67, Burke County 50
Class B District 7 Tournament
First Round
Harvey-Wells County 88, Midkota 50
Lakota/Adams-Edmore 59, Warwick 47
New Rockford-Sheyenne 53, Carrington 48
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Barnes County North 53, Sargent Central 50
Beach 63, New Salem-Almont 60
Bismarck High 79, Dickinson 42
Bowman County 47, New England 43
Dickinson Trinity 45, Beulah 36
Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah 50, Milnor 24
Fargo Davies 65, Fargo South 48
Fargo North 59, Grand Forks Red River 52
Fargo Shanley 81, Grand Forks Central 36
Fordville Lankin-Park River 44, Grafton/St. Thomas 38
Harvey-Wells County 39, Benson County 36
Heart River 45, Glen Ullin-Hebron 40
Hettinger/Scranton 42, Hazen 37
Hillsboro/Central Valley 62, Midway-Minto 50
Kindred 47, Enderlin 40
Lemmon, S.D. 52, Grant County 46
Linton-HMB 39, Ellendale 33
Maple Valley 52, Richland 40
May Port CG 76, Dakota Prairie 42
Minot 58, Bismarck St. Mary’s 42
North Border 62, Langdon 58
Richardton-Taylor 39, Mott-Regent 36
Rolla 60, Rolette-Wolford 42
St. John 59, Boissevain, Manitoba 38
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
LaMoure-Litchville-Marion vs. North Sargent, ppd. to Feb 18.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
UNDATED (AP) – The Oklahoma City Thunder and Chicago Bulls won last night’s NBA games. Kevin Durant scored 19 of his game-high 43 points in the fourth quarter to rally the Thunder past the Los Angeles Lakers 107-103. Joakim (JOH’-keem) Noah had 14 points and 13 rebounds for his fifth straight double-double as the Bulls downed Brooklyn 92-76.
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Frank Kaminsky scored 17 points, and No. 21 Wisconsin regained some of its frontcourt swagger in a 78-70 win Thursday night over Minnesota. Minnesota had eight turnovers alone in the first half – one more than they had the entire game in a 13-point win over Wisconsin last month. Andre Hollins had 22 points for the Gophers ((16-9, 5-7), and Malik Smith scored 14.
Final ( 9) Michigan St. 85 Northwestern 70
Final (18) Creighton 68 Butler 63
(13) Louisville at Temple (7:00 p.m., postponed)
(23) SMU at Rutgers (7:00 p.m., postponed)
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 2) Notre Dame 82 Boston College 61
Final ( 9) Maryland 67 Miami 52
Final OT (10) NC State 69 Clemson 63
Final (11) Penn St. 71 Indiana 63
Final (13) West Virginia 76 Oklahoma 75
Final OT (14) Texas A&M 78 Georgia 73
Final Auburn 68 (16) Vanderbilt 62
Final (17) North Carolina 86 Pittsburgh 50
Final (18) Kentucky 108 Mississippi 78
Final (20) Gonzaga 66 San Diego 48
Final (21) Nebraska 76 Michigan 68
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A new report finds selling beer and wine on game days has not caused a rise in rowdy behavior at the University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium. The report shows that the number of alcohol-related incidents at the football stadium was lower in 2013 than 2010 – two years before alcohol sales began. The report found that 59 alcohol-related incidents were reported in the 2013 season, compared with 77 in 2010.
Olympics…
UNDATED (AP) – Men’s figure skating and skiing highlight Friday’s Olympic schedule.
Russian skater Evgeni Plushenko won’t be part of the free program. The four-time Olympic medalist had to withdraw and later announced his retirement from competition after suffering a back injury. Plushenko has undergone 12 surgeries over the years and was injured in practice the day before the short program.
The skiing schedule is featured by the men’s super combined. There’s also the women’s 15k biathlon and the men’s 15k cross-country event. Socchi also will host the women’s aerials competition and men’s ski-jumping on Friday.
The U.S. curling teams are in action as the men take on Germany and Russia and the women’ face Denmark.
There’s more men’s hockey, including Canada against Austria as part of the four-game slate. Medals will be handed out following the last two runs of the women’s skeleton after the men’s competition begins.
The U.S. added to its medal count by pulling off a Sochi sweep in men’s slopestyle skiing on Thursday.
The Americans swept the medals with Joss Christensen grabbing the gold, Gus Kenworthy the silver and Nick Goepper (GEH’-pur) the bronze.
The sweep is just the third for the U.S. in Winter Olympic history, joining men’s figure skating in 1956 and men’s halfpipe in 2002.
Conditions for the race were so warm that fellow American Bobby Brown, who finished ninth, competed his final run in short sleeves.
In other Olympics news:
– The U.S. men’s hockey team has won its first game of the Olympic tournament, blitzing Slovakia 7-1. Colorado’s Paul Stastny scored twice in a six goal second period, while L.A. Kings goalie Jonathan Quick made 22 saves.
– The host Russians scored an easy 5-2 win over Slovenia in their opening game. Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals had a goal and an assist.
– Finland’s Teemu Selanne (TEE’-moo seh-LAH’-nee) was forced to leave his country’s 8-4 win against Austria with an upper-body injury. The 43-year old Anaheim Ducks forward is the oldest player in the tournament. He’s expected to be okay for the Finns second game.
– American Noelle Pikus-Pace is in good position to medal in Friday’s final of women’s skeleton. She trailed the leader, Lizzy Yarnold of Britain, by just 0.44 seconds after the first two runs. This event marks the last time Pikus-Pace will compete before retirement.
– Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu leads after the short program with a record breaking performance. He earned 101.45 points to become the first skater ever to top the 100-point mark. Canada’s Patrick Chan is second and Spain’s Javier Fernandez third. The leading American is Jason Brown, who finished sixth.
– The U.S. now has 12 medals overall, four gold, two silver and six bronze. Norway continues to be the overall leader with 13 medals.
Golf…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Dustin Johnson is the leader heading into the second round of the Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles. Johnson birdied six holes in a 5-under-par 66 that puts him one stroke ahead of Torrey Pines winner Scott Stallings, Jimmy Walker and eight others. Walker won the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am last weekend, beating Johnson by one shot.
In world and national news..
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Commuters are facing another slippery morning, as a lingering effect from a massive winter storm that covered just about everywhere from the South to New England in snow and ice. At least 21 people died as the result of the wintry weather. More than a half-million customers are still without electricity. Thousands of flights have been canceled and one of the snowiest winters on record has seen the highest number of scrubbed airline flights in more than 25 years.
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo is reporting a massacre in the east of the country. The U.N. says at least 70 people were killed and most were hacked to death. A peacekeeping mission team is now on the ground to verify the allegations.
BRUSSELS (AP) – Official figures today show improved economic growth across the eurozone. Gross domestic product grew by a stronger-than-expected 0.3 percent in the October-December period from the previous quarter.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress called the tune but regulators at the Transportation Department are still off-key over rules requiring airlines to accommodate musicians traveling with their instruments. Congress issued a directive two years ago that accommodations be made and the rules are due today — but federal transportation regulators haven’t even started writing them. The department says the agency doesn’t have the money and Congress turned down a request for more.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North and South Korea agreed in a rare high-level meeting today to stop insulting each other and to go ahead with planned reunions of Korean War-divided families next week. Analysts, however, say ties could quickly sour again because the countries may disagree over how to implement the arrangement. And the two sides also disagree on upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills.
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