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CSi Weather…
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. WEST
WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 15 TO 20. WEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. PATCHY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS ZERO TO
5 ABOVE. HIGHS 10 TO 15.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
Monday morning…
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and the North Dakota Highway Patrol have LIFTED the No Travel Advisory on Highway 85 between Watford City and Williston. A Travel Alert is in effect for the area.
A Travel Alert remains in effect for northwestern North Dakota due to snow causing hazardous driving conditions. Cities included in the Travel Alert are Williston, Minot, Watford City, and surrounding areas. A Travel Alert means conditions are such that motorists can still travel in these areas, but should be advised of rapidly changing conditions.
Weekend recap…
Jamestown (CSi) As reported here on Saturday, Jamestown Police has confirmed that Saturday morning, the search ended for 78 year old Ruby Grenz of Jamestown, when her body was found inside her minivan.
Jamestown Police Chief, Scott Edinger says at 11:10-a.m. Saturday she was found by the rural fire department chief, just northwest of Jamestown.
The minivan was stuck in snow along a small road among construction vehicles and equipment behind Border States Paving. The construction vehicles and equipment are a similar color to her vehicle, which was not running when it was discovered. Snow cover also somewhat matched the silver van’s color, so it was difficult to see during the air searches.
Edinger noted that it appears Grenz turned down 4th Street Northwest from U.S. Highway 281. He said the street isn’t developed beyond the driveway into Border States Paving, but Grenz kept going until her minivan got stuck.
He pointed out that part of the problem in locating Grenz was the tire tracks her minivan made in the snow going beyond the entrance to Border State Paving blew shut fairly quickly, so there was no sign that a vehicle had driven into that area.
Further investigation will include determining the carbon monoxide level inside the van.
A cause of death has not yet been determined.
The Jamestown Police Department says the community showed an overwhelming support and help during the search this week.
He added citzens that helped in the search, along with the Postal Service the Civil Air Patrol and others made a difference.
Aiding in the search were, the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, Jamestown Rural Fire Department, Jamestown Fire Department, the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Regional Drug Task Force, the Civil Air Patrol and aircraft, and other regional law enforcement agencies and the American Red Cross.
He added a big ‘thank you’ to everyone who joined the effort.
Visitation will be from 1-7 p.m. Thursday at Williams-Lisko Funeral Chapel in Jamestown. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Temple Baptist Church in Jamestown. Rev. Randy Jaspers will officiate. Interment will be in Highland Home Cemetery in Jamestown.
The Prayers for Ruby Grenz Facebook page said anyone who would like to send cards please send them to The Family of Ruby Grenz: 1413 5th Ave South West Jamestown, ND 58401
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A search committee has narrowed down the list of candidates for Minot State University president to three.
The committee is recommending Lorrie Clemo, Steve Shirley and Martin Slann for consideration by the full state board of higher education.
Clemo is provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York at Oswego. Shirley is the president of Valley City State University. Slann is dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Texas in Tyler.
The board will meet on the Minot State University campus on Feb. 27 to interview the three candidates and make a final decision.
MSU president David Fuller will retire in June. The new president will take office this summer.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Fire officials in Grand Forks say one person was hospitalized after a fire in an apartment complex.
Crews arrived at the building on 10th Street just after 7 a.m. Sunday and encountered smoke in a third floor unit and one occupant needing medical attention. The person was taken to a local hospital but the extent of the injuries is not known.
Officials say the fire was out on arrival due to quick actions by another individual in the complex. Damage is estimated at $7,000.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man accused of driving over and killing a woman in Belcourt while helping to start her car has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.
Authorities say Joshua Demery, of Rugby, was under the influence of liquor and drugs when the incident happened in October 2012.
Leah Nadeau was struck and killed while she was standing in front of the car.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced Demery to 30 months in prison, with credit for time served.
Demery was ordered to pay more than $4,000 in restitution.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A loud party in Minot over the weekend led to the arrest of 64 people on a total of 71 charges.
Police say 27 juveniles and 37 adults were arrested early Sunday on charges ranging from underage drinking to disorderly conduct. Six adults were jailed for detoxification.
Authorities say the party was hosted by a 17-year-old girl. She was arrested for disorderly conduct and unlawful consumption of alcohol.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will begin drawing down water in Lake Traverse near Wheaton, Minn., in preparation for the spring melt in the Red River Valley.
Corps officials will begin releasing approximately 400 cubic feet per second on Tuesday, in an effort to lower the reservoir by nearly a foot by March 1. The water will flow north through Mud Lake and White Rock Dam before entering the Bios de Sioux River.
Corps officials are encouraging caution during this time because of the increased river flows. They say ice conditions will deteriorate and become unsafe on the Bois de Sioux River as far downstream as Wahpeton and Breckenridge, Minn.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A national study from an apartment renting guide shows that the North Dakota oil patch city of Williston has the highest average rent in the country. The Williston Herald reports that Apartment Guide found that a 700-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment in Williston costs an average of $2,394 a month. The same apartment would cost $1,504 in the New York area, $1,411 in Los Angeles or $1,537 in Boston.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Public Service Commission has set three public hearings for a proposed pipeline that would move North Dakota oil to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The hearings for Enbridge Energy’s Sandpiper pipeline are slated for Wednesday in Grand Forks; Thursday in Devils Lake; and Feb. 27 in Minot.
The Calgary, Alberta-based company is proposing the $2.6 billion, 612-mile pipeline to carry 225,000 barrels of oil daily to a hub in northern Minnesota and 375,000 barrels to one in northwestern Wisconsin.
If approved by regulators, it would be the largest pipeline moving oil out of North Dakota.
North Dakota’s portion of the pipeline is 299 miles.
Enbridge’s filed its application to regulators in November and says the project is “needed and in the +public+ interest.”
In sports…
College Basketball…
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) – DeAndre Mathieu scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half and Minnesota came back to defeat cold-shooting Northwestern 54-48 on Sunday. Maurice Walker and Andre Hollins each had eight points for the Gophers (17-9, 6-7 Big Ten), who avenged a 55-54 loss to Northwestern at Minneapolis on Feb. 1.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – Frank Kaminsky had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 21 Wisconsin smothered No. 15 Michigan in the first half before holding on for a 75-62 victory Sunday. The Badgers (21-5, 8-5) have won four straight – and they committed only two turnovers. Sam Dekker had 15 points for Wisconsin.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The Eastern Conference overcame the Western Conference for a 163-155 victory last night in the NBA All-Star Game. The New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony made an All-Star record eight 3-pointers and scored 30 points. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving had 31 points and 14 assists and was voted the game’s MVP for the East, which snapped a three-game losing streak.
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 4) Wichita St. 84 Evansville 68
Final (18) Creighton 101 ( 6) Villanova 80
Final Nebraska 60 ( 9) Michigan St. 51
Final (13) Louisville 102 Rutgers 54
Final (21) Wisconsin 75 (15) Michigan 62
Final Temple 71 (23) SMU 64
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 1) UConn 63 South Florida 38
Final ( 4) Louisville 82 Memphis 66
Final ( 5) South Carolina 73 (19) LSU 57
Final ( 6) Stanford 74 Arizona 48
Final ( 7) Baylor 72 Texas 56
Final (18) Kentucky 75 ( 8) Tennessee 71
Final (17) North Carolina 89 (10) NC State 82
Final (11) Penn St. 78 Wisconsin 68
Final (12) Oklahoma St. 73 Oklahoma 57
Final (13) West Virginia 61 TCU 57
Final (14) Texas A&M 71 Alabama 46
Final (22) California 74 (15) Arizona St. 63
Final Mississippi St. 64 (16) Vanderbilt 62
Final (21) Nebraska 76 Indiana 61
Final (23) Purdue 74 Iowa 73
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) – Fog is the king of the mountains today at the Sochi Olympics.
The Olympic men’s snowboardcross was postponed fog. A new date and time have not been set.
Officials pushed back the race in the early afternoon after a heavy fog blanketing Rosa Khutor Extreme Park failed to lift.
The postponement came after officials scrubbed the seeding runs originally set for 10 a.m. local time. The expected start of the elimination rounds came and went with visibility still low.
There are no medal events scheduled for the course Tuesday or Wednesday, though the course was to be available for skicross training.
Men’s and women’s parallel giant slalom, which is held alongside the snowboardcross course, are scheduled for Wednesday.
The postponement is the second of the games. Officials pushed back the men’s 15-kilometer mass-start biathlon race from Sunday to Monday and then again from Monday to Tuesday because of fog.
Former UND Hockey standout T.J. Oshie was one of the more anonymous players on the American roster, a very good player for the NHL’s St. Louis Blues, but by no means a star.
But he’s added more than 150,000 followers to his Twitter account – (at)OSH74 – and received a tweet of congratulations from President Obama since his big moment.
NASCAR-DAYTONA 500 QUALIFYING…
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Austin Dillon put the famed No. 3 back out front at Daytona International Speedway.
Dillon won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500 driving the No. 3 Chevrolet. It’s a car Richard Childress had refused to field at NASCAR’s top level since Dale Earnhardt’s fatal accident on the last lap of the 2001 race.
But with his 23-year-old grandson ready to move to the Sprint Cup Series, Childress allowed Dillon to use the number widely associated with the seven-time champion.
Dillon turned a lap at 196.019 mph to win the pole.
Martin Truex Jr. qualified second with a lap at 195.852 mph in a Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet that gets its engine from Childress
GOLF-NORTHERN TRUST OPEN
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Bubba Watson stormed from behind with a final round 7-under 64 to capture the Northern Trust Open. His 15-under total gave Watson his first victory since winning the 2012 Masters, a stretch of 41 tournaments worldwide. And he did it with a masterful weekend performance.
He was 14 under par over the final two rounds to finish two in front of Dustin Johnson, who closed with a 66. It was Johnson’s second runner-up finish in as many weeks.
GOLF-CHAMPIONS TOUR
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) – Kirk Triplett shot a 6-under 66 to win the ACE Group Classic for his third Champions Tour title. He finished a shot in front of defending champion Bernhard Langer, Duffy Waldorf and Olin Browne.
GOLF-LPGA-AUSTRAILAN OPEN
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Karrie Webb (KAR’-ee) has won the Women’s Australian Open for the fifth time, shooting a 4-under 68 in the final round to beat Chella Choi by one stroke. Webb finished 12-under.
GOLF-AUGUSTA NATIONAL-IKE’S TREE
UNDATED (AP) – The famous Eisenhower Tree on the 17th hole at Augusta National has been removed because of damage from the ice storm.
Club chairman Billy Payne said Sunday that the ice storm caused irreparable damage that resulted in the loss of most major branches. The tree was removed this weekend.
It was named after former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a member at Augusta. He hit the tree so often with his tee shot that he lobbied to have it removed. Eisenhower’s request was denied even though he was a sitting president.
In world and national news…
GENEVA (AP) – The co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane is in custody in Switzerland after hijacking the aircraft and flying to Geneva, where he said he wanted to seek asylum. Authorities say the man will be prosecuted and could face 20 years in prison. Human Rights Watch says Ethiopia’s human rights record “has sharply deteriorated” over the years.
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) – An Olympic biathlon race and a snowboard event were conquered by Mother Nature today as thick fog lingered over the mountains of Sochi, Russia. Both events have been postponed until tomorrow.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – A new respiratory virus related to SARS continues to be tenacious in Saudi Arabia. Officials say the death of a Saudi man yesterday brings to 60 the number of deaths in the kingdom at the center of the outbreak. The Health Ministry says the man who died is among four newly detected cases, bringing the number to 145 of people who have been infected with the virus in Saudi Arabia since September 2012.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s top leader says he’s not optimistic about nuclear talks with world powers though he supports their continuance. In a statement on his website today, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says some officials in the current and previous Iranian administrations think that negotiations can settle the issue but he doesn’t share that optimism.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – This is a huge week for Pope Francis and the papacy itself. Two commissions will report their recommendations for Vatican finance reform. And preparations get under way for a summit on family issues that will deal with the widespread rejection by Catholics of church teachings on contraception, divorce and gay unions. Francis will also formally welcome 19 new cardinals.
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