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TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
SLEET AND IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. LOWS 10 TO 15. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO
THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN…SNOW AND SLEET IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 15. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
20 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20.
HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH EVENING. ICY ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE. INTERSTATE 94 FROM THE MONTANA BORDER THROUGH BISMARCK MAY BE IMPACTED.
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX ALONG AND NORTH OF I-94 SUNDAY. THE WINTRY MIX IS FORECAST TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SUNDAY EVENING WHICH COULD CAUSE TRAVEL
HAZARDS SUNDAY.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Rural Fire Department responded to a house fire about 10:36 a.m., Wednesday at 8394 32nd Street Southeast.
The cause of the fire was a dryer outlet in the main floor utility room. Damage was confined to the dryer, along with the electrical outlet and the wall behind it.
Ten rural firefighters and four units were on the scene for about 45 minutes.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Tourism’s Grant/Executive Advisory Board met Wednesday at the CSi Technology Center, at Historic Franklin School.
The Executive Board voted to proceed with plans for a community calendar.
A sub-committee will be formed and have their first meeting after the first of the year.
The Executive Advisory Board also approved setting aside the unused 2014 grant funds, estimated at about $5,900, for future maintenance/repairs on The World’s Largest Buffalo at Frontier Village.
The Board also approved allocating $10,000 for the 2015 community fireworks display, to be held on the 4th of July.
With Grant approvals, the board approved a $1,500 for the James River Firefighters Association, which will host the North Dakota Firefighters state convention in Jamestown to be held June 4-6, 2015.
The request was for $1,199, listed as the total cost of the program. The dollars will be used for paying fuel costs, and motel expenses for two organizations.
One is the Aberdeen Fire Department’s Pipe & Drum Corps, and the other dollars will be used to bring “Vivian” the Pink Fire Truck from Bismarck, to the event, which includes mileage and motel expenses for the driver.
The truck promotes cancer awareness, and JRFD spokesman Brian Paulson said the truck could be used in conjunction with that weekend’s Relay for Life, and the R.M. Stoudt Running of the Pink cancer awareness/fundraising events in Jamestown.
Other events planned include a Memorial Service and a parade of fire trucks.
Another grant was approved for the Jamestown Classic Car Club’s “Winter Wheels Car Show.” The request was for $6,000, of the $8,000 total program costs, and the board approved granting $3,000 with the stipulation that 30% be used for advertising.
The Car Club’s President, Jack Meikle said additional expenses for this show includes bringing in a customized car, a virtual driving experience simulator, and a classic Auburn car. The expenses include motel rooms for the drivers, and fuel.
In Other business the Board approved the year end Bonus for Tourism employees, and the 2014 Stutsman County Mill Levy.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple wants lawmakers to approve new employees for law enforcement and regulatory agencies.
He says most of the jobs are needed because of the expansion of North Dakota’s oil production.
Dalrymple on Wednesday presented the Legislature with a $15.7 billion proposed budget for state government over the next two years.
Dalrymple is asking for $90.5 million for state and local law enforcement agencies, including 19 new positions at the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation and four new Highway Patrol troopers.
North Dakota’s Department of Mineral Resources would get 22 new jobs, including petroleum engineers and inspectors.
The Health Department would get 19 more staffers to check for environmental violations. And the state Public Service Commission would get eight new employees to monitor pipelines and railroads carrying crude oil.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – Police in North Dakota have identified the 1 1/2-year-old boy who died Sunday at a hospital after nearly drowning in a bathtub. Devils Lake Police have identified the boy as Jaxsen Veralrud. He had been hospitalized since nearly drowning on November 17th. Authorities do not suspect foul play.
GRASSY BUTTE, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a man who was killed in the collision of two trucks in the western North Dakota oil patch.
The Highway Patrol says 23-year-old Lucas Bennett of Dickinson was a passenger in a pickup truck that collided with a larger Freightliner straight truck near Grassy Butte Tuesday morning. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The patrol says the pickup truck’s driver swerved to avoid hitting a deer, the truck spun on the icy shoulder of the road and entered the path of the straight truck.
The two drivers both were taken to a Watford City hospital with undisclosed injuries.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A judge says a Texas man accused of selling chemicals that led to the synthetic drug overdoses of two Grand Forks-area teens missed his window for appeal.
Charles Carlton was sentenced in August to 20 years in prison on three counts, including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in serious bodily injury and death.
Carlton was one of 15 defendants convicted in an investigation dubbed “Operation Stolen Youth.” Authorities say the hallucinogens killed 18-year-old Christian Bjerk, of Grand Forks, and 17-year-old Elijah Stai, of Park Rapids, Minnesota.
Carlton says his lawyer failed to help with the appeal and that’s why he missed a Sept. 17 deadline.
U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson says he could extend the appeal deadline by 30 days, but that would still be too late for Carlton.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Three defendants in the 2013 fatal stabbing of a North Dakota man have pleaded guilty to lesser charges. Jennifer Blue, Vincent Gladue and Thomas Begg have entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit burglary and criminal facilitation. They originally faced murder and burglary conspiracy charges in the death of 33-year-old Ruben Cisneros, the ex-boyfriend of Blue.
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Officials are searching the Sheyenne River in West Fargo for a missing snowmobiler.
Police in West Fargo say friends of 34-year-old Cole Schwindt reported him missing Tuesday night when he failed to meet them to go snowmobiling. Divers later found the snowmobile submerged in the river.
Authorities believe the snowmobile plunged through thin ice or into open water.
The search for Schwindt was suspended Wednesday evening, but it is expected to resume Friday. It was not immediately clear why no search will be conducted Thursday.
Schwindt is from Moorhead, Minnesota.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man accused of tying a noose around the necks of his ex-wife and son and pulling them behind an SUV has filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea.
Isaac Gould has withdrawn the plea he made in July to charges involving his wife as part of a plea agreement that would drop the same charges of abusing his son.
A judge had accepted the plea deal, but court documents show Gould has refused to cooperate with the mandatory pre-sentencing investigation.
Records show prosecutors believe Gould has no valid reason to withdraw his plea.
Authorities say the incident happened in July 2013. Gould’s current wife, who was sitting inside the SUV, eventually got out of the vehicle and untied the nooses.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Funeral services have been set for three-term Fargo mayor and longtime public works director Dennis Walaker.
Visitation is scheduled for Saturday from 7-9 p.m. at Boulger Funeral Home in Fargo. Visitation will continue Sunday at 9 a.m. at Reineke Fine Arts Center on the North Dakota State University campus before the funeral service there at 10 a.m.
The 73-year-old Walaker died Tuesday in his home, several months after he was diagnosed with kidney cancer. He told city employees that he was returning to work this week after spending a couple of days in the hospital for an adverse reaction to chemotherapy.
He was the face of several successful flood fights and a fierce promoter of a planned Red River diversion project that would end the almost yearly spring sandbagging efforts.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) – A man who was severely burned while working at an American Crystal Sugar plant last year has filed a lawsuit that accuses the company of negligence.
Kevin Birnbaum was a contract worker at the East Grand Forks plant when the accident happened during an employee lockout in January 2013. The lawsuit filed in Clay County District Court says Birnbaum suffered second- and third-degree burns when he was sprayed with scalding beet juice.
Birnbaum wants more than $2.5 million in compensation. KFGO-AM says Birnbaum is also seeking damages from Wanzek Construction, the designer and manufacturer of the equipment involved.
American Crystal spokesman Jeff Schweitzer says the company does comment on pending litigation.
The agricultural cooperative corporation is owned by about 2,800 sugar beet growers in Minnesota and North Dakota.
MCGREGOR, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota health officials say a 15-barrel brine spill in far western North Dakota has been contained. The North Dakota Department of Health says operator Continental Resources, Incorporated has reported that the brine spilled was caused by a gasket leak on a brine pipeline. The spill happened in Divide County about six miles northwest of McGregor.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The city of Minot is competing for part of nearly $1 billion in federal grant money to boost flood recovery efforts in the Souris River Basin.
City Manager Lee Staab says Minot will enter the National Disaster Resiliency Competition for a share of the money being distributed in December 2015.
The Housing and Urban Development program is designed to help communities continue recovery and enhance resilience for future disasters. Communities that experienced natural disasters from 2011 to 2013 are eligible to compete.
The Souris River in June 2011 swamped part of Minot, damaging or destroying more than 4,000 homes and other structures and causing nearly $700 million in damage.
Minot is one of six cities and 67 total applicants in the grant competition.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – Bismarck-area authorities have euthanized a moose that they say had caused property damage and traffic problems. Mandan Police Chief Dennis Bullinger says the animal died Tuesday afternoon. Police say they had received eight reports of the moose being within city limits. Meat from the animal was donated to local food banks and the Sportsman Against Hunger Program.
In sports…
Jamestown (CSi) The 18th ranked University of Jamestown volleyball team was swept by No. 6 Missouri Baptist College on Wednesday night, 25-19, 25-20, 25-18, at the NAIA national volleyball tournament in Sioux City, Iowa.
With the loss the Jimmies (25-8) will not advance to the 12-team tournament portion of the tournament.
At 0-2 in pool play, the Jimmies will play 19th-ranked Indiana Wesleyan Thursday night at 8 p.m.
Northwestern and Missouri Baptist, are 2-0 in pool play, and advance to the bracket/elimination round.
Indiana Wesleyan, took one set each from Northwestern and Missouri Baptist.
Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown’s golf coach Dustin Jensen announces the signing of four incoming freshman who will join the Jimmies in the 2015-2016 season. Jensen says,”We are very excited to add these fine young men and women to the University of Jamestown family. Recruiting from our own backyard is extremely important, so keeping local kids in the area was a major priority with our spring recruiting class. It is our feeling that these student-athletes will mesh well with our fall signees to put our program in a tremendous spot. In addition to being great students, they are great athletes with a strong passion for the game of golf. Their dedication, desire and willingness to go all in will take them to great places.”
Cole Anderson, son of Amy and Brian Anderson, will join the Jimmies from Colorado Springs, CO. Keagon Lindsoe, son of Lori and Paul Lindsoe, will join the Jimmies from Three Forks, MT and plans to major in business. Emily Grace-Lynn Grothmann, daughter of Karen and Barry Grothmann, will join the Jimmies from Fargo, ND and plans to major in exercise science. Alexis Piatz, daughter of Sandy and Perry Piatz, will join the Jimmies from Oxbow, ND and plans to major in math secondary education.
The University of Jamestown was established in 1883 and is ranked as a top regional school in both US News and World Report and The Princeton Review. The school features development of the whole person through its distinctive Journey to Success experience.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota hall of fame football coach Marvin Helling has died. UND says Helling died Sunday in Florida, at the age of 91. He was a native of Luverne, Minnesota. Helling was UND’s head coach from 1957 to 1967, winning nearly two-thirds of his games.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Philadelphia 76ers ended their 0-17 skid with an 85-77 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves last night. Michael Carter-Williams had 20 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to keep Philadelphia from tying the 0-18 start by the New Jersey Nets in 2009-10. Gorgui Dieng had 15 points and 16 rebounds for the Timberwolves.
Final Chicago 102 Charlotte 95
Final Washington 111 L-A Lakers 95
Final Atlanta 112 Miami 102
Final OT Boston 109 Detroit 102
Final OT Brooklyn 95 San Antonio 93
Final Dallas 107 Milwaukee 105
Final Houston 105 Memphis 96
Final Toronto 123 Utah 104
Final L-A Clippers 114 Orlando 86
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Jason Zucker and Jason Pominville scored improbable goals to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens last night. Darcy Kuemper stopped 18 shots after allowing four goals in each of his last two starts. Alex Galchenyuk scored in the final minute after Montreal pulled goalie Carey Price.
Final Chicago 4 St. Louis 1
Final OT Winnipeg 3 Edmonton 2
Final 2OT Anaheim 5 Philadelphia 4
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
UNDATED (AP) – The Duke Blue Devils have highlighted the latest ACC/Big Ten Challenge by winning a matchup of top-five teams.
Tyus Jones dropped in 22 points and the fourth-ranked Blue Devils shot 65 percent in beating the No. 2 Wisconsin Badgers 80-70 in Madison. Rasheed Sulaimon (SOO’-lih-mahn) finished with 14 points and Jahlil Okafor (jah-LIHL’ OH’-kah-fohr) added 13 to help Duke improve to 8-0.
Final ( 7) Virginia 76 (21) Maryland 65
Final OT (25) Utah 69 ( 8) Wichita St. 68
Final (10) Villanova 84 La Salle 70
Final Iowa 60 (12) North Carolina 55
Final OT Notre Dame 79 (19) Michigan St. 78
Final (23) Butler 77 Indiana St. 54
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 2) Notre Dame 92 (15) Maryland 72
Final ( 4) Texas 86 New Mexico 36
Final ( 5) Texas A&M 75 Northwestern St. 42
Final (12) Nebraska 60 ( 9) Duke 54
Final (10) California 107 Sacramento St. 94
Final (11) Baylor 96 Texas-Pan American 42
Final (13) Kentucky 82 N. Kentucky 64
Final (14) Tennessee 111 St. Francis (Pa.) 44
Final (24) West Virginia 80 Fairleigh Dickinson 52
Final (25) DePaul 92 Butler 76
MLB…
ATLANTA (AP) – The Atlanta Braves have acquired another starting outfielder by agreeing with Nick Markakis (mahr-KAY’-kihs) on a four-year deal worth a reported $44 million. Markakis hit .290 with 141 homers and 658 RBIs in nine seasons with the Baltimore Orioles. He’s expected to replace outfielder Jason Heyward, who was traded to St. Louis last month.
SEATTLE (AP) – The Seattle Mariners have traded outfielder Michael Saunders to the Toronto Blue Jays for veteran lefty J.A. Happ. Saunders appeared in 78 games and hit .273 with eight homers and 34 RBIs for Seattle this year, while Happ was 11-11 with a 4.22 ERA. Saunders’ arrival likely takes the Blue Jays out of the running for re-signing outfielder Melky Cabrera.
Right-hander Luke Hochevar (HOH’-chay-vur) and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a two-year, $10 million deal. The former No. 1 overall draft pick didn’t pitch this year following Tommy John surgery.
NASCAR-STEWART-SURGERY…
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Tony Stewart has undergone a fourth surgery on the leg he broke last year during a sprint car race in Iowa.
Stewart broke the tibia and fibula in his right leg during the Aug. 5, 2013, crash and underwent two surgeries immediately after the accident, including one to insert a metal rod inside the tibia.
In world and national news…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA’s engineers are deciding whether there’ll be a launch this morning of the new Orion spacecraft. It’s the first attempt to send a spacecraft capable of carrying humans beyond a couple hundred miles of Earth since the Apollo moon program. This morning’s countdown for a 7:05 Eastern Time launch was halted when a boat strayed into the launch-danger zone. Then wind gusts delayed a 7:17 a.m. launch.
NEW YORK (AP) – New York City police say more than 60 people were arrested during protests against a State Island grand jury’s decision not to charge a police officer seen on video placing a man in a chokehold as he died. The decision came yesterday, despite the visual evidence and a medical examiner’s ruling that the chokehold contributed to the death of Eric Garner, who police were trying to arrest for selling untaxed cigarettes. Thousands of protesters marched onto the streets of New York yesterday, chanting and blocking traffic. There were protests nationwide.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House is moving toward passage of a sweeping, $585 billion defense policy bill that gives President Barack Obama the authority to expand U.S. military operations against Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria. Lawmakers are expected to vote later today to send the measure to the Senate, where Republicans are divided over the inclusion of some unrelated provisions.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Villagers in the central Philippines have fled coastal homes ahead of a powerful typhoon that’s headed for the region hit by last year’s deadly Typhoon Haiyan (HY’-ahn). Government forecasters say this typhoon is packing sustained winds of 122 miles per hour and gusts of up to 143 mph, and may hit Eastern Samar province on Saturday. Last year in November, Haiyan leveled villages and left more than 7,300 dead and missing.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Police in Kenya say they’ve arrested 77 Chinese nationals who were allegedly running an elaborate money laundering and Internet fraud scheme from multiple houses. A top police official says an investigation is underway and that the case has the attention of the highest levels of the Kenyan government. The Daily Nation newspaper reports that the suspects had equipment capable of hacking into government computer servers.
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