wbam1CSi Weather…

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED FLURRIES IN THE MORNING.
BREEZY. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS 15 TO 20. WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. LOWS 10 TO 15. WEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH.
.NEW YEARS DAY…CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. EAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS
5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
BREEZY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
NEAR ZERO.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

Jamestown (CSi)  Due to the increasing cases of influenza in Jamestown and surrounding communities and in an effort to promote the health and safety of patients, Jamestown Regional Medical Center has restricted patient visitation at the hospital. Effective immediately and until further notice, visitation of patients hospitalized at JRMC will be restricted to immediate adult family. 　

JRMC Quality and Risk Manager, Jenna Bredahl, says, “In an effort to keep our patients healthy and safe, we have restricted visitation at the hospital to immediate adult family only, We do apologize for any inconvenience and want to emphasize that our patient’s safety is our highest priority and this is one of many steps that we are taking to ensure that.”

Announcements regarding visitor restrictions will be posted to www.jrmcnd.com.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo police have arrested a suspect in a bank robbery, carjacking and kidnapping case in the neighboring Minnesota city of Moorhead.
 
     The 52-year-old Fargo man was taken into custody Tuesday evening at a south Fargo motel. Formal charges were pending.
 
     Authorities say that a man with a gun demanded cash from a Wells Fargo branch in a Moorhead grocery store about midday Monday. The suspect then went to a liquor store across the street, stole a pickup truck with the driver still inside and fled back to Fargo.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A 17-year-old boy is dead after a vehicle crash just south of Fargo.
 
     The Highway Patrol did not immediately identify the victim, who was found dead at the scene shortly after noon on Tuesday.
 
     Authorities say the car the teen was driving failed to negotiate a curve on a rural road, went into the ditch, down an embankment and struck a tree. The date and time of the crash was not immediately determined.

 

 HEBRON, N.D. (AP) – The Morton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary at Hebron’s City Hall.
 
     Authorities say someone pried open a metal door to gain access and got away with about $350 in cash and some keys.
 
     The city auditor discovered the break-in Monday morning. Authorities did not immediately identify any suspects.

 

 ROLLA, N.D. (AP) – A northern North Dakota man accused of sexually abusing a woman seven years ago has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
 
47-year-old Lorry Van Chase was sentenced after a Rolla jury convicted him of gross sexual imposition in the fall.
 
     The Dunseith man was charged nearly six years after the crime when a woman told authorities that he had forced her to have sex with him in the Turtle Mountains.
 
     Northeast District Judge Michael Sturdevant says Chase’s criminal history, including a nearly 11-year sentence on kidnapping and assault charges, influenced his decision on the length of the sentence he imposed on Chase.
 
     Chase’s attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
    

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Firefighters have put out a blaze at a Bismarck home that also caught on fire last month.
 
     Bismarck Fire Department Deputy Chief Dean Meyer says  emergency personnel responded to the home Tuesday morning and had the blaze “knocked down pretty quickly.” A fire at that home on Nov. 6 caused an estimated $35,000 in damage and displaced a family.
 
     Meyer says it’s too early to determine the extent of the damage caused by Tuesday’s blaze.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities in eastern North Dakota say a 34-year-old man in possession of more than 4 pounds of marijuana has been arrested. Sgt. Tara Morris with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office says Brian Flem is facing charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under suspension. Flem was arrested around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday after deputies made a traffic stop on Interstate 94.

 

 WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – A teacher and coach in Wahpeton who was accused of abusing two elementary school students has been cleared to return to work, though under certain conditions.
 
     The male teacher was never charged with a crime. He was, however, put on administrative leave earlier this month while authorities investigated.
 
     The teacher was accused by parents of pushing two fifth-grade boys against a wall and cussing at them. School district administrators have decided to reinstate the teacher and not dock him any pay after an investigation by school, police and social services officials.
 
     However, the report also says the teacher’s conduct was inappropriate. He is being required to get counseling on how to handle stressful interactions with students.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The federal government says over 8,500 North Dakota residents signed up for health insurance in the first month of the Affordable Care Act’s second enrollment period.
 
     The second enrollment season for President Barack Obama’s signature health care law began Nov. 15 and runs through Feb. 15. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday said 8,528 people selected plans in North Dakota by the Dec. 15 deadline for coverage beginning Jan. 1. Of those, 61 percent re-enrolled in plans and 39 percent signed up for the first time.
 
     About 88 percent of those choosing plans in the first month were deemed eligible for financial assistance.
 
     Nationwide, over 4 million people signed up for the first time or re-enrolled in coverage for 2015 during the open enrollment’s first month.

 

 WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) – The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Washburn will be offering free admission for the first several weeks of 2015.
 
     The center will offer free admission from Friday through March 15. The center also will unveil a new temporary exhibit that shows how the Lewis and Clark expedition has been represented in art.
 
     Fort Mandan, which is just west of Washburn, was the winter home of the Lewis and Clark expedition during its 1804 journey west.
 

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown head volleyball coach Jon Hegerle has announced the signing of Morgan Hensch of Fergus Falls MN who will join the Jimmies in the 2015-2016 season.

Hensch played volleyball for two years at the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, ND before transferring to the University of Jamestown. At NDSCS, Hensch was second in career kills at 789 and 3rd in hitting percentage at .369. For the 2014 season, she had 48 blocks, 130 digs, and 5 aces. She was part of the Mon-Dak Conference and was Region XIII MVP while making the NJCAA All-American 2nd Team.

Coach Hegerle says of Hensch, “We are thrilled that Morgan will be joining our program this spring! I have watched Morgan the past two years develop as a player and a teammate and I am looking forward to her continued growth at the University of Jamestown. Skill wise, Morgan will add experience and power to our front row. More importantly, Morgan has demonstrated the kind of team-first character that has been the strength of our program. I am happy that Morgan has committed to pursuing her athletic and academic goals as a Jimmie!”

 

  GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A group deciding the best way to choose a new nickname for the University of North Dakota has decided it needs more time.
 
     The UND Nickname and Logo Process Recommendation Task Force was to give a report to university President Robert Kelley by the end of the year. UND issued a statement Tuesday saying the group voted to extend the deadline.
 
     A recommendation now will come sometime in January. The task force is expected to suggest Kelley name another committee to ultimately choose a new nickname.
 
     The state Legislature put a three-year moratorium on replacing the “Fighting Sioux” nickname after residents voted overwhelmingly in 2012 to dump the moniker. That ended a decades-old debate that included the threat of sanctions from the NCAA, which deemed the nickname “hostile and abusive.”

 

BOYS HOCKEY
     Bismarck High 10, Fargo Davies 3
     Verona Area, Wis. 3, Fargo South 2
 Fergus Falls Tournament
     New Ulm Eagles, Minn. 5, West Fargo 3
 Grand Forks Tournament
     Bismarck Century 3, Grand Forks Red River 1
 Hazen Tournament
     Williston 6, Mandan JV 3
 Rochester Kiwanis Tournament
 Blue Division
     Verona Area, Wis. 3, Fargo South 2
 Roseau Tournament
 Semifinal
     Devils Lake-Cando 6, Princeton, Minn. 0
     Minot 2, Roseau, Minn. 0
 Thief River Falls Tournament
 Second Round
     Thief River Falls/Goodridge/W-A-O, Minn. 4, Fargo North 0
 Warroad Tournament
 Second Round
     Grafton-Park River 4, International Falls, Minn. 3
 GIRLS HOCKEY
 Crookston Tournament

  LPGE/WDC, Minn. 9, Jamestown 0
     Crookston Pirates, Minn. 7, Mandan 0
     East Grand Forks, Minn. 4, Fargo Davies 0
        West Fargo 3, Park Rapids Area, Minn. 0
 Mid-Winter Border Battle
 Consolation Semifinal
     Bismarck High 4, Central Wisconsin, Wis. 2
 Sartell Tournament
     St. Cloud Ice Breakers, Minn. 3, Fargo North 1

BOYS BASKETBALL

 Fargo Davies 76, Jamestown 73, OT
     Fargo Shanley 66, Valley City 56
     Devils Lake 66, Fargo North 58
         Hankinson 84, Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah 27
     Heart River 52, Killdeer 40
     May Port CG 52, Norman County West, Minn. 35
     Minot 84, Grand Forks Red River 64
     New England 66, Lemmon, S.D. 33
     West Fargo 75, Grand Forks Central 36
 Fergus Falls Tournament
     Battle Lake, Minn. 68, Fargo South 44
 Gillette, WY Tournament
     Bismarck High 70, San Gabriel, Calif. 51
 Hillsboro/Central Valley Holiday Hoops
     Hatton-Northwood 70, Warwick 50
     Hillsboro/Central Valley 59, Richland 43
     Larimore 53, Pelican Rapids, Minn. 46
     May Port CG 52, Norman County West, Minn. 35
     Midway-Minto 63, New Rockford-Sheyenne 47
     North Sargent 65, Langdon-Munich 32
 Moorhead Tournament

Consolation
     Moorhead, Minn. 73, Bismarck St. Mary’s 36

 Northern Cass Holiday Tournament
     Northern Cass 59, Menahga, Minn. 34
 NSU Wolves Classic
     Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier 47, Ipswich, S.D. 31
     Faith, S.D. 49, LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 29
     Langford, S.D. 71, Linton-HMB 57
 St. Cloud Cathedral Tournament
 Consolation Semifinal
     Watertown-Mayer, Minn. 57, Mandan 45
 GIRLS BASKETBALL

Fargo Davies 71, Jamestown 31
     Fargo Shanley 68, Valley City 40
     Bowman County 65, New England 46
     Devils Lake 47, Fargo North 42
          Fargo South 58, Sheyenne 51
     Four Winds-Minnewauken 72, Standing Rock 58
     Kidder County 49, Wilton-Wing 35
     Minot 31, Grand Forks Red River 27
     New Salem-Almont 63, Richardton-Taylor 22
     Parshall 70, Divide County 40
     Sargent Central 51, Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier 38
     Sisseton, S.D. 45, Lisbon 44
     Turtle Lake-Mercer 54, Hazen 45
     West Fargo 58, Grand Forks Central 50
 Hillsboro/Central Valley Holiday Hoops
     Hillsboro/Central Valley 52, New Rockford-Sheyenne 35
     Kindred 44, Fordville Lankin-Park River 36
     Langdon-Munich 45, May Port CG 39
     Midway-Minto 58, Northern Cass 35
     Richland 51, Larimore 30
     Warwick 48, Hatton-Northwood 30
 Moorhead Tournament
 Championship
     Moorhead, Minn. 59, Bismarck St. Mary’s 56

 

    Women’s College Basketball…

Briar Cliff 75  UJ 73

 

NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Gordon Hayward scored 11 of his 26 points in the final four minutes to help the Utah Jazz rally to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 100-94 last night. Trey Burke set a career-high with 26 points and Derrick Favors had 15 points. Shabazz Muhammad scored a career-best 30 points.
 
   Final          Detroit              109    Orlando                86
   Final          Atlanta              109    Cleveland          101
   Final          Brooklyn              96    Chicago                82
   Final          New  Orleans      110    Phoenix              106
   Final          Memphis                95    San  Antonio        87
   Final          Dallas                114    Washington          87
   Final          L-A  Lakers        111    Denver                103
   Final  OT    Portland            102    Toronto                97
   Final          Golden  State    126    Philadelphia      86
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE
 
   Final  2OT    Montreal        2    Florida              1  (SO  Montreal  1-0)
   Final            Nashville      3    St.  Louis          2
   Final  2OT    Edmonton        3    Los  Angeles      2  (SO  Edmonton  1-0)
   Final            Vancouver      3    San  Jose            1
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL
 
   Final            (  3)  Virginia                  83              Davidson                    72
   Final            (  5)  Louisville              63              Long  Beach  St.        48
   Final            (10)  Utah                          85              Carroll  (Mont.)      49
   Final  2OT    (12)  Maryland                  68              Michigan  St.            66
   Final            (13)  Kansas                      78              Kent  St.                    62
   Final            (14)  Notre  Dame              87              Hartford                    60
   Final            (17)  West  Virginia        82              Virginia  Tech          51
   Final            (19)  North  Carolina      86              William  &  Mary        64
   Final                      Iowa                          71    (20)  Ohio  St.                    65
   Final            (22)  Baylor                      92              Norfolk  St.              51
 
 
       TOP-25  WOMEN’S  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL
 
   Final    (  3)  Texas                        77    Rice                    54
   Final    (  9)  North  Carolina      71    Albany  (NY)      56
   Final    (21)  Syracuse                  74    CCSU                    43
   Final    (23)  Seton  Hall              70    Butler                65

 

 COLLEGE FOOTBALL-BOWL GAMES
  
     UNDATED (AP) – The Georgia Bulldogs have concluded a 10-win season by winning their bowl game.
 
     Freshman Nick Chubb ran for a career-high 266 yards and two touchdowns to carry 13th-ranked Georgia to a 37-14 rout of No. 20 Louisville in the Belk Bowl at Charlotte. Chubb allowed the Bulldogs to overcome the loss of quarterback Hutston Mason, who threw for 149 yards and a TD before leaving with blurred vision in the second quarter with Georgia ahead 20-7.
 
     Georgia’s defense came up with four turnovers, with Dominick Sanders recording two interceptions.
 
     In other bowl action:
 
     – Notre Dame won the Music City Bowl in Nashville by beating No. 22 LSU 31-28 on Kyle Brindza’s 32-yard field goal as time expired. Irish quarterback Malik Zaire threw for a touchdown and ran for another to help the Irish finish 8-5. Tigers freshman Leonard Fournette ran for 143 yards and two touchdowns, and also returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score.
 
     – Kevin Hogan threw for two touchdowns and Remound (reh-MAHND’) Wright ran for three others as Stanford clobbered Maryland 45-21 to win the Foster Farms Bowl. Devon Cajuste (DEH’-vuhn kah-JOOST’) had a pair of TD receptions while the Cardinals scored 35 straight points to take a 42-7 lead. William Likely brought back a kickoff 100 yards to end Stanford’s string of five touchdowns.

 

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota sophomore center Amanda Zahui (ZOW’-ee) B. has been named the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. Zahui B. had 20 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Gophers to a comeback victory over 12th-ranked Nebraska Monday in the Big Ten opener for both teams. She also had four blocks and three steals in 36 minutes to help the Gophers improve to 12-1 overall.

NFL..

NEW YORK (AP) – Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (ehn-DAHM’-uh-kehn soo) can play in Detroit’s playoff game after his one-game NFL suspension was reduced to a $70,000 fine. Hearing officer Ted Cottrell ruled that Suh can play Sunday at Dallas but must pay the fine. Suh originally was suspended for stepping on Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ left leg twice last Sunday.

Aaron Rodgers is confident his left calf will feel better when the Green Bay Packers play their first postseason game in a couple weeks. Rodgers says he has been undergoing treatment. He says he didn’t know if he would be 100 percent for the Packers’ divisional round game on January 11th.

 

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – New York Giants co-owner John Mara has announced that both head coach Tom Coughlin (KAWF’-lihn) and general manager Jerry Reese will be back for the 2015 season despite what he called an “embarrassing” 6-10 season.

 

 COLLEGE FOOTBALL-MICHIGAN
 
 
     ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – Without doubt, Jim Harbaugh has the pedigree to become a successful head coach at the University of Michigan. He quarterbacked the team for three seasons under legendary coach Bo Schembechler (SHEM’-bek-lur), delivered a guaranteed win over arch rival Ohio State in 1986 and was Big Ten player of the year the same season and finished third in Heisman Trophy voting.

 

 AP MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
 
     UNDATED (AP) – Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner has been named The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year following his tremendous postseason. The 25-year-old was dominating in the World Series with Kansas City, getting two wins before a five-inning save in Game 7.
 
     Bumgarner worked a record 52 2/3rds innings in the postseason and was named the MVP of both the World Series and the National League Championship Series.
 
     Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw finished second in the voting.
 

In world and national news…

 UNDATED (AP) – There were bright flashes and loud booms in Auckland, New Zealand today, and everybody knew they were heralding hopes for a new year devoid of terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and other disasters. The new year has already arrived in New Zealand and Sydney, Australia is about ready for its party to peak. The beaches of Brazil, and, of course, Times Square in New York City will be getting their turn soon.
 
     BERLIN (AP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN’-geh-lah MEHR’-kuhl) has a New Year’s warning for German citizens. She’s telling them not to participate in weekly anti-Islam rallies that have attracted growing numbers of supporters in the eastern German city of Dresden. Merkel in her New Year’s speech condemned the organizers of the protests and said they are driven by prejudices and hatred against foreigners.
 
     PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) – The weather proved to be a severe limiting factor today in the Java Sea where searchers are attempting to locate and recover more bodies from the AirAsia airliner that crashed with 162 people on board. Strong currents are also moving the wreckage away from the site. Grieving relatives prayed today for strength to endure their losses.
 
     LONDON (AP) – Britain’s chief medical officer says the country’s Ebola screening procedures need some work after, after a nurse was cleared to fly hours before she was diagnosed with the disease. Nurse Pauline Cafferkey’s temperature was taken seven times at Heathrow Airport, but was found to be normal and she was allowed to fly. Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies says procedures for people returning from West Africa are being reviewed.
 
     SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Officials in Yemen say at least eight people are dead in a suicide bombing. They say the target was a large gathering of Shiite rebels in the central Yemeni city of Ibb who were preparing celebrations for the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday this weekend. One official describes the attack as a “massacre.” Authorities say they expect the death toll to increase.