wbPM4CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE EVENING…THEN SNOW
LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, UP TO 2 INCHES.. IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  LOWS 5 TO
10 ABOVE. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 70 PERCENT IN THE VALLLEY CITY AREA.
.SATURDAY…CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. WINDY…COLDER. SNOW
ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH IN THE JAMESTOWN  TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA…STORM TOTAL AROUND 2 INCHES IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA  HIGHS
5 TO 10 ABOVE. TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER TEENS BELOW
ZERO IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW
60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 70 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. MUCH COLDER. LOWS AROUND
20 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SNOW. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS ZERO TO
5 ABOVE. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND
5 BELOW. HIGHS 10 TO 15.

 

PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN AN INCH NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER TO AROUND 3 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 200 OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY…ALONG WITH VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES.
 
THROUGH THURSDAY.
 
A FRIGID AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS
SATURDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. FRIGID WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED.

TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL BE FALLING THROUGH THE DAY WHILE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP…RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN FRIGID WIND CHILL VALUES.. OF 20 TO 45 BELOW SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

ON SUNDAY TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW ZERO OVER MOST LOCATIONS. FRIGID WIND CHILL VALUES CONTINUE…WITH THE COLDEST READINGS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) –   The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings and advisories for the northern and east central parts of the state from Friday afternoon into Saturday morning.  Some areas could see up to 10 inches of snow as a system pushes in from the Canadian Rockies.
 
     The storm also will bring some icy temperatures. Highs in the north on Saturday could be as cold as minus 10 degrees, and wind chills could drop to minus 40.
 
     That’s in stark contrast to New Year’s Day on Thursday, when high temps around the state were in 20s and 30s above zero.
 
     Forecasters say the extreme cold will stick around into next week.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Officers from the Jamestown Police Department and Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, and Stutsman County Drug Taskforce were called to a SW Jamestown home shortly after 1:30pm Friday Jan 2.  The 500 & 600 block  of 1st Street West was closed off to traffic.

Jamestown Police Sgt. Justin Blinsky says a 46 year old male who resides at 643 First Street West, called the LEC dispatch at 1:30 p.m., Friday, who was allegedly intoxicated, and spoke in an obnoxious  manner.

The man threatened suicide while talking to the 9-1-1 dispatcher.  He  made reference to allegedly having a weapon.

Law eforcement was sent to the scene.  The man left the house, saw police, and ran back inside.

He later came back outside and fled, and  officers caught up with him.

He was taken to the State Hospital for observation.

The man’s name will be released after family  members are contacted, as the investigation continues.

Jamestown Police was assisted by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, and the Stutsman County Drug Taskforce.

The incident lasted 30-minutes.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The first baby of 2015 born at  Regional Medical Center was on Thursday January 1st.

Andriea Strand of Devils Lake,  gave birth to her third child, Brantley Korbin, at 10:14 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Brantley weighed in at 6 pounds and is 19 inches long.

Brantley’s siblings are Jasper Carlson, 2, and Caleb Carlson, 1.

Strand, is a waitress at Old Main Street Cafe in Devils Lake.

Strand said her other two children were also  born at JRMC.

Dr. Bradly Skari, also a Devils Lake native delivered her last child.

 

Jamestown (CSi) TechSavvy – STEMtastic! Sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in affiliation with Jamestown Middle School, is at the University of Jamestown Campus, on Monday, January 5, 2015 from 8:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m.

Jamestown 7th & 8th grade girls will attend along with girls from area schools.

About 175 girls are expected to attend. There will also be parents and teachers attending the event.

STEMtastic! Is for the Jamestown 7th & 8th grade boys on Monday led by Dr. David DeMuth, Executive Director of the Great Plains STEM Education Center at VCSU.

STEM Hands-On Activities

KidsWinds Design Challenge

Parachute Design

Candy Land

Roller Coaster Physics

ChemDetectives

Exploring the Universe

Arduino/Scratch Challenge

Plus More

Tech Savvy is a daylong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career conference designed to attract girls in sixth through ninth grade to these fields and to inform families about STEM education and careers. The Jamestown ND Branch of AAUW was selected as one of 15 sites across the country to hold a TechSavvy event in 2015. An AAUW grant provides partial funding.

SCHEDULE

Student Program Time Activity Location

8:30– 8:50 a.m. Check-in Reiland Lobby

8:50–9:00 a.m. Welcome – Holly Miller & Joan Enderle Reiland Auditorium

9:10–10:00 a.m. Tech Savvy Workshop I See Schedule

10:10– 11:00 a.m. Tech Savvy Workshop II See Schedule

11:10 – Noon Tech Savvy Workshop III See Schedule

Noon– 12:30 p.m. Lunch Nafus Student Center, Knight Hall

12:40 –1:00 p.m. College Savvy Skills Reiland Auditorium

1:00–1:45 p.m. Savvy Skills Workshop – Power of ME Reiland Auditorium

1:45 –2:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker – Dr. Heidi Manning Reiland Auditorium

2:15–2:30 p.m. Closing Session – Holly Miller & Joan Enderle Reiland Auditorium

The day will start out with a conversation with Dr. Heidi Manning, pro-fessor from Concordia in Minnesota, who will describe her role with NASA on the exploration of Mars. Then in groups of 15, students will be engaging in hands-on activities in 50 minute sessions, twice, breaking for lunch, then completing another 50 minute STEM session.

The day will be capped with a perspective from Carrie Leopold from the InspireLab on how boys can contribute and support to the success of classmates.

 

  WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – No one was hurt when several oil tanks at an Enbridge facility south of Williston caught fire.
 
     McKenzie County Emergency Manager Jerry Samuelson says eight tanks about nine miles north of Alexander contained about 1,000 barrels of oil. They caught fire Thursday and were being allowed to burn themselves out on Friday.
 
     Samuelson says four adjacent tanks containing another 1,200 barrels of oil caught fire early Friday but crews extinguished that blaze.
 
     Samuelson says an oil tanker truck was unloading when the fire broke out, but the exact cause of the blaze wasn’t immediately determined.
 
     Enbridge officials did not immediately return telephone calls seeking comment.
 
     Samuelson says officials also are monitoring a well blowout near Keen that spewed several hundred barrels of oil early Friday before it was contained.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The union representing maintenance workers says cuts by Canadian Pacific Railway could exacerbate delays in rail shipping in the region.
 
     The International Brotherhood of Teamsters says CP has eliminated or moved some workers who build and maintain tracks, right of ways, buildings and bridges for the railroad.
 
     Union spokeswoman Staci Moody-Gilbert says  remaining workers now have to maintain larger territories, and it could mean longer response times.
 
     CP spokesman Andy Cummings says the railroad reviews its personnel needs on an ongoing basis. He says any changes to track maintenance staffing are made with an eye to keeping trains operating safely and efficiently. And he says all changes fall within collective bargaining agreements.

 

In world and national news…

BOSTON (AP) – The federal judge presiding over the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) says he won’t delay jury selection. The judge said Friday that it would be too inconvenient to delay it. Tsarnaev’s lawyers had asked for a postponement while a federal appeals court decides whether to postpone the trial and move it out of Massachusetts. More than 1,200 people have been called for jury selection.
 
     UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The Palestinians have submitted documents to the United Nations to join the International Criminal Court, a move that will soon enable them to seek war crimes charges against Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed the documents after the U.N. Security Council rejected a resolution setting a three-year deadline for the establishment of a Palestinian state on lands occupied by Israel.
 
     KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – Two members of the Afghan military are under arrest, in connection with the deaths of at least 28 people. The victims — mostly women and children — were at a wedding party in a house when it was hit by artillery fired from military checkpoints.
 
     ASHLAND, N.H. (AP) -New Hampshire State Police say 35 vehicles are involved in two separate pileups on Interstate 93 after some fast-moving snow squalls. A spokesman says there have been some injuries, but they are not considered to be life-threatening. Snow has been falling on and off in the state and parts of the highway are snow-covered.
 
     LONDON (AP) – The Euro slid to a four-and-a-half-year low against the dollar Friday. This, after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi (DRAHG’-ee) indicated that the bank could soon support a government bond-buying program — an effort to deal with alarmingly low inflation.