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CSi Weather…
BARNES/VALLEY CITY…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING…
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST FRIDAY…
STUTSMAN/JAMESTOWN…
…BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING…
.WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY EVENING TO NOON CST FRIDAY…
Forcast…
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDY. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS
20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE EVENING. WIND CHILLS
AROUND 35 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 35 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. WEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 5 TO
10 ABOVE. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS ZERO TO
5 ABOVE. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
Jamestown (CSi) City crews will begin snow removal in the DOWNTOWN area beginning approximately at 11:00 p.m. tonight, Thursday– January 8, 2015 and continue during the night
Downtown merchants and all public/private schools are asked to have their sidewalks shoveled by 9 p.m. tonight, Thursday– January 8, 2015.
Please push snow directly into the street — DONOT create piles of snow.
PLEASE NOTE:
The above schedule is contingent upon changing weather conditions and snow accumulation totals.
Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol has restricted the movements of oversized and high-profile loads in areas affected by North Dakota Department of Transportation travel alerts. High winds and blowing snow are reducing visibility throughout much of North Dakota. During inclement weather, operators of high profile vehicles, long-load type vehicles, and permitted over dimensional vehicles need to be aware of and abide with restriction movement laws.
North Dakota law restricts movement for these vehicles when wind or other conditions may cause the vehicle or attachment to swerve, whip, sway or fail to follow in the path of a towing vehicle. Federal regulations require the operation of commercial motor vehicles to be discontinued when weather conditions become dangerous and that they are not resumed until the commercial motor vehicle can be safely operated.
For more information on the movement of oversize loads, visit nd.gov/ndhp or call (701) 328-2621. All motorists are encouraged to monitor road conditions as weather conditions occur and use caution while traveling. For road information, call 511 or visit the NDDOT travel information map at
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Only one of 10 injured students taken to Altru Hospital in Grand Forks after a fatal collision involving a Larimore school bus and a freight train remains there.
Altru says six patients have now been discharged, including two more on Wednesday. Three other injured students were transferred earlier, but officials haven’t said where.
The crash at a crossing outside Larimore Monday afternoon killed 62-year-old bus driver Max Danner and 17-year-old student Cassidy Sandstrom, and injured 12 other students. Authorities are still investigating what happened.
Superintendent Roger Abbe says the school district has brought in 10 extra counselors to help students and staff cope with the tragedy. He says, “We’re on the right track to getting things back to normal.”
The school was resuming sporting events Thursday night, weather permitting.
Authorities investigating the cause of a crash involving a Larimore school bus and a freight train are interviewing students on the bus, inspecting the bus mechanics, viewing videotape from a camera on the train and awaiting results of an autopsy on the bus driver.
The crash on Monday afternoon at a crossing outside Larimore killed 62-year-old driver Max Danner and 17-year-old student Cassidy Sandstrom, and injured 12 other students.
Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Iverson says it’s too early in the investigation to make any assumptions about what happened, including whether Danner might have suffered a medical problem. Danner’s twin brother, Mel, told The Associated Press that Max Danner had previous heart trouble that required a bypass and a pacemaker but otherwise was in good health.
Funeral services have been scheduled for the driver of a Larimore school bus who died when the bus collided with a freight train.
Amundson Funeral Home says services for 62-year-old Max Danner will be held Monday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Honeyford, starting at 2:30 p.m. The funeral will be followed by a reception at the American Legion Hall in Forest River, beginning at 4 p.m.
Danner and 17-year-old student Cassidy Sandstrom died in the crash Monday afternoon at a crossing outside Larimore. The crash also injured 12 other students. Authorities are still investigating what happened.
Danner is survived by his wife and four sons. His twin brother, Mel Danner, told The Associated Press that the family is grief-stricken over what happened.
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) on Wednesday sent a multi-disciplinary team to work with Grand Forks County officials to evaluate the railroad crossing located east of Larimore, where the recent bus/train crash occurred.
“The NDDOT would like to express our sympathies to families involved in the crash and the community of Larimore,” said NDDOT Director Grant Levi. “The NDDOT sent the review team and also offered financial assistance to Grand Forks County if the county decides to add enhanced safety features to the railroad crossing.”
The Department of Transportation often works with local officials on reviews of railroad crossings. The initial review shows the crossing currently meets federal safety standards, however the local road authority could decide to request additional safety features for the railroad crossing.
“The crash is still under investigation and facts are being gathered about the incident. Grand Forks County appreciates NDDOT’s assistance and is working with the team on the crossing review.” said Grand Forks County States Attorney Peter Welte.
Any safety enhancements supported by Grand Forks County would also require approval by BNSF Railway.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Tourism Director Sara Otte Coleman say 24 million people visited North Dakota in 2013, spending $3.6 billion.
The visitation was up 22 percent from 2011 and the spending was up 19 percent. Dalrymple and Coleman say the growth shows the importance of the tourism industry to North Dakota.
Cass County had the highest tourism revenue in 2013, at $537 million. Oliver County had the lowest amount, at $2 million.
The state Tourism Division commissions the study on visitation every two years. Officials say it uses international standards for measuring the contribution of tourism to an economy.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The extreme cold in the Northern Plains isn’t setting temperature records, but it is setting atmospheric pressure records.
South Dakota State Climatologist Dennis Todey (TAH’-dee) says high pressure readings usually accompany outbreaks of extreme cold. And on Wednesday, they set records at numerous recording stations around that state. The recording at Mitchell broke South Dakota’s 31-year-old state record.
North Dakota State Climatologist Adnan Akyuz says there were no records in that state, but several readings came close.
Todey and Akyuz say pressure readings don’t mean much to an average person. But they say the transition from a high pressure system Wednesday to a low pressure system resulted in the strong winds across the Dakotas on Thursday.
In sports…
Stutsman County Boys Basketball Tournament Thurs games postponed to Fri
http://csinewsnow.com/?p=62644
. . .JHS boys swimming & diving at W. Fargo-Sheyenne ppd to Jan 20 (Practice afterschool)
. . .JHS Girls Hockey vs. Mandan POSTPONED. (NO PRACTICE THURS NIGHT)
. . .JHS Wrestling @ Minot vs. Minot & Williston POSTPONED. (Practice afterschool) Will be traveling to Bismarck Rotary Tournament Fri.
Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown head men’s football coach Shawn Frank has announced the signing of Andrew Jensen of Gardnerville Nevada who will join the Jimmies in the 2015-2016 season.
Jensen, 6’2″ and 240 pounds, was Regional and Sierra League 1st Team Guard and 1st Team Defensive Tackle. During the previous season, he had 46 tackles and 9 sacks with 89 tackles and 14 sacks during his career.
Coach Frank says of Jensen, “Andrew is a physical player that moves very well. We were enamored with the amount of plays he made at the defensive end position. Andrew plays with a high motor. He has an edge to his game, which is something we take great pride in. He does a great job of playing off blocks and takes great pride in the way he plays. Andrew is an outstanding young man that also understands we want out of our players in the classroom and on the field. We are excited, as a staff, to have Andrew aboard. Andrew comes from the same high school that the recently graduated Garrett Tenney attended..”
Jensen, son of Andrew and Sandi Jensen, plans to major in Physical 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.
In world and national news…
PARIS (AP) – Officials say 90 people have been questioned so far in the investigation of Wednesday’s deadly shooting in Paris. And they say nine people have been detained for further questioning. The nine are described as people who are close to the suspects — two brothers who are said to be linked to a terrorist network in Yemen.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Four leading Muslim clerics in France have joined with the Vatican in denouncing the Paris newspaper massacre. They warn that the world is a dangerous place without freedom of expression. But at the same time, they urge the media to be respectful of religion.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that state officials aren’t violating the rights of a 17-year-old girl by forcing her to undergo cancer chemotherapy she doesn’t want. Justices ruled Thursday in the case of the girl known in court documents only as Cassandra C., who will be free to make her own medical decisions when she turns 18 in September. The case centered on whether the girl is mature enough to make her own decisions about how to treat her Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Her mother agreed with her wishes not to receive chemotherapy.
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says Democrats have enough votes to sustain all three of the early vetoes being threatened by President Barack Obama against bills that are a priority of the new Republican-controlled Congress. She made her comments as a Senate panel moved ahead with legislation to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. A second measure would roll back some of the regulations imposed on the financial industry after the 2008 economic crash. A third would make a change in the health care law.
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans plan to vote next week to block spending for President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. They say the goal is to keep the Department of Homeland Security running, while also stopping Obama’s actions from taking effect. But it’s unlikely that a House bill blocking funding for Obama’s move would clear the Senate or be signed by Obama.
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