CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SNOW. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. HIGHS
AROUND 15. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF SONE 70 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.

TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA…50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA . LOWS 5 TO
10 ABOVE. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 15. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 10 TO 15. WEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 15 TO 20. LOWS
ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 15. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
.NEW YEARS DAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 20.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports six men were killed in a two vehicle crash on I-94 near Jamestown Wednesday, (Dec 26, 2012) at about 10:26 a.m.

Captain Bryan Niewind said a Chevrolet pickup was westbound on Interstate 94, between mile markers 257 and 258.

The 2002 Chevrolet was occupied by six males.

The driver of the pickup lost control and the vehicle crossed the median into the eastbound lanes and into the path of an eastbound Freight-liner.

The semi struck the pickup in the passenger side door.

The pickup ended up in the south ditch, while the semi came to rest in the median.

All six were killed in the crash.

The report says three of the pickups occupants were ejected from the vehicle.

None of the men were wearing seat belts.

Some of the occupants died at the scene, while the others were pronounced dead at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

Niewind said alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash.

　

The driver of the 2006 Freight-liner, a 23-year-old Mandan man suffered non life-threatening injuries and was transported to Jamestown Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Identification of the men in the crash will be released Thursday.

Sgt., Josh Rude says the highway was extremely icy in the area, but the North Dakota Department of Transportation was plowing and laying sand.

Eastbound I-94 traffic was diverted off the highway, through Southwest Jamestown and back on the highway past that stretch of the interstate.

The pickup, which had a Missouri license plate, was totaled.

The semi and trailer received an estimated $40,000 in damages.

　

Also responding to the call were: the Jamestown Rescue Squad, the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, Jamestown Police, Jamestown Area Ambulance Service, and the North Dakota Department of Transportation.

The accident remains under investigation.

 Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Dec 26, 2012)  — Jamestown city street crews were removing snow Wedneday from Emergency Routes.

City crews will remove snow in the DOWNTOWN area at 11:00 p.m. Thursday night, December 27, 2012 and continue during the night.

Downtown merchants and all public/private schools are asked to have their sidewalks shoveled by 9 p.m. on Thursday, the 27th, before the blades begin the downtown snow removal program.

The plan is pending any addditional snowfall accumulations.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The Highway Patrol says increased enforcement efforts in the northeastern section of North Dakota before Christmas yielded one arrest for drunken driving.
 
     Lt. Aaron Hummel says troopers focused for four straight days on key factors that lead to accidents: speed, right of way of violations, and impaired driving.
 
     Hummel says the patrol issued 136 citations for speeding and 35 citations for failing to yield or stop.
 
     There were no serious injuries or fatal crashes leading up to Christmas.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Four men are accused of providing chemicals that led to a handful of synthetic drug overdoses and two deaths in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.
 
     Charles Carlton, John Polinski, Byron Landry and Ryan Lane are charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances that resulted in the June deaths of 18-year-old Christian Bjerk, of Grand Forks, and 17-year-old Elijah Stai, of Park Rapids, Minn.
 
     Prosecutors say that Carlton, of Houston, used an online business to import substances from various countries, including China, United Kingdom, Austria, Poland, Greece, Spain, and Canada. The hallucinogens were allegedly distributed throughout the United States.
 
     Authorities want Carlson to forfeit $385,000 in Internet drug sales.
 
     Andrew Spofford, of Grand Forks, pleaded guilty to manufacturing the drugs by mixing chemicals ordered over the Internet.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Remodeling is moving along at the James River Family Y, in Jamestown.

On Wednesday’s (Dec 26, 2012) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the Y’s Executive Director, Corey Anderson said, the conversion of two racquetball courts is progressive, being converted into the news cardio fitness facility.

There will still be two racquetball courts available.

The new Golf Center is being constructed on the second floor of the Y.

Anderson said golfers will be able to stay tuned up over the winter months, with such features as three hitting stations, a launch monitor, and different courses to play.

Players will reserve a tee time.

Also coming up at the Y is the February 2, 2013 Cabin Fever Basketball Tournament for youth in grades 4, 5 and 6.

Register at the Y’s front desk, or on line at jamestownY.org

Registration is being taken for the next session of classes at the Y, which starts January 2, 2013.

Anderson noted, that the Y will be open on News Year’s Eve Day, at 5-a.m., close early that day at 4-p.m., and closed New Year’s Day.

Corps of Engineers to host public meeting on Valley City Sheyenne River flood risk management study.
 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Ave Maria Village, in Jamestown will host an open house on Thursday January 3, 2013, from 3-p.m., to 5-p.m., in the Barthel Room.

The community is welcome to take a tour, and meet the staff, visit family and friends, and make new friends.

Information will also be available about the plans for the new All-Faiths Chapel, Transportation Center, and the Rev. N.E. and Lilian McCoy Family Suite.

Wine and appetizers will be served.

　

ST. PAUL, MINN. (KCSi-T.V. News) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, along with Valley City, N.D., will hold a public meeting to provide a status update to the public to the Valley City Sheyenne River Flood Risk Management Feasibility study Jan. 10, 2013.

The study is a cost shared effort between the Corps and Valley City to evaluate alternatives for flood risk management in the area.

The purpose of this meeting is to present the results of the initial feasibility study tasks, as well as a study status update and to provide a forum for public feedback. The meeting will be held Jan. 10 at the Valley City High School, 493 Central Ave. N. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. with an open house, followed by a formal presentation at 7 p.m. and a question and answer period at 7:30 p.m. Anyone interested in the study is welcome to attend.

The study was broken into three phases, and the first phase of the study has been completed. Tasks completed in this first phase include initial data collection, updating the hydrologic and hydraulic models, economic analysis of average flood damages and the development, evaluation and screening of the full array of flood risk management alternatives. The array of alternatives found included no action or continuing emergency flood fight measures, non structural measures such as raising buildings or relocation, structural measures such as levees and floodwalls, and modifications to the operations at Baldhill Dam and Lake Ashtabula.

Analysis of the alternatives determines the federal government’s role in implementing a flood risk management project in Valley City. Some of the alternatives considered were not found to be cost effective and would not be justified for implementation as a federal project. Cost effective alternatives will be carried forward and further developed in the next phase of the study.

The next two phases of the study are scheduled to be carried out in 2013 and 2014. Phase 2 will focus on identifying the tentatively selected plan and Phase 3 will include development of the tentatively selected plan.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, serves the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. It contributes around $175 million to the five-state district economy. The 700 employees work at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states. For more information, see

www.mvp.usace.army.mil.
 

PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) – A Fargo man has died in a snowmobile accident in Minnesota. Forty-year-old Jerome Kotalik was driving a snowmobile on Tuesday when he lost control and fell off, striking his head on a parked snowmobile trailer. Authorities say the vehicle may have unexpectedly accelerated because of a mechanical failure.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Mandan man sentenced in October for conspiring to sell synthetic marijuana has been charged with another drug crime.
 
     William Nickel has been charged with ingesting a controlled substance. The station reports that a criminal complaint says Nickel tested positive for using methamphetamine.
 
     Nickel is a co-owner of Big Willies, a smoke shop in Mandan. He was convicted and sentenced to one year in prison in October for conspiring to sell synthetic marijuana. However, his prison sentence was put on hold until the North Dakota Supreme Court hears his appeal.
 
     Part of the terms of his probation was that he not use any drugs.

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Construction permits in Dickinson are up 147 percent over last year’s record for the city that has seen momentous expansion from oil development.
 
     North Dakota Association of Builders statistics show that Dickinson has issued more than $300 million worth of construction permits in the first 11 months of 2012. The largest sector of growth has been in commercial structures, followed by single-family housing.
 
     City planner Ed Courton says rapid growth in the commercial sector is likely for the next few years.
 
     The state’s largest city, Fargo, saw an increase of 21 percent in permitted construction.
 
     Williston, which is considered the hub of the oil patch, had the highest permit values of any North Dakota city. It topped $418 million in permits as of Nov. 30.

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The record set earlier this year for the latest freeze on Lake Sakakawea is safe.
 
     Officials say the lake was officially declared frozen Wednesday at 6:40 a.m. It was earlier this year that Sakakawea recorded its latest freeze date on record, on Jan. 18.
 
Freeze dates on the lake have been documented since 1961.
 
     The 178-mile-long lake is the third-largest man-made reservoir in the nation.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple and North Dakota’s congressional delegation say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon issue permits to tap surplus water from Lake Sakakawea for use by oil companies and other industrial users.
 
     State officials say the corps is reviewing several applications that would draw more than 30,000 acre feet of water from the Missouri River reservoir. An acre-foot is the amount of water covering an acre, one foot deep.
 
     Dalrymple and the state’s congressional delegation maintain that North Dakota owns Missouri River water in the state and it should be made permanently available to water users at no cost.  North Dakota officials say the state will fight any attempt to charge users for water in the future.
 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A state official says a clean-up plan is being developed after an oil well blowout recently spewed oil, gas and salt water into the air near Watford City.
 
     Kris Roberts, environmental geologist with the state Health Department, says  the North Dakota Oil and Gas Division, well owner Newfield Exploration Co., and a consultant are developing a clean-up plan.
 
     Roberts says winter weather will help the clean-up effort because contaminants are sitting on top of snow cover. But he says cold temperatures put workers at risk.
 
     The blowout on Friday sprayed a geyser of oil, gas and water up to 95 feet in the air, spreading contamination more than a mile downwind of the well.
 
     Keith Schmidt of Newfield Exploration says the community is safe.

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – The Stark County Commission will consider changing its ordinance on camps that house oilfield crews to get more in line with fees charged elsewhere in western North Dakota’s oilfields.
 
    If the county commission approves a fee, it would have to decide how the money would be used.
 
     Stark County Planner Steve Josephson says the intent is to use the fee money to take care of safety and fire protection.
 
     Josephson and other officials will present the county commission with a proposed fee ordinance early next year.
 
     Counties and cities in the area charge a variety of crew camp fees.
 
     In sports…

NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – James Harden scored 30 points last night as the Houston Rockets rallied to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 87-84. Chandler Parsons added 12 points for the Rockets, who have won five straight. J.J. Barea had 18 points for the Timberwolves.
 
   Final            Cleveland            87    Washington      84
   Final            Miami                  105    Charlotte        92
   Final            New  Orleans        97    Orlando            94
   Final  2OT    Atlanta              126    Detroit          119
   Final            Milwaukee          108    Brooklyn          93
   Final            Philadelphia      99    Memphis            89
   Final            San  Antonio      100    Toronto            80
   Final            Golden  State      94    Utah                  83
   Final            Denver                126    L-A  Lakers    114
   Final            New  York              99    Phoenix            97
   Final            Portland            109    Sacramento      91
 
     Chicago    at    Indiana    (7:00  p.m.,    postponed,  Weather  conditions)

 

 COLLEGE FOOTBALL-LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL
 
     Chippewas beat Hilltoppers
 
     DETROIT (AP) – Wednesday’s lone college football bowl game had Central Michigan defeating Western Kentucky 24-21 in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl in Detroit.
 
     Ryan Radcliff threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns for the Chippewas, including a go-ahead, 11-yard scoring strike to Cody Wilson with 5:11 remaining following a blocked punt.
 
     The Hilltoppers had a chance to tie the game in the final minute but were stopped on fourth-and-two after electing to pass up a chance to kick a 37-yard field goal.
 
     Both teams end up 7-6.

 

NFL…

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Four Minnesota Vikings players have been voted into the Pro Bowl. Running back Adrian Peterson, defensive end Jared Allen, fullback Jerome Felton and rookie kicker Blair Walsh all made the NFC roster.

UNDATED (AP) – Quarterback Peyton Manning leads a list of four Denver Broncos who have been named to the AFC team for the upcoming Pro Bowl.
 
     Manning missed all of the 2011 season with neck and back problems that required several operations.  He then signed with Denver as a free agent and has led the Broncos on a 10-game winning streak to take the AFC West.
 
     Defensive end Elvis Dumervil, linebacker Von Miller, cornerback Champ Bailey and tackle Ryan Clady are the Broncos’ other Pro Bowl players.
 
  
     Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is one of two rookies named to the Pro Bowl, with Minnesota kicker Blair Walsh being the other.
 
     San Francisco had the most players selected, nine, including six from its second-ranked defense. Houston was next with eight, six on offense.
 
     Other notables include New England quarterback Tom Brady, Green Bay signal-caller Aaron Rodgers, Detroit receiver Calvin Johnson, 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith and Houston defensive end J.J. Watt.
 
     The Pro Bowl will be played in Honolulu on Jan. 27.

 

 MLB-NEWS
 
     
     UNDATED (AP) – The Red Sox have acquired All-Star closer Joel Hanrahan from the Pittsburgh Pirates in a six-player deal.
 
     The right-hander had 76 saves over the past two seasons. That’s fourth most in the National League. He went 5-2 with a 2.72 ERA and 36 saves this year.
 
     In other new from around the Hot Stove league:
 
     – The Rangers completed a one-year contract with free agent catcher A.J. Pierzynski (peer-ZIHN’-skee). The two-time All-Star, who turns 36 on Sunday, hit .278 with a career-high 27 home runs in 135 games for the Chicago White Sox last season.
 
     – The Mariners officially announced its $2.75 million, one-year deal with Raul Ibanez (ee-BAHN’-yehz). He returns to the Mariners where he began his career in 1996. The 40-year-old outfielder hit .240 with 19 homers and 62 RBIs with the Yankees last season.

 

In world and national news…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama returns from Hawaii today to the stare down with Republican lawmakers over a fiscal cliff deal. Without it, higher taxes and deep spending cuts take effect Jan. 1 and could rattle a recovering, but-still-fragile economy.
 
     CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Nine deaths are attributed to a powerful winter storm that pushed through the nation’s midsection to batter parts of the Northeast today. The storm is expected to drop one to two feet of snow on parts of the Northeast. Forecasters say the heaviest accumulations will be in northern Pennsylvania, upstate New York and inland sections of several New England states.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall by four national retailers of more than 150,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners. The CPSC says there have been at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners due to defects in its design, warnings and instructions.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – Russia and the U.N envoy for Syria are both calling for the revival of a long-shelved peace initiative that would call for a transitional government leading to elections. What’s unclear is whether the proposal would block top members of President Bashar Assad’s regime from participating. Syrian rebels, fresh from recent gains, may not accept any plan that includes Assad or his supporters.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – District of Columbia police say they are investigating an incident in which NBC News reporter David Gregory displayed what he described as a high-capacity ammunition magazine on “Meet the Press.” Police spokesman Tisha Gant says the department is investigating whether Gregory may have violated D.C. firearms laws that ban the possession of high-capacity magazines.