CSi Weather…
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS 10 TO 15. NORTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. COLDER. HIGHS AROUND 15. NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 10.
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
SATURDAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH CENTRAL EARLY SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department is warning Jamestown residents of a convicted sex offender living in Jamestown.
39 year old James Charles Thompson III lives at 223 1st Avenue South Apt #4 in Jamestown.
Thompson is a black male, 6 feet tall, weighing 275 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.
Thompson was convicteed of promoting a sexual performance by a minor.
Conviction date January 26, 2004 in Stutsman County Court.
Disposition: two years, with three years supervised probation.
Thompson is not wated by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court. This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.
Attempts to harass, intimidate, or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords or employers will be turned over for prosecution.
Printed handouts of Thompson’s demographics are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s website: www.sexoffender.nd.gov
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council meeting in Special Session, Wednesday afternoon at 4-p.m., at City Hall, approved the application received from Sabir’s II LLC for a new Class “D” On-Sale Alcoholic Beverage License, at 103 First Avenue South, for the period ending June 30, 2015. (pro-rated).
Council Member Brubakken was not present, to act on the only agenda item.
Nam Sabir has purchase the Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille business from James and Sherry Heyer, and will be re-named Sabir’s II.
The opening is planned for early February.
The meeting was shown live on CSi 67.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporations (JSDC) Executive Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to request a $500,000 loan from Stutsman County.
The loan is roughly half of the dollars needed to pay for automated switches required by BNSF at the Spiritwood Energy Park Association rail loop in Spiritwood Township.
The remaining $470,000 needed for the switches will be paid from uncommitted economic development funds held by the city of Jamestown and Stutsman County.
BNSF is requiring the $970,000 be paid by March 31, or it will not provide rail service to the rail loop.
Jamestown (CSi) James River Family Fitness in Jamestown has been busy with serving members with fitness classes, and will host several events and activities in February.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Executive Director, Frank Conlin said, fitness classes have been added, with a new schedule, adding that yoga has gained in popularity.
Coming up this Saturday the Fitness Center will host the Cabin Fever Boys basketball tournament with 25 teams registered for 4th, 5th and 6th graders, also to be hosted at the University of Jamestown’s Hansen Center.
Teams will come from as far away as Grand Forks, and Aberdeen.
On February 7, 2015, it’s the University of Jamestown women’s softball team hosting a softball camp from 8-a.m., to 1-p.m., and at 2-p.m., the first ever Dodgeball Tourament, with registrations being accepted.
On February 14-15 the University of Jamestown’s soccer team and Jamestown Soccer Association will hold an indoor soccer tournament featuring high school and college teams.
February 21, 2015 it’s the University of Jamestown’s baseball camp will be held.
The next sessions begin soon, with brochures available at the front desk of James River Family Fitness, for sign ups.
For more information call 701-253-4101. On line visit
www.jrfamilyfit.org
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Civic Center, this Saturday January 31, 2015, will host the Jamestown Classic Car Club’s Winter Wheels Show from 9-a.m., to 6-p.m.
Tickets are $8 for adults, and $2 for children 6-10 years old.
In addition to the classic vehicles on display, this year’s event includes a two-seater
1936 Auburn “boat-tail,” car, one of only 500 produced.
Also at the show is a “789″ with a Corvette Chassis, which was made in California by n2a (no two alike) Motors,
The vehicle has a Chevy 1957 front end, a 1958 middle and a 1959 back The Corvette chassis is the base frame, with the vehicle including of a the wheels, frame, motor and engine.
So far over 50 antique/classic vehicles are expected, drawing about 900 spectators, with registrants expected from North Dakota, Minnesota, and Canada. .
The car show, is sponsored by Jamestown Classic Car Club, and Jamestown Tourism.
Grand Forks (CSi) A total of $371,705 in scholarships has been awarded to 135 medical students at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences for the 2014–2015 academic year.
Funds for the scholarships come from various private sources, endowments and scholarship funds.
Recipients in the area include:
Fourth-year student Thomas Johnson of Jamestown, received the Imogene & Naomi Adams Scholarship.
Third-year student Emerlee Andersen of Jamestown, received the Karen & Elvira Lynner Memorial Medical Scholarship.
Third-year student Tyler Looysen of Jamestown, received the Ray Duggan Scholarship.
Third-year student Meghan Watne of Jamestown, received the Dr. A. Leonard Asmundson Scholarship.
Second-year student Kimberly Herman of Ypsilanti, received the LM Radke Fostvedt Medical Scholarship.
Second-year student Cole Laber of Napoleon, N.D., received the Janice Granum Medical Scholarship.
Bismarck (CSi) District 29 Democratic Representative Jessica Haak, and District 29 Democratic State Senator, John Grabinger are co-sponsoring House Bill HB 1321, to offer more protection for victims of stalking.
Haak testified Wednesday before the state house Judiciary Committee.
North Dakota has no current protections for unauthorized GPS and electronic device tracking as related to stalking.
The bill adds unauthorized GPS and electronic device tracking as a crime under North Dakota’s current anti-stalking law.
If passed, this bill would ensure law enforcement and prosecutors have the
power to intervene in domestic violence cases as well as prosecute.
The bill is in honor of Jacqueline Wisniewski of New York, whose surgeon ex-boyfriend stalked and killed her in 2012 after placing a GPS device in her car and purse.
Co-sponsors of the bill include Representatives Roger Brabandt, R-Minot; Lois Delmore, D-Grand Forks; Mary Johnson, R-Fargo; Lawrence Klemin, R-Bismarck; and Sens. Kelly Armstrong, R-Dickinson, and John Grabinger, D-Jamestown.
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have suspended the water search again for a snowmobiler who is believed to have gone through the ice on the Sheyenne River at West Fargo.
Thirty-four-year-old Cole Schwindt, of Moorhead, Minnesota, has been missing since Dec. 2. Divers later found his snowmobile submerged in the river, and police say he is believed drowned.
West Fargo police said Wednesday that they drilled a pattern of holes in the river ice this week in hopes that rescue dogs could pick up Schwindt’s scene. But the search has been put on hold due to thick ice and low water conditions. Officials said they don’t expect more searches until conditions change.
Searches have been conducted using boats, dogs, divers and electronic equipment.
KEANE, N.D. (AP) – Two teenagers are dead after a car and a semitrailer collided in the western North Dakota oil patch.
The Highway Patrol says the vehicles crashed on state Highway 23 north of Keane about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, after the car spun out of control on a curve.
The 16-year-old boy driving the car and an 18-year-old male passenger died. The patrol did not immediately identify them.
The driver of the semi was not hurt.
ROSS, N.D. (AP) – An Alabama man was killed in western North Dakota when his car collided head-on with a tractor-trailer 10 miles southwest of Ross.
The Highway Patrol says it happened Tuesday afternoon on Highway 1804 when the semi had finished going through a curve in the road and the car crossed into the oncoming lane.
The accident killed 32-year-old Miguel Parrilla-Guadalupe, of Huntsville, Alabama. The truck driver wasn’t injured.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo attorney who won a court battle over a confiscated pay loader is criticizing legislation that would allow police officers rather than a judge decide what happens to allegedly stolen property. The proposal by Representative Kim Koppelman of West Fargo would repeal two sections of state law that require police to hold confiscated property until a judge decides what to do with it. Fargo attorney Mark Friese says he doesn’t think it’s a good idea to take the courts out of the process.
HILLSBORO, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota man has been sentenced to spend 15 years in prison for a traffic crash that killed two sisters in eastern North Dakota.
James Yahnke (YAWNK’-ee), of Nielsville, Minnesota, pleaded guilty in December to vehicular homicide in the May 2014 deaths of 23-year-old Mercedes Rowley, of Sharon, North Dakota, and 21-year-old Teja (TAY’-tah) Beyer, of Red Lake Falls, Minnesota.
Yahnke was accused of being drunk and speeding on a Traill County road north of Hillsboro and losing control of the car, leading to the crash. The two women were passengers in the vehicle. They were thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene.
Yahnke will be on probation for 10 years following his prison time.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota woman accused of dealing methamphetamine has pleaded guilty in federal court.
Kathryn Lorsung is charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Authorities say the conspiracy involved drugs distributed in North Dakota and Arizona.
The 53-year-old Lorsung faces life in prison without a parole.
Sentencing is scheduled for April 20.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A Michigan man convicted of fatally stabbing his friend in a North Dakota oil patch crew camp is appealing his murder conviction.
Thirty-three-year-old Ryan Anderson is appealing his conviction in the death of 32-year-old Christopher King. Both men came from Iron River, Michigan.
A jury in August found Anderson guilty of killing King in March 2013. Anderson was sentenced this month to 20 years in prison.
Anderson has maintained his innocence, saying he stabbed King to death in self-defense. Authorities say the attack was part of an alcohol-fueled dispute at a crew camp between Ray and Tioga, northeast of Williston.
Anderson’s trial was moved to Grand Forks after his attorney successfully argued he couldn’t get a fair trial in Williams County.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A man accused of having a cellphone while incarcerated at the Williams County Correctional Center and posting photos of himself to Facebook has been charged with five other crimes. Kevyn Johannesson is accused of stealing an all-terrain vehicle, a gun, tools and other items from a garage in Williams County. He’s scheduled to appear in court at the end of April.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Department of Health says almost 21,000 gallons of oil and more than 19,000 gallons of brine have spilled near Williston.
Oasis Petroleum says it has recovered more than 20,000 gallons of oil from the site of the spill. It says that all but about 42 gallons of the brine that spilled have been recovered. The company says the spill was caused by a tank overflow.
The state’s health department and the Oil and Gas Division are responding to the incident.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s House has killed legislation that would amend the state’s 24/7 sobriety program to include ignition interlock devices.
The measure was defeated 76-16 on Wednesday.
Ignition interlock devices usually require drivers to blow into a tube to prove they are not intoxicated before they can start the engine.
Minot Republican Rep. Andrew Maragos sponsored the bill that would have allowed someone convicted of drunken driving to use the devices instead of taking twice-daily alcohol tests, or having to wear an ankle bracelet.
Maragos says he sponsored the in part to accommodate a constituent whose conviction in another state requires him to use an ignition interlock.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Local officials say a proposal to bill counties if they send too many prisoners to state lockups doesn’t address North Dakota’s rising population and crime rates.
State’s attorneys and law enforcement officers also say the proposal could pit counties against one another, and put prosecutors and judges in difficult positions when it comes to giving offenders proper sentences.
Lawmakers are considering a proposal to set a county-by-county allocation at state prison facilities using a formula based on population. Counties that exceed their quota would be billed.
State Representatives Chet Pollert and Jon Nelson say the state prison system is full, and there has to be a better solution than building more facilities.
But North Dakota Association of Counties spokesman Aaron Birst says the quota proposal “is quite offensive to county government.”
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota State Fair Association is renewing its effort to remove a museum from the State Fairgrounds in Minot.
The association is asking a judge to declare that it can legally evict the Ward County Historical Society because the society has no real interest in the fairgrounds property where the Pioneer Village Museum sits.
The association wants the museum off the grounds so it can use the property for other purposes.
The historical society believes that a contract drawn up in 1966 gives it the right to remain on the land.
A hearing date was not immediately set.
The dispute also has reached the state Legislature. Three lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow the Pioneer Village to remain on the fairgrounds.
In sports…
Mens Basketball…
Dakota State 73, Valley City State 61
VCSU is now 10-12 overall and 0-3 in the NSAA.
Dakota State is now 10-11 overall and 3-0 in the NSAA.
Women’s Basketball…
Valley City State 62, Dakota State 45
VCSU is now 14-7 overall, 2-1 in the North Star Athletic Association.
Dakota State is now 10-12 overall and 1-2 in the NSAA
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kevin Martin scored 21 points in his first game in more than two months to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 110-98 victory over the Boston Celtics last night. Zach LaVine added 17 points and six assists to help the Timberwolves snap a 10-game losing streak at Target Center. Jared Sullinger had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Celtics.
UNDATED (AP) – Kyrie Irving more than made up for the absence of LeBron James when the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 99-94 last night. Irving posted the greatest scoring performance of his four-year NBA career, shooting 11-for-19 from 3-point range while scoring a league season-high 55 points.
Atlanta has run its team-record winning streak to 17 games as Paul Millsap delivered 28 points and 15 rebounds to a 113-102 triumph against Brooklyn.
Goran Dragic (DRAH’-gihch) scored 20 points and the Phoenix Suns led by as many as 18 in the fourth quarter before holding off Washington 106-98.
Final Philadelphia 89 Detroit 69
Final Toronto 119 Sacramento 102
Final Houston 99 Dallas 94
Final Denver 93 New Orleans 85
Final New York 100 Oklahoma City 92
Final San Antonio 95 Charlotte 86
Final L-A Clippers 94 Utah 89
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final 2OT New Jersey 2 Toronto 1 (SO New Jersey 2-0)
Final Washington 4 Pittsburgh 0
Final Los Angeles 4 Chicago 3
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – D.J. Newbill scored 12 points as Penn State held off a late Minnesota rally to defeat the Gophers 63-58 last night. Penn State led by 10 points at the half. But the Gophers shot their way back into a 46-45 lead before Devin Foster gave the Lions a lead they would hold for their second straight conference victory.
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 8) Notre Dame 77 ( 4) Duke 73
Final ( 6) Arizona 90 Oregon 56
Final ( 9) Kansas 64 TCU 61
Final (10) Louisville 81 Boston College 72
Final (12) Wichita St. 58 Loyola of Chicago 47
Final (18) N. Iowa 59 S. Illinois 52
Final Purdue 83 (22) Indiana 67
Final Georgia Tech 70 (23) Miami 50
Final (24) Oklahoma 81 Texas Tech 36
TOP-25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 2) UConn 87 East Carolina 32
NBA…
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) – Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is officially done for the season after having surgery yesterday to repair his torn right rotator cuff. Bryant is expected to need nine months to recover from his third straight season-ending injury, but the Lakers say their superstar doesn’t believe his career is finished. Bryant hurt his right shoulder while dunking last week in New Orleans.
Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker will miss a minimum of six weeks after undergoing surgery to repair his injured left knee. Walker leads the Hornets in points, assists and steals.
TENNIS…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Top seed Serena Williams and No. 2 Maria Sharapova have advanced to the Australian Open final. Williams weathered a barrage of big serves and heavy groundstrokes in the first set before beating 19-year-old Madison Keys 7-6, 6-2. Sharapova has reached the Australian Open final for the fourth time after cruising to a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over No. 10 Ekatarina Makarova.
Andy Murray advanced to his fourth Australian Open final and a chance to win his third Grand Slam title with a 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 semifinal win over Tomas Berdych on Thursday.
Murray broke Berdych’s serve in the 11th game of the final set and clinched the match with an ace to advance to Sunday’s final against either Novak Djokovic or defending champion Stan Wawrinka.
Murray’s former coach, Dani Vallverdu, was hired by Berdych a few weeks after Murray cut ties with the Venezuelan. On Thursday, there appeared to be several verbal exchanges between the players and the coaching boxes.
Murray lost Australian Open finals to Roger Federer in 2010 and Djokovic in 2011, both in straight sets, and again to Djokovic in four sets in 2013.
GOLF-LPGA…
OCALA, Fla. (AP) – Three players share the clubhouse lead in the first round of the LPGA’s season-opening Coates Golf Championship in Florida.
Jessica Korda, Stacy Lewis and Azahara Munoz fired 6-under-par 66s, one shot better than Austin Ernst and Ha Na Jang.
Twenty players failed to complete the opening round.
MLB…
The White Sox have come to terms with free agent infielder Gordon Beckham on a $2 million, one-year contract. The Sox also announced that outfielder Dayan Viciedo (dy-AN’ vih-see-AY’-doh) has been designated for assignment.
In world and national news…
BEIRUT (AP) – A new message believed to be from the Islamic State militant group says Jordan has until sunset today to present a convicted female terrorist at the Turkish border or it will kill a Jordanian pilot it captured last month. The message was read in English by a voice the Japanese government says was likely that of another hostage, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, whom they’re also threatening to kill.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesian investigators say AirAsia Flight 8501′s black boxes provide a pretty clear picture of what went wrong in the last moments of the flight that took off from Indonesia but never made it to Singapore on Dec. 28. Investigators say the plane struggled to recover and stall warnings sounded until the end of the recording. Investigators say the co-pilot was flying the plane when it plunged into the Java Sea.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority says the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will remain “a priority,” but the 239 passengers and crew who were on board are now presumed dead. Officials say they’ve declared the crash an accident so that compensation claims can proceed. The plane disappeared March 8 of last year, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Available data has tracked the plane to a remote corner of the southern Indian Ocean, but it still hasn’t been found.
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – Opening statements are delayed in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez while the judge sorts out some last-minute jury issues.
One juror was late getting to court Thursday, and another juror sent a note to the judge. The judge is now individually questioning jurors.
Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to killing semiprofessional football player Odin Lloyd in 2013.
Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee. He was found shot to death in an industrial park near Hernandez’s home, not far from Gillette Stadium.
Hernandez arrived in court Thursday with his mother, brother and fiancee sitting behind him.
Lloyd’s family is also in court.
The expected opening statements in the trial come just days before Hernandez’s old team plays in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
MILFORD, Pa. (AP) – A survivalist accused of killing one Pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another outside a state police barracks is expected to enter a plea of not guilty when he appears for formal arraignment today. Eric Frein (freen) is charged with murder, terrorism and related offenses in the September ambush outside the barracks in Blooming Grove. Frein was captured after a 48-day manhunt in the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania.