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• "This is the biggest one," he said.
• Even the nation's northernmost city, Barrow, Alaska, will be warmer than much of the Upper Midwest on Monday; it's expected to reach minus 4.
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New Missouri River ranger in familiar territory
• YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- After spending nearly 30 years working for the National Park Service system at a variety of parks and locations, Rick Clark is returning to his roots.
• The new superintendent of the Missouri National Recreational River is not only a Midwest native, but he also worked with the park as part of his first permanent status assignment with the NPS.
• Clark told the Press & Dakotan (http://bit.ly/KGnIgQ ) it will be interesting to come back more than 20 years later and see how it has changed.
• He most recently was the chief of science and resources management at Gulf Islands National Seashore, headquartered in Gulf Breeze, Fla.
• Clark replaces Steve Thede, who had been serving as acting superintendent since last spring.
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Dakotas hit with blizzard, dangerous cold
JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Residents of North Dakota and South Dakota dealt with dangerous cold, high winds and blowing snow on Sunday that caused whiteout conditions and treacherous travel throughout much of the two states.
• The storm, the most recent in a wave of heavy storms to hammer the Dakotas, packed powerful wind gusts that reached up to 60 mph over much of North Dakota and the northern portion of South Dakota on Sunday, said Adam Jones, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Grand Forks.
• It was nearly impossible to travel in some areas of the two states. Officials closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 from Bismarck to Fargo early Sunday afternoon due to zero visibility and multiple accidents, including one near Jamestown in which a pickup was rear-ended by a semitrailer, which then hit another semi and blocked traffic. No injuries were immediately reported.
• Officials also closed U.S. Highway 83 from Bismarck to Minot, and Interstate 29 from the Canadian border to the South Dakota border on Sunday.
• Jones said the wind chill was expected to plunge as low as 60 degrees below zero Sunday night over parts of the Dakotas, creating life-threatening conditions.
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