Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Dec 5, 2016

CSi Weather…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON MONDAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY.

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…GARRISON…WASHBURN…UNDERWOOD…

WILTON…TURTLE LAKE…MCCLUSKY…GOODRICH…BISMARCK…STEELE…

TAPPEN…JAMESTOWN…LINTON…STRASBURG…NAPOLEON…GACKLE…

WISHEK…ASHLEY

* TIMING…NOON MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

VALLEY CITY…FARGO….FROM 3 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY….

* SNOWFALL…SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES.

* BLOWING SNOW…REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT…SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

.HEAVY SNOW…BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES…WILL ACCUMULATE OVER AREAS ALONG
AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 52 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

 

Forecast…

JAMESTOWN…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST

TUESDAY…

 

VALLEY CITY…

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY…

Forecast….

 

.REST OF TODAY…SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 1-2 INCHES IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. EAST WINDS

5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. SNOW IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF SNOW

AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE

NIGHT. BREEZY. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 3 INCHES. STORM TOTAL

6 TO 7 INCHES IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA 3-7 INCHES IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS 10 TO 15. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TUESDAY…CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA 70 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA WITH UP TO 1 INCH OF NEW SNOW.

AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. WINDY…

COLDER. HIGHS AROUND 15. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY.  UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW

THROUGH THE NIGHT. BREEZY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS

20 TO 25 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 10. NORTHWEST WINDS

AROUND 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW

AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF

SNOW. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. HIGHS 10 TO 15.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE

EVENING. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 15.

SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH

DAKOTA MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE

INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS. THE EXCEPTION IS

ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 WHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IS

POSSIBLE…AND INTO THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS WHERE BETWEEN 2 AND 4

INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN

NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD ACROSS NORTHWEST

MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY ON TUESDAY

WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING FOR

MUCH OF THE DAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT DURING THE EVENING

AND OVERNIGHT PERIODS.

.TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY… TAPERING

OFF BY TUESDAY EVENING.

 

 

Valley City  (VCSU-CSi) Jamie Wirth, Ph.D., director of the Great Plains STEM Education Center at Valley City State University, has been named to Prairie Business magazine’s 2016 “40 Under 40” list, which recognizes 40 of the top business professionals under the age of 40 in the Dakotas and western Minnesota.

Also an assistant professor of mathematics at VCSU, Wirth is featured as one of the “40 Under 40” honorees in the December issue of Prairie Business magazine. The magazine recognizes young professionals who are making significant impacts in their chosen professions, industries and communities.

Also named to the list is Kristin Syverson,  the chief financial officer at Interstate Engineering Inc. in Jamestown.

Syverson joined Interstate Engineering in 2011 as a marketing coordinator and was promoted to office manager and accounting manager before being named chief financial officer in 2015. She previously worked for Energizer Battery Co. in St. Louis, Mo.

Prairie Business is a magazine Editor, Lisa Gibson says, dedicated to the Northern Plains region that includes North Dakota, South Dakota and western Minnesota. The 40 Under 40 awards go to inspiring and dedicated professionals from the many industries of the region and who also impact the communities.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers are preparing for the 2017 Legislature.

Newly elected lawmakers will take their ceremonial oaths of office shortly after the Legislature’s three-day organizational session begins Monday. Supreme Court Justice Dale Sandstrom is to administer the oaths in the House. Justice Carol Kapsner does the same in the Senate.

One of the session’s primary business items is to give committee assignments to each legislator. But lawmakers also get desk and parking space assignments and receive briefings on legislative procedures.

The organizational session closes Wednesday morning after Gov. Jack Dalrymple delivers his budget recommendations. The Legislature’s regular session begins Jan. 3.

 

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP)  Hundreds of demonstrators near the Dakota Access pipeline protest camp broke into cheers and chanted “water is life” in the Lakota Sioux language as news spread that the federal government won’t grant an easement for the project in southern North Dakota.

Some in the crowd banged drums.

Miles Allard of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe said he was pleased by the decision but remained cautious, saying opponents of the pipeline “don’t know what Trump is going to do.”

Allard says he’s been telling his people “to stand up and not to leave until this is over.”

Carla Youngbear of the Meskwaki Potawatomi tribe traveled from central Kansas to be at the protest site. She says she has grandchildren and is going to have great-grandchildren who will need water and that’s why she was there.

The Morton County Sheriff’s Office says that it has lifted the blockade on a bridge north of the large Dakota Access oil pipeline protest encampment.

In a statement, it said that it won’t be near the bridge as long as protesters stick to the conditions outlined on Saturday, including only coming to the bridge for predetermined meetings with law enforcement.

The release did not comment on the U.S. Army Corps’ decision to not grant an easement for the four-state, $3.8 billion pipeline under Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir from which the Standing Rock Sioux tribe gets its drinking water.

The large Oceti Sakowin camp is south of the Backwater Bridge, and several hundred people are camped there.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says that the Department of Justice will still monitor the protest in North Dakota and is ready to “provide resources” for those who “can play a constructive role in easing tensions.”

North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple said in a statement that the Corps’ decision “is a serious mistake,” ”prolongs the serious problems” that law enforcement faces and “prolongs the dangerous situation” of people camping in cold, snowy conditions.

North Dakota Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer says that the Army Corps’ decision not to grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline is “a very chilling signal” for the future of infrastructure in the U.S.

Cramer said in a statement that infrastructure will be hard to build “when criminal behavior is rewarded this way,” apparently referring to the large protest encampment on federal land and the clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement.

 

Devils Lake  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a 28-year-old Devils Lake  man died Saturday,  after he was ejected when his pickup went into a ditch about  7:50 a.m. 13 miles northeast of Devils Lake on Ramsey County Road No. 3.

The patrol says Darell Sainsbury was northbound on the road driving a 2001 Ford F150 pickup when the vehicle drifted into the east ditch. Sainsbury attempted to correct the action and lost control of the pickup, which crossed the road and rolled in the west ditch.

Sainsbury was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected and died at the scene.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Figures show North Dakota residents seeking an associate degree spend an average of $11,535 annually, but some of those degrees will lead to higher wages and some won’t.

U.S. Department of Education data show some North Dakota two-year campuses garner higher wages for their students, a nearly $16,000 difference between the highest and lowest salary averages from the top 10 two-year schools.

There   doesn’t seem to be any correlation between cost to attend and average salary.

The North Dakota State College of Science outranks the other nine schools with an average salary of $41,300, based on IRS reports for students 10 years after attending college.

Students pay nearly $10,600 annually at the college, which is $130 less than Dickinson State University. Data show that Dickinson State students average $2,500 less in salary than NDSCS students.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck man accused of sexually abusing a young relative claims he is not responsible because he was asleep when it happened.

The  abuse allegedly happened in May 2015.

The lawyer for Aaron Michael Dietrich, 22, says an expert hired by the defense diagnosed Dietrich with a sleep disorder called sexomnia.

Judge Todd Cresap said he couldn’t decide how the state will try the case and signed a court order for additional evaluations on Dietrich’s disorder and alleged crime.

The state will wait for the results of the evaluations before scheduling a jury trial date.

Dietrich faces up to 20 years in prison and would be required to register as a sex offender.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A project to repurpose a former Mandan school into affordable apartments can move forward after a funding package has come through.

The  Wisconsin-based Commonwealth Companies will continue with the $8.3 million housing project after receiving help from the North Dakota Finance Agency.

Construction on the apartments will start in March and includes 39 units, six of which will be designated permanent supportive housing for those who have experienced homelessness.

The plans for the building constructed in 1917 also include a wellness center, chapel, community rooms and outdoor playground.

 

In sports…

Saturday…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Easton Stick threw three touchdown passes on Saturday and North Dakota State beat San Diego 45-7, taking its first postseason step toward a sixth straight FCS championship in a second-round playoff game.

The top-seeded Bison (11-1) will get a chance to avenge their only loss when they play host to South Dakota State in the quarterfinals. SDSU beat NDSU 19-17 on the last play of the game in the regular-season meeting in Fargo.

Stick completed 12 of 20 passes for 208 yards and ran four times for 99 yards. He threw TD passes of 16 and 49 yards to Chase Morlock and 11 yards to RJ Urzendowski.

The Bison defense got into the act when MJ Stumpf returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown with 10:49 left in the first quarter.

The Toreros finally got on the board on Anthony Lawrence’s 1-yard TD pass to Ross Dwelley with 6:56 left in the third quarter.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Griffin Trau kicked an 18-yard field goal as time expired, capping a 17-point comeback and sending Richmond to a 27-24 win over seventh-seeded North Dakota in the second round of the FCS playoffs on Saturday.

The Spiders (10-3) got into field goal range thanks to a 54-yard pass from Kevin Johnson to Tyler Wilkins on third-and-14 earlier on the drive. Richmond moved the ball 17 yards in the next three plays, and Trau’s game-winner tucked inside the left upright as the clock hit zeroes.

North Dakota (9-3) led 24-7 early in the third quarter after Demun Mercer’s second touchdown catch from Keaton Studsrud. Mercer had five catches for 122 yards.

Johnson, who threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns, ran for a 9-yard score late in the third to pull Richmond within 24-14. The Spiders blocked a punt and converted field position into a field goal to get within a touchdown, and Johnson found Garrett Hudson for an 8-yard score to tie it at 24 with 5:24 remaining.

Richmond travels to second-seeded Eastern Washington next Saturday for a quarterfinals matchup.

 

Aberdeen  (VCSUVikings.com) The Valley City State University basketball teams capped a perfect start to conference play Saturday with a doubleheader sweep at Presentation College.

 

Jimmie Women’s Basketball

Jamestown  (UJ-CSi)  The Jamestown Jimmies (7-2, 2-0) concluded a NSAA home weekend sweep by dismantling Dakota State 88-45 Sunday afternoon at the Jamestown Civic Center

Friday…

Jamestown 74 Dickinson State 64

Jimmie Men’s Basketball…

Friday…

Dickinson State 84 Jamestown 81

 

Sunday…

Jamestown 90 Dakota State 81 2OT

 

 

Saturday….

 

Valley City (VCSU CSi) – The Valley City State University men’s basketball team has added to its 2017 recruiting class with the addition of Hunter McCalla.

Viking head coach Ryan Montgomery announced McCalla has signed a letter of intent to attend VCSU and play basketball for the Vikings starting this fall.

A native of Becker, Minn., McCalla is currently in his senior season at Becker High School. Montgomery says the 6-foot-4 McCalla is a bigger guard who can shoot the ball well.

Montgomery says, “We needed shooting in this class and Hunter helps fill that void. We also love his ability to pass the ball. At 6-foot-4, he can handle, distribute, and shoot the ball making him a great fit for VCSU basketball.”

McCalla averaged 10 points, seven rebounds, four assists, two steals and one block per game last season as he helped Becker to a 14-14 overall record. He is a two-time All Conference Honorable Mention in basketball and was named Most Dedicated. He has also excelled in soccer, earning two All Conference awards.

McCalla plays his summer basketball with the Comets Elite DLR team. He is the son of Kory McCalla and Tracy McCalla, and plans to study business while at VCSU.

He joins Collin Trottier (6-foot-7 forward, West Fargo Sheyenne) as VCSU’s announced recruits for the 2017 class.

Valley City State University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and a conference member of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA). The Vikings are currently 7-4 this season as they enter conference play. Last season, the men’s basketball team posted a 22-11 overall record and advanced to the second round of the NAIA National Tournament for just the second time in school history.

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Orlando 98 Detroit 92

Final Oklahoma City 101 New Orleans 92

Final N-Y Knicks 106 Sacramento 98

Final Indiana 111 L.A. Clippers 102

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Mikko Koivu scored 3:11 into overtime and the Minnesota Wild edged the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Sunday night.

Charlie Coyle also scored for the Wild (12-8-4), who snapped a three-game skid.

Patrick Maroon had the goal for the Oilers (14-10-3), who had won two straight.

Edmonton got on the board less than 3 minutes into the game. Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk was able to stop a point shot by Mark Fayne, but couldn’t recover in time to stop Maroon from scoring his eighth of the season on the rebound.

The Wild tied it with 55 seconds to go in the opening period. Coyle was able to muscle in a rebound off Oilers goalie Jonas Gustavsson’s skate for his ninth goal this season.

Final SO Montreal 5 L.A. Kings 4

Final OT Carolina 1 Tampa Bay 0

Final Philadelphia 4 Nashville 2

Final OT Detroit 4 N-Y Islanders 3

Final Winnipeg 2 Chicago 1

Final Calgary 8 Anaheim 3

 

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE..

In the snow at Lambeau Field the Packers beat the Texans 21-13. Aaron Rodgers threw for 209 yards and two touchdowns in the win as each team left the field with a record of 6-6.

The Bengals got their first win since Oct. 23 as Andy Dalton threw a pair of touchdown passes in their 32-14 win over the Eagles. Cincinnati improved to 4-7-1 with the win. The Eagles, who won their first three games of the season, fell to 5-7.

Bradley Roby returned an interception 51 yards for a touchdown as the Broncos beat Jacksonville 20-10.

Jordan Howard ran for 117 yards and a career-high three touchdowns in snowy Chicago as the Bears handed San Francisco its 11th straight loss with a 26-6 defeat.

 

Final Baltimore 38 Miami 6

Final Green Bay 21 Houston 13

Final Kansas City 29 Atlanta 28

Final New England 26 Los Angeles 10

Final Detroit 28 New Orleans 13

Final Oakland 38 Buffalo 24

Final Arizona 31 Washington 23

Final Tampa Bay 28 San Diego 21

Final Pittsburgh 24 N-Y Giants 14

Final Seattle 40 Carolina 7

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (3) North Carolina 95 Radford 50

Final (13) Indiana 83 SE Missouri 55

Final (20) South Carolina 70 FIU 54

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL…

MINNESOTA-HOLIDAY BOWL

Gophers face Washington State in Holiday Bowl in San Diego

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota will meet Washington State in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27 in San Diego.

The Gophers (8-4) are in the Holiday for the first time and in a California bowl for the first time since the 1962 Rose Bowl. Minnesota is in a bowl for a fifth straight year, tying a program record.

The Cougars (8-4) are in the postseason for the second straight year and in the Holiday Bowl for the third time, having played in it in 1981 and 2003.

Washington State has won three of five meetings with the Gophers. This will be the first time they’ve played since 1988.

 

UNDATED (AP) — The four schools fighting for the national championship in college football are, as they are seeded from 1 to 4, Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Washington.

The Clemson Tigers will face Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl while the Alabama Crimson Tide goes against the Huskies of Washington in the Peach Bowl, which serve as the national semifinal games.

Left out from the semifinals are Penn State and Michigan, finishing fifth and sixth in the rankings.

The results show three schools from the Big Ten among the top six.

It all comes down to the national championship game Jan. 9 in Tampa.

In other major bowl game matchups:

Michigan will face Florida State in the Orange Bowl, Southern Cal will go against Penn State in the Rose Bowl, Wisconsin will meet Western Michigan in the Cotton Bowl and Auburn is playing Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl.

 

T25-POLL…

UNDATED (AP) — The Associated Press has released its final poll of the regular season in football and the top team is Alabama, unanimously. The Crimson Tide began the year on top in the preseason poll and heads into postseason play with a chance to become the third wire-to-wire champion in the history of the AP football poll.

Rounding out the top five are Ohio State, Clemson, Washington and Penn State.

The second five features Michigan, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Southern Cal and Florida State.

Alabama enters the postseason looking to win back-to-back championships and to join Florida State in 1999 and Southern California in 2004 as the only teams to be AP No. 1 from start to finish in one season.

 

MLB-HALL OF FAME…

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Former commissioner Bud Selig (SEE’-lihg) and longtime general manager John Schuerholz (SHUR’-holts) have been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame.

Schuerholz was picked by all 16 voters on a veterans committee at the winter meetings. Selig was listed 15 times in becoming the fifth of 10 commissioners to reach the Hall.

MLB-YANKEES

AP source: Holliday agrees to 1-year deal with Yanks

UNDATED (AP)— A person familiar with the negotiations says free agent outfielder Matt Holliday and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $13 million, one-year contract.

 

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