Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Dec 15

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO

10 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW IN THE MORNING.

.TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS NEAR

ZERO. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER

MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY…CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN SNOW IN THE

AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1-2 INCHES. HIGHS ZERO TO

5 ABOVE. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN

THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW.

SNOW CHANCE 100 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT

CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW

THROUGH THE NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LOWS AROUND

15 BELOW. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 90 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.

.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 10 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS

AROUND 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 25 BELOW.

.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO.

.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.

LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.

HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.

 

ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY LIFE

THREATENING WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE WEEKEND…

LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY

AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT…EXPANDING ACROSS ALL BUT THE FAR

NORTH THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH

FRIDAY NIGHT OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 2 AND

THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 TO THE SOUTHERN

BORDER…SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE IN PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING

SNOW SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94.

FOLLOWING THE SNOW….LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS NEAR 50 BELOW

ZERO WILL OVERSPREAD WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY

NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED FRIDAY

THROUGH SUNDAY…PREPARE NOW FOR SNOW FOLLOWED BY BITTERLY COLD

AIR AND WIND CHILLS.

KEEP UP TO DATE ON ANY WATCHES OR ADVISORIES

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Police warns the public that a high-risk sex offender is now living in Jamestown.

31 year old William Joseph Carter, resides at 2605 Circle Drive.

He does not have a vehicle.

Carter is a white male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 226 pounds, with hazel eyes and brown hair.

Carter has been assigned a high-risk assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee, Office of the Attorney General.

Carter was convicted of gross sexual imposition in 2004 in Stutsman County. Authorities said he forced a 9-year-old girl to have sexual contact with him. He was sentenced to two years and five years supervised probation.

Carter is not wanted 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. Attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten Carter, his family, landlord or employer will be turned over for prosecution. Printed handouts of the demographics of Carter are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports that Jamestown Regional Airport in November 2016 had a 32 percent increase in boardings compared to November of 2015.

The report says in November this year boardings were 932 compared to 703 in November of last year, or an increase of 229.

The airport boarded its 10,000^th passenger of 2016, on Wednesday morning, November 23, 2016.

 

Lethbridge, Alberta, CA  (CSi)  Cavendish Farms has announced the expansion of the Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada business, with the construction of a new frozen potato processing plant.

The approval by Lethbridge City Council for the purchase of land in the Sherring Industrial Park is the first step towards the construction of a $350 million facility, which will replace its current plant in Canada.

Cavendish Farms, President, Robert K. Irving says, “Cavendish Farms is pleased to be expanding our business in Lethbridge and we are proud of the relationship we have built with the City and the people who make up this community.  The opportunity to expand in Lethbridge, and remain within the region is very important to us. Lethbridge has provided Cavendish Farms with a cross-Canada presence that has helped fuel our growth and allowed us to reach key markets.” This expansion is possible because of the commitment of Cavendish Farms employees, customers, growers, and suppliers. It is their efforts that have allowed us to grow and expand.”

Construction is expected to start in  the spring 2017 and be completed by summer 2019. The new plant will allow Cavendish Farms to more than double its annual production capacity to meet growing demand and will be more efficient, reducing our carbon footprint.

Cavendish Farms is a family-owned company that produces quality frozen potato and appetizer products for the North American and international food industry, supplying customers in the retail, restaurant, and institutional sectors. They operate four potato processing plants – two on Prince Edward Island, one in Lethbridge, Alberta, and one in Jamestown, North Dakota. They also operate a fifth plant specializing in appetizer products in Wheatley, Ontario.

 

Jamestown (JRMC-CSi)    Dr. Rachael Renschler will join Jamestown Regional Medical Center as its new podiatrist, beginning in January 2017. Renschler will begin seeing patients in late January.

After completion of her undergraduate degree at University of Central Florida, Dr. Renschler attended Des Moines University in Iowa, where she received her Doctor of Podiatric Medicine.

Recently completing her Podiatry residency, Dr. Renschler is skilled in advanced procedures in podiatry care, including:

• options for flatfeet, hammertoe and bunion relief
• Achilles tendon injuries
• arthritis of foot and ankle
• arthroscopic ankle surgery
• diabetic foot infections and limb salvage
• reconstruction of the forefoot, rearfoot and ankle
• total ankle replacement
• traumatic injuries of the foot and ankle

Dr. Renschler says she will bring an educational and informative style of care to JRMC.

She says “As a physician, I strive to provide understanding and knowledge to my patient’s. To help them reach their health goals, I imbue a positive influence on my patients, providing them with encouragement and supporting them on their journey to recovery.”

Although Dr. Renschler is skilled in foot and ankle procedures, she will also expand her services into more non-surgical care.

She adds, “Just because you don’t need surgery does not mean I don’t have a service that will benefit you and the health of your feet.”

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  North Dakota Farmers Union praised the

release Wednesday of Farmer Fair Practices Rules that aim to provide

livestock producers and poultry growers with contract protections

against unfair or discriminatory practices.

NDFU President Mark Watne, says, “These rules will provide needed transparency for families that have fallen victim in the marketplace to fraudulent and anticompetitive practices, especially those in heavily concentrated ag markets.”

Earlier this year, USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration submitted to the Office of Management and Budget the interim final rule that gives producers protection against unfair or discriminatory contract practices, and two proposed rules that provide oversight for pricing and payment practices.

He adds, “These rules have been in the works for years. But powerful meatpacking interests have always swayed Congress from implementing the rules – up until now.”

The 2008 Farm Bill sought to mitigate abusive contracting and marketing practices in the highly concentrated livestock and poultry sectors. Yet lawmakers repeatedly blocked USDA from fully implementing the law through an annual appropriations rider. Late last year, that rider was omitted from the congressional appropriations omnibus bill.

Watne points out, “These rules are important to level the playing field between corporations and families who raise livestock under contract, especially in our hog and poultry industries where a handful of companies control the market.  There is no true price discovery in a concentrated system because little or no competition for a product exists. That affects the price farmers receive for that same product or the price they can negotiate.

We are pleased the rules are moving forward and I strongly encourage livestock producers to comment on these safeguards.”

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A house explosion north of Mandan has killed two people.

The Morton County Sheriff’s Office says the house along state Highway 1806 was destroyed by the blast about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities say there was an explosion but no fire.

A female was pronounced dead at the scene. A male and another female were taken to a Bismarck hospital, where the male was pronounced dead.

Authorities did not immediately release the names or ages of the victims.

The cause of the explosion wasn’t immediately determined.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Board of Higher Education leader says despite current budget cuts, there are brighter days ahead for funding the state’s 11 colleges and universities.

The board was briefed Wednesday on the budget proposal by outgoing Gov. Jack Dalrymple. It would slash higher education spending by 15 percent, 5 percent of which could be restored through 2.5 percent tuition increases annually over the next two years. That amounts to about $32 million from the original $682 million higher education budget proposal.

Board chair Kathleen Neset, of Tioga, told the group that because funding is closely related to energy, this will likely be the “roughest time” and a better outlook is ahead. Neset is president of an oilfield consulting service.

The Dalrymple budget eliminates 313 full-time positions in higher education.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The federal government doesn’t plan to meet North Dakota’s law enforcement request for 100 federal officers to help police protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

The Justice Department tells The Associated Press that the agency thinks additional officers might escalate tensions, not ease them.

The department also says it has offered training and technical assistance to local officers and worked to foster dialogue among law enforcement and pipeline opponents who’ve been camped on federal land for months.

Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier says that isn’t good enough and hasn’t helped. He’s long been critical of what he perceives to be a lack of federal aid.

Jonathan F. Thompson, the executive director of the National Sheriffs’ Association, says his group has “asked, pleaded and nearly begged” for federal officers.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The state medical examiner says a Minot woman whom authorities allege was killed by her ex-husband was stabbed 44 times in the neck, face and chest.

Medical Examiner William Massello testified Tuesday in the trial of 30-year-old Richie Wilder Jr., who faces a murder charge in the November 2015 death of 30-year-old Angila Wilder.

Massello says Wilder died within minutes of being attacked.

Her boyfriend, Christopher Jackson, testified that Wilder was pregnant.

Richie Wilder has pleaded not guilty. He could face life in prison if convicted. His trial is scheduled to last two weeks.

 

In sports…

Men’s Basketball…

Dakota Wesleyan 95 Jamestown 65

 

Boys Hockey…

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Washington 109 Charlotte 106

Final Miami 95 Indiana 89

Final Toronto 123 Philadelphia 114

Final L.A. Clippers 113 Orlando 108

Final Brooklyn 107 L.A. Lakers 97

Final Memphis 93 Cleveland 85

Final Houston 132 Sacramento 98

Final Detroit 95 Dallas 85

Final Utah 109 Oklahoma City 89

Final San Antonio 108 Boston 101

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final SO San Jose 4 Ottawa 3

Final OT Pittsburgh 4 Boston 3

Final Tampa Bay 6 Calgary 3

Final Philadelphia 4 Colorado 3

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Nigel Hayes scored 24 points and 14th-ranked Wisconsin trailed early before reeling off a 20-4 run in a 73-59 triumph over Green Bay. Zak Showalter hit four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points for the 10-2 Badgers, while teammate Ethan Happ had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

 

Final (2) UCLA 102 UC Santa Barbara 62

Final (4) Baylor 89 Southern U. 59

Final (19) Arizona 64 Grand Canyon 54

Final (20) Saint Mary’s (Cal) 73 W. Kentucky 51

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dupree McBrayer scored 21 points and Nate Mason added 19 points and seven assists for the Minnesota Gophers, who pulled away late to beat LIU Brooklyn 76-66 on Wednesday night.

Jordan Murphy added 13 points for Minnesota (11-1) as the Gophers won their fifth straight game. Eric Curry had 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds off the bench as Minnesota used its size advantage to outscore the Blackbirds 38-20 in the paint.

Trailing by 14 at halftime, LIU Brooklyn scored the first 11 points of the second half while connecting on three 3-pointers. But three points was as close as the Blackbirds would get, despite hitting seven 3s in the second half.

Iverson Fleming had 24 points for LIU Brooklyn (7-4), which was coming off a win against St. John’s. Nura Zanna had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

 

MINNESOTA-SUSPENSIONS…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler says the 10 players suspended from the Gopher football team won’t play in the upcoming Holiday Bowl against Washington State.

In an email to school supporters Wednesday, Kaler says the decision was made by coach Tracy Claeys in consultation with athletic director Mark Coyle. He says he supports the decision, and that it was based on facts and the university’s values.

His message did not give the reason for the suspensions, citing the students’ privacy rights.

But the father of one suspended player and an attorney for several say the 10 were suspended following a fresh investigation into an alleged sexual assault at an off-campus apartment in September.

The bowl game is Dec. 27 in San Diego.

 

VIKINGS-PETERSON

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Adrian Peterson is returning to practice this week for the Minnesota Vikings for the first time since tearing the meniscus in his right knee in September.

Coach Mike Zimmer says he expects Peterson to practice all week. He is not sure if his star running back will be available to play the Indianapolis Colts this weekend.

Peterson told a local website earlier this week that he is still targeting the game against Green Bay on Dec. 24 to make his return to the field. He tore his meniscus on Sept. 18 against Green Bay and has missed the last 11 games.

The Vikings (7-6) are operating under the assumption that they have to win their final three games to make the playoffs.

 

NBA-LABOR

MIAMI (AP) — The NBA appears to have avoided a possible work stoppage for next season.

The league and its players have agreed in principle to a new collective bargaining agreement. The agreement comes one day before the sides faced a deadline for opting out of the current deal.

The new package still needs formal approval from owners and the unions in the coming weeks, causing both sides to move the opt-out deadline to Jan. 13.

The NBA hasn’t experienced a work stoppage since the 2011-12 season.

 

MLB-LABOR

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will continue to enjoy labor peace for five more seasons.

Owners and players have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement that runs through 2021. Teams yesterday voted 29-1 to approve the deal, and the union said its executive board unanimously ratified it. A person familiar with the owners’ vote tells The Associated Press that Tampa Bay managing general partner Suart Sternberg cast the lone dissenting vote.

Baseball hasn’t had a work stoppage since 1995.

 

MLB-CUBS

UNDATED (AP) — The World Series-champion Cubs have added another new piece to their bullpen.

Koji Uehara (KOH’-jee oo-eh-HAH’-rah) has accepted a one-year, $6 million contract with Chicago. The 41-year-old Uehara went 2-3 with a 3.45 ERA and seven saves in 50 appearances for the Red Sox last season, missing about seven weeks because of a strained right pectoral muscle.

The right-hander is expected to serve as a set-up man for recently-acquired Wade Davis, who takes over closer duties after free agent Aroldis Chapman was signed by the Yankees.

 

In world and national news…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin is denying a report that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally directed how hacked data from the Democratic party was used during the U.S. presidential election. The CIA has said that the release of the hacked material was designed to help Trump. NBC News quotes U.S. intelligence officials as saying that Putin “became personally involved in the covert Russian campaign.” Putin’s spokesman dismisses the report as “laughable nonsense.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s prime minister is praising Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointments.” In a televised interview, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE’-tree med-VYEH’-dyev) described Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as someone with “pragmatic thinking.” Tillerson has been nominated for secretary of state. Medvedev says Trump’s choices show that he hires people who “don’t have ingrained anti-Russian stereotypes, or any stereotypes.”

BEIRUT (AP) — The evacuation of the last rebel enclave in Aleppo is underway. Residents in eastern part of the city have started to board buses and ambulances. Syrian state TV says 29 buses and ambulances are heading to two Shiite villages besieged by rebels to evacuate the sick and others in need there. The evacuations appear to be part of the Aleppo cease-fire deal.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jurors will soon be asked to decide if the man accused in the shooting deaths of nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church is guilty of federal hate crimes. Closing arguments are expected this morning at Dylann Roof’s trial. The 22 year-old’s two-hour confession was played in its entirety for the jury and his defense attorney put on no witnesses. The same jury will decide if Roof gets the death penalty or life in prison without parole in another phase of the trial starting Jan. 3.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s fertility regulator has approved controversial techniques that allow doctors to create babies using the DNA from three people. The regulator’s chair describes the decision as a “life-changing” moment for families. She says it allows the techniques to be used in “limited circumstances,” to help prevent children from inheriting potentially fatal diseases from their mother.