– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jan 5

CSi Weather…

JAMESTOWN/VALLEY CITY

..WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY…

* WIND CHILL VALUES…THERE WILL BE SOME RECOVERY IN THE PORTIONS

OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY FOR AN HOUR OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON…BUT

HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS WILL QUICKLY RETURN THIS EVENING AND

CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 40

BELOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS…DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MAY QUICKLY PRODUCE FROSTBITE

ON EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL

COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN

OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND

GLOVES.

Forecast…

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 15 BELOW. TEMPERATURE RISING

OVERNIGHT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS 31 BELOW

TO 36 BELOW ZERO.

.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS

ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS

25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 15 TO 20 BELOW. NORTHWEST

WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS 32 BELOW TO 37 BELOW ZERO.

.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 BELOW.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 10 TO 15 BELOW.

.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 BELOW.

.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE

MORNING. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

.MONDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER

MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.

.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE

MORNING. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 BELOW.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 5 TO 10.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. LOWS

5 TO 10 BELOW.

.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL DEVELOP EARLY NEXT WEEK AND SEVERAL

PERIODS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE

AS EARLY AS SUNDAY.

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY

Jamestown (CSi) Water was restored in a section of Northwest Jamestown about 4:30-p.m., Thursday, after the Jamestown Water Department and city crew, Thursday afternoon worked on water main breaks.

Engineering Department spokesperson Justin Lievig says the area was along First Avenue North between 10^th Street and 13^th Street Northwest.

He says the initial break was banded and when water was turned back on another break occurred about 100 feet north of the first break. After the water was turned back on, another small leak was detected and banded, before the water was again turned on, and the excavation was back-filled.

He says the cold weather is not necessarily a factor in the breaks, as much as age is, with the pipes installed in the 1950’s.

Jamestown (CSi) Starting January 3, 2017, Sanford Clinic in Jamestown longer has a walk-in clinic. Instead they are offering same-day appointments for anyone with an illness or injury who needs to be seen right away.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Sanford Clinic’s, Director Jon Lillejord said while the same-day appointments are new, patients for the most part are receptive to the plan, and are positive.

He said patients have indicated their displeasure with not knowing who the health care provide is at walk-in appointments and that they could not see their regular health care provider, at the walk-in clinic, in addition to long waits.

With same-day appointments, patients now know who they will see for the examination.

He said same Day appointments must be scheduled on the day that you wish to be seen or can be schedule Monday through Thursday afternoon for the following morning. To schedule a same-day appointment, please call 701-253-4000 or 701-251-6000. You may be able to see your primary care provider, but if that is not possible, there will be opening with at least one of our providers each day.

The Same Day Clinic is not for routine visits such as physicals, well child visits, sports physicals, diabetic checks, medication refills and so on. These types of appointments should be scheduled in advance in with your provider.

He said, if you wake up in the morning and are not feeling well, call right away to schedule your same day appointment. If illness hits later in the day, call right away, if we can’t fit you in that day, we’ll get you on the schedule for the next morning.

Lillejord pointed out that Sanford Clinic is hoping that the change to same day appointments will eliminate the long wait times that were sometimes experienced at the walk-in clinic.

He added that presently one same-day physician is seeing patients with 15 minute appointments with 32 daily appointments.

When Dr. Johnson returns next week there will be two same-day appointment physicians taking 64, 15 minute daily appointments.

There will be three health care providers seeing patients on a rotational basis, in conjunction with routine scheduled appointments.

Lillejord added that the clinic has not had Saturday hours for some time, noting not many walk-ins were seen then, plus services such as X-Rays and blood tests were not available on Saurday’s

He added that over the weekend, or anytime, Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Department is available.

(Yahoo! News) A B-52 bomber on a training flight near Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota lost an engine mid-flight but was able to land safely with all of its crew aboard, according to an Air Force spokesman.

The Air Force says the engine fell in the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, a remote area about 25 miles northeast of the Minot air base.

The crew “declared an in-flight emergency when the pilot discovered that an engine departed the aircraft,” according to an Air Force spokesman.

“There were no weapons on board and it was a local training mission. The aircraft landed safely with no injuries to the five personnel on board,” the spokesman added.

The incident occurred mid-morning on Wednesday, the same day that departing Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James was visiting the base as part of a farewell tour.

An Air Force helicopter sent to recover the wreckage “located possible engine debris” in an unpopulated area about 25 nautical miles northeast of the base, Air Force officials added.

Officials said that there was no threat to public safety and that an investigation has been started.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature is less bullish on the state’s economy than the former governor, and have lowered expectations on tax collections by more than $170 million.

That’s for the next two-year budget cycle.

Members of the appropriations committees are to adopt the fresh state revenue estimates Thursday. They’ll use the data to write the two-year budget that starts July 1.

Former GOP Gov. Jack Dalrymple presented his $13.4 billion spending plan last month, right before leaving office.

The Legislature’s budget plan predicts lower oil prices than Dalrymple set in his proposal.

Republican Gov. Doug Burgum says he won’t give lawmakers a budgetary starting point until late January.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s biggest industry was also the biggest contributor to Gov. Doug Burgum’s inaugural celebration.

That’s according to a review of a list of sponsors provided by the governor’s office in response to a request by The Associated Press. Wednesday’s event in Bismarck drew more than 3,000 people.

Beau Bateman, a spokesman for the private committee that organized the event, says Whiting Petroleum was the lead sponsor. Whiting is the largest producer in the state’s oil patch.

Bateman says $215,000 was raised for the event from 37 sponsors — almost twice the cost of Jack Dalrymple’s 2012 inaugural.

Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki says the donations won’t influence the governor.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A McKenzie County sheriff’s deputy who was scheduled for a disciplinary hearing this week has been terminated after county officials uncovered new information they say isn’t related to his suspension in October.

Human resources manager Amanda Willis tells the Williston Herald that interim Sheriff Matthew Johansen fired Lt. Michael Schmitz on Friday.

Schmitz had been ordered to appear before the County Commission on Tuesday for a hearing over alleged bullying and retaliatory behavior.

Willis says the reason for termination is related to something that happened during his three years at the sheriff’s office and that an investigation is ongoing.

Schmitz told the newspaper last week that he didn’t know he’d been fired, and he didn’t respond to requests for comment.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani (bruh-SHAW’-nee) is one of four finalists to lead Ohio University.

The school in Athens, Ohio, announced its presidential search finalists Thursday. Bresciani is to take part in an open forum at the school on Jan. 12.

Bresciani’s tenure in Fargo has been rocky at times. The state Board of Higher Education last June declined to extend his contract over complaints about his communication, teamwork and decision-making skills. The board gave Bresciani six months to show improvement, and voted in November to give him another year.

Bresciani was named NDSU president in May 2010. He makes about $355,000 annually.

Other finalists for the Ohio University job are officials with that school, Texas Tech and the University of New Mexico.

BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (AP) — A North Dakota man has been charged with attempted murder for a shooting at a home in Breckenridge, Minnesota.

Twenty-seven-year-old Matthew Allard, of Wahpeton, North Dakota. is accused of shooting Isaac Herrera with a handgun during an argument last week. KFGO reports Herrera was shot in the stomach and remains in a Fargo hospital.

Allard was arrested the next day at a mobile home in Wahpeton. Bail for Allard is set at a minimum of $200,000. His record includes drug and disorderly conduct convictions in Wahpeton, Bismarck and Minot, North Dakota.

In world and national news…

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors in Chicago have filed hate crime and aggravated kidnapping charges against four black suspects accused of beating and taunting a white man during an attack that was streamed live on Facebook. The four are also charged with aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The charges stem from an incident that went on for as many as 48 hours. Police have said the victim has “mental health challenges.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans set out to do away with President Barack Obama’s health care law, Democrats are quick to point out that Republicans aren’t close to proposing a replacement for it. But House Speaker Paul Ryan says lawmakers won’t just repeal Obamacare this year — they’ll replace it with a Republican alternative. There are many views among Republicans about what the replacement should do, and how they would pay for it.

DETROIT (AP) —Donald Trump has trained his sights on Toyota in his latest effort to badger a company into building its products in the U.S. rather than Mexico. Trump tweeted Thursday that the Japanese automaker plans to build a factory in Mexico, to build the compact Corolla. He warned the company to build the plant in the U.S. or pay a big border tax. The threat is similar to those targeted at Ford and GM. Trump has repeatedly threatened Ford with a border tax and this week called out GM for importing cars from Mexico.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats want the House ethics office to find out whether stock sales by Republican Congressman Tom Price of Georgia broke any laws. Price has been nominated by Donald Trump to head the Department of Health and Human Services. The Wall Street Journal reported that Price traded over $300,000 worth of shares in health care companies in the past four years, while pushing legislation that might affect the value of that stock.

WASHINGTON (AP) — New parents — get ready to feed your babies foods containing peanuts. The National Institutes of Health now says most babies should regularly eat those foods starting at around six months of age — and some as early as four months. It’s because starting young is seen as lowering their chances of developing peanut allergies. The recommendations are based on landmark research that found early exposure is far more likely to protect babies from developing peanut allergies than to harm them.