Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jan 12

CSi Weather…

Jamestown

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL

WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY.

* EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW ZERO UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY.

* THESE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS

LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND

THE WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. FROST

BITE CAN OCCUR QUICKLY AND EVEN HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF

PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

 

Forecast…

LATE THIS AFTERNOON…SUNNY. WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.

NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT…CLEAR, COLDER. LOWS AROUND 25 BELOW. WEST WINDS 5 TO

10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS AROUND

45 BELOW.

.FRIDAY…INCREASING CLOUDS. HIGHS AROUND 10. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO

15 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 45 BELOW IN THE MORNING.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. NOT AS COLD. LOWS NEAR ZERO.

SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. HIGHS 10 TO 15. LOWS NEAR

ZERO. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 20.

.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 10 TO 15.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 30.

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

HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.

 

DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF

WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

 

The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and the North Dakota Highway Patrol have LIFTED the No Travel Advisory for south central North Dakota.

Please be advised that road condition information on 511 and the travel map is updated daily from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. CDT. The road report is based upon the information available to the NDDOT at the time of preparation and is provided solely as a public service. Conditions may vary from those reported.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Arts Center’s exhibit reception for the Women Behind The Plow exhibit that was scheduled for 5:30 Thursday evening, January 12, 2017, is postponed one week till next Thursday (January 19) at the same time 5:30.

The postponement is due to the bitter weather conditions.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met  in Special Session Wednesday at City Hall.   All members were present.

The Council discussed the City Assessor and City Building Inspector positions.

Mayor Andersen said applications were received and all candidates were reviewed and or interviewed by a city committee, consisting of Mayor Andersen, Deputy City Auditor Jay Sveum, City Council Member Steve Brubakken, and City Administrator Jeff Fuchs.

The applicant for City Assessor, Jamison Veil who is employed in the Stutsman County property appraiser’s office, was approved unanimously.  His start date is February 1, 2017.

The present city Assessor Darrell Wollan is retiring at the end of February this year.

The Council unanimously approved Tom Blackmore as the City Building Inspector with his start date February 16, 2017.

He has 18 years of construction experience, most recently with Hillerud Construction.

City Building Inspector, Gary Klundt is retiring, at the end of March this year.

Mayor Andersen said both positions had a number of qualified candidates.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works made repairs Wednesday to a water main break in the 300 block of 14th Avenue, Northeast.

Spokesperson Justin Liebig says water was shut off in that block, while the crew was investigating the cause of the break, and what repairs are needed.

He said a band repair was made to the pipe, and work was finished and the water restored about 1:30-p.m., Wednesday.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Glik’s clothing store has closed, after being offered another location in the Buffalo Mall, at the mall’s expense. That according to Buffalo Mall Property Manager, Tim Perkins.   He says, the Glik’s decision to leave the mall was its own. Glik’s indicated to him, after the new Dunham’s Sporting Good store is open and mall traffic increases the store may think about coming back to the mall. Glik’s CEO Jeff Glik, says the Jamestown store’s inventory is being moved to other Glik’s locations.

 

The planned move was in conjunction with locating Dunham’s Sports, in the Buffalo Mall, in the spot between the radio station up to and not including Christopher and Banks.  Those stores presently located in those spaces have not yet indicated plans for their stores.  Perkins adds those stores including Sears and Regis have until late February or early March to make a decision, when the demolition and reconstruction is planned.

 

London Nails has confirmed it will relocate in the mall, at the current mall management location, which will move next to Anytime Fitness.

He adds that Don’s House of Flowers and Fabric and Textiles have closed their locations.

 

Earlier this month, Dunham’s, a sporting goods retail outlet, said a 40,000-square-foot store would be locating in the Buffalo Mall, its first North Dakota location.

Buffalo Mall regular hours are Mon-Fri 10-8, Sat 10-6, and Sun 12-5.

For more information, contact Tim Perkins, at (701) 251-2237, visit the mall’s new website at shopbuffalomall.com, and on Facebook for events and store updates.

For leasing opportunities, contact David Schlossman (701) 261-6161 or david.schlossman@goldmark.com.

 

 

Bismarck (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports,  this week, two separate injury crashes occurred from snow fog and blowing snow. In both cases, motorists entered areas of reduced visibility and struck other vehicles and a pedestrian.

If you encounter reduced visibility, slow down. Always buckle up and obey posted speed limits. Be aware of rapidly changing driving conditions. Remove any distractions and treat driving as a full-time responsibility.

Monday morning, a pickup entered blowing snow and struck another pickup and a pedestrian. The pedestrian suffered minor injuries and was transported for medical treatment. A few hours later, a Department of Transportation snow plow was rear-ended by a pickup. The driver entered snow fog and struck the plow. Both occupants in the pickup were injured and transported for treatment.

These crashes may have been avoided or the severity lessened if the drivers would’ve slowed immediately upon entering areas of reduced visibility.

 

Valley City  (VCSU- CSi)  Valley City State University’s online graduate education and bachelor’s degree programs have earned national recognition in the 2017 U.S. News Best Online Program rankings.

In the Best Online Graduate Education Program rankings, VCSU is ranked 47 of 275 schools that were evaluated.

James Boe, Ph.D., and VCSU director for graduate studies and research says, “We are very pleased by the rankings.  The personal attention we give to our students and our flexible delivery methods play a big part in our success.”

He adds, “Our M.Ed. program has unique concentrations to meet the needs of K-12 educators, and the new M.A.T. program increases our ability to meet the critical teacher shortage in North Dakota. We will continue to seek innovative ways to provide our students with quality graduate programs at VCSU.”

VCSU offers two online master’s degree programs in education—the Master of Education (M.Ed.) program and the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program. The M.A.T. is designed for individuals who already have a non-teaching bachelor’s degree and would like to become a teacher, while the Master of Education degree is designed for practicing teachers. The M.Ed. program offers six concentrations: elementary education, English education, library and information technologies, teaching English language learners, teaching and technology, and technology education.

The 47th place ranking for VCSU’s graduate education program represents a considerable move upward compared to the 2016 rankings; last year VCSU was ranked 83rd among 263 listed schools.

More information on VCSU’s graduate education programs can be found online at vcsu.edu/graduate.

 

Jamestown (CSi-NDFU)  A U.S. District Court judge today granted a motion allowing North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of North Dakota’s corporate farming statute. NDFU had petitioned the court for intervenor status in October of last year.

The ruling allows the state’s largest farm organization to participate in the ongoing litigation. Current state law prohibits non-family farm corporations or LLCs from owning farmland or engaging in production agriculture; the law is being challenged by North Dakota Farm Bureau and other litigants.

Farmers Union led a referral last year of a law that would have allowed corporate ownership of land by dairy and swine operations. That measure was defeated by 75 percent of voters and failed to pass in every single county.

NDFU President Mark Watne issued a statement on Chief Judge Daniel L. Hovland’s ruling:

“We’re extremely pleased with the judge’s ruling today. It gives us the ability to actively participate in the legal defense of a law that is incredibly important to family farm and ranch agriculture in our state’s a law.  Farmers Union has consistently defended since we first helped enact it in 1932.

The vote last June was pretty clear. North Dakotans want family farms as their primary business structure and system of agricultural production, not corporate farming.

We’re going to do everything we can to make sure the will of the people is honored and family farming remains the backbone of our agricultural economy.”

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The attorney for several same-sex couples who challenged North Dakota’s ban on gay marriage is criticizing the Legislature for refusing to update state laws now that it’s legal.

The state Senate voted this week not to change dozens of legal references such as “husband and wife” to gender-neutral terms.

Joshua Newville, the attorney, says the state must stop discriminating against same-sex couples. He says legislators should “quit with the political games and do the right thing.”

Newville singled out Sen. Kelly Armstrong for saying the refusal was merely symbolic.

Armstrong says North Dakota isn’t doing anything illegal by not updating the laws.

 

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials say a yearlong review shows coal sales from public lands need to be modernized to deal with climate change and give taxpayers a fair return.

The Interior Department imposed a moratorium on new coal sales last year. It’s now considering raising royalty rates and requiring compensation from mining companies to offset coal’s effect on climate change.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to rescind the moratorium, putting the reform effort in doubt.

Outgoing Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Wednesday that publicly owned coal accounts for 10 percent of total U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions. She says the public will demand the government deal with subsidized fossil fuels that contribute to climate change.

Trump’s Interior appointee, Rep. Ryan Zinke, is from Montana, which holds some of the world’s largest untapped coal reserves.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers are mulling a proposal to dissolve the state’s tobacco prevention agency.

The North Dakota Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control Policy was created in 2008 after the state accepted money in a settlement of a multistate lawsuit against the country’s largest tobacco companies.

Former Gov. Jack Dalrymple recommended closing the agency in his final budget address last month. And the idea appears to have strong support by the Republican-led Legislature, which believes the agency duplicates anti-tobacco efforts by the state Health Department.

Jeanne Prom is the center’s executive director. She told the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday that the agency has the sole mission of discouraging tobacco use and needs to be funded.

Prom says smoking rates among youth and adults have dropped since the agency was formed.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A woman accused of bilking investors in a North Dakota oil patch company she owned with a man who was convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

Sarah Creveling is charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering. Authorities say she was part of a scheme to defraud people who invested in a Minot trucking company she owned along with her ex-husband, James Henrikson.

Henrikson was convicted last year for ordering the deaths of two former oil patch associates, including a Spokane, Washington, businessman, and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life in prison.

Creveling faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. A change of plea hearing has not been scheduled.

Federal prosecutors could not be immediately reached for comment.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The front lines of the battle against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline are shifting away from the dwindling encampment in North Dakota.

Main opposing groups asked for activism to be spread around the U.S., a call heeded when a banner was unfurled during an NFL game on New Year’s Day and when there was a demonstration at the Rose Parade in California.

Meanwhile, the camp’s population is down to a few hundred.

Indigenous Environmental Network organizer Dallas Goldtooth says opposition groups are seeing their request for broader activism materialize.

It’s a strategy sociology professors say is advantageous and possibly allows for innovative ways to draw attention to the issue.

Opponents believe the four-state pipeline threatens drinking water and Native American cultural sites, which Texas-based developer Energy Transfer Partners denies.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state lawmaker from Fargo wants to change a North Dakota law that prevents retail stores from opening before noon on Sunday.

Democratic Rep. Pam Anderson says surrounding states don’t have a similar prohibition and since you can shop on the internet around the clock, the brick and mortar retailers are at a disadvantage.

The so-called blue law has changed over the years in North Dakota. At one point in the 1960s, no sales could take place anytime on Sunday. The law was later changed to exempt some businesses, such as pharmacies and restaurants.

Then in the 1990s, it was changed again to allow retail sales after noon on Sundays.

 

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Marksmanship Education Range organization  will be meeting Thursday, at 7-p.m., at the Jamestown Knight’s of Columbus Hall.

The meeting is  free and open to supporters of building a gun range for the area.

In November 2016, The Woodbury Township denied rezoning of property that would have been used for the range.

 

BISMARCK (AP) The Bismarck Century girls and Minot boys basketball teams remain in the top spots in this week’s Class A Basketball polls, as voted on by members of the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

First place votes are in parenthesis, followed by the team’s record, and the number of total of votes received.

Girls

1. Bismarck Century (12) 8-1 71

2. Grand Forks Red River (3) 10-0 60

3. Fargo Davies 7-2 45

4. Fargo Shanley 8-1 33 4

5. Bismarck High 8-3 11

Others receiving votes: Bismarck Legacy (6-4), Bismarck St. Mary’s (6-3)

Boys

1. Minot (14) 9-0 74

2. Fargo Davies (1) 8-0 57

3. Dickinson 8-1 49

4. Bismarck Century 7-2 25

5. Fargo North 6-1 13

Others receiving votes: Devils Lake (3-4), Bismarck (6-5), Grand Forks Red River (6-4), West Fargo (6-2), West Fargo Sheyenne (5-3)

 

Girls Hockey…

West Fargo 2 Jamestown 1 OT

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Wiggins scored 28 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points and 18 rebounds, and Shabazz Muhammad scored 20 Wednesday night to help the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Houston Rockets 119-105.

James Harden scored 33 points and had 12 assists for Houston, which saw its nine-game winning streak end.

Ricky Rubio tied his own franchise record with 17 assists to go with 10 points.

Wiggins carried Minnesota early, scoring 15 first-quarter points as the Wolves opened up an 11-point lead. Muhammad provided six quick points early in the second quarter and energized the crowd with a transition dunk.

Ryan Anderson’s 3-pointer gave Houston a 69-68 lead midway through the third quarter, but Minnesota followed with a 17-4 run capped by a thunderous dunk by Towns. The Wolves ended the third quarter leading 89-77.

They started the final quarter scoring the first eight points to put the game out of reach.

 

Final Philadelphia 98 N-Y Knicks 97

Final Oklahoma City 103 Memphis 95

Final Boston 117 Washington 108

Final L.A. Clippers 105 Orlando 96

Final Portland 102 Cleveland 86

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Florida 2 N-Y Islanders 1

Final Montreal 7 Winnipeg 4

Final Washington 5 Pittsburgh 2

Final Calgary 3 San Jose 2

 

MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL…

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Paul Miller scored 26 points, Dexter Werner drilled the game-winning free throws with five seconds left, and North Dakota State survived South Dakota State’s second-half comeback bid 70-69 on Wednesday night.

North Dakota State (12-5, 4-0 Summit League) led 41-28 at the half and 55-47 with 10 minutes to play. Trey Dickerson hit a free throw and Trey Burch-Manning added a jumper which sparked a 13-2 Coyotes’ run for a 60-57 lead.

From there it was back-and-forth to the finish

Werner finished with 17 points and seven boards.

Burch-Manning scored 15 to lead the Coyotes (12-8, 3-2), who entered the game 8-0 at home.

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Miles Bridges scored all 16 of his points in the first half, helping Michigan State build a huge lead it used to cruise to a 65-47 victory over No. 24 Minnesota on Wednesday night.

The Spartans (12-6, 4-1 Big Ten) started the night in a five-way tie atop the conference with the Golden Gophers (11-7, 3-2) and moved a half-game ahead of No. 17 Purdue, Maryland and Nebraska.

Michigan State led the entire game, went ahead by 22 points at halftime and easily kept a comfortable lead.

Joshua Langford scored nine of his 13 points in the first half for the Spartans and Nick Ward, who fouled out, had nine points and eight rebounds in 13 minutes.

The Golden Gophers have four players averaging at least 10 points a game, but had just two score in double digits against Michigan State. Nate Mason scored 14 and Dupree McBrayer had 11 points.

Final (8) Creighton 75 (12) Butler 64

Final (11) North Carolina 93 Wake Forest 87

Final (14) Louisville 85 Pittsburgh 80

 

MLB…

NBA…

 

NFL-CHARGERS…

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The Chargers reportedly are ready to bolt San Diego.

ESPN.com said Wednesday that the Chargers plan to announce as early as today that they are moving to Los Angeles. According to the report, the Chargers have notified team owners and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL’) of their intent to relocate for the 2017 season. However, the website added that nothing was final.

A team employee has told The Associated Press that the Chargers have called a staff meeting for 8 a.m. PST today.

The report comes as the deadline for the Chargers to exercise their relocation option was extended two days to Jan. 17 by the NFL. That decision was made because the 15th falls on a Sunday and Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday.

The league’s stadium and finance committees met for about 3½ hours Wednesday to discuss relocation of the Chargers and Raiders. Should the Chargers actually decide to stay put, the Raiders could invade the L.A. market unless owner Mark Davis ships the team to Las Vegas as he has previously indicated.

 

NFL-COACHES…

UNDATED (AP) — The Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills have filled their head coach vacancies, completing the task 10 days after the regular season ended.

The Broncos have selected Vance Joseph, who had served as one of the NFL’s top secondary coaches before spending this season as the Dolphins’ defensive coordinators. He replaces Gary Kubiak, who was hired over Joseph by Broncos vice president and general manager John Elway two years ago.

Joseph inherits a team that experienced a late-season swoon to finish 9-7, one season after winning the Super Bowl.

Sean McDermott has a much tougher task in Buffalo. He takes over a club that has hired eight other head coaches since 1999, the team’s last playoff appearance. McDermott worked the last six years as the Panthers’ defensive coordinator and helped Carolina reach the Super Bowl last season.

 

TENNIS-AUSTRALIAN OPEN…

 

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray has drawn the No. 1 seed in the Australian Open, which begins Monday at Melbourne Park.

Novak Djokovic (JOH’-koh-vihch) is the second seed, followed by Milos Raonic (ROW’-nihch), Stan Wawrinka (vah-VRIHN’-kuh) and Kei Nishikori (kay nee-shee-KOHR’-ee).

Angelique Kerber is No. 1 on the women’s side, ahead of Serena Williams, Agnieszka Radwanska (ag-NYEHSH’-kah rahd-VAHN’-skah), Simona Halep (HA’-lehp) and Karolina Pliskova.

 

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has taken a first step toward dismantling the Affordable Care Act. The vote sets up special budget rules that will allow a repeal vote to take place with a simple majority in the 100-member Senate. The House is expected to vote on the measure tomorrow, but some Republicans want to know more about a replacement for “Obamacare.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of defense, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, faces a Senate confirmation hearing today, as will Trump’s choice for CIA director, Congressman Mike Pompeo. Ben Carson will take questions about his qualifications to be housing secretary.

BALTIMORE (AP) — A fire official says a woman and three children are injured and six more children are unaccounted for after a house fire in northeast Baltimore. A department spokesman says responding firefighters found fire coming from all three floors of the home when they arrived early today.

MIAMI (AP) — A high-ranking Volkswagen executive indicted in the company’s U.S. emissions scandal wants to be released on bail over the objections of federal prosecutors. A detention hearing for Oliver Schmidt is scheduled today in Miami, where he was arrested during a visit from Germany. Five other Volkswagen executives who have also been charged remain at large.

CHICAGO (AP) — A central Illinois man arrested after posting online pictures of himself burning an American flag has filed a federal lawsuit. He’s fighting to have the state’s flag desecration law declared unconstitutional. Such state laws are already invalid after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that flag burning is protected free speech. However, dozens of states still have such laws