Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Dec 5

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Mostly sunny. Patchy blowing and drifting snow. Highs in

the lower 20s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.

.TONIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows 5 to 10 above. Northwest winds

around 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 15 to 20. Northwest winds around

15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above. Northwest

winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 20s. Northwest winds

around 10 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around

15. Highs in the mid 20s.

.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s.

Lows 15 to 20.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow after

midnight. Lows 15 to 20.

.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the

morning. Highs in the lower 30s.

 

Tuesday, continued  northwest winds at 20 to 30 mph. Those areas with significant snowfall from Monday will continue to see patchy blowing and drifting snow.

More light snow will be possible Thursday night and into Friday,
but any accumulation will be minimal. Another round of light snow
is possible for early next week, with amounts uncertain at this
point.

 

Tuesday morning road report…

The westbound lane of I-94 at Mile Marker 283 has one lane open due to a crash this morning.

No Travel Advisory LIFTED, Travel Alert in effect for south central and northeastern ND

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

A Travel Alert is now in effect for south central and northeastern North Dakota due to snow covered and slippery roads and blowing snow creating reduced visibility. Areas included are Jamestown, Valley City, Ellendale, Grand Forks, Grafton, Pembina and surrounding areas. A Travel Alert means conditions are such that motorists can still travel in these areas, but should be advised of rapidly changing conditions. Motorists are encouraged to reduce speeds, wear seat belts and drive according to the conditions.

All travelers are encouraged to monitor road conditions as weather conditions occur and use caution while traveling. For road information, call 511 from any type of phone or go to the website: www.dot.nd.gov.

The NDDOT works hard to keep travelers informed of road conditions. However, the road conditions are not reported 24 hours a day but updated every day from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Central Time, including holidays. It’s important to remember that the conditions may vary from what is being reported.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to Taco John’s at 10^th Street Southeast on Tuesday morning about 5:44.

Lt. Sheldon Mohr says just smoke was reported by an employee, which was extracted by fire fighters.

No fire source was found.

No damage and the business will be open Tuesday.

Five City Fire Units and 27 fire fighters were on the scene about 40 minutes.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Monday evening at City Hall.

All members were present.

 

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY:

Item H was removed by City Attorney Leo Ryan, and was discussed separately a  Resolution to enter into a license agreement, to be prepared by the City Attorney, with i3G Media to allow i3G radio to install antennae on the water tower located at 1704 4th Ave. SW and to place a small building within the fenced in area to house related equipment.

He wanted council guidance   concerning the annual fee.

Currently five businesses have property on the site at $100 each per year.

The City Council approved the renewal notices at  $100 each, and later look at adjusting the fees for all entities in the future, by no later than

April 2018.

 

REGULAR AGENDA

ORDINANCES:

A FIRST READING was introduced: Concerning an ordinance pertaining to entering into a franchise agreement with Northern Plains Electric Cooperative.

 

A PUBLIC HEARING was held: Concerning an ordinance to amend and re-enact Ordinance No. 329 of the City Code by amending the District Map to change the zoning of Tahran Trailer Court, Block 1, Lots 12-13 and Tahran Trailer Court 2nd Addition, Block 1, Lots 5-9 & Block 2, Lots 1-3, located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, from C-2 (General Commercial District) to R-1 (One Family Residential District).  No one appeared at the hearing.

 

Following the SECOND READING: Ordinance No. 1501, to amend and re-enact Ordinance No. 329 of the City Code by amending the District Map to change the zoning of Tahran Trailer Court, Block 1, Lots 12-13 and Tahran Trailer Court 2nd Addition, Block 1, Lots 5-9 & Block 2, Lots 1-3, located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, from C-2 (General Commercial District) to R-1 (One Family Residential District), was approved.

 

A SECOND READING was approved for an Ordinance to ENACT the following sections to the Code of the City of Jamestown: Sec. 21-03-25 pertaining to prohibiting the use of a wireless communications device while operating a vehicle. (This ordinance reflects state law NDCC 39-08-23); Sec. 21-03-26 pertaining to prohibiting the use of a wireless communications device by a minor operating a vehicle. (This ordinance reflects state law NDCC 39-08-24); Sec. 21-03-27 pertaining to failure to maintain control of a vehicle while the driver is distracted. (This ordinance reflects state law NDCC 39-08-25); and to AMEND AND RE-ENACT Sec. 21-06-03 pertaining to speed limitations. (This ordinance reflects state law NDCC 39-09-02).

 

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:   No one spoke..

APPOINTMENTS:

The City council appointed a member to serve as a member of the Jamestown Regional Airport Authority for a five year term to expire December 2022.

Appointed Harvey Schue to serve as a member of the Board of Adjustments for a three year term to expire January 2021.

 

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:

Council Member Phillips pointed out Jamestown High School Principal Adam Gehlhar, receiving the Milken Family Foundation Award.

She pointed out that Mayor Andersen was named to the annual Prairie Business Magazine 40 Under 40 list.

The magazine recognizes 40 of the top business professionals under the age of 40 in the northern plains.

OTHER BUSINESS:

The City Council tabled entering into an agreement with Jamestown Community Correction Program.

The City Council  approved  Payment No. 1, to Strata Corporation, for Street Lighting on 20th St SW roadway from Menards to Jamestown Regional Medical Center, District #16-43), in the amount of $141,704.35.

The City Council approved a proposal including the cost, from Josh Smaage for the City of Jamestown Website Redesign.  The former web site is no longer operational.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67 followed by replays.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown’s  Mayor Katie Andersen says, the city council may revisit providing recycling at the Jamestown Recycling Center past December 31, 2017.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the mayor said the recent committee vote to not provide a subsidy to the recycler in January, and February 2018, at $5,000 a month may be discussed at a committee meeting this month.

She said once the Council Members who voted not in favor of  providing the subsidy of those two months, Council Members Phillips, Brubakken and Buchanan, may have a different outlook on the issue, if Ralph Friebel  reports favorable information on the start of residential recycling and updated finance disclosures.

At last month’s committee meeting, before the vote Friebel said without a continued subsidy, the recycling center would have to close, as of December 31, 2017.

Mayor Andersen repeated her concern of not have the recycling center staying open, and voted in favor of the subsidy to continue in January and February, along with Council Member Gumke.

She pointed out that the automated recycling truck has arrived in Jamestown, but will not be put into operation until the start of residential recycling , now planned for March 1, 2018.  She added that the recycling containers are scheduled to be delivered in mid-February 2018.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers and a pipeline developer to complete an oil spill response plan for a section of the Dakota Access pipeline beneath the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Judge James Boasberg on Monday granted the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes’ request for additional protections for the river’s Lake Oahe (oh-AW’-hee) reservoir, from which they draw water.

Boasberg says completion of a response plan and additional monitoring are warranted while the Corps conducts another study he has ordered on the pipeline’s impact on the tribes.

Boasberg on Monday ordered the Corps and Texas-based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners to work with the tribes on the spill response plan.

The $3.8 billion pipeline began moving North Dakota oil to Illinois in June.

 

 

 

HICKSON, N.D. (AP) — In Fargo, North Dakota, residents will soon begin the annual rite of worrying about spring flooding.

Fargo and the neighboring city of Moorhead, Minnesota, are the rare metro area that doesn’t have permanent protection from the river that runs through it. Tense flood fights in recent years included a near-catastrophe in 2009 that was only averted with 7 million sandbags and a huge volunteer effort.

A $2 billion project was begun to build a diversion channel to handle the Red River at the height of flood. But work’s been stopped by protests from landowners south of the cities, where the flood problem would shift.

Project supporters are hoping a task force organized by the governors of North Dakota and Minnesota can find a solution soon

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The parents of a Fargo woman who was killed when she was eight months pregnant say they know how difficult it is for the family of a missing Fort Berthold woman.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that Joe Greywind and Norberta LaFontaine-Greywind helped search over the weekend for Olivia Lone Bear, who was last seen the evening of Oct. 24 leaving a New Town restaurant.

Norberta LaFontaine-Greywind says her family has “been there” and wanted to show support. The body of her daughter, Savanna Greywind, was discovered in August after her newborn girl was found in a neighbor’s apartment. Two people are charged in the case.

Ground, air and water searches have been ongoing since the 32-year-old Lone Bear went missing. Police say no foul play is suspected in her disappearance.

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Landowners near a shuttered oilfield waste disposal well are frustrated that abandoned equipment remains on the western North Dakota property. It’s been more than five years since the site shut down due to environmental violations.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that well operators Jason Halek and Nathan Garber were sentenced in federal court last week for violating environmental laws when operating a saltwater disposal well in 2011 and 2012.

The wellhead, saltwater storage tanks, a trailer and a barrel of flammable chemicals are still on the site near Dickinson. Local landowners say they want the area cleaned up and restored.

State regulators say they won’t start reclamation work until after a restitution hearing in February in U.S. District Court in Bismarck.

Court records show reclamation work will cost around $135,000.

 

 

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than a dozen states have filed a lawsuit to block a California law that requires eggs sold in the state to come from hens that have space to stretch in their cages.

The lawsuit was filed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. It alleges that California’s requirements violate the U.S. Constitution’s interstate commerce clause and are pre-empted by federal law.

A federal appeals court panel rejected a similar argument last year in a separate lawsuit from six states.

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is spearheading the new lawsuit. He says it includes new data estimating California’s egg law has cost consumers nationwide up to $350 million annually as a result of higher egg prices since it took effect in 2015

The other plaintiff states are Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

 

In Sports…

Valley City  (VCSU)  The Barnes County Girls Basketball Tournament has announced a new schedule due to weather postponing Monday’s opening round at Valley City State University.

The tournament will now be played Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at VCSU’s W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse. Games on Tuesday will start at noon due to VCSU host Concordia College for a men’s basketball game that night at 7 p.m.

BCT Quarterfinals – Tuesday

12 p.m. – BCN vs Sargent Central

1:30 p.m. – LLM vs. Maple Valley

3 p.m. – FS/HP vs GCC

4:30 p.m. – Enderlin vs. Milnor-NS

Thursday’s semifinal rounds and Saturday’s placing games will be played as originally scheduled.

The Second Annual Jingle bell run and walk scheduled for Monday evening is postponed to Monday, December 11^th. Register  and check-in from 6:00 – 6:30 in Jefferson Elementary Gym. A change in time as well with events starting at 7:00 pm

 

Class B Girl’s Poll…

BISMARCK (AP) Langdon-Edmore-Munich is the first number one team of the 2017-18 Class B Girls Basketball season, as voted on by members of the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

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

1. Langdon-Edmore-Munich (6) 2-0 130
2. Thompson (4) 2-0 124
3. Grant County (3) 2-0 107
4. Kindred (1) 2-1 77
T-5. Tie: Carrington 1-0 73
T-5. Rugby 4-0 73
7. Bismarck Shiloh Christian 2-0 53
8. Medina-Pingree-Buchanan 2-0 46
9. Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier 2-0 19
10. Fargo Oak Grove 1-0 13

Others receiving votes: New Town (2-1), Dickinson Trinity (2-0), Kenmare (3-0), Killdeer (1-1), Beach (2-0), Des Lacs-Burlington (1-0), LaMoure-Litchville-Marion (1-0), Park River-Fordville-Lankin (1-1), Watford City (0-0), Hettinger-Scranton (2-0), May-Port CG (2-0), Underwood (2-0), Bishop Ryan (0-2), Bowman County (2-0), Enderlin (2-0).

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — With the turning of the calendar to December, anglers can once again take part in darkhouse spearfishing in North Dakota.

The season for northern pike and nongame species began Friday on most state waters and continues through March 15.

The Game and Fish Department is reminding anglers that people who want to take part in darkhouse spearfishing must first register with the agency, and they must be properly licensed.

North Dakota residents who don’t have a fishing license may spear during the winter free fishing weekend Dec. 30-31, but they still need to register.

A list of North Dakota waters that are not open to darkhouse spearfishing can be found on the Game and Fish website .

 

Women’s Basketball…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Alize Johnson scored 21 points, Reggie Scurry had 13 and Missouri State used a late run to get past North Dakota State 71-58. The Bears took the lead for good early in a 14-2 run capped by Scurry’s layup to make it 63-52 with 4:20 left. They led by at least nine from there on their way to a sixth straight win.

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Marc Gasol scored 21 points, Tyreke Evans added 16 _ including two key free throws with 12.7 seconds left _ and the Memphis Grizzlies snapped an 11-game skid with a 95-92 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Memphis, which hadn’t won since Nov. 7, had to wait a bit longer after Evans’ free throws.

Final Charlotte 104 Orlando 94

Final Indiana 115 N-Y Knicks 97

Final Phoenix 115 Philadelphia 101

Final Boston 111 Milwaukee 100

Final Brooklyn 110 Atlanta 90

Final Cleveland 113 Chicago 91

Final Golden State 125 New Orleans 115

Final Dallas 122 Denver 105

Final San Antonio 96 Detroit 93

Final Utah 116 Washington 69

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Washington 4 San Jose 1

Final SO N-Y Islanders 5 Florida 4

Final Nashville 5 Boston 3

Final Philadelphia 5 Calgary 2

 

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

CINCINNATI (AP) — Chris Boswell started and completed the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rally from a 17-0 deficit against the Bengals on Monday.

Boswell drilled a 38-yard field goal as time expired to give the Steelers a 23-20 victory at Cincinnati. Boswell hit two field goals in the fourth quarter after nailing a 30-yarder on the final play of the first half.

The winning kick came less than four minutes after Antonio Brown caught a 6-yard touchdown pass while taking a hit to the head while landing in the end zone.

Ben Roethlisberger (RAWTH’-lihs-bur-gur) threw for 290 yards and Le’Veon (LEH’-vee-ahn) Bell had 182 total yards as the 10-2 Steelers extended their best start since 2004. They remain tied with New England and Philadelphia for the NFL’s best record.

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final Florida St. 83 (5) Florida 66

Final (23) Baylor 84 Sam Houston St. 56

 

BIG 10…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Juwan Morgan scored 15 points and De’Ron Davis added 13, spurring a decisive 18-0 second-half run to give Indiana a 77-64 victory over Iowa. The Hoosiers ended a two-game losing streak and gave new coach Archie Miller his first conference win.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State rallied in the second half to beat Michigan 71-62 on Monday night. Keita Bates-Diop scored 16 and C.J. Jackson added 17 for the Buckeyes, who their second straight. Ohio State trailed by as many as 19 points in the first half. Moritz Wagner led the way for Michigan with 14 points, and Zavier Simpson and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman each added 11.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Khalil Iverson scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half to lead Wisconsin to a 64-63 win over Penn State. Nate Reuvers added 11 points and Ethan Happ grabbed 10 rebounds for the Badgers, who snapped a two-game losing streak when a potential go-ahead 3-pointer from Penn State’s Tony Carr bounced off the rim with two seconds to play.

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLLS….

UNDATED (AP) — The Duke Blue Devils remain the unanimous No. 1 team in the latest Associated Press men’s basketball poll.

Kansas, Michigan State and Villanova still hold the next four spots, but Notre Dame fell from fifth to ninth following its loss to the third-ranked Spartans.

Florida is fifth, followed by Wichita State, Texas A&M, Kentucky, the Fighting Irish and Miami.

No. 19 Seton Hall, No. 21 Purdue and No. 22 Nevada all moved into the poll.

Connecticut continues its reign as the unanimous No. 1 team in the AP women’s basketball poll, with the top seven remaining the same. Second-ranked Texas is followed by Notre Dame, Louisville and South Carolina.

 

NFL…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have made a midseason coaching change for the first time in 41 years following a 2-10 start that also cost their general manager his job.

Head coach Ben McAdoo and GM Jerry Reese have been fired less than a year after the team made the playoffs. The decision follows Sunday’s 24-17 loss at Oakland, five days after McAdoo benched two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning in favor of Geno Smith.

Defensive coordinator and former St. Louis Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo (spag-NOH’-loh) will serve as interim coach for the final four games and will decide whether to put Manning back in the starting lineup. Co-owner John Mara admits he wished the quarterback switch had been handled better.

 

UNDATED (AP) — Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has been given a one-game suspension by the NFL for his late hit to the head of Buffalo defensive back Tre’Davious White on Sunday.

White had just intercepted a pass and was lying face down on the sideline when Gronkowski body-slammed him, driving his forearm into White’s back and head.

Bills coach Sean McDermott says White has entered the concussion protocol.

Gronkowski plans to appeal a suspension that would keep him from playing next Monday at Miami.

 

NBA…

The NBA has punished both guard Shaun Livingston and official Courtney Kirkland following their altercation in Sunday’s game at Miami. Livingston was suspended for Monday’s game at New Orleans and Kirkland was pulled from the officiating rotation for a week. Livingston was assessed a technical foul and ejected for making contact with Livingston, but a league review determined that the referee moved toward the player and shared responsibility for the contact.

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-HEISMAN FINALISTS

NEW YORK (AP) — Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield, Louisville signal-caller Lamar Jackson and Stanford running back Bryce Love are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy, which will be presented Saturday in New York.

Mayfield has led the Sooners to the CFP semifinals after a 12-1 regular season. He has thrown for 4,340 yards, 41 touchdowns and just five interceptions this season.

Jackson’s 2017 stats include 3,489 passing yards, 25 TDs and six interceptions for the 8-4 Cardinals. Love has averaged 8.3 yards per carry for the Cardinal, running for 1,973 yards and 17 touchdowns.

Mayfield comes in as the clear front-runner, and Jackson is trying to join former Ohio State tailback Archie Griffin as the only players to win two Heisman trophies. Mayfield finished fourth in the voting two years ago and was third last season.

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-TEXAS A&M-FISHER

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Jimbo Fisher has been introduced as the new football coach at Texas A&M after working out a 10-year, $75 million contract.

Fisher comes to College Station after going 83-23 in eight seasons at Florida State, leading the Seminoles to three ACC championships. He takes over for Kevin Sumlin, who was fired Nov. 26 after the Aggies finished the regular season 7-5 and 4-4 in the SEC.

 

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