Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jan 17

CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Sunny, not as cold. Highs in the mid 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Not as cold. Lows in the lower 20s.

West winds 10 to 20 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. West winds around

10 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Southwest

winds around 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to

15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower

20s. Highs in the 30s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 15. Highs

in the mid 20s to lower 30s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

Highs 18 to 24.

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

midnight. Lows 5 to 10 above.

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

morning. Highs around 15.

 

Westerly winds gusting from 20 to 35 mph are expected this
afternoon through early this evening across western and central
North Dakota. Snow that is not crusted over will drift freely
across highways during the afternoon, melt as temperatures rise
into the mid 30s, then refreeze late in the afternoon and evening
as temperatures fall below freezing.

These conditions could create icy roads and possibly hazardous
travel. North to south orientated highways will be at greatest
risk, as westerly winds will maximize the amount of drifting snow.
Roads that become icy late Wednesday afternoon will likely remain
that way through Thursday morning.

Plan ahead and allow extra time for travel this afternoon through
Thursday morning.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire department was called out at 6:16pm Tuesday January 16 to a garbage dumpster fire at Titan Machinery in SW Jamestown.

Lt. Sheldon Mohr says two city fire units and  23 firefighters were on the scene about a half hour.

No injuries were reported, with damage confined to the dumpster, and the cause was undetermined.

 

 

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Police is warning residents that a convicted high risk sex offender has changed addresses within the city.

29 year old Matthew Jacob Lee Graham now resides at 1218 7th Avenue, SE #4, Jamestown, ND

His vehicle is now a 2008 white Chevy Impala North Dakota license plate:  958 BOU

He is a white male 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 192 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.

Graham has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee, of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Offense: Indecent Exposure involving a five year old male family friend.

Conviction Date: April 2004, Kidder County, ND

Disposition: Mesabi Academy treatment facility.

Graham 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, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Graham are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site:  www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council met in Special Session  at 10 a.m. Tuesday, City Hall.

Council Member Buchanan was not present.

The agenda item was to take an official position on plans by the North Dakota Department of Transportation to temporarily close Exit 257 on Interstate 94, and US 281, and install traffic signals at the I-94 and U.S. Highway 281 South on-off ramps on Exit 258.

Mayor Andersen pointed out that the NDDOT public input meeting was held recently, as she pointed out the proposed plans.

The NDDOT proposes improvements to the US 281 and I-94 north and south ramp intersections, the north frontage road between I-94 Exits 256 and Exit 257, a temporary closure of I-94 Exit 257, and US 281 and I-94 bridge repair.                                                                                       

Proposed improvements consist of a mill and overlay of the north frontage road between I-94 Exits 256 and 257, temporary closing of I-94 Exit 257, and bridge deck repair of the US 281 and I-94 bridge in Jamestown.

At Tuesday’s council meeting, Council Member Gumke said he favors keeping the left exit off  I-94 at Exit 257, eastbound open and intact. He favors installing the traffic signals at the I-94 and U.S. Highway 281 South on-off ramps on Exit 258.

Council Member Brubakken agreed, with keeping the exit open, pending costs, versus installing another ramp over the interstate.

Council Member Phillips now favors keeping open Exit 257, and pointed out congestion in traffic flows at Highway 281 and 25^th Street Southwest, with traffic going to and from Walmart, Menards, and the Buffalo Mall.

Mayor Andersen questioned if closing the Exit 257 off ramp would also mean closing the on ramp.

Travis Dillman of Interstate Engineering said an overpass from 17^th Street Southwest to JRMC is in the future plans.

Jason Babcock of Neighborhood Grocery and Gas favors keeping open Exit 257 concerning access to his business, including out of town traffic.

Colin Wegenast who owns a business near Exit 257 favors keeping the exit open.

The items voted on Tuesday by the City Council were to:

Support the on signaling and 281 and I-94.

Support keeping the on ramp at Exit 257 open.

Support keeping the off ramp on Exit 257 open, pending other options, Mayor Andersen voting in opposition.

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

 

 

Bismarck  (CSi) Jamestown airline boarding in December, 2017 reached 924 compared to 840 in December 2016, and increase of 10 percent.

For the year 2017 Jamestown boardings reached a total of 12,865, an increase of 15 and a half percent over 2016.

The three communities of Jamestown, Bismarck,  and Devils Lake were also able to announce that they had each posted their highest airline passenger number count on record in calendar year 2017.

North Dakota’s commercial service airports finished calendar year 2017 with a statewide total of 1,030,639 passenger boardings. This is a 1.8% decrease from 2016’s airline passenger boarding count of 1,049,418. In 2017, the state also saw 1,033,531 passenger deplanements for a grand total of 2,082,949 passengers that have set foot inside the commercial service terminal buildings of North Dakota over the past year.

The eight commercial service airports in the state currently provide incredible value and opportunities to businesses and residents within each community. 10 non-stop destinations (of which two are seasonal) are currently available to connect North Dakota to the rest of the world. All eight of the commercial service airports also continue to provide their communities with reliable jet service. The state is currently averaging approximately 55 airline flight departures per day with an estimated 3,800 available daily seats.

The top destination airline passenger markets in 2017 for North Dakota travelers were as follows:
1. Phoenix / Mesa, AZ
2. Las Vegas. NV
3. Orlando / Sanford, FL
4. Denver, CO
5. Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN

Statewide airline passenger boardings have now declined for a third straight year following the record setting year of 2014 where over 1.2 million passengers flew on commercial flights originating in North Dakota. A resilient economy and high oil and agricultural commodity prices had led to this 2014 record after seven years of consecutive airline passenger growth that began in 2007.

“Over the last three years, the state’s airline boardings have been affected by the difficult challenges that the energy and agricultural industries in the state have been facing. Low commodity prices and the low value of the Canadian dollar have all factored into reasons that have resulted in the state’s airline passenger numbers decreasing for a third straight year. Regardless of these challenges, our commercial airline service throughout the state remains strong.

North Dakota Aeronautics Commission, Executive Director, Kyle Wanner  says, “This strength can be seen in the fact that the state’s long-term statewide airline passenger growth has been maintained as passenger numbers are 51% higher than they were ten years ago in 2008. I am hopeful to once again see year over year statewide growth to pick up in 2018 as North Dakota continues its economic recovery.”

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Recycling Center will reopen this Thursday,  January 18^th, returning to the hours of from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays along with Thursdays and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

Jamestown Recycling owner Ralph Friebel is reopening the center, due to a delay in receiving the residential recycling bins, with placement at residences now anticipated the week of February 12^th, instead of next week.

He says that pushes back the start of residential recycling in Jamestown to March 1^st instead of the planned start up on February 1^st.

The City of Jamestown may take up the delay at a council meeting, along with other options.

The council set a March 1, 2018 deadline for operations to begin or possibly rebid the contract.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session, Tuesday evening at City Hall.

All members were present.

 

SWEARING IN OF POLICE OFFICER MATTHEW KNIGHT.

 

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEM:

A raffle permit application for Chamber of Commerce, Tony Kramers Fundraiser & Gun Raffle

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS:   NO ONE SPOKE.

 

RESOLUTION

Commissioners  approved a Resolution to Create a Fee for Special Alcohol Server Training.

 

NEW BUSINESS

Approved an application for conditional use permit for Open Door Center for production and packaging of popcorn

 

 

The City Commission discussed a possible joint meeting with Barnes County Commission and Valley City Public Schools.  Mayor Carlsrud said topics scheduled to be discussed include the opioid crisis, along with Barnes County Jail issues.

The consensus of the Commissioners was to agree

 

Commissioners  approve rescheduling of the March Finance & Commission meetings to Thursday, March 8.  City Administrator Schelkoph the original date of March 6 was in conflict with a League of Cities meeting.

 

Approved authority to transfer to local agent for Valley City Retirement Plan.  City Administrator Schelkoph said the city was dissatisfied with the former Retirement Plan local agent.

 

Approved a Preliminary & Design Engineering Agreement for Permanent Flood Protection Phase IV – Segments 12, 13 & 14 with KLJ in an amount not to exceed $875,775.

City Administrator David Schelkoph said the agreement will put the phase, shovel ready, in light of an increase in oil extraction dollars, leading to more dollars available from the State Water Commission.

 

Commissioners approved a  settlement agreement in Lindberg v. City of Valley City.  The terms of the settlement were not announced at the meeting.

 

CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT:

David Schelkoph reported updates from the State Water Commission concerning the cost-share agreement with Valley City with a recent meeting bringing clarity to the issue.  He added there is no final agreement at this time.

 

CITY UPDATES & COMMISSION REPORTS

Commissioner Pedersen said he spoke with Governor Burgum, concerning the Main Street Initiative.

Mayor Carlsrud cautioned motorists to use caution on icy streets especially at stop intersections.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 68 followed by replays.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation will not investigate the death of a Ward County Jail inmate.

Oscar Wilkie III of Minot was booked into the jail on Jan. 4 on drug charges. He suffered a medical emergency on Jan. 7 and was taken to a hospital, where he died three days later.

State Department of Corrections Facility Operations Director Don Redmann tells the Minot Daily News that there is nothing to indicate any potential wrongdoing that the state needs to investigate.

Autopsy results are pending. The Corrections Department has asked the Ward County Jail to conduct an internal review of the death.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Mandan woman escaped injury when a traffic signal pole fell on her pickup truck in neighboring Bismarck.

Police tell The Bismarck Tribune that the woman saw the pole begin to tilt as she was driving Sunday afternoon and hit her brakes, but she was unable to stop in time.

Her truck suffered an estimated $10,000 in damage and the pole about $25,000 in damages.

City electrical department supervisor Paul Lies says the pole was rusted on the inside. He says that particular type of traffic signal pole is no longer allowed by the city. The city now uses newer poles with doors that enable views of the interior.

 

 

 

ISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The BASF and Monsanto companies have scheduled training sessions around North Dakota beginning Wednesday for applicators of the controversial weed killer dicamba.

New federal rules classify dicamba as a restricted-use herbicide, and applicators need training. The new rules are in response to complaints around the country of dicamba drift damaging neighboring crops.

State Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says the training sessions will satisfy both state and federal requirements. A list of the sessions can be found on the state Agriculture Department’s website. Registration is required.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Oil production in North Dakota is increasing amid rebounding oil prices and technology advances. But officials say the infrastructure needed to capture the natural gas byproduct isn’t keeping up.

North Dakota Petroleum Council President Ron Ness says some oil drillers are cutting output to meet gas capture rules so they won’t be sanctioned by the state.

Ness says a task force is being convened to help speed up infrastructure development.

Officials say the state’s gas-gathering and processing capability is 2.1 billion cubic feet (0.06 billion cubic meters) daily at present. A record 2.09 billion cubic feet (0.06 billion cubic meters) of natural gas was produced daily in November.

North Dakota Pipeline Authority Director Justin Kringstad says three proposed gas processing would just “keep up” with expected production.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Eighteen programs in North Dakota that help the homeless with housing and other services are sharing in $1.8 million in federal money.

The funding is part of $2 billion being awarded by Housing and Urban Development to more than 7,300 programs nationwide.

HUD says more than half a million people experienced homelessness at some point last year.

 

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — A Powerball ticket sold in Dickinson is worth $100,000 in the latest drawing.

North Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball in Saturday’s drawing to win the game’s $50,000 third prize, and an option that was purchased doubled the amount.

The winning numbers were 14, 25, 35, 58 and 69, and the Powerball was 24.

The odds of winning the third prize in Powerball are 1 in about 913,000. The winner has about six months to claim the prize.

Powerball is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The jackpot is at $62 million for the next drawing, on Wednesday.

 

In sports…

Boy’s Basketball…

Fargo South 78, Valley City 48

 

Valley City 74, Fargo South 39

 

Boy’s Hockey…

(Dickinson Press)  Junior forward Ryan Bren and sophomore defender Jaren Hugelen each had a pair of goals as the Dickinson High boys hockey team defeated Jamestown  5-3.

 

BISON, FIGHTING HAWKS…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Marlon Stewart scored 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting to lead five players in double figures as North Dakota turned back North Dakota State 86-77. Dale Jones hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 with six rebounds for the Fighting Hawks (7-11).

 

T25-WISCONSIN-PURDUE

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Vincent Edwards scored 21 points and Carsen Edwards added 20, leading No. 3 Purdue to a 78-50 blowout over Wisconsin on Tuesday night.

The Boilermakers (18-2, 7-0 Big Ten) have won 14 straight overall, 19 in a row at home and have matched the best 20-game record in school history. The only other time Purdue did that was 1987-88 when it also won its first seven conference games.

Ethan Happ had 15 points, seven assists and six rebounds to lead the Badgers (9-10, 2-4). Wisconsin has lost three straight — all on the road

 

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Evan Fournier scored a season-high 32 points to help the Orlando Magic break a seven-game losing streak with a 108-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. D.J. Augustin added 11 points and three assists in the fourth quarter, when the Magic scored 35 points after trailing by two through three.

 

Final OT New Orleans 116 Boston 113

Final Denver 105 Dallas 102

Final Portland 118 Phoenix 111

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final OT St. Louis 2 Toronto 1

Final New Jersey 4 N-Y Islanders 1

Final N-Y Rangers 5 Philadelphia 1

Final Dallas 4 Detroit 2

Final Nashville 1 Vegas 0

Final SO San Jose 3 Arizona 2

 

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (3) Purdue 78 Wisconsin 50

Final Kansas St. 87 (4) Oklahoma 69

Final (12) Cincinnati 49 UCF 38

Final (15) North Carolina 87 (20) Clemson 79

Final South Carolina 76 (18) Kentucky 68

 

TWINS…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Right-handed reliever Addison Reed and Minnesota have finalized a $16.75 million, two-year contract, putting another pitcher with closing experience in the back of the Twins’ bullpen. The Twins agreed to a deal with right-hander Fernando Rodney in the offseason. Reed has 125 saves in seven major league seasons. He started last season with the New York Mets, then was traded to Boston. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 2010 and took over the ninth inning for them two years later.

 

MLB-METS-BRUCE

NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Bruce and the New York Mets have finalized a $39 million, three-year deal to bring his big bat back to Queens.

The Mets announced Bruce’s signing Tuesday night. They have scheduled a press conference for Wednesday morning.

The 30-year-old Bruce had a career-high 36 home runs along with a .254 average and 101 RBIs last season. He hit 29 of those homers with the Mets before an August trade sent him to Cleveland.

Bruce will get $10 million this season and $14.5 million in each of the following two years. He can designate five teams each year that he cannot be traded to without his consent.

 

 

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two days after beating Venus Williams in the first round, Belinda Bencic is out of the Australian Open.

Bencic, who defeated Williams 6-3, 7-5, started out flatly and never recovered in losing to qualifier Luksika Kumkhum 6-1, 6-3 in a match on Melbourne Park’s third show court.

Bencic, who has reached a career high No. 7 ranking but entered the Australian Open at No. 78, had beat the 124th-ranked Kumkhum in straight sets in both previous matches they’d played.

 

 

OBIT…WHITE…

BOSTON (AP) — Basketball Hall of Famer Jo Jo White, a two-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and an Olympic gold medalist, has died. He was 71.

The Celtics announced his death Tuesday night. No cause was provided. The team said it was “terribly saddened” by White’s passing, calling him a “champion and a gentleman; supremely talented and brilliant on the court, and endlessly gracious off of it.”

White played 10 seasons for Boston, which drafted him ninth overall from Kansas in 1969. He averaged 17.2 points per game over 13 years, also playing for Golden State and the Kansas City Kings before retiring in 1981.

 

OBIT-HILINSKI

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The 21-year-old Hilinski was discovered in his apartment after he didn’t show up for practice Tuesday. The Pullman Police Department says a rifle “was recovered next to Hilinski and a suicide note was found.”

Hilinski was the presumptive starting quarterback going into next season. He started Washington State’s Holiday Bowl loss to Michigan State after Luke Falk was unable to play due to a wrist injury.

Washington State president Kirk Schulz tweeted, “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hilinski family.”

 

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