Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Feb 2

CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Partly sunny. Highs 15 to 20. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Lowest wind chills around 20 below in the morning.

.TONIGHT…Cloudy. Snow after midnight. Snow accumulation around

1 inch. Lows around 5 below. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Chance of snow 90 percent.

.SATURDAY…Cloudy. Snow in the morning, then chance of snow in

the afternoon.  Chance of snow 90 percent.  Snow accumulation around 1 inch. Storm total

around 2-3 inches. Highs zero to 5 above. Northeast winds 10 to

15 mph. Wind chills around 20 below.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow

in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows around

10 below. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the

afternoon. Highs zero to 5 above. West winds 10 to 20 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 5 below.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows around 10 below.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 10 to 15.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 5 below.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 10 to 15.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows near zero.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow in the

afternoon. Highs in the lower 20s.

 

Light snow will continue Saturday, then taper off from north to

south Saturday night. Expect total snowfall accumulations Friday

night through Saturday of between 2 and 4 inches.

 

Dangerous wind chills 25 to 40 below zero are expected Saturday

night through Sunday morning.

 

Wind chills to 30 below zero are forecast across northern North

Dakota and into the northern James River Valley Sunday night

through Monday morning.

 

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog foresees no early end to winter.

Punxsutawney (puhnk-suh-TAW’-nee) Phil’s handlers announced Friday the weather prognosticator saw his shadow.

Legend has it if the furry rodent casts a shadow on Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, expect six more weeks of winter-like weather.

Phil’s prediction is decided ahead of time by the group on Gobbler’s Knob, a tiny hill just outside of Punxsutawney. That’s about 65 miles (about 100 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh.

Spectators bundled up and bopped to music amid the camp and kitsch with the temperature around 11 degrees (minus-12 Celsius).

Records dating to 1887 show Phil predicting more winter 103 times while forecasting an early spring just 18 times. No records exist for the remaining years.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Meeting in Special Session Thursday evening at City Hall, the Jamestown City Council concerning hiring Sarah Helleckson, as the new City administrator.

Council member Phillips was not present.

At Thursday’s meeting, the Council considered approval of the contract.

Council Member Buchanan asked if she would be a Civil Service employee.

Deputy Auditor Jay Sveum said she would be a contract employee, with step salary increases consistent with the city’s civil service employees.

Buchanan added that he’s pleased that Helleckson accepted the position and that she will do a good job.

The Council voted unanimously to approve her hiring.

Helleckson’s starting date is February 20, 2018.

She has been the solid waste coordinator for the city of Plymouth, Minnesota, who previously withdrew her candidacy, and was re-contacted by the search committee, to come in for an interview.

Other finalists included:

Chris Schilken, loan manager and lender at Prairie Federal Credit Union in Minot, and Aaron Mitchell, finance director for the City of West Fargo were previously interviewed.

The committee initially selected Shilken, however, following negotiations, the offer was withdrawn, and further discussions terminated.

City Administrator Jeff Fuchs informed the city last year that he was retiring on December 31, 2017.

However, as the search continued, the City Council offered Fuchs the opportunity to stay on past that date and until his successor was chosen on a part-time basis using a combination of his unused vacation pay and other pay arrangements, which he accepted.

Fuchs will work with his successor through the transition process.

Fuchs says he plans fully retire by March 31st this year.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)   Jamestown citizens attending the public meeting at City Hall in Jamestown Thursday evening and made comments and received more information concerning proposed plans for First Avenue and Fifth Street Northwest.

The propose changes include the downtown areas of 1st Avenue from 8th Street South to 5th Street Northwest, and 5th Street Northwest from 1st Avenue to 4th Avenue Northwest.

The proposal would reduce the number of traffic lanes on 1st Avenue and portions of 5th Street Northwest from four to three.

Proposed improvements include pedestrian access, aesthetics, changing First Avenue from four lanes to three lanes with a dedicated center turn lane.

Also being looked at is traffic signals and signal timing.

Those unable to attend Thursday’s meeting may send written comments  by Feburary 15^th to:

Travis Dillman, City Engineer, 102 3rd Ave. NE, Jamestown, ND 58401 or by email at travis.dillman@interstateeng.com.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown’s Cabin Fever Days are underway, February 2-11.

Organized by Jamestown Parks & Recreation the activities include outdoor, and indoor events throughout the community.

The Parks & Rec website has more information.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge will decide whether a woman who admitted killing a pregnant neighbor so she and her boyfriend could keep the baby should merit a sentence other than life in prison without parole.

Brooke Crews pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping and murder and lying to law officers in the August death of 22-year-old Savanna Greywind, of Fargo.

Crews did not have a plea deal with prosecutors, but hoped that admitting responsibility at a December hearing would work in her favor at sentencing Friday in Fargo.

Authorities haven’t said how Greywind was killed. The baby was found alive in the apartment the 38-year-old Crews shared with her 32-year-old boyfriend, William Hoehn (HANE).

Hoehn is scheduled for trial in March.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican state Sen. Tom Campbell says he’s raised more than $1 million for his U.S. Senate campaign, with nearly three-quarters of it coming from himself.

Campbell is one of two Republicans hoping to unseat Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.

Campaign spokesman Mike Schrimpf says the Grafton potato farmer put $744,000 into his bid, and raised about $276,000 from more than 1,500 donors. Schrimpf declined to say how much cash the campaign had on hand.

Heitkamp’s campaign said Thursday she has raised more than $7.7 million and has about $4.4 million cash on hand.

Former North Dakota Republican Party chairman Gary Emineth announced this week he’ll also seek the GOP nomination.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has set oral arguments in the Legislature’s lawsuit against Gov. Doug Burgum challenging his veto powers.

The state’s high court scheduled the arguments for March 19.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is defending Burgum in the lawsuit. Stenehjem says he will base his argument on a previous opinion he authored in June that actually favors the Legislature on some of the vetoes.

But Stenehjem says he will argue that lawmakers ceded too much power by giving a subset of the Legislature “significant budgetary decisions” that were not authorized.

Lawmakers allege Burgum violated his line-item veto power last spring by deleting words or phrases on several spending bills in a way that changed intent.

Stenehjem lost to Burgum in the Republican primary for governor in 2016.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A group aiming to repeal the North Dakota’s longstanding Sunday business restrictions is changing tactics.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that the group will shift from collecting signatures for an initiated measure to pushing for reintroduction of a bill next year to remove the so-called blue laws that ban retail shopping before noon on Sundays.

Proponents needed to collect about 13,450 signatures to force a vote.

Organizer Brandon Medenwald says only about 5,000 signatures were gathered.

Medenwald is a Democrat and a business owner in Fargo. He announced this week he was seeking a House seat in his district.

The Republican-led Legislature has defeated several measures over the years to end the Sunday morning shopping prohibition, most recently last year when it was defeated by the Senate.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring (GOHR’-ing) is running for re-election.

The 52-year-old Republican was appointed to the job in 2009 by former Gov. John Hoeven when Democrat Roger Johnson resigned to make a successful run for the presidency of the National Farmers Union, based in Washington, D.C. Before that, Goehring ran twice against Johnson and lost both times.

Goehring defeated Democratic challengers Merle Boucher in 2010 and Ryan Taylor in 2014.

Democrats so far have no announced challenger this year.

Besides promoting agricultural interests and markets for farm products, the commissioner also sits on the state Industrial Commission, which regulates North Dakota’s oil industry.

Goehring says he also still farms and ranches near the rural community of Menoken, about 15 miles west of Bismarck.

 

 

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi) The Jamestown Civic Center hosts the 2018 North Dakota Class B District 5 Girls Basketball Tournament beginning Friday, February 9, continuing Saturday, February 10 and Monday, February 12.

Opening round Friday, February 9^:

4:30 p.m.

No. 4 Oakes (3-3) vs. No.5 Ellendale (2-4).

6-p.m.

No.2 Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier (5-1) takes on  No.7 Midkota (0-6).

7:30-p.m.

No.3 Carrington (4-2) vs. No.6 Barnes County North (1-5)

Saturday

6-p.m.

Regular Season Champion No.1 LaMoure-Litchville/Marion (6-0) having the first round bye plays  the winner of Oakes/Ellendale.

Monday

7:30-p.m.

Championship game, teams TBD

 

Boy’s Basketball…

LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 60, Barnes County North 52

 

Bismarck Legacy 58, Dickinson 49

Enderlin 67, Central Cass 60, OT

Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran 79, Milnor-North Sargent 35

Four Winds/Minnewauken 94, Lakota 26

Grafton/St. Thomas 66, Drayton/Valley-Edinburg 27

Hankinson 74, Richland 66

Harvey-Wells County 50, Drake/Anamoose 37

Hillsboro/Central Valley 50, Ada-Borup, Minn. 47

 

Linton-HMB 57, Underwood 35

Mandan 101, Bismarck St. Mary’s 82

Minot Bishop Ryan 79, Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky 55

Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 57, South Prairie 31

Napoleon 57, Kidder County 53

New Town 94, Kenmare 90, OT

Powers Lake 65, North Shore – Plaza 55

Sheyenne 76, Grand Forks Central 65

South Border 44, Medina-Pingree-Buchanan 41

St. John 80, Rolla 37

Standing Rock 72, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, S.D. 65

Tri-State 66, Northern Cass 55

Washburn 67, Flasher 54

Wibaux, Mont. 64, Beach 57

Williston 64, Watford City 60

Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 60, Maple Valley 31

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Jamestown 57, Minot 45

 

Bismarck Legacy 82, Dickinson 53

Bowman County 41, Heart River 38

Ellendale 44, Milnor-North Sargent 38

Grafton/St. Thomas 66, Drayton/Valley-Edinburg 42

Harvey-Wells County 80, Drake/Anamoose 24

Hatton-Northwood 61, Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 50

Hazen 60, Beulah 18

Hettinger/Scranton 63, Beach 31

Hillsboro/Central Valley 56, North Border 26

Langdon-Edmore-Munich 82, Larimore 37

Lewis and Clark-Berthold 54, Garrison 46

May Port CG def. Griggs County Central, forfeit

Midkota 54, Warwick 36

Minot Our Redeemer’s 65, Bottineau 55

Nedrose 61, Glenburn 48

New England 41, Glen Ullin-Hebron 40

Parshall 62, Stanley 48

Powers Lake 50, North Shore – Plaza 15

Rugby 58, North Star 34

Sheyenne 68, Grand Forks Central 15

Shiloh Christian 67, Linton-HMB 48

Surrey 44, Kenmare 41

Thompson 49, Park River/Fordville Lankin 40

Trenton 62, Ray 42

Velva/Sawyer 53, Des Lacs-Burlington 34

Westhope-Newburg 47, Rolette-Wolford 38

Williston 62, Watford City 47

Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 60, Northern Cass 55

 

Men’s Basketball…

DICKINSON, N.D. (uj.edu)– The Jimmie men’s basketball team shot 55 percent on the way to a 49-point second half and moved within one game of the North Star Athletic Association conference lead with a 78-71 win at Dickinson State (N.D.) Thursday night.

Jamestown (18-7 overall, 7-5 NSAA), which won for the ninth time in the last 11 games, trailed 34-29 at the half. UJ trailed by as many as eight points with 6:43 in the first, but two Jack Talley (FR/Sioux Falls, S.D.) baskets and a three-pointer from Sam Johnson (SR/Mora, Minn.) cut the lead to one just 97 seconds later.

After trailing between three and eight points in the second half, the Jimmies drew level at 54 on a three-ball from Christian Kvilvang (JR/Cando, N.D.) with 8:20 to play. Four lead changes and two ties later, Jamestown went ahead for good on Carter Keller (SO/Sioux Falls, S.D.)’s bucket at the 6:51 mark.

The Blue Hawks (13-9, 8-4 NSAA) shot 40.6 percent in the second half, and connected on only one of 10 three-point shots. UJ’s hot second half was bolstered by a 6-of-12 performance beyond the arc.

 

Women’s Basketball…

DICKINSON, N.D. (uj.edu)– The sixth-ranked Jimmie women’s basketball team remained undefeated in North Star Athletic Association conference play, using a 27-9 third quarter scoring advantage to put away Dickinson State University 84-51 Thursday evening.

Jamestown (23-3 overall, 12-0 NSAA) held a slim six-point margin after the first quarter, but stretched the lead to 15 points, 44-29, at the half.

The third quarter proved to be the final nail in the coffin as the Jimmies shot 10 of 21 in the period and limited the Blue Hawks to 4 of 13 shooting. UJ also had a 15-4 rebounding edge. DSU turned the ball over six times and got to the free throw line just once in the quarter.

 

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 28 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 11 rebounds for his NBA-best 46th double-double, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Milwaukee Bucks 108-89. Jeff Teague added nine points and eight assists for Minnesota, which was coming off consecutive losses at Atlanta and Toronto.

 

Final Detroit 104 Memphis 102

Final Washington 122 Toronto 119

Final Houston 102 San Antonio 91

Final Denver 127 Oklahoma City 124

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Toronto 4 N-Y Rangers 0

Final Carolina 2 Montreal 0

Final Boston 3 St. Louis 1

Final Florida 4 Buffalo 2

Final OT Ottawa 2 Anaheim 1

Final New Jersey 4 Philadelphia 3

Final OT Vegas 3 Winnipeg 2

Final Nashville 5 L.A. Kings 0

Final Tampa Bay 7 Calgary 4

Final Dallas 4 Arizona 1

Final OT Colorado 4 Edmonton 3

Final Vancouver 4 Chicago 2

 

College basketball….

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Derek Pardon scored 17 points on 8-of-8 shooting, and Northwestern rode a game-opening 18-1 run to beat Wisconsin 60-52. Scottie Lindsey added 14 points for the Wildcats who have won two of their last three road games. Khalil Iverson’s 15 points and nine rebounds led Wisconsin.

 

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (1) Villanova 98 Creighton 78

Final (13) Saint Mary’s (Cal) 79 San Francisco 43

Final (14) Gonzaga 69 San Diego 59

Final OT Temple 81 (16) Wichita St. 79

Final Washington 68 (25) Arizona St. 64

 

NBA-NEWS

UNDATED (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have acquired forward Nikola Mirotic and a second-round draft pick from the Chicago Bulls for center Omer Asik, guards Jameer Nelson and Tony Allen, and a future first-round pick.

The deal comes less than a week after New Orleans lost All-Star DeMarcus Cousins for the season to a left Achilles tear.

Heat guard Goran Dragic is a first-time All-Star after being selected by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver as an injury replacement for Cavaliers forward Kevin Love. Dragic will play for Team LeBron in the Feb. 18 game at Los Angeles. He leads the Heat with averages of 17 points and 4.8 assists per game this season, and will be Miami’s lone representative in the All-Star Game.

— The NBA is rounding out its list of participants for All-Star Saturday on Feb. 17. Pacers guard Victor Oladipo (oh-lah-DEE’-poh), Magic forward Aaron Gordon, Lakers rookie forward Larry Nance and Mavericks rookie guard Dennis Smith Jr. will compete in the Slam Dunk competition. Rockets guard Eric Gordon will be back to defend his 3-point shooting title, while Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis (KRIHS’-tahps pohr-ZIHN’-gihs) will try to win the Skills Challenge for the second straight year.

 

Super Bowl…

UNDATED (AP) — The Gronk has been cleared for the Super Bowl.

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has been approved to play in Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles after being cleared from the concussion protocol.

Gronkowski participated fully in practice Thursday and said he’s ready to go, adding that he never doubted he’d be able to play. He had been sidelined since taking a helmet-to-helmet hit during the AFC championship game.

Defensive lineman Deatrich Wise also practiced after being cleared from the concussion protocol.

Meanwhile, the Eagles practiced without starting defensive tackle Tim Jernigan for the second straight day because of an illness. Coach Doug Pederson said he expects Jernigan to play Sunday, even if he doesn’t practice the rest of the week.

 

MLB…

— Major League Baseball says all 30 major league ballparks will have expanded protective netting that reaches to at least the far ends of each dugout by opening day. The call for more protection came last year after a series of fan injuries.

— Major League Baseball has offered to drop its proposal for a pitch clock this year and also would go without one in 2019 if the average time of a nine-inning game drops to at least 2 hours, 55 minutes this season. Speaking at the end of an owners meeting, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says owners had authorized him to implement management’s proposal from last offseason, which calls for a 20-second pitch clock, if an agreement cannot be reached with the players’ association.

 

PGA-PHOENIX OPEN

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Bill Haas is the first-round leader at the Phoenix Open after firing a 7-under 64.

Haas carded three birdies and an eagle during a five-hole stretch on the back nine. He later birdied Nos. 2 and 4 before parring his final five.

Rickie Fowler bogeyed the 16th in a 66 that left him tied with Billy Horschel, Bryson DeChambeau, Chris Kirk and Chesson Hadley.

 

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