Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jan 28

CSi Weather…

..WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9-PM MONDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY…

Including the cities of Bottineau, Rolla, Dunseith, Rolette,
Shell Valley, St. John, Velva, Towner, Drake, Rugby, Mcclusky,
Goodrich, Harvey, Fessenden, Carrington, Steele, Tappen,
Jamestown, Napoleon, Gackle, Lamoure, Edgeley, Kulm, Wishek,
Ashley, Oakes, and Ellendale Valley City, Fargo, Lisbon, Enderlin.

WHAT…Life threatening wind chills and blowing snow. Wind
chills as low as 60 below zero expected. Winds gusting as high
as 35 mph.

* WHERE…Portions of north central, south central and southeast
North Dakota.

* WHEN…For the Wind Chill Warning, from 9 PM Monday evening to
noon CST Thursday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Areas of blowing snow could significantly
reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the
morning or evening commute. The life threatening wind chills
could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 5 minutes.

 

 

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY…

Including the North Dakota cities of Bottineau, Rolla, Dunseith, Rolette,
Shell Valley, St. John, Velva, Towner, Drake, Rugby, Mcclusky,
Goodrich, Harvey, Fessenden, Carrington, Steele, Tappen,
Jamestown, Napoleon, Gackle, Lamoure, Edgeley, Kulm, Wishek,
Ashley, Oakes, and Ellendale

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Western Walsh County-

 

A Winter Weather Advisory for blowing snow means that
visibilities will be limited due to strong winds blowing snow
around. Use caution when traveling, especially in open areas.

The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can
be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

 

Forecast…

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Patchy blowing and drifting snow after

midnight. Lows around 20 below. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.

Lowest wind chills around 40 below after midnight.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Areas of blowing and drifting snow. Much

colder. Highs around 15 below. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph. Wind

chills around 50 below.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Patchy blowing and drifting snow

in the evening. Colder. Lows around 35 below. Northwest winds

10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening. Wind chills

around 55 below.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs around 15 below. West winds 5 to

10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows around 25 below. South

winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the morning.

Highs near zero.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 5 below.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs 15 to 20.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 10.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

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

afternoon. Highs 5 to 10 above.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Lows

around 5 below.

.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs

5 to 10 above.

 

Breezy northwest winds and periodic light snow will cause patchy
blowing and drifting snow the rest of Monday. Blowing and drifting snow may cause visibility reductions as low as one half mile and slick
roads. Please use caution if traveling, especially in open
country.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Betty Jo Krenz of Woodworth was sentenced Monday in Southeast District Court in Jamestown to over four years in prison, after entering an Alford plea, to charges of theft of property a Class C felony, and theft of property, a Class B misdemeanor.  A charge of unauthorized use of identifying information was dropped.

She was sentenced in connection with a so-called adoption scam.

Krenz, in her late 40’s  entered an Alford plea, meaning she acknowledge there was enough evidence to be convicted of the crime, but didn’t admit to the crime.

Krenz turned herself into authorities in June 2018 following arrest warrants.

Families involved accused Krenz of taking money from a Medford, Oregon family under the pretense of facilitating an adoption for them.

Court documents provided by the State’s Attorney, say she used her background, a Spirit Lake social worker, to provide false adoption paper work.

The investigation showed several times when Krenz promise a baby adoption without following through.  Restitution to the victims of the scam is to be determined over the next 60 days and added to the sentence.

 

Jamestown  (UJ) University of Jamestown students offers the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program plus free tax help to individuals with disabilities and limited English speaking taxpayers in need of preparing their own tax returns.

The program is available to the public and students at the University on Saturday, February 2nd, 9th, and 16th from 10 AM to 4 PM. It’s also available Tuesday, February 5th from 11 AM to 2 PM and Thursday, February 7th from 11 AM to 2 PM.

Appointments can be made by calling 701-253-4468 or by emailing vita@uj.edu. leave a message including a phone number. The VITA office can be found in Unruh Sheldon 106.

Two volunteers have been specially certified to prepare nonresident tax returns for international students.

Appointments are needed. Bring any tax document you’ve received, photo ID, and social security card for taxpayers and dependents.

The program cannot do anything with depreciation and inventory for a business.

 

(CSi)   — The National Council for Home Safety and Security (NCHSS) has just released a study that reveals the safest cities in the United States. The study was completed primarily to highlight the cities that have had the least amount of violent and non-violent crimes per population, while also bringing awareness to the cities that are more likely to have crime per capita.

North Dakota, for example, has property crime rates that are nearly 40% lower than the national average, and violent crime rates that fortunately fall below as well. However, as the data shows, there are often vast differences from one city (or state) to the next.

Jamestown ranks the fifth safest city in North Dakota. Click through to the study here: https://www.alarms.org/safest-cities-in-north-dakota/

 

Bismarck (Gov Burgum’s Office)  ) – With most of North Dakota under a wind chill warning for Tuesday, Gov. Doug Burgum and State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler are supporting the judgment of school administrators about whether to close schools in response.

Baesler said local school administrators decide whether to delay school openings, dismiss classes early or cancel school days altogether. Some storm days are already required to be “built in” to a school district’s calendar.

Baesler says, “Each of our North Dakota school districts is different, and our local superintendents are in the best position to judge whether it is appropriate to hold classes on days when the weather is snowy or extremely cold.  Our schools across the state are evaluating this new cold snap according to their local weather conditions, and that is how it should be.”

The Department of Public Instruction has information about school closings on its website. A list of frequently asked questions, and the answers to those questions, is here: https://www.nd.gov/dpi/SchoolStaff/SAO/FAQ/closingfaq/

Background information about school closings is here: https://www.nd.gov/dpi/SchoolStaff/SAO/weather/

North Dakota Century Code 37-17.1-05 has been interpreted as giving the governor authority to close schools statewide, but only after first declaring a state of emergency through executive order. This authority has very rarely been exercised, as the decision historically has been left to local superintendents. Of the four winter storm emergencies declared by executive order since 2010, none included an order to close schools.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-led House has approved legislation that would require abortion providers to tell women undergoing drug-induced abortions that they could still have a live birth if they change their mind.The so-called “abortion reversal” legislation was approved 73-16. It now goes to the Senate.Supporters say doctors can give a woman the hormone progesterone to stop an abortion after she has taken the first of two medications needed to complete the abortion.The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says there is no medically accepted evidence that a drug-induced abortion can be interrupted.Abortion-rights groups say the legislation amounts to providing misinformation to woman.North Dakota’s proposal follows similar and successful bills in Idaho, Utah, South Dakota and Arkansas. 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Supporters and opponents of bringing legal sports betting to North Dakota say money should be set aside to provide counseling for problem gamblers.North Dakota is one of many states attempting to capitalize on the U.S. Supreme Court’s lifting of a federal ban on sports gambling. Lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow sports betting to generate revenue for the charitable gambling industry and the state.Gambling counselor Lisa Vig told lawmakers Monday that most people can gamble without getting hooked but it becomes a “life-altering addiction” for others.Vig says she supports the bill lawmakers but that they should use some of the money to treat compulsive gamblers.Opponents of legalized sports betting say it is not “morally justifiable” to get revenue from someone who is addicted to gambling.

 

In sports…

Jamestown    Blue Jays boys and girls basketball doubleheader scheduled for Jan 28  against Bismarck High have been rescheduled for February  5 due to weather.

(UJ)  University of Jamestown men’s wrestling has canceled its dual  against Dickinson State University Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Harold Newman Arena. The Jimmies have a Great Plains Athletic Conference road dual against Morningside College (Iowa) on Thursday.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Tennessee stays atop the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for a second straight week. The Volunteers earned 48 of 64 first-place votes to extend the program’s first stint at No. 1 since February 2008. Tennessee (18-1) has won 14 straight games. The top six remained unchanged, with Duke sitting at No. 2, followed by Virginia, Gonzaga, Michigan and Michigan State. Kentucky moved past Nevada to reach No. 7, while North Carolina and Marquette each rose two spots to round out the top 10.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he doubts he’d be willing to accept less than the $5.7 billion he has demanded from Congress to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump tells The Wall Street Journal that he doesn’t think congressional negotiators will strike a deal he’d accept to end the border wall standoff and pledges to build a wall anyway using his executive powers to declare a national emergency if necessary. Democrats oppose a wall and say it would be ineffective and wasteful.

BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian mining company Vale says a lawyer who said the company’s board of directors would not step down following a mine collapse that killed at least 60 people was not authorized to speak for the world’s largest iron ore producer. Monday’s statement came after Vale lawyer Sergio Berdumes said in an interview in the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper that “no wrongdoing has been proven.” Vale says the company’s board is trying to discover the facts of what happenedKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. envoy on Afghanistan says negotiators for the U.S. and Taliban insurgents have reached “agreements in principle” on key issues for a peace deal that would end 17 years of war. The statement by U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad followed days of talks with the Taliban in Qatar, where he urged the Islamic insurgent group to enter into direct negotiations with the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.UNDATED (AP) — Emails show the Chinese researcher behind the claim of gene-edited babies told a U.S. Nobel laureate about the experiment. The revelation comes as scientists debate whether and how to alert troubling research. Messages obtained by The Associated Press show that Nobel Prize winner Craig Mello learned about the pregnancy in April from He Jiankui, months before the news became public. Mello said he disapproved, but stayed on as an adviser to He’s biotech company.

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials say 125 homes were damaged by a tornado, heavy rains and severe winds overnight. Members of the Provincial Defense Council of Havana tell state media Monday that 90 homes collapsed completely and 30 suffered partial collapse. And more than 200,000 people lost water service, largely because of power cuts that left pumps out of service.