Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jan 30

CSi Weather…

.WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY…

Forecast

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows around 30 below. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chills around 50 below.

.THURSDAY…Cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the morning.

Not as cold. Highs zero to 5 above. South winds around 10 mph.

Lowest wind chills around 40 below in the morning.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Not as cold. Lows near zero.

South winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Not as cold. Highs in the upper 20s.

South winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows around 10.

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

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10.

.SUNDAY…Cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the afternoon.

Highs 15 to 20.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Snow. Areas of blowing and drifting snow. Lows

around 5 below.

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

morning. Areas of blowing and drifting snow through the day.

Highs near zero.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow after

midnight. Lows around 15 below.

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

near zero.

 

A warm front is forecast to propagate across western and central North Dakota Thursday night into Friday morning.

Highs in the 40s above zero southwest and the mid 20s to the mid 30s central and northwest.

Thereafter, the focus turns to the potential for accumulating snow and blowing snow Sunday into Monday

A wintry mix could start the precipitation.

A return to cold, dangerous wind chills is favored by early next week.

 

Bismarck  (CSi) Sanford Health will re-open all Bismarck and Fargo metro and region primary care clinics on Thursday, Jan. 31. This includes all communities Sanford serves in North Dakota and western Minnesota. 

Patients are encouraged to check www.sanfordhealth.org/alerts for the latest closures and delays.

All patient appointments and procedures on Jan. 31 and after are expected to resume as scheduled. Sanford emergency departments and medical centers continue to remain open 24/7 for care.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Stemming from a continuing investigation by Jamestown Police, the Jamestown woman who is facing charges in conjunction with a series of dog attacks, 22 year old Mariah Bermel, of 1530 6^th Avenue Southwest, is charged with failure to license a dog, punishable by a $50 fine, and failing to inoculate the dog for rabies and keeping a vicious dog, Class B misdemeanors punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine.

As reported over the weekend, Jamestown Police  issued an alert late Friday, January 25, after the dog bit a person near the Buffalo Motel, resulting in serious injuries.

An individual was able to detain the dog in a garage, and turn it over to officers and animal control.

Police Chief Scott Edinger said the dog had bitten at least three people in the 10 days leading up to its capture.

The police report states that Bermel admitted owning the dog when it bit people, but had subsequently given it away, and, she planned on “shooting the dog because she could not handle him biting more people.”

Officers said in the report Bermel had called the dog her “service animal” in previous dealings with law enforcement officers.

The investigation led to  Bermel  also being charged with criminal conspiracy and aggravated assault, Class C felonies, stemming from an alleged assault also on January 25.

In addition to Bermel, defendants accused in that case include, 41 year old Larry Johnson, also known as  Larry Gant, and 22 year old Arron Jacob King, both also living  at 1530 6th Avenue, Southwest.

Officers questioned them regarding the dog during the investigation of the assault.

 

Each are accused of assaulting an individual near Loaf N’ Jug in Jamestown.

The victim was transported to Jamestown Regional Medical Center for treatment.

At last report Bermel, Johnson and King were in custody at the Stutsman County Correctional Center each on $5,000 cash bond. Bermel also has a bail requirement of $1,050 related to the dog charges.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) The 13^th Annual Walk the Plank, Polar Plunge, JRMC Hospice fundraiser is set for Saturday February 2, at Stutsman Harley- Davidson in Jamestown.

Jumpers raise money to participate.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Don Wegner said, the event starts at 10 am with the table registration, and donations turned in, with a silent auction and the chili feed will follow. The “Walk The Plank” jumping starts at Noon.

The water is heated to 80-85 degrees.

The “Pirate Ship” will be back.

He pointed out that since the beginning the event has raised nearly $200,000.  The 2018 event raised around $20,000.

Sponsored by the Jamestown HOGS Chapter the plunge into the water features live and silent auctions,  and the chili cookoff.

Dennis Barton with ABATE is organizing the chili cookoff, with entries being accepted, and award being presented after the tasting and voting.  The donation to sample chili is $5 to the JRMC Hospice program.

Auction items can be dropped off at Stutsman Harley-Davidson in Jamestown, by Friday evening, or contact Marla at 320-1506.

Roger Nenow will provide the auctioneering for the live auction.

For more information about the Hospice program, contact the JRMC at 701-952-1050 or Don Wegner at 701-269- 7047.

 

Jamestown  (JRMC)  — Congratulations to team Absolutely Fibula-ous, the top point earner for New Year New You Challenge week three. Team Absolutely Fibula-ous includes seven participants from the Orthopedic and Podiatry departments at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

Team points are due by 8 a.m. on Tuesday. To learn more about NYNY or two submit points, visit www.jrmcnd.com/nyny. View the full list of teams at www.jrmcnd.com/nyny/teams-standings/.

NYNY is an eight-week wellness challenge that encourages participants to develop positive lifestyle changes.

NYNY is about exercising and eating right. It’s also about staying healthy. This can be difficult when jumping or sneezing causes sudden bladder leakage.

Urinary incontinence is the loss of bladder control and often occurs in postpartum women and seniors. Stroke, dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s or injuries are common causes.

JRMC Urologist, Dr. Robert J. Bates, said any activity that increases pressure on the bladder can cause vulnerability to urine loss, especially when the bladder is full. Stress incontinence is more common in women than men and occurs when the pelvic floor muscles weaken with age and childbirth.

“Kegel exercises can greatly improve the strength and function of the pelvic floor muscles,” said Dr. Bates. “These exercises can be done in the car, at work or at home.”

Practice your kegels at the next community event. Attending a community activity outside of normal activities will yield each participant five bonus points this week. In addition, attendees can earn extra points for the work-friendly Lose Your Lap exercises and the more intense High-Intensity Interval Training.

Still having urine leakage? Contact the JRMC Urology team and schedule direct: (701) 952-4878.

 

In local sports…

Jamestown  (CSi)  The hiring of Brian Mistro as the next head football coach at the University of Jamestown was announced Wednesday  at Harold Newman Arena.

 

North Dakota News…

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Police are recommending attempted murder charges against a man accused of stabbing a woman at a Minot residence.

Authorities say the woman suffered multiple stab wounds Tuesday. The 24-year-old suspect fled in a vehicle. Police say he was later stopped near the Ward County Courthouse and arrested.

The Minot Daily News reports officials say the woman knows the suspect, a Belcourt man. She was taken to Trinity Hospital and is in stable condition. Police are also recommending charges of terrorizing and theft of a motor vehicle against the man.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former Burleigh County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison for stealing drug evidence from the state crime lab.Thirty-two-year-old narcotics task force member Kerry Komrosky was charged in April 2018 after investigators found nearly 3 pounds of methamphetamine and 47 grams of cocaine in his home. Authorities say some of the drugs were from cases he helped investigate.He pleaded guilty in November to felony theft and misdemeanor drug possession under a conditional agreement that allows him to appeal an order denying suppression of evidence and withdraw his plea if the appeal is successful.Komrosky resigned after his arrest, and the North Dakota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board suspended his peace officer’s license pending the outcome of his criminal case.

 

TOWNER, N.D. (AP) — Severe winter weather has prompted officials to postpone the sentencing of a Minnesota man accused of attacking a priest in North Dakota.

Forty-three-year-old Chad Legare, of Alexandria, Minnesota, was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for the attack a year ago on the Rev. Robert Wapenski at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Anamoose. Authorities say the dispute involved a woman.

KMOT-TV reports that the court appearance was called off due to recent snow and extreme cold. A new sentencing date was not immediately scheduled.

Legare in November entered an Alford plea to attempted murder. That allows Legare to not admit guilt while acknowledging that evidence likely would convict him. The court treats it like a guilty plea.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Potential ethics panel members tasked with investigating possible wrongdoing by politicians will likely have a lonely job because the Legislature always has followed high standards of conduct, North Dakota’s Senate majority leader said Wednesday.

“They’ll be like the ‘Maytag Man,’ looking for something to do,” Republican Sen. Rich Wardner told The Associated Press.

Still, after years of rebuffing attempts by Democrats to form such a commission, North Dakota lawmakers now must comply with a voter-approved constitutional amendment aimed at ethics reform, a bill backers call an “anti-corruption” measure.

Along with creating a five-member independent ethics commission, the measure requires banning foreign money from state elections and restricting lobbying, among other provisions.

The Legislature set aside the Capitol’s biggest meeting room on Wednesday afternoon to hear testimony on competing Republican and Democratic bills that would develop rules so they conform with voters’ wishes. The bills, however, are vastly different in their approach on how to adhere to the wide-ranging proposal, which would bar gifts from lobbyists to many public officials and prohibit elected officials from becoming lobbyists for two years after leaving state government.

Penalties proposed for some violations range from $100 in the GOP bill to $10,000 in the Democratic version.

Dina Butcher, a citizen and one of the sponsors of the initiated measure, said the GOP version “guts” its intent and continues to restrict transparency, setting “almost meaningless penalties” and making “a mockery of the people’s vote.”

Wardner and House counterpart Chet Pollert, have maintained their bill “enacts the will of the voters while providing certainty to North Dakotans that they can participate in the democratic process.”

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has joined the board of the McCain Institute.The Washington, D.C., institute is part of Arizona State University and is named for the late U.S. Sen. John McCain. The nonpartisan institute champions character-driven leadership and civic engagement. One of the areas it works on is human trafficking, a focus of Heitkamp’s.The North Dakota Democrat lost her Senate seat to then-U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer in November in a race that helped the GOP expand its control of the Senate.Since then she has joined CNBC as a political commentator and been named one of four Visiting Fellows by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School.

 

In world and national news…

CHICAGO (AP) — Police say at least two people in the Detroit area have died in the extremely cold weather, including a former member of the City Council in the town of Ecorse, Michigan. Ecorse detective Tim Sassak tells TV station WDIV that the man was discovered outside on Wednesday without proper winter clothing. A second man was found dead in Detroit in front of a neighbor’s home.MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ top aide says the administration was surprised by the news that Foxconn Technology Group is changing the focus of its massive project in the state. Joel Brennan said in a statement Wednesday that the Evers administration is in weekly communication with Foxconn leaders and has been in contact since learning that the company plans to move away from manufacturing liquid crystal display screens at the campus and toward creating a hub for research and development.CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition protesters in Venezuela have wrapped up a walkout urging President Nicolas Maduro to step down by singing their country’s national anthem. The two-hour walkout in cities around Venezuela drew thousands to the streets. Protester Maria Kley said she was demonstrating because, “We want a free Venezuela.”ISLAMABAD (AP) — A spokesman for the Taliban says the insurgent group is not seeking a “monopoly on power” in a future administration in Afghanistan but is looking for ways to co-exist with Afghan institutions. Wednesday’s remarks by Suhail Shaheen are the most conciliatory comments to date from the Islamic militant group. They come on the heels of U.S. envoy reporting progress has been made in negotiations with the insurgents.BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AP) — A spokesman for the Minas Gerais Fire Department in Brazil says it’s still too early to say when the search for victims of the collapsed dam will be called off. Pedro Aihara said it is increasingly difficult to locate additional remains. The number of missing remains at 276. Police have identified 51 of the 84 people recovered from the mud.