Wayne Byers Show Weekdays on CSi 2

Wayne Byers Show Weekdays on CSi 2

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. SCATTERED FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY…CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 15. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 15. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 30.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS 15 TO 20.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 30.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 30. LOWS AROUND 20.
.TUESDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE
MID 20S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 15.
HIGHS 15 TO 20.

THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER CHRISTMAS TRAVEL IMPACTS NEXT WEEK.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a rural Jamestown man.

Sheriff Chad Kaiser, says about 9:30-p.m., Monday, a semi driver reported that his vehicle was sideswiped by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 281.

The vehicle left the scene, as debris was on the road.

An individual then reported Tuesday that a damaged vehicle was abandoned south of the North Dakota State Hospital.

When deputies went to the registered owner’s home, they found the vehicle’s owner dead outside his home.

Kaiser says an autopsy is being performed Wednesday as the investigation continues.

His  identity will be  released pending notification of relatives.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Testimony has wrapped up in the trial of a Williston man accused of killing a hobby rancher a year and a half ago.
 
     Thirty-three-year-old Ryan Stensaker is on trial in Minot on murder conspiracy and other charges in the spring 2013 death of 58-year-old Jack Sjol (shohl). Sjol’s body was found in a garbage dump, with bullet wounds to his head, face and upper left arm.  
 
     The  prosecution rested its case Wednesday, after a week of testimony, and the defense did not call any witnesses. The case was to go to the jury after closing arguments by attorneys on both sides.
 
     Stensaker could face life in prison without parole if convicted.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Fort Totten women convicted eight years ago in a crash that killed one of her children has been sentenced to federal prison for abusing another child.
 
     Thirty-one-year-old Alesia Shaw was sentenced to serve eight months in prison for child abuse or neglect. U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says Shaw will be on supervised release for three years following her prison time.
 
     Shaw was accused of being under the influence of drugs and abusing a child at the Spirit Lake Casino in June 2013, and of driving a vehicle while drunk with a child as a passenger last May.
 
     Purdon’s office says Shaw earlier was sentenced to two years in prison for a 2006 involuntary manslaughter conviction after she crashed a vehicle while driving drunk and killed her 17-month-old child.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A woman serving time in the Cass County Jail on a drug conviction has been sentenced to almost 10 more years after pleading guilty to smuggling drugs into the Fargo jail inside her body.
 
     Fifty-one-year-old Chili Musselman, of Glyndon, Minnesota, was charged in November 2013.   Jail authorities searched Musselman after becoming suspicious following a lockdown and search of the jail, and found a plastic container of pills.
 
     Musselman on Monday pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge, and other drug charges were dismissed. She was sentenced to 9  1/2 years in prison.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Taxable sales and purchases in North Dakota in the third quarter of the year totaled nearly $7.7 billion, up more than 10 percent from July, August and September of 2013.
 
     Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger cites growth in personal income, population and the labor force as reasons.
 
     Twelve of the 15 major industry sectors in the state reported gains in taxable sales and purchases over the year. The mining and oil extraction sector increased by nearly 20 percent.
 
     The five cities with the largest percentage increases in taxable sales and purchases all are in the western oil patch – Watford City, New Town, Beach, Dickinson and Stanley.
 
     Rauschenberger says retail trade also was strong heading into the holiday season – up nearly 5 percent in the third quarter to $78 million.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota regulators have assessed a $687,000 fine against a Utah company for allegedly violating saltwater waste disposal rules.
 
     The North Dakota Industrial Commission that includes Gov. Jack Dalrymple approved the sanction on Wednesday against Redemption Energy LLC.
 
     Officials say the company constructed a salt water disposal well before getting permission for it. Officials say the company also improperly stored oilfield waste.
 
     Department of Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms told the commission that the company showed “very little regard” for North Dakota’s rules and regulations.
 
     The company did not immediately return telephone calls from The Associated Press on Wednesday.
 
     Helms says it’s unclear whether the fine can be collected. He says the company will be banned from doing business in North Dakota if it fails to pay the fine.
 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple has appointed two judges to the northeast central judicial district in North Dakota.
 
     Dalrymple on Wednesday announced the appointments of Grand Forks attorney Lolita Romanick and Larimore attorney Donald Hager. Romanick will replace Karen Braaten who died in October, while Hager will replace Sonja Clapp who resigned earlier this month.  
 
     Dalrymple praised the integrity and extensive experience of the attorneys, who will begin serving in January.
 
     Since 1999, Romanick has worked in insurance defense, employment, personal injury, workers compensation and general litigation. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Dakota and graduated from the University of Idaho’s law school.
 
     Hager has operated his own law office since 1986. He received his undergraduate degree from Mayville State University and graduated from UND’s School of Law.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s energy industry has developed a curriculum aimed at teaching fourth- and eighth-grade students about the state’s petroleum, coal, wind, hydropower, solar, biofuel and geothermal resources.
 
     The  idea began more than two years ago with the EmPower Commission, a group representing North Dakota’s various energy sectors.
 
     The Great Plains Energy Corridor at Bismarck State College oversaw development of the curriculum. The Lignite Research Council and the Oil and Gas Research Program matched donations from energy companies to fund the $250,000 cost.
 
     The curriculum was made available this fall. It offers online material such as photos, videos and diagrams.
 
     John Weeda with Great River Energy says increasing the interest of students in energy might spur some of them to pursue careers in the field.

 

In sports…

Valley City (CSi) Deb Beilke has been named the new head girls and boys cross country coach for the Valley City Hi-Liners.

Deb is in her 27th year as an educator, the last 19 in Valley City. She started coaching 32 years ago, including 17 seasons as a girls basketball coach, 12 seasons as a boys basketball coach, 16 seasons with track and field, 4 seasons working with softball, and 8 seasons in volleyball.

Deb is an under graduate of Valley City State University and later earned her Master of Science in Education from Dakota State University.

Deb is an accomplished runner and has participated in road races for over 36 years. She has completed 30 marathons along with numerous half marathons and 10k races.

Deb is excited to share her passion with her athletes and looking forward to working with them to strive to do their best by reaching their running goals and making running a part of their lives.

Deb is married to Scott Beilke, an insurance agent at Dakotah Insurance. They have one son, Jason, who is a 6th grade teacher and coach in Thompson.

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s state agriculture and wildlife departments have launched the third year of a program that connects landowners plagued by coyotes with hunters and trappers who can take care of the problem.
 
     Interest in the Coyote Catalog program took a big jump from the first year to the second, with the number of landowners seeking help increasing from 51 to 74 and the number of hunters and trappers signing up jumping from about 500 to nearly 900. Officials expect interest to stabilize this year.
 
     Surveys indicate the coyote population has been increasing in recent years. The Agriculture Department estimates that ranchers last year lost more than $1 million worth of livestock to the predators.
 
     The Coyote Catalog program was activated Monday and will remain active through the end of March.

 

In world and national news…

HAVANA (AP) – One man in the Cuban capital of Havana says it’s “a wish come true.” He’s among the Cubans celebrating the news that his country and the United States are re-establishing diplomatic relations. Carlos Gonzalez says it will “open the road to a better future for the two countries.” In Cuba, bells pealed and schoolchildren interrupted lessons to mark the historic news.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The plans by President Barack Obama to move toward normalized relations with Cuba are sweeping. Obama is looking to expand economic ties with Cuba, open an embassy in Havana, and review that country’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. The U.S. is also easing restrictions on travel to Cuba — but tourist travel will still be banned.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Alan Gross says he learned the lesson during five years in Cuban captivity that freedom is not free. Gross spoke in Washington just after returning from Cuba, where he was imprisoned for five years. Cuba released him as part of an agreement to re-establish diplomatic relations with the United States. Gross says he hopes the U.S. and Cuba can now move beyond their mutually belligerent policies. He says two wrongs never make a right. Gross says knowing he wasn’t forgotten by people in the U.S. was crucial to his survival.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is offering the nation’s continued support to Pakistan in its fight against extremism after a terrorist attack that killed scores of schoolchildren. Obama expressed America’s condolences in a telephone call last night with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (nah-WAHZ’ shah-REEF’). Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the city of Peshawar (puh-SHAH’-wuhr) in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing 148 people. Most were children. The Taliban said the attack was revenge for a military offensive against their safe havens in the northwest, along the border with Afghanistan.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – The Dow Jones industrial average has surged Wednesday afternoon — rising by as much as 300 points. This, after the Federal Reserve signaled it was edging closer to raising interest rates because of a strengthening U.S. economy, but promised to be “patient” in its approach. The Fed gave no specific guidance on when the first rate hike might occur.