Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jan 2

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA…40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. PATCHY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 30. TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID TEENS IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE EVENING. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20. WEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 10 TO 15. WEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 10. HIGHS AROUND 30.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.

 

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News)  –  A  standoff ended without incident  Tuesday (Jan 1,2013) in Valley City.

Valley City Police took the unidentified man into custody about 7:40-a.m., with assistance of the James Valley Special Operations Swat Team, after the armed  individual threatened suicide, for almost six hours, in the area of Valley Avenue and 8th Avenue..

Valley City Police Chief Fred Thompson said there were no injuries were reported.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Jamestown Regional Medical Center reports the first baby born in 2013.

On January 1st a boy was born, weighting 8 pounds, 9 ounces, to Amy and Wesley Stegmiller, Jamestown.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown area will have the opportunity to participate in “Celebrate Recovery.”

On the New Year’s Day, Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Brian and Michele Carstens talked about getting the local progam organized, to be held in Cooperation with Victory Lutheran Church in Jamestown.

Beginning January 4, 2013, the community is invited each Friday at 6-p.m., for a light meal, and information and testimonials, ministry and support for those struggling with such issues as: alcoholism, sexual abuse, co-dependency, depression, domestic violence, divorce, food, gambling, and drug additicions.

On January 4, 2013 the Special Guest will be Cody James Ministries.

Cody has battled addiction, and now is ministering, through his presentations and Christian music.

He will also have concerts at the church at the Sunday January 6, 2013 service, and at the James River Correctional Center.

The free light meal starts each Friday at 6-p.m., where a free will offering will be taken.

Those wishing to skip the light meal, and other activities, may come to the church at about 7-p.m., to participated in the support group.

Victory Lutheran Church is located at 510 9^th Avenue, Southwest in Jamestown.

　

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota man has established a benefit fund for the families of six Missouri men killed in a crash in North Dakota the day after Christmas.
 
     The men were with a construction company and were heading to a work site when their pickup slid off an icy Interstate 94, crossed the median into oncoming traffic and collided with a semitrailer.
 
     Randy Kremer, of Moorhead, Minn., says he set up a fund to help with funeral expenses. He says the bodies of some of the men are being sent back to their home villages in Mexico. He says when he heard the story he felt terrible for the families.
 
  Donations to the Jamestown Accident Victims Funeral Fund can be made at any Wells Fargo Bank branch.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities continue to investigate the cause of a fire that caused the partial evacuation of a Bismarck hotel.
 
     The  fire started in a storage room at the Best Western Ramkota hotel on Saturday evening.
 
     Bismarck Fire Department officials say chairs stored in the room were burning. They say the fire was quickly extinguished, but it took an hour and a half to clear smoke from the rest of the building.
 
     No one was injured in the blaze.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bismarck police are investigating a report of an ice fishing house that was stolen from the back of a pickup parked at a downtown shopping mall.
 
     Police Sergeant Mark Buschena says that a 25-year-old Mandan man reported the crime Thursday night at the Kirkwood Mall.
 
     Buschena says the ice fishing house was valued at $800. He says a fish finder valued at $300 and a propane heater were found inside the stolen fish house.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo investment broker ordered to stop doing business in North Dakota about six months ago has now been charged with bilking a married couple out of more than $250,000.
 
  Two counts of Class B felony theft have been filed against Robert Henry Medhus (MAY-hoos) in Cass County District Court.
 
     If convicted, the 65-year-old Medhus could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for each charge.
 
     An investigative report by the state Securities Department alleges that Medhus forged checks made out to the couple and deposited them into his account for his personal use.

 

 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A monthly economic index for nine Midwest and Plains states rose again last month but still suggests an economic slump will continue over the next three to six months.
 
     The Mid-America Business Conditions index hit 49.5 in December, up from November’s 48.0 and October’s 46.5.
 
     Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says he’s expecting only small regional increases in the job market.
 
     The survey of business leaders and supply managers uses a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth while a score below 50 suggests decline for that factor.  
 
     The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has a new poker champion.
 
     Gregg Dahle (DAW’-lee), of Carpio, outlasted more than 1,400 players from 22 states and Canada at the recent North Dakota Texas Hold ’em tournament in Minot. He won $45,000.
 
     The tournament is held each year at The Vegas Motel in Minot. The Minot State University Alumni Association sponsors the event, and part of the proceeds go toward MSU scholarships.
 
     Dahle was the runner-up two years ago. He’s the first player to return to the final table and claim the crown.
 
     Tom Gullickson, of Hazen, took second place and won $20,000.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota farmers and ranchers say that so far, their winter operations are running smoothly compared with last winter, despite more snow having already fallen.
 
     The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that December snowfall varied across North Dakota.
 
     The USDA says cattle producers have been benefiting from areas of the state that got less snow. Some parts of the state have enough snow protection for winter crops such as alfalfa and winter wheat.
 
    The  average snow depth in the state was 4.7 inches as of Sunday. Nearly a year ago, the average depth was less than a half-inch.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The oil boom and high agricultural prices have changed North Dakota’s fortunes in the past decade.
 
North Dakota was losing particularly its young people in the 1990s.
 
     But the state’s population increased 6.6 percent between the 2000 census and the estimate for 2011 as people moved to North Dakota for jobs. The state’s per-capita income also jumped from less than $26,000 in 2000 to more than $47,000 in 2011.
 
     Richard Rathge, a demographer at North Dakota State University, says the so-called brain drain the state once suffered from losing its educated young people has been reversed. In 2011, North Dakota’s net migration gain was more than 30,000.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Minot flower shop is now open in a former credit union building that was devastated by flooding. Flower Central is flourishing at the location that once was the site of GEM Federal Credit Union.

 

  WILLSTON, N.D. (AP) – Officials say Williston’s airport is bursting at the seams because of activity in western North Dakota’s booming oil patch. Airport manager Steven Kjergaard tells the Williston Herald that the increased number of passengers at the airport has led to a crowded terminal and lack of parking. But he says the airport has not seen any delays over an hour since Delta Air Lines and United Airlines added flights late last year.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The Fargo Air Museum has added a homebuilt airplane to its permanent collection.
 
     Executive director Fran Brummond says homebuilt aircraft had not been represented at the museum and the four-seat Velocity fills that niche.
 
     The plane was built from a kit in 1994 by Kirk Lindberg. The Minnesota resident donated the plane to the museum after flying it for several years.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s chief justice has celebrated his 20th year in the post. Gerald VandeWalle’s anniversary passed yesterday. A justice since 1978, VandeWalle became chief justice on New Year’s Day in 1993 after being unanimously elected to succeed Ralph Erickstad upon his retirement.

 

In sports…

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University head football coach Craig Bohl has agreed to an eight-year contract extension. NDSU athletic director Gene Taylor says the contract keeps Bohl at the school in Fargo through 2021. NDSU faces Sam Houston State in the FCS title game in Frisco, Texas this Saturday.

 

 NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

 DENVER (AP) – The Los Angeles Clippers ended their team-record 17-game winning streak with a 92-78 loss to the Nuggets in Denver. Danilo Gallinari finished with 17 points for the Nuggets, who held the Clippers to 39 percent shooting. The Clippers hadn’t lost since a 105-98 setback on Nov. 26 against the Hornets.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Amare Stoudemire made his season debut last night, but the New York Knicks wasted Carmelo Anthony’s season high-tying 45 points in a 105-100 loss to Portland. Stoudemire finished with six points on 3-of-8 shooting and one rebound in 17 minutes off the bench in his return from knee surgery. Nicolas Batum scored 26 points in the Trail Blazers’ third win in four games.
 
   Final    Dallas                103    Washington          94
   Final    Detroit              103    Sacramento          97
   Final    Atlanta                95    New  Orleans        86
   Final    Philadelphia    103    L-A  Lakers          99
 
 
       COLLEGE  FOOTBALL  BOWL  GAMES
  Stanford’s Rose Bowl drought is over, while Wisconsin’s losing streak in the Granddaddy of Them All continues.
 
     The eighth-ranked Cardinal won the game for the first time since 1972, capping a 12-2 season by allowing just 82 total yards in the second half of a 20-14 win over the Badgers. Stepfan Taylor and Kevin Hogan led the Stanford ground game by combining for 212 yards. Taylor ran for 89 yards and an early touchdown, and Hogan finished with a game-high 123 rushing yards for the Pac-12 champs.
 
     Kelsey Young rushed for a touchdown on Stanford’s opening possession, and Taylor scored on the second.
 
     Montee Ball rushed for 100 yards and his FBS-record 83rd touchdown for the Badgers, who lost the Rose Bowl for the third consecutive season.
 
   Final    (  6)  Georgia                  45    (23)  Nebraska                      31
   Final    (11)  South  Carolina    33    (19)  Michigan                      28
   Final    (13)  Florida  State      31    (16)  Northern  Illinois    10
   Final    (21)  Northwestern        34              Mississippi  State    20
 

NFL…

 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Green Bay defensive back Charles Woodson has been cleared to play in Saturday night’s playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings. Woodson deferred to team physician Dr. Pat McKenzie and gave his broken collarbone as much time to heal as possible, sitting out Sunday’s regular-season finale at Minnesota. He was injured on Oct. 21 and has missed nine consecutive games.

 

 MLB… 
 
     ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The Tampa Bay Rays have avoided an arbitration case with their top pitcher.
 
     A person with knowledge of the deal says AL Cy Young Award winner David Price has agreed to a one-year contract worth just over $10 million, avoiding arbitration. Price earned $4.35 million last season, when he went 20-5 with an American League-low 2.56 ERA.
 
     The hard-throwing left-hander barely beat out Detroit’s Justin Verlander to become Tampa Bay’s first Cy Young winner.

 

TENNIS-QATAR
 
     DOHA, Qatar (AP) – Top-seeded David Ferrer (feh-REHR’) rallied to defeat German qualifier Dustin Brown 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in the opening round of the Qatar (GUH’-tur) Open.
 
     The fifth-ranked Spaniard struggled early against Brown’s serve and net play. With the first set even at 5, Brown hit a drop volley and then broke Ferrer when the Spaniard hit a shot into the net. Brown closed out the set with a crosscourt volley winner.

 

NHL Labor…

 NEW YORK (AP) – The NHL and the players union are back at the bargaining table and seem determined to work toward a deal to save the hockey season. A full day of talks was planned for yesterday, one day after negotiations resumed following a nearly three week break.

 

In world and national news…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has issued a warning in the wake of the long road taken to avert the so-called fiscal cliff of higher taxes and deep spending cuts. Obama says he will not negotiate with Congress over another increase in the nation’s debt ceiling and that the deficit is still too high.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – There’s still going to be a tax hike even though Congress has sent the president legislation to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. The vast majority of workers will pay higher federal taxes in 2013, largely because a temporary reduction in Social Security payroll taxes expired on New Year’s Day and wasn’t renewed.
 
     CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – The Colorado theater shooting case is back in court today. Prosecutors and defense lawyers will meet with the judge, who wants to be sure everything is ready for next week’s crucial preliminary hearing, where prosecutors are expected to outline their case against the defendant, James Holmes. That hearing will determine if there’s enough evidence to try Holmes.
 
     MONROE, Conn. (AP) – There’s an open house today in a Connecticut town where a former middle school building will be used for students who attended Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown. The children have not attended school since a gunman killed 20 students and six adults. Classes start tomorrow.
 
     DUNMORE, Pa. (AP) – Police say a Pennsylvania driver went a long way in the wrong direction on Interstate 81 early New Year’s Day. The Times-Leader of Wilkes-Barre reports state troopers tried unsuccessfully to get the driver’s attention using emergency lights and a spot light. Authorities say she was eventually stopped using a roadblock in Laflin, about 18 miles from where she started going south in the northbound lane in Dickson City. The woman faces charges.