Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Feb 12

CSi Weather…

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 15. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOWIN THE JAMESTOWN AREA…A70 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA WITH UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION. AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOWS 5 TO
10 ABOVE. TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE LOWER 20S AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE
MORNING. WINDY. HIGHS AROUND 15. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH
DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE EVENING.
THE EVENING. COLDER. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 15. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 10. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 10.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 30. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 20S.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY.
HIGHS AROUND 30. LOWS 15 TO 20.

 

FromGreg Vanney
Director of Marketing and Communications

Valley City (CSi) Valley City State University has released its final student enrollment figures for Spring Semester 2014, and those figures indicate that VCSU has set records for both headcount and FTE (full-time equivalent), eclipsing all previous marks since the university switched to a semester system in 1992–93.

VCSU numbers for Spring 2014 show a total headcount of 1,341 students, an increase of 54 over last year’s spring enrollment of 1,287. The 2014 figures include 1,192 undergraduate students, along with 149 graduate students in VCSU’s online Master of Education (M.Ed.) program.

The FTE figure for Spring 2014 is 956, an increase of 35 over last spring’s mark of 921.

The increase seen in VCSU’s Spring Semester 2014 enrollment is part of a strong growth trend at Valley City State. Since 2009, VCSU’s spring headcount numbers have grown from 959 to 1,341, a 40 percent increase. Similarly, FTE over the same period has increased from 767 to 956, a 25 percent increase.

VCSU President Steven W. Shirley, says, “We’re excited to announce this all-time record spring enrollment as well as the continuation of our recent significant campus growth. The numbers reflect the quality and variety of our academic offerings, and they’re an important indicator of the overall teaching and learning environment here at Valley City State.”

The record enrollment also points to an increase in student retention and success, adding, “Since our new student numbers—transfers and new freshmen—this spring are very similar to last spring’s numbers, it means VCSU is retaining more of the students already here, and that’s a positive indicator of student persistence and success across campus.”

Founded in 1890, VCSU completed construction on a $10.3 million renovation and addition to Rhoades Science Center in Summer 2013, and in Fall 2013 the university began offering a new major in software engineering, the first undergraduate major in software engineering in North Dakota.

VCSU has been ranked a U.S. News ‘Best College’ for 16 consecutive years and the No. 1 or No. 2 Public Regional College in the Midwest each of the last 5 years.

　

Valley City (CSi) This year’s North Dakota Winter Show in Valley City has entertainment headlined by Joe Diffie, Parmalee and 32 Below. The concert is on Friday, March 7, 2014.

Tickets are on sale for $40 at area Stop N Go stores, Hi Way One Off-sale in Carrington, Farmland Ampride in Oakes, Town & Country Coop in Finley and Cooperstown and Cork N Barrel Liquors in Jamestown.

Tickets also available at the North Dakota Winter Show office in the Rosebud Visitors Center or call 1-800-437-0218 or 845-1401.
The price goes up to $45 the day of the concert. Doors open at 6:30-p.m, opening act begins at 7-p.m.

 

Valley City (CSi) Word has been received of the death of 62 year old Harley McLain, of Valley City.

He died on Sunday, February 9, 2014, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo

McLain was an organic farmer, environmentalist, singer songwriter, carpenter and political activist.

The Jamestown College graduate ran for President, Congressman, and Agricultural Commissioner.

McLain, of Valley City filed a lawsuit in 1978 that resulted in the Eighth Circuit ruling that North Dakota’s party petition requirement of 15,000 signatures was unconstitutionally difficult.

A memorial service for Harley McLain will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 15 at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Valley City. Visitation will be held on Friday from 5:00pm until 7:00pm at the church and one hour before the service on Saturday morning. A prayer service will be held at 7:00pm Friday evening at the church. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery near Valley City in the Spring.

 

NAPOLEON, N.D. (AP) – A grain bin accident has killed a southeastern North Dakota farmer.
 
     Logan County Chief Deputy Sheriff and Coroner Steve Engelhardt says 39-year-old Charles Sperle died in the yard of his farm near Napoleon on Monday afternoon when corn broke loose from a grain bin he was unloading and covered him.
 
  at one point there were about 20 people working with shovels to try to rescue Sperle but that the corn “was coming out like a waterfall.”
 
     Funeral arrangements are pending.

 

     WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a West Fargo man injured while working at a construction site. Police say 34-year-old Nicholas Prochnow was taken to a hospital Monday afternoon after his right arm became caught in a soil-boring auger. Authorities say Prochnow was doing soil testing in an area where some new apartment buildings are being built.

 

FINLEY, N.D. (AP) – An eastern North Dakota woman accused of killing her husband has been deemed eligible for a public defender even though she has listed assets of $2.3 million.

A judge approved the public defender for 60-year-old Sherry Midstokke, of Finley, because her son has had her assets frozen.

Robin Huseby, head of the state’s public defender’s office, has asked the judge to review his decision.

Midstokke is charged with Class AA felony murder in the death of 66-year-old Lyle Midstokke. Authorities allege she drugged and suffocated her husband, whose body was found at his home Feb. 3 after his wife called authorities.

Prosecutor Charles Stock has asked for a mental evaluation of Sherry Midstokke. A status conference is scheduled Feb. 26.

 

 TIOGA, N.D. (AP) – Officials say no one was hurt when an above-ground natural gas pipeline caught fire in rural Williams County, touching off explosions that could be felt miles away.
 
     The incident happened about 9 p.m. Monday at a site about six miles south of Tioga owned by Oklahoma-based Hiland Partners LP. The company says the gas was shut off and the fire was extinguished later in the night.
 
     The cause of the incident is being investigated. The state Health Department sent an environmental response team to the site Tuesday.
 
     Tioga Mayor and firefighter Nathan Germundson says the blast lit up the night sky like the sun.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man accused of sending threatening letters to a federal judge and North Dakota state court officials has pleaded guilty.
 
     Carlos Kidd is charged in federal court with mailing threatening communications. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
 
     The 34-year-old Kidd pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending a threatening letter on Oct. 28, 2010, to U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland in North Dakota.
 
     Authorities say the letter contained a threat to kill Hovland and demanded that $10,000 be deposited in Kidd’s inmate prison account.
 
     The plea agreement calls for seven other counts to be dismissed.
 
     Sentencing Is set for April 28.

 

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A southwestern North Dakota woman who’s accused of drowning her newborn baby in a toilet has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.
 
     Forty-two-year-old Stephanie Lindstrom entered her guilty plea Tuesday. The Bowman woman originally pleaded not guilty to a murder charge and was to stand trial in March.
 
     Authorities allege Lindstrom gave birth in the bathroom of her home in July, and the baby was found in the toilet. The state medical examiner determined the baby had been born alive and died of drowning. 
 
   The  presiding judge says he needs more information on why prosecutors would lessen the charge.
 
     The judge took the plea conditional upon the state’s pre-sentence investigation. Prosecutors have 90 days to file the investigation. The judge could toss the plea after reviewing the findings. 

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The mayor of a small North Dakota town that a white supremacist targeted for a takeover says residents won’t be happy unless the man sees jail time.
 
     Mayor Ryan Schock tells The Associated Press that people in Leith want Craig Cobb to pay for the ordeal he has put the town through.
 
     Cobb has pleaded not guilty to terrorizing residents with guns in mid-November. A judge has given attorneys three weeks to try to work out a plea deal.
 
     Cobb has been selling off his property in Leith, including his house, though he still owns three properties. Prosecutor Todd Schwarz tells The Bismarck Tribune that Cobb has backed off on his plans to turn Leith into an all-white enclave.
 
     Cobb has not responded to an AP request for an interview.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Sen. John Hoeven says BNSF Railway is adding more locomotives and crews in an effort to address delays in Amtrak service and agriculture product shipping in North Dakota.
 
     Hoeven, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Rep. Kevin Cramer met with officials from BNSF and agriculture officials Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
 
     Increased crude oil and freight shipments largely have been blamed for causing rail delays. BNSF says rail service is being hampered by bad weather.
 
     Hoeven says BNSF intends to bring 125 locomotives and 250 people to North Dakota within the next two weeks. He says that’s part of a short-term solution.
 
     Hoeven says the long-term solution is the railroad’s plan to invest $5 billion in its railroad this year, including $900 million to expand capacity where crude oil shipments are surging.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A state health official told North Dakota lawmakers that cleanup of massive oil spill in northwestern North Dakota will take at least two more years. The Tesoro Corp. pipeline rupture discovered in September sent more than 20,000 barrels of crude spewing across a North Dakota wheat field. The spill fouled an area about the size of seven football fields and is one of the largest onshore spills in U.S. history.
 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Single-family housing permits and total housing construction value both set records in the Fargo metro area last year.
 
     The Home Builders Association of Fargo-Moorhead says the total construction value in Fargo, West Fargo, and the Minnesota cities of Moorhead and Dilworth surpassed $663 million in 2013, up 15 percent from 2012.
 
     Single-family housing construction projects totaled 935, also a record.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Swedish reality TV show that features 10 Americans competing in various cultural events is entering its fourth season and casting officials say something is missing.
 
     They want someone from the Fargo area.
 
     The show’s title translated to English means “Anything for Sweden.” Contestants are required to be of Swedish descent, but they cannot have visited the country.
 
     Casting director Sofia Eng says the show is seeking applicants from the Red River Valley primarily because of its rich Swedish history. She also cites the continued popularity in Sweden of the 1996 movie “Fargo” as a factor.
 
     One of the stars of the movie, Peter Stormare, is from Sweden. He is shown in one of the final scenes feeding the body of Steve Buscemi into a wood chipper.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The cafe at the North Dakota State Capitol is getting a $1 million makeover.
 
     State facilities management director John Boyle says the work is being done to make the customer flow more efficient at the Capitol Cafe and to increase seating.
 
     Work is slated to begin this week, with completion scheduled for August.
 
     Boyle says a temporary lunchroom will established on the 18th floor of the Capitol.
 
     Boyle says the facility last had a makeover in 1981.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission has announced the new inductee to the state’s Aviation Hall of Fame.
 
     The commission says pilot Martin Schow will be honored next month during an aviation symposium. Schow was one of the state’s first pilots, soloing on April 1928.
 
     Schow designed his airplane and built it in 1927 using parts from wrecked aircraft. He later used an airplane to transport patients in need of medical assistance and to search for missing people.
 
     The commission says Schow established a flying school where numerous students including his wife trained. His daughter, Geneva Schow Oleson, last year became the first woman inducted into the hall of fame.
 

In sports…

BOYS BASKETBALL
     Beach 58, Richardton-Taylor 49
     Beulah 54, Killdeer 39
     Devils Lake 75, Valley City 59
     Fargo North 65, West Fargo 51
     Grand Forks Red River 89, Grand Forks Central 60
     Heart River 60, Dickinson Trinity 57
     Medina-Pingree-Buchanan 61, Napoleon 43
     Mobridge-Pollock, S.D. 67, Standing Rock 42
     Mott-Regent 60, Hettinger/Scranton 56
     New England 58, Glen Ullin-Hebron 37
 GIRLS BASKETBALL
     Bottineau 41, Sawyer 38
     Carrington 57, Four Winds-Warwick-Minnewauken 52
     Cavalier 49, Drayton/Valley-Edinburg 45
     Central Cass 60, Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 33
     Garrison 53, Powers Lake 35
     Glenburn 46, Kenmare 33
     Grand Forks Red River 76, Grand Forks Central 27
     Grant County 86, Flasher 27
     Griggs County Central 44, Hatton-Northwood 20
     Kidder County 57, Strasburg-Zeeland 15
     Kindred 39, Hillsboro/Central Valley 36
     Kindred 39, Hillsboro/Central Valley 36
     Langdon 57, Starkweather-Munich 51
     Lewis and Clark-Berthold 66, Des Lacs-Burlington 52
     Lidgerwood-Wyndmere 51, Oakes 46
     Linton-HMB 49, South Border 39
     Maple Valley 48, LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 43
     Midway-Minto 45, North Border 41
     Minot 53, Mandan 45
     Minot Bishop Ryan 81, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 27
     Minot Our Redeemer’s 72, Surrey 49
     Napoleon 62, Medina-Pingree-Buchanan 51
     New Rockford-Sheyenne 54, Midkota 45
     New Town 71, Underwood 57
     North Sargent 69, Lisbon 60
     North Star 52, Fordville Lankin-Park River 45
     Northern Cass 63, Barnes County North 50
     Ray 61, Tioga 22
     Rolette-Wolford 73, St. John 47
     Rolla 60, Benson County 53
     Shiloh Christian 77, Standing Rock 22
     Stanley 52, North Shore – Plaza 45
     Towner-Granville-Upham 53, Dunseith 48
     Velva 45, Rugby 40
     Watford City 59, Hazen 40
     West Fargo 62, Valley City 51
     Westhope-Newburg 42, Drake/Anamoose 30

 

 NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION
 
   Final    Charlotte            114    Dallas              89
   Final    Cleveland            109    Sacramento      99
   Final    Chicago                100    Atlanta            85
   Final    Memphis                  92    Washington      89
   Final    Miami                    103    Phoenix            97
   Final    Oklahoma  City      98    Portland          95
   Final    Utah                        96    L-A  Lakers      79
 
 
       TOP-25  COLLEGE  BASKETBALL

 UNDATED (AP) – Fourth-ranked Wichita State has become the first team in men’s college basketball to open a season 26-0 since Memphis in 2008.
 The Shockers did it with a 78-67 win over Southern Illinois.
 
   Final    (  3)  Florida              67              Tennessee              58
   Final              Wyoming              68    (  5)  San  Diego  St.      62
   Final    (15)  Michigan            70    (22)  Ohio  St.                60
   Final    (19)  Texas                  87              Oklahoma  St.        68

 

Olympics…

 KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) – An Olympic rarity is one of the highlights of the women’s downhill event today — a tie and double gold award. Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland both won Olympic gold medals when they completed the downhill course in 1 minute, 41.57 seconds. Lara Gut of Switzerland was 0.10 behind in third. The last tie in Olympic skiing happened in men’s super-G at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Julia Mancuso of the United States finished a disappointing eighth.

 

MLB…

Masahiro Tanaka was introduced by the New York Yankees after chartering a Boeing 787 at a cost of about $200,000. The plane seats about 200, but Tanaka’s traveling party only included five passengers and his poodle. The 25-year-old right-hander agreed Jan. 22 to a $155 million, seven-year contract.

 UNDATED (AP) – Pitcher Roy Oswalt (OHZ’-wahlt) is retiring at age 36 after going 163-102 with a 3.36 ERA in 13 major league seasons. Oswalt was a 20-game winner with the Astros in 2004 and spent his first nine-plus seasons in Houston before playing for Philadelphia, Texas and Colorado.

UNDATED (AP) – Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan has rejoined the Houston Astros as the team’s executive advisor.
 
     Ryan worked as a special assistant to the general manager in Houston from 2004 until he became president of the Texas Rangers in 2008. He added CEO to his title with the Rangers in 2011 and remained in that position until he stepped down in October.
 
     Ryan will serve as an advisor to owner Jim Crane, general manager Jeff Luhnow and his son and president of business operations Reid Ryan.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Amtrak trains won’t be headed south into the winter storm today. Amtrak says the suspensions are meant to reduce the exposure of passengers, crews and equipment to extreme weather. Amtrak says other services, including the Northeast Corridor, are scheduled to operate. Meanwhile, Georgia Power is already reporting thousands of power outages, and roads from Texas to the Carolinas and in Atlanta are getting slick.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Authorities say one person was killed and two people were critically injured when a truck and a New York City bus collided early this morning then barreled into scaffolding and a building. Officials say two other people were critically injured. Two passengers on the bus suffered minor injuries.
 
     MIAMI (AP) – The long-delayed examination of issues begins today in the resentencing of convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla (hoh-ZAY’ puh-DEE’-uh). A federal judge in South Florida scheduled an afternoon hearing. Padilla was originally sentenced to 17 years in prison for terrorism support and conspiracy convictions. A federal appeals court ruled in 2011 that the sentence was too lenient, given Padilla’s criminal record and terrorist training.
 
     BRUSSELS (AP) – One of the very few countries where euthanasia is legal is expected to expand its law today. Belgium’s House is expected to take the unprecedented step of abolishing age restrictions on who can ask to be put to death – extending the right to children. The legislation appears to have wide support. Opponents worry vulnerable children will be talked into making a final, irreversible choice. Supporters say the law will have limits.
 
     LOS ANGELES (AP) – Credit reporting agency TransUnion says fewer homeowners are getting behind on their mortgages. The percentage of mortgage holders at least two months behind on their payments fell in the October-December quarter to 3.85 percent. That’s down from 5.08 percent a year earlier and is the lowest rate since the second quarter of 2008.