Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Nov 15

CSi Weather…

TODAY…SUNNY…COLDER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 15 TO 20. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 30.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
40S. LOWS AROUND 30.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
40S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 14, 2012) — On Wednesday morning, Southeast District Judge Thomas Merrick sentenced 35 year old Leron Howard, of Jamestown to life in prison without parole.

Merrick said Howard’s criminal history brought out in the pre-sentence investigation was a key factor in his decision.

Howard had 23 prior criminal convictions including five felonies.

Howard’s court appointed attorney, Steve Mottinger, suggested 20 years of incarceration, while prosecutor, Stutsman County State’s Attorney Fritz Fremgen recommended life, without parole.

Howard was found guilty by a jury in Jamestown on August 23, 2012, and convicted of murder and criminal conspiracy, Class AA Felonies, punishable by life in prison without parole.

Howard has been incarcerated in Jamestown.

Mottinger said Howard directed him to file a notice of appeal in the case.

The charges stemmed from the April 2011 death of 18-year-old Abdi Ali Ahmed of Jamestown a Somali immigrant, who was found dead in a roadside ditch near Spiritwood, on April 30, 2011.

His wounds consisted of blunt force trauma to the head and stab wounds to the abdomen.

In February, 2012, a Jamestown Southeast District Court Jury found co-defendant Janelle Cave of Jamestown guilty of manslaughter, and criminal conspiracy in the same case, and she is now serving an 11 year prison term.

Cave had appealed the conviction in the North Dakota Supreme Court, which was later withdrawn.

An order of dismissal was issued by the court on Oct. 12, 2012.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Fire Department’s Ready Squad was called out to the Jamestown Middle School, about 11:15 a.m., on Wednesday (Nov 14, 2012).

There was no fire, as the fire alarm had a ground fault in the system, that triggered the activation.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Council will meet in Special Session, todoay (November 15, 2012), to discuss the Stutsman Rural Water issue, at 3-p.m., at the Quality Inn & Suites 507 25^th Street, Southwest in Jamestown, in the meeting rooms.

The Stutsman Rural Water District, board and staff have been invited to attend.

The meeting is open to the public.

　

The City Council has met three times closed Executive Session, for the purpose of consulting with the City Attorney concerning territorial service claims by Stutsman Rural Water District.

At issue is a claim by Stutsman Rural Water that Jamestown was expanding its water service into territory Stutsman Rural Water has rights to serve, in the area of the Titan Machinery facility under construction near Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

The area is in the one mile extraterritorial limits of the City of Jamestown.

　

Also….

The City of Jamestown also notifies the public that the City Council’s Public Works, and Police & Fire Committee meetings have been rescheduled to Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 4-p.m., at City Hall.

　

From Charlie Kourajian, Main Street Association.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 15, 2012) — The participants in the 2012 Holiday Dazzle Parade are asked to stop in at Babb’s Coffee House on Monday, November 19, 2012 to get their final instructions for the parade.

Also at the gathering, parade officials will be handing out position numbers for the floats.

All entries who have not handed in the description of their floats, are asked to do this at this time.

The narratives are important, so the announcers along the parade route can identify the floats and give credit to the builders.

All entries are asked to be at the south end of McElroy Park by 6:15 p.m. Friday, November 23 for the parade lineup.

This year’s judges, Chris Rathjen, Jessica Haak and Alex Looysen will be viewing and judging the floats at 6:30 p.m.

This year the Main Street Downtown Association, parade sponsor, will be awarding cash prizes for the floats, first prize being $500, second $250 and third $100.

　

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The father-in-law of a Fargo surgeon accused
of drugging and raping his wife says his son-in-law tried to cut a
deal with him a week before trial.
     Dr. Jon Norberg has pleaded not guilty to charges he had sex
with Dr. Alonna Norberg without consent after giving her an
anesthetic.
     Alonna Norberg’s father, Robert Knorr, testified Wednesday that
Norberg suggested to him that Alonna Norberg recant her story to
help the families.
     Knorr said Jon Norberg told him he wanted a “global
settlement” on the criminal matter, the couple’s divorce and a
civil case Knorr filed against Jon Norberg in a dispute over
Knorr’s house.
  Defense attorney Robert Hoy told the court it was an effort by his client to resolve all pending court cases.

 

 BELFIELD, N.D. (AP) – Officials say a drill rig collapsed near
Belfield in western North Dakota this week but no one was hurt.
     Nabors Drilling officials tell The Bismarck Tribune that no
fluids spilled when the rig’s tall derrick collapsed. The company
is looking into what happened.
     State Mineral Resources spokeswoman Alison Rittersays  incident happened while crews were preparing to move the rig to a new site.
 It’s unclear whether the collapse happened Tuesday or Wednesday.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has
ordered a Mandan shop to quit selling synthetic drugs that are
marketed as bath salts.
     Stenehjem said Wednesday he also plans to ask the state pharmacy
board to approve an emergency rule that would outlaw the synthetic
drugs.
     Stenehjem had planned to take the issue to the North Dakota
Legislature in January. He says Wednesday’s action should help
remedy the problem until lawmakers can act.
     The drugs are chemical substances that are marketed as legal
alternatives to marijuana and other mind-altering drugs. Stenehjem
says the drugs can make users paranoid and violent.
     The owners of the Big Willies shop in Mandan have been sentenced
to prison on convictions for conspiring to sell synthetic
marijuana.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man originally sentenced in
federal court to life in prison on a crack cocaine charge now must
serve 25 years instead.
     An appeals court overturned Marcus Royston’s sentence because of
a new law that increased the quantities of crack cocaine needed to
trigger statutory minimum sentences. The change was made
retroactive to the original sentencing date.
     Royston, of Bismarck, was among eight people accused of
distributing crack cocaine in North Dakota, South Dakota and
Minnesota. A jury found him guilty in May 2010 on two counts,
including conspiracy.
     Prosecutors recommended Wednesday that Royston be re-sentenced
to 30 years in prison. Royston’s lawyer asked for 20 years.
     U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson said Royston’s criminal
history and his role in the conspiracy make 25 years an appropriate
sentence.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two residents in Bismarck are recovering
at a local hospital following carbon monoxide poisoning at their
home.
     The Bismarck Fire Department says firefighters were dispatched
to a Bismarck home about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday following a report
that two residents had become sick from carbon monoxide.
     Firefighters treated the two residents before they were
transported to a local hospital.
     Officials say the carbon monoxide was coming from the boiler for
the hot water heater. The boiler had not been burning or venting
properly.
     The fire department is recommending that building owners have a
licensed contractor inspect heating systems regularly.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A study has concluded that Minot has $1
billion in unmet needs as it continues to recover from historic
Souris River flooding in 2011.
     The Minot City Council spent $125,000 of federal grant money to
commission the study. The city will use the results when requesting
additional federal and state aid.
     An unmet need is defined as any need for funding that remains
after officials have tapped the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, the U.S. Small Business Administration, insurance and
nonprofit agencies.
     The study concluded that based on Minot’s current budget, it
would take the city about 45 years to pay off the unmet needs on
its own.
     The Souris River flooded more than 4,000 homes and businesses in
Minot in the summer of 2011.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota church that received
financial help from a New Jersey congregation after a devastating
flood 15 years ago is sending money east to help in the wake of
Superstorm Sandy.

The Reverend Gerard Braun says that St. Michael’s
Catholic Church in Grand Forks has collected about $15,600 and
donations are still coming in.

 

 MEDORA, N.D. (AP) – The National Park Service has thinned about
two dozen antlerless elk from the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt
National Park in the past few weeks to help keep the population at
a manageable level.
     The western North Dakota park is in the maintenance phase of an
elk management plan that included large reduction efforts in 2010
and 2011. The herd had grown to more than 1,200 animals, too many
for the park to sustain, so nearly 870 of the animals were killed.

     Superintendent Valerie Naylor says a small number of elk need to
be thinned this year to keep the herd within the population
objective of 100-400 animals. Park spokeswoman Eileen Andes says a
maximum of 80 elk will be removed by early December. The meat is
donated to charity.

 

ORONO, Minn. (AP) — Pianist Lorie Line is facing foreclosure on her Lake Minnetonka mansion.

The 9,100-square-foot house in Orono was listed for sale last month at $3.9 million.

Documents filed in Hennepin County show Line and her husband, Tim, owe more than $2 million on the property.

The foreclosure filing comes as Line kicks off her holiday tour on Thursday. Tim Line tells the Star Tribune the economy has been tough on family finances. He says “there aren’t a lot of extra entertainment dollars out there.”

Tim Line says the couple is restructuring their business and working with their lender to avoid a sheriff’s sale. The four-bedroom house includes a columned mini-stage for Line’s grand piano, a wine cellar and an outdoor kitchen.

 

In sports…

There will be a JHS Girls Basketball player/parent meeting November 20^th at 7:00 PM in the Jerry Meyer Arena at JHS.  If there are any questions, please contact Head Coach Andy Skunberg at (605)480-2279.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Aaron Anderson scored 18 points
Wednesday night and North Dakota breezed to an 87-51 win over
Division Three Crown College of Minnesota.

Lenny Antwi had a career-high 16 points for the UND men’s basketball team in Grand Forks.

 

 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kemba Walker’s jumper with 0.7 seconds left
lifted the Charlotte Bobcats to an 89-87 victory over the Minnesota
Timberwolves last night.

Walker finished with 22 points, five assists and four rebounds, and his 19-footer over the out-stretched arm of Alexey Shved helped the Bobcats to their first three-game winning streak in nearly 20 months.

Andrei Kirilenko had 26 points and 12 rebounds for the Timberwolves.
    
 
  Final     Detroit        94  Philadelphia    76
  Final     Boston         98  Utah            93
  Final     Milwaukee      99  Indiana         85
  Final     Memphis       107  Oklahoma City   97
  Final     Houston       100  New Orleans     96
  Final     Dallas        107  Washington     101
  Final OT  Chicago       112  Phoenix        106
  Final     Golden State   92  Atlanta         88
  Final     L-A Clippers  107  Miami          100
 
 
    TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

 UNDATED (AP) – Erik Murphy tied a career-high with 24 points
just days after dealing with an illness, and No. 10 Florida beat
22nd-ranked Wisconsin 74-56 in AP Top-25 college basketball.
     Murphy made all 10 of his shots, including two 3-pointers. He
also had seven rebounds.
     Mike Rosario added 15 points, four rebounds and four assists for
Florida, which is 2-0.
 
  Final  (15) Creighton   77       UAB         60
 

MLB…
     UNDATED (AP) – Tampa Bay’s David Price is the winner of the
American League Cy Young Award edging Detroit’s Justin Verlander by
four points for the honor.
     Price picked up 14 first place votes in the balloting to 13 for
Verlander.
     Price won 20 games and posted a season-low 2.56 ERA. His 205
strikeouts were sixth best in the league.
    
     The National League Cy Young Award winner is former Minnesota Twin,  R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets. He got 27 of the 32 of the first place votes to become the first knuckleballer to win the Cy Young Award. Dickey
went 20-6 with a 2.73 ERA and 230 strikeouts.

The Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw and Washington’s Gio Gonzalez finished distant second and third, respectively.

 

Reliever Jeremy Affeldt and the World Series champion San
Francisco Giants have completed an $18 million, three-year
contract. The 33-year-old left-hander went 1-2 with a 2.70 ERA in
67 appearances covering 63 1-3 innings this season for the Giants.

 

 DICKSON CITY, Pa. (AP) – The top minor league affiliate of the
New York Yankees is looking to northeastern Pennsylvania’s history
for its new identity.
     After spending all of last season as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Yankees, the club renamed itself the RailRiders on Wednesday in a
nod to the region’s railroading history.
     The new logo features a porcupine mascot in navy and gold with
maroon lettering for the team name.
     The porcupine is native to the area and had been among the other
candidates for the team name.
     The club spent all of last season without a home stadium amid a
$43 million renovation project at PNC Field. The team played 37
“home” games in Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo N.Y.

NHL LABOR
     Nobody talking
     NEW YORK (AP) – Now the NHL and the locked-out players’
association aren’t even talking by phone.
     With the lockout entering its third month, communications
between the fighting sides have come to a halt with no clear sign
of what the next step will be or when it will be taken.
     After four straight days of negotiations in New York last week,
talks broke off angrily Friday night. Discussions resumed on
Sunday, solely regarding player contract terms, but that meeting
ended after only 90 minutes.
     So far, 327 games – all those scheduled through Nov. 30 and the
New Year’s Day outdoor Winter Classic – have been canceled by the
NHL.

 

In world and  national news…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is taking time today to
check on the progress of recovery from Superstorm Sandy. He’ll
visit New York City and meet with families, local officials and
first responders. Thousands of people in the New York region remain
without power 2 1/2 weeks after Sandy hit.
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – More questions will be asked on Capitol Hill
today about the scandal that’s engulfed the former CIA director and
the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta says he knows of no other senior U.S. military officers
being linked to the investigation.
     
     LONDON (AP) – The sprawling debt crisis that took its toll on
the region’s stronger economies has tossed the 17-country eurozone
back into recession. Surveys pointing to increasingly depressed
conditions across the eurozone at a time of high unemployment have
raised fears the recession will deepen and make handling the debt
crisis harder.
     
     GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Three Israelis have been killed by
rocket fire from militants in the Gaza Strip and Israel continues
its intense retaliation. The fighting shows no signs of letting up
and Israel is threatening to invade the Palestinian territory.
     
     NEW YORK (AP) – It’s not just the soda, it’s the booze too.
That’s the conclusion of a new study on American consumption of
empty calories. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says
soda is the source of about 6 percent of adult calorie consumption
while alcohol is at about 5 percent.