Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Dec 10

CSi Weather…

Update…

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING…THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.  FLURRIES IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  HIGHS
AROUND 20. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 30 PERCENT, IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. ISOLATED FLURRIES. NOT AS COLD. LOWS 5 TO
10 ABOVE. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 20. WEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 15. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15. HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.

 Officials have lifted a statewide travel alert that was in place for North Dakota.
     The North Dakota Department of Transportation said in a news
release that conditions have improved following early blowing and
drifting snow.

     Officials cautioned there were still areas of scattered ice and
snow on state highways.
     The National Weather Service reported Bismarck had received 2
inches of snow, Jamestown had 3 inches and Glen Ullin had 3.8
inches.

 South Dakota transportation officials have reopened all stretches of Interstate 90 that were closed due to a weekend snow storm, but a large stretch of Interstate 29 in the eastern part of the state remains closed.
 
    Update…. South Dakota transportation officials
have reopened all stretches of Interstates 90 and 29 that were
closed due to a weekend snow storm.
     The last closed stretch, on I-29 between Watertown and Sioux
Falls, reopened Monday morning.
     The storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of South Dakota. Transportation officials are urging drivers to use caution because many roads remain icy.

 A slow-moving storm has dumped at least 16 inches of snow on parts of Minnesota, blanketing the Twin Cities, making some rural roads impassable and leading to at least one fatal crash.
 
     The heaviest snowfall the Twin Cities has experienced in two years led to the cancellation of dozens of flights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Sunday and caused hundreds of traffic accidents around the state.
 
     Blizzard conditions, blowing and drifting snow made visibility so poor that the state Department of Transportation pulled snowplows off the highways Sunday afternoon in southwest and west Minnesota.
 
     The Minnesota State Patrol reported nearly 600 crashes by Sunday night. The patrol says one person was killed in a crash involving a semi on Highway 61 near Red Wing.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Fire Department was called out Sunday evening about 10:50-p.m., to 17-06 Western Park Village.

Lt. Sheldon Mohr says damage to the mobile home was limited to an electrical outlet.

No injuries reports, with four units and 26 city fire fighters on the scene about a half hour.

 

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — On Friday (Dec 7, 2012) another flood buyout, house was being moved along Chatauqua Boulevard in Valley City.

This photo was taken on 6^th Avenue, Northeast.

This was the second of three structures being removed, in that area with another waiting for removal.

This home belonging to Larry and Margaret Doyle, and was being moved east of town.

In other instances, flood buyout structures are being demolished.

On Monday this week, (Dec 3, 2012) an incident occurred when a trackhoe tipped over sideways and into the empty basement of a building being demolished, one of the Valley City flood buyout properties.

No one was injured in accident.

The trackhoe is owned Paul Diegel, of Six-D’s Construction.

The property is located on Main Street, near the Sheyenne River.

　

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Funeral services have been scheduled for one of the two North Dakota National Guard soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week.
 
     Fulkerson Funeral Home says services for Sgt. 1st Class Darren Linde, of Devils Lake, will be at 1 p.m. Mountain time Tuesday at the Richland County Event Center in Sidney, Mont.
 
     Funeral arrangements are pending for Spc. Tyler Orgaard. Eastgate Funeral Service in Bismarck is handling those arrangements.
 
     The two men died in a roadside bomb attack a week ago. Linde’s remains were flown into Sidney on Sunday and turned over to his family. Orgaard’s remains were being flown into Bismarck on Monday afternoon.
 
     Spc. Ian Placek of Bismarck was wounded in the attack. He’s being transferred from a hospital in Germany to one at Fort Riley, Kan.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is cautioning winter anglers about early ice.
 
     Officials say ice on lakes might not be safe this time of year for a number of reasons, including daily temperature swings that affect ice strength and significant variations in ice thickness even in small areas.
 
     A couple of ice fishing houses fell through the ice on Lake Ashtabula last week.
 
     Anglers are encouraged to take precautions such as wearing a lifejacket and carrying a cellphone.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a so-called phishing scam is circulating around North Dakota.
 
     Stenehjem says the Consumer Protection Division has received several reports about recorded telephone messages on supposed problems with a person’s bank account or credit card. The scam artist then asks for financial information.
 
     Stenehjem says people should never give out personal or financial information over the telephone in response to unsolicited calls.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s largest city is planning to offer buyouts to residents of 56 homes next year as part of a flood protection plan.
 
     Fargo officials say the buyouts will likely cost about $24 million. The program is voluntary.
 
     Homeowners are being offered 110 percent of the assessed value of the property, plus a $5,000 moving allowance.
 
     The home on the current list with the highest assessed value is about $900,000, with the average value of all 56 homes at about $370,000.
 
     Ann and Todd Haggart, who are 26-year residents of their home on River Drive South, say  they will miss their property, but no longer have to live in limbo.
 
     The Fargo area battled three straight major floods along the Red River from 2009 to 2011.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota city in the middle of the
state’s oil boom is poised to top $300 million in new building
permits for 2012.
     Minot officials say the explosion in requests for permits
includes commercial and residential projects. They say the hotel
market has been especially busy.
     City inspectors list total activity for the year at nearly $292
million as of Nov. 30.
     The city saw nearly $65 million in building permits in October,
the highest monthly total. Officials say contractors were pushing
to get work done before the ground froze.
     Dee Falkinburg, a clerk in the city inspection office,says “you can’t drive
around town without seeing something going up.”

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A longtime 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
judge from North Dakota has been honored with a humanitarian
achievement award.
     Judge Myron Bright, of Fargo, received the Robert Feder
Humanitarian of the Year award for his “lifelong advocacy of
fairness, tolerance and equal rights.”
     The award is given annually by Temple Beth El.
     The 93-year-old Bright has been a federal judge since he was
appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968.
     Bright has been a teacher at the University of North Dakota,
University of Minnesota, St. Louis University and the University of
Hawaii law schools.
     Bright says  he has received other awards but is proud of this one because it shows recognition from the community.

 

RICHARDTON, N.D. (AP) – A small town in southwestern North Dakota is getting something back that it lost seven years ago. It’s a grocery store.
 
     The nearest supermarket for Richardton, a town of 529 residents, is 15 miles away in Hebron. The largest city, Dickinson, is 23 miles away.
 
     Eighty-three-year-old Richardton resident Clara Hauck says  the store is especially important for older citizens who want to avoid the heavy traffic in the oil patch region.
 
     Hauck says Richardton has had a grocery store off and on throughout the years.
 
     The town is paying for the store through a Bank of North Dakota loan program that allows communities to buy down interest on loans.

 

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – Former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer
will be the keynote speaker at a one-day conference in Rapid City,
South Dakota this week about the Bakken oil boom and opportunities
for western South Dakota businesses.
     Schafer will speak at 8 a.m. on Tuesday at the conference, which
is sponsored by Hegg Companies Incorporated of Sioux Falls and the
Law Bulletin Publishing Company of Chicago, Illinois.
     Schafer was governor of North Dakota from 1992 to 2000. He
served in 2008 as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He serves on
the Board of Directors for Continental Resources, Incorporated, one
of the largest and most active oil exploration and production
companies doing business in North Dakota.
     The conference is being held at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Pre-registration is $129.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A private Catholic school and a public
university are teaming up to enhance education programs in western
North Dakota.
     The University of Mary in Bismarck is partnering with Dickinson
State University to offer master’s degree programs in education,
business, nursing and counseling, starting in March. People in
western North Dakota can earn a master’s degree from Mary, a
private Catholic school, through the public Dickinson State.
     The schools also are exploring the idea of a program in which
students who earn four-year undergraduate degrees at Dickinson
State could enter into a fifth year with Mary to complete a
master’s degree.
     The DSU collaboration is Mary’s fourth such initiative within
the past year. Mary also has agreements with Bismarck State,
Arizona State and Alexandria Technical and Community College in
Minnesota.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota hunting enthusiast has
started a state chapter of a guide service that specializes in
hunting and fishing trips for military veterans wounded in the line
of duty.
     David Morse, of Grand Forks, says the Wounded Warriors Guide
Service joins chapters in Mankato, Minn., and Bemidji, Minn., where
the organization was founded in 2009.
     Morse, a member of the North Dakota National Guard, says North
Dakota has a “huge untapped area of resources” for injured
soldiers to go hunting.
     Morse says the guide service has a specialized wheelchair and a specialized
pontoon, as well as other equipment and gear.

More information on line at www.woundwarriorsguide.com.
  

 

In sports…

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University officials are
preparing for a rare Friday night football playoff game.
     The Bison are scheduled to play Georgia Southern at 7 p.m.
Friday in the semifinals of the Football Championship Subdivision
playoffs.
     The game is scheduled a day earlier than the traditional
football Saturday to accommodate TV. It will be shown on ESPN2, CSi Cable 18.
     NDSU, the defending FCS champions, held off Wofford 14-7
Saturday in a quarterfinal game at the Fargodome.
     Sam Houston State, last year’s runner-up to the Bison, will face
Eastern Washington in the other FCS semifinals.
     Tickets for the NDSU-Georgia Southern game went on sale at noon
Sunday.

 

COLLEGE  MEN’S  BASKETBALL…

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Taylor Braun scored 22 points and North
Dakota State defeated North Dakota 72-52 on Sunday.
     Braun also had five steals for the Bison (8-2), who have won
seven of their last eight games.
     Marshall Bjorklund added 13 points for North Dakota State and
TrayVonn Wright had 10 points, eight rebounds and three blocked
shots.
     Mitch Wilmer and Aaron Anderson led North Dakota (1-6) with 12
points apiece. North Dakota had a better shooting percentage from
outside, 41 percent to 40 percent, but the Bison attempted 23 more
shots and had nine more baskets.
     The Bison led by double digits for the last 13 minutes and the
final score matched their largest lead of the game.

S. Dakota St. 69, CS Bakersfield 63

　

Women’s Basketball…

Kansas St. 68, South Dakota 54

Minnesota 82, Robert Morris 60

 

 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Adrian Peterson rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns yesterday in the Minnesota Vikings’ 21-14 win over the slumping Chicago Bears. Harrison Smith also returned an interception for a Vikings score. Bears quarterback Jay Cutler threw for 260 yards, one TD and two interceptions before exiting the game after a hard hit in the fourth quarter.

 

 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Aaron Rodgers scored a 27-yard rushing touchdown last night to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 27-20 victory over the Detroit Lions. Mike Daniels also returned a fumble for a score as the Packers opened a one-game lead over Chicago in the NFC North. Matthew Stafford threw for 264 yards, one TD and an interception for the Lions, who have lost five straight.

 

UNDATED (AP) – The Dallas Cowboys, still grieving the day after learning a teammate had died and another had been charged with intoxication manslaughter, rallied from nine points down in the final minutes to score a 20-19 victory at Cincinnati. Dan Bailey’s 40-yard field goal at the final gun won it.
 
     The Cowboys rallied behind QB Tony Romo, who held his hand over his heart during a moment of silence to honor teammate Jerry Brown before the kickoff.
 
     Brown died in an auto accident early Saturday. Defensive lineman Josh Brent, who was driving, was released from jail in Irving, Texas, on $500,000 bond Sunday.
 
 
  Final     Carolina       30  Atlanta       20
  Final OT  Washington     31  Baltimore     28
  Final     Cleveland      30  Kansas City    7
  Final     N-Y Jets       17  Jacksonville  10
  Final     Philadelphia   23  Tampa Bay     21
  Final     San Diego      34  Pittsburgh    24
  Final     St. Louis      15  Buffalo       12
  Final     Indianapolis   27  Tennessee     23
  Final     San Francisco  27  Miami         13
  Final     Seattle        58  Arizona        0
  Final     N-Y Giants     52  New Orleans   27
   
 
    NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
 
  Final  L-A Clippers   102  Toronto      83
  Final  Milwaukee       97  Brooklyn     88
  Final  Oklahoma City  104  Indiana      93
  Final  New York       112  Denver      106
  Final  Orlando         98  Phoenix      90
  Final  Utah           117  L-A Lakers  110
 
 
    TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
 
  Final  (16) Creighton   77  Akron        61
  Final  (21) UNLV        76  California   75

 

MLB HOT STOVE
 

 The Kansas City Royals acquired former All-Star James Shields and fellow right-hander Wade Davis from the Tampa Bay Rays for outfielder Wil Myers and a package of minor league prospects. Shields has won a combined 31 games the past two years for the Rays.
 
     – A person familiar with the negotiations says the Cleveland Indians have agreed to a one-year contract with free-agent slugger Mark Reynolds. The 28-year-old Reynolds batted .221 with 23 homers and 69 RBIs in 135 games for Baltimore in 2012.
 
     – The Philadelphia Phillies confirm they have acquired seven-time All-Star infielder Michael Young from the Texas Rangers for two relief pitchers. The deal was announced a day after Young agreed to waive his no-trade clause.
 
     NHL-LABOR
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – The on-again, off-again labor negotiations to end the 85-day-old NHL lockout appear to be on again. They could be back at the bargaining table soon.
 
     After a few days to cool off following an epic collapse in negotiations, the league and the union have been in touch with each other in an attempt to restart conversations that could save the hockey season.
 
     Negotiations broke down Thursday night after three straight days of talks at a New York hotel.
 

GOLF-FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SHOOTOUT
  
     NAPLES, Fla. (AP) – Third-round leaders Sean O’Hair and Kenny Perry carded a 12-under-par 60 in a final-round scramble to win the Franklin Templeton Shootout.
 
     Charles Howell III and Rory Sabatini made a move with a 15-under 57 but ended up a shot short.

 

SPORTS-MEDIA
  
     NEW YORK (AP) – NBC Sports Group and Yahoo have announced a content deal that combines the website’s sports reporting with its partner’s digital assets and television access.
 
     Yahoo Sports and the NBC Sports Group will maintain separate websites and newsrooms, but will work together on news and events coverage online and on the air.

 

In World and National News….

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – A report on state-run TV suggests Iranian
technicians may have broken encryptions from an advanced CIA spy
drone captured last year. Iran says the country’s Revolutionary
Guard has decoded all of the data from the RQ-170 Sentinel craft.
The Guard also claimed last week that it captured another U.S.
drone.
     
     CAIRO (AP) – There’s evidence of how jittery the government is
about the Dec. 15 constitutional referendum as the Egyptian
military assumes responsibility for security and protecting state
institutions until the results are in. The army took up the task
today in line with a decree a day earlier from President Mohammed
Morsi. Opposition groups reject the new document.
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s efforts to rally
public support for his fiscal cliff agenda take him to Michigan
today. He’ll tour an engine plant and speak to auto workers. Some
rank and file Republicans, meanwhile, are asking their leaders to
be more pragmatic about the negotiations with the White House.
     
     PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) – The cleanup is still going on in southern
New Jersey where a freight train derailment released hazardous gas
into the air. Air monitors tested 262 homes and 23 businesses
Friday and Saturday. Vinyl chloride was not detected. The
evacuation order has been lifted for all but about 30 people who
live near the derailment site. Federal investigators could issue a
preliminary report in about two weeks.
     
     DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The chief American negotiator
at a U.N. telecommunications conference says there’s a basic
disagreement over possible new Internet regulations. Ambassador
Terry Kramer is leading efforts to block any new U.N. rules on
Internet oversight, warning they could lead to more censorship and
restrictions around the world.