Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jan 8

CSi Weather…

.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGHS NEAR ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 15 TO 20. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says four people were injured in two weather-related crashes on Interstate 94.

In the first wreck at about 1 a.m. Thursday, a sport utility vehicle rear-ended a semi-truck that stopped in the highway’s snow-covered left lane to check on another motorist stuck in the median two miles east of Tower City.

The SUV driver, 57-year-old William Sand of Grafton, and two passengers, 34-year-old Katherine Sand and 27-year-old Michael Sand, were treated at a Fargo hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

In the other crash, a minivan was attempting to pass another vehicle in blowing snow on an ice-covered I-94 east of Jamestown about 8:30 p.m. Thursday when it spun into the median. Twenty-nine-year-old Fabio Paradiso of Calgary, Alberta, was taken to a Jamestown hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

 

Valley City (CSi) Another petition has been submitted to Valley City, and if the language is approved it would allow a sponsoring committee to gather signatures to ask Valley City voters to approve setting up an ordinance.

If approved by voters the ordinance would put the Valley City Police Department under the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office.

City Auditor, Avis Richter will review the petition language and respond to the petitioners, Bob Drake, Tony Drake, and Lloyd Nelson of Valley City.

If approved, the members would then gather the necessary signatures to place the measure on a citywide ballot.

Valley City Administrator David Schlelkoph says the city stopped its search for a new police chief due pending the petition outcome.

Schelkoph says Police Chief Fred Thompson has agreed to remain as chief until further notice.

Last year Thompson said he was resigning to spend more time with his family in Nevada.

At the January 5, 2016 City Commission meeting, commissioners voted to

create a committee to research the feasibility of eliminating the Valley City Police Department and contracting law enforcement services from the County sheriff.

A motion was made to form a committee of no more than seven members with research of no more than 3 months. Research will include how the action would impact the city budget.

Committee members will possibly be comprised of VCPD Barnes County Sheriff’s Office, VCSU and accountants.

Barnes County will wait until a decision is made, possibly a vote of the people, and defer to the choice that’s made.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Humane Society, thanks the community for the donations over the recent holiday season.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, President, Matt Opsahl said the shelter had many donations of need supplies, and large amounts of treats, toys, blankets, and the like. There was an additional drop box at a Christmas tree at the Buffalo Mall.

Donations are always welcome at the drop box at Hugos in Jamestown.

He reminded viewers that the Elvis Impersonator fundraiser is set for April 2, 2016, at 7-p.m., at the Jamestown Knights of Columbus Hall.

Tickets are $25 per person, available in advance, or at the door.

Currently there are 15 dogs and 12 cats and seven kittens at the shelter available for adoption. Two puppies will be available in about a month, being only 8-weeks old right now.

The James River Humane Society is located off the I-94 Bloom Exit, open every day from 9-a.m.-noon, and 5:30-p.m., to 6:30-p.m.

Call 701-251-0747.

On line visit  www.JamesRiverHumaneSociety.org   with  links to pet finder, and Amazon Smile for donations.

Send donations to:

James River Humane Society

PO Box 636

Jamestown ND 59402

 

Update…

CARRINGTON, N.D. (AP) – Foster County State’s Attorney Paul Murphy has stepped down from his post.

The County Commission says Murphy was asked to resign, but Murphy says that was never directly conveyed to him.

Commission Chairman Josh Dreher (dreer) says the county in recent months has received “inaccurate and unreliable legal advice” from Murphy, and that the prosecutor has allowed personal issues to negatively affect his performance.

Murphy says he resigned this week because the county “has just become too messy and too much of a hassle.” He says he doesn’t get paid enough “for what I have to put up with.”

Murphy was first elected state’s attorney in 2002 and has been re-elected several times.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) – A North Dakota man who allegedly traveled to the nation’s capital to kidnap a dog belonging to President Barack Obama has been arrested.

D.C. Superior Court documents say Secret Service agents interviewed Scott D. Stockert of Dickinson, North Dakota, after hearing from Secret Service agents in Minnesota that he was on his way to Washington to kidnap a “pet” owned by the first family.

Stockert was arrested after officials found weapons in his car. A search of his truck turned up a shotgun, rifle, ammunition, and other weapons. The court document says Stockert was not a registered gun owner.

The first family has two Portuguese water dogs, Bo and Sunny.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney is getting a firsthand look at the surveillance system in Frisco, Texas, while he’s in town for the Football Championship Subdivision title game.

Mahoney tells KFGO radio that Frisco has a much more vigorous surveillance system than does Fargo. It includes video cameras throughout the city and in school classrooms.

Frisco’s police department also has a mobile unit that plugs into the surveillance system so video can be monitored from the field. It will be used at the Toyota Stadium during Saturday’s game between Jacksonville State and four-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State.

Fargo now has half a dozen surveillance cameras downtown. Mahoney says if it’s determined that more might be needed, the City Commission wouldn’t consider it until next year.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Agriculture Department says anhydrous ammonia fertilizer dealers are getting a reprieve from a federal policy change.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration policy change announced last year regulates anhydrous retailers under the same standards as manufacturers.

The state Agriculture Department has fought the change, saying it will bury companies in paperwork. It will affect 275 North Dakota facilities, when only eight facilities were covered by the rule previously.

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says a provision in the year-end funding bill in Congress has suspended the change until at least October. Fertilizer groups also are challenging the policy change in federal court.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Health Department plans to solicit input from American Indian tribes as it prepares a plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.

State  officials already have taken comments from hundreds of state residents, from students to environmental groups. The Health Department now plans to reach out to tribes and low-income groups.

President Barack Obama last August unveiled new federal rules designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants. Under the new standards, North Dakota must cut its emission rate by almost 45 percent by 2030.

North Dakota is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, but in the meantime state health officials are working to develop an implementation plan for the new rules.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Nevada man accused of human trafficking in North Dakota has pleaded not guilty.

Kevin Fleming, of Carson, City, Nevada, is accused of offering a 14-year-old girl for prostitution in Minot and Williston.

Defense attorney William Hartl argued in court Thursday that state lawmakers repealed the human trafficking portion of state law under which Fleming is charged, and that a new law didn’t take effect until after the alleged crime.

Prosecutor Marie Miller called the argument ludicrous. District Judge Richard Hagar said he’d study it.

Tayari Meadows, of Las Vegas, also is charged with human trafficking in the case and has pleaded not guilty.

Police found the teenage girl at a Minot hotel in April 2015, after receiving a report about her from her mother in Las Vegas.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Thirty-seven people are in the running to be the next president of the University of North Dakota.

The North Dakota University System released the list of applicants Friday. Forty people applied and three later withdrew.

Most of the applicants are administrators at other schools around the U.S. There also are applicants who have worked or are currently working at schools in Canada, Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates and India.

UND President Robert Kelley retires next week after nearly seven years at the school. Former North Dakota Gov. and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer will serve as interim president until Kelley’s successor is named.

A search committee will whittle the field of candidates to 2-4 finalists. The state Board of Higher Education will make the final decision on who gets the job.

 

In sports…

FRISCO, Texas (AP) – North Dakota State will have its top NFL prospect back at quarterback for its fifth consecutive FCS national championship game.

Senior quarterback Carson Wentz hasn’t played since mid-October when he broke his right wrist. But coach Chris Klieman said Wentz will start Saturday for the four-time defending national champion Bison against No. 1 seed Jacksonville State.

Klieman said Friday when announcing the decision that he knew in the middle of last week that Wentz would be ready to go for the championship game.

Wentz is considered a potential first-round NFL draft pick in the spring.

After Wentz was hurt Oct. 17 in a loss to South Dakota, redshirt freshman Easton Stick took over. The Bison won all eight games started by Stick, including their three playoff games so far.

 

In world and national news…

MEXICO CITY (AP) – More details are emerging about the recapture of the Mexican drug lord known as “El Chapo.” An official says Joaquin Guzman was apprehended after a shootout with Mexican marines in his home state of Sinaloa (sihn-uh-LOH’-uh). The official says five people were killed and one Mexican marine was wounded in the clash. The Mexican Navy says marines acting on a tip raided a home before dawn, and were fired on from inside. Guzman escaped from a maximum-security prison six months ago.

HOUSTON (AP) – Federal authorities say a Syrian refugee in California encouraged a Texas man to join the civil war against the Syrian government — and promised to teach him how to fight. A judge Friday ordered the man in Texas — an Iraqi-born Palestinian refugee — to be held without bond as he faces charges of trying to provide support to the Islamic State group.

WASHINGTON (AP) – A Republican on the House Benghazi committee says he’s “hopeful” the Justice Department will indict Hillary Clinton for having classified information on her private email server. Mike Pompeo of Kansas says there’s increasing evidence “an enormous amount of information” on Clinton’s private server was classified. Pompeo spoke to conservative radio host Lars Larson.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is at risk of being excluded from the next Democratic presidential debate based on criteria released Friday by NBC News. The network says in order to qualify for the January 17 debate in South Carolina, a candidate must reach an average of 5 percent either in recent national polls or in polls in Iowa, New Hampshire or South Carolina. O’Malley has been polling at about 5 percent in Iowa but remains below those margins in New Hampshire, South Carolina and in national polls. He trails Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders by wide margins.

LONDON (AP) – British health officials say drinking any alcohol regularly increases the risk of cancer. They’ve issued tough new guidelines that could be hard to swallow in a nation where having a pint is a hallowed tradition. Britain’s Chief Medical Officer is advising people not to drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week. That equals about six pints of beer or about four large glasses of wine.