12-06-12

Posted on Dec 6th, 2012 at 7:35 am

Happy Birthday Wishes to:

Paul Book, Susan Dendinger, Kevin Endorf, Gretchen Forsell, Matthew Gronenthal, Sally Huntwork, Mark Nelson, Gerald Otto, Dave Wells

Skywatch Weather:

Today, partial clearing at times, chance for early showers, temps in the 40’s. Tonight, partly to mostly cloudy, low 27. Friday, partial sunshine, high 44.

Sports:

ESPN Radio now at 105.9 WJAG-FM & 780 WJAG-AM Mon-Fri at 5:00 PM & Sat & Sun at 4:00!

Kobe Bryant has become the fifth player in NBA history to score 30,000 points. He's also the youngest. The 34-year-old Bryant needed 13 points to reach the plateau before he scored 29 in the Los Angeles Lakers' 103-87 win at New Orleans. Wilt Chamberlain was 35 when he hit the mark, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone were each 36 and Michael Jordan was 38.

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez will return to the sideline to coach the Badgers against Stanford in the Rose Bowl former coach Bret Bielema said at his introductory news conference at Arkansas yesterday. Sources confirmed to ESPN that Alvarez will coach in the bowl game on New Year's Day as a one-game comeback to coaching. Bielema, who lost the previous two Rose Bowls and became coach at Arkansas yesterday, joked, "They might finally win one."

The Northeast Hawks basketball teams earned a split yesterday at the Cox Activities Center. The Northeast men routed Quakerdale Prep of Iowa 105-81 to win their sixth game in their last seven contests. The Hawks’ K.J. Bluford led six players in double figures with 22 points and five rebounds. He was 6-11 from three-point range. Teammate Sean McGary recorded a triple-double with ten points, ten rebounds, and 13 assists in the win. Northeast led 56-39 at halftime and are now 8-4 on the season. The Northeast women dropped a 72-69 contest to Cloud County of Kansas. The Hawks’ Ivana Vuletic led three players in double figures with 16 points and five rebounds. Northeast led 32-28 at halftime but were outscored 44-37 in the second half. They are now 11-2 on the season.

Local Schedule: Nfk High at Sioux City West (WR Dual-7:00); Nfk Cath at Wayne (WR Dual-7:00); Creighton at Nebraska (MBB-7:00).

Saturday Morning: Sportstalk on 106 KIX & 106KIX.com from 9:00-10:00 AM from Hy-Vee East. Get the lowdown with the coaches.

Saturday: The Norfolk High girls & boys basketball teams visit Omaha North for a doubleheader starting with the girls game at 4:45. The boys contest will start at approximately 6:30. Pregame coverage at 4:25 on Newstalk WJAG 780 AM, 105.9 FM, & WJAG.com.

Local Scores: Creighton 66 (25) Nebraska 57 (WBB).

Kwifax:

In music, a countertenor is a male voice singing in an upper-register beyond his normal range.

News Briefs:

The Norfolk City Council has approved a zoning change on South 25th Street to allow construction of a new business. At a meeting earlier this week, owner Eric Taake explained his plans for the location. The Council approved changing the zoning on the property in the 800 block of South 25th Street from Agricultural District to C-3, Service Commercial District.

Norfolk's new stormwater management ordinance has been approved and will go into effect before the end of the year. At this week's meeting of the Mayor and City Council, City Prevention Manager Trent Howard explained that he had talked with members of the Home Builders Association, and they approved of having the measure passed on the final two votes. The ordinance was approved on first reading at the last city council meeting, November 19th, and at that time councilmen agreed to vote three separate times on the ordinance.

A college student from Norfolk is recovering after being shot in the face while in an Omaha Burger King drive-through because he refused to give up his car to a would-be thief. Omaha police say 21-year-old Alexander Dike, a 2009 Graduate of Norfolk High was shot shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday while at a restaurant in central Omaha near 72nd and Grover streets. Dike told police that a man with a gun approached his car while he was in the drive-through and demanded that Dike get out of the car. Instead of complying, Dike instead rolled up his window and then heard gunshots. Police interviewed witnesses at the Burger King for more than two hours Tuesday, but hadn't made any arrests by Wednesday afternoon.

The man accused in a downtown Norfolk shooting will remain in the Madison County Jail for now, after failing to have his bail reduced. 28-year-old Jordan Beehn appeared before Madison County Judge Richard Krepela Tuesday, asking that his $975,000 bond be reduced to $100,000. His attorney, Charles Balsiger, said Beehn has close ties to the community of Madison and a business there, and was not a flight risk. But Judge Krepela ruled that the bond reflected the seriousness of the crime for which Beehn is charged.

The body of a North Bend man who disappeared while out hunting has been found in the Platte River. The Colfax County Attorney's office says 68-year-old Leroy Bird was reported missing when he didn't return home Tuesday night. His family says he had been at a cabin near the Platte River outside of Rogers. Searchers found Bird's body in the river near an overturned boat Wednesday morning. His hunting dog and gun were found about a mile downstream. An autopsy is planned to determine the cause of death.

A Plainview family has lost its home to a fire. A member of the Tom Beltz family reports that the home, located 3 miles west and 2 south of Plainview, was a total loss. The fire was reported about 11:45 yesterday morning. No one was injured, but the family was not able to save any personal belongings. Information on the cause of the fire and other details is not available at this time. A fund for the Tom Beltz family has been set up at Great Western Bank in Norfolk.