Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Sept 22

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTHEAST

WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE

EVENING. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. EAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

.FRIDAY…CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

IN THE MORNING…THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. EAST

WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.

SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.

.SATURDAY…DECREASING CLOUDS. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF

THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 60 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY

AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 50.

.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE

OF RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. LOWS IN THE MID 40S TO

LOWER 50S.

.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT

CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER

50S TO MID 60S.

 

FRIDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE

DAY SATURDAY  SOME STORMS MAYBE STRONG WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

GUSTY WEST WIND  EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY…AND ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL SUNDAY.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department is  warning the public that a high-risk convicted sex offender who has changed his Jamestown address.

53 year old Timothy Alan Taxis, is now living at 814 9th Avenue SE  Jamestown, ND.

Taxis vehicle is a gray 1997 Buick LeSabre with North Dakota license GRN442,  and a black 1985 Dodge Ram 2-door, with North Dakota License with GEA 590.

Taxis is described as a white male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with hazel eyes and blond hair.

Taxis was convicted for indecent exposure in 1998 and 2001 in municipal court in Stutsman County. He was also convicted of gross sexual imposition in 1994 in Stutsman County District Court in 1994.

Taxis is not wanted by police at this time. For more information on registered offenders, visit www.sexoffender.nd.gov.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Following Wednesday’s canvass, the September 15, 2016 Mayor Special Election has been certified.

The final official vote totals were:

Dave Carlsrud  1,045 votes

Janice Clark Klein  181 votes

Scott Sandvik  152 votes

Write-ins   4

Total 1,382

 

Tower City  (CSi)   Absentee ballots will determine the outcome of the Special Election, held Tuesday for the Maple Valley School District.

The vote was too close to call as the ballot asked voters to if they supported a $14.3 million dollar bond issue for an addition to the existing school building to centralize Maple Valley School District at one building location.

Superintendent Brian Wolf says the canvassing of all the ballots will be held on Monday, September 26, 2016 to determine the final outcome of the vote.

Previously in April of 2015, voters defeated a $10.3 million school bond issue.

The measure, then was two votes shy of passing with 59.60 percent in favor, shy of the  60 percent or more is needed to pass a school bond issue.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  North Dakota District 12 State Representative (D) Jessica Haak has been  selected to serve on the Great Plains Food Bank board. Haak completed orientation earlier this year and attended her first meeting as a board member in September 2016. She was elected to a two-year term and serves on the Strategic Planning standing committee.

Haak says, “It is an honor to be a part of the Great Plains Food Bank, the state’s largest hunger-relief provider.  I look forward to working with community leaders in Jamestown, and beyond, that donate to the GPFB. A huge thank you to everyone who has and/or continues to contribute.”

The Great Plains Food Bank provides over 11 million meals through private contributions, church contributions, United Way, and grants. The Great Plains Food Bank helps reduce food waste and has over 5300 volunteers help out at the food bank each year.

 

Valley City (CSi)  A FREE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX Celebration at Medicine Wheel Park, (205 Winter Show Road SE.) On September 22, 2016, starting at 7-p.m.

At 6:30 pm, people are encouraged to walk along the North Country Trail to the MEDICINE WHEEL PARK (those unable to do this can drive to the park)

7:00 pm –  Native American Musical Performers, “The Buffalo River Dancers and Singers”

7:30 pm OBSERVE THE SUNSET

DARK – STAR GAZING till 9PM: Bring bug spray and a blanket to enjoy the evening.

In case of inclement weather, the Buffalo River Dancers and Singers will be at the Froemke Auditorium on the campus of Valley City State University for a free performance at 7PM

“Equinox: equal day and night, but not quite”

(source: http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/equinox-not-equal.html)

“Equinox” literally means “equal night”, giving the impression that the night and day on the equinox are exactly the same length; 12 hours each. But this isn’t entirely true.

In reality equinoxes don’t have exactly 12 hours of daylight.

“Equinox” means “equal night” in Latin. But even if the name suggests it and it’s widely accepted, it isn’t entirely true that day and night are exactly the same on the equinox all over the world – only nearly

On any other day of the year, the Earth’s axis tilts a little away from or towards the Sun. But on the two equinoxes, the Earth’s axis tilts neither away from nor towards the Sun.  The equinoxes occur the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator. This happens in March and September every year.”

All Events are Free and open to the public!

For more information contact Wes Anderson 701-845-0966

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The brother of a man accused of attacking 10 people at a central Minnesota mall before being killed by an off-duty police officer won’t be released from a North Dakota jail to attend the funeral.

East Central Judicial District Judge Thomas Olson on Wednesday refused to temporarily release from jail 27-year-old Abdullahi Adan, of St. Cloud, Minnesota. He is the brother of Dahir Ahmed Adan, who authorities have accused of going on a knife attack Saturday at the mall in St. Cloud.

Court records show Abdullahi Adan pleaded not guilty to two felony drug counts in July. He is being held at the Cass County Jail.

Abdullahi Adan’s attorney did not immediately return a call Thursday seeking comment on the case.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has ruled that the state must let voters without identification cast a ballot by filing an affidavit.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland issued the order Tuesday. The Bismarck-based judge in August blocked the state’s voter identification law after it was challenged by a group of Native Americans.

The lawsuit was filed in January by seven members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. They alleged that the state’s voter identification requirements “disproportionately burden and disenfranchise Native Americans.”

Prior to 2013, a voter could sign an affidavit attesting to his or her eligibility to vote in the precinct but the state Legislature removed that provision.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have taken a man into custody without incident after a reported bank robbery in Bismarck.

The Bismarck Police Department says formal charges are pending in the case.

Authorities responded Wednesday afternoon to the robbery. Officials say the suspect didn’t show a weapon, and nobody was injured.

Roughly 20 Bismarck police officers searched the area and found the suspect under the Bismarck Expressway Bridge.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Police in Minot say about five Dakota Access pipeline protesters briefly interrupted North Dakota’s top oil regulator at an industry conference.

Police say it happened Wednesday during the final day of the North Dakota Petroleum Council conference. Police say the protesters did not display “violent or aggressive acts” and no arrests were made.

The protesters identified themselves as elders of the Oglala Lakota Nation and took the stage while Department of Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms was speaking to conference attendees.

The protesters called the pipeline that would run from North Dakota to Illinois a “black snake” that would harm water and land.

Minot police had said earlier that they had taken extra precautions to prepare for the possibility of protesters at the three-day meeting.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota attorney general and retired district court judge is leading an effort opposing a ballot measure that would incorporate victims’ rights provisions into the state constitution.

Robert Wefald says changing the constitution will do nothing to strengthen crime victim laws in the state. Wefald is chairman of a campaign committee that includes groups representing crime victims and defense attorneys and prosecutors.

Supporters believe the so-called Marsy’s Law will bolster the rights of crime victims.

The law is named after Marsalee “Marsy” Nicholas, who was killed by her ex-boyfriend in 1983. Her brother, Henry Nicholas, is bankrolling a national effort to expand the law into more states, including the Dakotas.

Records show the California businessman has given more than $1 million toward the effort in North Dakota.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Officials say construction on the nearly $40 million expansion of the Ward County Jail is two months ahead of schedule.

Even though the project is ahead of schedule, the county is still trying to address costs that were unaccounted for in the design. The county has a contingency fund for unexpected expenses, but commissioners are cautious about using those funds too freely.

Additional spending for construction was approved Tuesday.

The expanded portion of the jail is expected to open in 2018, increasing the jail’s capacity from 104 to 300 beds.

The  North Dakota Department of Corrections declared the jail to be in compliance with state laws following a September inspection. A late 2014 noncompliance report cited inadequate medical care and failure to have adequately trained staff.

 

 

In sports…

College fall baseball….Wednesday….

Jamestown 15 VCSU 2  in 7 innings…

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Philadelphia 8 Chi White Sox 3

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Wednesday’s game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins was cut short because of rain, with the two teams planning a split doubleheader today to finish out the three-game series.

The two teams were scoreless with two out in the bottom of the third.

 

Final Houston 6 Oakland 5

Final Seattle 2 Toronto 1, 12 Innings

Final Boston 5 Baltimore 1

Final N-Y Yankees 11 Tampa Bay 5

Final Cleveland 4 Kansas City 3

Final L.A. Angels 5 Texas 4

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Colorado 11 St. Louis 1

Final Washington 8 Miami 3

Final Atlanta 4 N-Y Mets 3

Final Chi Cubs 9 Cincinnati 2

Final Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 1

Final Arizona 3 San Diego 2

Final L.A. Dodgers 9 San Francisco 3

 

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Phoenix 89 Indiana 78

Final Atlanta 94 Seattle 85

 

VIKINGS-PETERSON SURGERY…

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Adrian Peterson will undergo surgery on his right knee to repair a torn meniscus and Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer says the star running back could return this season.

Peterson was injured in Sunday night’s victory over Green Bay.

The 2012 league MVP made a fast recovery from a torn ACL in his left knee suffered at the end of the 2011 season, then rushed for more than 2,000 yards in 2012.

Minnesota (2-0) on Wednesday signed running back Ronnie Hillman, who was with the Broncos when they won the Super Bowl last season. Jerick McKinnon will start at Carolina.

The Vikings also placed starting left tackle Matt Kalil on injured reserve with a hip problem that will require surgery.

 

WORLD CUP-NORTH AMERICA-SWEDEN…

TORONTO (AP) — Henrik Lundqvist made 45 saves and Sweden wrapped up the top seed in Group B and a spot in the World Cup of Hockey semifinals by reaching overtime in a 4-3 loss to Team North America on Wednesday.

Nathan MacKinnon scored the winner after back-and-forth 3-on-3 play. But Sweden got the point it needed to advance to the semifinals, while North America needs Finland to beat Russia on Thursday.

 

NFL…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval says he intends to call state lawmakers into a special session early next month to consider a public financing plan for an NFL stadium. The Republican governor said he spoke with Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis this week and thought Davis was “committed and resolute in the team’s interest in relocating to our state.” The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee last week recommended raising hotel taxes in the Las Vegas area to help put $750 million toward a 65,000-seat stadium.

 

NASCAR…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR will not penalize Martin Truex Jr. or Jimmie Johnson for failing inspection after Sunday’s race at Chicagoland Speedway, the opener the Sprint Cup playoffs. Truex won the race and Johnson finished 12th before both cars failed the laser inspection with infractions that should have drawn 10-point penalties. NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said not penalizing either driver was the fair decision.

 

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