Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Mar 28

CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY… This afternoon… Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Southeast winds

around 5 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds

5 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid

30s. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 30s.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain after

midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs around 50.

.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.

Highs in the 50s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain. Highs in

the mid 50s.

 

The next chance for rain arrives Thursday night through Saturday.As much as a quarter inch of rain is possible across northern North Dakota.

 

 

 

St. Paul  (CSi) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is preparing to support local flood fight efforts in North Dakota.

 

The Corps received a request for assistance from the state of North Dakota March 24. The Corps mobilized its contractor, Tunheim Construction, from Moorhead, Minnesota, to support flood fight operations near Grafton, North Dakota, which is along the Park River. The Corps plans to build temporary emergency levees within the city to protect critical infrastructure. The work is expected to begin today, March 27, and should finish Friday, March 31.

 

In addition to activities in northeastern North Dakota, the Corps is monitoring conditions within the Souris River basin and is coordinating with federal, state and local officials as the spring snowmelt gets closer. The Corps sent a reconnaissance team to the basin March 22 to get a better understanding of the conditions.

 

The nearly 600 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the St. Paul District Fiscal Year 2016 $78 million budget, nearly 1,250 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $120 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.

 

 

LIDGERWOOD, N.D. (AP) — Two brothers suffered hypothermia but survived following an attempt to rescue a dog from a lake in Richland County.

Sheriff Larry Leshovsky says a dog belonging to one of the brothers broke through the thin ice on Grass Lake Sunday. One man attempted to rescue the dog and broke through the ice. KFGO reports the second man tried to rescue his brother and also went through the ice.

Leshovsky says that by chance the brothers’ shouts for help could be heard some distance away because there was little wind. Lidgerwood firefighters responded to a 911 call and pulled the men, Jeff and Jesse Lyons, from the water. They were taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Breckenridge. The dog did not survive.

 

JEFF BAENEN, Associated Press

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Legislature has endorsed a bill that relaxes rules for reporting oil field spills.

The Senate approved the bill 31-14 on Monday that no longer requires companies to report spills 10 barrels or less that are contained at a well site. A barrel is 42 gallons.

The House passed the measure in January. Companies are still required to report spills that escape from a well site, and they must clean up all spills.

Northwest Landowners Association Chairman Troy Coons says his group of more than 500 ranchers, farmers and property owners opposed the bill. Coons says all spills should be reported.

State data show there were more than 1,250 spills contained to well sites last year, and more than half of them were less than 10 barrels.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Oil patch cities in North Dakota are experiencing a declining population in contrast to rapid growth in the recent past.

The population in Dickinson and Williston dropped about three percent last year.

The exodus of people is largely due to fewer job opportunities, as the state’s energy sector continues to try and rebound amid the price slump of oil.

Dickinson Convention and Visitor’s Bureau director Terri Thiel says she’s starting to get calls again from people looking for work in the oil industry.

She says even though she advertises for visitors, the bureau tried to market Dickinson as a permanent home to those who came during the oil boom.

Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent, Robert says, school districts as far away as Jamestown feel a ‘trickle down” effect from the downturn in the economy in the oil patch.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has vetoed a measure that would limit employee bonuses from the governor.

Burgum on Monday rejected the bill, saying it “places unprecedented and intentional restrictions” on a governor’s ability to recruit and retain key employees.

It was Burgum’s first veto of a bill since the Republican won the governorship in November.

The measure was spurred after then-Gov. Jack Dalrymple approved nearly $100,000 in retention bonuses for five staffers in 2015. It was the first time a governor had used the bonus program.

Leaders of both parties criticized the bonuses, and the president of the union that represents more than 11,500 public employees said the bonuses to Dalrymple’s inner circle hurt state employees’ morale.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Ward County sheriff’s deputy has used an overdose antidote to save a man who reportedly had overdosed on heroin.

Sheriff’s deputies overheard a radio traffic call for an ambulance in the area of a trailer park in southeast Minot early Saturday. The caller said a man was unconscious because of a heroin overdose, so deputies responded and found the man unconscious.

The deputy administered Narcan, the brand name of the overdose antidote naloxone. The sheriff’s department says the man recovered a few minutes later and was treated by an ambulance crew.

The sheriff’s department bought Narcan to offset opioid overdoses several months ago. This is the first time a Ward County deputy has used the medication since all patrol deputies began carrying it.

 

Update…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP- CSi) — More parents in North Dakota are opting for private schools and homeschooling at a time where the debate regarding school choice has grown into a national conversation.

The  North Dakota Legislature considered launching a two-year study this year on the feasibility of a more formal school choice program. The bill passed into the House but was later turned down in the Senate.

While there are no charter schools and very few virtual schools in the state, recent data shows more parents are already choosing an alternative education for their kids.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 Jamestown Public School’s Superintendent, Robert Lech said an increase in homeschooling is also having an effect on the school district.

Light of Christ Catholic Schools president Gerald Vetter also says more parents are choosing private schools because they better align with the family’s philosophies and religious beliefs.

A Department of Public Instruction report shows nearly 2,000 students enrolled in Burleigh County private schools this year.

 

LIDGERWOOD, N.D. (AP) — Two brothers suffered hypothermia but survived following an attempt to rescue a dog from a lake in Richland County.

Sheriff Larry Leshovsky says a dog belonging to one of the brothers broke through the thin ice on Grass Lake Sunday. One man attempted to rescue the dog and broke through the ice. KFGO reports the second man tried to rescue his brother and also went through the ice.

Leshovsky says that by chance the brothers’ shouts for help could be heard some distance away because there was little wind. Lidgerwood firefighters responded to a 911 call and pulled the men, Jeff and Jesse Lyons, from the water. They were taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Breckenridge. The dog did not survive.

 

Casselton  (CSi)  Cass County Sheriff’s investigators say an initial report of a robbery-in-progress early Tuesday morning in Casselton was drug related. Sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Briggeman says the incident was reported around 12:30AM. Three adults and a juvenile were taken into custody on drug related charges.

Briggeman says the suspects know the victim.  The adults arrested are 23-year old Trevor Tate of Mayville, 18-year old John Pruneda of Hillsboro, and Jacob Devine of Grand Forks. The 17 year-old male is being held in juvenile detention. The incident happened near the Casselton reservoir, on the northwest edge of town.

 

In sports…

NAIA Baseball played in Valley City, Monday

 

Valley City State 3, Mayville State 1

 

(VCSU and MSU split 4-game series)

 

VCSU is now 8-17 overall and 2-2 in the North Star Athletic Association.

Mayville St. is now 18-6 overall and 2-2 in the NSAA.

 

 

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Toronto 131 Orlando 112

Final N-Y Knicks 109 Detroit 95

Final San Antonio 103 Cleveland 74

Final Oklahoma City 92 Dallas 91

Final Sacramento 91 Memphis 90

Final Utah 108 New Orleans 100

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Nashville 3 N-Y Islanders 1

Final OT Detroit 4 Carolina 3

Final Buffalo 4 Florida 2

Final OT Tampa Bay 5 Chicago 4

Final St. Louis 4 Arizona 1

Final Calgary 4 Colorado 2

 

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Twins bullpen coach Rick Stelmaszek will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the team’s opener next week.

The Twins announced Monday that the longest-tenured coach in club history will take the mound April 3 before the Twins host the Kansas City Royals. Stelmaszek, who was on staff from 1981 through 2012, will throw to current bullpen coach Eddie Guardado. There are only two coaches with longer tenures with one team in major league history, according to the Twins.

The Twins have also scheduled tributes to former Twins minor league pitcher Yorman Landa and former Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, both of whom died during the offseason as a result of car crashes.

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — University of North Dakota sophomore hockey forward Brock Boeser (BEHS’-ur) has left school to turn pro.

Boeser signed a contract with the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, a day after the defending national champion Fighting Hawks were eliminated from this year’s NCAA Tournament.

The Burnsville, Minnesota, native was a first-round pick of the Canucks in 2015. He finished his collegiate career with 43 goals and 94 points in 74 games.

Boeser played for the Canucks Saturday against the Minnesota Wild and scored his first NHL goal.

He joins former UND teammate Troy Stecher in Vancouver and becomes the 21st UND product to play in the NHL this season, tying the school record.

 

 

PHOENIX (AP) — Sometime in the not distant future, they will become the Las Vegas Raiders. NFL owners approved the Raiders’ move to Vegas 31-1 at the league meetings in Phoenix. Miami was the lone dissenter. Until the move, likely in 2020, Mark Davis’ team still belongs to Oakland. Davis insists the club should still be considered a part of the Bay Area community.

 

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A battle over control of the Los Angeles Lakers is over after an agreement was reached to have Jeanie Buss serve as controlling owner of the storied NBA franchise for the rest of her life. The agreement, filed in L.A. Superior Court, makes permanent the arrangement her late father and longtime Lakers owner Jerry Buss said in his will that he wanted.

 

NATIONALS-NATHAN RELEASED

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Veteran reliever and ex-Twin Joe Nathan has been released by the Washington Nationals, ending his bid to make the team a week before opening day.

The Nationals also unconditionally released another righty reliever on Monday, Matt Albers.

Nathan’s 377 career saves rank second among active pitchers and eighth in major league history.

The 42-year-old Nathan went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in only 6 1/3 innings with the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants last season as he worked his way back from a second Tommy John surgery to repair his right elbow.

 

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