CSi Weather…

 

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers in the

morning. Highs in the mid 70s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 50 to 55.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs 75 to 80.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance

of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 80.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the

mid 70s.

 

Small chances for isolated thunderstorms  this weekend and then again on Tuesday into Wednesday. The threat of any severe storms remains very lowat this time.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Police is warning residents of a convicted sex offender living in Jamestown.

Michael Allen Jans now resides at 517 4th Street NW, Jamestown, ND

He is a 28 year old white male five feet six inches tall, weighing 180 pounds with hazel eyes, and brown hair.

He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee on the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Offense:  Gross Sexual Imposition when he was 20 years old involving three 14 year old girls, in 2009.

Conviction Date:  May 2010, Burleigh County, ND District Court.

Dispostion: 20 years, 10 years suspended, 109 days credit, five years supervised probation.

Offense:  Sexual Assault when he was 18 years old concerning intercourse with a 15 year old girl, on approximately  four occasions.

Conviction Date:  March 2008, Burleigh County, ND, District Court.

Disposition:  One year, 335 days, suspended.  30 days credit, two years supervised probation.

Jans is currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and probation.

He is on GPS monitoring.

Jans is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Michael Allen Jans are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Police Department warns the public about a convicted sex offender who has changed his  Jamestown address.

Nelson Whitetail, Sr., now resides at 411 2nd St., NW, Jamestown, ND

He presently has no vehicle.

He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Whitetail is a 61 year old American Indian Male, 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 258 pounds with brown eyes, and gray hair.

Offense:  Gross sexual imposition, involving two girls age 13 and 11

Conviction Date:  March, 1997 in Mercer County, ND, District Court.

Disposition: 10 years

Offense: Gross Sexual Imposition

Conviction Date:  September 1988, Burleigh County, ND District Court

Disposition:  five years, five years suspended.

Whitetail is currently on GPS Monitoring.

Whitetail is not wanted by police at this time, and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Nelson Whitetail, Sr.,  are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Three Jamestown girls invited guests to a birthday party, and requested that gifts be in the nature of items for animals at the James River Humane Society.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show, shelter board member Jay Nitchke said with the support of their mother, Brandi Mueller, the girls Lydia, Addy, and Ivy collected the gifts, which were brought to the Jamestown shelter.

Also on our show, Jay added that Applebee’s in Jamestown will donate a portion of the proceeds from those dining there on Monday August 21, 2017 between 3-p.m., to 10-p.m., to the James River Humane Society.  Jay said a flyer being distributed through town must be presented to your server, during “Dining to Donate,” at Jamestown’s Applebee’s.

Jay also pointed out that Amazon.com has a promotion where when orders are placed through eligible AmazonSmile purchases customers can click on a link that indicates donations from orders place to animal shelter, with the James River Humane Society on the list.

Jay also thanks Wilhelm Chevrolet, Buick & GMC in Jamestown for providing a pickup in the Stuff the Truck promotion this past June, that was well received by the public, with items donated to the James River Humane Society.

The shelter is located off the I-94 Bloom Exit, open every day from 9-a.m. to noon, and 5:30- to 6:30 p.m., or call 701-252-0747 for an appointment to visit.

On line go to www.jamesriverhumanesociety.org    With links to petfinder.com

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Great Plains Food Bank July 28, 2017 Jamestown distribution provided 17,450 pounds of food. Agency Relations Manager for the Eastern portion of North Dakota, Andrea Block says around 223 households benefited.

Food was given out to 263 children, 100 seniors and 326 adults, bringing the total number of individuals to 689 that participated in the food distribution.

She says, their pantry partner the Jamestown Salvation Army was on hand to assist.

The Community Action Food Pantry has also been there to help in the past.

 

Valley City  (CSi) Valley City Barnes County Health Director Theresa Will reports that Valley City is one of six North Dakota communities to received funding to help prevent opioid abuse.

She adds, North Dakota Department of Human Services funding will be used to develop support and education to decrease or prevent opioid use. The grant provides $180,000 per year, up to five years, saying a portion of the grant can be used to hire an employee to lead this work.

She says the funds will be used to provide medication assisted treatment, increasing the understanding and use of naloxone, support and recovery services for those returning to our community after receiving treatment or coming out of jail and provide education regarding alternative pain therapies.

 

 

Bismarck  (CSi)   Gov. Doug Burgum Friday ordered the reinstatement of McKenzie County Sheriff Gary Schwartzenberger to the position of sheriff, as recommended by Special Commissioner Karen Klein.

On Nov. 23, 2016, then-Gov. Jack Dalrymple placed Schwartzenberger on interim suspension upon the recommendation of Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem after the McKenzie County Commission voted in favor of a petition for removal. Klein found no substantiated ground for removal of Schwartzenberger and recommended he be returned to the elected office of sheriff.

Schwartzenberger’s reinstatement is effective immediately.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A judge has rejected a plea deal for a Minot man accused of assaulting and terrorizing his wife.

The agreement called for Jeremiah Tallman to serve about a year and a-half of additional time with nearly 10 years of probation on multiple felony charges. The 31-year-old Tallman was prepared to enter Alford pleas in which he maintains his innocence, but acknowledges the state has enough evidence for conviction.

North Central Judicial District Judge Gary Lee said he would not accept the Alford pleas after also hearing a state request to bar Tallman from contact with the couple’s 2-year-old daughter, even during probation. Tallman is accused of breaking his wife’s collarbone, threatening her with a knife and refusing to let her leave their apartment last September.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The attorney for a suspended Fargo police officer says allegations that his client lied are false and the matter should be dropped.

Officer David Boelke (BELL’-kee) has been placed on paid administrative leave while the department looks into a personnel complaint. Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd is defending the investigation.

In a letter to Todd, Fargo attorney Mark Friese (freeze) says the probe “assails the good character and reputation” of a 15-year veteran of the force. Friese says Todd has committed a crime by furthering a “defamatory matter.” The attorney is asking that Boelke be reinstated without discipline.

Todd denies any wrongdoing in creating the investigative report and says he hopes to “bring this to a conclusion very soon.”

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot man accused of shooting his 5-year-old stepdaughter in the leg with a BB gun as a form of punishment has pleaded not guilty to a felony child abuse charge.

Twenty-eight-year-old Jacob Hill maintains that he was trying to shoot a mouse when the girl was hit by a pellet that ricocheted.

Authorities say the girl told them that Hill shot her for “being mean” to her 2-year-old sister.

Hill faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a terrorizing charge against a Watford City woman accused of threatening the family of now-Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford.

Northwest District Judge Daniel El-Dweek on Thursday said there wasn’t enough probable cause to support the felony charge against 79-year-old Alice Olson. His decision came after a hearing that included police testimony.

Olson was accused of making threatening statements last October to the family of Sanford, who at the time was mayor of Watford City.

Defense attorney Markus Powell said the incident was “a misunderstanding between neighbors.”

Sanford declined to comment through a spokesman for the governor’s office.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A large construction project is underway in central North Dakota to stop erosion at a Mandan Indian village where hundreds of burial sites are at risk.

Contractors are in the process of scraping and leveling dirt at the Double Ditch Indian Village Historic Site. Preservationists and members of the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation fought for funding for the project during the most recent legislative session.

Fern Swenson is the director of the archaeology and historic preservation division at State Historical Society of North Dakota. She says nearly 150 burials have been unearthed since contractors began scraping the eroding river bank.

The contractors’ next steps include building a rock trench at the river’s edge and putting in pipe pilings along the bluff to stabilize it.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is warning against leaks of classified information that he says can hurt national security. His Justice Department announcement comes amid news reports involving the Trump campaign and White House that relied on classified information. And it comes one week after the president complained Sessions was weak in cracking down on leaks. Sessions says the department is reviewing guidelines related to subpoenas of journalists.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 209,000 jobs in July, a second straight month of robust gains that underscore the economy’s vitality as it enters a ninth year of expansion. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate slipped to 4.3 percent from 4.4 percent, matching a 16-year low first reached in May. But growth in Americans’ paychecks _ a persistent weak spot since the recovery began in June 2009 _ remains stubbornly slow.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned the first-degree murder conviction of a former Blackwater security contractor. The court has ordered a new trial for the man who prosecutors said fired the first shots in the 2007 slayings of 14 Iraqi civilians at a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad. In a split opinion, the three-judge panel in Washington ruled Friday the trial court erred in 2014 by not allowing Nicholas Slatten to be tried separately from his three co-defendants.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The homeless can face a tough time getting treatment for heroin addiction if they don’t have a photo ID. To reapply for the documents can sometimes take months, especially if a person doesn’t have a stable address. Advocates say homeless people are turned away at least twice a day in Philadelphia alone.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amanda Knox is offering her support to a Massachusetts woman convicted of manslaughter for encouraging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself. In an op-ed piece published Friday in the Los Angeles Times, Knox wrote that Michelle Carter deserves sympathy and help, not a jail sentence. Carter on Thursday was sentenced to 15 months in jail for the 2014 death of 18-year-old Conrad Roy III.