– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Nov 2

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

.FRIDAY…Cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning, then snow in the afternoon. Snow accumulation around 1 inch.

Chance of precipitation Highs in the upper 20s. East winds 5 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Snow likely in the evening, then chance

of snow after midnight. Snow accumulation around 1 inch. Storm

total around 2 inches. Lows in the mid 20s. Southeast winds 10 to

15 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.

.SATURDAY…Cloudy. Chance of snow and light freezing drizzle in

the morning, then chance of drizzle and snow in the afternoon.

Highs in the mid 30s. Southeast winds around 10 mph shifting to

the south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 40 percent in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of drizzle and

snow in the evening, then slight chance of light freezing drizzle

and snow after midnight. Lows in the lower 20s. Northwest winds

5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 10.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of snow in the

afternoon. Highs in the mid 20s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 15.

.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper

30s. Lows 15 to 20.

…WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING…

Light Snow is forecast to begin across southwest and south central

North Dakota early Friday morning, and continue periodically through

Saturday. A wintry mix of light snow and light freezing drizzle

is also expected Friday night through Saturday. Total snowfall

amounts will range from 1 to 3 inches for all but southwest North

Dakota, where snow amounts will be less than one inch. Precipitation

will decrease from west to east early Saturday evening.

Along and south of the Interstate 94 and Highway 10/34

corridor…from Valley City to Park Rapids….

Two rounds of snow from Friday afternoon through Sunday morning…

Two rounds of snow will impact the Red River Valley and

surrounding region from Friday afternoon through early Sunday

morning.

The first round of snow will develop over South Dakota Friday

morning and move into southeastern North Dakota in the early

afternoon. Snowfall rates will then increase as the showers expand

north and east in the late afternoon. The main impact area will

be along and south of the Interstate 94 and Highway 10/34

corridor…from Valley City to Park Rapids. Generally two to four

inches of snow are expected by midnight…with some of the higher

snowfall rates occuring during the Friday afternoon rush hour.

The second round of snow will target the Highway 2 corridor

northward to the international border. This round of snow will

move into the Devils Lake region Saturday morning and expand

eastward through midnight. This impact area could see snowfall

accumulations from two to five inches, with the highest amounts

right along the international border. Even higher amounts are

expected north of the border.

Areas between these two primary impact areas will see light

snowfall amounts accumulating over a relatively long period from

noon Friday through sunrise Sunday morning.

Dickinson (CSi) On Thursday morning, NDHP officers responded to several vehicle crashes which occurred on Interstate #94 between the Dickinson and Hebron area. These crashes were a result of changing weather conditions (sleet/rain/snow) in the area which led to icy road conditions. In total, 6 vehicle crashes were investigated (5 Property and 1 Injury). In addition, multiple vehicles, which did not sustain damage or injury to the occupants, slid into the median/ditch in this area. In addition to these crashes, a two vehicle head on fatality crash occurred on Highway #22 about 12 miles north of Dickinson Thursday morning. This crash was also due to icy road conditions from changing weather conditions (sleet/rain/snow).

Due to changing winter weather which can directly affect road conditions, all motorists are asked to be aware of inclement winter weather, drive cautiously and slow down where necessary, and plan their trip in advance to arrive safely due to inclement weather and road conditions. While traveling, utilize vehicle seat belts and limit distractions to be aware of the possible changing conditions. Winter weather kits containing extra blankets and clothing, food items, water, and a source of heat need to be stored in the vehicle. Road condition information can be obtained by calling 511 or visiting the NDDOT travel information map at www.dot.nd.gov.

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — A Georgia man is dead after a crash on an icy highway in western North Dakota.

The Highway Patrol says the 81-year-old man from East Point, Georgia, was a passenger in a pickup truck that spun out of control on state Highway 22 north of Dickinson and collided with another pickup.

The crash happened about 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The Georgia man was pronounced dead at a Dickinson hospital.

The drivers of both vehicles were taken to hospitals with unspecified injuries.

None of the people involved were immediately identified.

Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, no injuries when a Jamestown man rolled his truck pulling a belly dump trailer load of sand, Thursday morning about 10:40-a.m., along the Highway 52 bypass and Stutsman County Road No. 40.

Highway Patrol Sgt. Tom Herzig reports 27 year old Tyler Goodroad, of Jamestown was traveling southbound at around 10:40-am when he failed to slow to a reasonable speed prior to turning east onto a county road and rolled, spilling the sand.

County road traffic was diverted for approximately one hour.

The report says Goodroad was charged with Care Required.

The Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office.

Jamestown (CSi) This year’s Jamestown Salvation Army Kettle Campaign has started with Friday November 17 , 2017, the start of bell ringing and continues through December 24, 2017.

Major Tim Nauta may be contacted to schedule bell ringing volunteer times.

Major Nauta says the goal this year is $140,000.

The Salvation Army in Jamestown kicked off the Christmas fundraising effort at Newman Arena on November 1, 2017.

Speakers included Jamestown Mayor Katie Anderson and Jamestown Salvation Army Major Tim Nauta.

Nauta explained the Pathway of Hope Program that helps people set and achieve goals to become more self-sustained.

Valley City (CSi) Keeping all the Pieces, a short film on the impacts of oil and gas exploration in public lands in western North Dakota, will be shown at the Valley City Public Library on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at noon. The event is free and open to the public.

Representatives from the North Dakota Wildlife Federation and the Badlands Conservation Alliance will lead a discussion following the 15-minute video. The public lands included in the film include the Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the 1-million-acre Little Missouri National Grassland. The goal of the film is to increase public awareness, counter misinformation and facilitate first hand experience with this iconic landscape that belongs to all North Dakotans, and, indeed, the Nation. The questions raised include: Can we keep our wildlife heritage? Can we keep all the essential pieces intact for decades down the road?

This event is sponsored by “What In the World Is Going On?”- a campus-community group jointly sponsored by VCSU Departments of Science and Social Science. For more information call, 701-845-7321.

Jamestown (CSi) – The 27thAnnual, Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be at Concordia Lutheran Church at 502 First Avenue North in Jamestown, on Thursday November 23, 2017.

Dinner will be served from 11-a.m., to 1-p.m., Thanksgiving Day, in the church basement, handicapped accessible.

Drivers will deliver meals, or give a ride to the church, for services and the meal.

Those wishing to have a ride or meals delivered may call the church at 252-2819.

The meal is free to anyone, and consists of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, and dessert.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Police in Bismarck aren’t releasing the name of an officer involved in a shooting — in part because the officer is invoking a new law that expands the rights of crime victims.

The officer was attacked after responding to a call at a Bismarck motel on Oct. 15. Police say he was punched in the head and had his eyes gouged before he shot and wounded his attacker.

Chief Dan Donlin tells The Associated Press the officer invoked Marsy’s Law, approved by voters just last year. Donlin says names are typically released after shootings are reviewed by the state — but he’s not sure that will happen now.

Jack McDonald, an attorney who frequently represents North Dakota media outlets, said withholding the officer’s name is a “perversion” of the law.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The builder of the Dakota Access oil pipeline and the federal agency that permitted the project are objecting to an effort by American Indian tribes to bolster protections for their water supply.

Lawyers for Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners and the Army Corps of Engineers argue separately in court documents that the proposals by the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux are unnecessary or unwarranted.

The dispute centers around the $3.8 billion pipeline’s crossing of the Missouri River’s Lake Oahe (uh-WAH’-hee) reservoir in southern North Dakota. Both tribes get water from the lake and fear contamination should the pipeline leak. They want more protections while the Corps completes further review that the court ordered on the pipeline’s impact on tribal interests.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg will decide later whether to grant the tribes’ request.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Several homeless men have been forced back onto the streets after the recent closing of the only emergency men’s shelter in Bismarck-Mandan.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that with snow expected this week, the closure of the Ruth Meiers Hospitality House has men desperately looking for another place to stay. The facility opened in response to those in need of emergency shelter in 1987.

Terry Pierson, a former shelter resident, says he’s temporarily staying with a friend at the emergency shelter’s apartments. Tenants can occupy the apartments until Nov. 17.

Jena Gullo is the executive director for Missouri Slope Areawide United Way, a nonprofit. She says the nonprofit received a donation that allowed the agency to help some of the shelter’s former tenants get hotel rooms.

Gullo says the nonprofit has limited funds for the temporary crisis plan.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A farm family is suing the Dakota Access pipeline company alleging it failed to restore farmland it damaged during construction as promised.

Slack Family Properties accuses the pipeline company of breach of contract, taking property without authorization, fraud and deceit in its lawsuit filed in Lincoln County this week. The Argus Leader reports the Harrisburg-area family says five parcels of farmland were damaged causing the loss of corn and soybean crops for two growing seasons.

In easement agreements with landowners, Dakota Access promised to restore all farmland to its previous condition and to compensate farmers for any losses because of the pipeline’s construction. During the project’s planning stages, some farmers expressed fears about lost productivity.

Dakota Access spokeswoman Vicki Granado says the company doesn’t comment on pending legal matters.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The 32nd edition of North Dakota’s Blue Book has been published.

Secretary of State Al Jaeger unveiled the book Thursday at the state Capitol. The manual profiles North Dakota’s past and present and compiles statistical and historical information.

The Blue Book is so named because of the blue cover that adorns most editions.

The book was first published in 1887, predating statehood by two years. The first editions were called the “state manual” and the “legislative manual,” and were intended to provide information for lawmakers.

It is now published every two years the help of about 50 volunteers.

The nearly 600-page softcover book is being sold for $20 at the North Dakota Heritage Center’s museum store, and it also can be ordered through the store’s online site.

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi) Project Ignite Light is a North Dakota organization that provides children from ages infant to 18 important items needed when they are relocated from their home due to physical and/or sexual abuse or neglect. Each child receives a tote bag with a fleece blanket, pajamas, socks, underwear, toiletries, food, water, a flashlight and the book “You Are Special” by Max Lucado.

The University of Jamestown’s Volleyball and Basketball Teams on Friday November 3, 2017 are having a fundraiser for the program, at Newman Arena, by collecting pajamas.

Those attending may wear their PJs, and bring a pair of new children size PJs to donate to Project Ignite the Light.

Assistant UJ Volleyball Coach, Kelsey Titus said the pajamas should be two pieces, not a one-piece, and all sizes for girls and boys. She adds that those bringing the pajamas will be entered into a prize drawing.

The UJ Volleyball match is at 4-p.m., vs. VCSU.

The women’s basketball game starts at 6-p.m., and the men’s game tips off at 8-p.m., at Harold Newman Arena on the UJ campus, taking on Northwestern College of Iowa.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Blue Jays volleyball team is the No. 1 seed in the WDA volleyball quarterfinals.

Jamestown plays on Thursday November 9, 2017 at 1-p.m., at Mandan.

The Jays opponent will be Dickinson.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has planted a kiss on a symbol of the House Republican tax plan. In a White House meeting with House Republican leaders, the president had an enthusiastic response when he was shown two postcard-sized papers that some taxpayers would be able to use to file their taxes. To show his approval, Trump kissed one of the postcards before giving it back to Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have stressed that the tax plan they unveiled Thursday is tailored to benefit America’s middle class. Just how much it would remains uncertain based on the details that have been provided so far.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is choosing Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell to become the next chair of the U.S. central bank. Trump says Powell has the “wisdom and leadership” to guide the U.S. economy through any challenges it may face. If confirmed by the Senate, Powell would succeed Janet Yellen when her term ends in February.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman will remain on house arrest at least through the weekend. A federal judge is keeping in place for now the home confinement conditions of Paul Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates. But U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson scheduled a bond hearing for Monday to revisit the matter.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tweets calling for the death penalty in the Halloween bike path attack that killed eight people could legally be cited as a symptom of widespread government bias. But experts say it’s unlikely they’ll become a speed bump in the prosecution. A Fordham Law School professor says judges can weed out bias and will reject any defense claims about it.