– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jun 20

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds around 5 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60. South winds

around 5 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. South

winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. South winds 5 to

10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and slight chance of

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Chance of

precipitation 30 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight

chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.

Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs around 80.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

Update

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police continue to investigate why a vehicle crashed through the wall and into a room at a Jamestown motel Tuesday evening.

Sgt. Robert Schlenvogt states, the crash happened shortly after 6:30-p.m., at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Jamestown.

No injuries reported, however, significant damage was reported to the building and the room contents.

On Wednesday Jamestown Police said the accident report had not officially been completed with details of the crash.

Valley News Live reports the driver of the vehicle, Cheryl Cowan, was issued a citation. KVRR reports, she’s from McHenry, Illinois. It’s unknown what she was cited with.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota House candidate is facing a misdemeanor criminal charge for allegedly publishing inaccurate information about an opponent.

The charge against Republican District 47 candidate Duane Sand carries a maximum punishment of a year in jail and a $3,000 fine.

Sand lost the primary election last week to incumbent Reps. George Keiser and Larry Klemin. Keiser filed a police report against Sand on May 29, alleging a flier sent from Sand’s headquarters in Bismarck misstated a vote he cast in 2013 and violated state law.

Sand ran an apology ad in The Bismarck Tribune June 3, saying he had misstated Keiser’s vote on the bill.

Sand told the newspaper in an interview that he wasn’t aware of the criminal charge but that it was Keiser’s right to pursue the case.

THOMPSON, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Grand Forks man who died when the forklift he was operating was struck and killed by a minivan on a state highway near Thompson.

The Highway Patrol says 61-year-old Juan Contreras was driving the forklift on Highway 15 when he was struck Monday afternoon.

The two people in the minivan weren’t hurt.

The patrol is still investigating what happened.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Legislature’s research arm has refined a proposed policy regarding workplace and sexual harassment in North Dakota’s Capitol, expanding the list of legislative leaders designated to field complaints, more clearly outlining potential punishments and adding a training component.

The updated proposal was presented Wednesday to the Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee, which hopes to finalize a policy in September so it’s in place for the 2019 Legislature’s organizational session in December.

Legislative leaders have said they aren’t aware of any sexual harassment allegations in the Capitol. However, they decided late last year to update the existing two-paragraph state policy that bars harassment but provides no process for the formal reporting of complaints. The decision followed a wave of complaints in the political and entertainment worlds amid the #MeToo movement against sexual violence and workplace harassment.

The policy being created is for all forms of workplace harassment, including sexual harassment and harassment based on such things as race or religion. The initial proposal unveiled in March established procedures for handling and resolving complaints, but committee members noted several perceived shortcomings related to who would field and handle cases, and how violations would be punished.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man is in custody after allegedly driving drunk in Fargo and crashing his pickup truck through a fence and into a home.

Police say the 24-year-old driver and a passenger fled on foot after the crash about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday but were tracked down by officers.

The passenger was taken to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries. No one inside the home was hurt.

The driver was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment, fleeing the scene of an injury crash and driving under the influence. Formal charges were pending.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Winter wheat production in the Dakotas is expected to be up significantly this year from 2017.

The Agriculture Department’s latest forecast is for production to be up 90 percent in South Dakota to 39.4 million bushels, and up 138 percent in North Dakota to 3.1 million bushels.

Winter wheat isn’t as big of a crop in North Dakota, so larger fluctuations in production are common.

Both acres for harvest and average yield are expected to be up in each state. The crops currently are rated mostly in fair to good condition.

Nationally, winter wheat production is forecast to be down 6 percent over the year, to 1.2 billion bushels.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Fargo businesses say they’re counting on a new ordinance allowing public drinking at downtown events to generate additional traffic this summer.

The City Commission on Monday granted a liquor license to the Downtown Community Partnership for vendors participating in the organization’s events.

KVRR says hundreds of thousands of people visit downtown Fargo each summer to take in various events, including the Street Fair and Corks and Canvas. Great Plains Hospitality operations director Cody Nelson expects more people drawn to the events will be visiting downtown businesses.

Commissioner Tony Gehrig cast the only dissenting vote against the license, saying it should apply to all events throughout the city, not just downtown.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Police say they’re continuing their investigation into a collection of restaurants in downtown Bismarck that have recently closed.

Officers searched the complex in April looking for controlled substances and signs of drug trafficking. No arrests have been made. But, Sgt. Mike Bolme says he anticipates charges in the future.

All business owners officially closed their restaurants Sunday. The Bismarck Tribune says the space that housed six restaurants and bars and entertainment venues is on the market for $4.5 million.

The owners posted on Facebook that recent false allegations forced the closure.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself Wednesday and signed an executive order halting his administration’s policy of separating children from their parents when they are detained illegally crossing the U.S. border.

It was a dramatic turnaround for Trump, who has been insisting, wrongly, that his administration had no choice but to separate families apprehended at the border because of federal law and a court decision.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says his agency will start reuniting detained immigrant children with their parents _ but he’s making no specific commitment on how quickly that can be accomplished. “We need to get the children out of our care as expeditiously as possible,” Azar said Wednesday on the Washington Post’s Health 202 webcast.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — More than 100 workers were arrested at an Ohio meatpacking plant by federal agents following a yearlong immigration investigation, the second large raid in the state in the past two weeks.

The investigation focused on whether the company knowingly hired people who are in the country illegally and used fake identities belonging to U.S. citizens to get their jobs, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said.

The arrests Tuesday come as the U.S. government steps up its focus on businesses that hire people in the country illegally as part of a broad range of immigration crackdowns under Republican President Donald Trump.

DALLAS (AP) — Texas authorities have identified the body of a child found washed ashore in Southeast Texas last year, and accused his mother and her girlfriend of dumping his body.

Galveston police on Wednesday identified the body as 4-year-old Jayden Alexander Lopez. His body was found eight months ago, and authorities named the child “Little Jacob.”

Police also announced his mother, Rebecca Rivera, and her girlfriend Dania Amezquita-Gomez have been arrested. Police say both are charged with fabricating or tampering with physical evidence.

Jail records did not list attorneys for either woman. Investigators say they’re trying to determine whether the mother was connected to her son’s death.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three decades after early warnings about global warming, the issue has become entrenched in the nation’s culture wars. Some in the GOP used to lead the fight against warming. Now most Republicans cannot speak the words “climate change” _ let alone support policies to address it. Many Democrats have moved sharply to the left on environmental issues as well. Climate change is as polarized as abortion. Maybe more.