Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Sept 12

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Partly cloudy, a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon in the Valley City area. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around 10 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 30 percent chance in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds

around 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 60.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 80.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.

 

 

There is a slight chance of thunderstorms across south central

North Dakota and the James River Valley Thursday evening and

night. Severe weather is not expected at this time.

There is a chance of thunderstorms across most of western and

central North Dakota Saturday into Sunday.

 

Obituary

Larry Phillips  April 10, 1948 – Sept. 12, 2018

Fargo  (CSi) Word has been received of the passing of Larry Phillips of Jamestown.

Larry passed away Wednesday at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo.

The FUNERAL SERVICE for Larry Phillips will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 115 3rd St SE, Jamestown, ND 58401 at 11 AM on September 20th, with visitation at 10 AM.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Fargo.

A PRAYER SERVICE will be held on Sept 19, at 7:00 PM, with visitation between 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM, at the Hanson-Runsvoid Funeral Home at 215 7th St S, Fargo, ND 58103.

Please come join his family in celebrating his life.

 

 

Jamestown (NDDOT)  Construction will begin Monday, September 17 on the US 281 overpass bridge over I-94 near Jamestown. Construction will take place from 24^th St. SW north to 20^th St. SW  on US 281. The project consists of concrete deck repairs and installation of traffic signals.

During construction:

• Speeds will be reduced
• Traffic over the US 281 overpass bridge will be reduced to one lane
• A 12 foot width restriction will be in place
• Flaggers will be present
• Oversize loads will not be permitted on US 281 over the I-94 bridge

The project is expected to be complete at the end of October.

The NDDOT would like to remind motorists to slow down and use caution throughout the work zone. For more information about construction projects and road conditions throughout North Dakota, call 511 from any type of phone or visit the Travel Information Map on the NDDOT website at  http://www.dot.nd.gov/travel-info-v2/

 

 

LaMoure  (NDHP)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports an 89 year old Kulm man died from injuries he sustained in a one vehicle crash on September 3, at 12:10-p.m., on LaMoure County road 65, five miles northwest of Jud.

The Ford  Windstar, operated by Albert Oberlander, was traveling southbound on County Road 65, when he fell asleep. The Ford left the roadway and entered the west ditch, vaulting over a field approach. The Ford landed in the west ditch and came to a stop.

Oberlander,  was transported from the scene by Gackle Ambulance to Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

Oberlander died on Monday September 10, from the injuries he sustained in the crash. It is unknown if he was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash.

Assisting the Highway Patrol were:  LaMoure County Sheriif’s Office , Edgeley/Jud Ambulance, and  Gackle Ambulance.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Prosecutors are dropping a murder charge against an 85-year-old Fargo man accused of fatally shooting his wife in an alleged suicide pact.

The prosecutor and the attorney for 85-year-old Louis Averson don’t believe he can understand the legal proceedings against him. KFGO-AM reports Averson has been committed to the State Hospital in Jamestown.

Authorities say Averson fatally shot his 85-year-old wife, Ila Averson, in the garage of the couple’s south Fargo apartment in early June, and then shot himself in the chest in what was believed to be a suicide pact.

Police found a note on the couple’s dining room table detailing their plans.

Both were in poor health.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials say a measure to legalize marijuana would cost more than $2 million annually if it’s approved, though tax revenue and other fees generated from the sales are not yet known.Voters in November have four initiated measures to consider. Lawmakers on Wednesday will review the estimated costs of the measures if they pass.Officials estimate a measure that would provide license plates free of charge to volunteer emergency workers would cost more than $17 million over the next decade through lost fees.Officials say a measure that would explicitly bar non-U.S. citizens from voting in North Dakota would have no fiscal impact.The cost of a sweeping government ethics overhaul can’t be determined yet, although officials say a whistleblower hotline would only be about $28 a month.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Health is accepting applications for medical marijuana dispensaries in the Grand Forks and Williston regions.Applications will be accepted through Oct. 10 at 3 p.m. Central time.Medical Marijuana Division Director Jason Wahl says the Grand Forks and Williston regions represent the second open application period for dispensaries. The first round was for the Bismarck-Mandan and Fargo regions.Wahl says the department expected to select dispensaries for the Grand Forks and Williston regions near the end of November.

In January, applications will open for the four remaining regions — Devils Lake, Dickinson, Jamestown and Minot.

Applicants have to submit a $5,000 nonrefundable fee. Forms are available at www.ndhealth.gov/MM/ .

North Dakota voters approved marijuana for medical purposes in 2016.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s corn and soybean crops are expected to slip in 2018.Based on Sept. 1 conditions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says North Dakota’s soybean harvest is forecast at 236 million bushels, down 2 percent from last year.Soybean acres for harvest are pegged at 6.55 million, 7 percent below 2017. Average yield is forecast at 36 bushels per acre, up 2 bushels from last year.North Dakota farmers are expected to harvest 440 million bushels of corn, down 2 percent from last year. Area harvested for grain is estimated at 3.1 million acres, down 4 perc4ent from 2017. Average yield is forecast at 142 bushels per acre, up 3 bushels from last year.

Sugar beet production is forecast at 6.46 million tons, up slightly from last year’s crop.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two legal rulings this week favor Meridian Energy Group and its plan to build an oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

South Central Judicial District Judge Bruce Haskell dismissed a claim Tuesday from the Dakota Resource Council which challenged Meridian Energy’s zoning permit from Billings County. The council argued the permit granted in July 2016 was no longer valid because the company failed to construct or begin operating the Davis Refinery within a year. Haskell ruled the permit is valid

Also, an administrative law judge on Monday recommended a complaint that seeks to halt construction of the refinery until it receives a Public Service Commission permit should be dismissed. The Bismarck Tribune says the complaint was made by the council and the Environmental Law & Policy Center.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former President George W. Bush is raising money for Republican Kevin Cramer’s Senate bid in North Dakota.

Cramer says Bush will headline Cramer’s Sept. 19 fundraising event in Fort Worth, Texas.

Cramer says it’s being hosted by executives at Texas-based oilfield service companies that do business in North Dakota.

Cramer is challenging Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, one of the most vulnerable Democrats seeking re-election.

The Texas event also will feature Republican Dick Armey, a former U.S. House majority leader from Texas, and former Bush political adviser Karl Rove.

Cramer says former longtime LSU basketball coach Dale Brown also is scheduled to attend.

 

In world and national news

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster says more than 300,000 people have already evacuated the state’s coasts ahead of Hurricane Florence.

McMaster told reporters Wednesday that the storm could bring more rain to the state than 1989’s devastating Hurricane Hugo.

McMaster has ordered much of the state’s coastline evacuated, reversing some lanes of a major interstate to direct all traffic inland.

Forecasters warned as much as 15 inches (38 centimeters) could fall in some portions of the state through at least Monday.

The head of the state’s National Guard also says the federal government has positioned aid ships off South Carolina’s coast and they’ll be ready to assist after the storm moves through.

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS “60 Minutes” executive producer Jeff Fager says he’s leaving the company, after being named in recent stories that accused him of fostering an abusive workplace.

CBS News President David Rhodes announced the departure on Wednesday. It came only three days after CBS Corp. Chairman Leslie Moonves was ousted following sexual misconduct charges.

An outside law firm has been investigating Fager following reports in the New Yorker that he groped women in parties and protected men accused of misconduct. Fager has denied the charges.

His second-in-command, Bill Owens, has been put in charge temporarily.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is signing an executive order authorizing sanctions against foreigners who meddle in U.S. elections.

Trump has drawn widespread criticism for not taking threats to the U.S. electoral system seriously enough, particularly Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race.

National Security Adviser John Bolton and National Intelligence Director Dan Coats told reporters Wednesday that the executive order is evidence the president is making election security a priority.

Bolton says the executive order will work to stem disinformation campaigns or any attempt to manipulate the outcome of ballots.

Coats says the U.S. is not currently seeing the intensity of Russian intervention that was experienced in 2016, but didn’t rule it out. He said the U.S. is also worried about the cyber activities of China, North Korea and Iran.

 

 

HOUSTON (AP) — As U.S. Catholic leaders head to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis about a growing church abuse crisis, the cardinal leading the delegation has been accused by two people of not doing enough to stop a priest who was arrested this week on sexual abuse charges.

Two people tell The Associated Press that they met with Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, one in August and the other several years ago. One of them says she was promised that the priest would be removed from any contact with children, only to discover that the priest remained in active ministry at another parish 70 miles away.

The priest, Manuel LaRosa-Lopez, was arrested Tuesday by police in Conroe, Texas and charged with indecency with a child.

The archdiocese issued a statement Wednesday confirming that both people had come forward to report abuse by LaRosa-Lopez, one of them in 2001.

 

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department is pushing back against a Democratic U.S. senator’s claim that the Trump administration transferred nearly $10 million from the government’s disaster relief agency to immigration enforcement.

Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon said the administration was taking money from FEMA’s “response and recovery” to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency at a time when Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the Southeast U.S. coast.

But DHS officials said the money was transferred from the department’s unspent operational accounts for training, office supplies and headquarters costs. That funding cannot be spent on disaster response, they said. FEMA’s annual budget is about $15 billion.

Merkley provided no evidence for his suggestion that the money came from hurricane response funds.