Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jun 25

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny with chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around 5 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation 20 percent in the Jamestown area, 30 percent in the Valley City area.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms.  Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph

increasing to around 15 mph in the afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 30 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 20 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 60s.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 20 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.

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

 

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible Tuesday evening
through the overnight hours. Severe weather is not expected.

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are forecast Wednesday through
the weekend. The potential for severe weather will also increase,
however there is still some uncertainty regarding the timing and
coverage of potential severe weather.

 

UPDATE…

BISMARCK  (KFYR) – UPDATE: Bismarck Police Department says 7-month-old LeahMae Dawn Morsette was dropped off at Sanford Health Tuesday afternoon and is safe. The investigation is ongoing.

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UPDATE: The state recommended a cash bond of $5,000 for Dawn Morsette, Judge Grinsteiner set a $2,500 bond and a no contact order with the 7-month-old child.

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ORIGINAL STORY: The mother of missing 7-month-old, LeahMae Dawn Morsette, has been charged with child neglect and preventing arrest.

Court documents say Bismarck Police officer’s responded to the 300 block of West Arbor Avenue around six Monday evening for a welfare check on a 7 month old infant.

Police say when they arrived they met with Dawn Morsette who was in her apartment with two men she had just met.

Morsette told police she didn’t know where her baby was but did say her baby was with a man named Cole. Morsette also said she didn’t know Cole’s last name, where he lived and told officers Cole didn’t have a phone.

In documents police say Dawn Morsette appeared to be coming down from methamphetamine. Police say she also had a track mark on her arm.

Morsette was taken to the police station for further questioning. While being taken inside the police station for questioning Morsette is accused of resisting and had to be tased.

She was later taken to the Burleigh Morton County Detention Center.

Morsette is expected to make her initial appearance at 3:30 Tuesday.

 

EARLIER TUESDAY

Bismarck   (CSi)  An AMBER Alert was issued Tuesday afternoon, at the request of Bismarck Poliece Department.

On JUNE 24th 2019 at 1:00 AM, LEAHMAE DAWN MORSETTE was last seen at the 300 block of West Arbor Avenue Bismarck ND. LEAHMAE is described as a 7 month old NATIVE AMERICAN FEMALE. She has BLACK hair and BROWN eyes. LEAHMAE was wearing a tan onesie with shorts over the top or a magenta top with pink shorts. She may also be in a stroller with a blue and white unicorn diaper bag.
LEAHMAE may be with COLE LEE PFAFF

COLE LEE PFAFF is described as a 31 year old WHITE MALE, SIX FEET ONE INCH tall weighs 240 pounds. He has BROWN hair and BROWN eyes.

If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact Bismarck Police Department at 701-223-1212.

The above AMBER Alert information is available to the public by calling 511 and at www.ndresponse.gov/alert.

Previously…

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – The Bismarck Police Department is asking for help locating a missing seven-month-old.

According to a press release, LeahMae Dawn Morsette was last seen around 1 a.m. Monday morning in the 300 block of West Arbor Avenue. She was reported missing by police around 9 p.m.

BPD officials say they arrested her mother, Dawn Morsette,  Monday evening. Jail records show the 27-year-old from Bismarck was arrested for child neglect and preventing arrest on a felony charge.

Police say Dawn couldn’t tell officers where LeahMae was or who she was with.

Morsette is Native American with curly black hair and brown eyes. Police say she could be wearing a tan onesie with shorts or a magenta shirt with pink shorts.

If you have any information on her location, you are asked to contact police at 701-223-1212.

 

Williams County  (KFYR) Tueday afternoon, the Williams County Sheriff’s Office said  18-year-old Saul Haataja was found deceased Tuesday in a wooded area on the southwest side of Lake Sakakawea.

A cause of death was not released and his body is being sent to Bismarck for an autopsy.

The sheriff’s office says there is no danger to the public.

 

Saul Haataja had not been seen since 5 p.m. on Sunday south of Lewis and Clark State Park.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The 122^nd Annual 2019 Stutsman County Fair will be held Weds June 26 thru Sat June 29.

Gate admission  Wednesday through Saturday only, 13 and older, $5…  7-12 $2… 6 and under Free.  Four Pass; $12.

The Murphy Brothers Exposition is back as the carnival.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Murphy Brothers Vice President of Public Relations, Ted Buzunis said, the carnival will have new rides at the fair, including larger rides, like the Surf Shack and a big drop tower, in addition to the kiddieland rides and other traditional rides.

Murphy Brothers is partnering with Crabtree Amusements, of San Antonio, Texas for the expanded carnival.

Also on our show, Fairboard Member, Jim Exner added that another big attraction at the fair is back, The Gator Boys with education and shows of exotic animals and reptiles with a walk-through experience.

Lots of 4-H Exhibits plus the Weiner Dog races, and 4-H projects and shows.

The Home & Hobby program is back at the fair as well, in the Russ Melland Building.

Lots of great food by vendors will include the new offering Porkchop on a Stick.

Bands scheduled to perform include:

Wednesday, June 26, Tripwire

Thursday, June 27, The Johnny Holm Band

Friday, June 28, IV Play

Saturday, June 29, Truvail.

James River Rodeo performances at the fairgrounds are Friday and Saturday, at 6:30-p.m.

Stock car races on Saturday evening, June 29 at Jamestown Speedway at the fairgrounds.

Gator Boys with education and shows of exotic animals and reptiles Walk Through  Experience, 3-p.m. to 9-p.m., Daily.   Admission…7 and older, $3.

James River Rodeo Fair Grounds North Entrance.

Performance Friday June 28, 6:30-p.m.

Performance Saturday June 29, 6:30-p.m.

 

MEGA RIDE PASSES…

Ride all FOUR days for only $50.

Available only at Jetstream Car Wash, Sooper Stop, and Neighborhood Grocery…Wednesday through Saturday Only.  Not available to purchase after Wednesday June 26.

MEGA RIDE Wrist Band are valid only during these sessions….

Wednesday…3-p.m., to 11-p.m.

Thursday…3-p.m., to 11-p.m.

Friday…3-p.m., to 11-p.m.

Saturday…3-p.m. to 11-p.m.

Instructions for MEGA RIDE pass:

1.  Purchase MEGA RIDE Pass, IN ADVANCE at the above locations.
2.  Present the MEGA RIDE Pass at the Murphy Brothers Carnival Office trailer, located on the midway to receive the MEGA RIDE wristband.

LOST OR DAMAGED PASSES WILL NOT BE REDEEMABLE OR REFUNDABLE.

(Also available at the Murphy Brothers ticket booth, are Single Day Ride Wristbands Wednesday through Saturday only…$25)

Also at the Fair, the 2nd Annual Corn Hole Tournament, Open to All Ages, Saturday June 29th at 2-p.m., at the Beer Garden Green Space.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Tourism, Grant/Executive Board meeting was held Tuesday at at the Holiday Inn Express, Meeting Room.

Those in attendance included:  Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund, Board President, Matthew Woods, and Board Members Frank Balak, Tena Lawrence, and Paulette Ritter.

Ex Officio Member Pam Phillips, representing the Jamestown City Council.

 

GRANT BOARD MEETING

Funding requests were heard from:

Jamestown Area Mountain Bikers, improvements

Jamestown Area Mountain Bikers, new project match request

Stutsman County Museum, sidewalk

 

The Stutsman County Parks, and  Jamestown Parks and Recreation Foundation, Trail Builders Group, represented by Bill Steinmetz originally requested $5,616 in a match for the Island Trail and Sno-Dog Groomer.  The new trail is part of a larger plan to develop a series of trails at the reservoir, and include the acquisition of a snow groomer and accessories for the trail systems and replacement of trail bridges and trail markers.

After shifting items between that request and a later request for Bike Trail Improvements, the Board granted $3,162, which will cover the 75 – percent match required in the grant requested for the project through the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District.

If the grant is not received from Garrison Diversion the request for the remaining 25 percent can come back to the Grant/Executive Board for the next step.

 

Another grant request from  the Stutsman County Parks, and  Jamestown Parks and Recreation Foundation, Trail Builders Group was for $9,300 for Bike Trail Improvements. Those include trail markers, a new trail kiosk, a new self propelled brush mower, and purchase and installation of donation boxes.  The funding of those items and those moved from the previous request, had the difference added and approved for a total request granted of $10,700.

The trails were originally developed for local traffic.  They receive more and more state and regional attention. Tourism indicated that consideration must be given to how they are improved to attract and engage visitors.  The board grant the full amount of $9,300.

 

With the Stutsman County Memorial Museum sidewalk Board President, Don Nelson and Treasurer Alden Kollman  requested $3,500  to remove and replace the sidewalks on the west and south sides of the museum.

The application said the museum officials have applied for $4,000 from Stutsman County, Historic Mill levy but it’s not guaranteed at this time.

The Tourism Grant/Executive board approved the full request, plus $500 for a total of $4,000.  The additional $500 approved was to fund historical imprints to be a part of the sidewalk.

It was stated that the museum rarely requests dollars for deferred maintenance. The recommendation stated that the museum continues to support a strong membership, based on fundraising efforts.

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

No Conflict of Interest was stated.

 

Financial Report – Given by Searle SWedlund, who said that  through  May 2019 the Hospitality Tax Funds amounted to $66,439.57, compared to $65,544.25 through May of 2018.

With The proposed 2020 Tourism Budget, review, he projects an increase in the Hospitality Tax funds of 3.5 percent over the projected 2019 final figure.

 

Tourism Report – Searle Swedlund said the National Buffalo Museum reported an increase in visitors in May this year.

 

Ex-Officio Report, Pam Phillips reported that the City of Jamestown is continuing with the process of filling potholes, adding anyone seeing potholes that have not been filled should call City Hall, indicating the location.  She also reported that the 2020 city budget meetings will continue in July and August, with the final budget due in October this year.  She pointed out a major funding item is for an aerial latter truck for the city fire department, and the means to come up with the funding.

 

OLD BUSINESS

Review Hockey Day North Dakota held earlier this year, on the University of Jamestown campus, and address the previous grant to support the event by Jamestown Tourism.

With the event, Kent Sortland said some of the costs were covered by in-kind donations, including from Newman Signs, and Orriginals.  He pointed out television coverage of the event that gave additional publicity, and attracted tourists.

Swedlund pointed out that Tourism previously approved a grant for the event of $6,500, with 30-percent earmarked for advertising for the event, under the Grant Allocations guidelines..

After discussion of options, the Tourism Grant Board unanimously approved, staying, the $6,500 grant for a reimbursement to the Hockey Day in North Dakota, organization.

 

2018 Financial Review – Frank Balak & Amanda Thrift along with Tourism Visitor Experience Manager Allison Limke performed the review in May this year.

Frank Balak reported that the review of the documents presented corresponded with the review findings, including balance sheets, profit and loss figures, and budgets presented.  They indicated in their report that the process of the review and the report was good practice for Tourism, crating security and transparency for the accounting processes of the office.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Congressman Kelly Armstrong’s  office reports that the staff will host a mobile office hour in Jamestown on Wednesday, June 26, at Babb’s Coffee Shop at 100 1st Ave S from 12:30-1:30 PM.

The mobile office hour is an opportunity for North Dakotans to bring any concerns or questions about constituent services directly to Armstrong’s staff. Armstrong recently announced that his office is accepting applications for nomination to U.S. service academies and his office can also help resolve problems or answer questions with various federal agencies, such as the Department of Agriculture or the Department of Veterans Affairs.

 

Valley City  (CSi) Drug Plastics plant in Valley City  will hold their first Open House for the public on Thursday Jun 27 from 4-p.m., to 7-p.m.

Visitors will be able to view the bottle manufacturing process.

The Open House will be hosted by the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Parks and Recreation announces that the Healthy Connections Program will be holding Minute to Win It activities at Nickeus, Leapaldt, and Meidinger parks on Thursday, June 27th from 1:00-4:30 p.m.  This is a special event in addition to regular parks program activities.  Come try to complete the challenges and earn prizes.  The event is free and open to the public.  Parents are responsible for transportation.  For more information, please call the Jamestown Parks & Recreation office, 252-3982.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Backers of a Red River diversion channel around flood-prone Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota, say their lawyers are figuring out the next step after a watershed district board denied a permit for the project.

KFGO radio reports that board members of the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District voted Monday against a permit for the $2.75 billion project, which has faced several hurdles since it was authorized by Congress five years ago.

Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority Chairwoman Mary Scherling says the group doesn’t believe the watershed district followed its own rules on the vote and authority attorneys are reviewing that process. Scherling says she hopes the two sides can work out a compromise and says “the diversion will be built.”

Watershed district board officials declined to comment because of concerns for a potential lawsuit.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s sole abortion clinic filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday over two state laws it believes forces doctors to lie, including one measure passed this year requiring physicians to tell women that they may reverse a so-called medication abortion if they have second thoughts.

The complaint from the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of the Red River Women’s Clinic and the American Medical Association also targets an existing law requiring doctors to tell patients that abortion terminates “the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being.” The suit says the laws violate the constitutional rights of doctors by forcing them to “convey false information and non-medical statements” to patients. It asks a judge to block enforcement.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to turn over more documents that four Native American tribes say could bolster their lawsuit seeking to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg directed the federal agency to give up the documents by Wednesday, the Bismarck Tribune reported.

The Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Yankton and Oglala Sioux tribes accused the Corps in February of withholding dozens of documents that they say could show how the pipeline may threaten the Lake Oahe reservoir on the Missouri River, which serves as their water source.

Fears of an oil spill into the river sparked massive protests in 2016 and 2017, drawing thousands of pipeline opponents to North Dakota.

Federal officials had turned over some documents, but said requests for dozens more were vague or too broad.

The tribes accused the Corps of producing a “fragmented and incomplete record” to justify its approval of the $3.8 million pipeline that began carrying oil from North Dakota to Illinois in June 2017. Last week, the pipeline’s operator, Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, announced plans to double its capacity.

It’s unclear how useful the documents will be to the tribal case.

Boasberg gave the tribes an Aug. 16 deadline to submit their final arguments. The case won’t be resolved for several months after the filing.

 

Bismarck  (NDDOT)  The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) has published a draft of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and it will be available for comment from June 25, 2019 to July 25, 2019. The STIP is a four-year program of transportation improvements that are funded with federal highway and transit monies. Improvements include projects on the state and county highways, urban streets, roadway safety features, bikeways, as well as busing programs, which will be funded with federal funds.

An electronic copy of the draft STIP is located on the NDDOT’s website at www.dot.nd.gov  by clicking on “Publications” on the top of the page. Copies are also available for viewing at the district offices, or individual copies may be obtained from Logan Beise, NDDOT Programming Division, at 701-328-2139.

Comments on the Draft STIP should be submitted to the appropriate NDDOT contact listed below or by email to dot@nd.gov with “Draft STIP” in the subject line by July 25, 2019.

NDDOT District Offices:

Larry Gangl – Bismarck District (701) 328-6950

Jay Praska – Valley City District (701) 845-8800

Wyatt Hanson – Devils Lake District (701) 665-5100

Jim Redding – Minot District (701) 857-6925

Rob Rayhorn – Dickinson District (701) 227-6500

Les Noehre – Grand Forks District (701) 787-6500

Joel Wilt – Williston District (701) 774-2700

Bob Walton – Fargo District (701) 239-8900

 

In sports…

Minneapolis    FOX Sports North, (CSi 25, CSi 78.625 HD) )  in conjunction with the Minnesota Twins has announced details for “Operation Home Base” –a commercial free Twins telecast on Sunday, July 7, on CSi 25 & CSi HD 78-625,  designed to showcase the Twins’ Armed Forces Appreciation game at Target Field and pay tribute to the men, women and families who serve our country. The broadcast event is presented by Great Clips and will also recognize Minnesota organizations that support the military.

 

The July 7 Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers game will also be broadcast by Armed Forces Network and provide Minnesota National Guard members from St. Paul’s 34^th Red Bull Infantry Division; currently stationed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, the opportunity to be involved in the special day. FOX Sports North will have “shout outs” and live interviews with Minnesotan’s stationed overseas and show game reactions from a Twins viewing party happening in Kuwait.

 

With no commercials scheduled for the July 7 broadcast, the regional sports network will highlight the celebrations happening at Target Field.  Viewers will experience the National Anthem, flag raising and Black Daggers parachute drop (weather pending) as well as the Twins special pregame ceremonies celebrating military members past present and future. FOX Sports North will cover God Bless America as well as the second inning tribute to “Families of the Fallen.”

FOX Sports North will incorporate patriotic graphics and military photos, military “messages of thanks” from Twins players and other Minnesota athletes, plus debut several special features.

 

 

In world and national news…

HOUSTON (AP) — The acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection says he’s stepping down amid outrage over his agency’s treatment of detained migrant children.

John Sanders said in a message to CBP employees Tuesday that he would resign on July 5.

CBP is the agency that apprehends and first detains migrant parents and children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Lawyers who visited CBP facilities last week described squalid conditions: inadequate food, lack of medical care, and children trying to care for toddlers.

Six children have died since late last year after being detained by CBP.

Sanders pushed Congress to pass $4.5 billion in humanitarian funding. In an interview last week with The Associated Press, Sanders talked about how the deaths “impacted him profoundly.”

 

 

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump says Iran still takes his threats seriously even after he decided against approving strikes in retaliation for Tehran’s downing of a more than $100 million American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that when the Iranians are ready to talk, they will contact him.

Iran, however, warned earlier Tuesday that new U.S. sanctions targeting its supreme leader and other top officials meant “closing the doors of diplomacy” between Tehran and Washington amid the heightened tensions.

Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted that an Iranian attack on any U.S. interest will be met with “great and overwhelming force … overwhelming will mean obliteration.”

 

 

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — An international conference to promote the Trump administration’s $50 billion economic support plan for the Palestinians is getting underway in the tiny Gulf kingdom of Bahrain.

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner kicks off the two-day workshop with a speech to finance ministers from some Arab states and private sector executives. But the participants notably do not include official Israeli or Palestinian delegations, and many countries are not sending Cabinet-level officials.

The Palestinians have rejected the ambitious proposal because it does not address the core issues in the long-running conflict. U.S. officials say the political portion of the plan may not be released until fall.

The economic plan has been harshly criticized by former diplomats, aid workers and others involved in past peacemaking efforts for being unrealistic.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuelan political fugitive Iván Simonovis was five weeks on the run after taking the daring step to abandon house arrest and his homeland.

In his first interview since resurfacing in Washington the former SWAT cop recounts details of his movie-like escape that included rappelling down a 25-meter wall in the dead of night and being cast adrift on the open sea.

Simonovis was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to 30 years in prison on trumped-up charges of ordering police to fire on pro-government demonstrators during a coup against then President Hugo Chavez.

His detention became an opposition rallying cry.

Now in exile, he wants to work with U.S. law enforcement to bring his former jailers to justice.

 

 

(AP)  Democratic presidential hopefuls face a challenge as they gather in Miami this week for the opening round of primary debates: presenting immigration ideas that go beyond simply bashing President Donald Trump’s administration.

Most of the proposals that the contenders have advanced combine long-held Democratic priorities with lofty rhetoric and plenty of knocks on Trump. But many of the candidates have simply scratched the surface of a far deeper issue.

Immigrant advocates worry the Trump administration’s hard-line tactics such as a publicized but later delayed plan for a nationwide sweep to deport people living in the U.S. illegally simply leave Democrats reacting to the White House rather than advancing their own priorities. They hope the debates will be an opportunity for Democrats to own the issue.

 

 

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A lawyer for a pickup truck driver blamed for causing a collision that killed seven motorcyclists has entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

Authorities said Tuesday that 23-year-old Volodymyr Zhukovskyy waived his arraignment on negligent homicide charges. The plea was entered in Lancaster, New Hampshire.

Zhukovskyy was arrested Monday morning at his home in Massachusetts and handed over to New Hampshire authorities after a court appearance that day.

Investigators say the truck Zhukovskyy was driving was towing a flatbed trailer when it collided with a group of motorcycles Friday on a two-lane highway in Randolph.

Criminal complaints say Zhukovskyy was driving erratically, crossed the center line and collided with the bikes.

Records show Zhukovskyy has been stopped twice on suspicion of drunken driving in the past seven years.