Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Sept. 14

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds

10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s. South

winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph shifting to the

northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers in the Jamestown area, 30 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.

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

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon in the Jamestown area. Highs around 70.

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

showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows

around 50.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

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

showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the mid 70s.

 

Patchy fog occasionally reducing visibility to around one-
quarter mile remains possible over parts of southeast ND and
northwest MN. Travelers are encouraged to be prepared for the
possibility of rapidly deteriorating visibility, and to use extra
caution at intersections and railroad crossings. The fog is
expected to improve as a cold front continues to move southeast
across the region.

 

 

Jamestown  (JPD)  The Jamestown Police Department is warning Jamestown Residents regarding a convicted high risk sex offender who had relocated within the city of Jamestown.

Robert William Lilley, Jr., now resides at 1530 6th Avenue, SW, #39, Jamestown, ND.

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

He presently has no vehicle.

He is a 27 year old American Indian male, six feet one inch tall, weighing 315 pounds, with blue eyes, and brown hair.

Offense:  Gross Sexual Imposition (Force/Threat), when he was 16 years old.

When he was babysitting  two young boys, one was eight years old.

Lilley continued to act out sexually while in residential treatment, and was finally terminated from the program.

Conviction Date: December 2010, in Rolette County, ND Juvenile Court.

Disposition:  Custody of DJS until November 17, 2011.

Lilley is currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and Probation.

He 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 Robert William Lilley, Jr.  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)  Jamestown Police investigated a incident at Jamestown Regional Airport on  Monday morning at about 8:36-a.m. when a car drove through a fence on airport property.

The car was eastbound on Old Highway 10, and failed to negotiate a curve, east of Airport Road going into a ditch and through the fence into a grassy area.

The female driver was not injured.

Assisting police at the scene was Jamestown Area Ambulance Service.

The Jamestown City Fire Department was dispatched to the scene, but was called back when it was determined by police there assistance was not needed.

The car was towed from the scene.

The incident remains under investigation by Jamestown Police.

Update..

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi) On Monday, September 13, 2021 demolition of the former Jamestown Eagles Club building began.  2nd Avenue SW. adjacent to the structure is blocked to traffic.

Safety Fencing went up around the former  Eagles building, Tuesday August 31.  Asbestos removal has been completed.

Originally, the plan called for the event and starting construction in summer of 2020, but was delayed stemming from COVID-19 pandemic  related issues. The first step was to hired a company to clear the Asbestos, that has now finished.

Eagle Flats will have 33 apartment units at the site of the vacant Eagles building on First Avenue South, in Downtown Jamestown.

Commonwealth Companies had anticipated taking title to the Eagles property in October of 2020, and closing financing in April 2021, followed by construction, with completion now anticipated in 2022.

Eagle Flats will provide ground level parking, and have 33 accessible apartment units over the three floors, with a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom units in the secured building.

Residents will be within walking distance of downtown stores, along with Jamestown Middle School and employment in that ar

Property tax against the property at $35,000 per year for 15 years. Regular property taxes on the estimated $4.8 million value of the property would be about $79,000 per year.

 

 

The North Dakota Department of Health dashboard is updated daily by 11 am and includes cases reported through the previous day. The investigations are ongoing and information on the website is likely to change as cases are investigated. The information contained in this dashboard is the most up to date and will be different than previous news releases. This dashboard supersedes information from previous news releases or social media postings.

Check out our other dashboards: The COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, NDUS Dashboard.COVID- 19 stats:

 

Mon. Sept. 13,  2021

10:30- a.m.

Barnes

New Positives: 2

Total Positives:  1512

Active: 26

Recovered: 1449

 

Stutsman

New Positives:  8

Total Positives:  3858

Active:  108

Recovered: 3660

 

 

Jamestown  (CVHD)  Central Valley Health District reminds residents that COVID testing is  on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at the Jamestown Civic Center, Exchequor Room, from 11-a.m. to noon.

Call CVHD at 701-252-8130 to register.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Special Sesson Monday evening at City Hall.  Commissioner Gulmon was not present.

New Business

Discussed was the Valley City Municipal Code regarding Assessment of upaid utility bills.

City Administrator Crawford said, the public was invited to hear their comment, and concerns. She outlined the present notification process, of paying utility bills, including checking withdrawals and other payment methods.

From the audience a landlord,  Dick Lorenz said, notification should be given when responsibility is a burden on the small property investor.

Dean Ross who owns property, said it’s the tenants responsibility to pay the utility bill, and not the landlord, under the recently enacted Ordinance.  He pointed out that the City Attorney should “go after,” tenant that have not paid delinquent utility bills, possibly in small claims court.

Gwen Crawford said a lot of the delinquent bills stem from the tenant not paying the final bill before they move out.  She said presently after a predetermined time frame if the delinquent bill is not paid by a current tenant the electricity is shut off.

City Commission Magnuson said the Monday meeting was called to hear  landlords thoughts, comments, and concerns, under the Ordinance.  He said, city Ordinance can be amended by the City Commission.  He said he’s open to hear comments and suggestions.

Mayor Carlsrud said the city held three public meetings for comments, with a lack of citizens attending, saying information on public notification of the hearings was available on line, in lieu of mailings.

Following discussions, Mayor Carlsrud said the present City Ordinance can be readdressed in the process of collecting delinquent utility bills.

No action was taken by the City Commission at Monday’s Meeting.

Also at the meeting, the City Commission approved a raffle permit foe the Valley City Lions Club on September 14, 2021 during the Ham & Beef Fundraiser.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68.

 

 

Valley City  (Chamber 9-13-21) The latest message to the community from Valley City Mayor, Dave Calsrud:

Last Friday evening was a fun one at the Eagles Club. There was a fundraiser for the Museum’s “Peggy Lee Project” and the Valley City High School Class of 1960 celebrated a reunion event simultaneously. There were many people visiting, eating & enjoying the music of the Myron Sommerfeld Orchestra. Part of the project plan is to have a large Peggy Lee mural on the Rudolf Square where she first worked for KOVC.  Kudos to all who are working on the project.

 

Watching the varying river levels has been fascinating. With the run-offs from the nice rains the river was up considerably, though now the run-offs have slowed, the releases at the dam are being adjusted accordingly.

 

Another thought about the rain or lack thereof, there have been reports of some “good” crops! Amazing, “how does one explain it”?

 

The past couple weeks “volunteering” has been one of our topics. Helping your neighbors, especially those who are older, can be very gratifying for you and a Blessing for your neighbors. Oh, and for us “chronologically gifted” folks, we can realize the same gratification by helping at places like the Barnes County Museum, hospital and assisted living facilities. Please consider volunteering.

 

Have you noticed the attractive lighting on the City Park Walk Bridge and the mural on the east wall of the shop? Thank you to all you who contributed.

 

Sunday the Red Knights International Motorcycle Club held a “911 Tribute Ride” to assist local fire victims. Nearly 200 riders registered before they “hit the road”. Thank you everybody.

 

Thank you to contributors again this week.

 

“Love is a combination of friendship, passion and respect.”  (John Glenn: A Memoir)                                                                                  

Blessings, Be Respectful, Be Kind and Pray,

Dave

Dave Carlsrud

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Tuesday September 14 there will be a ground breaking for the Applied Block Chain business to be located on Highway 20, a new cryptocurrency mining company. Cryptocurrency mining, or cryptomining, is a process in which transactions for various forms of cryptocurrency are verified and added to the blockchain digital ledger.

Applied Blockchain delivers cryptocurrency mining and infrastructure solutions to its customers.  The company has partnered with Bitmain, SparkPool and General Mining Research.

Applied Blockchain will employ about 30 people on site to monitor the equipment 24 hours per day at the hosting facility near Jamestown.

The Jamestown Chamber of Commerce is set to hold a groundbreaking for Applied Blockchain Inc. on Highway 20 north of the city, at 1:30 p.m. at 27th St SE and 26th Ave SE.

Previously posted on Applied Block Chain Website:

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)   Street work continues in Valley City. The eastbound parking lane between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue is closed for construction operations.

The roadway will remain open to thru traffic. Parking will be allowed on the north side of Main Street. A portion of the sidewalk on the south side of the road between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue up to the midblock from the west on Main Street will be removed; however, the sidewalk immediately adjacent to the building will remain in place. Pedestrians are to use the temporary crossings and channeling devices to access businesses. Construction operations are still ongoing between Central Avenue and 2nd Avenue.

Updated maps for all road closures will be posted on the City of Valley City’s webpage http://www.valleycity.us/engineers/ when they are taking affect.  If you have any questions regarding the project, please contact KLJ at (701)‐845‐4980.

 

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Great Plains Food Bank plans to stop in Valley City On Tuesday September 14 from 12:15-p.m. to 2-p.m.

The location will be at Epworth United Methodist Church.

 

 

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Lions Club will hold the 39^th Annual Ham & Beef Supper on Tuesday September 14 with serving from 4:30-p.m. to 7-p.m. at the Valley City Eagles Club.

Take out will be available.

Tickets are: $13 each, or two for  $25. Students 6-12 years old $7. Preschool five and under free.

Advance tickets from any Valley City Lions Club member.

Proceeds will go to local charities.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (City)  There will be a City Board of Adjustment Meeting held at City Hall at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, September 15, 2021.

On the agenda is a Variance Request: 605 25th St SW Jamestown, ND – Developer is seeking a variance of 41 parking spaces in order to construct a 2,417 sq. ft. quick serve restaurant.

A Variance Request: 1807 HWY 281 N, Jamestown, ND- Property owner is requesting rear yard variance to set building on yard site.

 

 

Bismarck  (NDDOT)  U.S. Highway 52 is temporarily closed from Carpio north to the junction of North Dakota Highway 5 this week.

This closure is due to Northern Plains Railroad replacing the crossing at U.S. 52, two miles north of Kenmare.

A marked detour is in place and the project is expected to be complete Friday, Sept. 17.

For more information about construction projects and road conditions throughout North Dakota, call 511 or visit the ND Roads map at travel.dot.nd.gov.

 

 

PARSHALL, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a man walking in the middle of a northwestern North Dakota highway before sunrise was seriously injured after he was struck by two vehicles. The Highway Patrol says the crash happened about 5:30 a.m. Monday on state Highway 23, about 3 miles northeast of Parshall. A 49-year-old man, from Parshall, was wearing dark clothing in an area that was not illuminated by streetlights. The patrol says the man was struck first by the left mirror of a Ford pickup, which knocked him down. He was then run over by a Nissan Murano. The pedestrian was taken by ambulance to a Minot hospital. His condition is not known. The patrol says the drivers of the two vehicles were not injured.

 

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A three-day symposium in Bismarck to discuss the history and revitalization of the American bison has been postponed due to the coronavirus. The Dakota Bison Symposium had been scheduled Thursday through Saturday. Organizers say many of the national speakers have recently decided against traveling to North Dakota, where researchers say one in every 253 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week. It is also one of the worst states in the country for rate of virus vaccinations. Bismarck State College and its partners decided against a virtual format and rescheduled the event for next spring. The North Dakota Department of Health Monday confirmed 180 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 2,815 active cases throughout the state.

 

 

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The Grand Forks Police Department has issued a warning about a powerful illegal opiate making the rounds locally. Officers say they responded to numerous narcotics-related drug overdoses Saturday evening, including a death. Police say illegal drug users ingested what they believed to be heroin and began overdosing. Immediate medical intervention was needed to revive them. Police say the substances were in fact a more dangerous and powerful opiate that caused the overdoses. The person who died was not immediately identified. The Grand Forks Police Department and Grand Forks Narcotics Task Force are investigating to determine the source of the narcotics.

 

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights are scheduled to be arraigned in federal court Tuesday. A federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao in May for allegedly depriving Floyd of his rights while acting under government authority. At federal arraignment hearings, defendants can have the charges read to them, and not guilty pleas are typically entered. Tuesday’s hearing will be held remotely via videoconference. The hearing could also address several pretrial motions, including a request for Lane, Kueng and Thao to stand trial separate from Chauvin.

 

 

In sports…

 

NDAPSSA H.S. Football Polls

(First-place votes in parenthesis)

Class AA

Second Poll

Team Rec. Pts. LW

1. Bismarck Century (14) 3-0 70 1

2. West Fargo Sheyenne 3-0 56 2

3. Fargo Shanley 2-1 42 3

4. Fargo Davies 2-1 25 NR

5. West Fargo 1-2 8 5

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Minot High (1-2), Bismarck High (1-2), Bismarck Legacy (1-2), Mandan (1-2)

(First-place votes in parenthesis)

Class A

Second Poll

Team Rec. Pts. LW

1. Jamestown (14) 3-0 70 2

2. Bismarck St. Mary’s 2-1 56 1

3. Devils Lake 2-1 26 5

4. Fargo North 2-1 26 3

5. Dickinson 1-2 19 NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Wahpeton (2-1) and Fargo South (1-2).

 

— The Yankees stormed back from a five-run deficit to win for just the fourth time in 16 games, 6-5 over the Twins. Gary Sanchez lined a game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th, two innings after Aaron Judge tied it with a three-run homer. Jorge Polanco and Miguel Sanó (sah-NOH’) slammed two-run homers in the first inning for Minnesota.

 

In world and national news…

HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast as a hurricane, bringing the threat of up to 20 inches of rainfall to parts of the Gulf Coast. The hurricane center says the storm made landfall on the eastern part of the Matagorda Peninsula and was soon downgraded to a tropical storm. It was about 30 miles south-southwest of Houston, Texas, with maximum winds of 70 mph. The storm could also cause life-threatening flash floods across the Deep South. Nicholas was the 14th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. The biggest unknown about Nicholas was how much rainfall it would produce in Texas, especially around flood-prone Houston.

 

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The recall election that could remove California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is coming to an end. Voting concludes Tuesday in the rare, late-summer election that has emerged as a national battlefront on issues from COVID-19 restrictions to climate change. President Joe Biden headlined a closing rally for Newsom south of Los Angeles, depicting leading Republican Larry Elder as a “clone” of former President Donald Trump. Elder, meanwhile, is raising questions about vote fraud as he urges supporters to get to the polls or turn in ballots. Biden says the outcome will have national implications. Republicans are hoping for an upset in the heavily Democratic state.

 

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to pitch his massive domestic spending package with a visit to a renewable energy lab in Colorado. Biden is highlighting how investments in clean energy will help combat climate change. Tuesday’s trip to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Denver will cap off the president’s two-day swing to the West, and offer him the chance to continue linking the need to pass his spending proposal to the urgent threat posed by climate change. Biden did that Monday by visiting areas of Idaho and California ravaged by wildfires.

 

 

 

LONDON (AP) — An expert advisory panel has recommended that the U.K. government offer a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to everyone over age 50 to protect against waning protection this winter. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization’s recommendation Tuesday came as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepared to announce the government’s new plan for combating the pandemic. The World Health Organization has asked wealthy nations to delay booster shots until every country has vaccinated at least 40% of their populations. The JCVI said booster shots were needed to ensure vulnerable people are protected against COVID-19 because studies have shown that the immunity conferred by vaccines weakens over time.

 

LONDON (AP) — Britain says it is delaying the start of post-Brexit border checks on food imports from the European Union. The government cited disruption from the coronavirus pandemic. The delay means checks on EU agricultural and animal products that were due to start in October won’t be introduced until next year. The U.K. said Tuesday that the “pragmatic new timetable” would ease pressure on businesses grappling with supply chain disruptions from the pandemic. Britain left the EU’s single market at the end of 2020 and imports from the bloc are supposed to be subject to the same checks as goods from everywhere else in the world. This is the second time the U.K. has put off introducing some of the agreed checks.