Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct 25

CSi Weather..

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN AND SNOW. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.

Update…

Medina, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 25, 2013) — Another bank robbery in ND, this time in Medina, happening about 10:40-a.m., on Friday, at Northland Financial.  Authorities are searching for the suspects, wearing Halloween masks, at the time of the holdup.

Stutsman County Sheriff Chad Kaiser, says two men entered the bank, one held a handgun, and demanded money.

Kaiser says the two men were short in stature, one was black and the other was undetermined.       They’re both described as being in their late teens or early 20s and about 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall. They wore masks and bulky dark clothing.

An undetermined amount of money was taken.

Kaiser adds, that the pair fled the scene in a Chevy Trailblazer, SUV, stolen from the Bismarck-Mandan area,  that was found abandoned south of Medina, and switched vehicles South of Medina. 

They might now be driving a light-colored late-model Lincoln Navigator. 
 
No one was injured.

Kaiser said the robbery is under investigation.

Anyone with information about the robbery should call 701-252-9000.

 

Update

CARRINGTON, N.D. (AP Oct 25, 2013) – Authorities have a suspect in custody in a bank robbery in the eastern North Dakota city of Carrington.

The FBI says a man entered the Gate City Bank about 2:30 p.m. Thursday and gave a teller a note demanding money. He fled with an undetermined amount of money.

Authorities later stopped a vehicle the suspect was believed to be driving on U.S. Highway 52 southeast of Martin. The driver was arrested on an outstanding state warrant.

FBI spokesman Gregory Boosalis says the driver is a suspect in the robbery. Authorities did not immediately identify him or say what the warrant was for.

City police say no one was hurt in the robbery.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 24, 2013) — A 31 year-old man, stabbed late Tuesday night at the Hitchin’ Post in Jamestown was released from a Fargo Hospital late Wednesday afternoon.

He was air flighted to a Fargo hospital after the Tuesday night incident. As the investigation continues, his name is not being released.

Stutsman County Sheriff Chad Kaiser said deputies were dispatched to Jamestown Regional Medical Center after a man came in around 11:45 p.m. with stab wounds.

The deputies determined the man was injured in the altercation.

The as yet unidentified man, was transferred to Sanford Medical in Fargo for treatment of for four stab wounds.

The names of the men involved in the fight as not being released yet, in the ongoing investigation.

He said both men involved in the altercation were questioned as to how the fight started.

More witnesses have yet to be interviewed as the investigation continues.

　

Jamestown, ND (KCSi- T.V News Oct 25, 2013) – Interstate Engineering reports that 1st St SE is open from 4th Ave SE to 7th Ave SE. jamestownsewerproject.com

A section of 12th Avenue SE closes Friday for construction.

12th Avenue SE closes from 7th Street SE to 5th Street SE. This closure is expected to be in place for about two weeks.

Interstate Engineering reports, a road closure on 7th Street SE near WedgeCor will be extended Friday. The closure, located at 7th Street SE and 13th Avenue SE, will be extended west to 12th Avenue SE.This closure is expected to be in place for about two weeks.

A reminder, 2nd St SW from 3rd Ave SW to 4th Ave SW was opened Tuesday afternoon. The 2nd St SW bridge over the James River remains closed. Enter CSi from 4th Av SW.

Updates will be posted online at jamestownsewerproject.com, and CSiNewsNow.com, and on The Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2.

Questions can be directed to Darrell Hournbuckle with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.

 

　Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 25, 2013)  – Interstate Engineering reports that some residents in southwest Jamestown may experience an interruption in water service during the day on Monday, October 28, 2013. During this time, crews will be performing maintenance on the water system. Residents in the area between 1st and 2nd Street SW and 3rd and 5th Avenue SW may be impacted.

Updates will be posted online at jamestownsewerproject.com.
Questions can be directed to Darrell Hournbuckle with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Elvis fans can see more memorabilia, while supporting the James River Humane Society, with “A very Special Elvis Christmas Display,” in Jamestown.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, organizer, Jack Gorman said his wife Betty, came up with the display idea, which will be at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Jamestown, December 8, 9 , 2013 from 9-a.m., to 8-p.m., each day.

Gorman says Betty recently adopted a pet from the James River Humane Society, and thought supporting the shelter with a free will offering at the display would be a way to give back, and support the shelter. Everyone donating a free will offering to the shelter will receive an Elvis key chain.

Jack said this display will have Elvis items not previously on display at the Jamestown shows.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 25, 2013) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple, North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) Director Grant Levi, Valley City Mayor Robert Werkhoven, and other federal, state and local officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday to mark the completion of the 9^th Avenue Northwest reconstruction project in Valley City.

“We continue to make historic investments in infrastructure across the state, with a strong emphasis on transportation improvements,” Dalrymple said. “The 9^th Avenue Northwest reconstruction is an important enhancement for Valley City that will help strengthen the local infrastructure, while expanding commerce and economic opportunities for the community.”

The total cost for the project was $4.5 million, including construction and engineering, with the state designating approximately $3 million in Federal Urban Roads Funds and Federal Transportation Enhancement Funds. A local share of $1.5 million was provided by the community.

“Working with local communities on essential projects is a big part of what we do at the department,” Levi said. “The partnership between the NDDOT and the residents and business owners of Valley City were all instrumental in completing this project and providing the safe movement of people and goods in this community.”

The reconstruction included pavement repair, lighting, slope reconstruction, retaining walls and the development of a shared-use path. The completed roadway will enhance traffic movement on the northwest side of the community and provide a shared-use path for both pedestrians and bicyclists. The project was constructed in two phases over the 2012 and 2013 construction seasons.

“This project is a great example of federal, state and local partners working together to strengthen Valley City’s infrastructure,” Werkhoven said. “The 9^th Avenue project will provide improved access and enhance roadway safety for the city.”

The prime contractor for the project was Lindberg Brothers, Inc. from Jamestown and KLJ Engineering from Valley City was the project engineer.

Earlier Friday, federal, state and local officials attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for another roadway project in eastern North Dakota.

Officials dedicated the completion of a new bridge located on ND Highway 26 near Sibley that crosses Lake Ashtabula. The state designated more than $2.3 million in federal funds and provided $580,000 in state funds to complete the nearly $3 million project.

This biennium, the state will invest about $2.6 billion in infrastructure improvements across the state. The state’s commitment – more than twice the amount of the previous, two-year funding package of about $1.2 billion – includes funding for highway, county and township road improvements; water supply and water treatment projects and the development of affordable housing. More than $1.5 billion of that total investment has been appropriated for transportation enhancements statewide.

 

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 25, 2013) — Pizza Corner Pizzas are back on the shelves, after a six hour hold on the product earlier this week.

Valley City stores had received calls or a letter from Pizza Corner, advising them to take the products off their shelves, not being told why. Other vendors had not been notified.

Wednesday afternoon, those notified were told to continue to sell and serve Pizza Corner pizzas.

Pizza Corner owner Dave Zubrod said he was not allowed to speak on the matter.

At last report, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service office in Washington, D.C., has not issued a formal statement on the matter.

Reports indicate that the USDA was at the factory Wednesday, and called back a few pizza trucks.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A woman accused of knowing about the killing of a Williston hobby rancher will stand trial on a felony count of hindering law enforcement.
 
  A  judge decided there is enough evidence against Teresa Steen, of Williston, to warrant a trial.
 
     She’s among several charged in the death of 58-year-old Jack Sjol, whose body was found May 14, three weeks after his family reported him missing.
 
     Prosecutors say Steen knew about the killing and saw the body in a dump but didn’t report it.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A drug dealer accused of orchestrating a brutal attack on another man in western North Dakota has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
 
     Jeffrey Butler, also known as Pops, pleaded guilty in April to kidnapping and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Authorities say he ordered others to kill Robert Osterhout, who survived the attack.
 
     Osterhout was beaten with brass knuckles, cut with a razor blade, kicked, strangled and shocked with a stun gun. He was then tied up, placed in the trunk of a car and transported to Montana, where he was left for dead.
 
     Four other people are charged in the kidnapping on the oil patch. Nicholas Woodford was sentenced to 15 years and James Odneal received 12 years. Tyler White and Zachary Mills have pleaded guilty.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education has named a Bismarck State College executive as interim president of the school.
 
     The board Friday approved a recommendation from college President Larry Skogen that college Executive Vice President David Clark fill the head role.
 
     The Higher Education board earlier this month named Skogen interim chancellor of the state university system. Skogen had been serving as acting chancellor since the board bought out the contract of Hamid Shirvani in July.
 
     Clark began serving in state government in 1984 as a fiscal and budget analyst with the Office of Management and Budget. He joined BSC in 1990 and worked as a vice president until being named executive vice president. He will be interim president from Nov. 1 until June 30, 2015.

 

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The man who has managed North Dakota’s fourth-largest city for 16 years and led it through a historic flood is retiring.
 
     City Manager David Waind says he’ll end his 35-year career with the city next spring. He’s been the city manager since 1997.
 
     Waind says one of the most memorable events during his tenure was the Souris River flood in June 2011. The river damaged or destroyed more than 4,000 homes, businesses and other structures in the city and caused nearly $700 million in damage. Waind says recovery is still a big focus.
 
     Officials hope to have a successor named by the time Waind steps down at the end of March.
 
     Waind says he isn’t sure what he’ll do in retirement.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The sunflower industry is working to determine the amount of damage to this year’s crop in the nation’s two top-producing states.
 
     An early October blizzard flattened all or part of many sunflower fields in North Dakota and South Dakota. National Sunflower Association Executive Director John Sandbakken tells Agweek that there is still a lot of crop that can be salvaged, but there are some areas that farmers won’t be able to harvest.
 
     The blizzard came at a time when farmers were talking about the possibility of a bumper crop because a frost-free September had given the sunflowers more time to develop.
 
     Sandbakken says a long stretch of warm, dry weather now would help the crop.

 

In world and national news…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – A criminal complaint says a Tennessee National Guardsman accused of shooting three fellow Guard members at an armory Thusday was being relieved of duty because of alleged misconduct. The complaint says Sgt. 1st Class Amos Patton was ordered to go to the armory, and was then told to return government equipment that was in his vehicle outside the building. When he came back inside, the complaint says, he opened fire, wounding three Guardsmen. It says he then ran from the building before he was subdued by another Guardsman. Officials had earlier said two Guardsmen were wounded.
 
     DANVERS, Mass. (AP) – A student who returned Friday to Danvers High School in Massachusetts says, “We can get through it, but it’s really not going to be the same.” This was the first day of classes since the body of math teacher Colleen Ritzer was found in the woods behind the school on Wednesday. A 14-year-old student in one of her classes is facing murder charges. Authorities are offering no clues on a possible motive.
 
     BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia man has been convicted of murder in the slayings of his father and seven extended family members who were found clubbed to death in the mobile home they all shared. The verdict came today in the trial of Guy Heinz (hynz). Prosecutors said they believe Heinze beat each of the victims with a shotgun barrel late at night after trying to take prescription painkillers from one of them.
 
     OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Toyota has reached a confidential settlement with the victims of a deadly crash in Oklahoma — a settlement that will avoid punitive damages in the case. Thursday, a jury awarded a total of $3 million to the driver of the car, who was injured, and to the family of the passenger, who was killed. The jury found that an on-board electronics system in a Toyota Camry was defective and caused the vehicle to accelerate suddenly.

 
     NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – An East Tennessee magistrate who ordered a baby’s name changed from Messiah to Martin has been charged with violating the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct. Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew ordered the name change during a paternity hearing in August. She said the name Messiah is a title held only by Jesus Christ. That decision was overturned. Ballew has 30 days to answer the charges.