Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Dec 22

CSi Weather…

Jamestown Area…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY.

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.

SNOW COVERED ROADS RESULTING IN POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

Forecast…

LATE THIS AFTERNOON…SNOW. LITTLE OR NO NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION.
NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 20S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY…CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF
SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. STORM
TOTAL 2 TO 3 INCHES. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20. WEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.CHRISTMAS DAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. LOWS 5 TO
10 ABOVE.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 10 TO 15.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 10 TO 15. LOWS
NEAR ZERO.

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY.

KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STEELE…JAMESTOWN…FORT YATES…
LINTON…NAPOLEON…EDGELEY…ASHLEY…OAKES
SNOW OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY INTO FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE  MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO FOUR INCHES ARE FORECAST FROM JAMESTOWN TO ELLENDALE…NAPOLEON AND WISHEK…AND LINTON AND FORT YATES.

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW.

GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

SNOW COVERED ROADS, AND  BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY FOR THESE AREAS AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE, WITH REDUCED  VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW, CAUSING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES, IN POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

 BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. DO NOT USE THE CRUISE CONTROL IN THESE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON
 TUESDAY.
 
 SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON
 CHRISTMAS DAY THURSDAY……MOSTLY ALONG AND SOUTH
 OF INTERSTATE 94.

WHILE DETAILS REMAIN UNCERTAIN…TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE.

 

Jamestown (Csi) Anticipating snow accumulations, Jamestown City crews will begin snow removal on the Snow Emergency Routes beginning at approximately 4:30 a.m., Tuesday – December 23, 2014.

At 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2014, crews will begin snow removal in the DOWNTOWN area.

Downtown merchants and all public/private schools are asked to have their sidewalks shoveled by 9 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, December 23, 2014.

Please push snow directly into the street — DONOT create piles of snow.

PLEASE NOTE:

The above schedule is contingent upon changing weather conditions and snow accumulation totals.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police Monday morning urged motorists to stay off the streets, and that  sidewalks had accumulated freezing rain causing icy conditions, and some falls.

Jamestown sanding equipment has been on the streets since early Monday morning.

Reports have indicated people falling on the ice and a couple of traffic accidents were reported.

Conditions are forecast to worsen with accumulating snow, and possible blowing snow, later Monday with snow accumulation of an inch.

Monday night….another 2 inches of accumulation is in the forecast, and snow likely Tuesday morning, and another inch of snow forecasted.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Valley City Police is reviewing surveillance video in connection with a breakin reported Monday morning at Dietrich & Sons, at  849 14th Street  Southwest, in Valley City.

Police Chief Fred Thompson says the building was entered  through a window  between 2 and 4 a.m. while the business was closed and unoccupied.

Once inside the suspect located and removed a small safe and left in an unknown direction. Valley City police officers failed to locate the suspect after checking the surrounding area.

The VCPD is viewing surveillance tapes for additional information on the suspect. The contents of the safe are not being disclosed, Thompson said.

The Police is continuing its investigation on this case. Anyone with any information on this case is asked to contact the VCPD at (701) 845-3110.

 

Valley City (CSi) Valley City motorists  should be aware of the new two-way stop signs, up now, at the intersection of Second Street and Third Avenue Northeast.

Police Chief Fred Thompson says the stop sign should reduce accidents at the intersection and help the fire department.

A few accidents have been reported at that intersection.

At the intersection in 2013, a vehicle rolled and landed on it’s top following in a two vehicle collision.

 

(CSi) The North Dakota Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing in Ashley on Thursday, January 22, 2015, concerning a proposal for revisions to the Merricourt Wind Power Project. The hearing was postponed on Monday,December 22, 2014 due to heavy fog and slippery roads.

The public hearing will be held inside the Ashley City Hall on January 22 at 1oam. The city hall is located at 113 1st Street N.W. in Ashley, North Dakota.

EDF Renewable Development, Inc. (formerly enXco Development Corporation) received approval from the PSC for the site permit in June 2011, which is valid for four years. The original permit authorized construction of the 150 megawatt wind project consisting of up to 100 GE 1.5-megawatt turbines. The company is now requesting a revision to that permit and is instead planning on using 75 Vestas 2-megawatt turbines. The proposed revisions will also reduce the project area from 22,457 acres to 10,960 acres.

The project would straddle McIntosh and Dickey counties in southeastern North Dakota. The project would also include approximately 29 miles of access roads and approximately 37 miles of underground electrical collector cables.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say a fire has destroyed $300,000 paving machine in Bismarck. 
 
 Firefighters responded to the blaze Sunday afternoon at a parking lot and found the paving machine engulfed in flames.
 
     Firefighters brought the flames under control within minutes. The machine was a total loss due to heavy damage to the engine compartment.
 
     Officials say the blaze began as an electrical fire.

 

  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A West Fargo man arrested for dealing marijuana says police violated his right to privacy by bringing a drug-sniffing dog past a fence and into the hallway of an owned condominium without a warrant.
 
     Defense attorney Scott Brand said Monday he was filing an appeal to the North Dakota Supreme Court for Andrew Williams. Williams was arrested in May after the dog detected the smell of pot coming from his residence.
 
     East Central District Judge Norman Anderson denied Brand’s motion to exclude evidence in the case, after Brand complained it was an unreasonable search and seizure.
 
     The state Supreme Court decided last year that it’s OK for police to bring drug-sniffing dogs into secure apartments. Prosecutors say condos are more like apartments and that ruling should apply in this case. 

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – City officials in the North Dakota oil patch say they are forging ahead with housing and infrastructure projects despite the forecast for a downturn in drilling in the next year.
 
     Watford City Mayor Brent Sanford says development and land sales are not slowing down because housing needs for permanent oil field workers have not been met.
 
     Sanford says he hopes that state officials and lawmakers continue to provide funding. He says it’s important to look at the long-term play, not a temporary slowdown.
 
     Williston Mayor Howard Klug says his city needs to “spend some big dollars out there” because it is four years behind on projects.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston State College is celebrating the completion of a $12.1 million building renovation on campus.
 
     The renovation of Stevens Hall was two weeks ahead of schedule.
 
     The 52,000-square-foot renovation includes more classroom space, a new bookstore, cafeteria and other improvements.
 

In sports…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A study by a Dakotas-based hospital shows that middle school football players are getting hit just as hard as older kids, but not as often and not enough to cause short-term damage.
 
     The Sanford Sports Institute study used in-helmet sensors to measure the force and location of hits to the head for players ages 11 to 13. It focuses on 22 players from the same South Dakota team.
 
     The project found that the median number of hits taken by a player during the season was 252. That’s about half of what a high school player absorbs.
 
     The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports that players suffered no ill effects over the season.
 
     Sanford Health is based in Sioux Falls and Fargo, North Dakota. It has more than 26,000 employees.

 

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says protests and political debate over police tactics should be halted until the funerals are held for two officers who were shot and killed inside their patrol car. De Blasio said Monday in a speech that it’s time to support the families of the officers and show them respect. He says Saturday’s ambush killing was an attack on “all police.” The mayor and Police Commissioner William Bratton met today with relatives of Officers Rafael Ramos (rah-fy-EHL’ RAH’-mohs) and Wenjian Liu (WEHN’-jihn LOO’).
 
     LONDON (AP) – British singer Joe Cocker is dead at age 70. His agent says Cocker died early Monday of lung cancer in Colorado, where he has lived for the past two decades. Cocker was known for a memorable Woodstock performance and his cover of the Beatles song “With a Little Help From My Friends.” The ballad “You Are So Beautiful” was a Top Ten hit in 1975. He reached the top of the charts in the 1980s with the duet “Up Where We Belong,” with Jennifer Warnes, that appeared in the movie “An Officer and a Gentleman.” 
 
     MOSCOW (AP) – Another peace effort for Ukraine may be moving forward. Leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have agreed to call another round of Ukraine peace talks this week. They’ll take place in Belarus. Previous talks produced a cease-fire deal between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russia rebels, which has often been violated. 
 
     HAVANA (AP) – Cuba says it’s open to every one of President Barack Obama’s moves to improve relations between the two countries and to strengthen private enterprise and civil society on the island. In Cuba’s first detailed public response, the country’s head of North American affairs says Cuba welcomes “the entire package” offered by Obama. That includes U.S. equipment to improve Cuba’s internet, and potentially unlimited exports to Cuba’s new class of private business owners. Cuba has historically imposed heavy regulations on the internet and private business.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – BMW has agreed to demands from the government to expand a recall of driver’s-side air bags to the entire U.S. The recall affects 140,000 BMW 3 Series vehicles made between January 2004 and August 2006. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been pushing companies to recall older cars with air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. They can explode with too much force and spew shrapnel at drivers and passengers.