Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Feb 27

CSi Weather…

.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 20. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. WEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. LOWS AROUND
10. HIGHS 10 TO 15.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 5 TO
10 ABOVE. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 20.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 10.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 30.

.NEXT WEEK…THROUGH THURSDAY

GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH A POTENTIAL WARM UP LATE NEXT WEEK.

LITTLE PRECIPITATION AS A STORM TRACK REMAINS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Police is warning residents regarding two convicted sex offenders who have changed addresses.

Matthew Jacob Lee Graham is a 26 year old white male, 5’11” tall weighing 172 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.

He currently has no vehicle.

He now resides at 223 1st Ave South Apt#4 in Jamestown.

He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakot Risk Level Committee, of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

His offense is listed as indecent exposure, stemming from exposing himself to a five year old male family friend.

He was convicted in April of 2004 in Kidder Count.  Disposition:  remanded to the Mesabi Academy treatment facility.

Graham 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. Attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders or their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Graham are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

Also…

changing address is 19 year old Jordan Aaron Smith who now resides at 223 1st Ave South Apt #4, in Jamestown.

Smith is a 19 year old white male 6’4″ tall weighing 190 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.

He currently does not have a vehicle.

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

Smith was convicted of gross sexual imposition, involving a 14 year old girl he was sharing an apartment with. He was convicted in July of 2014 in Stutsman County District Court.

Disposition: one year, one day, with 239 days suspended with credit for time served, 127 days…5 years supervised probation.

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

Smith is on GPS monitoring.

Smith 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. Attempts to harass, intimidate, or threaten these offenders or their families, landlords or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of Smith’s demographics are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered offenders is available on the Attorney General’s web site at www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

Harvey (CSi) The American Red Cross reports that volunteers across North Dakota are assisting to open a service center in Harvey, North Dakota to aid families displaced by a Thursday afternoon apartment fire.

Volunteers from Jamestown, Minot, and Fargo, were on their way to the acene Friday morning, to meet immediate needs.

They will be providing seasonal clothing, shoes, toiletry items and toys for children.

Wells County Emergency Management is also assisting in recovery needs and plans.

The Center will open at 3:00 PM at Harvey City Hall. The Red Cross will continue to provide additional resources and recovery planning for all those affected.

HARVEY, N.D. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that displaced residents of an apartment building in Harvey.

The blaze began Thursday afternoon, and it took firefighters several hours to bring it under control. The building was destroyed.

It was not immediately known how many people lived in the building. Two nearby hotels offered free housing to those who were displaced.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s largest city saw a minor drop in serious crime last year and a slight increase in overall offenses.

The report released Friday by Fargo police shows there were 3,222 serious offenses reported in 2014, a decrease of 110 from the previous year. Those crimes include homicide, gross sexual imposition, robbery, aggravated assault, arson, burglary, theft and vehicle theft.

The city had four homicides, one more than in 2013.

The department’s narcotics unit requested 144 search warrants, up 46 from the year before. Police seized nearly $100,000 in drug cases, a 35 percent increase. Police busted 12 methamphetamine labs, down from 20 in 2013 and 24 in 2012.

Police handled a total of 8,638 crimes, which was a 1 percent increase over 2013.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency’s independent investigative arm says its recent audit of pesticide inspections in North Dakota focused only on a lack of federal oversight and not on the quality of work done by state inspectors.

The report by the Office of Inspector General said North Dakota facilities that produce or handle pesticides have not been federally inspected for 14 years, possibly endangering the public.

Both the state Agriculture Department and the EPA’s regional office have blasted the audit for overlooking North Dakota’s competent efforts to ensure pesticides are handled safely. The OIG says judging the quality of North Dakota inspections was not the intent of the audit.

Regional EPA officials also say they’ll work to meet OIG recommendations, including ensuring at least some North Dakota inspectors are federally certified.

 

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – The capital cities of the Dakotas have a chance to pass Go and collect $200.

Pierre and Bismarck are among 60 cities up for possible inclusion as property spaces in the new Monopoly Here and Now special U.S. edition of the popular board game. The edition, along with a World Edition featuring names of cities worldwide, is being marketed this year to celebrate Monopoly’s 80th anniversary.

Danielle Armburst with game maker Hasbro tells KCCR radio that the goal was to have at least one city from each state be considered for the U.S. edition. The public can vote for cities at www.VoteMonopoly.com .

There are 22 property sites up for grabs. Final results will be announced March 19.

 

In world and national news…

TYRONE, Mo. (AP) – Although authorities still aren’t offering a motive for the shooting deaths of seven people in Missouri overnight by a man who then took his own life, they’re suggesting that he may have become unhinged by the death of his mother. The coroner tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that before the gunman was discovered dead, authorities found his mother dead of apparent natural causes on a couch at her home. The victims, along with an eighth person who was wounded, were found last night and early today in four separate homes in the town of Tyrone, about 40 miles north of the Arkansas line.

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) – Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he doesn’t see how cutting off the Department of Homeland Security’s budget would make the United States’ borders more secure. Bush Friday spoke to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington as Congress wrangled over Homeland Security’s budget. Some lawmakers are opposed to spending cash on the department without stripping out President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Bush, who is considering a White House run, is working to win over conservative activists who have concerns about his record on immigration and education policies.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The leaders of Afghanistan’s new unity government will be making their first visit to the White House next month. The meeting comes as the administration considers slowing down its military exit from Afghanistan by keeping a troop presence this year that would be larger than had been planned. The new Afghan president and the country’s chief executive — like a prime minister — formed a unity government after an election to replace President Hamid Karzai. His relations with the United states had grown increasingly strained.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s prime minister says his country isn’t going to ask for a third bailout. He spoke at a Cabinet meeting a day after Greece was granted a four-month extension to its existing loan agreement. The prime minister says the issue of how Greece will repay its oversized debt is still on the table in talks with the country’s European creditors.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A federal agency says it will not release any water for farmers in the Central Valley of California this year, forcing them to find other sources or leave fields unplanted. The announcement marks the second straight year that the Bureau of Reclamation will provide no water to the vast area that grows much of the nation’s produce. The state reservoir system is providing local agencies and farmers 15 percent of the water they requested, a slight increase from last year.