Wayne Byers Show – Evening – May 3

CSi Weather…

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TO 8 PM
CDT TUES  EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY…AND DRY VEGETATION

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY…AND ACROSS SOUTHERN
 NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY.

A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY…WHICH
 WILL COOL TEMPERATURES OFF INTO THE 60S FOR THE WEEK

 

 

Valley City (CSi) The permanent flood protection project will include the closure of the East City Park Bridge, starting Wednesday May 4, 2016.

Pedestrian traffic will not be able to cross the East City Park Bridge.

The Viking Drive Bridge will remain closed to vehicles but remain open to pedestrian traffic.

Work is currently going on east of the Viking Drive Bridge and on College Street in Valley City.

Anyone with questions regarding the project should call the KLJ office at 845-4980.

 

Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall. 

Mayor Werkhoven was not present. Commission Vice President Matt Pedersen conducted the meeting.

Mayor Werkhoven’s  Declaration was read, that May 18, 2016 is Arbor Day in Valley City.

Also that National Public Works Week is MAY 15 – 21, 2016.

Eric Gilbertson from KLJ addressed the Commission, with information from a national organization.

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDED.

Monthly Reports from the Fire Chief, Building Inspector, Auditor, Municipal Judge and Public Works Accountant.

Monthly Bills for the City and Public Works in the Amount of

$3,761,839.97.

An application to Block off the Street for the Memorial Day Concert on May 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The area includes Central to Second, starting at 9:30-a.m.

A Game of Chance Raffle Permit for Valley City Lodge #7 AF & AM, Ashtabula Fireworks Association and Sheyenne Care Center.

Blocking Off the Street for the Soapbox Derby on June 4 and June 5.

A Special Event Beverage Permit for City Lights for the VCSU Employee Recognition Dinner on May 12.
Public Forum:  No One Spoke

 

ORDINANCES

As explained by City Attorney Russell Myhre..

Approved the second and final reading of Ordinance No. 1007, an ordinance repealing, amending and reenacting Title 2, Administration, of the revised ordinances of the City of Valley City, North Dakota. Part of the ongoing re-codification process.

Attorney Myhre said Ordinances will include “gender-neutral,”references.

The motion to approved passed with Commission Luke voting in opposition.

 

Approved the first reading of Ordinance No. 1010, an ordinance repealing, amending and reenacting Title 15, Public Works, of the revised ordinances of the City of Valley City, North Dakota. Myhre said there will no longer be a Director of Public Works, with a change in the city’s governmental structure.

 

NEW BUSINESS

The City Commission approved a contract with AE2S to design and install a High Service Pump to the Valley City Water Treatment Plant, in the amount not to exceed $10,000.

City Administrator Schelkoph said the fee is for time and materials, and came in $1,000  less than projected.

 

Commissioners approved a Gaming Site Authorization for the North Dakota Wildlife Federation at the Eagles Club.

Next week is cleanup week in Valley City, with information posted on the city’s website.

Alleys are being graded, with more complete work to be continued in the near future.

Security at City Hall will be addressed, and an “emergency button,” is being proposed, a five desks, at offices, and at municipal court.

The button activation will go through 9-1-1 and law enforcement will be alerted.

City Attorney Myhre approves an increase in security.

 

CITY UPDATE & COMMISSION REPORTS

City Assessor Hanson will begin the annual inspection process for assessment next week, with letters going out last week to property owners on the initial inspections.

 

Building Inspector Andersen said he has issued over $10million in building permits so far this year.

He reminds residents not to walk on wet concrete that has been taped off.

He says lawns need to be mowed on a regular basis, and to remove tree stumps.

City Fire Chief Retterath reported that 112 smoke alarms were installed last weekend.

City Police Chief Thompson said the department has been working Barnes County Emergency Management, on training.

KLJ Viking Drive will temporarily open for VCSU graduation.

The permanent flood protection project will include the closure of the East City Park Bridge, starting Wednesday May 4, 2016.

Pedestrian traffic will not be able to cross the East City Park Bridge.

The Viking Drive Bridge will remain closed to vehicles but remain open to pedestrian traffic.

Work is currently going on east of the Viking Drive Bridge and on College Street in Valley City.

Anyone with questions regarding the project should call the KLJ office at 845-4980.

Commissioner Nielson said at a meeting of the Devils Lake outlet committee, it was agreed to reduce the lake level to 1,448 feet, which will increase the Sheyenne River level.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 68 followed by replays.
 
 Jamestown (CSi) Plans are well underway to develop a 12-15 minute video on the American Bison, which will be shown in conjunction with a theater to become part of the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, museum director, Ilana Xinos said the project will entail a section of the museum to be converted into a theater to show the video.

She said, when the project is completed the museum will have a split entrance with one side going into the theater, and the other into the museum proper.

She said the video shows the history of the American Bison, as the animal will soon become the National Mammal when sign into law by the President, and the connection as to why the National Buffalo Museum is located in Jamestown.

She said the cost of the video production is estimated at $40,000 to $50,000 and price tag of the remodeling is projected at $60,000 to $80,000.

Jamestown Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund, also on our show, said the video is being produce by Darrell Dorgan of Bismarck, and Dave Gack who is a Bison Historian.

Also presently at the museum is the traveling exhibit that traces and tells the story and history of the American Bison.

She pointed out the annual Bison Dinner and Auction will be at the Jamestown Civic Center on June 8, 2016. Tickets and ticket information available at the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown, plus how to donate auction items for the fundraiser.

Swedlund also pointed out the added significance of the Museum’s video, and theater on attracting more visitors to Jamestown.

On another topic, Swedlund reminds the community that the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse Open House is set for Saturday May 14, 2016, from 1-4-p.m., as visitors will see the recent interior updates.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County State’s Attorney’s Office says formal charges have been lodge against 23 year old Levi Guthmiller of Jamestown.

The charges stem from a Jamestown Police traffic stop on March 28, 2016, this year near Lincoln School that allegedly uncovered drugs and weapons after a search of the vehicle.

Assistant State’s Attorney Katherine Naumann says Guthmiller appeared in court on the initial charges on Monday.

Guthmiller was charged with:

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor.

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, a Class B misdemeanor.

Possession of Controlled Substance, one ounce or less of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor.

Guthmiller requested a court appointed attorney.

No further court dates have been set at this time.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot police are investigating two armed robbery attempts in about two hours, by a suspect with the same description and weapon.
 
     Authorities say a male wearing a black coat and red scarf entered The Vegas Motel about 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, brandished a knife and demanded money. The employee was able to get safely into an office, and the suspect fled with nothing.
 
     Shortly before 2 a.m., a male with the same garb entered the Racers convenience store, brandished a knife and demanded money. He fled that business with an undisclosed amount of cash.
 
     No injuries were reported in either incident.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A man accused of killing another man on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and hiding the body in the trunk of a car while he recruited others to help dispose of it has reached a deal with prosecutors.
 
     Marcel Chase is scheduled to appear in federal court Friday and plead guilty to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.
 
     Chase currently faces a murder charge that carries a potential life prison term.
 
     Authorities allege Chase killed Toby Young Bear with his bare hands during a drug-fueled fight in December 2014. He’s pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to stand trial later this month. A federal judge last month refused to throw out what could be crucial evidence in the case.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Up to an inch of rain in southern North Dakota over the past week has boosted pasture growth and improved crop planting conditions.
 
     However, the Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that planting of most crops remains behind last year’s pace.
 
     Both topsoil and subsoil moisture across North Dakota is in decent shape, with both rated mostly adequate to surplus.
 
     Pasture and range conditions are rated 69 percent good to excellent, and stock water supplies are 91 percent adequate to surplus.

 

 

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi UJ) University of Jamestown head coach Dean Stork announces the signing of Jeremy McNeil of Calgary, Alberta, who will join the Jimmies in the 2016-17 season.

McNeil played last season with the Cochrane Crunch of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. A 5′ 8″, 175 pound forward, McNeil scored 16 goals and 32 assists in 53 games for the Crunch. He added 2 goals and 8 assists in nine playoff games.

Stork says, “Jeremy is a big-time signing for a first year ACHA hockey program,” said Stork.　　”He has a　great combination of character and skills. Jeremy played high-caliber Junior A hockey and　has loads of potential in becoming a top notch college hockey player. He will most definitely help us achieve our goal in capturing an ACHA Division 1 championship. Jeremy is a highly skilled and talented player and will help take our　hockey program over the top.”

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University head men’s basketball coach David Richman has hired a new assistant.

Kyan Brown has spent the past eight seasons at Oral Roberts University, starting as a recruiting coordinator and being promoted to assistant coach before the 2012-13 season. He also played three seasons at the school, from 1998-2001.

Brown also has been an assistant coach at Missouri State and Arkansas-Fort Smith.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department says a wolverine has been confirmed in the state for the first time in more than a century.
 
     Furbearer biologist Stephanie Tucker says  the last verified report of a wolverine in North Dakota was in the late 1800s.
 
     Tucker says a ranch hand checking livestock last week near the western town of Alexander discovered some cows had a strange animal circled in their calving pasture. The ranch hand feared the animal was going to attack the cattle and shot it.
 
     Tucker says department staff will examine the carcass to gather more information about the animal’s age and diet.
 
     She says it’s possible the young male came from Montana, where there have been scattered reports of wolverine sightings.

 

In world and national news…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Donald Trump is hitting back against Ted Cruz’s blistering attack Tuesday, saying the Texas senator is “a desperate candidate trying to save his failing campaign.” Cruz is criticizing Trump as voters go to the polls in the crucial Indiana primary, warning that the country could “plunge into the abyss” if Trump is elected president. Trump has released a rebuttal, saying in a statement that he’s “watched Lyin’ Ted become more and more unhinged as he is unable to react under the pressure of losing” the last six primary contests.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State John Kerry is condemning a deadly hospital attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo. He says the missile appears to have been fired from rebel-controlled territory. Kerry says the U.S. won’t accept violence against civilians, whether it’s by the Syrian government or by Western-backed opposition. At least 20 people died Tuesday when rocket fire struck the maternity hospital in a government-held section of Aleppo. Fighting there has all but shattered the shaky 2-month-old truce between Syria’s government and moderate rebels.
 
     JERUSALEM (AP) – A Jerusalem court has handed a life sentence to the main attacker in the killing of a Palestinian teenager whose death eventually led to the Gaza war in 2014. The attacker and two accomplices abducted 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir (khuh-DAYR’) in his Jerusalem neighborhood that year, drove to a forest and burned him to death. They said it was in revenge for three Israeli teens abducted and killed by Palestinians allied with Hamas earlier that summer.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – A man who police say attacked a Washington bus driver, commandeered the vehicle, and hit and killed a pedestrian has been captured and taken to the hospital.  The wild scene played out within a few minutes Tuesday morning in the nation’s capital. Police say the suspect appeared distraught and was violent as he resisted officers taking him into custody. They say he’d been carrying some sort of weapon, though it was not a gun.
 
     ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a father of three was killed when he tried to help a woman who’d been shot by her husband outside a Dallas-area store. Arlington police say Anthony Antell saw Ricci Bradden shooting at his wife’s feet during an argument outside the Walgreens where she works. They say Antell went and got a handgun from his vehicle, but that Bradden slapped it away then fatally shot him. Bradden is an Army private who later confessed to his commanders. He’s being held on a murder charge.