Wayne Byers Show – Evening – May 5

CSi Weather…

.RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDING THE JAMESTOWN AND VALLEY CITY AREAS, IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR A
COMBINATION OF WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW….OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

.TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTH
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE
MID 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 60.

 

COOLER AIR WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF
FRIDAYS COLD FRONT. HOWEVER… PLEASANT TEMPERATURES ARE STILL
EXPECTED WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70S. DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN.
CHANGES APPEAR ON THE HORIZON FOR THE START THE WORK WEEK AS
AN UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST DEEPENS OVER THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS WEEKEND AND LIFTS INTO THE PLAINS ON
MONDAY…BRINGING CHANCES FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCES FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THE WEEK AS THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE THE LOW REMAINING
NEARBY THROUGH FRIDAY.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called about 4:20-p.m., Thursday to 1507 11^th Avenue Northeast.

A deck fire was reported.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says, some damage was reported to the deck, and no damage to the structure.

He says the fire was caused by smoking materials.

No injuries reported with six city fire units and 26 fire fighters on the scene until 4:41 p.m.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Police is warning residents regarding a convicted sex offender who has again changed his Jamestown address.

35 year old Jamal Joel Anderson now resides at 621 5th Street, NW, Jamestown ND

He presently has no vehicle.

Anderson is a black male, 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.

Anderson has been assigned a High Risk Assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Anderson’s conviction include in 1999 aggravated assault, and sexual assault, and in 2001 corruption of a minor and violated a sex offender registration requirement.

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

Anderson is on GPS monitoring.

Anderson 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 Anderson 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) The sixth year of Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) was held at the Jamestown High School on Thursday.

Stutsman County Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist says, Students participating utilized newly-learned CERT skills under the direction of local emergency response agencies and school staff, and because of the large amount of students, there were  two separate exercises and graduation ceremonies. at the Jamestown High School Gymnasium.

Participating were 103 students from the freshmen class.

Students acted as the responders to a mock bleacher collapse scenario with JHS drama students acting as victims.

All current students at Jamestown High School have participated in the exercise in the past.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is hosting a Community Service of Remembrance on Monday, May 16, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at Ave Maria Village, 501 19^th Street NE in Jamestown. Anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one, either recently or in years past is invited to come and share in this informal service honoring the memory of our loved ones in a supportive atmosphere.

Dr. Alan Wolfelt, internationally know expert and author in the field of grief and loss writes: “In my experience, remembering the past makes hoping for the future possible. Your future will become open to new experiences only to the extent that you embrace the past.” Many people who are grieving the loss of a loved one feel very alone in their grief. The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is committed to offering support and companioning to those who are grieving. Team members endeavor to provide a listening ear and a variety of ways for individuals to share their feelings about their loss.

The Service of Remembrance is free of charge and open to everyone. Those attending are asked to bring a picture of their loved one to the service. Please enter the main door at Ave Maria Village. For more information about this service or the Jamestown Area Grief Support Team, call Diane at 320-4915.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota attorney general says the school board in Kensal violated open meetings laws by failing to give notice and take minutes for two committee meetings.

The board had created one committee to explore the possibility of a merger with neighboring Midkota and another group to gather financial information on such a merger.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the board did not file notice or record minutes for either meeting because it was not familiar with state law.

Stenehjem ordered committee members to create meeting minutes detailing their recollection of discussions with other committee members.

 

Cooperstown  (CSi)  The Grand Forks Herald reports that three Griggs County Building Authority members will resign after a settlement in the dispute over an unfinished courthouse and emergency operations center was reached.

The Griggs County Commission and Building Authority agreed to drop civil lawsuits against each other. The decision was reached during a mediation session according to County Commissioner John Wakefield.

As part of the agreement, three members of the Building Authority will resign. They will be replaced by members of the County Commission, which then will hold a majority on the five-member authority.

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – The owners of a new oil refinery in western North Dakota plan to operate it at only 75 percent capacity due to continued losses tied to the slumping oil industry. MDU Resources Group Inc. says the Dakota Prairie Refinery at Dickinson lost $7.2 million in the first quarter, due in part to low demand for diesel fuel. MDU Resources and Calumet Specialty Products Partners spent $430 million on the refinery.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Xcel Energy says it’s working to prevent power outages that have affected Fargo in recent weeks.

Xcel’s North Dakota manager Mark Nisbet told the Public Service Commission on Thursday that the company is stepping up efforts to replace power lines and trim trees to keep branches from affecting lines.

Xcel has an agreement with North Dakota regulators that requires the Minneapolis-based utility to credit customers who have four or more outages of more than five minutes in duration. The company has given more than $392,000 in credits to about 7,800 customers since the agreement was done in 2012.

Xcel serves more than 94,000 electric customers in Fargo, West Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot and a number of smaller communities. It has utility operations in eight states.

 

 

WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) – A ticket sold in Watertown, South Dakota, has won the Dakota Cash jackpot worth $35,658.

State lottery officials say the ticket matched all five white ball numbers in Wednesday’s drawing. The winning numbers are 1, 3, 15, 18 and 27.

Dakota Cash is played only in South Dakota. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in about 325,000.

The jackpot goes back to $20,000 for the next drawing, on Saturday.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Work has begun on enhanced flood protection for Minot’s water treatment plant.

Contractors have begun pouring concrete for a 1,720-foot-long flood wall along the Souris River. The $25.7 million project is being funded mostly with federal money.

Public Works Director Dan Jonasson says the start of work on the flood wall nearly five years after the June 2011 Souris River flood is “a big event.”

The plant is the only source of drinkable water for the city, Minot Air Force Base and many rural residents in the area. More than 100,000 people were put on a boil order when the plant was hit by Souris River flooding in 2011.

The flooding caused an estimated $700 million in damage in Minot, and officials have been working since to enhance flood protection.

 

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) – Republican Donald Trump is taking his first steps toward raising the massive amounts of money needed for a national presidential race. Thursday, Trump’s campaign named a finance chairman, Steven Mnuchin (muh-NOO’-chin), who is chairman and chief executive officer of Dune Capital management, a private investment firm.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Don’t expect to see Mitt Romney at the Republican Party’s national convention this summer. An aide to the GOP’s 2012 presidential nominee confirms that Romney isn’t planning to attend the convention where Donald Trump is expected to become the party’s 2016 nominee. Romney has been an aggressive critic of Trump.

HOUSTON (AP) – Officials say they’re still working to identify what hazardous materials were released into the air during a warehouse complex fire in Houston, but think pesticides might have been involved. The department says no injuries have been reported and firefighters are focused on putting out hot spots after the blaze was brought under control.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government has announced sweeping new regulations for electronic cigarettes. Before brands are allowed to stay in the market, regulators would have to check the ingredients, design and flavor of the popular devices. The FDA action comes five years after the agency first announced its intent to regulate e-cigarettes and more than two years after it floated its initial proposal.

BEIRUT (AP) – An activist monitoring group says at least 28 people have been killed in an airstrike on a refugee camp in northwestern Syria, near the Turkish border. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says women and children were among the casualties from the strike that hit the camp. The camp is home to hundreds of people who have fled from the surrounding Aleppo and Hama provinces.