Wayne Byers Show – Evening – May 13

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN  LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. WIDESPREAD FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO
30 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO
25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FROST IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 40.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
60S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S

 

WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH

DAKOTA THURSDAY NIGHT.

ALSO.. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A FREEZE IS LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT

AND SATURDAY MORNING OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH

DAKOTA.

Bismarck (CSi)  The National Weather Service will hold SKYWARN weather class on Monday May 23, 2016 at the Valley City Fire Department.

The class is open to the public and encourages those who are amateur radio operators, emergency response officials and trained public responders. These Spotters donate their time to help the NWS get warnings out to the public, and to get reports of severe weather back to the NWS.

Individuals are taught the basics of thunderstorm development, storm structure, what constitutes severe weather, and how to report this information. Each class typically takes around 75 minutes, with about a 15 minute break.

Contact  Barnes County Emergency Manager Sue Lloyd at (701) 845-8510 for more information or questions.

 

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP-CSi) – Valley City Mayor Bob Werkhoven has resigned.

The 85-year-old Werkhoven said  in a radio  interview Thursday morning that recent health issues prompted him to step down from the office he’s held since 2010.

Four city employees earlier this year filed a grievance against Werkhoven for allegedly creating a hostile work environment. He denied the allegations by City Administrator David Schelkoph, Police Chief Fred Thompson, Police Lt. David Swenson and City Attorney Russ Myhre.

Those individuals are represented by Jamestown Attorney, Joe Larson who said his clients wish Werkhoven well in the future.

Larson says he and his clients will decide what direction the grievances may take, if any, in the future.

Werkhoven says the dispute had nothing to do with his decision to resign Thursday.

Werkhoven has served Valley City for 14 years, and was elected in 2010.

He won a recall election in January 2012, picking up 1,124  votes or 56 percent of votes cast.

 

 

Valley City (CSi) A 27 year-old Valley City man has been charged in connection with burglaries in Barnes County.

Brandon Elliot of Valley City faces burglary and theft of property charges.

Those include six counts of felony Burglary, one count of felony theft of property and five Misdemeanor Theft of property charges.

Stemming from security camera video released by authorities, he was identified.

Barnes County Chief Deputy Don Fiebiger says the man was captured on security cam video crawling through a window into the East Crossing building along Lake Ashtabula. That incident was recorded about 4:00AM on May 5th.

Items were reportedly stolen from several locations including Bald Hill Dam Resort, East Crossing, Campground Host. Items included those taken out of a shed and boat on a trailer near East Crossing lake homes, a maintenance shop in Bjornson Park, items from the U-S Fish Hatchery office.

 

Valley City (CSi) Phase One of the Valley City permanent flood protection project is now working east of the Viking Drive Bridge, on College Street and on 4th Avenue Southwest in Valley City.

Starting Monday, May 16, 2016, the intersection of College Street and Second Avenue, Southwest in front of Foss Music Hall will be closed for construction.

4th Street from 8th Avenue Southwest to 2nd Avenue will be open to College Street detour and local traffic only.

Viking Drive has been partially opened to traffic. Construction activities may limit the traffic flow.

Pedestrian traffic will not be able to cross the East City Park Bridge. Pedestrians are encouraged to detour using Main Street or through the VCSU campus.

Updated maps for all road closures will be posted on the City of Valley City’s website (http://www.valleycity.us/) when they are taking affect.

Direct any questions regarding the project to the KLJ office at 845- 4980.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Department of Mineral Resources says the state’s oil production decreased by about 9,850 barrels a day in March.

The agency says the state produced an average of 1.09 million barrels of oil daily in March. North Dakota’s production record was set in December 2014 at 1.22 million barrels daily.

North Dakota also produced a record 1.70 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day in March, up from 1.68 billion cubic feet daily in February.

The March tally is the latest figure available because oil production numbers typically lag at least two months.

There were 27 drill rigs operating in North Dakota’s oil patch on Thursday – the lowest number since July 2005.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple on Thursday hosted Japan Consul General Toshiyuki Iwado and other Japanese officials to discuss trade opportunities and cultural ties between North Dakota and Japan.

Japan is North Dakota’s eighth-largest export market. The state exported $41 million in goods to Japan last year, a 173 percent increase since 2000.

North Dakota’s leading exports to Japan include soybeans, wheat, processed foods and machinery.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota leads the nation in the production of 10 farm commodity classes.

The Agriculture Department says the state was No. 1 in 2015 in spring wheat, durum wheat, all wheat, barley, canola, flaxseed, honey, dry peas, pinto beans and all dry beans.

The state ranked second in the production of navy beans, black beans, lentils and all types of sunflowers.

North Dakota was third in sugar beets, fourth in potatoes, seventh in bison and 11th in beef cattle.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Watford City-based bank is starting construction on a six-story, $40 million building in Bismarck.

First International Bank and Trust broke ground for the project on Wednesday. The building across from the North Dakota Heritage Center on the Capitol grounds is scheduled to open in fall 2017.

The building will contain a bank, a restaurant and a rooftop patio for various events. A three-story parking garage is planned outside the facility.

 

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The company proposing the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois says it has secured all of the permissions from landowners it needs in the Dakotas. The 1,130-mile oil pipeline planned by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners would pass through the Dakotas and Iowa on its way to Illinois.

 

In Sports…

From The Philadelphia Daily News…

PHILAELPHIA – There was a time when agents and teams never even talked about contracts for high first-round picks until well into June, if not July. Training camp holdouts were common; fans would be put through weeks of back and forth over this or that contract detail while a key rookie sat at home, falling behind his teammates.

But the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement blessedly put all that to rest. We knew even before Carson Wentz flew in from North Dakota on Thursday, May 12, and sat down with pen in hand that the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft would get the mandated $17 million-plus signing bonus (Spotrac estimated it at $17,600,973) in a four-year deal for a reported $26.68 million that would incur a cap charge of around $4.8 million this season (Spotrac says $4,850,243).

Wentz is under contract as the Eagles prepare to begin a three-day rookie minicamp Friday, May 13, as are all other Eagles draftees. They can concentrate on learning new systems and investing their cash.

 

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump says things are “working out really well” as he meets in Washington  with Republican leaders. His tweet Thursday, followed a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan in the morning, and with Republican congressional leaders later in the day. Last week, Ryan stunned Republicans by withholding an endorsement of Trump. He’s still not issuing one, but he and Trump said Thursday’s meeting was a “very positive step toward unification” of the party.

WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that the Obama administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money to fund the president’s health care law. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer is a win for House Republicans who brought the politically charged legal challenge. At stake is $175 billion the government is paying to reimburse health insurers over a decade to reduce co-payments for lower-income people. Collyer issued an order stopping further reimbursements, but delayed its implementation while the case is appealed.

CHICAGO (AP) – SWAT officers Thursday surrounded a home in Chicago, where they’ve exchanged fire with a man who authorities say is a suspect in the killing of three people hours earlier. It’s not clear whether the man was hit by police gunfire. No officers were hurt. Police used loudspeakers to call on the man to surrender, and the man’s family also came to the scene to urge a peaceful end to the situation.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Los Angeles prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the man convicted in 10 “Grim Sleeper” murders says he also killed five other women. Beth Silverman told jurors Thursday that one of those additional killings was committed before the series of murders for which Lonnie Franklin was convicted. She said it involved the same gun that took the life of the final victim. Defense lawyers postponed presenting an opening statement in their efforts to spare Franklin from capital punishment. Franklin was previously convicted of 10 counts of first-degree murder.

WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior Senate Democrat says there’s a deal to advance a $1.1 billion measure to battle the Zika virus. The bill is smaller than President Barack Obama’s $1.9 billion request but is expected to get sweeping support in a vote next week. Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, told reporters that she still prefers Obama’s proposal but has reached agreement with Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on the smaller amount, which is likely to be added to a separate bill.