Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jun 30

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. . HIGHS IN THE UPPER
60S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 60S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE
MID 80S.

 

 THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE

ON AND OFF INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. STORMS ON SATURDAY ARE NOT

EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE BUT ALL STORMS WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING.

 

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public Works Department informs motorist that because of the annual street maintenance project, that 2nd Ave SE between 6^th St and 8^th St SE IS CLOSED again today (Thursday – June 30, 2016.)

Extreme caution should be used when entering road construction areas.

Motorists and other traffic should use extreme caution when entering detoured areas. The public should consider alternate routes if possible.

 

Valley City (CSi-Valley News Live) The Valley City Police Department has completed an internal investigation on one of its officers, and says he did nothing wrong.

Valley News Live reports, the investigation started in May 2016 after the department received a complaint from a citizen about Lt. David Swenson. The citizen accused Lt. Swenson of “drawing hourly wages from three separate revenue streams for the same hours. Which is a Class B Felony.”

The citizen agreed to talk with the police chief about the allegations and an investigation was started.

An Internal Administrative Investigation was initiated by Police Chief Fred Thompson. Payroll records, time sheets, work schedules and other documentation were obtained. A total of eight witnesses, who may have had information about the allegations, were interviewed.

Throughout the investigation, the citizen who filed the complaint became uncooperative, and at one point said he could continue this “in the court of public opinion.”

Even though the complainant wouldn’t cooperate, the police department continued the internal investigation. The result of the investigation is that Lt. Swenson did not commit a crime, nor did he engage in any impropriety in his work.

The station reported that the report says the same citizen ended up filing another complaint against Lt. Swenson with the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office on June 1. The Barnes County State’s Attorney’s Office says “even though the amount of hours was excessive, nothing irregular was uncovered during the investigation.”

The following was sent by Valley City Police Chief Fred Thompson:

“The public is advised that a police department is only as good as the integrity that it presents to the public it serves. The Valley City Police Department is determined to ensure that the public can have trust and faith in what we do. As the Chief of Police I will promise you that we will, and have, investigated any legitimate complaint that is forwarded to me.”

 

Valley City (CSi) Valley City Fire Chief Gary Retterath reminds residents about changes this year passed by the City Commission concerning sales and detonation of fireworks.

The days in which detonation have been reduced to five and can only be detonated in the city starting July 1st at 8-a.m. and ending on July 5th at 1-a.m.

July 1st thru July 3rd fireworks can be detonated from 8-a.m. to 11-p.m.

On the 4th of July fireworks can be detonated from 8-a.m. to midnight, on July 5th from midnight to 1-a.m. in Valley City.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Mini-Art Hunt is Saturday, July 9, in the parks in Jamestown and Frontier Village.

12 unique mini-artworks by visual artist Cassy Gilbertson will be hidden throughout the Jamestown parks and Frontier Village.

Four sets of visual clues in the form of photos, to each artwork’s hiding place will be made public at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, July 9, and Sunday, July 10.

The first clues are the most challenging with the final clues the most revealing.

Anyone finding an original piece of miniature artwork, may keep it.

Clues can be found at the Stutsman County Museum’s booth in McElroy Park July 9 during White Cloud Days and on the Arts Center’s Facebook page.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A farm aid nonprofit in the Northern Plains is expanding its services again this year, with an eye toward spreading geographically in a year or two.
 
     North Dakota-based Farm Rescue does physical labor for farmers in need in both Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and eastern Montana. It started out planting crops, then expanded to harvesting crops, and then into haying.
 
     The organization this year also is offering hay bale-hauling and grain-hauling services.
 
     Founder Bill Gross says Farm Rescue needs to boost its annual budget from about $750,000 to $1 million to expand to more states. It’s finding new ways to raise money, including selling downloads and CDs of a country music tune sung by North Dakota farmer Joe Schmidt. “My Field of Dreams” was written by Billy Ray Cyrus’ cousin, Bobby.

 

 

 

BEACH, N.D. (AP) – A Beach man is accused of killing another man from the city earlier this month.
 
     Twenty-two-year-old Gabriel Castro is accused of shooting 24-year-old Richard Young in the head on June 6. Young died four days later.
 
Castro also is charged with hindering law enforcement and giving false information to officers. He could face life in prison without parole if convicted of murder.
 
     Court documents do not list an attorney for Castro, and a home telephone listing could not be found. He is due in court Aug. 25 for a preliminary hearing.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Trial has been moved to 2017 for the onetime operator of a North Dakota oil field well accused in an illegal wastewater dumping case.
 
     Jason Halek, of Southlake, Texas, is facing 13 federal charges, including violating the Safe Drinking Water Act, making false statements and obstructing grand jury proceedings. He has pleaded not guilty.
 
     Authorities say Halek injected saltwater into a disposal well without having state inspectors sign off on the well’s integrity, and continued to inject the fluid after a failed pressure test. Saltwater is a byproduct of oil production and is considered an environmental hazard.
 
     Judge Daniel Hovland on Wednesday moved trial from Oct. 27 to Jan. 10. It is expected to last four weeks.
 
     Defense attorney Alexander Reichert did not respond to an email request for comment.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the city of Williston broke the state’s open meetings law when more than one commissioner got involved in meetings with industry leaders to discuss the status of “man camps.”
 
     Stenehjem says the city followed the law when Williston Mayor Howard Klug asked a city commissioner and other city leaders to meet with representatives from various industries to talk about crew camps.  However, Stenehjem says, the city broke the law when a different commissioner attended a meeting on the same subject last August.
 
     Stenehjem says Klug and commissioner Tate Cymbaluk must draft minutes of the Aug. 5 meeting within a week.
 
     Williston officials have set a July 1 deadline for crew camps to shut down. Officials have said construction of new apartments and hotels has caught up with population growth.
 

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gasoline is noticeably cheaper in North Dakota than it was last year heading into the Fourth of July holiday.
 
     The latest weekly report from GasBuddy.com shows an average retail price in North Dakota of about $2.25 a gallon. That’s lower than the national average of $2.31 a gallon.
 
     The average price also is nearly 50 cents per gallon cheaper than a year ago in North Dakota.
 
     Senior Petroleum Analyst Gregg Laskoski says the impact of Britain leaving the European Union is expected to add even more downward pressure to summer gas prices, despite record-setting demand.

 

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The state Board of Higher Education says it won’t give pay raises to any of the college presidents and has delayed its decision on whether to extend the contract of North Dakota State University president Dean Bresciani.
 
     Board members say they struggled with the pay issue but decided against increases because of the state’s financial woes. Many of the presidents had already decided they would not accept raises.
 
     The board says it will discuss extending Bresciani’s contract in November, when it will review the NDSU president’s progress on meeting goals that include teamwork, communication and collaboration.
 
     The board voted to extend the contracts through June 2018 for presidents from Minot State, Mayville State, Valley City State, Bismarck State, Lake Region State and North Dakota State College of Science.

 

 

　 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Several dozen people attended a farewell party for outgoing Williston State College President Raymond Nadolny.
 
     Nadolny announced in May that he planned to resign in June 2017 to spend more time with family. He decided earlier this month to move up the date to spend the summer with his three daughters as his family begins the relocation process.
 
     His farewell party was held Wednesday night in the gymnasium on campus. He says he will miss the students the most.
 
     In 2014, University System Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen placed Nadolny on indefinite leave pending an investigation into alleged alcohol misconduct. Nadolny returned to his post within a month.
 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota regulators have adopted new rules aimed at reducing spills by the oil industry.
 
     The state Industrial Commission on Wednesday approved the rules that included bonding and increased inspections on pipelines. Another new rule requires berms to be built around a well site to keep spills from spreading.
 
     North Dakota oil companies have opposed the rules. They say adding more rules adds costs to companies that already are dealing with depressed crude prices.
 
     The rules must still pass before the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Committee, which has the power to block, change or delay new regulations.
 
     Department of Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms says public hearings on rules were done in several cities in April. He says October is the earliest the rules could be in place.

 

 ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) – More than two years after bankruptcy proceedings started for the Northern Beef Packers plant in Aberdeen, unsecured creditors have been given final notice to submit proof of their claims for payment. Court documents show 738 creditors received notice that all claims must be filed by Sept. 12. The American News reports that there’s about $743,000 available for claims distribution.
 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has signed off on an environmental review of a Red River diversion project around the flood-prone cities of Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota.
 The DNR said in its report Wednesday that the review meets all legal requirements and backers of the project can move ahead with trying to secure necessary permits. DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr says it’s not an endorsement of the project.
 Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority Chairman Darrel Vanyo says his group is happy with the findings, but calls the pursuit for permits the “big issue” in getting the project started.
 A group of upstream opponents has filed a lawsuit asking the Army Corps of Engineers to consider a cheaper project that wouldn’t flood farmland that would be part of a staging area.

 

 WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Officials are into the second phase of a $55 million Williams County expansion project.
 
   Crews last week demolished a building to make way for a three-story addition to the County Administration Building.
 
     The 29,000-square-foot structure will accommodate all county-related administrative departments in their own suite. County Communications Officer Melody Miluer says that will improve access for the public.
 
     The first phase of the expansion project began in April, when an apartment building was leveled to provide space for a 51,000-square-foot jail addition with 108 beds to ease overcrowding.
 
     Renovations to the Williams County Courthouse will be the final phase of the expansion project. That’s slated to begin in fall 2017.

 

In sports…

Valley City (VCSU-CSi) – VCSU President, Tisa Mason announces that Nate Stewart has been named Valley City State University’s next athletic director.

Stewart is currently the director of athletics and athletic development at Eastern University, an NCAA Division III school in St. Davids, Pa. He begins his new responsibilities at VCSU on July 29, 2016.

Stewart will be responsible for the development, administration, vision and leadership of the men’s and women’s athletic programs at VCSU. Stewart replaces Jack Denholm, who resigned after six years to take the athletic director position at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Mason says “We are excited to have Nate Stewart join our athletic department. He brings a well-rounded athletic experience, along with an enthusiasm and skill set that matches what we need at VCSU. His vision for the role athletics plays on campus will serve us well, and his leadership as a member of the Cabinet will contribute to our growing success.”

A native of Christiansburg, Va., Stewart has been director of athletics for one year at Eastern University. Prior to that he was the school’s head men’s basketball coach for four seasons and also served as the assistant athletic director for advancement.

Stewart says, “I want to thank President Mason and the search committee for the opportunity to become a Viking. My family and I are excited to join Valley City State University and the Valley City community. I look forward to working with our talented coaches and staff as we pursue excellence on the fields and courts, but most importantly in the classroom and community.”

Before joining Eastern University, Stewart worked as an assistant men’s basketball coach for NCAA Division I schools Radford University and University of Maryland Baltimore Country. Stewart played college basketball at Roanoke College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance. He earned a master’s degree in athletic administration from Marshall University while coaching as a graduate assistant.

Stewart and his wife, Lauren, have a young son, Noah.

Valley City State University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and a conference member of the North Star Athletic Association. VCSU sponsors 14 intercollegiate sports including basketball, baseball, football, volleyball, softball, track & field, cross country and golf.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Parks Program will be attending the Tennis Carnival at Bolinger Tennis Courts on Friday, July 1st from 10:00 – 11:30 am. Meet at the Tennis court at 9:45am.

If you have a tennis racket, please bring it due to the limited amount of rackets available. For more information please call the Jamestown Parks & Recreation office, 252-3982.

There will be no supervised Parks Program activities at Meidinger Park, Nickeus Park, McElroy Park, and Leapaldt Park on Friday morning. All parks will be open again Friday afternoon for normal hours (1:00-4:30).

　

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Rodeo is at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the rodeo arena north of the Stutsman County Fairgrounds.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6-16, and children 5 and younger are admitted free.

 

 

MLB…

 INTERLEAGUE

The Cleveland Indians continue to own the longest current winning streak in the majors.
 
     Danny Salazar tossed seven scoreless innings and the Indians picked up their 12th straight win by blanking the Braves 3-0 in Atlanta. Salazar scattered five hits, struck out eight and walked none in helping the Indians continue what is now their longest winning streak since a team record-tying, 13-game run in 1952.
 
   Final    Detroit            10    Miami                      3
   Final    Toronto              5    Colorado                3
   Final    Baltimore        12    San  Diego              6
   Final    Kansas  City      3    St.  Louis              2,  12  Innings
   Final    Oakland              7    San  Francisco      1
   Final    Pittsburgh        8    Seattle                  1
 
 
            AMERICAN  LEAGUE

 CHICAGO (AP) – James Shields broke out of a slump with 6 2/3 innings against one of baseball’s worst lineups, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 9-6 Wednesday night.
 

The New York Yankees erupted for six runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Texas Rangers 9-7.
   Final    Tampa  Bay              4    Boston                0
   Final    Houston                10    L.A.  Angels      4
     
 
             NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final    Chi  Cubs              9    Cincinnati          2
   Final    Philadelphia      9    Arizona                8,  10  Innings
   Final    Washington          4    N-Y  Mets              2
   Final    Milwaukee            7    L.A.  Dodgers      0
 
 
         WOMEN’S  NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Sugar Rodgers had a career-high 30 points and the New York Liberty rallied to give the Minnesota Lynx their third straight loss, 95-92 in overtime on Wednesday night.
 
 
   Final    Washington        84    San  Antonio      67
   Final    Indiana              95    Chicago              83
   Final    Phoenix              86    Connecticut      75
 

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
 
     Game 3 postponed by bad weather
 
     OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – There’s still no winner in the College World Series after Coastal Carolina and Arizona were postponed by rain and lightning. The third and deciding game of the finals is now slated for Thursday in Omaha.

 

WIMBLEDON…

LONDON (AP) –   British player Dan Evans made it to the third round at Wimbledon for the first time, beating 30th-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-1.
 
     Evans entered the Grand Slam with a 0-3 career record at Wimbledon but has won two straight matches to equal his best performance at a major, at the U.S. Open in 2013.
 
     Dolgopolov, a 2011 Australian Open quarterfinalist, was in the second round at the All England Club for the fifth straight year. He reached the third round in 2013 and ’14, but has never been beyond the first week.
 

 

NFL…

 UNDATED (AP) – Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has accepted a six-year, $140 million contract extension, the richest deal in NFL history. Colts owner Jim Irsay revealed the contract’s maximum value and said Luck would be guaranteed $47 million even if the Colts were to cut him before this season. NFL.com says the life of Luck’s contract includes $87 million guaranteed for injury.

 

NBA…
 
     CLEVELAND (AP) – LeBron James is a free agent after formally declining his player option for next season with the NBA champion Cavaliers. The move was expected by James, who said last week he intends to remain with Cleveland. The 31-year-old star has been a free agent the past three summers, electing each time to sign one-year contracts with a player option.

 

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) – The Detroit Pistons have traded guard Jodie Meeks to the Orlando Magic for a 2019 conditional second-round draft pick.
 
     The 28-year-old Meeks played in only three games in 2015-16 after fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his right foot in the second game of the season. He averaged 10.9 points for the Pistons in 2014-15.
 

 

OLYMPICS-SWIMMING…
  
     OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Michael Phelps is heading back to the Olympics.
 
     Phelps held off a stiff challenge from Tom Shields to win the 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. swimming trials. The most decorated athlete in Olympic history held up all five fingers on his right hand following the event to signify his fifth trip to the Summer Games.
 
     Missy Franklin finished second to Katie Ledecky in the 200 free to earn a second individual event at the Rio Games. Franklin’s runner-up performance came a day after she was seventh in the 100 backstroke, an event she won four years ago in London.

 

In world and national news…

LONDON (AP) – A surprise in Britain. Former London Mayor Boris Johnson now says he’s not interested in becoming prime minister, replacing David Cameron. Cameron announced his resignation last week, after British voters decided to leave the European Union. Johnson had been considered a top contender for the Conservative Party leadership, and he had campaigned for Britain to leave the EU. 
 
     ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A senior Turkish official says the three suicide attackers who carried out the deadly attack on Istanbul’s main airport were nationals of Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan (KEER’-gih-stan). Tuesday’s gunfire and suicide bombing attack at Ataturk Airport killed 42 people and wounded more than 230 others. Today, Turkish authorities raided several locations in Istanbul, detaining 13 people.
 
     KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Officials in Afghanistan say a suicide bomber targeting a bus carrying police trainees has killed 30 people. Today’s attack happened west of Kabul. The Taliban have sent an email to The Associated Press, claiming it carried out the attack and that there were two suicide bombers. They say one targeted the police trainees and another attacked policemen who arrived 20 minutes later to help.
 
     ROME (AP) – Italian authorities are lowering by as much as 300 the number of people estimated to have died in a 2015 migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean. Some of the 28 people who survived said the boat was carrying 700 to 800 people, with most of them trapped in the hull. But after the ship was raised from the seabed this week, officials got a look at the ship’s dimensions and revised the number of passengers. Some 180 bodies already have been recovered and officials believe another 300 or more are still in the hull.
 
     UNDATED (AP) – A Twitter account belonging to the CEO and co-founder of Oculus apparently has been hacked. Screengrabs on tech blogs of tweets posted on Oculus chief Brendan Iribe’s account by the suspected hacker show him jokingly announcing that Oculus had a new company CEO. He also changed Iribe’s Twitter bio to read, “im not testing ya security im just havin a laugh.” Oculus is a maker of virtual reality headsets and is owned by Facebook.