Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jul 5

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE MORNING…THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 80S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND

CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH

DAKOTA.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called to a brush fire Monday evening, at the Jamestown Reservoir Island.

The fire call came in at about 8:30-p.m.

Two units, and four firefighters were on the scene for about 25 minutes.

Rural Fire Chief Ben Maulding says that the probable cause of the fire was fireworks.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi) North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) has announced that members are now eligible to receive a 10 percent discount off most retail health aid products at Thrifty White pharmacies across the state.

NDFU president, Mark Watne says, “We’re excited to be partnering with this well-known regional chain to offer discounts to our members. Thrifty White is an employee-owned company that has provided reliable service to rural America for generations.”
NDFU members are also eligible for a 10 percent discount off health aids when they shop online at theonlinedrugstore.com. To receive the discount in store or online, members need to present their membership card at checkout or enter it online. The discount does not apply to diabetic test strips or prescription medication.

For more information, go to ndfu.org and click on “Member Benefits” at the top of the page.

 

Jamestown (CSi) James River Valley Library System, Development Director, Bill Kennedy says Lifetime Vision Source in Jamestown has continued its support with a $10,000 donation to the Alfred Dickey Library.

Kennedy says Lifetime Vision Source has donated $10,000 that will go towards the bookmobile project the library has been working on for more than a year.

Kennedy points out that on days the bookmobile travels, it constitutes 40% of the total library circulation for that day.

Dr. Larry Motacek , says, “This year is my 20th anniversary of my partnership with Dr. Mathison, so we decided to do an additional funding project this year. The Bookmobile project fit the bill perfect as it serves all age groups and many local communities.”

The donation will make Lifetime Vision Source the official sponsor for the bookmobile.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A large sinkhole has opened at a busy Fargo intersection.
 
   A driver called 911 about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday to report the sinkhole in the road at the intersection of 42nd Street and 9th Avenue South.?
 
     Police used their squad cars to barricade the street and re-direct traffic around the sinkhole until street barriers could be put up.
 
     The hole is about 8 feet wide by 10 feet long and varies in depth.
 
     Public Works Supervisor Lee Anderson says it appears the street collapse was the result of a problem with a large sewer pipe.

 

 FORT RANSOM, N.D. (AP) – Fort Ransom State Park in southeastern North Dakota is holding its annual Sodbuster Days this coming weekend.
 
     Thousands of people are expected to gather in the park in the Sheyenne River Valley to see how early North Dakota settlers lived. The event is sponsored by the Fort Ransom Sodbuster Association and the state Parks and Recreation Department.
 
     The event is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Highlights on Sunday include a pancake breakfast and a parade.
 
     Admission is $7 per person. Children 12 and under get in free. The state park daily vehicle entrance fee is waived during the weekend.

 

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a rollover crash near Steele has killed a 45-year-old Florida man.
 
     Authorities say Neon Caldwell of Jacksonville, Florida died at the scene at about 5:40 a.m. on Saturday.
 
     The patrol says Caldwell was a passenger in the semi that hit a ditch and rolled on Highway 3, a few miles north of Steele, in central North Dakota.
 
     Troopers say 22-year-old James Whitney of Grand Forks was the driver of the vehicle. Authorities say he suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a Bismarck hospital.
 

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – A Williston mother of four and her boyfriend have been sentenced on child abuse charges.
 
    25-year-old Daniel Kempton pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse, and ingesting a controlled substance. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
 
     Thirty-one-year-old Stephanie Johnsrud was sentenced to 10 years of supervised probation and given credit for the 47 days she had spent in jail.
 
     Kempton was arrested last July at the Williston home he shared with Johnsrud, after authorities discovered fresh bruises on Johnsrud’s children.
 
     Prosecutors say a 3-year-old boy also suffered several fractured bones and no medical attention was sought for the child.
 
     Authorities say tests showed a 3-month-old daughter had been exposed to marijuana and methamphetamine. Johnsrud’s 6-year-old daughter tested positive for marijuana.

 

  MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a court order requiring a Minot man to nearly $50,000 in restitution for shooting and severely injuring his girlfriend.
 
    Robert Putney Jr. was convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced to four years in prison for shooting the woman in the stomach in 2014. A judge ordered Putney pay nearly $50,000, or about half of the victim’s total medical bill.
 
     He appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court, arguing that double jeopardy should apply because he had previously pleaded guilty to simple assault in municipal court. He argued that he can’t be tried twice for the same crime. Putney also argued a judge abused his discretion when he ordered Putney to pay the restitution.
 
     The Supreme Court disagreed.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A third man has been indicted for operating a scheme at a Fargo neighborhood grocery store in which government food stamp benefits were illegally turned into cash.
 
     Zedan Ali is charged in federal court with conspiracy and money laundering. Authorities say he and two other men defrauded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program while operating at the Noor Al Huda store between March 2011 and March 2013.
 
     Ali was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, in May.
 
     Two other men have been sentenced in the case. Lamia Ali and Abass Amedi were ordered to serve unspecified periods of home confinement, perform community service and repay more than $365,000.
 
     A trial date for Zedan Ali has not been set.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Some brand inspection fees are going up in North Dakota, starting Friday.
 
     The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association says the per-head inspection fee will go from $1 to $1.50. The permanent horse permit fee will rise from $10 to $25.
 
     The registered feedlot permit fee will go from $20 to $25, and the per-head registered feedlot fee from 10 cents to 50 cents.
 
     The Stockmen’s Association administers the brand inspection program on behalf of the state. The rancher group says the changes came after a public hearing and comment period, and were reviewed by the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Committee.

 

 

     BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Farmers Union says it will fight for price protections for milk to stimulate the state’s slumping dairy industry.
 
     Farmers Union President Mark Watne  says his group has joined charters from Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and California to lobby lawmakers for a higher price point that will cover the cost of milk production.
 
     The North Dakota led the campaign to reverse the Legislature’s decision last year to exempt pork and dairy operations from the state’s anti-corporate farming law. North Dakota voters overwhelmingly rejected the law last month.
 
     State agriculture data show the number of dairy farms in North Dakota has decreased from about 540 in 2002 to fewer than 90 at present

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says American white pelicans are nesting at a central North Dakota refuge in near-record numbers.
 
     Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge Manager Neil Shook says an aerial count shows 33,694 breeding adults. That’s up from about 27,000 birds last year.
 
     The white pelican colony at the refuge north of Medina peaked at 35,466 birds in 2000. The pelicans winter mainly in the Gulf Coast states but some fly to North Dakota from as far away as California to nest on the island.
 
     The pelicans normally stay in North Dakota through September, raising their young and feasting at small prairie ponds within a 100-mile radius of the refuge.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The president of Bismarck State College says 15 employees are retiring by the end of this year and most of them have been driven out by statewide budget cuts.
 
     President Larry Skogen says he expects more retirements from teachers and staff to be announced as the school grapples with a shrinking budget due to depressed oil and crop prices.
 
     North Dakota United represents thousands of teachers across the state. President Nick Archuleta says he’s heard from teachers across the entire North Dakota University System. He says they are worried about how statewide budget cuts will impact higher education in the state, including the ability to attract students.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota is receiving $705,000 for AmeriCorps programs that will add more than 130 volunteers to the state.
 
     The state received the funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that includes AmeriCorps.
 
     AmeriCorps is a nationwide community service program. Its members are involved with programs in education, the environment, disaster response and recovery, and supporting veterans and military families.
 
     North Dakota AmeriCorps Program administrator Ryan Volk says more than 1,800 AmeriCorps members in North Dakota have served 2 million hours and earned more than $4.5 million in education scholarships.

 

In sports…

AA…

Sioux City 21, Fargo-Moorhead 9

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE
 
   Final    L.A.  Dodgers      7    Baltimore      5
 
 
              AMERICAN  LEAGUE

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Coco Crisp snapped a seventh-inning tie with a two-run single, and the Oakland Athletics ended a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday.
 
   Final    Tampa  Bay              4    L.A.  Angels      2
   Final    Boston                  12    Texas                  5
   Final    Houston                  2    Seattle              1
   Final    Chi  White  Sox      8    N-Y  Yankees      2

   Final    Toronto                  6    Kansas  City      2
   Final    Cleveland              5    Detroit              3
 
 
             NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final    Milwaukee              1    Washington      0
   Final    Pittsburgh            4    St.  Louis        2
   Final    Chi  Cubs              10    Cincinnati      4
   Final    San  Francisco      3    Colorado          1
   Final    Philadelphia        8    Atlanta            2
   Final    N-Y  Mets                8    Miami                6
   Final    San  Diego              8    Arizona            4
 
 

TWINS…

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins have placed third baseman Trevor Plouffe on the disabled list because of a broken left rib. He’ll likely miss more than a month.
 
     Plouffe was hit by a pitch Wednesday at Chicago and played the next two games, going 3 for 4 with a home run Friday against Texas. The pain flared up over the weekend and he was scratched from the lineup Sunday.
 
     The move was made Monday before the Twins hosted Oakland, and first baseman Kennys Vargas was recalled from Triple-A Rochester to fill in. Plouffe had an earlier stint on the DL for a strained muscle on his right side.
 
     Vargas hit .235 with 14 home runs and 53 RBIs in 82 games for the Red Wings.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Oakland Athletics have placed right-handed reliever Fernando Rodriguez on the disabled list with a strained shoulder.
 
     The move was made Monday before the A’s played at Minnesota

 

WIMBLEDON…

LONDON (AP) – The Williams sisters are back in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, 16 years after they first made it this far together at the All England Club.
 
     Six-time champion Serena and five-time winner Venus will be playing on Tuesday for spots in the semifinals.

 

TOUR…

LIMOGES, France (AP) – Four breakaway riders have built up a five-minute lead over the peloton in the fourth and longest stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday.
 
     Oliver Naesen, Alexis Gougeard, Markel Irizar, and Andreas Schillinger made their move near the 30-kilometer mark and quickly increased the gap. The 237.5-kilometer ride is taking the peloton from Saumur to Limoges in central France.
 
     World champion Peter Sagan is enjoying a second consecutive day in the yellow jersey.
 
     Sagan has an eight-second lead over Julien Alaphilippe overall, with Alejandro Valverde in third place, 10 seconds back. 

 

In world and national news…

 

WASHINGTON (AP) – Now it’s President Barack Obama’s turn to help Hillary Clinton try to win the White House. The president will be joining the presumptive Democratic nominee in Charlotte, North Carolina, eight years after Clinton helped unite Democrats behind Obama. Donald Trump has his own event planned for today in the battleground state.
 
     ROME (AP) – The U.S. ambassador to Italy is pledging assistance to Italian authorities investigating the death of an American college student. Italian police have detained a homeless man in the death of 19-year-old Beau Solomon. The young man’s body was found in the Tiber River in Rome two days after his credit card had been used in Milan.
 
     PARIS (AP) – French lawmakers say a parliamentary investigation has found multiple intelligence failures before Islamic extremist attacks last year. The commission issuing the report is urging the creation of a U.S.-style counterterrorism agency. The attacks in January and November 2015 claimed 147 lives.
 
     TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – An El Al flight from New York has landed safely in Israel following a bomb threat. France and Switzerland deployed military jets over their airspaces as escorts for the Boeing 747. The passengers say they were unaware of the drama until landing.
 
     PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – A NASA spacecraft is now orbiting Jupiter, after arriving at the solar system’s largest planet following a five-year journey. Juno’s mission: To peer through Jupiter’s cloud-socked atmosphere and map the interior from a unique vantage point above the planet’s poles.