Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Aug 16

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS

IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH

SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND

5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. A 20 PERCENT  CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST

WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA 70 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH

SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.

.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.

.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER

40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S.

 

PATCHY DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS

OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY, REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AROUND A

QUARTER-MILE AT TIMES. THIS MAY AFFECT TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE

94 FROM MEDINA TO JAMESTOWN TO SPIRITWOOD, AND TRAVELERS ALONG

HIGHWAY 281 FROM CARRINGTON TO JAMESTOWN TO ELLENDALE. ALLOW SOME

EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND USE EXTRA CAUTION AT

INTERSECTIONS AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS. THE FOG WILL DISSIPATE BY MID-MORNING.

 

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS

AFTERNOON WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR

SEVERE WEATHER.

FOR THURSDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED.

 

BARLOW, N.D. (AP) — No injuries have been reported in the collapse of two grain bins in the Foster County community of Barlow.

Resident Kyle Hewitt says the two 35,000-bushel bins owned by Allied Grain Co. collapsed shortly before 10:30 p.m. Monday.

There was no immediate word on the cause.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Public School Board, Monday evening heard a presentation from Jim Perras, from  Consolidated Construction, who presented  the board with information on agency construction management and risk management.  The business provides preconstruction services and acts as a representative for the school district in identifying contractors and handling schedules, planning, design, bidding and construction oversight.

Jamestown Police Department officer Andrew Staska said that in  addition to school Resource Officer training the Jamestown Police Department  held an active shooter exercise.

Staska is also the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)instructor attending the D.A.R.E. America training in June in Pierre, South Dakota.

He was the most outstanding member of the training as selected by his peers.

He also received the D.A.R.E. Spirit Award for the most enthusiastic student.

The Jamestown Public Schools, Food Service Department was recognized for being awarded the “One in a Melon,” state award, through the Farm to School Program, for the Best School Lunch in North Dakota.

The school board meeting was recorded by CSi 10 The Replay Channel with showings starting Tuesday.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The City of Jamestown is currently accepting applications for the following:

One opening on the Special Assessment Commission–term to April 2017

Two openings on the Fire Code Board of Appeals—3 year term

On  opening on the Regional Airport Authority—5 year term

 

Anyone interested in serving on the above committees/boards should complete an “Application for Appointment”. The application may be obtained in person at City Hall, 102 3rd Ave SE, Jamestown, ND, by calling 701-252-5900 or online at jamestownnd.org and select government tab/city committees to download the form.

The application should be returned by October 14, 2016, to:

City of Jamestown

Attn: Appointments

102 3rd Avenue SE

Jamestown, ND 58401-4205

 

Valley City (CSI) Volunteers are welcome to help out on Thursday August 18, 2016 at 1:30-p.m., at the Prairie Garden Orchard, on 5th Avenue Northeast and 9th Street Northeast near the Valley City  playing fields.

Voluneers are needed to plant 50 to 60 fruit trees, along with  installing tree protectors and putting down mulch for the trees

Volunteers should bring along  bring lead and garden rakes, flat and scoop type shovels and  gloves, insect spray and sunblock.

Co-event coordinator Madeline Luke says water and snacks will be provided.

Also from 5-p.m. to 5:30-p.m. volunteers will be served pizza at the site.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)   As North Dakota law enforcement agencies announce the annual Labor Day crackdown to prevent impaired driving, they have a new ally: Miss North Dakota, Macy Christianson. After receiving her crown in June, Macy is focused on making a difference during her reign by urging North Dakotans to make the smart decision not to drink and drive. Macy has added the momentum of her platform to the North Dakota Department of Transportation’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign this month.

Macy says “About half of the motor vehicle deaths in our state have been alcohol-related—those are lives that could be saved if the driver was sober.  Drinking and driving is a decision that can overturn your life—and the life of someone else.”

Forty-eight law enforcement agencies across the state, including the North Dakota Highway Patrol, will deploy additional patrols for DUI enforcement August 17 through September 5. Along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP), participating law enforcement agencies include the Sheriffs’ Departments in Dickey, Eddy, Foster, LaMoure, Logan and Stutsman counties, and Police Departments in Carrington, Jamestown, Oakes and Valley City.

Logan County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Mike Marolt says “Enjoy your holiday, but remember that law enforcement is working to show zero tolerance for drunk driving  The public can help get unsafe drivers off the road—call 9-1-1 to report an impaired driver.”

 

Funding for high-intensity impaired driving enforcement is provided by the North Dakota Department of Transportation in order to prevent impaired driving crashes. Learn more about the efforts to reduce roadway deaths and serious injuries at ndcodefortheroad.org or join the conversation on the Code for the Road Facebook or Twitter page. Memorials to individuals killed by impaired drivers in North Dakota can be viewed at ndcodefortheroad.org/memorial.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a 33-year-old man has died after colliding with a sport utility vehicle.

Bismarck police said Monday that part of East Main Avenue is closed while authorities investigate.

Authorities say the motorcyclist hit an SUV that was making a U-turn. The motorcycle driver was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

His name has not been released pending notification of family.

The female SUV driver wasn’t injured.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot man who jumped into the Souris River to try to evade police has pleaded guilty and won’t spend any more time in jail.

Twenty-four-year-old Chance Moran was arrested early Friday by officers who responded to a woman’s report that unruly guests had trashed her home.

Authorities say Moran jumped into the river and refused to come out. He eventually tired and had to be helped from the water by fire and rescue officials.

Moran spent the weekend in jail and on Monday pleaded guilty to preventing arrest when he learned that prosecutors would not seek more jail time. He could have faced a year behind bars but was sentenced to time served and $500 in court costs.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a 52-year-old Fargo man to a dozen years in prison after concluding there was convincing evidence the man groomed a teenage girl for a sexual relationship by gaining the trust of her family.

Prosecutor Ryan Younggren says J. Erin Rourke outfitted a bedroom for the girl and made an agreement with the mother, who worked nights, to have the girl spend several nights a week at his house.

Rourke maintains his innocence and says he will appeal his May conviction on a felony gross sexual imposition charge. Jurors found him not guilty of another charge, corrupting or soliciting a minor.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Trial has been delayed until next year for accused Ward County Sheriff Steve Kukowski.

Kukowski faces misdemeanor charges in the October 2014 death of 25-year-old jail inmate Dustin Irwin. The sheriff maintains his innocence.

He had been scheduled to go before a jury in June, but the trial was rescheduled first to late August, then to early October and now until early January.

Kukowski has been suspended by Gov. Jack Dalrymple while his criminal case proceeds.

 

 

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — Wahpeton officials this week are working to reduce odors from the city’s wastewater pond and sewer lift station.

The fix involves replacing membranes that introduce oxygen to wastewater. Oxygen is essential because it sustains organisms that feed on odor-causing bacteria.

The City Council in May approved more than $31,000 for the project.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline are asking a federal judge to order protesters in North Dakota to stop interfering with the project.

Dakota Access filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday against Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman David Archambault II and other protesters.

Dakota Access’ complaint alleges protesters are putting the safety of workers and law enforcement at risk.

The tribal chairman was among several protesters arrested last week and charged with disorderly conduct or criminal trespass at the construction site near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe late last month sued federal regulators for approving the pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to abolish North Dakota’s anti-corporate farming law are asking a judge to reject the state’s request for a more detailed complaint.

The North Dakota Farm Bureau, a Wisconsin dairy farmer and a dairy company in that state that seeks to expand into North Dakota sued in federal court in June. They want a federal judge to declare the law unconstitutional.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem late last month asked the judge to order the plaintiffs to amend their complaint, saying it was so vague that his office couldn’t even respond to it.

Plaintiff’s attorney Sarah Andrews Herman disputes that assertion. She says the complaint is detailed and that arguments Stenehjem makes in his request show that he has enough information to file a response.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Some homeowners in a Bismarck neighborhood are questioning the long-term safety of their houses after some backyards dropped as much as 7 feet in June.

Jim Hopfauf is one of the homeowners affected by the collapsing hill where houses are perched in north Bismarck. He tells The Bismarck Tribune that it keeps dropping every time it rains.

Homeowners and government entities have shared in the cost of a study of the problem. City Parks and Recreation Director Randy Bina says the study suggests rock rip-rap landscaping put in place by homeowners to secure their land is actually making the problem worse.

The study recommends removing the rock and reshaping the slope.

The study results are to be presented during Thursday’s Bismarck Park Board meeting.

 

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi)  In the North Dakota Athletic Association preseason poll, the University of Jamestown volleyball team is favored  to finish second.

UJ received 71 points in the poll, behind Viterbo University which was ranked Number 4 in the final NAIA top 25 poll last season.

The Jimmies open the season Aug. 26-27 at the Northwestern (Iowa) Tournament.

 

Jamestown  (CSi) University of Jamestown head men’s track and field coach Ed Crawford announces the signing of Alex Huff of Cleveland, N.D., who will join the Jimmie track and field team in the fall of 2016.

Huff, a 2016 graduate of Medina High School, finished sixth in the long jump and high jump at the North Dakota Class B State track and field meet this spring.

Crawford says, “Alex is a great young man who will really help us in both the long and triple jump events the next four years. He has an outstanding work ethic, and I am excited to work with him and see him grow into a conference champion in both those jumps.”

He is the son of John and LouAnn Vandeberghe of Cleveland and will major in Political Science at UJ.

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Tampa Bay 8 San Diego 2

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final Boston 3 Cleveland 2

Final N-Y Yankees 1 Toronto 0

Final Kansas City 3 Detroit 1

Final Texas 5 Oakland 2

Final Seattle 3 L.A. Angels 2

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Miami 6 Cincinnati 3

Final Washington 5 Colorado 4

Final Arizona 10 N-Y Mets 6

Final Pittsburgh 8 San Francisco 5

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez has announced through a spokesman that he will not play again this year, dispelling rumors that he might join the Miami Marlins. The 41-year-old Rodriguez was released by the New York Yankees on Saturday after hitting just .200 with nine home runs and 31 RBIs this season.

 

Vikings…

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer has left open the possibility of some preseason playing time for running back Adrian Peterson.

Zimmer said Monday he has not decided whether or not to put Peterson on the field in an exhibition game for the first time in five years. Zimmer said he’d let Peterson play “if he wants to,” but the coach and the player have not discussed the situation recently.

The Vikings play Thursday at Seattle. The natural opportunity for a Peterson cameo would be against San Diego Aug. 28, the team’s first game at U.S. Bank Stadium. Zimmer said after last season that he “probably” made a mistake by not playing Peterson in any exhibitions, when asked about his role in the passing game.

 

Olympics…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Simone Biles’ bid to become the first female gymnast to win five gold medals at a single Olympics ended yesterday in Rio. The American had to settle for bronze in the balance beam following a flawed performance, wobbling during the middle of her routine and landing awkwardly while completing a front somersault. U.S. teammate Laurie Hernandez claimed the silver medal in an event won by Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands.

Also at the Rio Games:

— On the track, Shaunae Miller of Bahamas dove to the finish line to win the women’s 400-meter final, preventing American Allyson Felix from capturing a fifth Olympic gold medal. Miller finished in 49.44, just seven-hundredths of a second ahead of Felix.

— Colorado’s Emma Coburn took bronze in the women’s 3000 steeplechase. She is the first American woman to medal in the event.

— Kenyan middle distance runner David Rudisha won gold in the 800 meters, finishing in 1 minute, 42.15 seconds. Clayton Murphy of the United States set a personal best of 1:42.93 for bronze.

— Two-time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has missed out on qualifying for the semifinals in the women’s 200 meters. The 34-year-old won the 2004 and ’08 Olympic titles and was a bronze medalist at the last world championships.

— The United States and Hungary have advanced to the semifinals of the women’s water polo tournament. The U.S. cruised past Brazil 13-3 and Hungary went to penalty shots for a 13-11 win against Australia. They will play on Wednesday for a spot in the final.

— Brazil knocked the American men out of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament. Nick Lucena and 2008 gold medalist Phil Dalhausser finished fifth.

— Germany defeated the United States 2-1 in the women’s field hockey quarterfinals. The U.S. failed to medal after opening the tournament with wins over No. 2 Argentina and No. 3 Australia.

— Make it 0-2 for the Americans in boxing. Antonio Vargas and Mikaela Mayer both lost their bouts, dropping Team USA to 10-5 in the boxing tournament.

— And once again politics have entered the Olympic arena. In judo, Egypt’s Islam El Shehaby has been sent home after refusing to shake his Israeli opponent’s hand. The IOC says Shehaby was reprimanded by the referee and then was sent home by the Egyptian Olympic Committee.

 

Golf…

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Gene Sauers has won the rain-delayed U.S. Senior Open. Sauers closed with a 1-under 69 to finish 3-under in his first career senior victory. He closed with three straight pars to go from a one-shot deficit to a one-shot win over Miguel Angel Jimenez and Billy Mayfair.

 

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