Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jun 9

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 10 to

20 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds

15 to 20 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy

with a 30 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms after

midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts

up to 25 mph in the evening.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the morning in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds

5 to 10 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.

Highs in the lower 80s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in

the upper 50s. Highs in the 70s to mid 80s.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.

 

Friday afternoon, and Friday evening…

Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected Friday afternoon and

evening across central North Dakota. Only a couple storms are

expected to develop with this first round of severe weather, but

they will be capable of producing very large, destructive hail

to the size of tennis balls and damaging winds up to 70 mph. An

isolated risk of tornadoes also exists. The threat with this

first round of severe weather will be highest along and east of

Highway 83 through 10 PM CDT.

 

Two more rounds of severe storms are possible. The first round will be

Friday evening with scattered severe storms along and north of

highway 2. Significant hail greater than 2 inches is the main

threat, along with damaging wind up to 75 mph, an isolated

tornado, and excessive rainfall.

 

Friday night another round of severe thunderstorms will develop over

southwest North Dakota and move rapidly northeast into central

North Dakota. The main threat with these storms will be damaging

winds up to 70 mph and hail up to the size of golf balls. Wind-

driven large hail is possible. This threat will be highest

between 10 PM CDT and 6 AM CDT.

 

There is also a threat of severe thunderstorms Monday and Monday

night, and a lingering threat of severe thunderstorms over parts

of central North Dakota on Tuesday.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  There is a burn ban currently in  effect for Barnes County through Tuesday, June 13, 2017.

Barnes County Commission president Mike Metcalf reports, the burn ban will be evaluated on Tuesday, June 13th and determie if it needs  to be extended. He said the full commission would have to vote to approve extending a burn ban if its necessary.

Tender dry conditions and high wind have pushed the fire danger index into the high category for Barnes County and many other counties across North Dakota in the last week.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown author Keith Norman has just released his new non-fiction historical book, “Frontier Valor,”  The Medal of Honor on the Northern Plains.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Keith said over the past several months he’s researched historical references, including historical archives, and photos  which he has put together in the book.

It centers on those who received the Medal in action during the Indian Wars on the Northern Plains the bulk of the action occurring between 1870-1880 in Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and Minnesota.

The biographical sketches of the 133 individual receiving the Medal are accompanied by their photo.

The book also highlights battles, and features maps and other historical photos from the time period.

He says the book at a cost of $20 is available through Amazon.com and KeithNormanBooks.com and published by Keith’s publishing company, Great Stories Books.

They are also available at Dakota Store, on First Avenue South in Jamestown and the Frontier Village location, along with Ft. Seward in Jamestown.  He asks those purchasing books at Ft. Seward to bring the exact change.

Keith and author Dr. Todd Harburn from Michigan will host a book signing and presentation of their books  set for Monday June 19, 2017 at Ft. Seward beginning at 7-p.m.

Harburn’s book details the life of Dr. DeWolf, an historical look at DeWolf, a surgeon, during the same time period, who spent time at Ft. Seward in Jamestown.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy who has a developmental disability and autism.

54-year-old Darrell Midkiff entered the plea Friday in North Central District Court to gross sexual imposition.

Prosecutors say the boy was playing with Midkiff’s grandson at Midkiff’s trailer in Minot last February when he was assaulted. Court documents say Midkiff’s son called police to report the crime.

District Judge Stacy Louser set an October sentencing date for Midkiff, who faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Montana woman accused of exploiting her elderly and mentally impaired uncle in North Dakota has been sentenced to probation and about $30,000 in restitution.

Sixty-nine-year-old Sandra Potter, of Worden, Montana, was arrested in 2014, accused of getting her then-84-year-old uncle to sign over assets including mineral rights, property and his will. Family members say Robert Gross suffered from dementia.

Potter entered Alford pleas Tuesday, acknowledging there might be enough evidence to convict her. However, she’s maintained she had her uncle’s best interests at heart and didn’t try to take advantage of him.

Gross’s niece Lynette Wicorek says family members are upset with the lack of prison time and the amount of restitution.

Prosecutor Todd Schwarz says the sentence was appropriate given Gross’s assets were returned to him in 2015.

 

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A Mandan police officer who fatally shot a man while responding to a domestic dispute in April has been cleared of wrongdoing.

Sgt. Nick Pynnonen returned to full duty after the Morton County State’s Attorney’s Office determined the shooting of 24-year-old Ivan Wilson was justified.

Authorities say Pynnonen fired his gun after Wilson refused to drop a knife and couldn’t be subdued by a stun gun.

Wilson served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2010 to 2013, including a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2012.

 

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Police say a preliminary investigation indicates a man found dead on the Williston State College campus died of a drug overdose.

The body of 27-year-old Thomas Ober was found in a car Tuesday morning. The entrance to the college was sealed off for much of the day as authorities investigated.

The  college says Ober was not a student.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford are resisting a subpoena to testify in the removal case against McKenzie County Sheriff Gary Schwartzenberger.

The Bismarck Tribune reports their attorney has filed a motion to quash the subpoenas, which ask them to give sworn interviews about their involvement with the case.

Schwartzenberger is accused of bullying, retaliation and misusing a county credit card. He’s pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge and is scheduled for trial in September.

Schwartzenberger’s attorney thinks Burgum’s office intervened improperly in the case by communicating with the special prosecutor. The governor ultimately will judge whether Schwartzenberger should be removed.

Solicitor General Matthew Sagsveen argues in his motion to quash that the governor’s office is conducting a quasi-judicial act and should be immune from testifying.

 

Bismarck (CSi)   – Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed seven citizen members to the newly formed Initiated and Referred Measure Study Commission.

Burgum appointed Ellen Chaffee of Bismarck, Kirsten Diederich of Fargo, Robert Hale of Minot, Sara Meier of Carson, Jonathan Sickler of Grand Forks, Conner Swanson of Fargo and Tony Weiler of Bismarck.

The 19-member commission includes seven citizen members appointed by the governor. One of the citizen members must be a member of an association that represents employees and their interests. That seat will be filled by Weiler, executive director of the State Bar Association of North Dakota.

The commission was created last spring through the passage and signing of Senate Bill 2135.

During the 2017-2018 interim, the commission will study the process and cost of placing initiated and referred measures on the ballot in North Dakota and campaigning for or against such ballot measures. Members also will study the process used to place measures on the ballot in other states; whether the North Dakota Constitution or state law relating to initiated or referred measures should be amended; and the effects of out-of-state funding on the process and whether limits on such funding are necessary.

The commission will meet at least four times and must report its findings and any recommendations to Legislative Management by Sept. 1, 2018.

For more information about the commission, visit https://www.governor.nd.gov/boards/

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal agency is deciding whether the oil industry owes royalties for flaring excess natural gas from federal and tribal oil wells.

The Bureau of Land Management plans to review about 2,500 requests to flare from wells the agency manages in North Dakota and determine whether the flaring was avoidable.

If the agency determines the companies could have avoided flaring natural gas as they produced oil, royalties could be due to the U.S. government, North Dakota’s Three Affiliated Tribes or other beneficiaries for flaring on federal wells dating back as far as five years.

Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Mark Fox says the BLM has a responsibility to review requests to flare and called the agency’s process “way overdue.”

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) —  President Donald Trump says fired FBI director James Comey’s testimony Thursday proved there was “no collusion, no obstruction” and that “he’s a leaker.”

Trump also says Comey confirmed a lot of what Trump had claimed about their interactions, though he says other parts of Comey’s testimony “just weren’t true.”

Trump won’t rule out his previous claim that there may be tapes of his conversations with Comey.

He says, “Well, I’ll tell you about that maybe sometime in the very near future.”

Trump is speaking at a joint press conference with his Romanian counterpart.

 

LONDON (AP) — The State Department says the U.S. respects the decision of British voters in their general election and looks forward to continuing to work with Prime Minister Theresa May. The department is responding to Thursday’s election which returned May’s Conservatives to power but, in a setback to her authority, without a clear parliamentary majority. She was forced into an alliance with a small party in Northern Ireland.