Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jun 13

CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 90 percent in the Valley City area. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around 15 mph.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the evening in the Jamestown area, 70 percent in the Valley City area. Some thunderstorms may be severe.

Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to

25 mph in the evening.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest

winds 10 to 20 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds

10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds

15 to 20 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. A 40 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the mid 70s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the lower 70s.

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

Highs in the mid 70s.

 

A second round of thunderstorms developing this afternoon and continuing through the evening and into the overnight hours.

Hail to golf ball size, damaging winds to 80 mph, several tornadoes, and localized flash flooding are all possible.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to re-develop this afternoon

and evening and continue into the overnight hours. Some storms may be severe with large hail to golf ball size, damaging winds to 65 mph and a tornado or two along with localized flooding. The higher tornado potential will be across the James River Valley and points east, including the far southern Red River valley into west central Minnesota, but possible anywhere in the region.

Wednesday through Monday There will be periods of showers and thunderstorms across the region from Thursday through next Monday.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Barnes County Commission, Monday rescinded the previously imposed burn ban, as dry conditions improved in Barnes County. so the previous burn ban has been lifted.

Tinder dry conditions caused issuing a burn ban on Friday, June 9th.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi) A 55 year old Jamestown man has pleaded  guilty  to three counts of child pornography.

Authorities say Alexander McManus was turned in by his wife after she found a cell phone containing child pornography images.

Questioned by police, McManus then turned over a flash drive that contained thousands of images of children engaged in sex acts, some as young as two years old.

McManus pleaded guilty, Monday to one Count of Receipt and Distribution of Materials Containing Child Pornography and two Counts of Possession of Materials Containing Child Pornography.

This case was investigated by the Jamestown Police Department and the North Dakota BCI.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Public School Board Election is Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Voters will elect one at-large position and one rural position.

Ryan Mathias is on the ballot for the rural position up for election and Mike Callahan is on the ballot for the At-large position.

One polling place has been set up for all voters in the district inside the Administration Building located at 460 Central Avenue North. The polls will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Motorists are advised of the upcoming  demolishing of the former heat plant on the Valley City State University campus.

Motorists are being asked to avoid driving on 2nd Avenue Southeast from the corner of the Facilities Office to the front of the Rhoades Science Center on the campus and continue until the demolition project is complete.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The El Zagal Mystics in Jamestown hold their fundraising Clown Run, Saturday June 17, 2017.

The run starts at Stutsman Harley-Davidson in Jamestown with registration at 9-a.m. kickstands up at 11-a.m.  The course will be announced the day of.

The registration fee of $20 per bike, and $10 per passenger goes to the El Zagal Mystics, earmarked for Shrine causes.

The run is anticipated to finish about 6-p.m.,  at The Jamestown Elks Club, where there will be food, a band and the Motorcycle giveaway, with the custom motorcycle built by Stutsman Harley-Davidson.

Purchase motorcycle raffle tickets by contacting an El Zagal Mystics member, and raffle tickets are available at Stutsman Harley-Davidson and selected Jamestown locations.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  North Dakota Soybean Processors (NDSP), LLC has announced that it had initiated a $120 million non-brokered private placement offering of units of the company.

The company reports that each unit will cost $10,000 with a minimum of a $40,000 investment (4 units) and in increments of $10,000 thereafter. NDSP has made a minimum of 9,000 units and a maximum of 12,000 units available with the anticipated close of the subscription period on August 31st, 2017.

The company’s news release states, “NDSP intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to pay for a portion of the construction and start-up costs of a 125,000 bushel per day soybean crush and refinery facility to be located near Spiritwood, North Dakota.”

The announced refinery will cost $240 million to build, which would then produce soybean meal, refined, bleached and deodorized soybean oil and biodiesel fuel.

Several meetings have been planned for “accredited investors” including one at the NDFU Offices in Jamestown on June 21st, Delta Hotels by Marriot Fargo June 21st, and  Great River Energy in Bismarck June 26th.

For more information, contact Brandy Johnson at 701-368-3131.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  The North Dakota Department of Health’s Division of Waste Management, is planning to issue a permit to Healthcare Environmental Services, LLC in Valley City to treat regulated infectious waste. Also known as medical waste, or Biohazardous Waste.

The State Health Department is seeking comments or requests for hearings on the proposed permit.

Those interested can write to:

Christine K. Roob
North Dakota Department of Health
Fargo Field Office
1120 28th Ave. North, Suite B
Fargo, ND 58102

More information, by calling 701-499-5207.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  A special evening of music provided by the 188th Army Band is scheduled Wednesday, June 14, 2017 starting at 7:15 p.m. at the City Park Bandshell in Valley City.

With June 14 being Flag Day, there will be additional activities in the park. Starting at 6 p.m., the VFW will be providing a picnic supper for the first 250 people. Stan Amundson with Midwest Dairy will provide ice cream as well.

Valley City Parks and Recreation spokesperson Diane Sommerfeld says,”This is a great opportunity and privilege to recognize those in the community and surrounding areas who have served or serving our country. The 188th will be recognizing those in attendance during the program.”

The program will be moved to Vangstad Auditorium on the Valley City State University campus and supper will be served at the VFW in the event of inclement weather.

The official mission of the 188th Army Band is to provide music throughout the full spectrum of military operations and to instill in soldiers the will to fight and win, to foster the support of citizens, to promote national interests at home and abroad, and to entertain audiences.The band has continued to provide music to the citizens and soldiers of North Dakota for 130 years.

The 188th Army Band’s lineage begins in 1887 in Valley City, Dakota Territory. The unit designation was changed in 1889 when North Dakota was admitted to the Union. In 1891 the band was moved to Lisbon. The First North Dakota Infantry Band was ordered to active duty in 1916 to support Gen. “Blackjack” Pershing during the Mexican Border War and then to France in support of World War I. Following the war, the band returned to Lisbon, newly reorganized as the 164th Infantry Band. The band, along with the rest of the North Dakota Army National Guard, was once again ordered to active duty, this time in support of World War II, serving in the Pacific. After its return, the band was reorganized, this time as the 294th Army Band. In 1959 the band was reorganized yet again as the 188th Army Band, and moved to its present armory in Fargo.

In more modern history, current individuals of the 188th Army Band have answered their country’s call and served their nation in Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), KFOR (Kosovo) and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Serving closer to home, individual members of the band have assisted with disaster relief efforts in North Dakota. The 188th Army Band was ordered to state active duty to assist with the floods of 2009 and 2011, and with the Dakota Access Pipeline situation in 2016.

The organization remains provides a broad spectrum of music, including concert band, marching band, Dixieland band, brass quintet, jazz band, dance and show bands, and various other small chamber ensembles. The 188th Army Band is under the direction of Warrant Officer James Landman and 1st Sgt. Jeff Pfingsten, both of Fargo.

The summer season of Music in the Park is made possible by News Dakota, Bridges Arts Council and Valley City Parks & Recreation. Bring lawn chairs (bleachers will also be available). A freewill offering is taken each night which is put toward the continued support of the City Park Bandshell.

Anyone with questions may call Diane at the Wellness Center at 845-3294.

 

 

Wimbledon  (CSi) Wimbledon holds its125th celebration on June 22nd through the 25, 2017.

Organizer Jessie Albrecht says  individuals will get a look at the new Veteran’s Memorial, with its dedication, plus visit the Depot and Peggy Lee Museum and other community highlights.

A fireworks show is planned for that Friday night.

The band, 32 Below will entertain, that Saturday night

For information visit  www.wimbledonnd.com or call Jessie Albrecht at 701-659-3531.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Classic Car Club’s  2017 Buffalo Rally Car Show is Saturday July 8, 2017, at McElroy Park, 11-a.m. to 4-p.m., following the parade.

The parade lineup is at 8:30-a.m., the parade starts at 9:30-a.m. from McElroy park.

$20 for vehicle registration.  To Register contact Jack at 701-320-4246.

The Top Ten Trophies selected by participants.  The Trophy Presentation at 4-p.m.    Also awards for Peoples Choice, Mayor’s Choice, and Long Distance and participant Plaques for all registrants.

The activities in the park will include lots of food and craft vendors.

For booth space contact Marie Veil at 701-269-9500.

On Friday July 7^th car show participants are invited to a meet and greet at McElroy Park at 5:30-p.m.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Morton County officials say all jail inmates have been transferred to the new combined Burleigh/Morton County Detention Center in Bismarck.

The new 213,000-square-foot facility can hold 525 inmates with a capacity to expand to 1,000. The $70 million jail was funded by a temporary half-percent sales tax approved by voters in 2014.

Authorities say the new facility will help arresting officers compete their paperwork in a timely manner while others complete the booking process.

Twelve Morton County Detention Center employees have transferred to the new detention facility while other staff members have taken positions within the sheriff’s department. The Morton County facility will only allow inmates to be held up to eight hours as they await transport or court appearances.

 

ISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case involving gas and mineral rights taken by the government for construction of a dam.

Oil industry representatives, state officials and others filled the courtroom Monday at the state Capitol in Bismarck where attorneys for the William Wilkinson family argued the government’s actions were unconstitutional.

Wilkinson attorney Josh Swanson believes the case could impact mineral rights owners up and down Lake Sakakawea whose property was acquired for Garrison Dam.

There’s uncertainty over mineral ownership under Lake Sakakawea and the Missouri River with multiple parties claiming ownership. Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Verleger says the state only wants to claim its rightful ownership.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Oil industry leaders say companies’ process of applying new fracking techniques to older wells in North Dakota’s Bakken oil patch has the potential to recover more oil without increasing the footprint on the land.

Operators are targeting wells drilled between 2008 and 2010, the early years of Bakken development before fracking technology advanced. The energy industry uses the technique to extract oil and gas from rock by injecting high-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals.

Justin Kringstad is the director of the North Dakota Pipeline Authority, which recently analyzed the wells. He says most of the 140 wells in the Bakken that have been refractured saw an increase in oil production from 200,000 to 250,000 barrels.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The case of a slain 18-year-old student at Minot State University remains a mystery 10 years later.

Anita May Knutson was found stabbed to death in her apartment on June 4, 2007. No one has been arrested or charged in the case, a fact that bothers family members and law enforcement.

Dave Goodman is the lead investigator of the Knutson case and is one of the few remaining officers who were involved from the beginning. He says no one has been cleared in the case, producing a “large circle” of possible suspects.

Investigators won’t release all evidence to the public because they say it could jeopardize the investigation.

Police still think they’ll receive a tip in the case.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck’s Cara Mund is this year’s Miss North Dakota.

Mund was crowned Saturday in Williston and will compete for the title of Miss America in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September.

Mund also won the Community Service Award at the state pageant. The Bismarck Tribune reports that Mund founded the annual Make-A-Wish fashion show in Bismarck. She started the fundraiser when she was 14 years old to help a friend, and it has since raised more than $50,000.

Mund was first runner-up in the Miss North Dakota pageant last year, when Grand Forks’ Macy Christianson won the title.

 

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Fargo man is accused of stealing a cement truck and crashing it into the deck of a home near West Fargo.

The 24-year-old man is in the Cass County Jail on possible charges of vehicle theft and burglary. A police dog from Moorhead, Minnesota helped West Fargo offices and Cass County sheriff’s deputies track down the man Saturday night.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company behind the proposed Keystone XL pipeline has asked the U.S. State Department to pause its review of another pipeline that would carry oil from northwest North Dakota into Canada.

TransCanada Corp.’s Upland Pipeline would originate about 15 miles southwest of Williston and transport up to 300,000 barrels of crude per day north of the border.

Spokesman Matthew John says the company wants to pause the U.S. review to better align the timing with TransCanada’s proposed Energy East Pipeline System, which is related to the Upland Pipeline and under review by Canadian regulators.

The Upland Pipeline also needs approval of North Dakota regulators.

 

In sports…

AA…

Fargo-Moorhead 5, Lincoln 4

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Boston 6 Philadelphia 5, 11 Innings

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nelson Cruz drove in four runs, Mitch Haniger had four hits, and the Seattle Mariners started a series against Minnesota with a football score for the second time in a week to beat the Twins 14-3 last night. Danny Valencia and Mike Zunino hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning, the fifth such feat for the Mariners this season.

Final Texas 6 Houston 1

Final Chi White Sox 10 Baltimore 7

Final N-Y Yankees 5 L.A. Angels 3

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Pittsburgh 7 Colorado 2

Final Atlanta 11 Washington 10

Final N-Y Mets 6 Chi Cubs 1

Final San Diego 9 Cincinnati 3

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Warriors brought Kevin Durant to the Bay Area last summer for the express purpose of winning an NBA title and erasing the memory of last year’s collapse against Cleveland in the finals. Mission accomplished.

Durant pumped in 39 points and the Warriors won their second championship in three seasons by taking Game 5 of the finals, 129-120 over the Cavaliers. The All-Star forward shot 14-for-20 from the field, including 5-for-8 from 3-point range in helping Golden State close out its third title since the franchise moved from Philadelphia in 1962.

Durant was named MVP of the finals, 10 years after being taken second overall in the NBA draft.

Warriors guard Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry shot just 2-for-9 from beyond the arc but finished with 34 points and a team-high 10 assists.

The Cavaliers got off to a sizzling start after ripping the Warriors, 137-116 in Game 4 to extend the series. Cleveland enjoyed a 41-33 lead in the second quarter Monday before the Warriors ripped off a 28-4 run.

The Cavs fell behind by as many as 17 but closed to within three early in the final period before ending their reign as champions. Cleveland stormed back from a 3-1 series deficit to win last year’s finals against Golden State after the Warriors knocked off the Cavaliers in the 2015 finals.

LeBron James fell two assists shy of his second consecutive triple-double, contributing team highs of 41 points and 13 boards for the Cavaliers. James had a spectacular series, averaging 33.6 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists.

Kyrie (KY’-ree) Irving had 26 points and J.R. Smith chipped in 25 on 7 of 8 from 3-point range.

 

Twins draft…

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have selected California high school shortstop Royce Lewis with the No. 1 pick in the Major League Baseball draft. The announcement last night at MLB Network studios marks the third time the Twins have led off the draft, and first since they took hometown high school catcher Joe Mauer in 2001.

 

GOLF…

ERIN, Wis. (AP) — Davis Love IV and Ryan Palmer are among six players added to the 156-man field for the U.S. Open.

The USGA sets aside six spots for those who moved into the top 60 in the world ranking on Monday. Chris Wood of England stays at No. 60 and was the only player who was not previously exempt. The next five were Whee Kim, Gregory Bourdy, Todd Light, Palmer and Love.

 

TENNIS…

PARIS (AP) — French Open men’s champion Rafael Nadal has moved up two spots to No. 2 in the ATP rankings, his highest placing since October 2014.

Andy Murray retains his No. 1 ranking after a semifinal exit in Paris, and Stan Wawrinka stays at No. 3 after losing to Nadal 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in Sunday’s final.

Novak Djokovic (JOH’-koh-vihch) has slid from second to fourth, his lowest status in 7 ½ years. He lost in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros after winning it a year ago.

 

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