Wayne Byers Show – Evening – May 28

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 50 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 70.

A WET WEATHER PATTERN…

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO THURSDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW STRONGER STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE…MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE MOST PROBABLE SCENARIO GIVES WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 0.50 TO 1.50 INCHES. THESE AMOUNTS WOULD HAVE MINIMAL IMPACTS.

HOWEVER…ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE…AND COULD HAVE IMPACTS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCHAND WHERE IT FALLS.

 Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 28, 2013) — The Jamestown City Council met in Special Session Tuesday afternoon in the lower level meeting room, at City Hall, with legal counsel, and  representatives of Stutsman Rural Water District, along with representatives of Titan Machinery, and at the conclusion of the meeting parties indicated an agreement was near.

At issue is which entity will serve Titan Machinery’s location under construction west of Jamestown, and other parcels in that area, within the one mile extra-territory of Jamestown.

At Tuesday’s meeting, the Titan contractor, said the new facility west of Jamestown has had the sprinkler system approved, to meet fire fighting needs, and will connect with Stutsman Rural Water District within the next week, whether the city and SRWD reach a formal agreement, or not.

The city and Stutsman Rural Water District have agreed to allow Titan Machinery to connect to Rural Water at its earliest convenience.

At the meeting, Mayor Andersen said the City of Jamestown is ready to go forward with an agreement, as is Stutsman Rural Water District, and both parties indicating a formal agreement may be forthcoming within the next two weeks.

The  agreement purportedly will modify the proposed contract between the two parties.  If the next draft with the modifications is approved an agreement could be finalized in the next two weeks.

The meeting was recorded by CSi 10, THE REPLAY CHANNEL, followed by replays.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office reports that on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 from approximately 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm the FRONTAGE ROAD located east of Hwy 281 South (6^th Ave SW/25^th St SW) will be closed.

Motorists should use alternate routes and use EXTREME caution in and around this area.

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Valley City Commission met in Special Session Tuesday evening (May 28, 2013) at City Hall. All Commissioners were present.

On the agenda, City Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a Resolution approving the Issuance of $2,900,000 Sales Tax Revenue Bonds. Mike Manstrom, of Onstad Twitchel, explained the City of Valley City has an A-1 Special Assessment rating, and an A-2 Bond Rating.

He said the bond sale will take place on Wednesday.

City Commissioners approved the Resolution on the basis that the interest rate does not exceed three percent.

The City Commission awarded a Tree Planting bid for 13th Avenue SE to Pine Country Nursery in the amount of $13,179.50. 33 trees and or bushes will be planted.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68, followed by replays.

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 28, 2013) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol has announced the results of the Southeast Region alcohol saturation in Barnes County over Memorial Day weekend.

The detail resulted in the Highway Patrol issuing 30 citations that included 1 Driving Under the Influence arrest, 1 Minor in Consumption arrest and 2 Open Container citations

As of May 24, 2013, there have been 43 traffic fatalities in the State of North Dakota. 14 of the fatalities have been alcohol related. Impaired driving continues to be a contributing factor in many traffic fatalities.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man is dead after being struck by a train in downtown Fargo.
 
     The incident was reported about 4 a.m. Tuesday. Police did not immediately identify the victim, who died at the scene.
 
     Details were immediately released.
 
     Authorities closed the crossing while they investigated. The stopped train also blocked other crossings.

BOWBELLS, N.D. (AP) – Authorities are investigating a death at an oil rig in northwestern North Dakota.
 
     The Burke County Sheriff’s Office says the fatality happened shortly after noon Saturday. The victim was not immediately identified and details of what was described as an accident were not immediately released Tuesday.
 
     The sheriff’s office, North Dakota Highway Patrol and state medical examiner’s office are investigating.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s top two prosecutors say telephone lottery scams have reached epidemic proportions in the region.
 
     Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and U.S. Attorney Tim Purdon said in a joint news conference Tuesday that the schemes often target the elderly and other vulnerable citizens.
 
     Callers are told in a typical scenario that they have won an international lottery with a cash prize of $2.5 million and a new Mercedes.
 
     Stenehjem says he himself received a similar call and the scammer persisted even after he identified himself as attorney general.
 
     Fifteen people were charged recently in federal court for a Jamaican-based scam that targeted victims in the Dakotas.
 
     Purdon says the fact that it was the first combined news conference for the two men “underscores the importance” of the issue.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – More than 400 American Crystal Sugar Co. workers who have been locked out of their jobs for nearly two years are back to work. 
 
 A  little more than a month after the union ratified a new contract, some 400 workers returned to their jobs Tuesday. About 1,300 sugar workers had been locked out of their jobs in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa since August 2011 after the union rejected a company contract offer.
 
     Vice President Brian Ingulsrud says the company is glad to have its employees back. He says the union workers are evenly spread throughout the company’s factories.
 
     The company has said about 650 union employees had resigned or retired.
 
     A message left with the union was not immediately returned.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is asking farmers and gardeners in the state to grow an extra 250 tons of fruits and vegetables this year to help the hungry.
 
     The goal of the Hunger Free North Dakota Garden Project is to help food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters with donations of produce. Goehring says even in a state that produces so much food for the world, some people still go hungry.
 
     The Agriculture Department and the Great Plains Food Bank started the project in 2010. In the first three years, more than 385 tons of fruits and vegetables were distributed to charities.
 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The historic Metropolitan Opera House in downtown Grand Forks might soon have a new owner.
 
  Building owner Oriental Avenue LLP is negotiating a sale to Rhombus House of Pizza, the company behind Rhombus Guys pizzerias in Grand Forks, Fargo, and Mentor, Minn. It’s not known why the company is interested in the building.
 
     The opera house was built in 1890 and is on the National Register of Historic places. It was severely damaged in the 1997 Red River flood and under threat of being demolished before Oriental Avenue bought it and completed renovations. It has 21 apartments on its upper two levels but the 5,000-square-foot first floor has remained vacant.
 
     County records show that the building and lot are valued at $1.2 million.

In world and national news..

NEW YORK (AP) – A burst of enthusiasm on Wall Street that saw the Dow surge more than 200 points Tuesday morning has cooled somewhat. News that U.S. home prices rose the most in seven years and consumer confidence has reached a five-year high helped spark the rally. But by early afternoon, the Dow and the broader indexes had given back about half their early gains.

 
     ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) – President Barack Obama has been testing his skill at the arcade games on the Jersey Shore, but it’s Gov. Chris Christie who won a stuffed bear. The two strolled the rebuilt boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., Tuesday, which was half destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. Speaking later in Asbury Park, the president hailed locals for their resilience, praised Christie for leading the recovery effort and declared that when the federal government says “we got your back, we mean it.”
 
     DENVER (AP) – Colorado now has a set of laws to regulate and tax recreational marijuana. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed six bills into law Tuesday, covering how marijuana should be grown, packaged and sold and creating a driving limit similar to the blood-alcohol limit. One of the laws sends a proposed 25 percent tax on marijuana to Colorado voters for approval.
 
     SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – Chile and Argentina are evacuating nearly 3,000 people after officials issued a red alert for the increasingly active volcano bordering the two countries. Officials say the nearly 10,000-foot Copahue (koh-PAH’-way) volcano is not erupting yet, but seismic activity picked up yesterday. The governor on the Chilean side of the border says some cattle owners are refusing to leave the area because they don’t want to leave their animals behind.
 
     SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) – Fire crews, veterinarians and a crane operator have teamed up to rescue a horse from a well at a small California ranch. The Marin Independent Journal reports the horse named Buddy fell into the well Monday when the cover gave way. The 1,000-pound animal was too heavy to be lifted out by human hands, prompting a call to the crane company.