Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jun 27

 

CSi Weather…

 REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY…BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 25 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LOWS
AROUND 60.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 70S.

Extended outlook…
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND AND
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Rural Fire Department is asking the community if it knows of space the department can use while the building’s access is temporarily blocked by the upcoming sanitary sewer project.

Part of the project construction will include tearing up sections of Third Avenue Northwest and Second Street Northwest that run in front of the fire department, for a day or two, blocking the firefighters access to their equipment.

The temporary storage requirements includes space needed for a 14-foot trailer.

The secure building, also requires 10-foot-tall doors for the trucks, at a local central to the city.

Anyone with information on a building can call Brian Paulson at 701-320-8963 or 320-252-5741.

 

From Interstate Engineering

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jun 26, 2013) — Interstate Engineering, Inc. is providing design and construction engineering services for the City of Jamestown’s sanitary sewer system due to existing sewage collection deficiencies that exist in the northwest and southwest portions of the city.

In order to correct system deficiencies in the sanitary sewer system as well as provide the appropriate capacity to handle peak flows generated during flooding and wet weather events, the project will have two phases.

The first phase will include inflow and infiltration defect repairs to the collection and conveyance system. Phase two will include capacity upgrades for major lift stations and force mains to convey peak flows during flood and wet weather events.

Included in the work will be improvements to the sanitary sewer; work on lift stations #8, #9, and #10; and improvements to the associated force main serving the northwest and southwest areas of Jamestown.

Construction on Jamestown’s sanitary sewer system is scheduled to begin in early July. The Jamestown sanitary sewer project includes improvements to the sanitary sewer and work on three lift stations. Work on the project is expected to take place starting July 8 in the area of 5^th St and 3^rd Ave NW in Jamestown. Motorists are asked to slow down in construction areas, use caution and watch for workers and equipment.

Reminder: an open house will be held for the Jamestown sanitary sewer project from 5 to 7 p.m. on July 2 at Jamestown City Hall.

For more information on line and updates go to www.jamestownsewerproject.com

Updates including the link available at www.CsiNewsNow.com

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jun 26, 2013) — The Buffalo City Tourism Foundation Executive Board has approved a $6,000 grant request from James River Rodeo to replace the old wood decking and seating at the rodeo arena next to the Stutsman County Fairgrounds.

A proposal from Koble Contracting, of Jamestown, is for $4,158 for materials and a labor estimate of $3,900 to $5,200, with total estimated cost range of $8,056 to $9,356.

The board recommended that the Jamestown City Council distribute $63,912 from the Capital Construction Fund for 2014, as recommended by the Council’s Site Advisory Committee.

The National Buffalo Museum would receive $27,207 for outdoor seating for the observation deck, two sets of viewing binoculars and improvements to the south pasture corral facility for the buffalo.

Frontier Village would use $36,240 to build an exhibition gallery of famous people from the Old West.

Included would be a performance stage for an audience of 34 to 40 people.

Also, Fort Seward would receive $465 to buy signs to identify fossils and rocks along the viewing wall on the south edge of the property.

The City Council will have final decision on the fund distribution.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have recovered a body at a Montana home owned by the grandmother of a North Dakota murder suspect.
 
     Bismarck Police Deputy Chief Randy Zieglersays officials with the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Department were serving a search warrant at the home in Poplar, Mont., on Wednesday when they discovered the body.
 
     Authorities aren’t saying whether it’s the body of 18-year-old John Swain, who went missing from his Bismarck home in mid-May. Swain had recently moved from Sioux Falls, S.D. Authorities believe he was killed by 25-year-old Theo Crowe, of Trenton, who’s in custody in Williston on unrelated charges. Poplar is his hometown.
 
     Crowe received a bad conduct discharge from the Army in February. He doesn’t yet have an attorney representing him in the murder case.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A woman facing a child abuse charge in the death of a toddler on the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota will remain in custody until trial.
 
     Federal Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal issued the order Wednesday after a hearing in Grand Forks in which prosecutors detailed the criminal background of 31-year-old Hope Tomahawk Whiteshield. Prosecutors say her record in tribal court includes charges of child abuse, endangerment and abandonment, as well as public intoxication.
 
     Whiteshield’s attorney unsuccessfully requested that she be allowed to stay with relatives.
 
     Whiteshield is accused of pushing 2-year-old Laurynn Whiteshield down a hill near her home on June 12, then bathing the unresponsive child and putting her to bed. An autopsy concluded the girl died of a head injury.
 
     Whiteshield is married to the girl’s grandfather.

 

 MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck man has pleaded guilty to two felonies related to a Mandan bar holdup in January.
 
     Thirty-nine-year-old Shane Wentz will be sentenced later on robbery and conspiracy charges in the armed robbery of the gambling site at the Last Call Bar.
 
Wentz also has pleaded guilty to several felony counts in the robberies of two Bismarck businesses and a burglary at a third in early February. He’s to be sentenced for those crimes on July 24.
 
     A co-defendant in the Bismarck cases was sentenced earlier to eight years in prison. A second man charged in the Mandan robbery has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy count and is to be sentenced Aug. 5.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Ten people have applied to be interim chancellor of the North Dakota University System.

Applicants include former state Commerce Commissioner Shane Goettle (GEHT’-uhl) and Georgia Southwestern State University President Kendall Blanchard, who was a finalist for the chancellor position nine years ago.

The state Board of Higher Education decided earlier this month to buy out the remaining two years of embattled chancellor Hamid Shirvani’s contract after months of pressure from critics who questioned Shirvani’s leadership style. The board hired Bismarck State College President Larry Skogen to serve as acting interim chancellor for a short period while it searches for a longer-term interim replacement.

The job is interim because North Dakotans will vote on a measure next year that could change the state’s higher education structure.

 

 WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) – West Fargo is getting its first convention center.
 
     The Cambria Suites Hotel and Convention Center plans to have 15,000-square feet of meeting space and a four-story hotel with 120 rooms. The hotel will feature arts and culture from the area.
 
     Groundbreaking for the complex, which will be located off Interstate 94, is scheduled Thursday.
 
     West Fargo is one of North Dakota’s fastest growing cities. Its population has grown from about 15,000 people in 2000 to an estimated 29,000 residents in 2012.
 
     The Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., area has about 200,000 people.

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – City leaders have awarded $26.6 million in bids to expand the downtown Bismarck Civic Center’s Exhibit Hall.
 
     The  work is slated to be completed in time for a big oil conference in May 2014.
 
     Officials say the project will double the size of the exhibit hall by adding 50,000 square feet. The west side parking lot will be removed to make room for the bigger hall.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The chief judge of the Spirit Lake Tribal Court has been removed from office by the tribal council Wednesday after tendering her resignation late last week.
 
     Judge Shirley Cain says  she submitted her resignation Friday, making it effective in 30 days as required by contract.
 
     Cain said she received a letter from Chairman Roger Yankton Wednesday directing her to leave the office.
 
     Cain declined to explain her reasons for resigning or why tribal officials ordered her gone earlier because she is waiting for final paperwork and her last check from the tribe.
 
     She said the recent case of a Spirit Lake toddler dying after being removed from a Bismarck foster home and returned to a family member on the reservation was a factor.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A gay couple from Fargo planning to get married in Minnesota this summer is celebrating a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that should provide federal benefits for legally married same-sex couples.
 
     But they and others who are on both sides of the issue don’t expect the decision to change North Dakota’s stance against gay marriage.
 
     Fargo’s Lenny Tweeden, who plans to marry Wayne Rosell in August, calls the ruling a victory, but says he’s “not expecting a difference” in attitudes among most state residents.
 
     Seventy-three percent of North Dakota voters in 2004 approved a law against same-sex marriage.
 
     Christopher Dodson, a spokesman for the North Dakota Catholic Conference, says the ruling is part of a “trend we’re concerned about,” but says the state law is on solid legal footing.

 

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Department of Health is urging people at risk for HIV and AIDS to get tested today in observance of National HIV Testing Day. Nearly 600 cases of HIV/AIDS have been reported in North Dakota since surveillance began in 1984. HIV testing is available at test sites throughout the state.

 

In sports…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University has been forced to deny 1,300 season ticket requests for home football games next season, due to strong demand in the wake of the team’s back-to-back national titles. Season tickets in the 18,700-seat Fargodome are capped at 12,100. That’s about the number sold last year after the Bison won their first of two straight NCAA Football Championship Subdivision crowns.

 

AA…

 Fargo-Moorhead 4, Newark 2

 

MLB…

 INTERLEAGUE

MIAMI (AP) – Placido Polanco homered for the first time in more than a year yesterday in the Miami Marlins’ 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins. Jeff Mathias also went deep for the Marlins, who improved to 13-9 this month following a 14-41 start. Josh Willingham and Joe Mauer each hit an RBI single in the first inning for the Twins. 
 

   Final            Oakland                5    Cincinnati            0
   Final            Pittsburgh          4    Seattle                  2
   Final            Boston                  5    Colorado                3
   Final            Kansas  City        4    Atlanta                  3,  10  Innings
   Final            N-Y  Mets              3    Chi  White  Sox      0
   Final            Houston                4    St.  Louis              3
 
 
       AMERICAN  LEAGUE
 
   Final            Toronto                3    Tampa  Bay              0
   Final            Cleveland            4    Baltimore              3
   Final            Texas                    8    N-Y  Yankees          5
   Final            L.A.  Angels        7    Detroit                  4
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final            Washington          3    Arizona                  2
   Final            Chi  Cubs              5    Milwaukee              4
   Final            Philadelphia      7    San  Diego              5,  13  Innings
   Final            L.A.  Dodgers      4    San  Francisco      2
 
  MLB-NEWS
 
     Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira will have season-ending surgery on his right wrist. Recovery time for the surgery is projected at six months. Teixeira was hurt while hitting off a tee March 5, when he was with the U.S. team at the World Baseball Classic.

 

NBA…

   MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Flip Saunders is preparing to head into his first draft in charge of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The team has two choices in the first round of tonight’s NBA draft. Saunders has also had discussions with several teams above the Timberwolves in hopes of moving up to get Indiana’s Victor Oladipo.

 UNDATED (AP) – The Los Angeles Clippers have formally introduced Doc Rivers as their new head coach after sending a first-round pick to the Celtics for him. Rivers says he’s eager to guide a team loaded with stars Blake Griffin and Chris Paul, who is expected to stay with the Clippers despite being a free agent. Meanwhile, Larry Bird is returning to the Indiana Pacers as president of basketball operations.

 Meanwhile, Larry Bird is returning to the Indiana Pacers as president of basketball operations. The team has scheduled a news conference for Thursday morning to re-introduce Bird, who’s credited with building the team that took the Miami Heat to seven games in this year’s Eastern Conference finals.

TENNIS…

 LONDON (AP) – American teenager Madison Keys reached the third round in her Wimbledon debut by beating 30th-seeded Mona Barthel of Germany 6-4, 6-2 Thursday.
 
     Keys, an 18-year-old who was born in Rock Island, Ill., saved the only break point she faced while converting 3 of 10 on Barthel’s serve.
 
     The 52nd-ranked Keys also defeated Barthel on grass in a tuneup tournament at Birmingham, England, two weeks ago.

Former French Open champion Li Na recovered from a second-set slump to beat Simona Halep 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 and reach the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday.
 
     The sixth-seeded Li advanced to the third round of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament for the fourth time. She lost in the quarterfinals twice at the All England Club.

 In men’s results, second-ranked Andy Murray advanced to the third round, while former champion Lleyton Hewitt lost to German qualifier Dustin Brown. Hewitt, who upset 11th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka (vah-VINK’-ah) in the first round, was overwhelmed by Brown, losing 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2.

Seven-time men’s champion Roger Federer was stunned by 116th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round, losing the match 6-7, 7-6, 7-5, 7-6. It’s Federer’s earliest loss in a Grand Slam tournament in a decade.

– Wimbledon continues after seven-time men’s champion Roger Federer and 2004 women’s champ Maria Sharapova were ousted in the second round yesterday. Women’s second seed Victoria Azarenka withdrew before her second-round match after being injured on Monday. No. 1 seeds Novak Djokovic (JOH’-koh-vihch) and Serena Williams play their second-round matches today.
 

 

NFL…

 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is being held without bond after being arrested yesterday morning and charged with murder in the shooting death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. Prosecutors say Lloyd had angered Hernandez at a nightclub a few days earlier by talking to the wrong people. The Patriots released Hernandez following his arrest.
 
     PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) – The Cleveland Browns have released a rookie who is charged with attempted murder for allegedly punching a man outside a club in northern New Jersey. Ausar Walcott turned himself in to Passaic, N.J., police Tuesday after he was identified as a suspect in an incident that happened around 3 a.m. Sunday. The linebacker was signed by the Browns on May 13 following a tryout.

 

COLLEGE…

 UNDATED (AP) – The NCAA’s Division I Committee on Infractions has released a report stating that former Oregon football coach Chip Kelly failed to monitor the program for its improper involvement with a Houston-based recruiting service. The program has been stripped of one scholarship in each of the next two seasons and placed on probation for three years, but the Ducks avoided a bowl ban. The NCAA also issued an 18-month show-cause order against Kelly, who’s now head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Sufficient support from both sides of the aisle appears to be in place as the Senate prepares to vote, possibly today, on a major immigration overhaul. The measure offers eventual citizenship to millions now in the U.S. illegally and spends billions of dollars to secure the border. But Many in the GOP-controlled House oppose the pathway to citizenship at the center of the Senate bill.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – School vending machines and cafeteria lines are about to get a health-conscious makeover. High-calorie sports drinks and candy bars will be removed as soon as next year, replaced with healthier choices. The Agriculture Department says it will make sure that all foods sold in the nation’s 100,000 public schools are healthier by putting fat, calorie, sugar and sodium limits on almost everything.
 
     GENEVA (AP) – The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has grave concerns about the increasing “weaponization of medical facilities” and similar misuse of schools, churches and mosques in armed conflicts around the world. The organization says medical patients, students and religious observers are increasingly put in harm’s way.
 
     BRUSSELS (AP) – A surprise agreement today could pave the way for the European Union to close the deal on a new seven-year, $1.27 trillion budget. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says the deal includes more flexibility than earlier versions. It also includes the first cut to spending in EU history at a time when many of the bloc’s countries are in recession.
 
     JOHANNESBURG (AP) – A granddaughter of Nelson Mandela says the former South African president remains in critical condition today. She and other family members stepped outside the Pretoria hospital treating 94-year-old Mandela to collect flowers and messages of support that were left outside the building.