Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Aug 16

CSi Weather….

 TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

 

Valley City, ND  (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 16, 2012)  Valley City officials are  ordering Valley City residents to limit water usage until further notice, while repairs are being made to the Master Sewage Lift Station.

Water is safe for drinking.

Mayor Bob Werkhoven  urges residents to refrain from using water for such purposes as showering, laundry, dish washing and flushing of toilets until further notice.

He says  residents downstream should not use the Sheyenne River, as the raw sewage is being pumped into the river, through a temporary pipe.

Valley City officials  are estimating the repair should completed by Monday.

 An equipment failure at the master lift station occurred shortly midnight, Thursday, during maintenance,  filling up the lift station with close to 30 feet of  sewage.

 A backup system was put on line within just a couple hours.

 

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP& KCSi-T.V. News Aug 16, 2012) – A witness testifying in the case of a Jamestown man accused of killing a Somali immigrant says the woman allegedly tried to dispose the body in his well.

Thirty-four-year-old Leron Howard is charged with murder and criminal conspiracy in the death of 18-year-old Abdi Ali Ahmed.

His body was found in a ditch near Spiritwood on April 30, 2011.

Authorities say he was beaten and stabbed.

Delmonte Jones testified Thursday that Howard and 22-year-old Janelle Cave came to his home early in the morning of April 30, 2011.

Jones says the two asked about Jones’ well, saying they had a body to dispose of.

Jones said he did not believe them and sent them away.

Jones was also questioned by court-appointed defense attorney, Steven Mottinger about selling marijuana to Howard and Cave, to which he replied, “no.”

Mottinger also asked Jones about a trip he, Howard and other individuals took to Montana and if marijuana was purchased.

Jones replied by saying the group went to buy shoes and clothes in Montana, but he could not recall the name of the city or the mall where they shopped.

A jury earlier convicted Cave on manslaughter and criminal conspiracy charges.

She is serving an 11-year sentence, which is being appealed in the North Dakota Supreme Court.

As part of her sentence, Cave must testify in Howard’s trial.

Howard’s trial is continuing in Southeast District Court in Jamestown.

　

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the cause
of a house fire that killed a retired Grand Forks attorney.
     Neighbors say 86-year-old Fred Arnason lived alone in the home,
and relied on an oxygen tank to help him breathe.
     The state fire marshal says the fire started Tuesday night in
Arnason’s kitchen.
     Arnason was an assistant Grand Forks county prosecutor in Grand
Forks before he started a private law practice.
     The North Dakota state Bar Association recognized Arnason this
year as a 60-year member of the lawyers’ group.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man sentenced to life in prison for his role in a drug ring is suing his public defender for $5 million.

 Marcus Royston claims that defense attorney Steven Mottinger, of Fargo, did a poor job of representing him and has filed a legal malpractice suit in federal court.

 Mottinger says Royston’s complaint is frivolous and should be dismissed.

 Royston was among eight people accused of distributing crack cocaine in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.

 U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson said during sentencing that some of the evidence against Royston didn’t make sense, but had no choice but to hand down the mandatory life term.

 Mottinger had argued that the life sentence was unfair because the accused ringleader in the case received 45 years.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Health Department is
reporting a small surge in the number of reported cases of the West
Nile virus.
     The agency says 13 new human cases of the virus have been
identified since the first one of the year was reported last week.

     Five of the people who have been infected were put into the
hospital.
     The virus is carried by mosquitoes.

The Health Department’s Michelle Feist (FYST) says the West Nile virus has been relatively quiet for the last five years.

     But she says the dry and hot conditions that have prevailed this
summer are good for the type of mosquito that carries the illness.
     Health officials say people who are outdoors between dusk and
dawn should wear mosquito repellent and long-sleeved shirts and
pants.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakot”s secretary of state says
some signatures on the latest batch of initiative petitions are
tough to read – and that hampers the verification process.
     Al Jaeger says he may ask the North Dakota Legislature to
require people who sign petitions to also print their names.
     Jaeger’s office is reviewing five initiative petitions with more
than 130,000 signatures.

They range from medical marijuana to a constitutional amendment on farmers’ rights.
People who sign petitions have to list their addresses, and workers ask some of them later to verify whether they signed the petition.
     Jaeger says the process is more difficult when someone’s
signature can’t be read.

He says a requirement that a signer also print his or her name would make things easier.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s securities commissioner
says a purported oil investment company hasn’t followed state
rules.
     Karen Tyler says New Hi-Tech Oil & Gas Discoveries LLC and its
alleged owner haven’t disclosed that they are the target of
regulatory actions in at least six other states.
The other states claim the company and owner Dennis Stutes are
selling unregistered securities.

In Hawaii, state regulators say some oil and gas ventures are being fraudulently marketed.
     Tyler has issued an order telling the company and Stutes to quit
trying to sell securities in North Dakota.
     The company and Stutes have addresses in Bismarck, San Jose,
Calif., and Tulsa, Okla.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The president and chief executive officer of MDU Resources Group is retiring.
 
     Terry Hildestad spent 38 years with the Bismarck-based company. It has interests in energy, mining, construction and electric and gas utility service.
 
     The company says David Goodin will succeed Hildestad in January. Goodin is president and chief executive officer of MDU Resources’ four utility businesses.
 
     Hildestad began his career with the company in 1974. He was named president and CEO in 2006.
 
     MDU has operations in 44 states. Its subsidiaries include Bismarck’s Montana-Dakota Utilities, Seattle-based Cascade Natural Gas Corp., and Idaho-based Intermountain Gas Co.
 
     Montana-Dakota Utilities also is a partner in the coal-fired Big Stone power plant northeastern South Dakota.

 

In world and national news…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – An Obama campaign spokesman is calling on Mitt Romney to “prove it.”

She’s reacting to Romney’s statement today that he has never paid less than 13 percent of his income in taxes during the past decade.

Romney is still declining to release his returns from before 2010.
 
     NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) – Paul Ryan says President Barack Obama is out of new ideas, so he’s resorting to “fear and smear” to win a second term.

Speaking in Ohio, Mitt Romney’s running mate today said Obama’s campaign is marked by “frustration” and “anger.”

Romney is stumping in South Carolina, and Obama will resume campaigning Saturday in New Hampshire.
 
     KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – A spokesman for the NATO coalition in Afghanistan says it’s investigating the cause of Thursday’s crash of a Black Hawk helicopter in Kandahar province that killed seven American troops and four Afghans. 

U.S. officials say initial reports indicated that the chopper was not shot down.

But the Taliban claim that their fighters did, in fact, shoot down the aircraft.

U.S. officials say three of the seven Americans who were killed were special operations forces — two Navy SEALS and a Navy explosives expert.
 
     GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) – A Delaware pediatrician is denying allegations that he waterboarded his 11-year-old stepdaughter as part of his research into near-death experiences involving children.

As Dr. Melvin Morse awaited the start of a preliminary hearing Thursday on child endangerment charges, he asked, “How could anybody do such a thing?” He also says he hasn’t “done near-death research in 15 years.”
 
     YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) – A man who visited Yosemite National Park in California earlier this summer has died, and a woman is recovering, after contracting a rare disease carried by rodents.

Park officials say both victims had been staying in tent cabins in a campground where the virus has been detected in deer mice.

Crews are working to disinfect cabins, and officials have been trapping and testing mice.