Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Oct 2

CSi Weather…

 REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN  THE JAMESTOWN AREA, A 40 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.. HIGHS
AROUND 60. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.FRIDAY…RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY. COLDER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
NORTH WINDS AROUND 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…SNOW LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF SNOW
60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID
40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
IN THE EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.

A POTENTIAL FOR FROST/FREEZE, THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

A RAIN/SNOW MIX OR EVEN ALL SNOW IN THE COLDER LOCATIONS

LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

A TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM LINTON TO OAKES AND NORTH INTO
JAMESTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY APPEARS MOST PRONE TO

SNOWFALL POTENTIAL FRIDAY EVENING/FRIDAY NIGHT.

UP TO A HALF INCH OF SNOWFALL SOUTH OF I-94 THROUGH SATURDAY.

　

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Update…

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP & KCSi-T.V. News Oct 2, 2013) – Authorities say they have arrested a North Dakota college student in connection with a shooting outside a Minneapolis bar that killed one person and wounded another.

The Minneapolis Police Department contacted the Valley City Police Department last weekend to seek assistance in investigating the case. Minneapolis police got an arrest warrant for one count of murder and one count of attempted murder for 21-year-old Cedric Chappell Jr.

Chappell faces one count of murder and one count of attempted murder.

The VCPD, was assisted by the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office and the Stutsman County Narcotics Task Force, who able to locate Chappell, on the VCSU campus where he was taken into custody without incident.

VCSU spokesman Greg Vanney, says Chappell has been suspended from the university adding that VCSU officials are cooperating with police in the investigation.

Twenty-two-year-old Willie Smith, of St. Paul, was fatally shot outside the Blue Nile restaurant and bar about 2 a.m. Saturday. Another man was shot in the leg. Authorities say Chappell is from Minneapolis.

Anyone with information on the case should call the Valley City Police Department at 701-845-3110.

 

Valley City, ND  (KCSi-T.V. News Oct 2, 2013)  —   Authorities say a  fire destroyed a metal structure northeast of Valley City on a farmstead Tuesday afternoon around 3:20.

Lance Peterson was storing some equipment inside the building. A camper, motorcycle, snowmobile and some bee keeping equipment and honey barrels were destroyed in the fire.

No injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, however, Valley City Fire Chief Gary Retterath says a strong  wind may be responsible for ignited an old garbage fire outside near the structure.

 

(KCSi-T.V. News Oct 1, 2013) — Students in three area school districts have received grants from America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education.

Jamestown Public Schools received a $25,000 grant, and Carrington and Edgeley public school districts each received a $10,000 grant.

Farmers in each respective area nominated the schools for the grants, and then school officials wrote proposals, which were reviewed by educators and an advisory council.

 

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KCSi- T.V. News Oct 1, 2013) — The Federal Government is mostly closed as current funding expired on September 30, 2013. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is very much aware that any lapse in appropriations imposes hardships on those they serve.

Due to this event, the national wildlife refuges, waterfowl production areas, Ecological Services field offices, fish hatcheries, fish technology center, fish health center, fish and wildlife conservation offices, and Joint Venture offices in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming will be closed to the public.

For programs experiencing a lapse in appropriated funding, only limited functions would continue, such as those necessary to respond to emergencies and to protect human life or property. While a lapse in appropriations remains in effect, public access to Service properties will be prohibited and fish and wildlife management activities and public programs will be cancelled. This includes all public recreation, including hunting activities on national wildlife refuges and waterfowl production areas, scheduled for Tuesday, October 1.

Additional information is available at DOI.gov/shutdown and oneINTERIOR.gov, as well as at OPM.gov, which will contain information about the government’s operating status on Tuesday, October 1, and the days following.

 

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – A company planning a $1.7 billion fertilizer production plant in Grand Forks is expanding its shareholder drive to include farmers and other investors.

Darin Anderson is a Valley City farmer and chairman of the managing partners for Northern Plains Nitrogen LLP. He tells Agweek that the company has been able to offer shares to a limited group of investors.

The company is offering up to 1,800 shares to accredited investors. The price is $5,000 per share, with a minimum investment of $15,000.

Northern Plains Nitrogen is seeking at least $3 million and up to $9 million in the shareholder drive.

The plant, expected to open in 2017, plans to use natural gas through an existing pipeline near the site or directly from the oil patch through a proposed pipeline.

 

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – Two Jamestown pilots have landed in every North Dakota airport.

Dale Seckerson and Jay Dugan recently completed the top tier of the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission’s passport program by flying into all 89 airports.

The 61-year-old Seckerson and 35-year-old Dugan say the program started out as a friendly competition between the two lifelong aviators. They flew to about half the airports in Dugan’s plane and half separately.

The high-water mark for the pilots in one day was 18 airports.

Dugan says the Arthur airport was one of his favorites because planes are required to approach the grass runway between two trees.

State Aeronautics Commission officials say only about 10 people have made all 89 airports through the passport program.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A group that represents North Dakota’s Roman Catholic bishops is urging the state’s highest court to reverse a district court ruling on abortion.
 
     East Central Judge Wickham Corwin ruled in July that a 2011 North Dakota law that seeks to limit the use of drugs to terminate pregnancies violates the state’s constitution.
 
     The North Dakota Catholic Conference, on behalf of Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck and Bishop John Folda of Fargo, filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief on Tuesday in an appeal the Supreme Court justices are expected to hear later this year.
 
     The group says North Dakota’s constitution does not contain a right to abortion and the court is not required to interpret the constitution to provide such a right.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo woman is accused of allowing two toddlers to wander naked alone through four blocks of a north side neighborhood.
 
     Twenty-three-year-old Amber Kanowske is charged in Cass County court with one count of felony abuse or neglect of a child.
 
  A  newspaper delivery person noticed Kanowske’s 3-year-old and 2-year-old children walking down the middle of the street one morning last month.
 
     The delivery person brought the children to nearby playground and called police.
 
     Kanowske told police she left the children with a baby-sitter when she went outside for a cigarette, and thought her father had picked them up in the meantime.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A judge has sentenced an Idaho man to 10 years in prison for driving a kidnapped woman’s car to North Dakota and pulling a gun on a trucker. Mitchell Walck pleaded guilty to terrorizing, unlawful entry to a motor vehicle, possession of stolen property and felon in possession of a firearm. Walck did not comment during yesterday’s sentencing.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Officials say a North Dakota State University campus police officer who accidentally shot himself in the arm has resigned.
 
     Campus spokesman Ray Boyer says officer Patrick Thomas resigned at the start of a meeting that was meant to discuss the shooting.
 
     Thomas was off-duty when a handgun went off in his south Fargo apartment on September 13th.
 
     Thomas had been on medical leave since the accident.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s tax commissioner is resigning to join a Bismarck advertising agency.
 
     Cory Fong says he plans to step down from the job on Dec. 31. He has held the position since 2005, when he was appointed by Gov. John Hoeven.
 
     Fong won elections in 2006 and 2010.
 
     Fong says he was fortunate to serve the state during good times and will miss working alongside the staff in the tax commissioner’s office.
 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s largest city is looking to hand out more liquor licenses.
 
     Fargo officials are looking into adding three more so-called “Z” licenses, which are owned by the city and are returned to the city if the license is vacated.
 
     The city began with five of the licenses in 2005 and agreed to add additional licenses based on increases in population. But some city leaders and business owners says the license should not be based on the city’s size.
 
     City commissioners directed the liquor control board to look into the new requests.
 
     The “Z” license costs $105,000.

 

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Dickinson has fired its city engineer after six months on the job.
 
     City administrator Shane Kessel says engineer William Watson was a hard worker and put in a lot of hours, but the issue was “more about customer service than anything else.”
 
     A telephone listing for Watson could not be found.
 
     The western North Dakota oil patch city plans to hire a private firm to take over engineering duties. Kessel says there’s a backlog of projects that need attention.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota farmers and ranchers have about a month to remove hay bales from roadside ditches.
 
     The state Transportation Department says the deadline to remove bales from highway rights of way is Nov. 1.
 
     Officials say the bales need to be removed for snow management and safety. Any that remain after Nov. 1 will be removed by the state.
 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corp. has named a retired Air National Guard colonel as senior manager for promoting unmanned aircraft systems.
 
     Terry Sando is a 30-year Guard veteran who has been pegged to help the Grand Forks region with development of UAS systems. That includes the Grand Sky business park, which is planned at the Grand Forks Air Force Base.
 
     Sando says  he plans to use his experience to help the Grand Forks area become a worldwide hub for UAS business, education and training.
 
     North Dakota is bidding to become one of six FAA test sites for unmanned aircraft systems. The site would be located near Grand Forks.

 

In sports..

PREP VOLLEYBALL
     Beach def. Killdeer, 25-5, 25-22, 25-9
     Benson County def. St. John, 25-14, 25-17, 25-10
     Bismarck Century def. Bismarck High, 25-20, 23-25, 25-15, 25-21
     Carrington def. Midkota, 25-21, 25-16, 25-15
     Central Cass def. Hillsboro/Central Valley, 25-14, 25-11, 25-23
     Des Lacs-Burlington def. Kenmare, 25-18, 25-10, 21-25, 25-17
     Dickinson Trinity def. Beulah, 19-25, 25-11, 25-18, 28-26
     Ellendale def. Eureka/Bowdle, S.D., 25-10, 25-15, 25-7
     Grant County def. Center-Stanton, 25-20, 25-12, 25-20
     Hatton-Northwood def. May Port CG, 25-21, 25-18, 25-15
     Hazen def. Hettinger/Scranton, 22-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-12, 15-5
     Heart River def. Glen Ullin-Hebron, 23-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-7
     Jamestown def. Mandan, 25-13, 25-23, 25-15
     Kidder County def. Wilton-Wing, 25-16, 20-25, 25-19, 25-20
     Kindred def. Milnor, 25-15, 25-16, 25-19
     Lakota/Adams-Edmore def. Minto, 25-8, 25-13, 25-9
     LaMoure def. Sargent Central, 25-7, 25-5, 25-19
     Langdon def. Rolla, 25-19, 25-23, 20-25, 21-25, 16-14
     Larimore def. Grafton/St. Thomas, 24-26, 25-17, 21-25, 25-19, 15-11
     Maple Valley def. Barnes County North, 25-9, 25-19, 24-26, 22-25, 15-13
     Minot Our Redeemer’s def. Minot Bishop Ryan, 25-19, 25-19, 19-25, 25-21
     Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood def. Surrey, 25-12, 25-17, 25-12
     New England def. Bowman County, 25-20, 25-13, 25-12
     New Salem-Almont def. Turtle Lake-Mercer, 25-23, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19
     New Town def. White Shield, 25-13, 25-20, 28-26
     North Border def. Midway, 25-6, 25-14, 25-7
     North Sargent def. Enderlin, 25-27, 25-18, 26-24, 25-21
     North Star def. Harvey-Wells County, 25-17, 25-15, 25-21
     Park River/Fordville Lankin def. Drayton/Valley-Edinburg, 25-18, 28-26, 25-17
     Ray def. Trenton, 25-12, 25-8, 25-17
     Richardton-Taylor def. Mott-Regent, 25-15, 25-17, 25-15
     Rosholt, S.D. def. Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah, 25-21, 26-24, 25-17
     Rugby def. Drake/Anamoose, 25-12, 25-11, 24-26, 25-17
     Shiloh Christian def. Standing Rock, 25-15, 25-15, 25-11
     Sisseton, S.D. def. Hankinson, 25-23, 25-20, 25-19
     Stanley def. Watford City, 15-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-19
     Thompson def. Griggs County Central, 25-17, 25-16, 25-13
     Towner-Granville-Upham def. Newburg-Westhope, 26-24, 26-24, 25-17
     Underwood def. Garrison-Max, 25-18, 25-9, 26-24
     West Fargo def. Devils Lake, 25-22, 25-16, 25-11

MLB…

 NATIONAL  LEAGUE WILD CARD GAME

  PITTSBURGH (AP)- The Pittsburgh Pirates are heading to St. Louis to play the Cardinals in the best-of-five NL division series starting Thursday. Russell Martin homered twice and Marlon Byrd also went deep to support Francisco Liriano (leer-ee-AH’-noh), who pitched seven strong innings in the Pirates’ 6-2 win over Cincinnati in the one-game wild-card playoff.
 

   CLEVELAND (AP) – The Tampa Bay Rays, fresh off their one-game playoff against Texas that got them in the postseason, are in Cleveland to play the Indians in the AL one-game wild card tonight. The Rays are going with Matt Garza, their late-season acquisition from the Chicago Cubs, against Indians rookie Danny Salazar.
 
  DETROIT (AP) – Max Scherzer will start Detroit’s AL division series opener Friday night at Oakland, with star Justin Verlander following in Game 2. The 21-3 Scherzer was baseball’s lone 20-game winner this year and started for the American League in the All-Star game. The Athletics have tabbed 40-year-old Bartolo Colon (bar-TOH’-loh koh-LOHN’) as their Game 1 starter with rookie Sonny Gray going in Game 2.
 

 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Ned Yost (yohst) is coming back to manage the Kansas City Royals. He led the team to its best record in 24 years and for that the club has rewarded him with a two-year contract extension. The Royals finished third in the American League Central with a mark of 86-76 this season. Down the stretch after the All-Star break the Royals were 43-27.
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE
 
   Final    Toronto        4    Montreal          3
   Final    Chicago        6    Washington      4
   Final    Winnipeg      5    Edmonton          4

 

 College Football…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Army, Navy and Air Force might be forced to skip their football games this weekend because of the partial government shutdown. The Defense Department temporarily suspended sports competition at the service academies Tuesday as a result of the budget impasse in Congress.

 

NBA…

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Chase Budinger of the Minnesota Timberwolves has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and is out indefinitely. Budinger had a similar injury last season that caused him to miss more than four months.
 
     The Wolves say they cannot put a specific timetable on Budinger’s recovery time until they see how his knee responded to the procedure.
 

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)- Bad news for Oklahoma City Thunder fans. Star point guard Russell Westbrook will miss the first four to six weeks of the NBA’s regular season as he recovers from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.

 

In world and national news…

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Nobody’s blinking as the standoff over a temporary spending bill keeps the government partially shut down for a second day. Lawmakers in both parties have ominously suggested the stare down might last for weeks as Republicans insist on derailing the health care law and Democrats dig in their heels.
 
     JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – There’s no word yet about any arrests after two suspicious packages were found, including one police say was destructive, at Jacksonville International Airport in Florida. The airport was evacuated yesterday but has since reopened. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officials say one of the packages “had some destructive nature” and was taken offsite.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – The work by international inspectors in Syria began today. They left their hotel in Damascus to begin overseeing the destruction of the regime’s chemical weapons, even as deadly clashes raged on the edge of the capital.
 
     BEIJING (AP) – Authorities say hornets are the latest death dealers in central China. The provincial government says at least 41 people have been killed in an unusual spate of hornet attacks. Some 1,600 people have been injured, and 37 of them are in critical or serious condition. Local officials say they’ve has mobilized a special medic team. This is mating season and hornets are more aggressive.
 
     LYNN, Mass. (AP) – All hail the Fluffernutter — at least in New England. The gooey, sugary marshmallow treat invented almost a century ago hasn’t lost its edge despite concerns about childhood obesity. Last year, the company that makes Marshmallow Fluff sold about 8 million pounds of the white creme. The Massachusetts Legislature has a bill to make the Fluffernutter – peanut butter and Fluff on bread – the official state sandwich. There are even festivals built around the stuff: Make that Fluff.