Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Nov 8

 

CSi Weather…

 LATE THIS AFTERNOON…NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS. WEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 60 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY  A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF  OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS AROUND 30. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
20 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. WINDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.VETERANS DAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
HIGHS AROUND 30.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 15 TO 20. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 30S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 5, 2013) — With the Jamestown sanitary sewer project, Interstate Engineering reports the intersection of 1st Street SW and 3rd Avenue SW, near Renaissance Recycling, is closed for construction on Wednesday, November 6, 2013. This closure is expected to be in place for two weeks. A detour is in place and access will be provided for area businesses during this time.

3rd Ave NW is open for about a half block south starting at 3rd St NW.

To enter CSi, customers are reminded to go west on 2nd St SW to 4th Ave SW, go north 1/2 block and enter the CSi parking lot from the west.

With the closing of the 1st Street intersection, the detour to access west of the river will be via 2nd Street to 4th Ave, up to 1st Street to use the 1st Street bridge.

The intersection of 17th St SE and 19th Ave SE opened Wednesday afternoon.

10th Street SE is open from 15th Avenue SE to 19th Avenue SE.

Questions can be directed to Darrell Hournbuckle with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.

 View the construction map at:

jamestownsewerproject.com

 

Jamestown (CSi) — An indoor Radio Controlled Fun Fly comes to the Jamestown Civic Center November 16, 201, 10-a.m. to 5-p.m.

The event is sponsored by the Buffalo City Radio Control Squadron.

The Fun Fly features electric airplanes, helicopters and multi-engine aircraft.

Admission is free to the public, with flying from 10-a.m. to 5-p.m.

Static displays will feature radio controlled airplanes, helicopters, cars and trucks.

There will also be a swap meet available.

The fee for participants is a $10 “Landing Fee,” which includes the pilots lunch.

For more information contact Larry Gilge, at 701-320-7170.

Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Progress Enterprise, Buffalo City Tourism, and the Buffalo City Radio Control Squadron.

 

DEVILS LAKE  (CSi)  – A veteran of Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom recently assumed command of the North Dakota National Guard’s Headquarters of the 164th Regional Training Institute. Lt. Col. Leo Ryan, of Jamestown,took the leadership role during a Nov. 2 ceremony at Camp Grafton Training Center, Devils Lake, N.D., where the unit is based.

Ryan enlisted in the Guard in 1985 as a bridge crewmember with the Bismarck-based 957th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge). He deployed to Southwest Asia in 1990 as a squad leader with the Grand Forks-based 132nd Quartermaster Company in support of Operations Desert Shield/Storm. Two years later, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant after completing Officer Candidate School. In 2007, he deployed to Iraq with the Minot-based 164th Engineer Battalion, serving as the executive officer.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1994 from the University of North Dakota and a juris doctor degree in 1997. He’s an owner and practicing attorney for Dalstad and Ryan, P.C., in Jamestown and Carrington, N.D.

Col. Lee Nordin, of Grand Forks, N.D., previously commanded the unit since October 2011. He recently deployed to Kuwait, where he’s serving as the assistant chief of staff for 3rd Army National Guard affairs.

The 164th Regional Training Institute provides U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command courses for Soldiers around the nation in engineer-focused military occupational specialties, as well as training in food service and water treatment military occupational specialties. The schoolhouse also hosts Officer Candidate School for North Dakota Guardsmen.

 

 Carrington (CSi) — Two Foster County, officials have been arrested and face multiple felony charges.

Foster County Auditor, Roger Schlotman, and Foster County Commission, Chairman James Carr, both face multiple felony charges for crimes related to the county’s property, records and finances, according to court documents.

Schlotman’s alleged crimes occurred between June 2011 and September 2013, and Carr’s were between September 2011 and September 2013.

Foster County Assistant State’s Attorney, Kathleen Murray says, a number of people had questioned actions in Foster County Commission meetings, which prompted the Foster County state’s attorney to contact the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

She says, “The initial investigation BCI did on these specific allegations were at least a year ago … as early back as at least July or August 2012.”

On Nov. 6, BCI executed search warrants at the Foster County Auditor’s Office and conducted interviews at the Foster County Courthouse in Carrington.

Also on Nov. 6, Schlotman gave a handwritten resignation to Murray.

She did not know if the County Commission had made a decision on whether to approve the resignation. The commission’s last meeting was Nov. 5.

Murray says, “As far as what his letter said, his resignation was effective immediately.”

Murray, who works full time as the Wells County state’s attorney usually only assists Foster County with conflicting cases.

Similarly, the state’s attorney contacted BCI first, instead of Foster County sheriff, because the investigation involved county employees.

The case is still an open investigation.

Murray says she did not know if there would be further charges.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued an opinion saying the city of Golva violated the state’s open records laws by taking three months to respond to a request for records.
 
     Stenehjem says a man asked on May 28 to get city expenditure and revenue reports and the city’s 2013 budget. He says the city gave the man information only after the attorney general’s office intervened and sought a resolution.
 
     The attorney general says the city never gave the man the documents he sought, but gave him information relating to the documents.
 
     Stenehjem says North Dakota law requires a response to an open records request within a reasonable time, and he believes the city of Golva violated that law by failing to provide the records within a reasonable time.

 

MINTO, N.D. (AP) – The northeastern North Dakota community of Minto is in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest serving of chili con carne.
 
   Guinness confirmed that the Minto community had cooked a pot of 2,240 pounds of chili in June. That broke a 10-year-old record by more than 1,000 pounds. The previous record was set in 2003, when the Keystone Aquatic Club in Harrisburg, Pa., cooked a pot of 1,430 pounds.
 
     The news that Minto had broken the previous record was announced Thursday evening before a crowd of 250 members of the Minto community who had gathered for another benefit feed featuring chili.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple has appointed Deputy Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger to serve the remainder of current commissioner Cory Fong’s term.
 
     Dalrymple made the appointment on Friday at the state Capitol.
 
     Fong announced last month that he will resign at the end of the year to work for a Bismarck-based advertising agency.  His term expires in a year.
 
     Rauschenberger has served as the state’s deputy tax commissioner since 2009.
 
     The governor says Rauschenberger was a clear choice to run the department.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says nearly 36,000 people in the state will have their policies canceled under President Barack Obama’s health care law.
 
     Individual health insurance policies are being canceled for millions of people nationwide who buy individual insurance policies as federal health care reform requires plans to cover certain benefits. Policies are being discontinued because they don’t meet the higher benefit requirements of the Affordable Care Act.  
 
     Hamm’s agency requested the information on policies being cancelled in North Dakota this week from three companies selling coverage on the Healthcare.gov website. The companies are Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota, Sanford Health and Medica.
 
     The state Insurance Department released the information on Friday.
 
     Hamm says the insurance companies have reported only 30 enrollments in the plans to date.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Federal and state assistance for repairs to public infrastructure following flooding in North Dakota earlier this year has topped $18 million.
 
     President Barack Obama on May 29 issued a disaster declaration for snowmelt flooding. On July 12 he declared a disaster for flooding caused by heavy rainfall in the state. The declarations paved the way for aid for emergency work, debris removal and repairs to public infrastructure including roads, bridges and schools.
 
     The federal government pays 75 percent of recovery costs. The rest is the responsibility of state and local governments. To date, the federal government has provided $16.4 million and the state $2.2 million.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A $35 million fund approved by North Dakota lawmakers for low-income housing developments has run out of money in only four months because of strong demand.
 
     North Dakota Housing Finance Agency Executive Director Jolene Kline says there is a housing crisis statewide – not just in the western oil patch. She says demand has drained the Housing Incentive Fund.
 
     The  fund is for developers who pledge to build affordable and low-income housing. Taxpayers who contribute are eligible for dollar-for-dollar state tax credits.
 
     During the previous two-year budget cycle the program was capped at $15 million and consisted entirely of tax credits. The Legislature expanded the program this year to include $20 million in tax credits and $15.4 million from the state general fund.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two companies that have spent several years and $8 million in state money studying a pair of projects to develop North Dakota’s coal industry must soon decide whether to seek another extension or walk away from the projects.
 
     The state would recoup part of its money if the projects are abandoned, and one state official expects extension requests for both. But the lack of progress has some questioning why the state would continue to support them.
 
     A factory to make synthetic natural gas from lignite near South Heart and a coal-to-liquid-fuel plant in western North Dakota are facing a year-end deadline to seek extensions.
 
     A trade group spokesman says the projects could yet bring big economic benefits.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A ceremony in Washington, D.C., later this month will honor Native American code talkers for their service during World Wars I and II.
 
     The Standing Rock Sioux and Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribes are among 33 in the nation being honored at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony Nov. 20.
 
     Code talkers used their native language to send communications that enemies could not decode.
 
     The Congressional Gold Medal is one of the highest honors bestowed by Congress.

 

In world and national news…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – President Barack Obama says there’s “no question” that last month’s partial government shutdown hurt the nation’s jobs market. The president spoke hours after the Labor Department reported that the economy added 204,000 jobs in October. The burst of hiring was surprising given that the government was shut down for more than two weeks. Obama says additional economic data still to be released before the end of the year could be down. He spoke at the Port of New Orleans to press for more government spending on infrastructure projects.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – Publication has been halted for a disputed book about the attack last year on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. Threshold Editions announced Friday that it’s suspending the book by Dylan Davies after serious doubts emerged about whether Davies had, in fact, witnessed the 2012 raid. Earlier Friday, CBS News said it had been misled by Davies, a source for a “60 Minutes” broadcast on the attack that aired Oct. 27. Threshold is a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster that has also released books by Dick Cheney and Glenn Beck.
 
     RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) – Palestinian officials say a report they’ve received from Russia on the role that radioactive polonium played in the death of Yasser Arafat was inconclusive. They spoke just a day after Swiss scientists said the Palestinian leader was probably poisoned by the rare and extremely lethal substance. The reports have revived Palestinian allegations that Israel was behind Arafat’s 2004 death. Israel denies it.
 
     MANILA, Philippines (AP) – One cyclone expert says the storm that struck the Philippines today may not have been the strongest storm on record — but he says it’s one of the strongest to make landfall, and probably the strongest to hit the Philippines.  It forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, knocked out power in several provinces, and left at least four people dead. But the rapidly moving storm moved on before causing additional damage.
 
     DAVIE, Fla. (AP) – Miami Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin will meet late next week in Los Angeles with the NFL’s special investigator to discuss allegations in the team’s harassment scandal. That’s according to a person familiar with the situation. Ted Wells, a senior partner in a New York law firm with experience in sports cases, will meet with Martin. Wells was appointed Wednesday by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to investigate possible misconduct in the Dolphins’ workplace and prepare a report that will be made public. Dolphins guard Richie Incognito was suspended in the wake of allegations by Martin.