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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 31, 2012) — Jamestown, and Stutsman County Authorities now have the R.O.V. (Remote Operated Vehicle) ready to assist in underwater searches.

On Friday’s (Aug 31, 2012) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, our guests were Jamestown City Fire Chief, Jim Reuter, Stutsman County Sheriff, Chad Kaiser, and R.O. V. trainer, Tom Crossmon, of Duluth, Minnesota.

Crossmon is a Captain for the St. Louis County, Minnesota, Rescue, and trains for VideoRay, the company from which the local R.O.V. unit was purchased.

Reuther said Crossmon conducted R.O.V. training of local authorities the week of August 27, 2012, including the Stutsman County Dive Team, which now has increased membership to 15, and is comprised of members of the fire department and local law enforcement.

Reuther says, the training at Pipestem Reservoir led to finding a submerged car, that was underwater the past 30 years stemming from an accident.

He said that vehicle was found partially in the silt at the bottom of the reservoir.

It’s not known if or when the vehicle will be raised.

Stutsman County Sheriff, Chad Kaiser agreed with Reuther that the R.O.V. will be instrumental in underwater searches, including law enforcement looking for crime evidence.

He said Stutsman County Special Deputies have been and will be included in searches.

Trainer Tom Crossmon added, that items as small as handguns have been located by the R.O.V.

Crossmon trains using the R.O.V. use for companies, such as VideoRay.

Jamestown purchased the new R.O.V. for $86,000, with approval from the City of Jamestown.

He reminded viewers that a successful fund drive was accomplished toward the purchase of the unit, with Jamestown area residents contributing $27,000 and after expenses, $24,606.

A donation was also received from an individual in Montana.

The balance of the purchase price was picked up through grants, and North Dakota Emergency Services.

The fundraising effort was started by LeAnn Buckley, whose loved one, Darrin Ackerman lost his life, at Jamestown Reservoir late last year, when he fell through the ice.

She was hopeful of obtaining an R.O.V. which was used in the search for Darrin, so that other families would not have the long wait in recovering an individual involved in an underwater accident.

Reuther pointed out that the R.O.V. may be used outside of Stutsman County, with city approval.

All  were impressed by the local fundraising effort, and the dollars raised toward purchasing the local unit.

The R.O.V. based in Jamestown is one of two in North Dakota, the other located in Fargo, with Valley Water Rescue.

Reuther said local authorities have another new piece of equipment for underwater searches, which is able to be deployed from a boat.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Federal investigators say a construction worker who died in Williston was crushed by roof rafters as workers unloaded them from a trailer.
 
     The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not released the man’s name. He worked for R&J Building Contractors of Branson, Mo.
 
     OSHA Assistant Area Director Eric Brooks says the man cut a metal band holding the rafters together before they collapsed on top of him Tuesday night at a construction site.
 
     OSHA is continuing to investigate.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota teen has pleaded guilty to dealing synthetic drugs that led to the overdose death of a Grand Forks teen.
 
     Wesley Sweeney, of Manvel, appeared Friday in federal court. He pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute drugs that resulted in death.
 
     Authorities say the 18-year-old Sweeney supplied the synthetic hallucinogens to 18-year-old Christian Bjerk (burk), who died June 11 of an apparent overdose.
 
     Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 26.
 
     Investigators say the wide-ranging conspiracy involves several people in the Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, Minn., area.
 
     Eighteen-year-old Adam Budge of East Grand Forks is charged with supplying drugs that led to the June 15 overdose death of 17-year-old Elijah Stai, of Park Rapids, Minn.
 
     Police say a handful of people were hospitalized from overdoses.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A New Town man has been sentenced for
putting an employee at a propane business in the hospital with
serious injuries.
     Thirty-nine-year-old Robert Brugh Jr. pleaded guilty in May to
assault resulting in serious bodily injury. U.S. Attorney Timothy
Purdon says Brugh was sentenced Thursday to two years and three
months in federal prison, bot be followed by two years of
supervised release.
     He also must pay about $26,575 in restitution.

     Authorities say Brugh beat an employee at United Prairie
Cooperative in New Town on Jan. 9 because the business could not
deliver propane that day.

The employee suffered a brain injury and
a skull fracture and was hospitalized for several days.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Army National Guard is
partnering with several tribes in the Dakotas to dedicate the
Guard’s newest Lakota helicopter.
     North Dakota state officials, officials from the National Guard
and representatives from several Dakota tribes will speak at the
Tuesday ceremony at United Tribes Technical College to dedicate the
UH-72A Lakota.

The tribes who will have representatives in
attendance are the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Spirit Lake Tribe,
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Three Affiliated Tribes and the Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa.

A Native American spiritual leader will bless two Lakota helicopters.

     The Lakota is the Army’s newest light utility helicopter and
will replace the UH-1H Iroquois and OH-58 Kiowa helicopters.
     The event is free and the public is invited to attend.

 

In world and national news…

NASA photo

CINCINNATI (AP) – Fellow space pioneers including two crewmates on the historic Apollo 11 mission mourned and celebrated Neil Armstrong as a humble hero who saw himself as a team player and never capitalized upon his celebrity as the first man to walk on the moon.
 
     Hundreds of people attended a closed service Friday at a private suburban Cincinnati club. A national memorial service has been scheduled for Sept. 12 in Washington, although no other details have been released.
 
     Armstrong died Saturday at age 82.
 
     Among some 10 former astronauts attending Friday were John Glenn and Armstrong’s crew for the 1969 moon landing, Edward “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins.
 
     Four Navy fighter planes flew over at the end of the service, one flying upward in tribute to the former Navy pilot who flew combat missions in Korea.

 

 NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (JIN’-dul) says officials expect to soon have 70 percent of the water out of an area south of New Orleans that flooded after being hit by Isaac.

More than 100 people had to be rescued from flooding in the area after Isaac made landfall Tuesday evening.

Jindal also says efforts to ease pressure on a dam in Mississippi, near the Louisiana line, appear to be working.

Fears that the dam could fail prompted evacuations in Louisiana Thursday.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Even in times of peace, the Republican Party has spoken of the threat of war, to urge greater military spending and tough foreign policy.

But Mitt Romney last night became the first Republican since 1952 to accept his party’s nomination without mentioning war.

The one mention of Afghanistan — the nation’s longest armed conflict — came from Clint Eastwood, who won cheers for suggesting the invasion was a mistake and calling for an immediate withdrawal of troops.
 
     COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A federal judge in Ohio is giving all voters in the swing state the option of casting their ballot in person during the three days before Election Day.

The judge issued a preliminary injunction today, granting the request from President Barack Obama’s campaign.

The campaign is trying to strike down a state law that cuts off early voting for most residents on the Friday evening before a Tuesday election.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – A lawyer for the former Navy SEAL who wrote a book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden says his client is not violating any non-disclosure agreements.

But the Pentagon says it is considering legal action against the author. It says it hasn’t made a final judgment on whether the book actually reveals secrets.

 
     LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Donald Lawson has quit his job as a railroad engineer — and he’s told several family members to retire as well. Lawson has come forward to claim the third-largest Powerball jackpot ever.

The Michigan man held the only ticket for the $337 million prize — worth $224 million in the lump sum he’s taking. He plans to travel and continue living what he calls a “simple life.”