Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jan 23

CSi Weather…
THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
EVENING. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT.
BREEZY. NOT AS COLD. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. TEMPERATURES RISING INTO
THE UPPER 20S AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN
THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN SNOW POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE
EVENING. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. WINDY.
LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
15 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 20S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…SNOW LIKELY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDY. HIGHS AROUND 10.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW IN THE EVENING. BREEZY. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW.
LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

SATURDAY…

A BAND OF SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER CLIPPER WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL SHIFT INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM MINOT TO ROLLA TO JAMESTOWN.

SUNDAY…

VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL

NORTH DAKOTA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SURGES INTO THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF FRESH SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD GENERATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS STATEWIDE SUNDAY. … AFFECTING TRAVEL WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Police Department is warning Jamestown residents of a convicted sex offender who has changed his Jamestown address.

James Kermit Hanenberg, has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee, of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Hanenberg is a 45 year old white male, 5 feet 9 inches tall weighing 230 pounds with blue eyes and blond hair.

He now resides at 1010 10th Street Southeast #2.

He drives a 1989 gold Mitsubishi Galant with North Dakota License Plate, JRP 285.

He was charged with Corrupt/Solicitation of a Minor when he pushed a minor to the ground and had forcible intercourse with her. He was convicted in March of 2006 in Cass County District Court.

He was also charged with Gross Sexual Imposition when he engaged in forced sexual acts with two girls, ages 3 and 6 over a period of four years. He threatened to kill the girls or their family members if they told.

During the investigation Hanenberg admitted to molesting multiple other victims including boys and girls of various ages.

He was convicted in April of 1987 in Barnes County District County.

Hanenberg is currently on probation and is not wanted by police at this time. This report is for public safety and not to increase fear in the community.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten the offender or their families, landlords or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of Hanenberg’s photo and demographics is available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available on the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site, www.sexoffender.nd.gov

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council’s committees met on Thursday at 4-p.m., at City Hall.  All members were present.

Fire Committee

No items for discussion.

 

Police Committee:

The committee discussed insulating and heating the south stall of the cold storage building at the Fire hall.

Police Chief Edinger said the police department truck is stored there, and it takes time to heat the truck and the contents.

The batteries were also dead.

The committee recommends that a change order be established with the firm that will work on the fire hall flue and drainage project, heating the south stall.

Public Works Committee

The committee considered an ordinance pertaining to sealed containers in refuse waste stream. The committee recommends drafting an Ordinance not to accept sealed containers, not being able to inspect the contents for items not acceptable.

The committee discussed allowing permanent curbside trash pick-up at certain locations, six locations. The request is due to limited alley space in those location, and some sanitation workers have been injured in some instances, and some city a private properties have been damaged. The affected residents would be notified in advance. Mayor Andersen prefers to leave the alley pickup at those locations.The committee took no action. Performing improvements to specific alleys, including encroachment issues, was mentioned as a possible solution.

The committee recommends approving the Initiation of Operation document relating to Wastewater Lift Station Replacement and Force Main Project, pipeline, Phase I & Phase II – District 13-31 & 13-32. It does not include the Main Lift station under replacement at the Jamestown Business Center, under a separate contract. The project’s completion date is February 15, 2014.

 

The committee recommends the approval of the request of reduced retainage relating to Wastewater Lift Station Replacement and Force Main Project Phase I & Phase II – District 13-31 & 13-32.

 

An Update was given on evaluation related to claims of utility conflicts by Sellin Brothers on Wastewater and Lift Station Replacement & Force Main Improvements Project, Phase II – Force Main & Gravity Sewer Project. The item was moved to the February City Council meeting without recommendation.

Discussion concerned the recent bid & re-bidding of the Business Loop East Landscape Project.  The bids came in 300% higher than estimates. Material costs have gone up, stemming from improvements in the western oil patch, impacting local cost.  Mayor Andersen said she does not want to see significant changes in the original project.  City Engineer, Reed Schwartzkopf said the original plans will be kept on hand for future reference.  He said a steady rapid increase in costs are being seen, in all projects materials.  No action was taken by the committee.

Discussion was held regarding consideration of adopting an ordinance pertaining to landscaping requirements for new developments, as requested by the City Forester, Doug Wiles. The committee recommends starting a draft of such an ordinance.

The committee discussed a letter from Vance Rimes relating to parking at 117 1st Ave South. The alley was closed due to a conflict with parking in an alley adjacent to a bank and bar location, which is also a public access location. No action was taken by the committee. Other city officials may meet with the four entities involved concerning parking issues to come to a resolution.

Discussion was held  relative to the planned expansion of the Jamestown Sanitary Landfill Site west of the existing landfill.  Bloom Township Supervisors were in attendance. A mile protest area is included during the permitting process.The committee recommends to make application for a Special Use Permit with Bloom Township.

The committee considered the replacement of Roll-off Truck for the Sanitation Department, which is now inoperable due to engine problems.The committee recommends the item be placed on the February City Council agenda without recommendation as the City Attorney review the bid original bid documentation.

 

The committee recommends approving the bid award to Nelson International for the purchase of a New Single Axle Truck (Cab & Chassis) – Street Department, in the amount of $70,898.00.

The committee recommends approving the bid award to Bert’s Truck Equipment for the purchase of a New Extra Heavy Duty, Hopper-Type, Self-Unloading, Spreader Body – Street Department, in the amount of $27,932.00.

The committee recommends awarding salvageable fire damaged sander truck & hopper body – Street Department to Truck & Auto Salvage, by solicitation of proposals.

Housekeeping items included:

The committee recommending for approval a Resolution setting up and establishing and advertising for bids Seal Coat Patching and construction district #14-41, along with a Resolution pertaining to Sidewalk, Curb and Gutter District #14-11, and advertise for bids.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 67, followed by replays.

 

Fargo (CSi) Jamestown and Valley City will host farmers for informational meetings about industrial beet production.

The meetings will update farmers on industrial beet processing development efforts in the state and answer grower questions about industrial beet production.

Five sites are proposed in North Dakota, including Jamestown and Valley City areas.

Industrial sugar beets are bred for the bio-fuels market, with a processing facility site, dependent on the availability of beet feedstock supplies in the proposed growing area.

The development of beets as an industrial crop is a partnership between Green Vision Group based in Fargo and Heartland Renewable Energy based in Iowa. The research component is led by NDSU.

NDSU Extension Educator, Randy Grueneich, says the first meeting will be held in Valley City on Tuesday, January 28 at the Eagles Club at 9am.

Other meetings are planned for Tuesday, January 28 from 1pm to 3pm at the Farmers Union Headquarters in Jamestown.

Then, on Wednesday, January 29 a meeting will be held in Carrington at the Research Extension Center from 9am to 11am.

Other meetings are planned for Cando on Wednesday, January 29 at 1pm in the NDSU Extension Service office and in Landon at the Research Extension Center Thursday, January 30 at 9am.

The public is encouraged to attend any of these meetings.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two rural electric cooperatives in North Dakota hit hard by an early October blizzard are getting federal grant aid.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it’s making nearly $4 million available to Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Cooperative and more than $1.2 million available to Slope Electric Cooperative.

FEMA says the storm downed more than 50 miles of electrical lines and hundreds of power poles.

The money is being made available through a federal disaster declaration from President Barack Obama. Thirty-three projects were funded under the declaration. The total federal share provided to all applicants statewide for the October storm is $6.2 million.

FEMA pays 75 percent of eligible recovery costs. State and local governments or nonprofits are responsible for the rest.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The attorney for a white supremacist jailed for allegedly terrorizing residents of the small North Dakota town of Leith (leeth) wants a judge to dramatically lower Craig Cobb’s $1 million cash bond.

Public defender Ryan Heintz is asking Judge Donald Jorgenson to reduce the amount to $35,000 cash or surety, saying Cobb doesn’t intend to leave the state until his case is resolved.

Prosecutor Todd Schwarz says he thinks $35,000 is too low an amount because Cobb can easily meet it and is a risk to flee – as he fled prosecution in Canada when he was charged in Vancouver in 2010 with willfully promoting hatred through a blog.

A man who joined Cobb in Leith, Kynan (KEE’-nuhn) Dutton, wants his bond reduced from $50,000 to $2,000.
 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall says he wants justice in the case of a Spokane, Wash., man killed in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme.

Doug Carlile was shot by an intruder Dec. 15 at his home. Court documents show that James Henrikson, who had oil business dealings with Carlile on North Dakota’s Fort Berthold Reservation, is under investigation for allegedly defrauding a company owned by Hall.

Henrikson was arrested Saturday in Mandan on a weapons charge. He hasn’t been charged in Carlile’s death, though another man faces a murder charge.

The tribe’s Business Council issued a statement Wednesday saying the tribe itself hasn’t had any dealings with Henrikson. Hall issued a statement Thursday saying he’s cooperating with investigators. He didn’t address the alleged defrauding of his company, Maheshu Energy.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Census Bureau estimates that about 18,000 people migrated into North Dakota last year, after gains of 12,200 people in 2012 and 6,900 in 2011.

Kevin Iverson manages the Census Office at the state Commerce Department. He says the change is even more dramatic when the Census figures are compared to a decade ago, when North Dakota was last among states in terms of growth.

Iverson says that between 2000 and 2003, North Dakota lost about 8,400 residences. He says that after years of out-migration, it’s good to see economic growth drawing people to the state.

Many are coming for jobs in the western oil patch, which has been booming in recent years.

Census data show North Dakota’s population reached an estimated all-time high of 723,393 residents last year.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Industrial Commission is tweaking a proposal that would designate state landmarks as worthy of special protection.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple suggested hiring what he called a site analyst. He says that person could gather comments by people on proposals to drill in sensitive areas.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem last month submitted the proposed list of 18 places for special protection. The so-called special places list includes private and public land, including the Little Missouri National Grasslands and Lake Sakakawea.

Stenehjem’s proposal has been criticized by some Republican lawmakers and oil and farm groups.

 

LITCHFIELD, Minn. (AP) – The mother of one of the five Minnesota National Guard members injured in an attack in Afghanistan says she was able to talk to her son and hear that he’ll be OK.

Minnesota Guard officials say the injured five are members of the 849th Mobility Augmentation Company based in Litchfield. They were hurt during an attack on Forward Operating Base Pasab in Kandahar Province Monday. All are recovering.

Kim Schwich says her son Robbie Sheets, of Litchfield, is among the wounded. Schwich says her son told her he was shot in the back and legs in what he said was an ambush. Schwich says she was only able to talk to her son for less than five minutes, but was able to learn that he’ll be OK.
In world and national news…

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) – A magistrate in Indiana has entered a not guilty plea for a Purdue University student charged with murder in the shooting of another student in a classroom. Cody Cousins appeared at a hearing Thursday to face a charge of murder in the death of Andrew Boldt. Court documents say Boldt suffered both gunshot and knife wounds when he was fatally attacked Tuesday in Purdue’s Electrical Engineering Building.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Pop star Justin Bieber has left jail, after his arrest earlier in the day in Miami Beach on charges including driving under the influence and resisting arrest. Bieber was arrested after police said they saw him speeding down a residential street in Miami Beach in a yellow Lamborghini. Officers say he had an expired license, was initially not cooperative when he was pulled over and smelled of alcohol. He was charged with DUI, driving with an expired license and resisting arrest. The 19-year-old Bieber was released on $2,500 bond.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election campaign and the state’s Republican Party committee have received subpoenas from federal prosecutors investigating allegations that Christie’s aides created traffic jams as political payback. A lawyer representing Christie for Governor and the Republican State Committee says the subpoenas are for documents related to the closure of traffic lanes near the George Washington Bridge. A state legislative committee investigating the traffic jams has also issued subpoenas to the two organizations.

HOUSTON (AP) – A white Houston-area man accused of sucker punching an elderly black man in November has been indicted on a hate crime charge. A federal grand jury in Houston indicted 27-year-old Conrad Barrett Thursday. Investigators say Barrett slugged the 79-year-old victim, breaking his jaw in two places, then laughed and shouted “knockout!” Investigators say Barrett videoed the attack on his cellphone and shared the recording.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – They once sang that love would keep them together — but now the 1970s singing duo known as Captain and Tennille are getting a divorce. Court documents filed by Toni Tennille in Arizona say that her marriage to Daryl Dragon is irretrievably broken and cannot be reconciled. The two have been married for more than 38 years.