Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Mar 5

CSi Weather…

 TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY. LOWS AROUND 20. TEMPERATURE RISING OVERNIGHT. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SLEET
IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS
5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO NORTH
15 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGHS 15 TO 20. NORTH WINDS 15 TO
20 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID
20S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 40.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.WEDNESDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 30S.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY…

MIXED PRECIPITATION COULD POSSIBLY EXTEND AS FAR SOUTH AS THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR.

ANOTHER ROUND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ON
 THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTH ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA.
 
 SLIPPERY SPOTS ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS IF PLANNING TRAVEL.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called out about 6:30 a.m., on Wednesday March 5, as a fire alarm was activated, and a smoke smell reported, at an apartment building at 615 10^th Street Northeast in Jamestown.

City Fire Chief, Jim Reuther says there was no fire, and the fire alarm had been reset when the five fire units, and 27 city fire fighters arrived on the scene.

No one had evacuated the building.

Reuther said the units stay on the scene about 15 minutes.

Jamestown (CSi) A reminder, Jamestown Public Schools announces school will be in session on Thursday, March 13, 2014 due to storm make up day.

No School on Friday, March 14^th for spring break. School will resume at the regular time on Monday, March 17th. Buses will run at the regular scheduled times.

At Valley City Public Schools, there will be school on Thursday March 13, 2014 as a make up day for the school day lost on January 6, 2014 due to excessive cold wind chills.

If needed, there are currently two remaining days designated fro make up days, Friday March 14, 2014, and Monday April 21, 2014.

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System has updated plans for a new public library in Jamestown.

Bill Kennedy has provided the public with the update.

The update from Kennedy says, the library board and administration have been very busy since the original site for the new library, the old Essentia location, was sold to a developer for senior housing. New locations are being researched with Mike Schwarz of Dardis Realty providing assistance. The goal is to have the new site finalized by the end of March. The next step is to circulate a petition authorizing a 1/4% county wide sales tax to be placed on the November ballot.

The timing and action calendar for key events and dates, includes…

1) Board finalizes the proposed location: March 31, 2014

2) Submit Petition to put a 1/4% Sales Tax Initiative on the November 4th general election ballot for review: April 4, 2014

3) Start collecting petition signatures: April 30, 2014

4) Submit a minimum of 1,452 signatures (15% of voters in the 2012 general election) for review: August 1, 2014.

5) General Election: November 4, 2014.

6) With approval by voters, close on property: November 30, 2014.

7) Groundbreaking: August 1, 2015

8) Grand Opening: September 1, 2016

Kennedy says, these are the key steps necessary to bring a new library to Jamestown and Stutsman County.

Jamestown (CSi) A Canadian woman was charged in Southeast District Court with criminal mischief, in connection with an incident at the Stutsman County Correctional Center, Saturday evening just before 10-O’Clock.

Criminal mischief is a Class A misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $3,000 fine.

21 year old Libby Vanderschuit, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, posted a $2,000 cash bond and is allowed to leave the state as long as she returns for court appointments.

She allegedly damaged some ceiling tiles and other equipment in the Stutsman County Correctional Center Saturday night.

She allegedly told police officers that she had what she called a “psychotic episode,” and allegedly said she didn’t like it in the facility and was trying to get out.

She was arrested Friday evening, and jailed, stemming from report of a suspicious vehicle parked in front of the Frontier Village gates.

Court documents state that Vanderschuit was in the vehicle along with a 36-year-old Manitoba, Canada, man, and was arrested for allegedly being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of drugs.

No date has been set for Vanderschuit’s next court appearance.

　DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A judge has set a $500,000 bond for the principal of Trinity High School in Dickinson who has been charged with setting fire to the school.
 
     Thirty-year-old Thomas Sander appeared in court Wednesday. He has been charged with arson and endangerment by fire or explosion, both felonies that carry a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison. Court documents do not list an attorney for him and a home telephone listing for him could not be found. 
 
     Police and fire officials are still investigating. Dickinson Catholic Schools President Steve Glasser says school officials plan to release a statement Wednesday.
 
     The fire early Monday heavily damaged the school. Students have been given the week off while school officials decide how to proceed for the rest of the school year.

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have recovered a body from a semitrailer that burned at a Minot truck stop.
 
     Ward County Sheriff’s Lt. Larry Hubbard says authorities were called to the Flying J truck stop shortly before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. Emergency officials found the semitrailer engulfed.
 
     After the fire was extinguished, officials found a body in the semi’s sleeper area. The victim was not immediately identified.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials say a North Dakota University System computer server has been hacked but there is no evidence that any personal information has been accessed.
 
     Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen says records of more than 290,000 current and former students and about 780 faculty and staff were housed on the server.
 
     Skogen says personal information – including Social Security numbers – was on the server.
 
     Skogen says the breach was discovered last month and law enforcement has been alerted.
 
     The university system says a website and a call center are being created to assist people who have questions.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Board of Animal Health is taking steps to control the spread of a new pig virus.
 
     The virus known as PED was confirmed in a swine herd in eastern North Dakota Friday. The virus doesn’t affect people or food, but it’s killed more than 4 million pigs in the U.S.
 
     The board is now requiring any pigs shipped into the state or within the state to have a health certificate stating there have been no clinical signs of PED or a similar virus known as TGE for the last two months on the premises where the pigs originated. State Veterinarian Susan Keller says the certificate must be signed by the pig owner and a veterinarian.
 
     North Dakota Pork Council President Kevin Tyndall says the group supports the move.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A group of farmers and business owners is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, claiming the agency mismanaged the Missouri River since 2006 and contributed to major flooding in five states.
 
     The lawsuit filed Wednesday claims some plaintiffs experienced extensive damage – particularly during the extended 2011 flooding that devastated hundreds of thousands of acres of mostly farmland in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.
 
     Corps officials did not immediately respond to a message Wednesday morning.
 
     Outside experts who reviewed the 2011 flooding said the Corps did the best it could in dealing with record amounts of water that flowed into the 2,341-mile-long river after unusually heavy spring rains in Montana and North Dakota.

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The city of Minot is taking steps to repair the levees that protect North Dakota’s fourth-largest city from Souris River flooding.
 
     An inspection report late last year from the Army Corps of Engineers showed a number of problems, such as tree growth, erosion and inadequate rock riprap. City Manager David Waind says the problems aren’t an emergency, but they do need to be addressed so that the levees meet corps standards.
 
     The City Council has sent a letter to the corps saying the city is committed to fixing the problems. Minot has set aside nearly $2 million for the effort, which could take a couple of years.

In world and national news…

 PARIS (AP) – The building blocks for a possible diplomatic solution in Ukraine have emerged today in Paris — where top Russian and Western officials have been trying to defuse the crisis over Crimea. But a top French diplomat says while Russia is open to international mediation, a major sticking point is the refusal of Russia’s foreign minister to meet with the foreign minister of Ukraine at those talks. On another diplomatic front, NATO ministers Wednesday met in Brussels with their Russian counterpart — and decided to suspend most of the alliance’s meetings with Russia. NATO is also reviewing all of its cooperation with Moscow.
 
     NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) – President Barack Obama says Congress should follow the lead of New England states that have raised the minimum wage above the federal rate. He was joined in Connecticut Wednesday by the state’s governor, and the governors of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont — and called them the “justice league of governors,” saying they are making sure workers get a decent wage. The president wants Congress to increase the wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10. But he faces opposition to the idea on Capitol Hill.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – A Federal Reserve survey shows severe winter weather held back economic growth in much of the nation from January through early February. Even so, conditions improved in most U.S. regions, helped by slight gains in areas such as employment and commercial real estate.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The essay is optional on the new version of the SAT college entrance exam. It will continue to test reading, writing and math skills, with an emphasis on analysis. Scoring will be on a 1,600-point scale, with a separate score for the optional essay. The testing company, the College Board, is doing away with some vocabulary words that students wouldn’t often come across — in favor of words more commonly used in school and on the job.
 
     LONDON (AP) – How much of your daily calorie intake comes from sugar? The World Health Organization says it should be just five percent. That’s half of what the agency previously recommended. The new draft guidelines were published today. An expert panel says dropping sugar intake to the five-percent level will fight obesity and cavities. The sugar total includes sugars added to foods, and those that are present in honey, syrups and fruit juices — but not those that occur naturally in fruits. Americans and others in the West eat a lot more sugar than that. Their average sugar intake would have to drop by two-thirds.