Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Mar 24

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED
WITH SNOW…FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE MORNING…THEN RAIN
LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. NO SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 70 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.TONIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE
EVENING…THEN SNOW LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WINDS
15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA A 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDY. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
45 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA 40 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 15.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE
MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.

 

WEDNESDAY WILL FEATURE THE RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF THE
 DEPARTING STORM. ONE EFFECT…GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
 40 MPH…WILL PRIMARILY IMPACT THE THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THEN
 AFTER WEDNESDAY A MODERATING TEMPERATURE TREND THAT WILL BRING A RETURN TO THE 50S AND 60S FOR HIGHS BY SATURDAY. THEN SLIGHTLY COOLER BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND.

FOR  PRECIPITATION, NEXT BEST CHANCE WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. 

 

(CSi) A 62 year old Horace man was uninjured after losing control of the semi rig he was operating about 12:30 Monday afternoon.

Robert Olson was eastbound on I-94 about 20 miles west  of Jamestown when the semi went off the roadway, across the right shoulder and into the south ditch, missing the guardrail, going up an embankment, striking a vertical concrete overpass pillar, with the left front of the cab.

Olson told authorities that he may have fallen asleep.

He was wearing a seat belt.

Damage was estimated to be around $50,000.

The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

 

Washington (CSi) U.S Senators Hoeven and Heitkamp announce, that North Dakota housing authorities have received 15 grants totaling more than $350,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Public Housing Operating Fund. The program reimburses the operating costs of local housing authorities, which seek to meet the housing needs of low-income persons who are elderly, disabled, veterans, homeless or working poor.

The grants are awarded as follows:

· Fargo Housing and Redevelopment Authority – $130,144

· Burleigh County Housing Authority – $62,511

· Minot Housing Authority – $41,388

· Housing Authority of Cass County – $31,482

· Housing Authority of the City of Williston – $19,590

· Rolette County Housing Authority – $16,715

· Ramsey County Housing – $10,101

· Mercer County Housing Authority – $9,096

· Barnes County Housing Authority – $6,492

· Towner County Housing Authority – $5,510

· Traill County Housing Authority – $5,496

· Nelson County Housing – $5,368

· Emmons County Housing Authority – $4,940

· Benson County Housing Authority – $2,863

· McIntosh County Housing Authority – $1,924

 

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man accused of killing a man in Minnesota is refusing to voluntarily be returned to that state to face a murder charge.
 
      25-year-old Ray Littlewolf Jr. appeared in court in Devils Lake on Monday. He told Judge Donovan Foughty that he wanted to consult with an attorney and refused to waive extradition.
 
     Littlewolf was arrested Friday in the death last week of 64-year-old Ronald Foss near Viking, Minnesota. Foughty set bond at $1 million cash.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison a drug charge.
 
     Thirty-year-old Daniel Connelly, of Minot, pleaded guilty earlier to possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.
 
     Authorities say a search of Connelly’s residence in October 2012 yielded 163 grams of methamphetamine in a storage container. Police say they also found a loaded rifle next to the container.
 
     Investigators say Connelly had obtained meth from Arizona and California in order to distribute it in North Dakota.
 
     U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland ordered Connelly to serve 12 years and seven months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
 
     A federal public defender could not be reached for comment.

 

  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the stabbing of a dog.
 
     Sgt. Dean Haaland says  the dog was found Sunday in a rural area near Horace, stabbed multiple times. A deputy brought the dog to the Red River Emergency Animal Clinic for treatment.
 
     A dog rescue group in Fargo says the animal was stabbed with an object 6-8 inches long. It’s not yet known whether the dog will survive.
 
     Haaland says investigators are following up on some leads.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s biggest farm group is planning a rally in Bismarck to protest the Legislature’s decision to loosen the state’s Depression-era ban against corporate farming.
 
     The North Dakota Farmers Union event is slated for Friday afternoon on the steps of the state Capitol.
 
     Former North Dakota Agriculture commissioner Roger Johnson, who now serves as president of the National Farmers Union, is slated to speak at the event.
 
     Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed the legislation last week that exempts ailing pork and dairy operations from the state’s anti-corporate farming law.
 
     Farmers Union officials say they may begin a petition drive to refer the legislation to voters.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s House has killed a measure that would have allowed the Board of Higher Education to hold discussions in secret on the hiring and firing of a university system chancellor. The higher education board pushed to have chancellor discussion held in executive session unless the chancellor or candidate being considered asks for the discussion to be public. Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen says holding a secret meeting allows board members to be more candid in discussing evaluations of the chancellor.
 
     BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says the state is getting more than $96,000 as part of multi-state life insurance settlements with Guardian Life and Pacific Life. Hamm says the states have reached agreements totaling about $4.5 million with the insurers related to use of the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File.

 

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The sex crime trial for the reigning North Dakota teacher of the year has been postponed.
 
     The trial of Aaron Knodel was scheduled to begin Tuesday, but KFGO-AM reports that it has now been pushed to late April after the presiding judge granted the defense attorney more time to prepare for the testimony of a new handwriting expert who prosecutors are expected to call to the stand.
 
     Knodel is accused of having sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student more than five years ago. He has pleaded not guilty to five counts of felony corruption or solicitation of a minor. He could face up to 35 years in prison if convicted.
 
     The teachers union, North Dakota United, named Knodel the 2014 teacher of the year.

 

 RAY, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota oil regulators say hundreds of gallons of oil and saltwater have been contained following a spill at a disposal well in the northwestern part of the state.
 
     Landtech Enerprises, LLC, reported Friday that about 630 gallons of oil were released at contained at Foss SWD 1 near Ray. The company said all but 210 gallons of oil had been recovered.
 
      Nearly 29,500 gallons of saltwater were released, contained and recovered on site.
 
     The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division was notified, and a state inspector visited the disposal well.
 
     A failed valve reportedly caused the spill.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota House is considering legislation that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, government, public services and the workplace.
 
     Testimony was taken on the bill Monday.
 
     The Senate passed the bill last month despite the fact that it received a do-not-pass recommendation in committee.
 
     Exemptions for religious organizations and social clubs are in the bill.
 
     Similar legislation failed during the 2009 and 2013 sessions.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The mayor of Grand Forks says a racist message spray painted on the wall of a strip mall in the city is “hateful, ignorant and hurtful.”
 
     Mayor Michael Brown on Monday condemned the message that was found painted in a building adjacent to an alley.
 
     The message included the word “Somalia” followed by a racial slur.
 
     Pete Haga with the mayor’s office says the city offered the owner of the building help with the graffiti removal process, but the owner, who is being considered a victim, has chosen to paint over the brick wall.
 
     The Grand Forks Police Department says it is investigating the incident.

 

In sports…

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – An Arvilla man convicted of misdemeanor aggravated reckless driving in an incident that severely injured a member of the University of North Dakota women’s hockey team has been sentenced to about four months in jail.
 
     Nineteen-year-old Tristen Johnson was accused of striking UND player Lisa Marvin while she was trying to fill her stalled pickup with gas on a Grand Forks street last November. Marvin, of Warroad, Minnesota, suffered injuries that prevented her from playing and have put her hockey future in doubt.
 
     Johnson on Monday was ordered to spend 126 days behind bars, and to pay restitution that will be determined later. He also must pay $300 in court fees. About eight months of jail time is suspended, and he will be on unsupervised probation for one year.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two more mule deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in North Dakota, bringing the total since 2009 to seven. The Game and Fish Department says the latest positive tests were in deer killed during last fall’s gun season. All of the deer that have tested positive for CWD in recent years have been in the 3F2 hunting unit in southwestern North Dakota.
 
 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The deadline is nearing for hunters to apply for this fall’s moose and elk hunting seasons in North Dakota.
 
     The state Game and Fish Department says applications must be postmarked before midnight Wednesday.
 
     Applications can be found online at www.gf.nd.gov , and at Game and Fish offices, county auditor offices and license vendors.
 
     Hunters who have received a license through the lottery in the past are not eligible to apply for that species again.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota has been docked two spots in the national polls heading into the NCAA men’s regional hockey tournament.
 
     Coach Dave Hakstol’s team dropped from No. 1 to No. 3 in both the USA Today/USA Hockey the USCHO.com polls, after losing both of its games in the National Hockey Collegiate Conference tournament.
 
     Minnesota State took over the top spot while Boston University moved to No. 2 in both polls.
 
     UND did not receive any first-place votes in either poll.
 
     North Dakota is the No. 1 seed for this weekend’s NCAA West Regional in Fargo and will face 11th-ranked Quinnipiac. The other West Region semifinal features No. 5 Michigan Tech against No. 13 St. Cloud State.

 

 NATIONAL  BASKETBALL  ASSOCIATION

 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Rookie guard Zach LaVine scored 27 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied past the Utah Jazz 106-104 last night. LaVine’s clutch shots in the fourth quarter set up a 6-1 Minnesota run to start overtime that the Jazz couldn’t overcome. The Timberwolves won for only the third time this month.
 
   Final          Houston              110    Indiana          100
   Final          Boston                110    Brooklyn          91
   Final          Memphis              103    New  York          82
   Final          Chicago                98    Charlotte        86
   Final          Golden  State    107    Washington      76
 
 
       NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE

 TORONTO (AP) – Devan Dubnyk added to his ironman streak as the Minnesota Wild hung on for a 2-1 victory over the slumping Toronto Maple Leafs last night. The loss was the sixth straight for the Maple Leafs. Charlie Coyle and Thomas Vanek scored for Minnesota.
 
   Final    Chicago              3    Carolina          1
   Final    Los  Angeles      3    New  Jersey      1
   Final    Ottawa                5    San  Jose          2
   Final    Dallas                4    Buffalo            3
   Final    Calgary              3    Colorado          2
   Final    Winnipeg            4    Edmonton          1

MLS-MINNESOTA…
  
     MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Major League Soccer is expected to confirm during a news conference this week that an expansion franchise has been awarded to Minnesota.
 
     MLS said Monday that Commissioner Don Garber will join Bill McGuire, the owner of the Minnesota United franchise in the North American Soccer League, at the news conference Wednesday to make “an important announcement” without specifying the nature of it.

 

NFL-BLACKOUT…
  
     PHOENIX (AP) – The NFL will not block any games from local television during the upcoming season, saying team owners voted for a one-year suspension of the blackout policy for preseason and regular-season games.
 
     There were no blackouts last season, and just two in 2013. The decision is considered a gamble on the part of the NFL, with low ticket sales in Jacksonville, Oakland and San Diego, among other cities.

 

In world and national news…

 PARIS (AP) – A German airliner carrying 148 people has crashed in a remote part of the French Alps and President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH’ oh-LAWND’) says there don’t appear to be any survivors. The Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed as it traveled from Barcelona to Duesseldorf and officials say search-and-rescue teams are headed to the site.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – A slowdown in troop withdrawal from Afghanistan could be on the menu when President Barack Obama and Afghanistan’s new president step before the media after a series of White House meetings. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani wants the troops to stay longer as Afghan forces brace for a tough spring fighting season and contend with Islamic State fighters looking to recruit on their soil.
 
     TOKYO (AP) – Various expensive machines and untested measures that ended in failure are being cited by Japanese government auditors who say the operator of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant wasted taxpayer money allocated for post-tsunami clean up. A Board of Audit report says waste totaled more than a third of the 190 billion yen ($1.6 billion). It also says the cleanup work has been dominated by one group of Japanese utility, construction and electronics giants despite repeated calls for more transparency and greater international access.
 
     SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Yemen’s Shiite rebels are making gains in the southern part of the country. The Houthis (HOO’-theez) along with soldiers from an army battalion loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh (AH’-lee ahb-DUH’-luh sah-LEH’), have taken over the governor’s office in a provincial capital. The rebels also cracked down on thousands of protesters in another city, killing one.
 
     MOSCOW (AP) – Russian officials say they’ll make up for an expected drop in demand for manned flights by resuming space tourism in 2018. Russia had sent seven paying guests to the International Space Station since 2001 before curtailing the program in 2009. Russia has made an exception for British soprano Sarah Brightman who is due to blast off on Sept. 1.