Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Jul 29

Jamestown (CSi) – High winds Tuesday evening caused areas of Jamestown to be without electricity shortly after 10pm Tuesday evening.

Jamestown Police Department said the power appeared to be out for the entire city for a short period.

Reports had areas of SE Jamestown,  central downtown business section (including Historic Franklin School), as well as parts of NW Jamestown, from 5th St NW past the fairgrounds without electricity.    Customers of Northern Plains Coop north of the Fairgrounds and west of the reservoir were also left in the dark.

Ottertail crews worked to isolate the problems.   The deep SE came back on after 10 minutes,  the downtown area started coming back on by 10:30.

Historic Franklin (CSi) had gone automatically to backup generator during the outage.

For more information tune to The Wayne Byers Show Weds morning at 8:25am on CSi 2.

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Daylight showed a number of tree branches felled by the high wind, along with more significant tree damaged that in some cases caused some street blockage.

A utility pole snapped in two near 6th Avenue and 4th street Northwest.  A power line was on the ground with personnel from Jamestown Fire Department and Otter Tail on the scene. It was likely that power was rerouted until morning when workers could auger in a new pole in daylight

Another utility pole was down near 5th Avenue and 5th Street NE near the Legacy Living Center.

A large old tree on the boulevard in the 200 block  of 7th Street Southwest was blown over and completely blocking the street.  It fell on to two parked vehicles.

Report trees that are blocking the street to the city.

The Jamestown Weather Station reported a peak wind gust Tuesday evening of 49 mph in the 11-p.m., hour.

Valley City Electrical Supervisor Marshall Senf says customers in the Northeast part of the city were without power for about 90 minutes Tuesday evening after strong wind gusts pushed power lines together causing the outage.  The Valley City airport recorded a wind gust of 41 mph at 1:15 a.m., on Wednesday.

More than 100 Cass County Electric customers were also without power near Pillsbury, North Dakota.

   Winds surpassing 60 mph caused damage and concerns across North Dakota.
 
     The high winds on Tuesday damaged trees and caused power outages in the western part of the state, and prompted some oil rigs to shut down to ensure the safety of workers and equipment.
 
     A golf course in Bismarck also closed. In the Minot area, the winds blew over trailers on U.S. Highway 83 and a semitrailer on U.S. 52.
 
     Basin Electric Power Cooperative reported that some of its wind turbines shut down automatically because wind speeds surpassed a 55 mph limit.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City Fire Chief Jim Reuther, Tuesday morning said that MDU was doing work yestereday from 10:00am – 5:00pm, discharging natural gas in the area of 302 2^nd Ave NW and 12^th Ave 2^nd St NE.

MDU staff was on site while the work was being performed.

The smell natural gas may have been present in these areas along with flaring of natural gas in the areas.

Jamestown (CSi) The James Valley Street Machines are ready for their 2nd Annual Black Top Tour, July 31 – Aug. 2. This year the club is going to Minnesota & South Dakota.

The trip is over 645 miles and will take three days to complete. The cars will leave the Jamestown truck stop at 10:00am Friday Morning. Travel to many locations along the route stopping for mini-shows or just take in the scenery.

President Steve Jaskoviak tells CSi that the rooms for the two nights, 30 in all, have been spoken for. Along the Black Top Tour, other car clubs will join in the adventure.

For more information check out the clubs website jamesvalleystreetmachines.com or contact Steve at 701-202-7067.

 

 MARTIN, N.D. (AP) – A Bismarck man died over the weekend in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Sheridan County.
 
     The Highway Patrol says 32-year-old Cole Weckerly was a passenger on an ATV that overturned on a gravel road between Martin and Selz about 5:30 p.m. Saturday. He died at the scene.
 
     Authorities say charges are pending against the 36-year-old Goodrich man who was driving the ATV. The patrol says the driver told officers he purposely made the ATV fish-tail, and lost control. The driver suffered undisclosed injuries.
 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Police say a man who fled a traffic stop in Fargo was responsible for a bogus 911 call about a shooting as he tried to throw police off his trail.
 
     Sgt. Chris Helmick says the suspect was stopped for speeding Tuesday night and fled on foot. They say a 911 call reporting a shooting at a liquor store that never happened was later traced to the man’s cellphone.
 
     Formal charges are pending against the 21-year old Minneapolis man who was arrested on charges of fleeing police and possessing a stolen vehicle. Authorities say the car he was driving had been stolen in Wisconsin.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for assaulting a man with a knife.
 
     Donald Eagle pleaded guilty in March to assault with a dangerous weapon. The incident happened in August 2014 on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
 
     U.S. District Judge sentenced Eagle to 37 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
 
     A federal public defender was not available for comment.

 

  MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Minot man convicted of raping a teenager he befriended on Facebook has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. A jury in April found Corey Costa guilty of a felony gross sexual imposition charge. Authorities accuse Costa of befriending the teenager in 2012. Authorities say Costa drugged and raped the girl at his apartment.

 

 DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Attorneys for the city of Dickinson are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the former Dickinson Trinity High School principal who was blamed for setting fire to the school until a judge threw out the charges.
 
     The attorneys in court filings deny “each and every allegation” brought against the city and law enforcement by Thomas Sander.
 
     Sander has sued the city, three police detectives and unnamed law enforcement officials. He says he was coerced into making a confession after he was denied food, water and sleep. He says he was not allowed to use the bathroom during his interrogation.
 
     Sander also claims police worked for five months to prosecute and convict him even though evidence showed that someone else started the fire.
 
     The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
 
     Sander’s attorney, Ryan Shaffer in Montana, declined to comment on the city’s response.
 
 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Federal authorities say an international synthetic drug ring that has been blamed for numerous overdoses in the Grand Forks area involves a Colombian man who moved the deadly substances while serving time in a Canadian prison.
 
     Thirty-four-year-old Daniel Vivas Ceron has been charged with five counts, including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death. He was arrested in Panama City and is awaiting extradition to the United States.
 
     The arrest is part of an investigation into the international trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs that began with the overdose death in January of 18-year-old Bailey Henke, 18, of Grand Forks.
 
     Court documents do not list an attorney for Ceron.
 
     Five Grand Forks residents, all between the ages of 18 and 20, have pleaded guilty in the case.

 

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota is taking steps to help address an expected increase in demand for social workers.
 
     UND in the fall will begin offering an online bachelor’s degree program in social work. The university cites a U.S. Labor Department study that demand for social workers will grow 19 percent by 2022, with the growth in rural areas potentially higher.
 
     UND also will be working with a tribal college in Fort Totten, with faculty teaching several of the students there as they work toward their degrees.
 
     The Spirit Lake tribe has been overhauling its child protection systems since it came under fire in 2012 for perceived lapses in protecting vulnerable children.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s state Mill and Elevator has set a profit record.
 
     The mill on Tuesday reported making $16.6 million during its last budget year, which ended in June.
 
     That’s a 25 percent increase from the previous year’s profit of $13.3 million.
 
     The mill had gross sales of $305 million.
 
     Manager Vance Taylor says the mill had a good crop to work with and shipping volume increased during the last fiscal year.
 
     The mill sells most of its flour in bulk to bakery customers. It also sells small, family-sized bags of flour through grocery stores.

 

In sports…

Dickinson (CSi) Late Tuesday evening Nate Soulis led Jamestown American Legion Post 14 in most offensive categories, plus home runs as Jamestown posted a 7-1 win at the Class AA state Legion baseball tournament at Southside Municipal Ballpark, in Dickinson

Nineth-seeded Jamestown, takes on top-seeded Bismarck at 6 p.m. today.

 

 GARRISON, N.D. (AP) – Anglers from the Bismarck-Mandan area and from Garrison have won top honors in two of the region’s most prominent walleye tournaments.
 
 Wyatt Rime and Allen Iglehart, both of Garrison, won the $10,000 top prize at the North Dakota Governor’s Walleye Cup, with 35.22 pounds of fish.
 
     Abraham Starck, of Mandan, and Dwight Boespflug, of Lincoln, won the $12,000 top prize in the Dakota Walleye Classic, with 28.9 pounds of fish.
 
     Both tournaments were held on Lake Sakakawea this month.

 

INTERLEAGUE

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Jung Ho Kang hit a tiebreaking home run to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Minnesota Twins 8-7 Tuesday night. Kang’s sixth home run of the season sent Pittsburgh to its fourth win five games. Pittsburgh All-Star closer Mark Melancon retired five batters after the Twins tied the game with a four-run rally in the eighth.
 
   Final    Baltimore              7    Atlanta                  3
   Final    Philadelphia        3    Toronto                  2
    Final    Arizona                  8    Seattle                  4
   Final    Oakland                  2    L.A.  Dodgers        0
 
 
       AMERICAN  LEAGUE

 Didi Gregorius (DEE’-dee greh-GOHR’-ee-uhs) laced a bases-loaded triple and Chris Young launched a grand slam while the Yankees put together an 11-run second inning to beat Texas 21-5.
 
   Final    Chi  White  Sox      9    Boston                    4
   Final    Tampa  Bay            10    Detroit                  2
   Final    Kansas  City          2    Cleveland              1
   Final    Houston                10    L.A.  Angels          5
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final    N-Y  Mets                4    San  Diego              0
   Final    Miami                      4    Washington            1
   Final    Colorado                7    Chi  Cubs                2
   Final    Cincinnati            4    St.  Louis              0
   Final    Milwaukee              5    San  Francisco      2
 
 
       WNBA  BASKETBALL
 
   Final  OT    Indiana      75    Connecticut      73
   Final  OT    Phoenix      89    Chicago              87

 

Twins….

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe was placed on the paternity leave list following Tuesday night’s 8-7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Shortstop Jorge Polanco from Triple-A was picked up to replace him. Polanco made his major league debut earlier this season. He is hitting .284 in 22 games with the  Red Wings.

 

MLB…

UNDATED (AP) – The Phillies have sent All-Star closer Jonathan Papelbon (PAP’-ul-bahn) to the Nationals for Double-A right-hander Nick Pivetta. The Royals have picked up versatile Ben Zobrist and cash from Oakland for pitchers Aaron Brooks and Sean Manaea. And the Angels picked up outfielder David Murphy from Cleveland for minor league shortstop Eric Stamets, and acquired David DeJesus from Tampa Bay for minor league pitcher Eduar Lopez.
 

 Baseball’s Hall of Fame is cutting the number of voters in its annual election. The Hall’s board of directors has announced it will eliminate writers who have not been active for more than 10 years. Until now, the electorate has included people who have been active members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America for 10 consecutive years at any point.
 

Brady…

 NEW YORK (AP) – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has upheld the four-game suspension handed to Tom Brady for his role in using underinflated footballs during New England’s rout of Indianapolis in the AFC championship game six months ago. Goodell said the Pats quarterback told an assistant to destroy Brady’s cellphone on or just before March 6, the day he met with independent investigator Ted Wells. Brady’s agent called the appeal hearing a sham and said Goodell “failed to ensure a fair process.”

 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Embattled New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is defending himself in the deflated footballs scandal.
 
     Brady says in a 507-word Facebook post on Wednesday morning that he did nothing wrong. He also says that he replaced his broken phone with a new one after his lawyers told the NFL they wouldn’t be getting it.
 
  
     Brady says he respects the commissioner’s authority, but he added: “I will not allow my unfair discipline to become a precedent for other NFL players without a fight.”

 

In world and national news…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghanistan is examining claims that reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar is dead. The Taliban could not be immediately reached on the government’s comments about Omar, who has been declared dead many times before. A deputy spokesman for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani made the announcement at a hastily called news conference today in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Omar, the one-eyed, secretive head of the Taliban and an al-Qaida ally, led a bloody insurgency against U.S.-led forces after they toppled him from his rule in Afghanistan in 2001.
 
     CALAIS, France (AP) – More than 37,000 migrants trying to reach Britain since January have been blocked at the Eurotunnel, which links France and England. Migrants rushed the tunnel for a second time today. One man was crushed by a truck in the chaos, deepening tensions surrounding the thousands of people camped in the northern French port city of Calais (kal-AY’). Conflicting numbers of people were involved today, ranging from 150 to as many as 1,200. But French authorities and Eurotunnel agree that there were about 2,000 attempts on each of two successive nights.
 
     ABOVE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (AP) -The Coast Guard says crews will continue focusing on waters off northern Florida and southern Georgia today, as the search for two Florida teens missing since Friday continues. So far, the relentless hunt by sea and air turned up no clue where the 14-year-olds Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos might have drifted from their capsized boat.
 
     DETROIT (AP) – In the age of Apple’s CarPlay, a lot of cars on the road still have tape decks. IHS Automotive says the average vehicle in the U.S. is now a record 11.5 years old. The consulting firm says that’s a sign of the cars’ increased reliability and the sharp drop in new car sales during the recession. Drivers behind the wheel of older cars aren’t enjoying some of the latest advanced safety features or infotainment systems found in newer cars. But then they don’t have to worry about hackers finding their way in to the car’s computer network through the cassette or CD player.
 
     COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Urban Meyer is a butter man. The Ohio State University football coach and Buckeyes mascot Brutus are being honored with butter sculptures at this year’s Ohio State Fair. Opening day is today in Columbus. The life-size sculptures are standing with the traditional butter cow and calf in a 46-degree cooler in the American Dairy Association display.