Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Aug 10

Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Fraternal Order of Police/James Valley Regional Lodge #4, Liaison is supporting local law enforcement with options of their retirement benefits.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Nellie Degen said the option has been available to law enforcement employees under the North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System, since 2000, and local law enforcement employees area asking the Jamestown City Council and Stutsman County Commission to consider recommending the one of the benefit options that allows the law enforcement employees to make their own contributions to retire at an earlier date, their own choice.

She pointed out that the retirement option, separate from other available public employee retirement plans.

She arranged a presentation in Jamestown by a representative of the State PERS program, that was attended by Stutsman County Commissioner Dennis Ova, Jamestown City Council Member, Steve Brubakken, and North Dakota District 12 Democratic State Representative, Jessica Haak, of Jamestown.

Update…

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – A boat crash on Devils Lake in northeastern North Dakota has killed a Minnesota woman and injured four other people.
 
     Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson tells KZZY radio that the crash happened about 2:45 a.m. Sunday, when a boat struck a tree about 30 yards from shore while traveling about 30 mph. It happened in the Haybale Heights Campground area.
 
     Twenty-six-year-old April Stenger, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, was killed.
 
     Three other passengers in the boat were flown to a Grand Forks hospital, all with what Nelson described as critical injuries. Two were men from Devils Lake and the other a woman from Halstad, Minnesota. Altru Hospital said the woman was upgraded to satisfactory condition Monday.
 
     The Grand Forks man driving the boat suffered injuries not considered to be life-threatening.
 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Minot police are investigating a late-night robbery at a gas station.

Authorities say a male walked into a Tesoro shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday and took an undisclosed amount of money. It was not immediately clear if the suspect had a weapon.

No one was hurt.

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – Authorities in southeastern North Dakota say some residents are being targeted by a jury duty scam.
 
     The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says people have been receiving calls from someone claiming to be a representative of the department.
 
     The caller tells residents there is a warrant out for their arrest for failing to report for jury duty. Residents are told to call an out-of-state number to arrange a $900 payment to cover bond.
 
     People are advised to contact law enforcement if they receive a similar call.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials say the North Dakota state government is sponsoring billboard space across to the state to highlight a national anti-terrorism campaign.
 
     The state Department of Emergency Services is launching the “If You See Something, Say Something” billboard campaign. The campaign was originally implemented by the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
 
     “If You See Something, Say Something” is national campaign that raises public awareness of the indicators of terrorism and terrorism-related crime.
 
     The state’s billboard campaign aims to highlight the national effort and to remind people that if they see something that looks suspicious, they should report it to state and local authorities.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Tourism is offering grants for events and marketing to draw more visitors to the state.
 
     Tourism Director Sara Otte Coleman says the event and marketing grants are important to the state’s tourism industry. She says the funds “allow tourism entities to start a new event or expand an existing one, or develop marketing materials to promote their destination.”
 
     The application deadline for the grants is Sept. 4.

  MINOT, N.D. (AP) – More than $5,000 has been donated to help a cat that was shot in the face last month near Minot.
 
     Lorna Spencer says the veterinary bill for the cat, Precious, and her kittens has been paid.
 
     The cat was brought in to the Pinkerton Animal Hospital last month after Spencer found her abandoned near her home along with her three kittens. At the hospital, doctors found the mother cat was missing part of her tongue, her left jaw was shattered and that she had a bullet lodged in the fatty tissue of her chest.
 
     The remaining donations will go to the Pinkerton Animal Hospital to help other families pay for medical care for their pets and some will go to the Souris Valley Animal Shelter.

MEDORA, N.D. (AP) – Officials in western North Dakota are trying to combat an increasing amount of vandalism on the Little Missouri National Grassland.
 
  Cattle ranchers are seeing topsoil torn up, cattle shot, and debris and beer bottles left behind.
 
     Park ranger JD Griffin says more people have gone off trial since the oil boom. McKenzie County cattle rancher Justin Mead says people don’t often realize when they’re off public land, and that it’s tough to catch them in such remote areas.
 
     Dakota Prairie Grassland director Dennis Neitzke says he thinks increased enforcement and education efforts can stem the vandalism. Under an arrangement, officers from other forests would help on calls to federally owned grasslands, with funding coming from the U.S. Forest Service’s regional office.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota brands expire on Jan. 1, and the Stockmen’s Association is sending out renewal notices to ranchers this month.
 
     There are more than 23,000 livestock brands on record in North Dakota. The state requires that all brands be renewed at the end of five years.
 
     The Stockmen’s operates the brand program under the direction of the state Legislature.
 
     To renew a brand, livestock owners need to complete the forms and pay $25 per brand position.

 MINOT, N.D. (AP) – An air show is coming to the Minot Air Force Base next year.
 
     The event has been approved for Aug. 13, 2016. It will be the first air show at the base in seven years.
 
     Base officials say they are hoping to land one of two premier military demonstration teams, the Navy Blue Angels or Air Force Thunderbirds, but there are no guarantees.
 
     Col. David Ballew, the base commander, says no matter what the lineup it will be a “big event” with a lot of entertaining aerial acts.
 
     The Blue Angels appeared at an air show in Fargo last month.

 In sports…

AA…

 Fargo-Moorhead 16, Kansas City 4

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE
 
   Final            Tampa  Bay            4    N-Y  Mets                3
 
 
       AMERICAN  LEAGUE

 CLEVELAND (AP) – Corey Kluber pitched a three-hitter for his third complete game of the season and led the Cleveland Indians to an 8-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Kluber didn’t allow a hit until Joe Mauer’s two-out single in the seventh. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner struck out 10 and walked one in his sixth career complete game.
 
   Final            Toronto                2    N-Y  Yankees          0
   Final            Boston                  7    Detroit                  2
   Final            Kansas  City        5    Chi  White  Sox      4
   Final            L.A.  Angels        5    Baltimore              4,  11  Innings
   Final            Oakland                5    Houston                  4
   Final            Seattle                4    Texas                      2
 
 
       NATIONAL  LEAGUE
 
   Final            Colorado              6    Washington            4
   Final            Milwaukee            5    St.  Louis              4
   Final            Chi  Cubs              2    San  Francisco      0
   Final            Arizona                4    Cincinnati            3,  10  Innings
   Final            Philadelphia      5    San  Diego              3
   Final            Miami                    4    Atlanta                  1
   Final            Pittsburgh        13    L.A.  Dodgers        6
 
 
       NATIONAL  FOOTBALL  LEAGUE  PRESEASON

 CANTON, Ohio (AP) – The NFL preseason has begun with Minnesota’s 14-3 win over Pittsburgh in the annual Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio.
 
     Vikings backup quarterback Mike Kafka threw a touchdown pass after starter Teddy Bridgewater completed five of his six passes for 44 yards in his one series of work.
 
     Minnesota running back Joe Banyard ran for another score while Adrian Peterson watched the entire game from the sidelines.
 
 
 
       WNBA  BASKETBALL

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Maya Moore scored 20 points as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 72-64 on Sunday night to snap a two-game losing streak. The Sparks were without four-time WNBA All-Star Alana Beard. Beard was sidelined two games into the season by plantar fasciitis and returned at the end of July. Nneka Ogwumike led the Sparks with 18 points.
 
 
   Final    Chicago            74    Phoenix              64
   Final    Washington      84    Connecticut      73
   Final    Atlanta            98    Tulsa                  90
  

NASCAR…

  WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) – Kyle Busch finished second in yesterday’s Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen to climb to 30th in points and reach the cutoff for making the Chase for the Sprint Cup title. He has won four Sprint Cup events since missing the first 11 of the season because of a broken leg and foot suffered in an Xfinity race at Daytona in February. Joey Logano won Sunday’s road race at Watkins Glen after Kevin Harvick ran out of gas on the last lap.

NFL…

 NEW YORK (AP) – Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford died of natural causes Sunday morning at age 84.Gifford was a 1951 All-American at Southern California and the top draft pick of the New York Giants in 1952. The six-time All-NFL selection averaged almost 50 minutes a game as a halfback, flanker and defensive back in 1953, three years after he was named the league’s Most Valuable Player.

GOLF…

AKRON, Ohio (AP) – Shane Lowry carded four birdies and no bogies in a 66 that allowed him to win the PGA’s Bridgestone Invitational at 11-under par, two strokes ahead of Bubba Watson. Lowry locked up victory with a shot that sailed through trees from left of the 18th fairway and descended over a bunker before settling just over 10 feet from the hole for one final birdie. Watson had a final round 4-under-66 as well to finish alone in second at minus-9.
 
     CALGARY, Alberta (AP) – Jeff Maggert shot a final round 6-under-64 to win the Champions Tour Shaw Charity Classic. He finished 16-under-par, four shots in front of Colin Montgomerie and five better than Scott Dunlap and Mark O’Meara. Maggert’s round featured seven birdies and a bogey.

RENO, Nev. (AP) – J.J. Henry won the Barracuda Championship for the second time in four years by beating Kyle Reifers with a 15-foot eagle putt from the fringe on the second playoff hole.
  Reifers had three back-nine eagles in a 22-point round to match Henry at 47 points at Montreux Golf and Country Club in the PGA Tour’s only modified Stableford event.

MLB…

 CHICAGO (AP) – Police swept through Wrigley Field with dogs after a telephone threat prompted police to evacuate the ballpark for about an hour late yesterday afternoon. Security told the media to leave the press box right following the Cubs’ 2-0 victory over the Giants. A Chicago Police spokesman said the department received a telephone threat that prompted officers to investigate. Neither police, nor ballpark security, would provide further details about the nature of the threat.

In world and national news…

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Shooting incidents in Ferguson, Missouri, have risen by one with an early-morning drive-by that wounded two men. Authorities say the wounds are not life-threatening. The shootings occurred in the same area where gunfire between two groups scattered protesters marking the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death. Police say following the dozens of bullets that were exchanged, they followed an armed man who opened fire on them. Police fired back, critically wounding him.
 
     NEW YORK (AP) – New York City police are broadening their effort to add more non-lethal firepower to their inventory. An NYPD spokesman confirms the city is contracting to spend up to $4.5 million for more Tasers. The New York Post reports there are currently 700 Tasers in use by the department and another 1,000 in inventory.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – Al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria says it’s pulling out of the fight against the Islamic State group on the border with Turkey. The Nusra Front says it is against its religion to join the U.S.-led coalition or be aided by it. Turkey is allowing the United States to use the strategic Incirlik Air Base to launch airstrikes against IS and agreed on the outlines of a plan to rout extremists from Syrian territory along the border.
 
     MYTILENE, Greece (AP) – Greece’s coast guard has been busy rescuing migrants in the eastern Aegean Sea. Authorities say more than 1,400 migrants have been rescued in nearly 60 search and rescue operations near several Greek islands the past three days. Tens of thousands of people, many of them fleeing war and conflict in Syria and Afghanistan, have been making their way to the islands.
 
     ROME (AP) – It’s a squid surprise in Italy. Italian customs police say they seized 108 pounds of pure cocaine hidden in a container transporting frozen totani, a kind of squid, on a cargo ship from Argentina. Authorities say the haul would have brought in more than $11 million if sold on the street. The cocaine was discovered in a port considered largely under the sway of a major crime syndicate.