Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Sept 18

CSi Weather…

.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50.
.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.

 

THE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERIOD CONTINUES TO LOOK DRY WITH
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES

SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Famous Footwear has announced that their new store location in Jamestown, near Applebee’s is now open.

Spokesperson Rebekah Epstein, the store opened on Wednesday September 16, 2015, at 809 26th Street Southwest.

The 5000-square-foot store will be holding a grand opening on November 7th and will be giving away a pair of shoes to the first 100 guests.

Famous Footwear President, Rick Ausick says “Our decision to open a new store in Jamestown was based on a recognized consumer need, and we look forward to delivering a great footwear shopping destination.”

Famous Footwear has more than 1,200 stores nationwide.

 

Valley City (CSi)0 Two Valley City people have been sentenced, stemming from a March 1st incident in Valley City.

Andrew Michael Adams and Jennifer Ann Marie Schultz of Valley City were sentenced on a Class B Felony Robbery charge.

Judge Jerod Tufte sentenced Schultz to one year in prison all suspended except for 60 days and supervised probation for 18 months after she is released. Schultz was also ordered to pay $560 in legal fees and $56 in restitution to the victim.

Adams was sentenced to one year in the Barnes County jail all suspended except 120 days and supervised probation for one year upon his release. Adams was ordered to pay $775 in legal fees.

Barnes County State Attorney Carl Martineck says the victim informed police that two people robbed him in the Elks parking lot on March 1st and left the scene in a car.

Police said another man chased after and rear-ended the robbery suspect’s vehicle multiple times with his vehicle to stop the suspect’s car.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A man shot six times by a university police officer in Grand Forks following a chase early this year has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.

A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled Sept. 28 for David Elliott, who is charged with two counts of felony reckless endangerment and one count of misdemeanor fleeing. The charges carry a maximum total punishment of 11 years in prison.

University of North Dakota Police Officer Jared Braaten on Feb. 28 shot Elliott in a parking lot where authorities said Elliott had stopped after leading officers on a chase. Elliott was treated at a Minneapolis hospital and recovered.

Prosecutors took no action against Braaten.

 

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – The trial of a North Dakota man accused of ordering the killing of a Spokane businessman has been moved to Richland.

A federal judge ordered the trial moved on Thursday because of extensive publicity about the murder-for-hire case in the Spokane area.

James Henrikson is charged with agreeing to pay Timothy Suckow $20,000 to kill Doug Carlile after a business deal in the oilfields of North Dakota went bad. Carlile was shot to death in his Spokane home in 2013.

The Spokesman-Review says attorneys for Henrikson argued that extensive media coverage made a fair trial in Spokane impossible.

U.S. District Judge Salvador Mendoza Jr. agreed Thursday over objections from prosecutors, who said the Carlile family would have difficulty attending a trial in another location.

Trial is set for Oct. 5.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A man accused of human trafficking in the Bismarck-Mandan area has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and been released from custody

Abdul Vann on Thursday pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution and was sentenced to five years in prison, with all but the 125 days he spent in jail suspended.

Vann could have faced up to 20 years on the initial charge. Prosecutors reduced it after being unable to locate a key witness in the case.
 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Pneumonia that killed bighorn sheep in the North Dakota Badlands last year has resurfaced this summer.

The Game and Fish Department already had called off the fall hunting season for the first time in 32 years, after pneumonia killed an estimated three dozen sheep last year.

Game and Fish wildlife veterinarian Dan Grove says it’s too early to tell the severity of this summer’s outbreak. But big game biologist Brett Wiedmann says many adults and lambs showing signs of disease in August likely won’t survive the winter.

Game and Fish currently decides in February whether there will be a fall bighorn hunt. State Wildlife Chief Jeb Williams says officials are considering waiting until after a summer population survey to decide, so they have a better handle on the bighorns’ condition.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota state troopers in the southwest part of the state have been cracking down on right-of-way violations at intersections.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says Thursday’s right-of-way detail ended with 101 citations and 51 warnings, mostly for right-of-way violations and seat belt violations.

The detail was held to increase traffic safety and reduce crashes caused by common violations, such as failing to yield and stop.

Trooper say right-of-way violations are one of the leading crash causation factors on North Dakota roadways. They contributed to the deaths of 30 motorists last year.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the Bismarck airport is getting a $1.9 million federal grant for wildlife control.

The money comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation and is aimed at preventing birds and other wildlife from striking aircraft.

The delegation says the money will be used to move 60 acres of wetlands from the airport’s property, and replace them with wetlands away from the airport.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Texas-based Nexstar Broadcasting Group is buying four CBS-affiliated TV stations in North Dakota for $44 million.

Nexstar is buying KXMC in Minot, KXMB in Bismarck, KXMA in Dickinson and KXMD in Williston from Reiten Television.

Nexstar also will provide sales and other services to the market’s two ABC-affiliated stations owned by Forum Communications, in continuation of Reiten’s services agreement with Forum. Those stations are KMCY in Minot and KBMY in Bismarck.

The transaction is subject to Federal Communications Commission approval. It’s expected to close late this year or early next year.

The Reiten family’s legacy in the North Dakota television business dates back nearly 60 years. Broadcasting pioneer Chester Reiten died in 2013, at age 89.

 

WASECA, Minn. (AP) – A teenager accused of planning a massacre at a Waseca school has pleaded guilty to one count of possessing an explosive device.

John LaDue pleaded guilty Friday in Waseca County District Court.

As part of the plea agreement, five similar counts will be dismissed and LaDue will be sent to a secure treatment facility for autism spectrum disorder patients. He’ll then go to a halfway house.

LaDue is now 18. He was 17 when authorities say he plotted to kill his fellow students at Waseca Junior-Senior High School.

He was initially charged in spring 2014 with attempted murder and attempted first-degree damage to property, but those counts were dismissed earlier.

LaDue is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 19.

 

In world and national news…

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton says she was “appalled” that Republican rival Donald Trump declined to correct a questioner at a town hall meeting who incorrectly claimed President Barack Obama is Muslim. Clinton told reporters following the town hall at the University of New Hampshire that Trump and anyone else seeking the White House should “start behaving like a president, to show respect and to stand up for truth.” Trump did not dispute the man’s comments and said he had heard others raise the issue previously.

WASHINGTON (AP) – A divided House has voted to cut off Planned Parenthood’s federal funds for a year as Republicans expressed outrage over abortion and the organization’s procurement of fetal tissue for research. The House approved the measure Friday by a nearly party-line vote. The bill has little chance of enactment. Senate Democrats have enough votes to block it, and it faces a veto threat from President Barack Obama.

CHICAGO (AP) – The Bureau of Prisons says former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has officially completed his two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for spending $750,000 in campaign money on personal items. A spokesman says the Illinois Democrat’s home confinement in Washington, D.C., is being lifted today and his ankle monitor removed.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A father who tossed his 4-year-old daughter to her death off a Southern California seaside cliff has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Cameron Brown’s sentence in Los Angeles was mandatory after he was convicted of first-degree murder. Brown was in a bitter custody dispute with the girl’s mother at the time.

DETROIT (AP) – Some details are emerging on the new contract agreed to between Fiat Chrysler and the United Auto Workers Union. Parts of the deal will serve as a template for contracts with Ford and GM. A person who’s been briefed on the deal says hourly pay, profit-sharing and performance bonuses will rise. But car production will move to lower-cost Mexico, replaced by trucks and SUVs.