Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct 30

CSi Weather…

.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
EVENING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID
40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.

 

A CLIPPER TO IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON SATURDAY.  WESTERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

OVERALL…PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM DURING THE
DAY IS EXPECTED TO BE FOCUSED ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

A POTENTIAL FIRST ROUND OF IMPACTFUL WINTER WEATHER OF
THE SEASON,  WITH PERIODS OF RAIN/SNOW/WINTRY MIX MAY POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY MID WEEK.

POSSIBLY THE GREATEST IMPACTS IS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SOME INCONSISTENCIES  IN THE STORM TRACK , HOWEVER  ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS   POSSIBLE, AS THE NORTHWEST IS THE  LIKELY LOCATION FOR THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department responded to 216 6th Avenue Southeast, just before 6-a.m., Friday, where a fire started in the basement of the home and caused considerable smoke damage to rest of the home.

The residents escaped unharmed, and the family pets were able to get out safely.

Lt. Sheldon Mohr says the cause of the fire is under investigation, and no injuries were reported.

Six city fire department units, and 32 fire fighters were on scene about two hours.

Four adults and three children were displaced and the American Red Cross

is providing assistance with immediate needs to the family, and is providing food, clothing, and shelter at a local hotel.

Red Cross, volunteer, David Collin says, Pamela Adams and her family of seven were renting the house.

Valley City (CSi) Valley City Mayor, Bob Werkhoven has issued a statement in response to the resignation of Police Chief Fred Thompson.

He says the statement is in response to “Public concerns and comments, and recent discussions with the police chief regarding his resignation, and other issues at the Valley City Police Department.”

Mayor Werkhoven says the recent issues have prompted him to look at “other options with regard to the administration of the Valley City Police Department.”

The mayor says an option is to have the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office provide oversight to the police department, as is the case with some cities of similar size to Valley City.

He points out that the county sheriff is an elected position, providing citizens to have a say in “who provides local law enforcement, improve communications between local agencies and political entities and in the long run be more economical.”

He says there are going to be differences and controversial issues, initially, and that a study might be feasible.

At the October 20, 2015 Valley City Commission meeting

David Schelkoph said a Job Service request will be made to advertise for a new police chief, in the wake of Fred Thompson’s resignation.

He said resumes and applications will be taken through the end of November, then interviewing candidates in the first part of December and have someone ready to go by the middle of January.

Chief Fred Thompson says that his resignation will be effective in January. Thompson says he wants to spend more time with his family.

He issued his laetter of resignation earlier in Ocotber.

“I have now been in the business of policing for 7 years part-time and 32 years full-time. Over those years I have missed countless family gatherings, birthday parties, celebrations, and other events in life that people hold dear in my steadfast desire to serve the public good and to be the best that I could be in my profession. I have recently learned that my eighth grandchild, a grandson, will be born in the first part of February 2016. With this in mind I have made the decision that I am not going to miss spending time with this grandchild as I have done way to often with the others. I intend to tender my resignation as the Chief of Police for the Valley City Police Department effective 1700 hours on January 15, 2016. I want to inform you that it has been a pleasure serving the Valley City Police Department and the citizens of Valley City.”

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – An arrest warrant has been issued for an Arizona woman accused of causing a crash in the western North Dakota oil patch that killed three men.

Twenty-year-old Kayla Ciha, of Tucson, is accused of causing a crash on a McKenzie County road July 30 while trying to pass in a no-passing zone. The crash killed men from North Dakota, Michigan and Idaho, and injured two other men. Ciha wasn’t hurt.

Ciha faces three felony counts of negligent homicide and also misdemeanor aggravated reckless driving. She could face up to16 years in prison if convicted. Court documents don’t list an attorney for her, and a home telephone listing for her couldn’t be found in Tucson or Williston.

Ciha had been working at a preschool in that city.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Lawyers in the case of a man sentenced to death for killing a University of North Dakota student in 2003 have discussed the timeline for his appeal – and it stretches into 2017.

Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., of Crookston, Minnesota, filed a so-called habeas motion in October 2011. It is generally considered the last step in the appeals process.

U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson posted an updated briefing schedule for the appeal following a closed-door meeting with attorneys on Thursday. One of the hearings on forensic issues is not scheduled until January 2017.

The 62-year-old Rodriguez was convicted in 2006 of kidnapping and killing Dru Sjodin (shuh-DEEN’), of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. Authorities say Sjodin was raped, beaten and stabbed.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials say depressed oil prices have helped build an inventory of about 950 drilled but uncompleted wells in North Dakota.

Companies are supposed to bring the wells online within a year. But North Dakota’s Industrial Commission is giving drillers an extra year, hoping for a rebound in crude prices that would provide the state with a better long-term payoff in tax revenue.

North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources spokeswoman Alison Ritter says unless oil prices rebound, the agency expects most drilled but uncompleted wells will begin being placed on temporary abandoned status at year’s end.

Mineral and landowners may object to the extensions but Ritter says that doesn’t appear to be the case, as they, too, are hoping for a bigger payout that would come with increased crude prices.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The number of people camping overnight at state parks in North Dakota is at a record level this year, as the Parks and Recreation Department celebrates its 50th anniversary.

The agency says that through Oct. 25 there were 70,875 overnight stays at the 13 state parks, up more than 3 percent from the 2014 record of 68,480.

The record is likely to increase, with two months remaining in the camping season. Last year, there were more than 1,000 camping nights in November and December.

State Parks Director Mark Zimmerman says there have been favorable weather conditions almost every weekend this season.

 

In sports…

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota is getting set to open a $17.8 million sports facility.

The High Performance Center is a training facility for athletes in various sports, as well as a competition venue for track and field. It’s on the site of the school’s old hockey arena, near the old football stadium.

The center has a full-length football field and an eight-lane, 300-meter track, with other amenities planned.

UND has scheduled a Nov. 9 grand opening.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The University of Minnesota’s ambitious athletic facilities upgrade is underway.

Gophers boosters, officials and athletes gathered Friday for a formal groundbreaking on the $166 million enterprise, which is highlighted by new practice and training space for the football and basketball programs.

Retired football coach Jerry Kill was a leading fundraiser for the project. About half of the money, all from private donations, has been committed.

Board of Regents chairman Dean Johnson said the goal for completion of the complex, called the Athletes Village, is sometime in 2017.

All 25 varsity teams will share the Land O’Lakes Center for Excellence, a new space for athletes to study, network, relax and eat.
In world and national news…

VIENNA, Austria (AP) – The diplomats from 19 nations who’ve been meeting in Vienna, trying to figure out how to end Syria’s civil war, are telling the United Nations to start a new diplomatic process with Syria’s government and the opposition. The goal would be a nationwide cease-fire and a political transition. In making the announcement, Secretary of State John Kerry said nothing about the future of Syrian President Bashar Assad. He is backed by Iran and Russia, but the United States wants him out.

LESBOS, Greece (AP) – Greek authorities now say 29 people died in Wednesday’s sinking of a boat crammed with 300 migrants in the eastern Aegean Sea. They had earlier reported a death toll of 16. Many of the dead were young children and babies. More than 270 people have been rescued from the sea off the northern coast of the island of Lesbos.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The same area near Austin, Texas that was devastated by flooding in the spring is seeing more of the same Friday. A fast-moving storm has brought heavy rain and destructive winds to the area, overwhelming rivers and prompting evacuations. Storms around Memorial Day killed more than 30 people in Texas and Oklahoma.

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) – A jury in Illinois has awarded $240,000 to two Muslim men, who say they were fired from a trucking company after they refused to deliver alcohol. A judge had earlier found that the company violated the religious beliefs of the two men — and a jury then determined the amount of damages. A lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the company hadn’t provided the men with “a reasonable accommodation.”

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) – A Christian homeless shelter in Pennsylvania could lose more than half of its funding. It’s because the operators of the shelter don’t want Muslim employees and have refused to sign a government contract barring discrimination in hiring. The Grace Youth and Family Foundation says  it only wants employees who believe in Jesus Christ — and that being forced to hire people of other faiths is unacceptable.