Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Dec 9

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN  IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
WEST AROUND 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
MORNING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
40 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTH
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
EVENING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 40 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 30. LOWS
AROUND 20.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SNOW. LOWS 15 TO 20. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS AROUND 15.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.

  A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
 NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

WINDS REMAIN STRONG DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY
 THEN QUICKLY DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. HAD STRONGEST WINDS
 OCCURRED DURING THE AFTERNOON.

AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATER WEDNESDAY  EVENING WITH SOME

SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. BEST POTENTIAL FOR RAIN

OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION.

A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION

THURSDAY. ANY RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THURSDAY

NIGHT. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW TO

MAINLY THE SOUTH HALF OF THE REGION FRIDAY.

STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY

AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR FRIDAY

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Rescue Squad and Jamestown Area Ambulance Service responded to a two vehicle accident involving a car and a pickup truck, at noon on Wednesday, at 2^nd Avenue and 5^th Street Southeast.

Two tow trucks were called to the scene.  The driver of the  car exited the car after the driver’s door was pryed open, and laid down on the ambulance gurney. The official report will be available when filed by the police department.

Two units of the Jamestown City Fire Department with the rescue squad and 12 firefighters were on the scene.

Jamestown (CSi) A number of animals recently rescued by groups in North Dakota brought from at Fort Yates, are available for adoption through Prairie Paws Rescue and the James River Humane Society in Jamestown.

Last Saturday, the organizations brought back 38 dogs that were divided among the groups which will try to find the animals permanent homes.

Humane Society Dog Manager, Kris Meidinger says volunteers from rescue groups worked with law enforcement and wildlife officers gathering stray dogs from the streets.

Meidinger adds that the pet rescue groups go to Fort Yates about four times per year.

At Humane Society is “Molly”, an Australian shepherd mix and her five puppies. Molly and her pups were found outdoors under a deck and their owners relinquished them to the rescue groups.

They also are looking for homes for “Princess”, “Foxy” and “Tia”, larger adult mixed-breed dogs.

Prairie Paws Rescue’s Kaye John points out that the organization is seeking homes for six mixed-breed dogs from Fort Yates.

John says all the dogs gathered at Fort Yates in the past have been well socialized and friendly to people and other dogs.

Also, Prairie Paws Rescue is seeking homes for a number of dogs from the Minot area in cooperation with a pet rescue organization, there.

Pets available for adoption through Prairie Paws will be displayed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and each second Saturday of the month at the Tractor Supply Co. store on 5^th Avenue, Southeast in Jamestown east of Park Plaza Mall.

More information on the available pets is available at

www.jamesriverhumanesociety or  www.prairiepawsrescue.com

Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota State Hospital Governing Board members will meet Monday, Dec. 14, at 9 a.m., Central Time, in room 227 in the hospital’s LRC – administration building, 2605 Circle Dr., in Jamestown. The public is welcome to attend.

The agenda includes a final review of bylaws and regulations. State Hospital Superintendent Rosalie Etherington, Ph.D., will give a report. Board members will receive a financial report, the medical director’s report, and reports on the hospital safety program, seclusion and restraint, and quality support services. Department of Human Services Executive Director Maggie Anderson will give a department report.

Advisory board meeting attendees will also tour the new 15-bed expansion at the hospital’s Tompkins Assessment and Rehabilitation Program, which provides substance addiction treatment services through a contract with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR). The State Hospital implemented the legislatively-authorized expansion from 90 to 105 beds on Dec. 1.

In addition, the meeting agenda includes time at about 10 a.m. for comments from State Hospital employees and the public. A complete meeting agenda is online at www.nd.gov/dhs/info/publicnotice/index.html.

Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations, including auxiliary aids, to participate in the meeting can contact Karla Bachmeier at 701-253-3964, Relay ND TTY 800-366-6888, or kxbachmeier@nd.gov.

The 319-bed North Dakota State Hospital provides short-term acute inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse treatment, intermediate psycho-social rehabilitation services, forensic services, and safety net services for adults. The hospital also provides residential addiction treatment services for adults referred to the Tompkins program by DOCR. In addition, the hospital has a Sex Offender Treatment and Assessment Program that provides inpatient evaluation and treatment services.

More information about the North Dakota State Hospital is available online at www.nd.gov/dhs/locations/statehospital/.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Department of Mineral Resources says the state’s oil production increased by about 6,800 barrels a day in October, after seeing a decrease in the previous three months.
 
     The agency says the state produced an average of 1.1 million barrels of oil daily in October. The October production was about 60,000 barrels per day less than the record set in December.
 
     North Dakota also produced a 1.6 million cubic feet of natural gas in October, down slightly from a record set in July.
 
     The October tally is the latest figure available because oil production numbers typically lag at least two months.

Update…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A state lawmaker from Bismarck who’s running for governor says he plans to introduce a bill in the 2017 Legislature to better protect confidential drug informants.
 
     Republican Rep. Rick Becker tells The Associated Press he’s working with Tammy Sadek, whose son Andrew was working as an informant when he turned up dead in June 2014.
 
     Andrew Sadek, a 20-year-old student at State College of Science, was working for a regional drug task force.
 
     Investigators haven’t determined the circumstances of his death.
 
     Tammy Sadek tells the AP she’s also talking with Cummings Democratic Rep. Gail Mooney about legislation. Sadek wants drug task forces banned from using young, low-level offenders.
 
     On the national level, Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen is calling for the Justice Department to investigate the use of confidential informants.

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Minneapolis man convicted of selling heroin in the North Dakota oil patch has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
 
     Vincent Dionne pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy to possess with intent to deliver heroin, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Six other people are charged in the federal case.
 
     Prosecutors say Dionne began dealing marijuana on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in early 2012, then started selling heroin when he saw the demand. He was arrested in central North Dakota in July 2013.
 
     The government’s sentencing memorandum asked for a sentence between 17 and 22 years in prison.
 
     Defense attorney Charles Sheeley says Dionne is a father of seven children who had been an influential member of his community until he got hooked on drugs.

  MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The city of Minot and a city attorney fired more than 1  1/2 years ago are preparing for a court battle.
 
     Former City Attorney Colleen Auer filed a retaliation and whistleblower complaint with the state Department of Labor and Human Rights after her firing for insubordination in May 2014. The department took no action after the city declined mediation.
 
     Auer then went to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which found reasonable cause to suspect that the city had erred and opened the door for Auer to seek a court remedy.
 
  A federal jury trial is tentatively set for May 2017, barring any agreement at a settlement conference next September.
 
     Auer seeks reinstatement and money damages. The city says her claims are frivolous.

In sports…

In world and national news…

CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has apologized for the 2014 police shooting of a black teenager. The apology came during a special City Council meeting called by Emanuel to discuss a police abuse scandal at the center of the biggest crisis of his administration. He promised “complete and total” reform to restore trust in the police.
 
     CHICAGO (AP) – Thousands of protesters are marching through the streets near Chicago’s City Hall, blocking traffic and chanting, “16 shots and a cover-up!”   Wednesday’s march is the latest in several weeks of protests following the release of video showing a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times in October 2014.
 
     SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – The father of California shooter Tashfeen Malik says he condemns and regrets his daughter’s action and the killings in San Bernardino. Gulzar Ahmad Malik spoke to The Associated Press by telephone from Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. He says he is “very, very sad.” Tashfeen Malik and her husband opened fire on a holiday office party a week ago, killing 14 people.
 
     BOSTON (AP) – Boston College says more than 120 students have now reported gastro-intestinal illnesses, and nearly all are students who ate at a Chipotle restaurant near campus. The director of university health services says the symptoms are consistent with norovirus. The illnesses led to the temporary closure of the restaurant in the city’s Cleveland Circle neighborhood.
 
     DETROIT (AP) – General Motors says it will replace some key engine parts to stop oil leaks that have caused over 1,300 fires and four recalls of older cars. But parts aren’t available yet, so GM is still recommending that the cars be parked outside until they can be repaired. The recalls cover about 1.4 million cars with 3.8-liter V6 engines from 1997 through 2004.