– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Apr 11

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CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. EAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO
20 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 30. EAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY
CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
30 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. CHANCE
OF SHOWERS 60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY…RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN RAIN
SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING…
THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW SHOWERS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
40 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

COLD AIR INTRUDES FROM CANADA FRIDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN SHOWERS
CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS. ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE WITH A ENOUGH
INSTABILITY FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDER BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
CHANCES OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called about 3:50-p.m., to a vehicle fire located outside the UPS Store on First Avenue South.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the fire was out when the units arrived.

No major damage to the pickup truck, with the likely cause electrical.

The four city fire units and 31 fire fighters were on the scen about 10 minutes.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School board candidates have filed for seats to run in the June 14, 2016 school board elections.

Board member terms set to expire in June are those of three city representatives, and one rural representative.

Those filing include: City representatives incumbants Roger Haut, and Diane Hanson, along with Jennifer (Scholser) Schmitdt, Cyndi Wish.

Gail Martin is Martin is not seeking re-election.

Also filing filing for the one Rural Seat up for election is Steve Veldkamp. Terry Anderson has indicted that he was not seeking re-election to the Rural Seat.

Jamestown (CSi) The deadline to file positions to run for elected offices on June 14, 2016 was 4-p.m., Monday.

In Jamestown, three city council seats are up for election, those presently held by Steve Brubakken, Dan Buchanan, and Charlie Kourjian. (Kourajian has previously announced that he will not seek re-election.)

Those filling petitions for the city council seats include:

Daniel Buchanan

Steven Brubakken

Jeff Schwind

Pamela Phillips

Phillip Wallace

Those filing for City Park Board (Two positions):

Ron Olson… Incumbant

Mark Ukestad…Incunbant

For Stutsman County Commission:

Two seats are up for elections in 2016, those of Mark Klose and David Schwartz.

Filing to run in the Stutsman County Commission June 14th Primary Elections are: David Schwartz, Mark Klose, Nellie Degen, and Tim Greshik.
Also….

District 12 Republicans nominated Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen as its candidate for the North Dakota Senate during its district convention.

Bernie Satrom and Jim Grueneich were also nominated as candidates for the two seats on the North Dakota House of Representatives. Alex Looysen decided not to run for re-election to the house.

District 12 Democrats have nominated incumbents Sen. John Grabinger and Rep. Jessica Haak, both of Jamestown, to seek re-election.

The convention also nominated Pam Musland to seek the second seat in the North Dakota House of Representatives.

Omaha (CSi) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s reports that Pipestem Reservoir is currently at pool elevation 1443.9 feet, which results in 0.9 percent of the flood pool occupied.

Inflows are currently 10 cubic feet per second (cfs) with no reservoir release.

Jamestown Reservoir is currently at pool elevation 1430.8 feet, which is 0.2 feet below the base of the flood pool. Inflows are minimal with no reservoir release.

The maximum combined release from the reservoirs is not expected to exceed 200 cfs this summer; however, significant rainfall could necessitate higher release levels.

The upper James River basin is currently in abnormally dry to moderate drought conditions according to the US Drought Monitor, which could decrease rainfall runoff into the reservoirs.

Valley City (CSi) Valley City Police continue to investigate a felon in possession of multiple firearms in Valley City with the arrest on Saturday afternoon.

Valley City Police Chief Fred Thompson, says the man was arrested stemming from a call about 4:10-p.m.,

Valley City Police Lt. David Swenson and Officer Wade Hannig observed Glenn Leeds as the driver of a white pickup truck exiting the parking lot of Moe’s Eats in Valley City. The police were familiar with Leeds from prior contacts and a check with Barnes County Communications Center revealed Leeds’ Nebraska license was revoked.

They followed Leeds to his destination at 324 6th Avenue, Southwest and placed him under arrest for driving with a suspended or revoked license. While still at the scene Leeds requested the officers contact a friend at his apartment to obtain his wallet and cellphone before being transported to Barnes County Corrections for booking.

Lt. Swenson went to the apartment where a man answering the door identified himself as someone fixing Leeds’ computer. While obtaining Leeds’ possessions, Swenson observed two AR-15 type rifles on a desk with the barrels pointing toward the apartment entry.

A criminal history records check revealed that Leeds’ has a “Nebraska Convicted Felon – No Gun Sale” court order. Leeds provided a consent to search the apartment where officers located eight firearms and ammunition that were impounded as evidence for additional charges of felon in possession of a firearm.

The Valley City Police Department is requesting that anyone with information related to this case call (701) 845-3110.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown High School LifeSmarts team placed ninth at the 2016 National LifeSmarts competition.

The information comes from a Facebook post from the Jamestown High School team.

Representing North Dakota at the competition, the Jamestown team lost to New Hampshire in the first round of the top 16.

Jamestown (CSi)– Across the state, police departments and sheriffs’ offices will be cracking down on underage drinking during prom season, graduation and other spring activities for North Dakota high school students.

“We hope the extra patrols will convince young people to make the smart decision not to celebrate with alcohol. If we find a minor consuming or in possession of alcohol, they could end up in court and ordered to pay fines,” said Sgt. Dana Rustebakke of the Valley City Police Department. “The primary goal of added enforcement is to prevent them from drinking.”

Drinking among youth can have many negative consequences, from damage to brains that are still developing—to poor choices like driving after drinking resulting in injury or death.

Alcohol use among teenagers is not unavoidable. With the positive influence of parents, schools, law enforcement and the community, young people can learn that the celebrations in their lives don’t need to include alcohol.

Funding for enhanced enforcement of underage drinking laws is provided by the North Dakota Department of Transportation. Learn more about the efforts to prevent teen driver crashes at ndcodefortheroad.org or join the conversation on the Code for the Road Facebook or Twitter page. Families are invited to create memorials to young drivers and passengers who have died in crashes in North Dakota at ndcodefortheroad.org/memorial.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a Fargo man injured when he was struck by a train.

Fargo police say their initial investigation indicates that an eastbound train struck 48-year-old Gerald Todd Brown at about 2 a.m. Sunday as he was sitting on or next to the tracks in the 500 block of Roberts Street North. The man’s condition was not available.

Police say the case remains under investigation.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The insurance carrier for the sheriff’s departments in Ward and Burleigh counties has reached a settlement with the family of a jail inmate who died in October 2014.

Ward Sheriff’s Maj. Bob Barnard confirmed the settlement but didn’t release details. The Minot Daily News reports court records indicate the settlement is for $230,000. North Dakota’s Insurance Reserve Fund represented the counties.

Twenty-five-year-old Dustin Irwin, of Mandaree, died at a hospital after going into cardiac arrest. The sheriff’s departments in both counties handled Irwin at some point.

The state Corrections Department determined that Ward jail officials failed to give Irwin proper supervision or medical treatment.

Ward Sheriff Steve Kukowski and now-retired Capt. Michael Nason face misdemeanor criminal charges in Irwin’s death. Defense attorneys have denied that their clients did anything wrong.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The mother of a North Dakota woman is suing the Indian Health Service regional office in South Dakota and three IHS doctors over what she alleges was her daughter’s wrongful death.

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa member Shiree Wilson, of Belcourt, died in January 2014 after giving birth via Cesarean section.

Mother Christine Fluhrer alleges in court documents that the IHS and three doctors at the IHS hospital in Belcourt were negligent in Wilson’s care. Fluhrer is seeking unspecified money damages.

Defendants’ attorney Tara Iversen denies the allegations.

Quality of care at IHS facilities has been an issue recently. IHS Principal Deputy Director Mary Smith told Great Plains tribal leaders last week that the agency will work to enact swift and long-lasting reforms.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – More than 200 professionals are expected for the 2016 North Dakota Travel Industry Conference this week in Grand Forks.

The event is Monday through Wednesday at the Alerus Center. Topics will include website trends, the use of drones in tourism and international marketing.

State Tourism Director Sara Otte (AW’-tee) Coleman is scheduled to speak at a Tuesday luncheon. The Governor’s Awards for Travel and Tourism will close out the conference Wednesday.

The event is sponsored by the state Tourism Division, the Greater Grand Forks Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Destination Marketing Association of North Dakota.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota regulators are attempting to define who an “interested party” is when it comes to testifying on oil and gas issues.

The state Industrial Commission is meeting on Monday in Bismarck to address the issue. Other meetings are slated this week in Dickinson, Williston and Minot.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring make up the commission.

Critics say allowing only an “interested party” such as a landowner or manager to testify on oil and gas proposals limits comments from the public on issues that affect the state.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Bernie Sanders is still behind when it comes to delegates and votes, but it looks like he has one clear advantage over his Democratic and Republican counterparts – a lot of people actually like him. A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows that by a 48 percent to 39 percent margin, more Americans have a favorable than an unfavorable opinion of Sanders. That is the best net-positive rating in the field. Unlike the other candidates, Sanders is doing better as more Americans get to know him. His favorable rating is up from an earlier poll, while his unfavorable ratings have remained stable.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ted Cruz is spending his day campaigning in southern California, a state that holds presidential primaries for both parties on June 7, the last day of primary voting. His trip West is a reminder that regardless of what happens in New York’s April 19 elections, the presidential nomination on the Republican side – if not for both parties – won’t be decided for another two months. Cruz scheduled a rally today in Orange County, a Republican stronghold south of Los Angeles, before an evening appearance in San Diego.

NEW YORK (AP) – They are two votes that Donald Trump won’t be able to count on in next week’s New York primary — the votes of his son and daughter. Trump tells Fox News that they didn’t register to vote in time — and that they feel “very, very guilty” about it. Trump says they were “unaware of the rules.”

CHICAGO (AP) – Authorities say former Congressman Mel Reynolds is in federal custody in Atlanta after a judge in Chicago ordered his arrest when he didn’t appear for a hearing in a tax case. They say Reynolds was arrested Monday morning after arriving on a flight from Johannesburg. A federal judge had ordered an arrest warrant after Reynolds said he wouldn’t appear in court as ordered because his 23-year-old daughter in South Africa was ill and he had to look after her. Reynolds has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing to file income tax returns from 2009 to 2012.

MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian military says it is helping the Syrian army fight militants affiliated with al-Qaida around the Syrian city of Aleppo — but that it has no plans to storm the city. A military spokesman says Russia wants to help prevent the group from cutting off a strategic highway linking Aleppo to the rest of the country. Syria’s prime minister reportedly told Russian lawmakers in Damascus over the weekend that Syrian troops backed by the Russian air force are preparing a joint operation to capture Aleppo.