Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Apr 18

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT..90 PERCENT CHANCE OF  RAIN. AREAS OF FOG. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.TUESDAY…AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A
50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. EAST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN
THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN
THE UPPER 30S.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.MONDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 50S.

PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTH DAKOTA GRADUALLY LIFTS INTO THE AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

ON TUESDAY…FOG MAY LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING.

MOST AREAS can EXPECT ANOTHER 0.75-1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL  THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ONE-THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA…WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING OFF QUICKLY TO THE NORTH.

PRECIPITATION FINALLY ENDING BY TUESDAY NIGHT

TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY DRIER CONDITIONS AND MILD TEMPERATURES.  MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS GOING INTO THE WEEKEND.

Valley City (CSi) The Barnes County 9-1-1 Dispatch Center is now answering all after hours administrative calls for the Valley City Police Department.

Call transfers are from 5pm to 8am on weekdays, from 5pm to 8am Friday through Monday on weekends and all holidays that the City of Valley City offices are closed.

During these call transfer times when a call is made to the Valley City Police Department after 5pm, that call will be transferred to the Barnes County 911 Dispatch Center for processing and the dispatch of police or other emergency responses when necessary.

For any other calls for either the Valley City Police Department or the Barnes County Sheriff’s Department after 5pm on weekdays, weekends or holidays call the Barnes County 911 Dispatch Center directly at 845-8181.

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Father, Granddaughter, Daughter Social raised over $3,000 for the Relay for Life, fighter against cancer.

Mayda Mueller reported Monday that the function raised $3,330 dollars.

The event was attended by 310-individuals, Friday evening at the Quality Inn & Suites in Jamestown.

Jamestown (CSi) A benefit supper, silent and raffle auctions are set for Wednesday April 20, 2016, from 5-pm., to 8-p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jamestown for Megan Dewald.

Megan has been fighting Cysitc Fibrosis all 26 years of her life.

Cystic Fibrosis is a fatal lung disease that worsen with age.

Megan’s struggles now include being on oxygen 24 hours, and has limited her to only the basic activities necessary to function each day.

Her doctors have declared that she needs a double lung transplant, and that it’s time to be put on the lung transplant list.

This is and expensive operation and requires Megan and her mom Cheryl Dewald to live near the University of Minnesota hospital for 3-4 months after surgery. Megan will also have many follow up appointments and procedures in the 1-3 years following the transplant.

Megan will also have a lifetime of expenses for anti-rejections medications.

To help with all of the expenses the community is welcome to help out by attending the supper, and participating in the silent and raffle auction,with a free will donation. The auction will include items signed by former Bison quarterback, Carson Wentz.

Friends for Megan have set up an account at Gate City Bank, under the name of the Megan Dewald Benefit Fund.

For more information contact Cheryl Dewald at 701-952-2846, or 701-659-0820.

Local Girl Scouts have also made purple, black and white beaded bracelets that say “Team Megan” and “Just Breathe” that are available for purchase at $1 each.

The supper will include Knoephla Soup, pulled pork sandwiches and dessert.

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Camping restrictions will continue this year on some wildlife management areas in western North Dakota and along Lake Sakakawea.
 The restrictions are aimed at ensuring the areas in the oil patch are available to hunters and anglers.
 The Game and Fish Department  says overnight camping is prohibited on the following WMAs: Antelope Creek, Lewis and Clark, Big Oxbow, Ochs Point, Neu’s Point, Overlook, Sullivan and Tobacco Garden in McKenzie County; Van Hook in Mountrail County; and Hofflund and Trenton in Williams County.
 Several other WMAs are closed to camping on Tuesdays and Wednesdays but are open to camping Thursdays through Mondays. The Tuesday-Wednesday restriction will be lifted for the Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day holiday weeks.
 More information can be found at http://www.gf.nd.gov .

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture says North Dakota received much needed rainfall across the state, with amounts from the past week ranging from a half inch in the eastern and western edges to 1.5 inches in the central region.
 
     The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says many farmers made progress planting small grains before the moisture, but wind and cooler temperatures in the north limited progress.
 
     Three percent of the Durum wheat is planted, and 14 percent of spring wheat crop is planted. Barley planted is at 10 percent, oats is at 15 percent, corn is at 1 percent, canola is at 1 percent and dry peas are at 6 percent.
 
     Topsoil moisture supplies are rated 5 percent very short, 18 percent short, 70 percent adequate, and 7 percent surplus.

 WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – A $13.3 million project to replace aging water and sewer systems at the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton will get underway next month.
 
     The systems are about half a century old. The Legislature last year approved the money to replace them.
 
     Construction is to begin in mid-May, when the spring semester ends. It will include some beautification work, such as landscaping and lighting. Some trees will need to be removed, but crews will be planting about 300 new ones.
 
     Most of the infrastructure work is to be done by the end of November. Finishing touches will be completed by late 2017.
 
     Joel Paulsen with the Fargo engineering company Bolton and Menk says the new systems should last up to a century.

 MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on whether tribal convictions for domestic violence can count as previous convictions under federal law if the defendant didn’t have an attorney in the tribal court cases.
 The appeal comes in the case of a Northern Cheyenne tribal member, whose tribal court convictions were used to establish him as a felony habitual offender eligible for an enhanced sentence.
 The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2014 overturned Michael Bryant Jr.’s tribal court convictions, saying his rights to counsel were violated. Tribal court defendants can have attorneys, but in some jurisdictions they must pay their own costs.
 The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to reconcile the conflicting decisions after two other circuit courts ruled tribal convictions could count toward habitual offender status.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A community college run by the five American Indian tribes in North Dakota is waiving tuition for students who are enrolled members of federally recognized tribes, starting with the fall semester.
 
     United Tribes Technical College President Leander “Russ” McDonald says officials hope the program will give students a better financial start in life while also boosting enrollment.
 
     The Bismarck school draws students from around the country, with nearly 40 tribal nations represented in the student body. Students currently pay tuition of up to $200 per credit.
 
     The American Indian Higher Education Consortium says more than half of the 37 tribal schools in the nation have some sort of tuition waiver program. President and CEO Carrie Billy says students are more likely to succeed if they have less financial stress.

In sports…

Valley City (CSi) Essentia Health was approved by the Valley City Public School District for a new contract to provide an Athletic Trainner.

That, after CHI Mercy Health ended their contract with the district in February this year.

Essentia and Sanford Health submitted bids and the school board accepted the Essentia Health bid of $20,000 a year for a 3 year period.

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins have hired former manager Ron Gardenhire as a special assistant to general manager Terry Ryan.
 
     The team announced Gardenhire’s return on Monday. His responsibilities include traveling to all minor league affiliates as an instructor and evaluator.
 
     The Twins fired Gardenhire in 2014 after Minnesota finished that season 70-92. He spent 27 years in the Twins organization, including 13 years as manager.
 
     As manager, Gardenhire led the Twins to a record of 1,068-1,038, or .507, and is second only to Tom Kelly on the Twins’ all-time managerial wins list. He was named AL Manager of the Year in 2010 and guided the Twins to six American League Central Division titles, including an ALCS appearance in 2002.

BOSTON (AP) –   Lemi Berhanu Hayle of Ethiopia  won the Boston Marathon, Monday, in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 12 minutes, 45 seconds.
 
     The 21-year-old pulled away from defending champion Lelisa Desisa as they crossed the Mass Pike heading into Kenmore Square. He won by 47 seconds.
 
     The victory completed Ethiopia’s first-ever sweep of the men’s and women’s races in Boston.
 
     It was Hayle’s first major marathon victory. He has run four smaller marathons since 2014, winning three and finishing second in Dubai in January.
 
     Desisa finished 47 seconds back, in second place, and Ethiopian Yemane Adhane Tsegay was third to complete a sweep of the podium.

In world and national news…

PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador (AP) – A relative in Canada is confirming that two members of a Quebec family were among those killed during a massive earthquake in Ecuador over the weekend. Guy Laflamme tells a Montreal radio station that his nephew’s wife and their son died when a roof of a residence collapsed on them. At least 350 people were killed in Saturday night’s magnitude-7.8 quake and the search for people trapped beneath the rubble continues.
 
     JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli officials say there is no doubt that a bus explosion in Jerusalem was a terror attack. The city’s police commissioner says it’s too early to know the identity of the attacker or if the explosion was a suicide bombing. Police officials had initially said all options were being examined, including a possible technical malfunction. More than 15 people were hurt.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – A Syrian chief opposition negotiator says indirect talks with the government of President Bashar Assad have “hit a wall.” The negotiator for the main opposition coalition says the government has repeatedly violated a cease-fire agreement by attacking opposition locations and preventing humanitarian aid from reaching areas controlled by rebels. He also says Assad’s government has continued to receive assistance from Iran and Russia to support its military campaign.
 
     CINCINNATI (AP) – A 911 caller in Ohio won’t be charged for reporting a man waving a gun in a Wal-Mart store before police fatally shot the shopper, who’d picked up an air rifle from a shelf. The decision was made by special prosecutor Mark Piepmeier, who says there’s no evidence the caller knew he was providing false information. Piepmeier is the same prosecutor who presented the 2014 shooting case to a grand jury, which concluded the shooting was justified.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) -The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a 76-year-old Alabama man who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for possessing less than three pounds of marijuana he said he grew for personal use. Lawyers for Lee Carroll Brooker argued that the stiff sentence under the state’s habitual offender law violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The Alabama attorney general defended the sentence in a brief to the court, saying that it was based in part on Booker’s history of prior felony convictions, including armed robberies and drug smuggling.