{"id":55195,"date":"2014-09-24T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=55195"},"modified":"2014-09-25T09:22:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T14:22:33","slug":"wayne-byers-show-evening-sept-24-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=55195","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Sept 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Wayne<\/a>

Wayne Byers Show Weekdays on CSi 2<\/p><\/div>\n

CSi Weather…<\/p>\n

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
\n5 MPH.
\n.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
\n.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST
\nWINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
\n.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
\n15 MPH.
\n.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE
\nUPPER 50S. HIGHS AROUND 80.
\n.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
\nLOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
\n.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
\nRAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE
\nUPPER 60S.<\/p>\n

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SEVERE
\n\u00a0WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.<\/p>\n

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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Special Session, on Wednesday at 4-p.m., at City Hall, to hear a presentation of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer\u2019s, James River Study, Final Document. Council Member Buchanan was not present.<\/p>\n

On hand from the Corps of Engineer\u2019s was Project Manager Jeff Greenwald, said the study was in conjunction with the nine county James River Joint Resource District.<\/p>\n

He said the study is in three phases.<\/p>\n

They include a two year effort of engineering and environmental analysis, including the flood risk.<\/p>\n

The study is at the end of the first phase, with the “Base Line,” conditions, and flood risks, including any flood damages to structures and vehicles.<\/p>\n

The next phase of the study concerns alternatives, and a recovery plan.<\/p>\n

He added that congress must authorize any project work.<\/p>\n

The study will lead to an update in the flood plan mapping.<\/p>\n

The study showed a significant rise in the 10 year discharge rate, including recent high flow years in the river in Jamestown.<\/p>\n

The volume of water behind Jamestown and Pipestem dams has been trending higher in the last 15 years.<\/p>\n

Since 2000 there has been a peak flow of the river in 2009 and high water years of 2010 and 2011.<\/p>\n

A 100-year flood figure now is a river flow of 2,940 cubic feet per second. Previously it was 1,800 cubic feet per second.<\/p>\n

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Greenwald presented to the Council, flood maps and other graphics related to the study.<\/p>\n

The three areas were pointed out where permanent flood protection may be feasible. The include\u2026The Anne Carlsen Center, the Island Park development below Jamestown Dam and in the area of Nickeus Park. Additional levee work under the bridge on the road leading to the North Dakota State Hospital would also be considered.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the Corps recommends further federal involvement for a flood risk study.<\/p>\n

Continuing the feasibility study will require congressional approval for appropriation of funds, for any flood mitigation construction.<\/p>\n

Jamestown and the City of LaMoure would be involved, as the nine county James River Joint Resource Board would be dissolve.<\/p>\n

The Corps also recommends finishing the feasibility study, determine project costs and then budget the work.<\/p>\n

The State Water Commission could become involved in participation in funding, and other agencies including FEMA may also become involved.<\/p>\n

The City of Jamestown would need to submit an application, that would put the city\u2019s share of costs at 25 percent.<\/p>\n

The Corps study is available in the report at City Hall.<\/p>\n

Mayor Andersen said the study and recommendations by the Corps of Engineers will be discussed at future City Council committee meetings.<\/p>\n

Greenwald added that any federal flood control levy that would be installed, would not solve additional flood mitigations efforts, such as temporary levees, during a flood fight, base on scenarios that would occur during a specific flood event.<\/p>\n

He said property might still be at risk based on the severity of a flood event.<\/p>\n

The presentation was shown live on CSi Cable 67.<\/p>\n

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Valley City (VCSU, CSI) Valley City State University has released its final enrollment figures for Fall Semester 2014, showing a total headcount of 1,378 students, the second highest in university history.<\/p>\n

VCSU set enrollment records in 2011; since then enrollment has remained stable.<\/p>\n

VCSU Interim President, Margaret Dahlberg says,”We\u2019re pleased with these enrollment numbers. Because the number of new students on campus each year has remained relatively consistent since 2011, it\u2019s clear that enrollment growth is coming through increased retention\u2014having our students come back each semester, each year until they graduate. That\u2019s the real story\u2014that everyone on campus has come together to create a place where students thrive.”<\/p>\n

VCSU\u2019s FTE (full-time equivalent) enrollment of 989 students for Fall 2014 also represents one of the university\u2019s highest totals ever, and the undergraduate FTE count of 940 represents an increase of 22 FTE over Fall 2013 figures.<\/p>\n

In addition to the enrollment increase, VCSU continues a positive, upward trend in residence hall occupancy in Fall 2014. Those numbers increased 6 percent over Fall 2013 figures, and since Fall 2010, there has been a 33 percent increase in occupancy. Recent physical upgrades to the residence halls and a renovation of the VCSU cafeteria, along with an increased emphasis on programming in the halls, have helped bring students back to campus.<\/p>\n

Dahlberg adds, “This school was founded by the people of North Dakota to educate teachers. Now, almost 125 years later, our offerings have expanded beyond teacher preparation, but the university continues to enrich the lives of those who come here for an outstanding education, and those faculty and staff who make that happen.”<\/p>\n

In each of the last 6 years, VCSU has been ranked by U.S. News<\/em> in the No. 1 or No. 2 position among Public Regional Colleges in the Midwest, and both its online Master\u2019s of Education degree program and online Bachelor\u2019s degree programs have also been nationally ranked by U.S. News<\/em>. VCSU has been recognized as a U.S. News<\/em> “Best College” for 17 consecutive years.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1890, VCSU will begin a yearlong celebration of its 125th anniversary with the theme “Making a Difference\u2014Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” at Homecoming Week in October 2014 and continue through Homecoming 2015.<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON (CSi) \u2013 Senator John Hoeven has announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded four grants totaling nearly $730,000 to cities and counties in North Dakota to create new and preserve existing law enforcement officer positions to increase the communities\u2019 policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The funds are made available through the DOJ\u2019s COPS Hiring Program and will support the salary and benefits of six officer positions in the state.<\/p>\n

The details of the awards are as follows:<\/p>\n

City of West Fargo \u2013 $375,000<\/p>\n

Stutsman County Sheriff\u2019s Office \u2013 $125,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tioga Police Department \u2013 $125,000<\/p>\n

Griggs County Sheriff\u2019s Office \u2013 $103,877<\/p>\n

Hoeven says, “Our local law enforcement officials play a vital and challenging role in our communities. It is imperative that we support their important work and provide them with the tools and resources they need to meet the demands of our growing communities. By supporting additional officer positions, these funds will increase our police and sheriff\u2019s departments\u2019 capacity to keep our communities safe and maintain our high quality of life.”<\/p>\n

Senator Hoeven held a roundtable discussion in Williston earlier this month in a push to bring additional resources from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) into North Dakota to help state and local law enforcement officials with the growing number of crimes, including domestic and sexual violence, particularly in the Bakken region. In June, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on which Hoeven serves, passed the Commerce, Justice and Science funding bill, which includes a directive to the DOJ to develop a plan to support law enforcement in North Dakota and the Bakken.<\/p>\n

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Jamestown (CSi) The transition to the “James River Family Fitness Center,” from the James River Family YMCA, has been smooth.<\/p>\n

The name change took place on September 1, 2014.<\/p>\n

The organization\u2019s board of directors voted recently to disaffiliate from the National Council of YMCAs.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday\u2019s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Executive Director Frank Conlin reminded residents that only the name has changed and the same services the Y provided are still available at the Family Fitness Center.<\/p>\n

The organization\u2019s group-fitness and program offerings for children, families and seniors, is unchanged, from offerings at the Y.<\/p>\n

The organization remains family-focused, and financial assistance continues to be available to those who cannot afford to pay full membership fees.<\/p>\n

The fall\/winter hours are:<\/p>\n

Monday-Friday 5-a.m., to 10-p.m.<\/p>\n

Saturday 6-a.m., to 9-p.m.<\/p>\n

Sunday 1-p.m., to 7-p.m.<\/p>\n

Conlin pointed out that a Personal Trainer is available for athletes and others.<\/p>\n

He added that a men\u2019s basketball league will start Ocotber 13th<\/sup> with information at the front desk.<\/p>\n

Little Mite basketball for children 3-7-years old will start this fall, and swimming lesson are continuing.<\/p>\n

The 25th<\/sup> Annual, Halloween Party will be held on Halloween this year, Friday October 31,2014 from 5:30-p.m., to 8-p.m.<\/p>\n

Volunteer help will come from the University of Jamestown athletes.<\/p>\n

More information is available by calling 701-253-4101<\/p>\n

On line visit, http:\/\/www.jrfamilyfit.org<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Bismarck (CSi) Bryan Miller, an adult education instructor for the James River Correctional Center, has received the North Dakota Association of Lifelong Learning\u2019s Educator of the Year Award.<\/p>\n

The award is given to an individual who contributes significantly to the field of education, models professionalism, continues to upgrade educational skills and promotes education locally and statewide.<\/p>\n

2014 awards, included Educator of the Year, Outstanding Leadership, Student of the Year, Highest Average GED Score and Outstanding Service, and were given out on September 18, 2014 during the state conference in Bismarck.<\/p>\n

Other winners included Student of the Year, Miranda Stephens at the Wahpeton Adult Learning Center, Highest GED Score Seth Sweeney from the Grand Forks Adult Learning Center, and Outstanding Service Award winner, Wally Erhardt from the Bank of North Dakota.<\/p>\n

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Petoskey, MI (CSi)\u00a0 Emphasys Software (Emphasys), a leading developer of business management software for affordable housing agencies, awarded Stutsman County (ND) Housing Authority (SCHA) and Ramsey County (ND) Housing Authority (RCHA) the 2014 Pioneers of the Year award during Emphasys\u2019 recent annual user conference.<\/p>\n

The Pioneer award is given annually to Emphasys clients who demonstrate new ways to leverage Emphasys\u2019 products to benefit their communities and who successfully break new ground with the use of Emphasys software and services.<\/p>\n

The seven housing authority offices now share housing and accounting software, web sites, common forms, and policies.<\/p>\n

SCHA Executive Director David Klein. says “Emphasys Software is a great partner, and our offices would not be accomplishing what we do without their assistance. The software isn\u2019t just a tool, but a functioning body for our offices. With dwindling administrative budgets we needed a partner that could help us become better. We are so thankful for their product, service, and technical support. Our partnership now expands into using their accounting services to help us.<\/p>\n

This is the second time in three years Emphasys has recognized our group for our collaborative efforts.”<\/p>\n

Stutsman County Housing Authority administers the Section 8 Voucher programs for Stutsman, Logan, Foster, Dickey and Sargent Counties and a HOME grant program for North Dakota Region 6. It is the mission of the Stutsman County Housing Authority to provide safe, affordable housing opportunities for persons with low and moderate income and to promote economic self\u2010sufficiency of families.<\/p>\n

Lineup for this year\u2019s parade will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, October 10. Lineup will be near the intersection of Central Avenue and 12th Street North, in the area of Jefferson Elementary School. The parade will begin at 4:00 p.m. and will move south down Central Avenue and disband at the VCSU footbridge.<\/p>\n

The schedule for the week’s activities posted on line at\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=55198<\/a><\/p>\n

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MICHIGAN, N.D. (AP) – The Highway Patrol has identified a Fort Totten man who died when the car he was driving struck a moose on U.S. Highway 2 in northeastern North Dakota.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Authorities say 37-year-old Lavern Littlewind Sr. died at the scene about a mile east of the town of Michigan on Monday night. The moose was killed instantly.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Littlewind’s 3, \u00a05 \u00a0and 10-year-old sons were passengers in the car. They were taken to a Grand Forks hospital with unspecified injuries.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) – Police in Moorhead say investigators are combing the area where the body of a North Dakota State University student was found.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lt. Tory Jacobson with the Moorhead Police Department says officers are using daylight to ensure they find any items that belonged to 18-year-old Thomas Bearson.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bearson’s remains were found Tuesday outside a recreational vehicle store in south Moorhead. He was last seen at a party Saturday in Fargo.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jacobson says any of Bearson’s belongings found at the scene could help investigators determine why and how the student got to the area.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Police on Wednesday declined to give more details on the investigation, including the condition of Bearson’s body when it was found.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bearson’s cause of death hasn’t been determined. The medical examiner in Ramsey County is conducting an autopsy. The results are not expected to be public for weeks.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Republicans have unveiled a revamped formula used to distribute a portion of the state’s oil and gas production tax revenue.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The plan unveiled Wednesday by GOP leaders from North Dakota’s oil-producing region favors communities impacted by oil development.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The fund currently sets aside 75 percent of some oil tax revenues for the state and 25 percent for local governments.\u00a0 The proposed plan that will be presented to the Legislature in January would change the split to 60-40 in favor of local communities.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Officials say the proposal would more than double oil production tax revenue to oil counties to about $2.2 billion over the next two-year budget cycle.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner says investing in North Dakota’s oil-producing region benefits the entire state.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0MINOT, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says Minot State University and the North Dakota University System violated the state’s open records law in May.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stenehjem issued his opinion in response to a request from a blogger who asked MSU for documents related to an Education Department investigation into possible violations involving the handling of sexual abuse complaints at the school.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The North Dakota University System initially rejected the request on behalf of MSU, claiming the documents were protected records under state and federal law.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stenehjem ruled that the university system should have analyzed the records to determine whether it was possible to remove information that wasn’t public record. The university system eventually did that and gave the blogger redacted documents. Stenehjem says no further action is necessary.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – The Army Corps of Engineers is closing its field office in the city of Devils Lake at the end of the month.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The agency says it is wrapping up a flood mitigation project and the office is no longer needed to support construction. The corps’ St. Paul district will continue supporting the region from its Western Area Office in Fargo.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Devils Lake region has been plagued by two decades of wet weather and flooding. The corps established the field office in 1996 to oversee more than $200 million in flood mitigation projects. At the height of construction, more than 25 corps employees worked out of the office.<\/p>\n

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In world and national news…<\/p>\n

\u00a0CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP) – A grand jury in New York State has decided not to bring criminal charges against Tony Stewart in the August death of a driver at a sprint car race in upstate New York.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ontario County District Attorney Michael Tantillo said the victim, Kevin Ward Jr., was under the influence of marijuana the night of the accident and it was enough to impair judgment.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ward walked on the track during the race and approached Stewart’s car after the two collided.\u00a0 He was struck and killed.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tantillo says two videos of the accident examined by investigators showed “no aberrational driving by Tony Stewart.”
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) – French President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH’ oh-LAWND’) says the terrorists who beheaded a French citizen in Algeria are a global threat. Hollande addressed world leaders at the United Nations Wednesday, shortly after learning of the man’s death. A video released by a U.S. terrorism watchdog showed Algerian extremists allied with the Islamic State group decapitating a hostage after France ignored their demand to stop airstrikes in Iraq.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UNITED NATIONS (AP) – As U.S. planes carry out airstrikes over Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama is urging Muslims in the Middle East to reject the ideology behind groups like the Islamic State. And he’s calling on them to cut off funding that allows such groups to thrive. Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday, Obama said the U.S. would be a “respectful and constructive partner” in confronting the militants through force. Obama sought to distinguish this military campaign from the lengthy wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying he has no intention of sending U.S. troops to occupy foreign lands.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEW YORK (AP) – The Obama administration expects that a security agreement allowing U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan next year will be signed by the country’s incoming president as early as next week. A senior U.S. official told reporters today that the agreement would be signed “within days” of Monday’s inauguration. Outgoing President Hamid Karzai negotiated the agreement with Secretary of State John Kerry but refused to sign it. The deal will allow some 10,000 American forces to remain in Afghanistan next year after all combat troops are withdrawn.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CINCINNATI (AP) – The Justice Department will investigate possible civil rights violations in the fatal police shooting of a man holding an air rifle at a Wal-Mart store in Ohio. Federal authorities made the announcement just hours after a special grand jury found that the officers’ actions were justified. The family of John Crawford had asked for a federal probe. The family says authorities should investigate whether race was a factor. Crawford was black, the officers are white.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri drill sergeant has been found guilty in the sexual assault and harassment of eight female soldiers. Army Staff Sgt. Angel M. Sanchez was accused of using his supervisory position with a police brigade to threaten some women he was training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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