CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Rain showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening, then rain showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the west after midnight. Chance of precipitation 70 percent in the Jamestown area, 90 percent in the Valley City area.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy in the morning then mostly sunny. A

40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Valley City area. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast

winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to

15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 30 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 20 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms. Lows around 70.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.

Clusters of showers and thunderstorms will continue through Monday night. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible over parts of eastern
North Dakota Monday evening, with hail to 1 inch and
damaging winds to 60 mph. In addition, heavy rain rates and slow
moving thunderstorms may lead to localized flooding.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall
will continue to be possible through Tuesday afternoon across the
northern Red River Valley.

The pattern for strong to severe thunderstorms becomes favorable
once again Thursday, with better chances on Friday and Saturday.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Due to rain,  Let’s Walk Valley City has been postponed to  Tuesday, July 21st from 5-p.m. to 8- p.m. The free event will offer live music, tasty snacks, giveaways and prizes for all ages.

Previously…

Valley City  (CSi)  Barnes County On The Move sponsors “Let’s Walk, Valley City,” on Monday July 20, from 5-p.m. to 8-p.m.

Described as a walking, biking, blading, running event around the Jefferson Mile and surrounding neighborhood.

Participants will be able to enjoy live music and tasty snacks, along with free frozen fruit slush, apples, carrots, chocolate milk, and popcorn.

Jump rope and frisbees will be freebies along the route.  Sign up for prizes, gift certificates for bikes, tennis shoes and yard games, along the way.

Dogs are welcome, and social distancing is encouraged.  More information at www.citycountyhealth.org/on-the-move

On Facebook, www.facebook.com/barnesonthemove

Bismarck   North Dakota health officials say another person has died of complications related to the coronavirus and 107 additional people have tested positive. The state Department of Health said Monday a woman in her 70s from Williams County with underlying health conditions died from COVID-19. That raises North Dakota’s death toll to 93 since the pandemic began. The Bismarck Tribune reports it’s the first pandemic-related death in Williams County, where cases have doubled in the past week. State officials report the number of people testing positive statewide has risen to 5,126. Cass and Grand Forks counties each reported 24 new cases while Williams County had 22 new cases and Burleigh County 17.

NDDoH

COVID-19

Posted Mon July 20, 2029

COVID-19 Test Results
Results listed are from the previous day.

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

  • Woman in her 70s from Williams County with underlying health conditions.

 

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY

  • Burleigh County – 17
  • Cass County – 24
  • Emmons County – 1
  • Grand Forks County – 24
  • McIntosh County – 1
  • Morton County – 3
  • Mountrail County – 1
  • Richland County – 1
  • Stark County – 1
  • Stutsman County – 1
  • Stutman Total 75
  • Recovered 65
  • Traill County – 1
  • Walsh County – 2
  • Ward County – 8
  • Williams County – 22


BY THE NUMBERS

262,924 – Total Number of Tests Completed* (+5,702 total tests from yesterday)

135,978 – Total Unique Individuals Tested* (+2,124 unique individuals from yesterday)

130,852 – Total Negative (+2,017 unique individuals from yesterday)

5,126 – Total Positive (+107 unique individuals from yesterday)

1.9% – Daily Positivity Rate**

 

305 – Total Hospitalized (+3 individual from yesterday)

47 – Currently Hospitalized (+2 individuals from yesterday)

4,219 – Total Recovered (+88 individuals from yesterday)

93 – Total Deaths*** (+1 individual from yesterday)

 

* Note that this does not include individuals from out of state and has been updated to reflect the most recent information discovered after cases were investigated.

**Because the serial tests completed and added to the total number of tests completed can result in new individuals who test positive, the daily positivity rate will be calculated using the total positives for the day by the daily number of tests completed instead of the daily number of unique individuals tested.

*** Number of individuals who tested positive and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19.

For descriptions of these categories, visit the NDDoH dashboard.

For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the NDDoH website at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus, follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.

 

Jamestown  (JPD)  Jamestown Police reports, that  on Sunday July 19, at 3:51-p.m., Police Department responded to a report of an injury accident involving a car and motorcycle, at the intersection of 10 St SE and 5 Ave SE. Jamestown Area Ambulance was also dispatched to the scene to provide immediate medical aid to the injured motorcycle driver.

 

An investigation into the accident determined 23-year-old Jesse Wayne Denham of Jamestown, ND was driving a 2003 Ford Mustang. Denham told officers he had come to a stop at the stop sign, on 5 Ave SE, at the 10 St SE intersection. Denham stated he did not see any crossing traffic on 10 St SE, so he proceeded northbound on 5 Ave SE, crossing over the 10 St SE intersection.

57-year-old Frank Stuart Muddiman of Jamestown, ND was driving a 2020 Big Dog Custom motorcycle. Muddiman was traveling westbound, in the outside lane, on 10 St SE, approaching the 5 Ave SE intersection. There were skid marks left prior to impact and Muddiman was ejected from his motorcycle.

The motorcycle struck the Ford Mustang in the passenger side rear tire area. Muddiman sustained serious injuries during the accident and was transported by Jamestown Area Ambulance to Jamestown Regional Medical Center. Muddiman was later airlifted to a Fargo Hospital due to his injuries.

 

Denham was issued citations for suspicion of Driving While his Operators license was suspended, Driving without liability insurance on a motor vehicle, and Failed to Yield after stopping. This accident remains under investigation.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Air travel at North Dakota’s eight commercial airports continued to slowly pickup in June after dropping to a historic low in the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic. In April, the state’s airports had about 5,000 passengers, or 5% of normal traffic for their lowest monthly passenger count since record keeping began 40 years ago. The state Aeronautics Commission says the number of passengers rose to about 13,500 in May, and to approximately 24,300 in June. North Dakota has commercial service airports in Bismarck, Minot, Williston, Dickinson, Grand Forks, Fargo, Devils Lake and Jamestown.

 

In world and national news…

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrats have selected state Sen. Nikema Williams, chair of the state party, to replace Rep. John Lewis on the ballot in November. The executive committee of the Democratic Party of Georgia voted overwhelmingly on Monday for Williams to take Lewis’ spot on the ballot for the Atlanta-area 5th Congressional District after the longtime congressman and civil rights leader’s death last week. Williams, 41, was chosen from a list of five finalists as the group works to quickly fill the spot in accordance with state law. She is nearly assured of winning in November in the heavily Democratic district.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of workers are rallying in U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality. The efforts are part of a nationwide strike that organizers hoped would involve tens of thousands of people walking off the job. Visible shows of support for the effort on Monday largely came in the form of smaller protests held in cities around the country. Dubbed the “Strike for Black Lives,” the protest was arranged by labor unions and social and racial justice organizations, which planned a range of actions in more than two dozen U.S. cities.

 

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge plans to hear arguments on an emergency request by Georgia’s governor to stop Atlanta from enforcing a mandate to wear a mask in public and other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic while a lawsuit on the issue is pending. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kelly Ellerbe has scheduled a hearing on Gov. Brian Kemp’s motion for 11 a.m. Tuesday. In a lawsuit filed Thursday against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the members of the City Council, Kemp argues that local leaders don’t have the legal authority to change or ignore his executive orders.

 

(AP)  The U.S. government is issuing guidance on preventing discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidelines instruct health departments to ensure racial and ethnic minority populations “are not subjected to excessive wait times, rejected for hospital admissions, or denied access to intensive care units compared to similarly situated non-minority individuals.” They also seek to ensure that locations chosen for virus-testing sites are accessible to minority communities. The Coronavirus has ravaged minority populations in the United States. Black communities have recorded infection and death numbers that far outstrip their percentage of the population.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo will reopen to the public later this week, with restrictions to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Smithsonian, which runs the zoo, announced Monday that the zoo will reopen with limited hours starting Friday, July 24. The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, near Washington Dulles International Airport will also reopen, but the rest of the museums in the Smithsonian network will remain closed. All visitors will be required to obtain free, timed-entry pass in advance and all visitors over age 6 will be required to wear a face mask at all times, including outdoors.

 

(AP)  Judiciary officials say a gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge and wounded her husband at their New Jersey home before fleeing. Chief District Judge Freda Wolfson told The Associated Press the shooting at the North Brunswick home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, killed her son, Daniel. Wolfson says the judge’s husband, defense lawyer Mark Anderl, was injured. Investigators are examining a possible connection between the shooting and the body of a man found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in Sullivan County, New York, a law enforcement official said. The man is being investigated in connection with the shooting, a law enforcement official and a judiciary official told The Associated Press.

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Democrats have endorsed a new U.S. Senate candidate in hopes of pressuring their current nominee to drop out of the race after he sent sexually offensive text messages to a campaign staffer. The party’s state central committee voted Sunday to back Alisha Shelton, an Omaha mental health therapist, if nominee Chris Janicek withdraws his name from consideration. Janicek has refused to resign from the race, and state law bars the party from removing him as their nominee without his consent. If Janicek doesn’t withdraw by Sept. 1, his name will remain on the ballot as the party’s nominee in November.