CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph.

.FRIDAY…Sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Lows around 60. North winds around 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds

10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the lower 50s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms in the morning. Highs around 80.

Update

Jamestown  (CSi)  Fogging operations will take place on Thursday July 30th, 2020 between 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. in the Southeast & Southwest quadrant of Jamestown.
Parents are advised to keep children out of the streets and away from the fogging machines.
Motorist’s should use extreme caution in this area.
All fogging operations are contingent upon weather conditions.
For more information visit JamestownND.gov, click on Departments/ Vector Control or call 701-320-5503.

 

Previously

Jamestown  (CSi)   Mosquito fogging operations in Jamestown will take place on Thursday July 3o between 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. in the SE quadrant of Jamestown.

Parents are advised to keep children out of the streets and away from the fogging machines.

Motorist’s should use extreme caution in this area.

All fogging operations are contingent upon weather conditions.

For more information visit jamestownnd.org, click on Departments/ Vector Control or call 701-320-5503.

Bismarck  (NDDOT)  The North Dakota Department of Transportation Thursday, reopened U.S. Highway 52 from Melville to Jamestown. The traffic incident one mile south of Pingree has been cleared and US 52 is now open to all traffic.

For more information about construction projects and road conditions throughout North Dakota, call 511 or visit the ND Roads map at http://www.dot.nd.gov/travel-info-v2/.

Update…

Edgeley (NDHP) The North Dakota Highway Patrol on Thursday reported that the South Dakota woman involved in a crash at the intersection of Highway 13 and Highway 281 near Edgeley on Tuesday July 28, 2020 has died of her injuries.

According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, 40 year-old Dean Johs of Napoleon was traveling westbound on Highway 13. A Toyota driven by 63 year-old Paula Thovson of Watertown, South Dakota,was traveling southbound on Highway 281. The Ford went through the marked intersection and the trailer it was pulling was struck by Thovson.

Thovson was airlifted to Avera Hospital in Aberdeen, South Dakota where she later died from her injuries in the crash. Johs was transported to Wishek Hospital and later released. Charges are pending.

The Highway Patrol was assisted on the scene by the LaMoure County Sheriff, Dickey County Sheriff, Edgeley Ambulance, and Edgeley Fire Department.

 

Update

NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats

Posted Thurs Jul 30, 2020

11-a.m.

Results listed are from the previous day.

Stutsman +1

Active Cases 4

Recovered 27

NDDoH

 

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

  • Woman in her 80s from Ramsey County with underlying health conditions.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY

  • Benson County – 4
  • Burke County – 1
  • Burleigh County – 11
  • Cass County – 22
  • Cavalier County – 1
  • Dunn County – 1
  • Emmons County – 1
  • Foster County – 1
  • Grand Forks County – 1
  • Griggs County – 1
  • McKenzie County – 2
  • McLean County – 1
  • Morton County – 2
  • Mountrail County – 1
  • Nelson County – 1
  • Ramsey County – 1
  • Ransom County – 1
  • Richland County – 5
  • Rolette County – 1
  • Sargent County – 1
  • Sioux County – 1
  • Stark County – 2
  • Stutsman County – 1
  • Ward County – 1
  • Williams County – 10


BY THE NUMBERS

304,978 – Total Number of Tests Completed* (+3,975 total tests from yesterday)

151,861 – Total Unique Individuals Tested* (+778 unique individuals from yesterday)

145,560 – Total Negative (+704 unique individuals from yesterday)

6,301 – Total Positive (+75 unique individuals from yesterday)

After investigation it was discovered that previously reported cases from Dickey County was from out of state.  

1.9% – Daily Positivity Rate**

 

356 – Total Hospitalized (+5 individual from yesterday)

43 – Currently Hospitalized (+4 individuals from yesterday)

5,181 – Total Recovered (+94 individuals from yesterday)

103 – 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.

Bismarck  (NDDOT)  The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is scheduled to resume driver license renewal services at part-time Driver License locations across the state beginning August 3.

These services are by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, visit our website at dot.nd.gov or call 1-855-633-6835.

These locations will follow CDC guidelines on social distancing, due to limited office space masks will be required for appointments. A mask will be provided if you do not have one.

“We have limited space available in our facilities and scheduling appointments is the safest, most effective way we can serve our customers and reduce wait times,” said Robin Rehborg, NDDOT Deputy Director for Driver Safety. “Safety remains our top priority. We appreciate your patience as we work through our backlog and continue to meet customer demand.”

At this time, NDDOT is focused on serving customers with a driver’s license that expired March 1 – August 31, 2020 and will continue to schedule appointments based on immediate need.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration also has extended the REAL ID deadline to October 2021. Only customers renewing a North Dakota driver license at this time will be able to obtain a REAL ID during their scheduled appointment.

In addition to appointments, many driver license services such as change of address, renewals, replacements and more are available online.

For a complete list of Driver License office locations and hours visit dot.nd.gov.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Tribal leaders on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in northeastern North Dakota are requiring residents to wear masks to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. It’s a rare move in a state where face coverings have not been mandated despite a sharp increase in overall cases. The reservation is located primarily in Benson County, which according to The COVID Tracking Project has seen the state’s most new cases per capita in the last two weeks. Area public health workers are worried about the trend after seeing the number of positive tests jump from 16 to 70 since the middle of July.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request by a gaming equipment company to reactivate hundreds of electronic pull tab machines that were shut down by the attorney general in North Dakota. Powerhouse Gaming argued state officials interfered with its business and contracts and violated its right to operate the machines. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem suspended the company’s gambling license because he said it failed to show it had purchased a software license for each device in the state. U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor said in denying the motion for a restraining order that Powerhouse Gaming failed to show that “immediate and irreparable injury, loss or damage” will occur before its case is heard.

 

(AP)  Family members of nine women and children from an offshoot Mormon community who were killed in Mexico in November have filed a federal lawsuit against the Juarez drug cartel. They accuse the cartel of carrying out the attack in retribution for publicly criticizing and demonstrating against the cartel. A lawyer representing the family members said they initiated the lawsuit to show the Juarez cartel was responsible for the Nov. 4 slaughter and to seek damages. It’s not clear whether representatives of the cartel would appear in court to defend against the lawsuit.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has issued a statewide mask mandate amid a spike in coronavirus cases, setting up a conflict with Republican legislative leaders who oppose such a requirement and successfully sued earlier to kill a “safer at home” order. The Democrat Evers declared a new public health emergency Thursday, after his initial one expired in May, and ordered the wearing of masks starting on Saturday. The Wisconsin Supreme Court in May tossed out an order from Evers’ health secretary closing most nonessential businesses. Evers has repeatedly cited that ruling as a reason for his reluctance to join 32 other states that have mask mandates.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Officials have released the name of a 24-year-old man who died when a freight train hit the semi-truck he was driving at a crossing in northeastern Montana. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper T’Elle Evans says Ashton Gillming of Sidney died in the collision Tuesday morning near Brockton. Officials say Gillming was working as a hired hand for a local family.

In world and national news…

MIAMI (AP) — Health officials in Florida tallied a new record high in daily COVID-19 deaths for the third straight day. The state faces pressure to adopt new measures to combat the pandemic. The head of a congressional coronavirus oversight panel sent letters to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and three other Republican governors requesting documents to show how their states are fighting the pandemic. The Florida Department of Health said 253 more deaths were reported. That brings its average reported deaths per day to 154 for the past week and raises the state’s total death toll to 6,586.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican officials in the states and on Capitol Hill are condemning President Donald Trump’s suggestion about postponing the Nov/ember election. And those officials are trying to bat away questions that their own party leader has now raised about the legitimacy of that upcoming vote. Top Republicans in Congress quickly rebuffed Trump’s suggestion. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the election date is set in stone. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy says the election “should go forward” as planned. And in the states, Republican leaders emphasize that officials are doing all they can to ensure voting systems are secure and reliable.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency this week has hosted a three-day tabletop exercise aimed at helping local, state and federal officials prepare for and respond to worst-case scenarios on Election Day. The virtual exercise, which concludes Thursday, involves more than 2,000 participants who brainstormed ways to deal with problems and crises that could arise in November. This is the third year DHS has held these exercises, though this one was held virtually because of coronavirus concerns. It comes at a particularly fraught moment as the nation edges closer toward a contentious presidential contest when an expected surge in absentee balloting is likely to delay the reporting of results and test election officials in unexpected ways.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court says it plans to review a decision ordering the dismissal of the Justice Department’s case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The action by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is likely to prolong the fight over Flynn’s fate. It represents yet another dramatic development in a case that has taken unexpected twists and turns over the last year and turned Flynn into something of a cause celebre for President Donald Trump and his supporters. The court set arguments for Aug. 11.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government has dropped its effort to silence President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer. An agreement Thursday between lawyers for the government and Michael Cohen’s attorney calls for the lifting of a media ban that had prevented Cohen from speaking publicly. Cohen is completing the last two years of a three-year prison sentence at home after pleading guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to Congress. He was released from prison in May, only to be returned earlier this month after making it known that he planned to publish a book critical of the president. A judge last week ordered him released, saying the government’s action was retaliatory and a violation of his First Amendment rights.