Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Aug 5

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Southeast winds around 5 mph.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs in

the lower 80s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 60s.

Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon in the Jamestown area, 20 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms

likely in the evening, then partly cloudy with chance of showers

and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of

precipitation 70 percent in the Jamestown area, 90 percent in the Valley City area.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

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

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible Wednesday afternoon and during the
early evening hours, however severe storms are not expected.

Periodic thunderstorms are possible Friday afternoon through
Monday. However, strong to severe thunderstorms are possible
Friday afternoon into Friday night.

 

(NDoH)  North Dakota health officials have reported 124 new COVID-19 infections and one additional death. The updated report Wednesday confirms 108 deaths from complications of the coronavirus since the pandemic began. The latest victim was a Grand Forks County woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions. North Dakota had 1,112 active cases on Wednesday, up one from the previous high set a day earlier. Burleigh and Morton counties have been the state’s hot spot for the virus in recent weeks. Officials said 41 of the new cases were in Burleigh County and five were in neighboring Morton County.

NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats.

Posted, Wed. Aug. 5, 2020

11-a.m.

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

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

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

 

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED WEDNESDAY

• Barnes Positive +1
• Barnes Total 36
• Barnes Active 5
• Barnes Recovered 31
• Benson County – 3
• Burleigh County – 41
• Cass County – 18
• Eddy County – 2
• Foster County – 6
• Grand Forks County – 8
• Kidder County – 1
• Logan County – 1
• McLean County – 3
• Mercer County – 1
• Morton County – 5
• Nelson County – 3
• Ramsey County – 6
• Richland County – 5
• Rolette County – 3
• Stark County – 6
• Traill County – 2
• Walsh County – 3
• Ward County – 2
• Wells County – 1
• Williams County – 3

BY THE NUMBERS

335,542 – Total Number of Tests Completed* (+5,725 total tests from yesterday)

162,014 – Total Unique Individuals Tested* (+1,544 unique individuals from yesterday)

154,957 – Total Negative (+1,420 unique individuals from yesterday)

7,057 – Total Positive (+124 unique individuals from yesterday)

1,677 – Total Positives from Serial (Repeat) Testing**** (+39 unique individuals from yesterday)

2.2% – Daily Positivity Rate**

 

394 – Total Hospitalized (+5 individual from yesterday)

42 – Currently Hospitalized (-9 individuals from yesterday)

5,837 – Total Recovered (+122 individuals from yesterday)

108 – 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.
**** This number includes individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 after they had previously had a negative test.

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, N.D. (AP) — The mayor of North Dakota’s capital city has appealed to residents to wear masks. Bismarck Mayor Steve Bakken’s comments came as the number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Bismarck metropolitan area topped 1,000 and the number of active cases statewide hit a new high. North Dakota health officials reported 149 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday and two new deaths, bringing the statewide death toll to 107. North Dakota’s active cases on Tuesday was 1,111, a sum that has about quadrupled in the past month, and coincides with the reopening of state’s economy and increased testing. Forty-eight of North Dakota’s 53 counties had at least one active case on Tuesday.

 

Jamestown  (JBR)  Tricia Seckerson, a REALTOR® with Blu Frog Realty in Jamestown was selected as REALTOR® of the Year by REALTOR® members of the Jamestown Board of REALTORS®.

Her selection also made Seckerson eligible as a candidate for the North Dakota Association of REALTORS® REALTOR® of the Year Award.

Seckerson is currently President of the Jamestown Board of REALTORS®. She is also serves on the Board of Directors for the North Dakota Association of REALTORS®.

Tricia is involved in many local activities and businesses. For example she is a dance coach, has served in leadership in both Rotary and the Jamestown Young Professionals. In business, she has an ownership interest in a variety of ventures, Real Estate Brokerage, Property Management and the Restaurant industry.

Seckerson says, “To say this was a shock is an understatement. I was so overwhelmed when Sally started to read about my family. I put my heart and soul into everything I do which sometimes I need to take a break. I am so grateful to all of my past and current customers that have put their trust into myself and business to find their dream home. My team I have been blessed with couldn’t be any better.”

The Jamestown Board of REALTORS® is comprised of 55 primary and secondary REALTOR® members and 14 Business Partner members.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck man is charged with attempted murder after he was accused of stabbing a man he believed had sexually assaulted a female acquaintance. A court affidavit says 32-year-old Dalton Peltier, the woman and Joseph Bernhardt were at a bar, then went to Bernhardt’s home to spend the night. When Peltier awoke Monday morning, Bernhardt was gone and Peltier believed he had sexually assaulted the woman. Officials say when Bernhardt returned, Peltier stabbed him with a kitchen knife. Bernhardt, bleeding heavily, fled to a neighbor’s house and survived his wounds. Peltier is being held on $10,000 cash bond.

BISMARCK, N.D. (NDDEQ) – The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) would like to remind building administrators, owners or managers, that periods of inactivity can cause lead leaching or bacterial growth in building water systems.

Proper flushing of plumbing before schools and other businesses reopen is essential to maintain water quality. Flushing water systems should be performed while the building is unoccupied and before reopening, if possible.

The NDDEQ recommends that facilitators who manage buildings with lead plumbing lines follow the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s “3Ts Flushing Best Practices” document at https://tinyurl.com/EPAflushingBP.

Plumbing maintenance procedures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control for all other buildings reopening after a prolonged shutdown are at https://tinyurl.com/CDCplumbing.

Please follow the appropriate protocol for flushing the plumbing in your building to prevent lead and legionella exposure. Learn more about how you can preserve environmental quality at the NDDEQ website located at https://deq.nd.gov.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal investigators are opening an office in Rapid City dedicated to cases of missing and murdered Native Americans, particularly women and girls. The office will be one of seven created by President Donald Trump as part of the Operation Lady Justice Task Force. The initiative aims to develop protocols for law enforcement to respond to missing and slain Native American persons cases and to improve data and information collection. The Rapid City office will be staffed with special agents from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and will coordinate efforts by local, federal and tribal law enforcement personnel to solve cold cases.

In world and national news…

(AP)  U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day. It’s a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getting discouraged over having to wait hours to get a test and days or weeks to find out the results. An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of tests per day slid 3.6% over the past two weeks to 750,000, with the count falling in 22 states. That includes places like Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri and Iowa where the percentage of positive tests is high and continuing to climb, an indicator that the virus is still spreading uncontrolled.

 

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s mayor has announced that the nation’s third-largest school district will not welcome students back to the classroom, after all, and will instead rely only on remote instruction to start the school year. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday that the shift is based on a recent uptick in coronavirus cases. The district last month unveiled a tentative hybrid plan for the fall semester, which begins Sept. 8. But officials said it was subject to change depending on families’ feedback and area trends in coronavirus cases. The Chicago Teachers Union strongly opposed the district’s hybrid proposal and called for virtual instruction to start the year, saying it wasn’t possible to keep staff and more than 300,000 students safe.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to host Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey at the White House as he points to the state as a model for the nation for addressing “embers” of the coronavirus. Arizona, like much of the Sun Belt region, began experiencing a severe spike in COVID-19 cases after the Memorial Day holiday, as states’ aggressive reopening plans coincided with an increase in travel. A senior White House official says Trump plans to highlight the surge in government resources and personnel to the state once federal officials observed an uptick in Arizona’s test positivity rate — a critical early warning sign of spreading infection.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper says most people think the deadly explosion Tuesday in Lebanon that killed at least 100 people was an accident. That contradicts President Donald Trump, who said American generals told him it was likely caused by a bomb. Lebanese officials say a large stockpile of ammonium nitrate left over from a seizure exploded. The explosion flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across Beirut, the capital. At least one American was killed. Thousands of people were injured.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s considering delivering his Republican convention speech from the White House. That would mark an unprecedented use of public property for partisan political purposes. Trump told Fox News Channel on Wednesday he’s “probably” going to deliver the speech from the White House because of the security and cost advantages. The Republican convention is scheduled for Aug. 24-27, with Trump’s speech capping the final night. The speech was going to be held in North Carolina until Trump feuded with the Democratic governor over health restrictions. Trump moved it to Florida but scrapped that because of a resurgence of the coronavirus there. Democrats will hold their convention in Wisconsin almost all virtually, and Joe Biden won’t travel there.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Ukraine says that if he’s confirmed, he won’t meet Americans with overtly partisan political agendas, Retired Army Gen. Keith Dayton says he’ll report any attempt to interfere in November’s election. He tells senators he’d look into any requests for meetings and wouldn’t accept any if he believed they were intended to influence the election or other domestic political issues. He wouldn’t commit to refusing a meeting with Trump backer Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani was at the forefront of a campaign to remove Marie Yovanovitch as the U.S. ambassador in Ukraine. That effort played a key role in Trump’s impeachment.

 

(AP)  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept his party’s White House nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus. Party officials confirmed the change in plans on Wednesday. The move is the latest example of the pandemic’s sweeping effects on the 2020 presidential election and the latest blow to traditional party nominating conventions that historically have marked the start of fall general election campaigns. Neither the Biden campaign nor Democratic National Committee officials offered details about how Biden might accept the nomination. A DNC official said all speakers and presenters for the Aug. 17-24 convention are now expected to speak from remote locations.