– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Aug 11

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 30 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorm in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 40 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 60 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 60s.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear with a 40 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s.

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

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. 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 upper 70s.

Thunderstorm chances return on Wednesday, and storm chances will
continue on and off through Saturday. Strong to severe storms will
be possible.

NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats

Posted Tues. Aug. 11, 2020

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

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

Man in his 80s from Stark County with underlying health conditions.
Woman in her 60s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
Man in his 70s from Stark County with underlying health conditions.
Woman in her 50s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
Woman in her 70s from McKenzie County with underlying health conditions.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TUESDAY

Benson County – 5
Bottineau County – 1
Bowman County – 2
Burleigh County – 43
Cass County – 13
Dunn County – 1
Foster County – 1
Grand Forks County – 18
Griggs County – 1
McKenzie County – 1
McLean County – 5
Mercer County – 3
Morton County – 19
Mountrail County – 1
Ramsey County – 5
Richland County – 1
Rolette County – 9
Sioux County – 3
Slope County – 1
Stark County – 28
Steele County – 1
Stutsman County 1
Stutsman Positives 128
Stutsman Active 12
Stutsman Recovered 113
Traill County – 2
Walsh County – 2
Ward County – 3
Williams County – 4

BY THE NUMBERS

368,487 – Total Number of Tests Completed* (+5,774 total tests from yesterday)

171,858 – Total Unique Individuals Tested* (+2,019 unique individuals from yesterday)

163,973 Total Negative (+1,847 unique individuals from yesterday)

7,885 – Total Positive (+174 unique individuals from yesterday)

It was discovered that a case from Barnes County and Cass County were incorrectly reported as positive.

1,976 – Total Positives from Serial (Repeat) Testing (+53 from yesterday †)****

3.0% – Daily Positivity Rate**

430 – Total Hospitalized (+13 individual from yesterday)

55 – Currently Hospitalized (+7 individuals from yesterday)

6,668 – Total Recovered (+234 individuals from yesterday)

118 – Total Deaths*** (+5 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 (NDDOT) A Virtual Public Input Meeting will be available August 18th, 2020 on the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) website at www.dot.nd.gov, click “Public Meetings” under Quick Links. A pre-recorded presentation and other materials will be available on August 18th, 2020. This is not a live event.

The purpose of the Virtual Public Input Meeting is to receive public input and comments for proposed structure improvements to the Pipestem Creek Bridge. The structure is located on North Dakota Highway 30, approximately 1/4 mile north of the US Highway 52 intersection. The project consists of replacing the existing bridge with a new structure and re-grading the bridge approach roadways.

The Virtual Public Input Meeting is being facilitated by the NDDOT.

Written statements or comments about this project must be postmarked or emailed by September 1st, 2020 to Travis Brossart, Bridge Division, 608 E. Blvd. Ave. Bismarck, ND 58505. Email tbrossart@nd.gov with “Virtual Public Input Meeting” in the e-mail subject heading.

For any questions, help submitting comments, or to request hard copy materials please contact Travis Brossart at (701) 328-2529.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation will consider every request for reasonable accommodation to provide:

an accessible accommodation for people with disabilities,
language interpretation for people with limited English proficiency (LEP), and
translations of written material necessary to access NDDOT programs and information.

To request accommodations, contact the Paula Messmer, Civil Rights Division, NDDOT, at (701) 328-2978 or civilrights@nd.gov. TTY users may use Relay North Dakota at 711 or 1-800-366-6888.

Valley City (CSi) Preventice Solution Center in Valley City has added five new positions.

The news release states, ‘The new positions include Reimbursement Specialist, Revenue Cycle Quality Specialist, Payment Posting Specialist, EDI Specialist, and Patient Services Benefits Specialist. The Valley City Center is currently hiring for all new positions as well as Patient Support Representatives and Verification Specialists.

Over the past year, the Center in Valley City has delivered high quality services for Preventice and has proven to be an important asset to the company by providing 24/7 customer service and preventing disruptions during natural disasters, the pandemic and other types of events. Valley City and the well-respected work ethic of North Dakotans are helping to deliver seamless support to customers across the country.

Valley City Site Supervisor, Katie Kohler, says applications are being accepted immediately. Interested parties can apply at www.preventicesolutions.com/careers and search the names of the positions for North Dakota to view the position descriptions.

Vice President of Customer Experience, Brad Krueger adds, “Preventice continues to build upon our success in Valley City. This site is strategic to the company’s growth.”

The plans to add additional workspace and equipment are moving forward to accommodate the growth. Preventice began operations in Valley City in April 2018 and is in the Regional Technology Center. The Company is headquartered in Eagan, MN with operations in Rochester, MN, South San Francisco, CA, and Houston, TX.

Preventice is being hosted at the Workforce Center (Rosebud Visitor Center on 2nd Floor), 250 West Main Street, Valley City on Thursday, August 13th from 3:30-5:30 pm to learn more about the positions and the company.”

Feature photo is Katie Kohler, Valley City Site Supervisor for Preventive Solutions.

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A large fire at an apartment complex in Mandan has displaced its tenants. Flames could be seen shooting from the roof of the three-story Sunset Bluffs Apartments Monday night. The Red Cross is assisting an unknown number of people whose apartments were lost or damaged. The Bismarck Tribune reports the complex is next to the building that burned in July 2019 and was later razed. The cause of Monday night’s fire is under investigation.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Data from the American Immigration Council shows North Dakota has a small but growing community of immigrants, with many coming from the Philippines. The council’s latest figures show immigrants comprised 6% of the state’s workforce in 2018. Immigrants accounted for 13% of the state’s production employees and 11% of residents working in the manufacturing industry. The state’s 1,506 immigrant business owners accounted for 3% of all self-employed in 2018 and generated $66.8 million in business income. Immigrant-led households in the state paid about $156 million in federal taxes and $71 million in state and local taxes in 2018.

In sports….

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Football Boosters is holding a football camp, instructing area 5th & 6th grader athletes beginning tools in help in understanding the game of football more before entering middle school.

The camp will be full pads with practices held a few times a week.

Registration is Tuesday, August 18 at the Hillcrest Softball Diamonds. The cost is $80 includign all practice equipment and a T-shirt at the end of camp.

A parent meeting is set for August 27 to find out what’s expected during the camp and answer questions.

COVID-19 precautions will be taken, including small group focus.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own water bottles and mouth guards.

Coaches and volunteers are also needed.

Contact Gary Schmidt at 701-659-1744 for more information or to become a coach or volunteer.

(AP) The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences won’t play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19. The decisions take two of college football’s five power conferences out of a crumbling season amid the pandemic. The Big Ten’s announcement that it was postponing all fall sports and hoping to make them up in the second semester came first. An hour later, the Pac-12 called a news conference to say that all sports in its conference would be paused until Jan. 1, including basketball. The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 and Southeastern Conference are still moving forward with plans to conduct a football season.

In world and national news…

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden has chosen California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. It’s a move that fulfills the wish of Democrats clamoring to see a woman of color on a major party’s presidential ticket for the first time in history. The 55-year-old Harris was elected to the Senate in 2016 after serving as California’s attorney general. Harris competed against Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination but left the race before voting began as she struggled to raise money. One of Harris’ standout moments of her presidential campaign came at the expense of Biden, when she slammed his past opposition to school busing.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department is highlighting a number of actions school officials should take to increase safety, including improving mental health resources, monitoring social media accounts and improving physical security measures. The report examined what the group believes are the 10 most essential actions that officials can take to prevent mass shootings and other attacks in schools across the U.S. It was released Tuesday and was a culmination of a federal school safety working group. The release comes as school administrators across the nation grapple with whether to resume in-person classes and restructuring schools to increase social distancing, while also balancing security measures to prevent violence.

CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia school district has quarantined more than 800 students because of possible exposure to the coronavirus since it resumed in-person teaching last week. Data updated Tuesday by the Cherokee County School District outside Atlanta also show it has quarantined 42 staff members since the start of the year on Aug. 3. Officials say they are also temporarily shutting down Etowah High School, one of the district’s hardest-hit schools. The district serves more than 42,000 students. Other Atlanta-area school districts scrapped in-person learning amid a spike in cases of COVID-19 in Georgia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal review has found that the State Department did not act improperly when it approved the sales of billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia last year without the consent of Congress. The State Department Office of Inspector General concludes in a report that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had the legal authority to declare an emergency that allowed the administration to bypass Congress under the Arms Export Control Act. Congress opposed the sales in part because of concerns about civilian casualties in the Saudi-led war in Yemen. The former State Department inspector general who was fired by Trump in May has said senior State Department officials tried to block his inquiry into the sale before his ouster. Pompeo has said that wasn’t the reason for his dismissal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two officials familiar with the matter say the man who was shot and wounded near the White House by a uniformed Secret Service officer Monday had been threatening to kill people. The confrontation near the White House had led to President Donald Trump being abruptly escorted out of a briefing room during a televised news conference. Police say the man, Myron Basil Berryman of Forestville, Maryland, was arrested on a charge of assaulting a law enforcement officer. He remained hospitalized with critical injuries on Tuesday. The officials, who were briefed on the investigation, could not discuss the ongoing probe publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 23-year-old Black man who died after officers in suburban Denver stopped him on the street last year and put him in a chokehold have sued police and medical officials. Tuesday’s lawsuit says the action is a way to seek accountability for the loss of a “beautiful soul” and to send a message that “racism and brutality have no place in American law enforcement.” McClain was stopped by three white officers responding to a call about a suspicious person. Police put him in a chokehold, and paramedics gave him ketamine to calm him down. McClain suffered cardiac arrest and later died.

BEIRUT (AP) — The shattered city of Beirut marked a week since the catastrophic explosion that killed at least 171 people, injured thousands and plunged Lebanon into a deeper political crisis. Thousands of people marched near the devastated port, remembering those who died in the most destructive single blast to hit the country. They observed a minute of silence at 6:08 p.m. local time, the moment on Aug. 4 that thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the city’s port where it had been stored for more than six years, apparently with the knowledge of top political and security officials. At that moment, church bells tolled and mosque loudspeakers recited a call to prayer.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of thousands across the Midwest remained without electricity after a powerful storm packing 100 mph winds battered the region. Monday’s storms caused widespread and crop damage, and the death of a 73-year-old Isabel E. Atencio. She was found clutching a young boy in her storm-battered mobile home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The boy believed to be her grandson had minor injuries. The storm known as a derecho tore from eastern Nebraska across Iowa and parts of Wisconsin and Illinois. In Iowa, three mobile coronavirus testing sites were temporarily closed after suffering storm damage. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said early estimates indicate 10 million acres have been damaged in the nation’s top corn producing state.