CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 30 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. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny with slight chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny with showers and

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

South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms

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

and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. North

winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent in the Jamestown area, 70 percent in the Valley City area.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. A 50 percent

chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s.

North winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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

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

thunderstorms. Highs around 80.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

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

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

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

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs around 80.

 

Isolated severe storms are possible late Wednesday afternoon and
evening. The main threats will be large hail up to golf ball size
and damaging winds up to 60 mph.

There will be several periods of thunderstorm potential from
Thursday through Saturday. Strong to severe storms will be
possible.

NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats

Wed. Aug. 12, 2020

Posted at 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.
  • Man in his 60s from Morton County with underlying health conditions.


COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED WEDNESDAY

  • Benson County – 3
  • Bowman County – 1
  • Burleigh County – 11
  • Cass County – 15
  • Divide County – 1
  • Emmons County – 1
  • Golden Valley County – 1
  • Grand Forks County – 9
  • McIntosh County – 2
  • McLean County – 2
  • Morton County – 5
  • Mountrail County – 5
  • Pierce County – 1
  • Richland County – 3
  • Sioux County – 3
  • Stark County – 8
  • Ward County – 2
  • Wells County – 2
  • Williams County – 12


BY THE NUMBERS

372,813 – Total Number of Tests Completed* (+4,327 total tests from yesterday)

173,019 – Total Unique Individuals Tested* (+1,161 unique individuals from yesterday)

165,049 Total Negative (+1,076 unique individuals from yesterday)

7,970 – Total Positive (+87 unique individuals from yesterday)

It was discovered that a case from Mercer County and Ward County were incorrectly reported.

2,015 – Total Positives from Serial (Repeat) Testing (+39 from yesterday †)****

2.0% – Daily Positivity Rate**

 

440 – Total Hospitalized (+10 individual from yesterday)

58 – Currently Hospitalized (+3 individuals from yesterday)

6,815 – Total Recovered (+147 individuals from yesterday)

120 – Total Deaths*** (+2 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.

 

Valley City  (VCSU)  A free COVID-19 testing event for VCSU students and employees will be held Thursday, Aug. 13, from 10-11 a.m. on campus at the West Fieldhouse Parking Lot. Walk-ups are welcome, but preregistration at testreg.nd.gov is strongly encouraged.

 

 

 

 

Valley City  (VCPS)  Valley City Public Schools Superintendent, Josh Johnson is notifying parents  that all students at Valley City Public Schools will need to register for the 2020-2021 school year beginning  Monday, August 10th. Please note, regardless of whether your student will be attending school in-person or virtual, you will need to make sure your student is registered prior to Thursday, August 13th.

Johnson’s statement says, “This year our student registration will be completely ONLINE due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have provided a step-by-step process for you to be able to complete student registration online following our specific directions. We will have a HELP DESK for anyone that needs assistance and/or may have questions. Please call this hotline 701.490.4078 anytime Monday-Thursday 8:00am-4:00pm. If you are registering on a mobile device and would prefer to register on a computer, come to the Central Office at 460 Central Avenue, and we will assist you with completing registration on a computer. If you come to the office, please bring a face covering with you and plan to wear while you register.

We are very excited for the 2020-2021 school year and our goal is to have 100% of all students registered by 5:00pm on Thursday, August 13th. Please help us to meet this goal and IF you have any questions and/or need help, don’t hesitate to contact our help desk. We are here to help and want to make the new online student registration process as simple for you as possible.

Begin Registering Online by Clicking on the Attachment and Following the Directions!

This brings us one step closer to the beginning of what will be a great 2020-2021 school year at Valley City Public Schools. We will be Better Together: Bridging Health and Education!

 

Jamestown   (CSi)  The Arts Center is  excited to hold the Downtown Arts Market in Jamestown this summer at 5:30 pm to 8:30-p.m, in the Hansen Arts Park, each Thursday evening through August.

August 13th:    Jon Wayne
With: Top of the Stairs Dance Studio
A local favorite! Jon Wayne and Weston of Jon Wayne and The Pain are bringing you a new project. This will be sticking more to the reggae and singer/songwriter style that old school JWP fans have been digging since 2007.

 

 

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) — The remains of a newborn girl have been returned to a grave in Valley City a year after they were exhumed in a decades-old cold case. The remains were buried again Tuesday at Hillside Cemetery in a ceremony attended by Barnes County and Valley City officials. The body of the infant, later called Baby Rebecca, was found in the underbrush near the Valley City State University campus on April 15, 1981. Investigators revealed the newborn child died from asphyxia shortly after she was born. In July of 2019, Valley City police exhumed the remains and sent them to a lab in Texas for DNA testing to determine her parental origins. The search for her parents continues.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)   The Jamestown Area Chamber Beautification Committee, Jamestown Parks and Recreation and other local partners held a ribbon cutting ceremony and Business After Hours celebrating the Sensory Garden at Solien-Denault Park. This garden is located at 17th Ave. & 35th St. SE in Jamestown. All five human senses are addressed at the garden, which is free and open to the public. To learn more about the Sensory Garden, visit www.jamestownparksandrec.com.

Businesses qualify for a ribbon-cutting ceremony if they open, move, remodel, are under new ownership or change their name.  For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)  Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee and the Young Professionals of Jamestown presented the Customer Service Award for August to Amy Humes of Lakeview Meadow Resort for her outstanding customer service.  The chamber honors individuals who demonstrate a consistent commitment to delivering products or services that satisfy customers by exceeding their requirements or expectations.

Her nomination said, “I contacted Lakeview Meadow to check on changing my cabin rental for my son’s graduation celebration in May. I was told that Amy was working from home due to the current pandemic, but the message would be passed along and she would call me back. It couldn’t have been more than 5 minutes and I received a call. I asked if the cabin I requested was available on the new proposed graduation date in July. Amy told me that it was and that when she had read the article in the Jamestown Sun the previous day, she had tentatively rescheduled all of her graduation rentals. Her thoughtfulness meant the world to me! Thank you, Amy for relieving some stress for me and for all you do to make Lakeview Meadow Resort such an enjoyable place for us to spend our summers!”

Congratulations to Amy, who along with all the other monthly winners, will be recognized at the Chamber’s annual banquet in January 2021.  Customer Service Award nomination forms are available at the Chamber office and on their website at www.jamestownchamber.com or call 701-252-4830.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)   – A pork steak dinner will be served on Thursday, Aug. 20, at a drive by “Dinner in the Park” event hosted by local Democratic-Nonpartisan League candidates from District 12. The meal will be served on a first come, first served basis from 5 to 7 p.m. at McElroy Park while supplies last.

Vehicles that stop at the Sertoma Shelter in the park will be served a boxed dinner for just $15 or freewill offering. Every 25th meal is free!

Meal includes a pork steak, baked potato, corn and bottled water.

 

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — State officials won’t release information on any companies that have declined to cooperate with requests from health officials during the coronavirus pandemic, after information about one Fargo company was released in error. The Associated Press requested the information Wednesday after The Forum reported that GPK Products ignored recommendations by the state epidemiologist in May to shut down its plant after at least 10 employees tested positive for COVID-19. State Department of Health spokeswoman Nicole Peske says state law that prohibits disclosure of information contained in disease control records. She declined to provide the documents that had been released by mistake.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Superintendent Kirsten Baesler says a new partnership with Minot State University will help ease the state’s shortage of special education teachers. Minot State will receive a $750,000 grant to pay for scholarships for 20 paraprofessionals who work with special education students. The grant money will help the paraprofessionals earn bachelor of science degrees with a major in special education. The $750,000 comes from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, approved by Congress in March, which included emergency assistance to schools.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. officials have opened an office in New Mexico dedicated to investigating cold cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous people. The office in Albuquerque is part of an effort to address violence against Native Americans and Alaska Natives, particularly women and girls. The office is the fourth of seven that are being established across the country as part of the Operation Lady Justice Task Force created via executive order by President Donald Trump in November. Other offices will be located in Arizona, Alaska and Tennessee. The goal is to develop protocols for law enforcement to respond to missing and slain Indigenous persons cases and to improve data collection.

In sports..

Valley City  (VCSU)  This year’s VCSU Viking Golf Scramble is planned for Saturday, August 29, 2020, at Valley City Town & Country Club.

Check-in/Registration from 9:00-9:45 a.m. Shotgun start at 10:00 a.m.

Entry Fee: Pre-register online for $75/person, OR register the day of the event for $100/person.

Entry Fee Includes:

  • Green fees – 18 holes
  • Meal provided
  • Hole prizes and contests
  • Team picture

To Reserve Carts: Call Valley City Town & Country Club at 701-845-4626

 

In world and national news…

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The Treasury Department says the U.S. budget deficit climbed to $2.81 trillion in the first 10 months of the budget year. That exceeds any on record, and it’s expected to eventually reach levels more than double the nation’s largest recorded annual deficit. The department said Wednesday that the federal government rang up a $63 billion deficit in July. That’s a relatively modest amount compared to red ink that spilled in the spring months when the government tried to revive an economy that all but ground to a halt due to the coronavirus outbreak. The July figure follows a record monthly deficit of $864 billion in June.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top official at the Federal Reserve criticized the decision by many states to reopen businesses this spring before getting the virus fully under control, and said those choices have hindered an economic recovery in the U.S. Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, says that states in the South and West that allowed businesses to reopen after shutting down for a brief period did register an initial burst of economic activity. But spikes in infection rates soon followed and economies in those states are now lagging those in the Northeast as consumers have become more cautious. Rosengren’s comments, delivered online Wednesday, are among the most specific yet by a Fed official tying the health of the economy to the nation’s ability to control the virus.

 

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s largest school district has struggled to launch online learning for its 180,000 students, as parents complained that they failed to log in to Gwinnett County’s online system. And the largest district in the state that’s currently offering face-to-face instruction has now quarantined over 1,110 students because of possible coronavirus exposure. That’s a one-day increase of more than 300 children. According to numbers released Wednesday, around 70 students and staff members in the Cherokee County district have tested positive for COVID-19. It’s unclear whether any were infected at school. Since classes resumed last week, 1,156 students and 37 employees have been quarantined.

 

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian officials say they have arrested two Florida men wanted in the United States on charges they illegally sold a bleachlike chemical as a miracle cure for the new coronavirus and other diseases. The Colombian prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that Mark and Joseph Grennon were arrested in the beach town of Santa Marta, and were shipping their “Miracle Mineral Solution” — chlorine dioxide — from there to clients in the United States, Colombia and Africa. It said seven Americans had died from using the substance

 

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it foiled a cyberattack targeting its defense industry by a shadowy group that the U.S. has linked to North Korea. The Israeli Defense Ministry says hackers with the Lazarus Group posed as the CEOs and senior officials of international companies. They then offered job opportunities to employees at Israeli defense firms in an attempt to gain access to their networks to steal information. The U.S. announced sanctions against the Lazarus Group last September, saying it was controlled by North Korea. It blamed the group for the WannaCry ransomware, which froze 300,000 computers across 150 countries in 2017, and the cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is investigating the shooting of a military helicopter during a training mission this week in northern Virginia, injuring one crew member who was aboard. Officials say the Air Force helicopter was flying over Middleburg on Monday when it was shot from the ground nearby. They say the helicopter landed at the Manassas Regional Airport, and federal agents were called to the scene to investigate. One person in the helicopter was injured but has since been treated and released from the hospital. The FBI says it is working with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

 

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — A shooting in a small South Carolina city involving sheriff’s deputies has left a man dead and a woman injured. Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride says the deputies were caught in an “ambush situation” Tuesday night when fired upon from a hill next to a Lowe’s parking lot in Anderson. The deputies returned fire and struck two people. McBride says the deputies were searching for two people who ran out of a car after an attempted traffic stop and pursuit. A police dog was also killed. The state’s investigative law enforcement agency is investigating. At least two of the deputies are on paid administrative leave.