CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon.

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

winds 5 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY…Sunny with slight chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly cloudy with rain

showers and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in

the mid 70s. South winds around 15 mph with gusts to around

30 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with rain showers likely and chance

of thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear with chance of

rain showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper

40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent in the Jamestow area, 80 percent in the Valley City area.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.

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

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

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

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

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

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.

 

On Sunday a sharp cold front moves across the area, with a marginal risk of severe weather for eastern portions of the forecast area.

 

The number of active coronavirus cases in North Dakota has topped 2,000 for the first time, with a near-record number of tests coming back positive. The North Dakota Health Department reported 2,163 active cases on Friday, up 168 from Thursday.  The agency reported 314 new positive cases, down from a record 337 set the day before. Thirty-three of North Dakota’s 52 counties reported new positive cases, led by Burleigh County with 62. The state’s death toll attributed to the virus remained at 139 on Friday. There were 70 people hospitalized, up nine from Thursday.

 

 NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats

Fri. Aug. 28, 2020

Posted 11-am.

 

Barnes County

New Postives  6

Total Positives 83

Active 35

Recovered 48

 

Stutsman County

New Positives 10

Total Positives 165

Active 30

Recovered  132

COVID-19 Test Results
The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website.

BY THE NUMBERS

7,885 – Total Tests from Yesterday*

457,750 – Total tests completed since pandemic began

314 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday

One case from Morton County and one from McKenzie County are from out of state, one case from Eddy County was misreported and another case from Sioux County was a duplicate.

11,110 – Total positive individuals since pandemic began

3.98% – Daily Positivity Rate**

 

2,163 – Total Active Cases

+168 Individuals from yesterday

142 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday****

8,808 – Total recovered since pandemic began

70 – Currently Hospitalized

+9 individuals from yesterday


0 – New Deaths*** (139 total deaths since the pandemic began)


COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED FRIDAY

  • Adams County – 1
  • Barnes County – 6
  • Benson County – 13
  • Bowman County – 1
  • Burleigh County – 62
  • Cass County – 50
  • Cavalier County – 1
  • Dunn County – 2
  • Foster County – 1
  • Golden Valley County – 2
  • Grand Forks County – 44
  • Hettinger County – 4
  • Kidder County – 1
  • LaMoure County – 1
  • Logan County – 1
  • McHenry County – 1
  • McKenzie County – 2
  • McLean County – 2
  • Mercer County – 1
  • Morton County – 22
  • Mountrail County – 2
  • Pembina County – 4
  • Ransom County – 2
  • Richland County – 3
  • Rolette County – 1
  • Sargent County – 2
  • Sioux County – 5
  • Slope County – 1
  • Stark County – 48
  • Stutsman County – 10
  • Traill County – 1
  • Ward County – 6
  • Williams County – 11

 

* 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.
**** The daily numbers are the actual date individuals are officially out of isolation and no longer contagious.

 

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  (CSi)  The Valley City Public School District will hold a second drive-thru mask distribution on  Sunday August 30, from 4-p.m. to 6-p.m.,at the Central Avenue bus lane.

Do not get out of your vehicle during this event.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown City Engineering informs motorists that beginning Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 7:00 AM, 900 Block of 12th Ave SE will be closed, for sewer line repairs.
Construction signing will be put into place by the contractor.
This construction will continue through the day and will be finished at 6:00 PM.
Motorists should use extreme caution in this area.

Jamestown   (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works reminds residents that due to the Labor Day Holiday, there will be NO garbage or recycling collection on Monday, September 7, 2020.

Monday’s garbage route will be collected on Tuesday. Tuesday’s route will be collected on Wednesday; Wednesday’s route will be collected on Thursday, Thursday’s route will be collected on Friday, September 11, 2020.
Garbage routes will begin at 7:00 a.m. each morning.

The baling facility and the recycling center will be OPEN on Saturday, September 5, 2020
and CLOSED on Monday, September 7, 2020.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s longest-serving Supreme Court justice is back in the hospital after he was released to another facility for rehabilitation following treatment for the coronavirus. The Bismarck Tribune reports that Justice Gerald VandeWalle. who was released from Sanford Health Bismarck’s COVID-19 unit a week ago, was readmitted Monday following a chest X-ray,. VandeWalle says the test showed a “little clot” in his lung and he has been short of breath. The 87-year-old VandeWalle has been on the court for 42 years. He served as chief justice from 1993 through 2019.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The number of American white pelicans at a North Dakota wildlife refuge is down dramatically due to high water that has gobbled up much of their nesting grounds, An aerial survey completed Friday showed about 14,200 birds nesting at the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, or about half the number recorded two years ago. Acting refuge manager Jeff Dion says heavy snow melt followed by a wet spring swamped much of the pelicans’ main nesting grounds. The refuge normally draws thousands of tourists annually to see the birds but flooded roads have prevented access to viewing locations.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested the husband of a Minot woman who died after what was initially reported as an accidental shooting. Officers were called to a Minot residence May 21 where 37-year-old Connie Rod had been shot. Her 42-year-old husband, Erik Rod, reported the shooting was an accident. She died at Trinity Hospital on May 25. Police say their investigators discovered evidence that led them to believe the shooting wasn’t accidental. The Ward County State’s Attorney’s Office reviewed the case and issued a felony murder charge. Erik Rod was arrested Thursday and is being held in the Ward County Jail. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney to speak on his behalf.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer is telling Congress that the U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote. The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in America, where the president has declared without evidence that the expected surge in mail-in ballots will make the vote “inaccurate and fraudulent,” and has suggested he might not accept the election results if he loses.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Carter Center, an organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, has launched an initiative meant to strengthen and build confidence in the U.S. election system. The center said Friday that it has observed over 110 elections in 39 countries since 1989, but is now taking on the problems at home. The center notes that while the U.S. has fallen short of some international election standards before, it’s only in the last decade that the center would describe the country’s democracy as “backsliding.” President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the 2020 election will be the most rigged election in U.S. history.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel is moving to hold Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in contempt of Congress. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel of New York said Friday that the panel will prepare a contempt resolution for what he called Pompeo’s “unprecedented record of obstruction and defiance.” Pompeo has repeatedly rejected the committee’s subpoenas for records related to Ukraine that the department has already turned over to the Senate. Pompeo and his aides say all of the House subpoenas are politically motivated, without merit, and unnecessary. Contempt itself is largely symbolic and used to embarrass officials who refuse congressional requests

 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is announcing a new process for reopening businesses that is slower and more gradual than what the state tried earlier this summer. The new rules create a four-tier, color-coded system that counties will move through based on their number of cases and percentage of positive tests. It will rely on two metrics to determine which tier a county is in: case rates and the percentage of positive tests. The new process will put more power with the state instead of the counties. The new rules come nearly two months after Newsom shut down bars, restaurants for indoor dining and other businesses following a surge in cases.

 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Health officials in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County say four people who were at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte have tested positive for the coronavirus. WBTV reported Thursday that those who tested positive were immediately isolated. The county said in a news release that nearly 800 people were tested who attended the event or who helped support it. Two attendees and two people supporting the convention tested positive. The Charlotte Observer reports that the disclosures come after county health officials raised concerned about a lack of social distancing and mask wearing at a Monday business meeting of the RNC in Charlotte. Strict coronavirus protocols were supposed to be followed.