Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Sept 3

CSi Weather…

. REST OF TODAY…Sunny, cooler. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 5 to

10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to

10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 50. North winds around

10 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds

5 to 10 mph.

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

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.

.LABOR DAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the lower 60s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely in the

evening, then chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the

lower 40s. Chance of showers 60 percent.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the lower 50s.

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

showers in the evening. Lows in the upper 30s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.

 

Jamestown  (JPD)  Jamestown Police Department is  investigating a stabbing that occurred late Wednesday night.

Hardy reported that “The caller stated the male was in their building and the person with the knife was not there.”

A 63 year-old male was located inside with a stab wound to his abdomen. Officer’s secured the scene and gave the male medical attention until Jamestown Ambulance arrived.

Jamestown Ambulance transported the man to Jamestown Regional Medical Center and he was airlifted to a Fargo hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Hardy adds, “There was a person of interest identified and interviewed but no arrests have been made,”

The stabbing may have happened on the South side of the Park Plaza Mall or in McElroy Park.

The Jamestown Police Department was assisted by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Department.

This incident remains under investigation and anyone with any information is asked to call the Jamestown Police Department at 701-252-1000.

 

Bismarck  (KFYR)  The weekly COVID-19 Response media briefing has been moved to today (Thursday) at 3:30 p.m. CST.

The Governor’s Office said there was a “scheduling change” as the reason for the move in timing.

Gov. Doug Burgum, R-N.D., was expected to make an announcement on adjusting the state’s COVID-19 Threat Level. The state had been in the “Green-Low Risk” level for months.

Following recent increases in cases and daily positive rates, Burgum said he was considering adjusting the threat level to “Yellow-Moderate” either statewide or county-by-county; focusing on Burleigh, Morton, Stark, Grand Forks, and others.

North Dakota health officials are reporting 265 new positive coronavirus cases and three new deaths on Wednesday. The number of new positive cases reported Wednesday included 62 in Burleigh County and 23 in Morton County. The counties that include the Bismarck metropolitan area have taken over as the state’s hot spot for the virus in recent weeks. North Dakota’s death toll from the coronavirus was 148 as of Wednesday. The newest victims were a man in his 70s from Morton County, a woman in her 90s from Williams County, and a woman in her 80s from Burleigh County.

North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott on Wednesday asked students at the state’s 11 colleges and universities to stay on campus and minimize traveling over the Labor Day weekend in an effort to help control the spread of COVID-19.  He also encouraged students to get tested at public testing sites. The university system has about 45,000 students.

 

NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats

Wed. Sept 2, 2020

11-a.m.

Barnes

New Positives  3

Total Positives 117

Active Cases 50

Recovered 67

 

Stutsman

News Positives 8

Total Positives 221

Active Cases 78

Recovered 140

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

BY THE NUMBERS

5,786 – Total Tests from Yesterday*

479,468 – Total tests completed since pandemic began

265 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****

12,267 – Total positive individuals since pandemic began

4.58% – Daily Positivity Rate**

 

2,285 – Total Active Cases

+40 Individuals from yesterday

132 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday****

9,834 – Total recovered since pandemic began

66 – Currently Hospitalized

+4 individuals from yesterday

3 – New Deaths*** (148 total deaths since the pandemic began)

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

• Woman in her 90s from Williams County with underlying health conditions.
• Man in his 70s from Morton County with underlying health conditions.
• Woman in her 80s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY

• Barnes County – 3
• Benson County – 6
• Burleigh County – 62
• Cass County – 50
• Dickey County – 2
• Dunn County – 2
• Eddy County – 2
• Foster County – 2
• Grand Forks County – 18
• Hettinger County – 2
• McHenry County – 3
• McKenzie County – 2
• McLean County – 2
• Mercer County – 2
• Morton County – 23
• Pembina County – 2
• Pierce County – 2
• Ransom County – 1
• Richland County – 2
• Rolette County – 6
• Sargent County – 1
• Sioux County – 1
• Stark County – 8
• Steele County – 2
• Stutsman County – 8
• Traill County – 1
• Walsh County – 2
• Ward County – 12
• Wells County – 1
• Williams County – 35

 

* 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.

******Totals may be adjusted as individuals are found to live out of state, in another county, or as other information is found during investigation.

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.

(AP)  Public health departments, which have struggled for months to test and trace everyone exposed to the novel coronavirus, are now being told to prepare to distribute COVID-19 vaccines as early as Nov. 1. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling health departments across the country to draft vaccination plans by Oct. 1 “to coincide with the earliest possible release of COVID-19 vaccine.” But health departments that have been underfunded for decades say they currently lack the staff, money and tools to educate people about vaccines and then to distribute, administer and track doses to some 330 million people.

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the governor’s authority to shut down businesses during a pandemic. The hair salon at a Minot assisted living facility that sued in April plans to appeal to the state Supreme Court. Somerset Court and its salon operator sued in an effort to allow the facility’s in-house hair salon to continue providing services to residents. They asserted that Gov. Doug Burgum’s orders went beyond his authority and denied plaintiffs their constitutional right to earn a living. The state argued a governor has the the authority to manage emergencies.

Jamestown  (JPS) Jamestown Public Schools, Superintendent, Dr. Robert Lech says,  all Jamestown Public Schools students will receive free meals for the start of the 2020/2021 school year via a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) waiver as the country continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

These meals will be made available as late as December 31, 2020 or until the available federal funding is exhausted.

Lech says, “This is a great development for our kids and families. We are very pleased with this decision.”

The available meals include breakfast and lunch for all students, either virtual or in-person, and includes “to-go” pickups. Extra milks, ala carte items, and super-size entrees will still be charged to the individual account.

Current funds in a student account can be held for when charges to meals resumes. Families are still requested to complete Free and Reduced Meal Program applications as the free meals are temporary and dependent upon available federal funds. In addition, there are also other household and school district benefits to qualifying for the Free and Reduced Meal Program.

Any complete meal charges going back to the first day of school will be refunded to the student’s account through this USDA program extension waiver.

Valley City  (VCPS) Under guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture, beginning immediately, Valley City Public Schools will be offering free meals to all students.

Every student is eligible for free breakfast and lunch daily, independent of income level. Free meals are set to continue through December 31^st, 2020 or until USDA funding is no longer available. All families will automatically receive free meals as long as the program is active and need not take any action to receive this benefit.

As the special funding for this program does have the potential to end unexpectedly, families are strongly encouraged to continue to complete free and reduced meal applications for this school year. Completing an application not only ensures your students receive free school meals without interruption, they also directly impact important school funding sources.

Menus will continue to include your same favorite entree and salad bar choices. Ala Cart and Super Sizing will also continue to be available for purchase at the Jr/Sr High School.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown is informing residents, that a public hearing is being held during the September 8, City Council Meeting, because the City of Jamestown has used Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the State of North Dakota, Division of Community Services (DCS). CDBG funds are intended to provide decent housing, suitable living environments and economic opportunities, principally for very low and low income persons through rehabilitation and preservation, economic/job development and public facilities improvements. The project in Jamestown, ND was $100,000 Main Street Façade Improvements, Project 4455-SL18-MS.

 

The City of Jamestown is  asking for comments on this project and other community development and housing needs, including the needs of very low and low income persons, as well as other needs in the community that might be addressed through the CDBG program, and the performance of the City of Jamestown in carrying out its community development responsibilities related to the $100,000.00 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Project No. 4455-SL18-MS for the Main Street Façade Improvements, and to obtain citizen views and to respond to proposals and questions. Written comments have also been asked for. Oral and written comments will be considered in deciding whether these monies were used for the purpose intended by this project.

VELVA, N.D. (AP) — Prosecutors in McHenry County have charged a man with six felonies after he was accused of trying to strangle his child’s mother and stealing a trooper’s baton and using it against him. Court records say 19-year-old Charles Rill, of Velva, tried to strangle the mother of his 1-year-old son at their apartment last Thursday. When a Highway Patrol trooper arrived, prosecutors say Rill repeatedly tried to punch him in the face, tried to grab his gun and succeeded in getting his baton which he used to hit the officer in the head.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Democrats have asked the North Dakota Supreme Court to put their replacement candidate for insurance commissioner on the November ballot, a week after the justices removed their previous nominee. The court last week found Travisia Martin was not eligible to hold the office because her residency in North Dakota falls short of the five-year requirement for the job. Democrats argued Wednesday that state law allows it to substitute a candidate, insurance agent Jason Anderson, after the court found Martin ineligible. Republican incumbent Jon Godfread is seeking a second term, running unopposed. The court did not yet rule on the Democrats’ request.

In sports…

— Josh Donaldson returned from the injured list with two hits and two RBIs in the Twins’ 8-1 drubbing of the White Sox. Jake Cave, Miguel Sanó (sah-NOH’) and Eddie Rosario homered to support José Berríos (beh-REE’-ohs), who worked six strong innings.

In world and national news…

(AP)  Global stock markets are mostly higher after Wall Street surged to its biggest daily gain since July despite uncertainty about the global economic outlook. London, Frankfurt and Tokyo gained while Shanghai retreated. Investors have been encouraged by hopes for progress in developing a coronavirus vaccine. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained 1.5% despite a report on hiring that some analysts said might indicate the U.S. job market recovery could be fading. Global stock markets have recovered most of this year’s losses, driven by strong gains for tech and some other stocks while most companies are down.

(AP)  With just two months left until the U.S. presidential election, Facebook says it is taking additional steps to encourage voting, minimize misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election “civil unrest.” The company said Thursday it will restrict new political ads in the week before the election and remove posts that convey misinformation about COVID-19 and voting. It will also attach links to official results to posts from candidates and campaigns declaring a premature victory. Facebook and other social media companies are being scrutinized over how they handle misinformation, given problems with candidates like President Donald Trump posting false information and Russia’s interference in the 2016 White House elections.

 

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump sped through a V-J Day speech on Wednesday as thunderstorms threatened, trumpeting American strength and managing to squeeze in shots at Democratic rival Joe Biden. Trump stood before an iconic World War II-era battleship to declare the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina, a World War II “Heritage City.” He honored war veterans, including 97-year-old Hershel “Woody” Williams, who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Trump said Williams is “100 percent sharp.” Then he added that he knew of a 78-year-old who is “not so sharp” — a clear allusion to Biden.

 

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials on both sides of Afghanistan’s protracted conflict say efforts are ramping up for a start to intra-Afghan negotiations, a critical next step to a U.S.-negotiated peace deal with the Taliban. The talks, which will begin in Qatar where the Taliban maintain a political office, are intended to lay out a road map to a future Afghanistan, with the first item on the agenda expected to be a cease-fire agreement. The peace deal, which calls for the intra-Afghan negotiations, was signed by the U.S. and the Taliban in February and was seen at the time as Afghanistan’s best hope at peace after four decades of war.

 

MIAMI (AP) — Police in Colombia have arrested three Venezuelans who were part of a failed plot organized by a former U.S. Green Beret to sneak across the border and oust President Nicolás Maduro. AP learned that the three were arrested in simultaneous raids early Wednesday in the capital of Bogota on charges of arms trafficking and training to carry out illicit activities. All three lived for months in rustic camps along Colombia’s Caribbean coast where ex=Green Beret Jordan Goudreau was helping organize a volunteer army for a rapid cross-border strike to remove Maduro. But they didn’t participate in the May 3 assault that ended with the capture of dozens of would-be combatants, including two of Goudreau’s former special forces buddies.