Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct 14

CSi Weather…

FORECAST…

TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Colder. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow in the evening, then chance of snow after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow

possibly mixed with rain. Highs in the upper 30s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the lower 20s.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow in the

afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 20.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain and snow in

the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain in the

afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  Governor Doug Burgum held his weekly COVID-19 news briefing Wednesday afternoon at the state capital in Bismarck.   He was joined by North Dakota Department of Human Services (NDDHS) Executive Director Chris Jones.

 

713 new positive COVID-19 cases and 159 new active cases, along with eight additional deaths. The update Wednesday came after The COVID Tracking project showed that the state topped 900 new cases per 100,000 people over the past two weeks, based on numbers collected through Tuesday. That ranks first in the country for new cases per capita, ahead of No. 2 South Dakota’s figure of more than 832 new cases per 100,000 residents. A total of 28,947 positive tests have been verified in North Dakota since the pandemic began. It was the seventh straight day of active cases, putting the total at 4,759.

 

Burgum said, on March 11, 2020 North Dakota reported its first COVID-19 case, and since then he has tracked the virus and he was in touch with governors.  He said North Dakota has followed a path that has worked, including keep the spread of the virus, low.  He pointed out health care, with hospital stays remaining low, and adequate hospital be capacity.  He also talked about education both with in class and distance learning.

He went on to say, North Dakota is now finding itself in the midst of a COVID-19 spread in the Midwest.

Burgum added that public health and front line workers are someone conflicted with politics involved.

He praised North Dakota’s local leaders, facing challenges.

He said more powerful than an executive order, or mandates, is individuals compassion and love toward fellow citizens, including masking up, and other safe protocols being observed.

He invites North Dakotans to take action toward their communities, and fellow citizens by rising to the challenge by leading in each community by example.

 

Burgum said North Dakota has the third lowest positivity rate in the region.

He pointed out that 50 percent of longterm care workers have tested positive, in the setting of serving the vulnerable population.

He said North Dakota has received 58,000 rapid 15 minute COVID tests, that are being used in longterm care facilities.

Burgum visited on Wednesday by phone with mayors of the state’s 14 largest cities, discussing current issues with COVID-19 in North Dakota.

 

NDDoH COVID-19 Stats

Wed Oct 14, 2020

Posted 10 a.m.

Barnes

New Positives  2

Total Positives 276

Active Cases 30

Recovered 245

 

Stutsman

New Positives 7

Total Positives 632

Active Cases 88

Recovered  540

More information as it becomes available

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

BY THE NUMBERS

7,797 – Total Tests from Yesterday*

730,902 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began

713 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****

28,947 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began

9.54% – Daily Positivity Rate**

 

4,759 Total Active Cases

+159 Individuals from yesterday

535 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (385 with a recovery date of yesterday****)

23,823 – Total recovered since the pandemic began

132 – Curren­tly Hospitalized

-26 – Individuals from yesterday

8 – New Deaths*** (365 total deaths since the pandemic began)

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

• Woman in her 70s from Bowman County with underlying health conditions.
• Man in his 80s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
• Man in his 80s from LaMoure County with underlying health conditions.
• Man in his 90s from LaMoure County with underlying health conditions.  
• Man in his 80s from LaMoure County with underlying health conditions.
• Man in his 50s from McLean County with underlying health conditions.
• Man in his 80s from McIntosh County with underlying health conditions.
• Man in his 60s from Mercer County with underlying health conditions.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY

• Adams County – 2
• Barnes County – 2
• Benson County – 5
• Bottineau County – 10
• Bowman County – 6
• Burleigh County – 151
• Cass County – 216
• Dickey County – 2
• Divide County – 3
• Dunn County – 4
• Eddy County – 4
• Emmons County – 5
• Foster County – 5
• Golden Valley County – 2
• Grand Forks County – 30
• Grant County – 3
• Hettinger County – 1
• Kidder County – 3
• LaMoure County – 1
• Logan County – 8
• McHenry County – 1
• McIntosh County – 7
• McKenzie County – 17
• McLean County – 7
• Mercer County – 12
• Morton County – 44
• Mountrail County – 7
• Nelson County – 1
• Oliver County – 7
• Pierce County – 1
• Ramsey County – 9
• Ransom County – 1
• Richland County – 3
• Rolette County – 3
• Sargent County – 2
• Sheridan County – 1
• Sioux County – 4
• Stark County – 24
• Stutsman County – 7
• Traill County – 3
• Walsh County – 9
• Ward County – 55
• Wells County – 1
• Williams County – 24

 

* 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.

**Individuals who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (susceptible encounters).

*** Number of individuals who tested positive and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. There is a lag in the time deaths are reported to the NDDoH.
**** 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.

With active COVID-19 cases continuing to rise in North Dakota, Gov. Doug Burgum Wednesday announced updates to the ND Smart Restart guidelines to help reverse the trend and reduce the spread of coronavirus in communities.

Again, these are meant to be guides and not mandates, and are not meant as guidance for school districts.

Highlights include:

Stutsman County remains in the Green Low Risk level. Barnes stays at at the Yellow moderate risk level.

Changes that have occurred include:  Steele County moving to the Blue New Normal level, Logan and Sargent Counties to Green Low Risk.  Moving from Moderate Yellow, to Orange High Risk is Dickey County.

For more information on North Dakota’s COVID-19 response, visit www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus or www.ndresponse.gov.

 

Burgum said, “We can better target the source of community spread of COVID-19 by reducing the recommended size limits for gatherings while also collaborating with communities to promote social distancing, wearing face coverings and practicing good hand hygiene to save lives and livelihoods.”

Effective 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, the updated ND Smart Restart guidelines are as follows for counties under these risk designations:

• Critical (red): Non-essential businesses closed
• High (orange): 25% occupancy with a cap of 50 people (changed from non-essential businesses closed); encourage businesses to require face coverings
• Moderate (yellow): 50% occupancy with a cap of 100 people (down from 250); encourage businesses to require face coverings
• Low (green): 75% occupancy with a cap of 200 people (down from 500)
• New Normal (blue): operate as usual.

 

Burgum also announced that for the first time, 16 counties are being moved into the high-risk (orange) level, which now recommends reduced occupancy rather than business closures. Nine counties are moving from low risk to moderate risk, and two are moving from the new normal to low risk. The risk level map will be updated here.

 

The changes to county risk levels are specific to large gatherings and businesses, not the instructional model within K-12 schools.

 

Larger indoor and outdoor gatherings are permitted if approved by community leaders and the local health authority. Community leaders may require event planners to submit a logistics and emergency operations plan to their local health authority no later than 30 days prior to the event. The ND Smart Restart recommendations are intended to supplement and not replace local requirements.

 

Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford also met with more than a dozen mayors from North Dakota’s largest cities on Wednesday to discuss their local challenges, strategies to increase adherence to guidelines and how the state can best support local efforts.

For more information on North Dakota’s COVID-19 response, visit www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus or www.ndresponse.gov.

 

Chris Jones added that each long term care facility determines their own visitor restrictions.  If new limitations are implemented the state’s long term care indoor visitor restrictions will move from 195 to 12 facilities.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Central Valley Health District will be offering free drive-up COVID-19 testing this week on Fri Oct 16. 

Starting, Friday, October 16, 2020 at 9:00 AM; 3rd St NE/300 Block (North side of Civic Center) will be closed for Covid-19 Testing. Testing will take place inside the Civic Center.
This will continue EVERY FRIDAY from 9AM-1PM through December 18, 2020.
Motorists should use extreme caution in this area.
Questions regarding testing; please contact Central Valley Health at 252-8130.

Drive-up testing will occur on from 10am to noon at the Jamestown Civic Center.   Testing will occur every Friday until further notice.  Follow Central Valley Health District on Facebook for current and up-to-date information on local response information.

Those who wish to receive a test are required to complete the online screening questionnaire in advance, which can be found here: https://testreg.nd.gov/.  If you have completely pre-registration in the past, you do not have to do it again.

 

Valley City (CCHD) –City County Health reports that  a daycare center in Valley City has temporarily closed following  a child testing positive for the COVID-19 virus last week.  Issues include quarantining the positive case and looking into close contacts.

Administrator Theresa Will says the voluntary closure happened on Monday, October 12. She said they tentatively plan to reopen on October 22nd.

She said a number of the close contacts occurred last week.

It’s the second time a daycare center has voluntarily shutdown due to the COVID-19 virus in Valley City. The first was reported in late August of 2020.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund says, Frontier Village had good attendance this past tourism season, and that the attraction is in “a learning category.”

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Searle said visitors are looking for an interactive experience while visiting the Village, adding that the goal is to “marry,” the past history experience with a new experience.

He said currently a strategic plan for Frontier Village is being developed, addressing deficiencies.

He said this past summer Jamestown’s street department, along with the water department, plus parks and recreation workers have been assisting with improving the physical appearance of the buildings.

He added that the buildings themselves in some cases are not historic in nature, the artifacts inside are, and will be saved, for placement in more secure and updated structures.

Searle pointed out that employees of the Jamestown Civic Center, have also assisted in working on Village improvements.

Owned by the City of Jamestown, Frontier Village will be managed for another year by Jamestown Tourism.

On another topic, Frontier Village will host a Treat Night on October 31, from 5-p.m., to 7-p.m.

Social distancing will be observed and wearing face masks is encouraged.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The public testing of the electronic voting system for Stutsman County will take place on Friday, October 16, 2020, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Election Room of the Stutsman County Courthouse, 511 2nd Ave SE, Jamestown, ND 58401.

Anyone wishing to attend and assist with testing, please contact the Auditor’s Office at (701) 252-9035.

 

 

 

Bismarck  (NDDHS)   – The North Dakota Department of Human Services’ Behavioral Health Division announced Wednesday that it has awarded funding for the expansion of a children’s behavioral health prevention and early intervention pilot grant to Dunseith Public School and Barnes County North Public School near Wimbledon, N.D.

 

The two school districts will share up to $150,000 to build a comprehensive strategy to improve children’s behavioral health in school settings by using a fully-integrated continuum of support that includes health promotion, primary prevention, treatment and recovery that can be shared with other North Dakota schools in the future.

 

Barnes County North Elementary School Principal Danielle Bosse said, “We are excited to develop a comprehensive behavior plan to enforce consistency throughout our building and enhance relationships to be proactive in our fight against the mental health issues in children.”

 

The children’s prevention and early intervention pilot grant is part of an effort to enhance the state’s behavioral health system. It supports recommendations included in a North Dakota Behavioral Health Study to invest in prevention and early intervention, expand community-based services, and enhance and streamline the system of care for children and youths.

 

Valley City  (Chamber Release)  Valley City Mayor, Dave Carlsrud has another message for the community.

*Fun Facts: Squirrels are the greatest cause of power outages. Our power was on .99967 % of the time

 

*Safety: Last week a young student was struck by a car and was knocked out of his/her shoes. I don’t believe speeding was involved. In school zones, construction zones and any congested areas, slow down. Remember maximum speed limits are for when conditions are perfect, they are not minimums. Please drive safely.

 

*Good News: A friend lost his money clip with cash and ID’s. A “Good Samaritan” turned it into the Post Office intact. Thank you to the “Good Samaritan” and our community for fostering the “right things”.

 

*Not as Good: Let’s please pick up our dog’s poop. It is important for hygiene and it is our responsibility as pet owners.

 

*Good News: Thank you to our Volunteer Fire Fighters and their families for the many sacrifices you make to protect Valley City and Barnes County. Gods’ Blessings to all.

 

*COVID-19 Update: The positive numbers are rising at an uncomfortable pace. From a North Dakota League of Cities (NDLC) this week, there is concern about the aforementioned and could lead to higher risk ratings. Since our spike in positives, you folks have been doing a good job of lowering the curve again. Hygiene, Social Distance and “MaskUpND” when you can’t social distance. “Work towards “Green”

 

*Business Owners: You can help! Encourage wearing masks in your business establishment when people, including employees, can’t social distance. We do not want another closing of businesses.

 

*Please, exercise your right to vote.

 

“A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else’s life.”                                  (Peanuts, Charlie Brown)

 

Blessings, Pray and Be Safe,

Dave

Dave Carlsrud

 

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) – A sad ending to the search for a missing 80-year-old man.

Fargo Police say Robert McKinnon’s body has been located.

Officers were called out on a unattended death report at 3501 45th Street South on Tuesday afternoon. That is where McKinnon was found.

Family was notified as soon as McKinnon was located, but police say they decided to hold off on releasing the information to the public to allow the family time to contact relatives.

 

PEMBINA, N.D. (AP) — Enbridge Energy officials say they have completed a small section of its Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement project in North Dakota, leaving only the Minnesota stretch that has been challenged by state officials and others. The company said in a release Wednesday that more than than 400 construction workers started on the 12-mile North Dakota project in August. Line 3 starts in Alberta and clips a corner of North Dakota before crossing northern Minnesota en route to Enbridge’s terminal in Superior, Wisconsin. The company has also completed the Canadian and Wisconsin portions of the pipeline. Plans to complete the 337-mile line in Minnesota have been approved by the the independent Public Utilities Commission but is facing its third appeal from the state Commerce Commission.