Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Nov 9

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 20. West winds 5 to 15 mph.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.VETERANS DAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds

10 to 20 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows 15 to 20.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 20.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs around 40.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 20s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.

 

Bismarck  (CSi) Governor Doug Burgum held his weekly news briefing Monday afternoon at the state capital in Bismarck.  He was joined by Human Services Executive Director Chris Jones.

Burgum said by 10 – percent hospitalizations stemming from COVID-19 have been recorded, recently.  He said community spread is causing a dramatic increase in positive cases, leading to a possible  large increase in hospitalization over the next two to three weeks.

Meeting with hospital officials, Burgum said pressure on hospitals is currently increasing. Some hospitals are suspending elective surgeries.

86 percent of hospitalizations are non COVID-19 related.

The North Dakota team is working  with hosptials to ensure availability to expand worker eligibility.

Plans are being studied to possibly move staff from one hospital to another where healthcare worker shortages are great.

Improving hospitalizations for COVID patients is now decreasing to an average of seven and a half days.

Rapid testing is being shifted to healthcare providers, along with expanding at larger colleges and universities.

NDDoH is hiring EMT’s so that current personnel can assist local public health.

On another topic Burgum is urging everyone to get a flu shot, with 2,000 flu cases reported last flu season.

NDDoH COVID-19 Stats

Mon Nov 9, 2020

8-a.m.

Barnes

New Positives   30

Total Positives 533

Active Cases 106

Recovered  425

Stutsman

1 New Death

Man in his 80s from Stutsman County.

Total Deaths 17

New Positives 48

Total Positives 1507

Active 419

Recovered 1071

 

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

BY THE NUMBERS

7,455 – Total Tests from Yesterday*

947,371 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began

1,160 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****

55,458 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began

16.73% – Daily Positivity Rate**

 

10,865 Total Active Cases

+302 Individuals from yesterday

846 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (690 with a recovery date of yesterday****)

43,949 – Total recovered since the pandemic began

254 – Currently Hospitalized

+14 – Individuals from yesterday

5 – New Deaths*** (644 total deaths since the pandemic began) 

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

• Man in his 50s from Burleigh County.
• Man in his 60s from McKenzie County.
• Woman in her 60s from Mountrail County.
• Man in his 80s from Stutsman County.
• Man in his 80s from Walsh County.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED MONDAY

• Adams County – 1
• Barnes County – 30
• Benson County – 1
• Bottineau County – 3
• Bowman County – 1
• Burleigh County – 214
• Cass County – 216
• Cavalier County – 7
• Dickey County – 2
• Divide County – 1
• Dunn County – 1
• Emmons County – 3
• Foster County – 7
• Grand Forks County – 166
• Grant County – 6
• Griggs County – 6
• Hettinger County – 2
• Kidder County – 3
• Logan County – 2
• McHenry County – 5
• McIntosh County – 2
• McKenzie County – 10
• McLean County – 10
• Mercer County – 2
• Morton County – 61
• Mountrail County – 3
• Nelson County – 9
• Oliver County – 1
• Pembina County – 13
• Pierce County – 10
• Ramsey County – 45
• Ransom County – 4
• Renville County – 1
• Richland County – 13
• Rolette County – 26
• Sargent County – 3
• Sioux County – 15
• Stark County – 21
• Steele County – 1
• Stutsman County – 48
• Towner County – 2
• Traill County – 9
• Walsh County – 35
• Ward County – 93
• Wells County – 3
• Williams County – 43

 

* 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.

On Monday, Burgum moved remaining counties not in the Orange High Risk Level, to that level, all 53 counties.  In this area it includes now in Orange, High Risk, Logan, Ransom, and Griggs Counties, moving from yellow moderate risk.

Description of County Risk Level colors, categories

• 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.

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a report of a garage fire Monday about 4:15 p.m., at 1307, 13^th Street Southwest.

No immediate word on the cause or the amount of damage inflicted by the fire.

More information when the report is filed.

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Stutsman County Canvass Board has released the official result totals of the November 3, 2020 General Election.

Canvassed

Nov 9, 2020

Election Day Precincts Reporting 12 of 12 12 0 0 12
Precincts Complete 12 of 12 12 0 0 12
Precincts Partially Reported 0 of 12 0 0 0 0
Absentee/ Early Precincts Reporting 12 of 12 0 12 12 0
Registered Voters – Total 0
Ballots Cast – Total 10,044 2,892 2,747 4,385 20
Ballots Cast – Blank 1 1 0 0 0
Voter Turnout – Total 0.00%
Election

State Senator D12

REP Cole Conley 3,258 53.98%
DEM John Grabinger 2,549 42.23%
Write-In Totals 10 0.17%
Total Votes Cast 5,817 96.37%

Overvotes 2 0.03%
Undervotes 217 3.60%

State Representative D12

REP Mitch Ostlie 3,321 27.51%
REP Bernie Satrom 3,423 28.35%
DEM George Barnes 1,824 15.11%
DEM Pam Musland 2,212 18.32%
Write-In Totals 38 0.31% 11 7 20 0
Total Votes Cast 10,818 89.61%
Overvotes 12 0.10%
Undervotes 1,242 10.29%

 

County Commissioner

Jill Schwartz (fka Gainer) 3,491 17.38%
Joan Morris 4,945 24.62%
Mark T Klose 5,631 28.03%
Write-In Totals 75 0.37% 27 23 25 0
Total Votes Cast 14,142 70.40% 3,464 3,808 6,845 25
Overvotes 6 0.03%
Undervotes 5,940 29.57%

20 votes were added to the unofficial election night total, however they were not enough to change the outcome in any of the races

County Website  Election Button, with Official Results

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Message from Valley City Mayor, Dave Carlsrud

*Thank a “Veteran” as November 11^th is Veterans’ Day. Many people out there have served our country’s military to provide the freedoms we have today. Also, when you see active military personnel, please say “Thank you” to them as they are currently protecting our freedoms.

 

*“Thank you” to all the “close contacts” out there who are patiently quarantining to protect people around them.

 

*Recycle CARDBOARD. Cardboard “weighs up” in a hurry so it is beneficial to recycle, as it is “cash flow”. If it is thrown in our garbage it becomes an “expense”. The less garbage we have to ship to Fargo’s Landfill, the longer we can hold our Garbage Rates steady for you. Please try it.

 

*We are now in the Orange Risk Level for the COVID spread which prompted a “Mask Mandate” in Valley City. Our number of positives spiked again with 30 one day last week and double digit increases since.  The virus has caused a number of Barnes County people to be very sick for a couple weeks and there have been deaths. This is serious, please Mask-UP, it helps. We NEED to be “North Dakota Smart”!!

 

*What we have been doing is not slowing the spread. Please ask yourself, “To slow the spread, what can I do better”?

 

*Long time Senator Larry Robinson was defeated in this year’s election. As Senator, Larry served District 24 faithfully, effectively and with dignity. He worked both sides of the aisle in efforts to “do the right things” for all North Dakota. Thank you Larry and thank you to your family members for their support over the years as well, you will always be remembered.

 

*Be courteous, respectful & kind.

“Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.”          (John Wayne)                                                  

 

Blessings, Pray and Be Safe,

Dave

Dave Carlsrud

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)  Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Modern Wellness. This new business has opened at 1107 North University Drive in Jamestown.

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 November to Dan Kapp of R.M. Stoudt for his 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.

His nominations said, “The great service was at the place of business and then again at our house. Dan helped us get the seat belt lock off the seat and then he was working on the car at the shop and ran across something under the seat later to find out he had found money. He stopped at our house on his own time to ask how we were doing after we were in a car accident, and also shared he had something to make me feel better then handed me the money. What an honest thoughtful person Dan is. I feel he always goes the extra mile to make the customer feel better.”

Congratulations to Dan, who along with all the other monthly winners, will be recognized at the Chamber’s celebration 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.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company that built the Dakota Access Pipeline is suing for the return of thousands of documents held by North Dakota, saying the disclosure of those records presents a security risk. The Bismarck Tribune reports that Energy Transfer and its subsidiary Dakota Access LLC said in a lawsuit that the state recently provided some 16,000 “confidential, proprietary, and privileged documents” to an unspecified third party under an open records request. The lawsuit says its disclosure “puts the pipeline, Plaintiffs’ employees, and the citizens of North Dakota at risk.” State attorneys have asked a judge to dismiss, calling the documents public property.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper. It’s a stunning move on the heels of Trump’s failed reelection bid. It could also unsettle U.S. allies and partners. The conventional wisdom is that stability atop the Pentagon and the military be maintained during a possible transition to a new administration. Esper was Trump’s second defense secretary, succeeding Jim Mattis, who resigned in 2018. Trump announced the news in a tweet, saying that “effective immediately” Christopher Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will serve as acting secretary

The U.S. has confirmed more than 10 million coronavirus cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, as infections continue to rise in nearly every state. The U.S. hit the milestone on Monday. New daily confirmed cases are up more than 60% over the past two weeks, to an average of nearly 109,000 a day. Average daily cases are on the rise in 48 states. The U.S. accounts for about one fifth of the world’s 50 million confirmed cases. U.S. coronavirus deaths are up 18% over the past two weeks, averaging 939 every day. The virus has now killed more than 237,000 Americans.

 

Pfizer’s surprising news that its COVID-19 vaccine might offer more protection than anticipated is raising questions about exactly how the different shots will make it to market. Pfizer and the maker of the other leading U.S. vaccine candidate have been cautioning for weeks that the earliest they could seek regulatory approval for wider use of their shots would be late November. Science moves at its own pace. COVID-19 vaccines worldwide are being developed at record speeds in hope of ending the pandemic. And when they’re ready for prime time depends on a long list of research steps including how many study volunteers wind up getting the coronavirus.

WILMINGTON, Delaware (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is imploring Americans to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus — even as he cheered news about the promising development of a vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Biden, in remarks after meeting with his newly formed coronavirus advisory board, cautioned that Americans still face “a dark winter” and need to be aggressive about mask wearing and social distancing as infections continue to surge around the country. Even if Pfizer gets approval from regulators for emergency use of a vaccine, Biden noted it could be months before the vaccine is widely available. Total U.S. cases passed the 10 million mark on Monday.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is congratulating President-elect Joe Biden on an “apparent victory” but adding that President Donald Trump should be afforded the chance to challenge the results. Collins won reelection last week over Democrat Sara Gideon. She asked voters who have questions about the results of the presidential election to be patient. She says, “First, I would offer my congratulations to President-elect Biden on his apparent victory – he loves this country, and I wish him every success.” Collins added that Trump’s desire to challenge the results should be handled in accordance with existing laws. Trump has so far refused to concede to Biden.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Eta is causing dangerous flooding across Florida’s most densely populated urban areas. The system stranded cars and swamped entire neighborhoods with fast-rising water that had no place to drain. The system made landfall Monday in the Florida Keys and posed a serious threat across South Florida, which was already drenched from more than 14 inches (35 centimeters) of rain last month. Forecasters say Eta could dump an additional 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 centimeters). Earlier, the storm struck Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane and killed nearly 70 people from Mexico to Panama.

 

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are requiring Zoom to strengthen its security in a proposed settlement of allegations that the video conferencing service misled users about its level of security for meetings. The settlement was announced by the Federal Trade Commission. A complaint filed by the agency accused Zoom of deceiving users over security since at least 2016. It said the company held on to cryptographic keys that allowed it to access content from its customers’ meetings, and secured meetings with a lower level of privacy encryption than it promised customers. The regulators allege that Zoom “engaged in a series of deceptive and unfair practices that undermined the security of its users.”