Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Mar 30

CSi Weather…

…WIND ADVISORY  EXPIRED AT 10 PM CDT TUES. EVENING…

Wind speeds have decreased below advisory criteria and the

advisory was allowed to expired. Breezy northwest winds will

continue throughout the night.

Previously

..WIND ADVISORY EXTENDED TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING…

WHAT…Northwest winds to 40 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

* WHERE…Western and central North Dakota,Stutsman, Barnes, Ramsey, Benson, Barnes, Western Walsh, Towner, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson and Griggs Counties.

* WHEN…Until 10 PM CDT/9 PM MDT/ Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS…Unsecured items will be blown away. Working on elevated
surfaces will be hazardous. Travel will be difficult, especially
for high profile vehicles.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…High winds may cause reduced visibility due
to blowing dust and dirt, especially in open country.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing. A 20 percent chance of snow showers in the evening in te Valley City area. Lows around 15. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the lower 20s. South winds 5 to

10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Not as cool. Highs around 60. South winds

15 to 25 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.

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

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.

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

NDDoH

COVID Stats

11am

Tues. Mar. 30  2021

Barnes:

New Positives 4

Total Positives 1328

Active 13

Recovered  1284

 

Stutsman:

New Positives 2

Total Positives  3326

Active 6

Recovered 3241

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

Please note that from now on the daily news release will be sent Monday – Friday. The NDDoH dashboard will continue to be updated daily.

 

BY THE NUMBERS
229,101	Residents who received at least one dose of vaccine
391,704	Total COVID-19 vaccine doses administered
5,607	Total Tests from yesterday*
1,787,818	Total tests completed since the pandemic began
245	Positive Individuals from yesterday*****
88	PCR Tests
157	Antigen Tests
102,880	Total positive individuals since the pandemic began
6.15%	Daily Positivity Rate**
1,044	Total Active Cases
+123	Change in active cases from yesterday
94	Individuals with a recovery date of yesterday****
100,370	Total recovered since the pandemic began
15	Currently hospitalized
-3	Change in hospitalizations from yesterday
0	New death(s)
1,466	Total deaths since the pandemic began
INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19
No deaths to report
NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY BY COUNTY
Adams		0	Grant	0	Ransom	2
Barnes		4	Griggs	0	Renville	0
Benson		2	Hettinger	0	Richland	8
Billings		0	Kidder	0	Rolette	0
Bottineau		1	LaMoure	0	Sargent	1
Bowman		0	Logan	1	Sheridan	1
Burke		0	McHenry	2	Sioux	0
Burleigh		15	McIntosh	0	Slope	0
Cass		124	McKenzie	0	Stark	5
Cavalier		0	McLean	1	Steele	0
Dickey		0	Mercer	1	Stutsman	2
Divide		0	Morton	4	Towner	1
Dunn		0	Mountrail	2	Traill	2
Eddy		0	Nelson	2	Walsh	7
Emmons		0	Oliver	0	Ward	15
Foster		0	Pembina	5	Wells	0
Golden Valley		0	Pierce	0	Williams	3
Grand Forks		28	Ramsey	6

 

* Note that this includes PCR and antigen; it does not include individuals from out of state. 

**Individuals (PCR or antigen) 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 with a PCR or antigen test and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. Please remember that deaths are reported as they’re reported to us by the facility or through the official death record (up to 10-day delay). 

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

*****Daily positive numbers include people who tested with a PCR or antigen test. 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.

 

CVHD

AVAILABLE 1st DOSE CLINICS:

What: 1st Dose COVID Vaccination Clinic

Vaccine Type: Moderna (18 years and older)

Location:  Jamestown Civic Center Exchequer Room (North Entrance)

Date:  Thursday, April 1

Time:  9:00am – 2:00pm

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

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AVAILABLE 2nd DOSE CLINICS:

*Review the due date on the back of your CDC COVID vaccination record card prior to registering.

* 2nd dose clinics ONLY.  If you register as a first dose, your appointment will be canceled.

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What: 2nd Dose COVID Vaccination Clinic

Vaccine Type: Moderna

Date:  Thursday, April 1

Time:  9:00am – 2:00pm

Location:  Jamestown Civic Center Exchequer Room

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

. Appointments are required and are first come, first serve. Once the clinics are full, they will be closed for registration.
.
. To register for an appointment, visit our website www.centralvalleyhealth.org and click the “COVID-19” tab.

 

Valley City  (CCHD)  City/County Health District in Valley City will hold the next COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Thursday, April 1, 2021, from 9-a.m. to 10:45-a.m.,at CCHD.

This is a 1st Dose Clinic for Moderna.

Pre-Registration is required, for subsequent clinics

The vaccination is for the Moderna vaccine, administered in two doses, the second dose 28 days from the first dose.  The 2nd Dose will be given on Thursay April 29.  Check the back of you CDC card to see when you will be scheduled for the second dose.

CCHD is currently vaccinating into Phase 1C Priority Groups, including Barnes County Essential Workers, and ages 18 and older at increased risk for COVID-19.

 

Valley City (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Special Session on Tuesday noon virtually, on the Zoom platform, from City Hall. Commission Erikson was not present.

A Resolution was discussed authorizing the issuance of Improvement Warrants and Exchanging them for $1,535,000, Refunding Improvement Bonds of 2021.

Finance Director, Avis Richter introduced Mike Manstrom who explained the refunding sale at 1.19 percent interest rate for the remainder of the 10-years, which he said was a very low rate.

The Commission members voted unanimously.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68.

 

Valley City  (CSi 3-30-21)   – The latest message from Valley City Mayor Dave Carlsrud.

“Please be careful with fire as our area is very dry, windy and the grass fires burn like crazy. The Barnes County “burn ban” is in place and has been extended for another week. Some prayers for rain would be good.

Please CHECK THE BATTERIES in your smoke and radon alarms. Our fire department is receiving calls as alarms are sounding because of low batteries.

On a sad note, violence in our country has been rearing its ugly head. Whether it is racial, gender, political, LBGT, color or religion, we need to end the violence. Just because someone is a different color, has a different spiritual belief or lifestyle, isn’t reason for us to dislike him or her. Conflict is generally best resolved through communication. Perhaps through communications, commonalities may be identified and could bring us closer together. “Love our neighbors as ourselves”.

Thanks to our Street Department for cutting many of the ruts from our alleys.

COVID-19 vaccination, get yours, let’s move towards Herd Immunity and some protection from variants on the horizon. See the City County Health District website, citycountyhealth.org or call 845-8518.

There are legislative bills that could affect you. See: https://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular to track bills and to contact your legislators if you wish. It is an interesting process.”

Valley City Mayor Dave Carlsrud

“I object to violence as when it appears to do good, it is only temporary and the evil it does, is permanent.” Mahatma Gandhi

Carrington  (CSi)  Carrington Elementary School Superintendent, Kris Kuehn reports, that a secure in place was issued Tuesday morning at the school.

She says the  event that about 11-a.m., a secure in place was issued lasting about around 15 to 20 minutes.

Kuehn says, “There was no imminent threat to students or staff safety.”

West Fargo   (KFGO) – Precautionary lockdowns were ordered at four West Fargo schools Tuesday morning while police responded to a report of an aggravated assault.

KFGO reports that the assault was reported in the area of 9th St. and 13th Avenue  East. The suspect was seen running eastbound from the scene. Out of caution, the West Fargo High School, Willow Park Elementary School, Eastwood Elementary, and L.E. Berger Elementary were put on a hallway closure. There was no direct threat to the schools or students.

Police are not releasing information about the assault because “it can potentially damage the investigation.”

Valley News Live reports,the police have not arrested anyone in relation to this incident, and say the assault was targeted at the individuals involved and not the larger community.

West Fargo Police say they will share more information when it becomes available, but say the investigation is still ongoing.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Police in Bismarck say two men who were shot, including one fatally, were apparent targets of the perpetrator. Lt. Luke Gardiner says investigators are following up on leads in Sunday night’s shooting at the Mapleton Apartments in north Bismarck. Officers responded to reports of gunfire about 11 p.m. and found the two victims inside the apartment complex. They were taken to the hospital where one man, 26 years old, died from his injuries. Police say the other man, age 29, is in stable condition and is expected to recover. The victims have not been identified.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The president of North Dakota State University says he won’t bow to political pressure or sanctions against the school for having ties to Planned Parenthood. University President Dean Bresciani says “it’s a matter of academic freedom.” The Legislature is pushing to prohibit the school from funneling federal grant money to Planned Parenthood for sex education in the state. Some lawmakers contend it could result in classes that promote abortion. A draft amendment in the House says ties to such a program could force result in budget cuts. A school official signing an agreement also would face jail time.

Bismarck  (CSi)  – The North Dakota Department of Human Services confirmed  Tuesday, that while it works to support the resettlement of refugees and other individuals who are legally authorized to enter the country, the state has not accepted unaccompanied undocumented children from the United States’ southern border.

Recent news stories had included speculation about federal plans for sheltering unaccompanied undocumented children and youth who entered the U.S. unlawfully and were detained at the southern border.

“The state has not accepted unaccompanied undocumented youth from the southern border and does not have the facilities or capacity to serve more children than the North Dakota children already being cared for in qualified residential treatment programs,” said DHS Executive Director Chris Jones.

Jones said, North Dakota was one of the first states to implement the federal Family First Prevention Services Act, which refocused the state’s child welfare system on serving children safely in their communities in family homes. Over the past eight years, North Dakota has reduced the number of licensed beds for children and youth by 212 beds by shifting services away from institutional settings toward community-based treatment and support services for children and youth.

As a result, the state currently has 76 licensed qualified residential treatment program beds to serve eligible North Dakota children and youth and has no residential child care facility beds, which were eliminated in 2019.

Jones acknowledged he’s been receiving calls because of confusion about the differences between refugees and asylees who are legally approved to live in the country, and undocumented individuals who are not in the U.S. legally.

Refugees enter the U.S. legally with U.S. State Department approval, after completing a rigorous background check and sometimes after living for years in United Nations-sanctioned refugee camps. Refugees are unable to live in their own countries due to persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. Through international humanitarian efforts, refugees are resettled to the U.S. and other countries.

After Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota ceased operations in January 2021, DHS assumed administration of some federally funded refugee resettlement services.

DHS works with partner agencies to provide an array of temporary resettlement support services promoting economic self-sufficiency and community integration, such as employment services, English language learning services, case management and more. DHS also administers the unaccompanied refugee minor program, which is foster care for qualifying refugees under age 18, and 18+ services for qualifying young adults.

The federal government has authorized Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services’ office in North Dakota to resettle refugees approved by the U.S. State Department.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The teenager who shot the widely seen video of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer charged in his death testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin “just stared at us” and didn’t react to bystander pleas. Eighteen-year-old Darnella Frazier said Chauvin and another officer on the scene put their hands on their Mace when bystanders wanted to intervene. She says she began recording because “it wasn’t right, he was suffering, he was in pain.” Earlier, a man who was among onlookers shouting at Chauvin to get off Floyd last May says he called 911 to report a murder after Floyd was removed by paramedics. Prosecutors led off their case by playing portions of Frazier’s video, which sent waves of outrage around the globe.

In sports…

SIOUX CITY, Iowa  (3-30-21)  (UJ)  — Derek Owens (FR/Andover, Minn.) of the University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team has been named GPAC Attacker of the Week.

Owens hit .441 with 22 kills in 34 attempts as the fourth-ranked Jimmies won a pair of matches last week. He averaged 3.67 kills per set and is now 7th in the NAIA with his .511 hitting percentage.

Jamestown, now 18-2 this season, hosts the GPAC postseason tournament April 9-10 at Harold Newman Arena. UJ will play Morningside at 7 p.m. on April 9.

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) — A vicious attack on an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square is drawing widespread condemnation and raising alarms about the failure of bystanders to intervene amid a rash of anti-Asian violence across the U.S. A lone assailant was seen on surveillance video Monday kicking the 65-year-old woman in the stomach, knocking her to the ground and stomping on her face as police say he shouted anti-Asian slurs at her. The attack happened outside an apartment building two blocks from Times Square, a bustling, heavily policed section of midtown Manhattan. Two workers who appeared to be security guards were seen on the surveillance video witnessing the attack but failing to come to the woman’s aid. Their union has disputed that.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a review of how the Justice Department can best deploy its resources to combat hate crimes during a surge in incidents targeting Asian Americans. Garland issued a department-wide memo on Tuesday announcing the 30-day review. It cites the “recent rise in hate crimes and hate incidents, particularly the disturbing trend in reports of violence against members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community since the start of the pandemic.” The memo comes as a number of police departments across the U.S. are reporting an uptick in hate crimes and attacks on Asian Americans .

 

LAFAYETTE, Colo. (AP) — A slain Colorado police officer credited with preventing more deaths in a mass shooting at a supermarket was being honored at a memorial service before he is laid to rest. More than 500 law enforcement vehicles participated in a procession Tuesday that escorted the hearse carrying Officer Eric Talley’s body to the service. The church is close to Boulder, where Talley and nine other people were killed after a gunman opened fire at a grocery store on March 22. The program for the ceremony included a poem written by Talley’s seven children for Christmas 2019, called “Our Unsung Hero.” It praises him for risking his life.

 

GENEVA (AP) — An international team that has released a long-awaited study of the possible origins of COVID-19 with Chinese colleagues say it’s a “first start.” They appealed for patience and emphasized that a possible laboratory leak, while an unlikely hypothesis, cannot be fully ruled out. The US and the European Union expressed concerns about the findings and delays in deploying the expert team to China. The Chinese foreign ministry touted China cooperation with the World Health Organization, which convened the international team. The study left unanswered any timeline for next steps to unearth the possible origins of the coronavirus that has left nearly 2.8 million people dead.

 

BERLIN (AP) — German health officials have agreed to restrict the use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in people under 60, amid fresh concern over unusual blood clots reported in a tiny number of those who received the shots. Health Minister Jens Spahn and state officials agreed unanimously Tuesday to only give the vaccine to people aged 60 or older, unless they belong to a high-risk category for serious illness from COVID-19 and have agreed with their doctor to take the vaccine despite the small risk of a serious side-effect.

 

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago hospital’s CEO has been suspended for two weeks following a series of COVID-19 vaccination events involving alleged favoritism, including one in which ineligible Trump Tower workers were vaccinated. A Loretto Hospital spokeswoman said Monday in a statement that hospital president and CEO George Miller’s unpaid suspension is on hold while the hospital searches for a new chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Dr. Anosh Ahmed was the hospital’s COO and CFO. He resigned last week, days after he and Miller were reprimanded following news reports that hospital executives provided COVID-19 vaccines to some people who were not yet eligible.