CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers in the evening, in the Jamestown area, 20 percent in the Valley City area, partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.

Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 10 to

20 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.

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

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

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs around 90.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi- ND Tourism))  North Dakota Tourism officials, along with developer, Brian Lunde visited Jamestown, Tuesday.

North Dakota Tourism Director Sara Otte Coleman and  staff met with  Jamestown Tourism officials and the Bison World project Organizers updating the project.

They discussed encouraging  residents and non-residents to visit the state.

Brian Lunde says they were awaiting Apogee Attractions to complete designs while awaiting the financial report from Eide Bailey, to be used in conjunction with  accessing North Dakota Legacy Funding.  The project is looking to obtain around $60 million in funding from the  Fund.
Pending funding approval, construction could start in the spring of 2022., on 120-acres of State of North Dakota land now used as a pasture for the National Buffalo Museum’s bison herd, with development of a hotel, restaurant, discovery center, gondola skyway, safari tour, and other attractions.

The North Dakota Department of Health dashboard is updated daily by 11 am and includes cases reported through the previous day. The investigations are ongoing and information on the website is likely to change as cases are investigated. The information contained in this dashboard is the most up to date and will be different than previous news releases. This dashboard supersedes information from previous news releases or social media postings.

Check out our other dashboards: The COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, NDUS Dashboard.COVID- 19 stats:

 

Tues. Aug 10 ,2021

10:30 – a.m.

Barnes

New Positives  2

Total Positives 1440

Active 8

Recovered: 1400

 

Stutsman

New Positives 3

Total Positives 3591

Active 15

Recovered  3493

 

 

Jamestown  (CVHD)  Central Valley Health District along with the North Dakota Department of Health are partnering to provide weekly COVID drive up vaccination clinics at the Buffalo Mall parking lot in Jamestown starting in August.

The drive-up clinics will be held on Sundays and Mondays for the next six weeks.  The event will take place from 1 pm to 6 pm in the Buffalo Mall parking lot located at 2400 8th Ave SW in Jamestown.  The clinics are open to anyone 12 years of age and older no appointment is needed you can preregister at https://www.ndvax.org.

Dates of the clinics are August 15 and 16, August 22 and 23, August 29 and 30, September 5 and 6, September 12 and 13 and September 19 and 20.    The clinic will be open on Labor Day September 6 from 1 to 6.

For more information, please call CVHD at 252-8130.

 

 

Jamestown  (CVHD)  Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Schedule

Central Valley Health District Vaccination Clinics

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Vaccine Type: PFIZER (2nd Dose Only)

Event Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Event Location: Central Valley Health District

 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Vaccine Type: PFIZER

Event Time: 8:00am – 3:30pm

Event Location: Jamestown Middle School 

 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Vaccine Type: PFIZER

Event Time: 8:00am – 3:30pm

Event Location: Jamestown High School 

 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Vaccine Type: PFIZER, MODERNA

Event Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm

Event Location: Central Valley Health District

 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 

 

 

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)  The chamber Young Professionals of Jamestown and the Chamber Ambassadors recently recognized Pioneer Bait Shop as the August Business of the Month Award recipient for their outstanding customer service and continued commitment to the community.

 

 

 

Their nomination stated, “Thelma is pretty awesome. Not only does she run the Pioneer Bait Shop she also is involved with Farmers Market. She always has a positive attitude. I admire her so much for being able to manage her Shop. Her Shop has been open for over 25 years.” Thelma stated that they have been open for 37 years. Pioneer Bait Shop is located at 598 5th St NW in Jamestown.

The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce honors businesses that provide superior customer service, exhibit community spirit and provide a positive economic impact to the community.  This award provides recognition throughout the month with a plaque and a recognition banner for the month. Monthly award winners will be considered for the Business of the Year to be awarded in January of 2022.  Business of the Month award nomination forms are available at the Chamber office and online at www.jamestownchamber.com. Call 701-252-4830 for more information.

 

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)   Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Jamestown Rotary Club bench project. Rotarians worked with the James Valley Career & Tech Center to build and install 10 handicap accessible benches along a walking path at Jamestown Reservoir. The walking path is just north of Ave Maria Village and the Heritage Centre. The Jamestown Rotary Club is a non-profit, service organization. They meet every Tuesday at Noon at the Quality Inn & Suites.

For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)   Music at the City Park Bandshell for 2021, Weds, at 7:15-p.m. Bring your family & lawn chairs and enjoy the evening with neighbors & friends! A free will offering is taken each night for the continued support of the City Park Bandshell. (Due to inclement weather, the program will be held at the Foss Music Building on the VCSU Campus, College St. SW)Here is this summer’s remaining schedule:

August 11 – Jesse Veeder, singer/songwriter

Jessie will perform with her father, Gene Veeder, and with other supporting musicians at the City Park bandshell, located at 221 5th Ave SW. Accessibility accommodations will be in place to enable all community members wishing to attend the performance to do so.

Free transportation to and from the event will be offered by South Central Transit Services for any person age sixty-five or over and/ or having a disability. Individuals who would like assistance with transportation are encouraged to reach out to South Central Transit Services prior to the event by calling or texting 240-462-8785 and requesting a ride to the Jessie Veeder concert. The performance will also be livestreamed via the Bridges Arts Council’s Facebook page so that people can watch it from home, if they are unable to attend in person.

August 18 – DeMasi Brothers

Music in the Park is on Wednesday evenings at 7:15 pm.

This summer they will be celebrating 25 years in existence. Musicians are featured each week showcasing their talents for the community and surrounding area.

 

 

Updates

West Fargo  (NDHP)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reported that on Tuesday there were two small plane crashes in North Dakota, one killing the pilot.   On August Tuesday 10, 2021 just before 4:00 p.m., a single engine aircraft struck the top of a tree row and crashed into an adjacent field. The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports,the pilot suffered serious injuries and was transported to a local hospital. The single engine aircraft had just left the area of the West Fargo Airport. The location of the crash was approximately 1 mile west of West Fargo on 12th Avenue NW, or near 12th Avenue NW/26th Street NW, West Fargo. Weather conditions
were clear with a west wind of about 15 mph.

The incident remains under investigation by the FAA. Other assisting agencies include the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, West Fargo Police Department, West Fargo Rural Fire  Department, and FM Ambulance. The name of the pilot will be released following family notification.

Earlier, Tuesday, the North Dakota Highway Patrol reported that on Tuesday, August 8, at approximately 7:40 am a crop spraying aircraft actively engaged in spraying struck a high voltage transmission line. The crash occurred three miles west and three  miles south of Strasburg, ND near the intersection of 7th avenue and 92nd street SE.  The impact caused disabling  damage to the aircraft and it crashed into a nearby field. The pilot suffered fatal injuries during the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The Western Area Power Administration transmission line was severed. 

The National Transportation Safety Board tweeted earlier that the plane was a Rockwell International S-2R, a fixed wing aircraft. The NTSB, Federal Aviation Administration and Emmons County deputies are investigating.

The crash  remains under investigation by the NDHP and FAA with the assistance of the Emmons County  Sheriff’s office. The name of the pilot will be released pending notification of family.

 

 

 

WATFORD CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say fires involving three oil wells in McKenzie County were brought under control over the weekend after they had burned for 16 days. Crews put out the fire at the first well northeast of Watford City last Tuesday and extinguished the final well on Saturday. An inspector from the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality was headed to the site to talk with personnel there and do a visual inspection. The Bismarck Tribune reports that an early estimate Petro-Hunt provided the state indicated that 4,200 gallons of oil and 4,200 gallons of produced water spilled in the incident. Produced water is also known as brine or saltwater, and it comes up alongside oil and gas in wells.

 

 

In sports….

 

SIOUX CITY, Iowa    (UJThe University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team is the preseason favorite in the GPAC conference poll, which was released on Tuesday.

The Jimmies captured six of the 12 first-place votes for a total of 115 points. Midland (Neb.) received the other six first-place votes and was second with 111 points. Dordt (Iowa) was third with 100 points.

Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team in the poll.

UJ was both the GPAC regular season and tournament champion in 2020, finishing with a conference record of 15-1 and overall record of 30-2. The Jimmies advanced to the national semifinals for the second consecutive season.

Jamestown will begin the season on August 18 at the Keiser Volleyball Invitational, sponsored by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Place Team Pts. (1st Place Votes)
1 Jamestown (N.D.) 115 (6)
2 Midland (Neb.) 111 (6)
3 Dordt (Iowa) 100
4 Concordia (Neb.) 89
5 Northwestern (Iowa) 87
6 College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 62
7 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 60
8 Hastings (Neb.) 55
9 Morningside (Iowa) 48
10 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 29
11 Doane (Neb.) 25
12 Mount Marty (S.D.) 11

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — An effort by 11 former University of North Dakota women’s hockey players to bring back the program that was dropped in 2017 has gotten a reprieve. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived the players’ lawsuit on Tuesday. The original complaint alleged that when the school dropped hockey, it violated Title IX laws that prohibit women from being treated differently because of gender. But a federal judge said the lawsuit did not show a “substantial disproportionality” between men’s and women’s athletic opportunities. The players appealed in October and a three-judge panel ruled that the athletes may be able to state an actionable Title IX claim.

 

 

VCSU  – The Valley City State volleyball team was selected to finish sixth in the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the conference office announced Monday.

The Vikings finished the 2020 season with a 3-11 conference record and a seventh-place finish in the NSAA. All NSAA members will play a 14-match schedule with the Vikings opening conference play at Dickinson State on Sept. 16.

Viterbo (Wis.) is the league’s head coaches favorite to win the 2021 North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) title.  It is the seventh consecutive year that the V-Hawks are predicted to win the conference title.

Viterbo collected seven first-place votes and tallied 63 points to secure the top spot in the conference preseason poll.  Bellevue (Neb.) picked up the final first-place vote and tallied 57 points to finish second.

The league went through a split conference schedule last season, playing in the fall and spring seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic.  The Bruins, who finished 17-7 overall record last season, won their first-ever league conference regular-season title last season with a 12-2 conference record.

The V-Hawks stormed back to defeat the Bruins in the league postseason tournament, claiming their sixth straight North Star Athletic Association postseason tournament title in a five-set thriller in Bellevue.

Dakota State (S.D.) edged Mayville State (N.D.) by three points (45-42) to finish third in the poll.  The Comets finished second in last year’s league standings and punched their ticket to their first-ever NAIA National Tournament’s Opening Round before falling to eventual national runner-up Midland (Neb.).

Viterbo (14-9 overall record in 2020-21) finished No. 16 in the final NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 national poll last season.  Bellevue was ranked No. 18 in the poll, while Mayville State (23-11 overall record last season) received votes.

Dickinson State (N.D.) placed fifth in the conference preseason poll with 26 points followed by Valley City State (N.D.) sixth with 23 points.  Presentation (S.D.) is seventh with 18 points and Waldorf (Iowa) is eighth with 14 points.

The conference season officially kicks off Tuesday, Sept. 14 with Presentation traveling to Mayville State and Bellevue hosting Dakota State.  The rest of the NSAA’s opening-season matches are on Wednesday, Sept. 15 with VCSU at DiSU and WU at VU.

The top six teams will qualify for the North Star conference postseason tournament on Nov. 12-13.  The postseason tournament is scheduled to take place at the Civic Arena in Watertown, S.D.

The NSAA postseason tournament’s champion will receive an automatic bid to the NAIA Volleyball National Tournament, which is scheduled for Nov. 20 at campus sites.

The national tournament’s opening round winners will move on to the final site at Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa.  The final site of the national tournament opens with the pool play action on the first two days on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, followed by single-elimination bracket play starting on Dec. 2.  The championship match is scheduled for Dec. 4.

Below is the complete list of the 2021 NSAA Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Poll:

2021 NSAA Volleyball Coaches’ Preseason Poll
Rank School (First-Place Votes in parenthesis) Points
 1 Viterbo (Wis.) (7)  63
 2 Bellevue (Neb.) (1)  57
 3 Dakota State (S.D.)  45
 4 Mayville State (N.D.)  42
 5 Dickinson State (N.D.)  26
 6 Valley City State (N.D.)  23
 7 Presentation (S.D.)  18
 8 Waldorf (Iowa)  14

 

 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bob Jenkins, who was ESPN’s lead motorsports announcer for more than 20 years and called the Indianapolis 500 on television and radio has died. He was 73. Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced that Jenkins died Monday, saying the cause was brain cancer. Jenkins, an Indiana native, was heard over five decades on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and was chief announcer from 1990-98. He was one of four people to serve as television play-by-play announcer during ABC’s 54-year history of broadcasting the Indy 500. Jenkins joined ESPN at its launch in 1979 as lead motorsports announcer and remained in that role until 2003.

 

In world and national news…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will resign over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during the darkest days of COVID-19. The three-term Democratic governor’s decision, which will take effect in two weeks, was announced Tuesday as momentum built in the Legislature to remove him by impeachment. It came after New York’s attorney general released the results of an investigation that found Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women. Cuomo called some of the allegations fabricated and forcefully denying he touched anyone inappropriately.

(Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — As New York’s lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul has spent years on the road as the friendly face of the administration. During two terms, she has visited each of the state’s 62 counties yearly for countless ribbon-cutting ceremonies and civic cheerleading events. Now, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation Tuesday, her next stop is the state Capitol in Albany. Hochul will become the state’s first female governor once Cuomo’s resignation is effective in two weeks. The centrist Democrat from western New York last week joined the chorus of politicians denouncing the governor. She said Tuesday that she’s ready to lead.

 

(AP)  Right when the coronavirus is roaring back in the United States, hospitals across the country are running short of beds and nursing staff. One person who suffered a heart attack was even bounced from six hospitals before finding an emergency room in New Orleans that could take him in. Joe Kanter, Louisiana’s chief public health officer, told state officials the situation is dire. In Florida, COVID-19 cases have filled so many hospital beds that ambulance services and fire departments are straining to respond to emergencies. A nurses union official says the current surge in COVID-19 cases is causing some nurses to just quit.

 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts linked to a disinformation network operating out of Russia that sought to smear COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca. The company said Tuesday that it has banned the advertising firm behind the campaign, which had offered to pay social media influencers in Europe if they posted their misleading content. The plan backfired when two of those influencers exposed the network. Facebook said it traced the content to a firm called Fazze, which is registered in the United Kingdom but operates from Russia. Messages left seeking comment from Fazze were not returned Tuesday.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency’s inspector general says it will investigate allegations against the spy agency following Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s claims that the U.S. spied on his electronic communications. The inspector general said in a statement that its review would examine NSA’s “compliance with applicable legal authorities” and the agency’s own policies on collecting and sharing information it collects. Conservatives have assailed President Joe Biden’s administration following Carlson’s repeated allegations beginning in late June that the agency was trying to take his show off the air, a claim for which he has provided no evidence. His allegation prompted a rare statement from the normally reclusive NSA denying his claims.

 

PHOENIX (AP) — Vote-counting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems is filing defamation lawsuits against right-wing broadcasters and a prominent Donald Trump ally over their baseless claims that the 2020 election was marred by fraud. The suits filed Tuesday name Newsmax, One America News, their executives and the former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne. Dominion says their false claims that the company rigged the election for President Joe Biden have cost it $1.6 billion in lost profits, company value and reputational damage. Byrne and OAN founder Charles Herring did not respond to messages seeking comment. A spokesman for Newsmax says the lawsuit is an attempt to squelch its reporting.

 

 

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