– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Aug 25

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Rain showers with thunderstorms likely. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Rain showers likely and chance of

thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds

5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent in the Jamestown area, 70 percent in the Valley City area.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and slight chance

of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs around 70. East winds 5 to

10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the evening, then rain showers likely and slight

chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s.

Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers in the morning,

then chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in

the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

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

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

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers

after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of precipitation

20 percent.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs around 80.

Thunderstorms are likely late Wednesday night. A few storms may be strong
with gusty winds and small hail. Storms may also produce locally
heavy rainfall.

Thunderstorms are likely on Thursday and Friday. A few storms may
become strong to severe. Storms may also produce locally heavy
rainfall.

Jamestown (JRMC) August 25, 2021 — Jamestown Regional Medical Center announced Wednesday that it is again restricting visitors.

JRMC President and CEO, Mike Delfs says, “We love this community, and we love caring for you. From Aug. 1 to Aug. 23, 2021 COVID cases in North Dakota increased 237% – from 448 to 1,508. Knowing this, we made updates to keep our patients, employees and guests safe.”

Effective Aug. 25, one designated visitor is allowed at JRMC per patient. Exceptions include no visitors in the Emergency Department (with exceptions for children as well as adults with special needs.) The other exception to the one-visitor rule is end-of-life care.

JRMC is also transitioning all in-person events to virtual. Masks remain required for all employees, patients and guests. As school starts and the weather cools, Delfs asks the public to remain vigilant.

Delfs adds, “We ask the community to do its part too – mask, hand wash, physically distance and vaccinate, if you haven’t already.”

These preventative measures will keep the community safe, especially because other healthcare needs continue – whether it’s a pandemic or not.

Delfs says, “We continue to care on for the community – whether it’s delivering babies, healing wounds, replacing hips or offering chemotherapy. That care is just as important as care during a virus. For their safety, we ask the community not to delay scheduling their appointment – whatever that appointment may be. We are here for you.”

Learn more about how JRMC is keeping the community safe at www.jrmcnd.com/covid-safety.

Governor Doug Burgum says he has no plans that would order state employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Burgum says he’s hoping that FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine will encourage more people to get their shots.

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:

COVID- 19 Stats

Weds. Aug. 25, 2021

10:30- a.m.

Barnes

New Positives: 1

Total Positives: 1456

Active: 13

Recovered: 1414

Stutsman

New Positives: 14

Total Positives: 3652

Active: 37

Recovered: 3529

North Dakota

New cases:

Total Active Cases: 1,843 total active cases.

Daily positivity rate:5.72%.

Total COVID Deaths: 1,555

Central Valley Health District Regularly Scheduled Vaccination Clinics And Locations

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Vaccine Type: PFIZER, MODERNA

Event Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm

Event Location: Central Valley Health District

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Vaccine Type: PFIZER, MODERNA (1st and 2nd Dose)

Event Time: 9:00am – 11:30pm

Event Location: Central Valley Health District

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Vaccinations are also available Wednesdays from 12 PM to 6 PM at S&R Truck Plaza in Jamestown.

Central Valley Health is also offering vaccinations in their clinic.

Drive-up vaccination clinics will be held on Sundays and Mondays. The event will take place from 1 pm to 6 pm in the Buffalo Mall parking lot located at 2400 8^th 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 continue on 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) Central Valley Health District reminds residents that COVID testing is on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at the Jamestown Civic Center, Exchequor Room, from 11-a.m. to noon.

Call CVHD at 701-252-8130 to register.

Jamestown (CSi) This summer’s entertainment at the Downtown Arts Market, & the Hansen Arts Park, draws to a close on Thursday evening August 26, starting at 5:30-p.m.

The Downtown Arts Market… a celebration of culture and community when we need it the most! Don’t forget your lawn chair or blanket.

File Photos from 2019

August 26: Schedule Change

BOLDER SHADES OF BLUE
With: Sugargliders

Amazing regional talent, the Bolder Shades of Blue bring an intense experience of blues and rock to the Hansen Arts Park.

The change was due to a previously cancelled event earlier this summer due to weather concerns, and now rescheduled to August 26.

This HUGE undertaking is only possible thanks to our many supporters, volunteers and grantors. Including, but not limited to, these Arts Market sponsors:

Association of American University Women
Dakota Central Communications
Farmers Union
Farmers Union Insurance
First Community Credit Union
Heartland Chevy Dealers
i3G Media
Interstate Engineering
Jamestown Downtown Association
Jamestown Chamber of Commerce
Jamestown Tourism
Lifetime Vision Source
Medicine Shoppe
Newman Signs
North Dakota Council on the Arts
OtterTail Power Company
Sanford Health
Unison Bank
United Way
Walter Brothers Lawn Service
John Zvirovski
Lynn Lambrecht
Christine Witt

Jamestown (CSi) On August 27th, an unusually eye-catching vehicle will be parked in the Hugo’s parking lot west of St. John’s Church. Between 11 AM and 1 PM, “RVG” or “Ruthless Vote Getter” will make a stop in Jamestown, before continuing to Valley City, where Sharon Buhr says,the VCSU community campus group known as What In The World is Going On? is bringing the vehicle to Valley City, “The VOTE EQUALITY VAN will be in Valley City on Friday, August 27 from 3-5 pm . It will make a 2-hour stop at the north end of the VCSU walk bridge which is right across the street to the south of Connect Church…at 4th Street South East and Central Avenue.

The news release from Barb Lang says, The Vote Equality US Ruthless Vote Getter RV will be in the Jamestown Hugo’s parking lot west of St. John’s Church from 11 AM to 1 PM on August 27th. Follow the tour progress here:

https://voteequality.us/tour/2021-midwest-tour/ and on social media at @VoteEqualityUS. Itinerary is subject to change based on COVID-19 concerns or restrictions.

On The Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Barb said, the vehicle is a purple 28’ RV that tours the country educating voters about the 28th Amendment, the Equal Rights Amendment. The vehicle, which is operated by Vote Equality US, sports signatures from supporters of the amendment, collected throughout the country.

Vote Equality US is a nonpartisan grassroots effort promoting equal rights for all Americans by working to ensure the addition of the fully-ratified 28th Amendment (Equal Rights) to the United States Constitution. The 28th Amendment reads: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

The RVG’s Midwest tour will kick off on August 15th. The North Dakota stops are sponsored by the North Dakota Women’s Network (NDWN). The Jamestown chapter of the NDWN is organizing the August 27th event.

The tour is meant to present a nonpartisan message of gender equality directly to voters in order to ensure the issue of gender equality is prioritized in daily conversations and on major party platforms. Until the 28th Amendment is fully ratified, the United States Constitution does not guarantee gender equality. One hundred and sixty eight international constitutions include gender equality. The amendment was first introduced in 1923.

Vote Equality US’s mission is to increase awareness that gender equality is not in the U.S.

Constitution and inspire support for gender equality leaders.

Valley City (CSi) Valley City Public Schools Superintendent Josh Johnson says the school district is taking public input and looking at options on using $3.3 million dollars available in federal funding.

He says discussions are ongoing concerning if the school district should renovate older facilities or construct new buildings. He said the proposal is focused on a section of the high school built in 1919 and the two elementary schools constructed in the 1960’s.

Denver (FEMA) – FEMA has provided more than $4.3 million in additional Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in North Dakota. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued April 1, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of almost $116.2 million for the North Dakota COVID-19 response to date.
The $4.3 million was received by North Dakota Department of Health to surge staff and expand testing and vaccination capabilities and purchase, store and transport COVID-19 vaccines and testing supplies. This funding covers work between May 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021.

This funding is authorized under Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.
For the COVID-19 response, FEMA has simplified the Public Assistance application and funding process to address the magnitude of this event and to allow local officials to receive eligible funding more quickly. These reimbursements play a critical role as state, local and tribal officials work tirelessly to assist their communities during this response.
Additional information about FEMA’s Public Assistance program can be found at www.fema.gov/assistance/public.

Washington (CSi) – Senator John Hoeven Wednday issued the following statement after a federal court rejected a lawsuit brought by the State of Missouri against the Central North Dakota Water Supply Project. The decision enables the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to move forward with a water service contract for the project to receive up to 20 cubic feet per second of water from the McClusky Canal, helping provide a municipal, rural and industrial water supply for Burleigh, Sheridan, Wells, Foster, Kidder, McLean and Stutsman counties.

“Today’s decision follows Hoeven’s efforts to secure approval of the contract. This includes arranging a meeting between Garrison Diversion Conservancy District officials and then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in 2018, as well as working to ensure BOR promptly completed the required environmental assessment for the contract. This federal court decision is welcome news, as it helps reduce legal uncertainty for the Central North Dakota Water Supply Project and will enable our state to make good use of water from the McClusky Canal,” Hoeven said. “Moving forward, we will continue working with Garrison Diversion and the administration to help ensure a fair price for this contract, allowing for an affordable and more reliable water supply for communities across these seven counties.”

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A woman who lived in community housing in Mandan has filed a lawsuit claiming she was forced from her townhome because she has too many children. Shukri Ahmed, in her complaint, says she was told by Affordable Housing Developers, Inc., that she must leave the property where she has resided with her children for four years because she has violated the townhome’s occupancy standards. The policy limits the number of occupants to five in a three-bedroom unit. Ahmed had her fifth child in October 2020 and the nonprofit said she exceeded that limit. Ahmed says the policy discriminates against families with children.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Supreme Court will allow a man accused of drunken driving to withdraw his guilty plea to the charge. The court recently reversed a North Central District Court judge’s refusal to suppress some evidence in the DUI case against defendant Michael Anthony Boger. He was stopped by a Minot police officer in November 2019 who said Boger failed to have his rear license plate illuminated. Boger argued in court the officer’s own body camera footage showed the license plate was actually illuminated. The high court ruled the body camera video clearly shows that Boger’s license plate was illuminated and the officer did not have probable cause to stop the vehicle, so the evidence must be suppressed.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Senate Democrats are bringing their push for a new federal voting bill to battleground Wisconsin. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, of Wisconsin, and Amy Klobuchar, of Minnesota, argued at a roundtable discussion Wednesday that the sweeping measure is needed to blunt attempts by Republicans to make voting more difficult. Klobuchar expressed optimism that the Democratic bill would pass despite no clear path forward in the face of Republican opposition. Democrats have been holding events like the one in Madison as they try to keep the spotlight on voting issues in the face of uncertainty about the bill passing.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state senator from Wisconsin who opposed mask and vaccine mandates and then developed pneumonia after testing positive for COVID-19 is in stable condition after being placed on a ventilator. State Sen. Andre Jacque tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month and was hospitalized Aug. 16. His spokesman Matt Tompach provided the first update on his condition Wednesday in a week. He says Jacque was placed on the ventilator Monday night. He says that while Jacque’s condition is stable, “the days and weeks ahead will continue to be an incredibly stressful and difficult time for Sen. Jacque’s family.” Jacque is a Republican who represents northeast Wisconsin.

In sports…

Valley City (CSi) The football opener for the Jamestown Jimmies, and VCSU Vikings is Thursday August 26, at Lokken Stadium, The Ag-Bowl game. Tailgating starts at 5-p.m. Kickoff at 7-p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $4 for students, available at the stadium and Ag—Bowl sponsors. VCSU football includes the Thursday night opener against the rival Jimmies, resuming a historic rivalry that dates back to 1909. The two teams did not play during the 2020 season due to COVID restrictions shortening schedules.

The Vikings and Jimmies have met 121 times total on the gridiron and had played every year consecutively since 1946 until last season. VCSU is currently in possession of the Paint Bucket Trophy – which the two teams play for each season – after a 20-14 victory in the last meeting on Aug. 29, 2019. The Paint Bucket Trophy was created in 1961, and VCSU currently leads the Paint Bucket Series, 42-31.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon officials say the U.S. military-led airlift of Americans and others from Kabul will continue until the final hours of next Tuesday. That’s President Joe Biden’s deadline for ending the frantic evacuation from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. But U.S.-based veterans groups and refugee organizations describe a disorganized U.S.-run evacuation for Afghan allies that risks leaving many behind. John Kirby, the chief Pentagon spokesman, said more than 4,400 American citizens have been evacuated thus far, an increase of about 400 from Tuesday. He said that more than 80,000 people, mostly Afghans, have been airlifted since Aug. 14.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two conservative hoaxers face a record $5.1 million fine for allegedly making illegal robocalls to wireless phones without the owners’ consent in the 2020 election. The Federal Communications Commission says the proposed fine for Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman and Burkman’s lobbying firm would be the largest ever for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The men already face criminal charges for allegedly organizing 85,000 robocalls that falsely warned people in predominantly Black areas of New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan that information gleaned from mail-in ballots could lead to their arrest, debt collection and forced vaccination.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Delivering another blow to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legacy, New York’s brand-new governor is acknowledging that the state has had nearly 12,000 more deaths from COVID-19 than Cuomo told the public. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office says almost 55,400 people have died of the coronavirus in New York based on death certificate data submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s up from about 43,400 that Cuomo reported to the public as of Monday, his last day in office.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A proposed class-action lawsuit claims that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ decision to end enhanced unemployment benefits for tens of thousands of residents violated state law and asks a court to reinstate their aid. The lawsuit seeks to make claimants eligible for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment aid they have been denied since Iowa in June ended federal pandemic relief programs that provided an extra $300 per week and expanded eligibility criteria. Reynolds says ending benefits encouraged people to return to work, although the impact has been unclear. The lawsuit claims the decision violated a state law that says Iowa “shall cooperate with the United States Department of Labor to the fullest extent” in order to take advantage of federal unemployment programs.