Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct. 25

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the afternoon in the Jamestown area . Highs in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 70 percent chance of rain.

Lows around 40. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around

25 mph shifting to the west after midnight.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of rain in the

morning in the Jamestown area, 60 percent in the Valley City area.  Highs in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

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

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.

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

 

 

 

Valley City  (VCPD)  Valley City Police investigated a car striking a motorized mobility scooter, that  a man was riding at the intersection of Central Avenue South and Main Street in Valley City about 11:20-a.m. Monday

Police Chief Phil Hatcher said the vehicle driven by a 79-year-old Valley City resident struck the  pedestrian on the mobility scooter, operated by an 88-year-old Valley City resident. The vehicle driver was issued a citation for failure to yield to a pedestrian. The pedestrian on the scooter was taken to Mercy Hospital with unspecified injuries.

Barnes County Ambulance was assisted on scene, by Valley City Police officers.  The name and condition of the pedestrian have not been released.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Fire Department was called out at 1:15- a.m. Monday to  467 6th Street Southwest.

Smoke was reported coming from the attic of the residence

The caller said an electric fuse, had blown.

The resident reset the fuse and around 10 minutes later noticed an apparent a burn spot in a wall and then called 9-1-1.

Fire Chief Scott Magnuson said when firefighters arrived on the scene, they saw smoke coming from an attic window. He said firefighters went inside and opened a wall and located a wire that had burned off, that likely caused the burn area, leading to the fire, which was extinguished.

No injuries reported.

 

 

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

Mon. Oct. 25,  2021

10:30 -a.m.

Barnes

New Positives: 2

Total Positives: 1827

Active: 48

Recovered:  1740

Breakthrough Incidence Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 130

 

Stutsman

New Positives: 3

Total Positives: 4358

Active: 50

Recovered: 4214

Breakthrough Incidence Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 236

 

ND New Cases Reported Mon. Oct. 25: 197

Active Cases: 3030

Daily Positivity Rate: 9.0 %

Total Known Cases Throughout Pandemic: 145,003

Total Recovered Throughout Pandemic: 140,255

 

Active Hospitalization:  173

New Deaths:  4

Total Deaths 1718

Four additional COVID-19-related deaths occurred over the weekend in North Dakota, but state health officials say the number of active coronavirus cases continues a downward trend. Health officials on Monday reported fewer than 200 news cases sending the number of active cases to 3,030, the lowest level in more than a month. Cases statewide have been trending downward after a recent spike that began in late summer with the onset of the highly contagious delta variant. Health officials say the state’s 14-day average positivity rate dropped below 7% for the first time in a month, to 6.9%, health officials reported.

 

 

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 1-pm

Call CVHD at 701-252-8130 to register.

 

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The case of a rural Minnesota man who waited two days for an ICU bed and later died is among several examples that have frustrated officials in rural hospitals whose facilities are overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients. Bob Cameron spent two days in his hometown hospital in Hallock, Minnesota, where caregivers searched nonstop for space in a larger hospital that could find and fix the source of his severe gastrointestinal bleeding and treat his COVID-19. A bed was secured Oct. 12 at Sanford Health in Fargo, North Dakota, but his condition worsened after surgery there to find the source of his bleeding. The 87-year-old Cameron died Oct. 13. During a three-week stretch this month, rural hospitals were caring for more COVID-19 patients than Twin Cities hospitals.

 

Valley City  (Chamber 10-25-21)  Valley City Mayor, Dave Carlsrud has distributed his latest message to Valley City residents.

“Hi Everybody,

Halloween! Gosh Sunday is the end of October already!! With that, the 10-day forecast is promising so there are likely to be many “trick-or-treaters” out and about. If you are driving, please be extra careful to protect the kids and grandkids.

 

A citizen stopped me the other day and commented, “We have a beautiful city, but I see businesses with weeds growing along buildings and in sidewalks”. Whether you’re a building owner or a tenant, please be proud of where you are and keep the area looking nice.

 

Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) is a Joint Action Agency that provides and manages power on behalf of Valley City and 60 other municipal power communities in ND, SD, MN, & IA. In 2005, the MRES Members were 50% carbon free and by 2020 the members were 84% carbon free. Valley City’s 2020 power supply mix is even better at 93% carbon free and 75% of our power is renewable.

 

The most effective weapon against COVID is vaccine. Please, get your vaccination.

 

Last week Sue and I attended a funeral for two people who were married 65 years. In an eloquent eulogy, the point was made that they were married that long due to commitments with each other. A part of the “commitment” definition includes devotion, faithfulness, attentiveness and loyalty. I thought that was pretty neat.

 

Thank you to contributors again this week.

 

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”   (Harry S. Truman)

 

Blessings, Respect Others, Be Kind and Pray,”

 

Dave

Dave Carlsrud

 

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  A VCSU Public Planetarium Show, will be held on Saturday October 30, at  1PM.  Free and open to all, at the Rhodes Science Center Room 309 (3rd Floor.  Elevator available)

A “LIVE Nigh Sky” is the presentation, by   Barnes County Museum Curator/Director Wes Anderson showing off what he does moonlighting at his OTHER job as VCSU Planetarium Director.  Wes started with the planetarium in 1994 as a student and has been teaching the Planetarium Science Class on campus since Fall 2002.  We will look at basic constellations with some history, mythology, science, wit, and wisdom as only Wes can provide.  It is free and open to the public.  About 40 minutes (or however longwinded he becomes).  Suitable for all ages…mostly.

For more information, contact Kelly at 701-845-7452

VCSU Planetarium is located at  101 College St SW, Valley City, ND 58072

 

 

Bismarck  (NDGF)  The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will continue its Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program during the 2021 hunting season by sampling deer for chronic wasting disease from select units in the central and western portion of the state.

Samples will be tested from deer taken from units 2H, 2I, 2J1, 2J2, 2K1, 2K2, 3A1, 3A2, 3A3, 3A4, 3B1, 3B3, 3C, 3E1, 3E2, 3F1, 3F2, 4A, 4B and 4C.

CWD is a slow-moving brain disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause population-level impacts under high infection rates.

Game and Fish veterinarian Dr. Charlie Bahnson, says, “Many folks are aware of the fairly bad epizootic hemorrhagic disease year we’ve had.  While EHD is a different disease from CWD, it illustrates the impact diseases can have on our wildlife populations. And unlike EHD, which is cyclical, CWD can become an increasing, annual pressure on our herd.”

Knowing where CWD is in the state and how many deer are infected is critical for managing the disease.

Bahnson says, “One major goal is to confidently determine what areas do not have CWD.  We need to test a lot of deer to make that assessment, which is why hunters’ willingness to help is so important.”

Hunters are encouraged to drop off heads of adult or yearling deer at collection locations. Fawns and head-shot deer cannot be tested. Hunters wishing to keep the heads can bring them to a Game and Fish district office during business hours to have them sampled.

Results will be provided within four weeks, barring delays, by visiting My Account on the department’s website, gf.nd.gov, where you can also add or update contact information. Click Additional Info for CWD results for lottery licenses or Inbox for results for first-come, first-served licenses.

Hunters should note whole carcasses or heads of deer taken from units 3A1, 3A2, 3B1, 3F2, 4B and 4C may not be transported outside of the unit. Exception: hunters can transport whole deer carcasses between adjoining CWD carcass restricted units.

More information on CWD, including transportation restrictions, is available at the Game and Fish website

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota is working to extend its contract with Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel to promote tourism in his home state. North Dakota’s top tourism official said the 48-year-old star of several “Transformers” movies has been effective in attracting visitors to the state better known for its brutal cold weather than as a vacation destination. The native of Minot and one of Hollywood’s leading men has been the face of North Dakota and its pitchman since 2013. He has been paid more than $1 million from the state since then. His current two-year tourism deal expires in December.

 

In world and national news…

LONDON (AP) — Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told British lawmakers that the social media giant stokes online hate and extremism, fails to protect children from harmful content and lacks any incentive to fix the problems. Haugen spoke Monday before a parliamentary committee that’s working on legislation to rein in the power of social media companies. Her sharp comments are providing momentum for efforts by European governments working on stricter regulation of tech giants. She says algorithms that prioritize engagement take people with mainstream interests and push them to the extremes. Facebook says it wants regulation for tech companies and was glad the United Kingdom was leading the way.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is detailing its new international COVID-19 air travel polices for most foreign travelers to the U.S, which will include exemptions for kids and new federal contact tracing requirements. Beginning on November 8, foreign, non-immigrant adults traveling to the U.S. will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with limited exceptions, and all travelers will need to be tested for the virus before boarding an aircraft to the U.S. The new policy comes as the Biden administration moves away from broader country-based travel restrictions and bans toward what it terms a “vaccinations-based” system focused on the individual risk of the traveler.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is ticking further into record heights on Monday, as a better-than-expected profit reporting season gets into higher gear. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in Monday afternoon trading, surpassing its record set on Thursday. Tesla jumped to the biggest gain in the S&P 500 after Hertz said it will buy 100,000 Model 3 vehicles for its fleet. Stocks broadly have been pushing higher recently as companies turn in much stronger profit reports for the summer than analysts expected. With roughly one in four S&P 500 companies having reported, more are topping expectations than usual, and by a wider margin.

 

BERLIN (AP) — Officials say a target for rich countries to provide poor nations with $100 billion in aid each year to tackle global warming will be missed, dealing a blow to the upcoming U.N. climate talks in Glasgow. Officials from Britain, Canada and Germany had hoped to break a deadlock in negotiations ahead of next week’s summit. They announced Monday that current data shows the goal for climate finance won’t be reached until 2023 — three years later than agreed. The officials expressed confidence that developed countries could stump up more than $100 billion per year from 2024 onward. That is unlikely to satisfy poor nations, who have insisted that the original target must be met.

 

DETROIT (AP) — Hertz has announced that it will buy 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla. It’s one of the largest purchases of battery-powered cars in history and the latest evidence of increasing commitments to EV technology. The purchase by one of the world’s leading rental car companies reflects its confidence that electric vehicles are gaining acceptance with environmentally minded consumer as an alternative to vehicles powered by petroleum-burning internal combustion engines. In an interview with The Associated Press, Mark Fields, Hertz’ interim CEO, said that Teslas are already arriving at the company’s sites and should be available for rental starting in November.