Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Oct 26

CSi Weather…

 

Forecast…

.TONIGHT…Cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening, then rain

likely after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast winds

around 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph shifting to the south

5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.

.WEDNESDAY…Cloudy with a 60 percent chance of rain in the Jamestown area, 90 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in

the lower 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 15 to

20 mph.

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

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.

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

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

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

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

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.

 

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:

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Health has switched off comments on its social media accounts, saying it was doing so to combat the spread of misinformation. The agency says in a statement that its social media accounts “will continue to be a source for sharing verified public health information.” The agency says the comment ban that began Tuesday “will be applied to all posts, and not be specific to any particular topic.” The posts on the North Dakota health department’s Facebook page immediately following the announcement were mixed, with some people applauding the agency, while others complained it discounted other viewpoints.

 

COVID-19 Stats

Tues. Oct. 26,  2021

10:30 -a.m.

Barnes

New Positives: 18

Total Positives: 1845

Active: 60

Recovered:  1746

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 208

 

Stutsman

New Positives: 20

Total Positives: 4378

Active: 57

Recovered: 4222

Breakthrough Incidence Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 237

 

ND Case Rates

NEW CASES REPORTED TUESDAY, OCT. 26: 747

ACTIVE CASES: 3,279

DAILY POSITIVITY RATE: 9.7%

TOTAL KNOWN CASES THROUGHOUT PANDEMIC: 145,744

TOTAL RECOVERED THROUGHOUT PANDEMIC: 140,730

 

ACTIVE HOSPITALIZATIONS: 169

DEATHS: 17

TOTAL DEATHS: 1,735

 

 

 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.

 

 

 

 

Valley City (CCHD)  City County Health in Valley City announces their COVID-19 testing days and site location in Valley City.

Testing has moved to the REC Center at 140 4th Street Southwest.  Testing will be 12:30-2:30 Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

There are opportunities for vaccinations, both for annual influenza and for the COVID vaccine. In October CCHD opens early on Tuesdays at 7-am and late on Wednesdays until 6-pm, Call 845-8518 to make an appointment)

 

 

Update

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about a North Dakota man accused in the death of a 14-year-old girl. The man entered an Alford plea, not a guilty plea.

Corrected version of the story:

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man has entered an Alford plea in the death of a 14-year-old girl who authorities said was strangled and stabbed more than 20 times in a random attack outside a store in June. Arthur Kollie entered the plea Monday in the death of Jupiter Paulsen. With the plea, the 22-year-old Fargo man maintains his innocence, but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a conviction. Charging documents say a sanitation worker saw Kollie attack the girl the morning of June 4 outside a Party City store in Fargo. The witness told police he saw Kollie strangling her.

 

 

In sports…

Alex Nowka (JR/Anchorage, Alaska) from the University of Jamestown women’s soccer team has been named the GPAC Defender of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday.

Nowka was in goal for both of No. 23 Jamestown’s victories last week. In a 2-0 win against Dordt (Iowa), Nowka finished with five saves, then added a pair of saves in a 1-0 win at College of Saint Mary (Neb.) Nowka now has nine shutouts this season, tying a career high.

Jamestown hosts Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) University Wednesday at 5 p.m.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers are deliberating whether kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine are safe and effective in young children. Tuesday’s meeting of the Food and Drug Administration panel is the first step toward expanding vaccinations to 28 million young children ages 5 to 11. If regulators agree, shots could begin early next month — using a third of the dose given to teens and adults. A study found kid-size vaccinations are nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infection. One question is whether younger kids will face a rare heart side effect that occasionally occurs in teen boys and young men.

BOSTON (AP) — A powerful storm has begun barreling up the northeastern U.S. coast, and officials warn it could bring intense flooding and hurricane-force wind gusts. The National Weather Service said Tuesday that the nor’easter had already soaked parts of New Jersey with more than 5 inches of rain and flooded some areas. Officials are warning of more flooding and widespread power outages as the storm sweeps north. The worst of it is expected to hit New England late Tuesday through Wednesday. The storm arrives just weeks after the remnants of Hurricane Ida inundated the Northeast and caused deadly flooding.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading across the Potomac River to campaign for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in a Virginia governor’s race that looks to be extremely tight just a week before Election Day. Biden carried the state by a comfortable 10 percentage points just last fall, but his approval ratings have been sagging. Polls have shown McAuliffe tied with Republican former business executive Glenn Youngkin. A loss by McAuliffe next week on Election Day would be an ominous sign for Democrats. They are already likely facing stiff political headwinds in next year’s midterm elections, when their narrow control of Congress is at stake.

 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meatpacking giant Tyson Foods says more than 96% of its workers have been vaccinated ahead of the company’s Nov. 1 deadline for them to do so. The company based in Springdale, Arkansas, says it has seen a significant decline in virus cases as more of its 120,000 workers got their shots. Tyson says workers who don’t get the shots by the deadline will be fired. Tyson remains the only major meatpacking company to require vaccinations. The United Food and Commercial Workers union praised the company’s progress with vaccinations because the mandate came with an agreement to provide 20 hours of paid sick leave to employees.

 

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s ruling general says that the prime minister he deposed in a coup is being held for his own safety and will likely be released soon. But he warned Tuesday that other members of the dissolved government could face a trial. A day after the military seized power in a move widely denounced by the international community, pro-democracy protesters took to the streets again. They blocked roads in the capital of Khartoum with barricades and burning tires. Monday’s takeover came after weeks of mounting tensions between military and civilian leaders over the course and the pace of Sudan’s transition to democracy.

 

 

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s manatees are dying, in unprecedented numbers this year, with 959 documented deaths as of mid-October. That’s already more than any full year in state records, and now colder weather could bring even more deaths. Scientists blame food scarcity. The so-called sea cows mostly eat seagrass, and that’s also dying as water quality declines. The problem is manmade. Fertilizer runoff, wastewater discharges and polluted water is diverted on purpose from Lake Okeechobee to the coastal estuaries where manatees live. These pollutants can cause algae blooms so thick that seagrass can’t get the sunlight it needs to survive.