CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. South winds around 5 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the mid 20s. South winds around 5 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds 5 to

10 mph.

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

.FRIDAY…Partly 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…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 30s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

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

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

Jamestown (City) Tuesday November 2, 2021; there is a road closure on Stadium Hill from the intersection of 9th Ave NE to 11th Avenue NE and from 3rd St NE to 4th St NE. This closure took place EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY and is expected to last through the day Friday, November 5, 2021, or until finished.
Detour signs put in place.
Motorists should use extreme caution in this area and take alternate routes during this time, if possible

 

Jamestown  (CVHD)  In anticipation of the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for pediatrics, Central Valley Health District (CVHD) is planning to host a COVID vaccination clinic for children 5- to 11-year-old. The vaccination clinic will be held on Thursday, November 11 in the main entrance of the Jamestown Civic Center from 9:00am to 1:00pm.

 

The vaccine’s safety was studied in approximately 3,100 children ages 5 through 11 who received the vaccine and no serious side effects have been detected in the ongoing study.

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age is administered as a two-dose primary series, 3 weeks apart, but is a lower dose (10 micrograms) than that used for individuals 12 years of age and older (30 micrograms).

 

CVHD Unit Administrator, Robin Iszler says, “Adult COVID vaccine and child COVID vaccine are not interchangeable.” The pediatric vaccine will be manufactured and packaged specifically for pediatrics.

To ensure safety and comfort of the children of our community, CVHD is hosting a special clinic for those who meet the qualifications for the child vaccine. CVHD is anticipating receiving approximately 200 pediatric Pfizer doses of COVID vaccine next week. Doses will be limited, and attendees must pre-register in order to receive the vaccine. To register for an appointment, visit the www.centralvalleyhealth.org/covid-vaccine/.

 

Due to limited space, please limit attendance of the event to the child receiving the vaccination and one parent or guardian.

Again, the vaccination clinic will be held in the main entrance of the Civic Center, while COVID testing will be occurring simultaneously in the Exchequer Room of the Civic Center that day.

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.

 

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. Nov 2, 2021

10:30 -a.m.

Barnes

New Positives: 9

Total Positives: 1895

Active: 53

Recovered:  1798

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 233

 

Stutsman

New Positives: 14

Total Positives: 4464

Active: 67

Recovered: 4295

Breakthrough Incidence Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 255

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Tourism approved Grant Requests under the Visitor Promotion Capital Improvement Construction fund.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Director Searle Swedlund said approved were grant requests for Fort Seward, for Flags and Flag Storage. Jamestown Arts Center, for fa projector, and Frontier Village, for the General Store Interior Upgrades.

The next round of grants are due on March 1, 2022.

With Frontier Village, Searle pointed out that Tourism will be reaching out to the community on ideas and suggestions concerning, “What do we want Frontier Village to Mean?”

He added that a rebranding firm has been hired to support the process of refreshing the brand.

He also pointed out at that at the J-Bros N Me Flea Market November 5 & 6 the one dollar admission fee will be donated toward Frontier Village, on going improvements.

 

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.  Commissioner Magunson joined by phone.

The SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY PROCLAMATION was read by Mayor Carlsrud.

 

 

 

 

The City Commissioners,  RECOGNIZED, SHERRY KEYS- THE “2021 OUTSTANDING PLANT OPERATOR AWARD, from the city Water Treatment Plant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDED:

Monthly Reports from the Fire Chief, Electrical Superintendent, Building Inspector Finance Director and Municipal Judge.

Approved a  Raffle Permit for the Valley City USBC Assn.

Approve a  Raffle Permit for the Art Club Valley City High School.

Approve a Raffle Permit for SHINE.

Approved a Raffle Permit for VCSU Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

 

Public Comments:  No one spoke

 

 

ORDINANCE

Approved was a First Reading of Ordinance 1090, an Ordinance to Amend and Reenact section 15-02-03 of the Valley City Municipal Code relating to new electric service installation. City Attorney Martineck said owner responsibility was included.

 

RESOLUTIONS

 

Approved a Resolution to Enroll In and Offer the NDPERS Defined Benefit Hybrid Retirement Plan to all Eligible  Employees.

Approved a Resolution to Enroll in And Offer NDPERS  Public Safety Retirement Plan to all Eligible  City Employees Classified as Peace Officers, or Firefighters.

Also approved was a Resolution to Enroll and Offer NDPERS 457 Deferred Compensation Plan to all Eligible  City Employees.

 

Approved a Resolution Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of $250,000 Wastewater Treatment Assessment warrant, Series 2021.

Approved a Resolution Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of $180,000 Water Treatment Assessment Warrant, Series 2021.

 

NEW BUSINESS

Approved  Monthly Bills for the City and Public Works in the Amount of $1,780.769.92

Approved for Signatures was the 2021 Barnes County ND Multi-Jurisdictional Multi Hazard mitigation Plan, once the Plan is approved by the ND Department of Emergency Services.

 

CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:

Gwen Crawford said budgets were gone over with portfolio holders concerning capital improvement projects.

There has been final approval of the pavement aprons at Love’s Travel Center, with the cold weather pushing the installation of the concrete until spring.

She attended the ND Water Resource District meeting in Bismarck with discussions on Valley City projects concerning changes with the in town dams.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CITY UPDATES & COMMISSION REPORTS:

City Attorney Martineck said he has been reworking the City Code items based on state legislative changes that were approved at the last session.

Commissioner Gulmon said the city budget is  in line with the reserve funds available.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68, followed by replays.

 

 

Bismarck (NDDEQ)  The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) awarded loans for water and sanitary sewer projects to two communities and a water district through the State Revolving Fund Programs in September.

Barnes Rural Water District received a $507,000 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loan towards the addition of underground, concrete storage reservoirs at four existing reservoirs. This project will improve system reliability and increase water pressure for customers.

Hebron received a $120,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan to replace aging water meters. This project will ensure accurate accounting of water for the residents.

Stanley received a $1,322,000 CWSRF loan and a $2,253,000 DWSRF loan towards replacement of aging water mains, manholes, sanitary sewer mains and services. This project will ensure the safe transmission of water and wastewater for the residents.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides part of the SRF Programs funding, which offers below-market interest rate loans to political subdivisions for financing projects authorized under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. SRF programs operate nationwide to provide funding to maintain and improve the infrastructure that protects our vital water resources.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The 30th Annual Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Concordia Lutheran Church, 502 1st Ave N., Jamestown, across from Loaf and Jug, is set for Thanksgiving Day November 25.  will

No dinning room meal in house due to covid.

Meals will be provided through a drive up process available from 11-1 pm at the church.

Please watch the signage for the drive through meal pick up set up that day using the alley from the north end of the block.  We will also provide delivery of meals that day from 11-1. No dinning room meal in house due to covid.

This meal is free to anyone. (single people, parents, families, people working, college students, don’t want to cook or traveling through, etc.) We serve turkey, stuffing, mashed pot., gravy, corn and dessert.

We wish everyone a healthy and safe Thanksgiving.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Cass County sheriff has fired a deputy who was arrested for driving drunk and crashing his vehicle with his children inside. In a termination letter, Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says Deputy Jacob Danielson violated several of his office’s policies, including those which deal with standards of conduct and performance. Danielson pleaded guilty in court on Oct. 15 to a misdemeanor DUI charge and received 360 days of probation. The charge stems from an August arrest by police when Danielson was in a crash at Custom Express Car Wash in Fargo.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State corrections officials say coronavirus cases involving inmates at the North Dakota State Penitentiary have soared to the highest number to date in the pandemic. North Dakota Department of Corrections officials say out of more than 525 inmates, active positives among inmates jumped from 17 last week to 63 this week. And active positives for staff jumped from 14 last week to 19 Monday. Corrections spokeswoman Kayli Richards says “COVID spread in a congregated setting is extremely difficult to avoid.” The facility has exceeded its isolation space and is using the gym as an infirmary for COVID positive inmates.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Tuesday is the birthday for both Dakotas. President Benjamin Harrison signed papers admitting North Dakota and South Dakota as the 39th and 40th states in the union on Nov. 2, 1889. Legend says Harrison shuffled the statehood papers before signing them. The two states are now 132 years old. They initially were part of the Dakota Territory created in 1861, which also included much of the present-day states of Montana and Wyoming.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Many of the more than two dozen bill drafts submitted by North Dakota lawmakers for consideration in their upcoming special session attempt to restrict vaccination requirements and the teaching of critical race theory in public schools. The Legislature is set to meet in Bismarck starting Nov. 8 for a special session with specific emphasis on redrawing legislative districts and allocating federal coronavirus relief funds. But 26 mostly unrelated bill drafts filed by lawmakers can still become law if they make it through a Republican-controlled vetting process at the beginning of the session and subsequent floor votes.

In world and national news…

EKNOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A prosecutor says Kyle Rittenhouse instigated the confrontation that led him to shoot three people on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a turbulent protest against racial injustice. But Rittenhouse’s attorney says his client acted in self-defense after one of the men dove for his gun and others kicked him in the face and clubbed him in the head with a skateboard. The two accounts came during opening statements Tuesday at Rittenhouse’s murder trial. Rittenhouse, now 18, is charged with killing two men and wounding a third with an assault-style rifle during the summer of 2020. He could get life in prison if convicted.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who presided over the trial of Derek Chauvin has made public the names of jurors who convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of murder in the death of George Floyd. Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill also Monday released the names of alternates who watched the trial but did not deliberate, as well as questionnaires they filled out during jury selection. The release followed a request by The Associated Press and other news organizations to make the names public. Some jurors have spoken out since their verdict in April. Attempts by the AP to reach other jurors have been unsuccessful.

 

(AP)  Voters in several states are considering whether to expand constitutional rights for people to grow food, gather for worship and visit loved ones in nursing homes. Some measures are a backlash to restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, such as the Texas amendments guaranteeing nursing home visits and religious services. Others would reaffirm pandemic policies, such as a New York measure doing away with limits on absentee voting. A Maine amendment would create a first-of-its kind right to raise and eat food. A New York measure would create a right to clean air and water, similar to measures enacted in several states in the 1970s.

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III will face a felony driving under the influence charge after a fiery vehicle crash early Tuesday that left a woman dead and Ruggs and his female passenger injured. According to police, Ruggs was driving a Chevrolet Corvette that crashed a little before 3:40 a.m. into the rear of a Toyota Rav4 on a busy thoroughfare several miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. Police say the Toyota caught fire and the driver died. The 22-year-old Ruggs “showed signs of impairment,” police said in a statement that said he will be charged with felony DUI resulting in death. Ruggs and his female passenger were hospitalized with unspecified injuries.