CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.

FRIDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of  light rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds around 15 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs 55 to 60.

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

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

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 50 to 55.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 45 to 50.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of light rain and

snow. Lows in the mid 30s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Chance of light rain, possibly mixed

with snow. Highs in the mid 40s.

 

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

Thurs. Nov. 4,  2021

10:30 -a.m.

Barnes

NEW DEATH, 1

TOTAL DEATHS, 35

New Positives: 14

Total Positives: 1910

Active: 55

Recovered:  1813

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 245

 

Stutsman

NEW DEATH: 1

TOTAL DEATHS: 88

New Positives: 21

Total Positives: 4509

Active: 92

Recovered: 4319

Breakthrough Incidence Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 271

 

 

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

Testing is at the REC Center at 140 4th Street Southwest.

Testing will be 12:30-2:30 Mon, Weds, and Fridays.

There are opportunities for vaccinations, both for annual influenza and for the COVID vaccine.  Call 845-8518 to make an appointment.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (JPD)  Jamestown Police is warning the community of a convicted high risk sex offender who has relocated in Jamestown.

He now resides at 1610 Business Loop East, Apt. A, Jamestown, ND

His vehicle is a 1997 Ford Taurus , ND License Plate, 345ABK.

William James Gehlhoff is a  35 year old white male, five feet nine inches tall,  weighing 225 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.

He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee of the office of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Offense: Possession of Material concerning sexual conduct by a minor. with 421 images of child pornography found on his phone.

Conviction Date: April 2015, in Barnes County, ND District Court.

Disposition: Five years, one year suspended, 59 days served, five years supervised probation.

Offense:  Possession of Material, sexual conduct by a minor.  His computer showed seven images of child pornography, including pre-teen girls, performing acts with adult males.  A second search found 1,500 pages of chat logs.

Comviction Date:  December 2011 in Stutsman County, ND District Court.

Disposition: Two years, 54 days credit, three years supervised probation.

Offense:  Promoting Minor, Obscene  Sexual Performance, and exchanging child pornography and chatting on the internet with a 16 year old female.

Conviction Date:  December,  2011, in Stutsman County, ND District Court.

Disposition:   Two years, 54 days credit, three years supervised probation,concurrent.

Gehlhoff is on GPS Monitoring.

He is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Gehlhoff are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)    The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce reminds the community that the 2021 Ladies Day is a two day event Friday November 5, and Saturday November 6, 2021.

The community (Men TOO) is welcome to shop Downtown Valley City those two days and get in on specials, giveaways, craft projects and much more.

Businesses interested in submitting Ladies Day Specials can E-Mail the Chamber at chamber@valleycitychamber.com or call 701=845-1891.

The Chamber wants to include participating businesses in their advertising for this kick-off to Christmas in the Valley, 2021.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (JRMC)  — One farmer and rancher says he’s ready to get back to work after completing his cancer care journey.

Steven Moos say, “I went in for my yearly physical and regular colonoscopy.  That’s when they found something.” The CAT scan confirmed cancer.

The American Cancer Society recommends most individuals over the age of 50 have a colonoscopy every ten years. People at higher risk may need the screening more often.

Sanford Health General Surgeon Dr. Robert McMillan removed Moos’ cancer in an operating room at Jamestown Regional Medical Center. Moos then completed four chemotherapy treatments, each three weeks apart, at the JRMC Cancer Center.

Moos says,  “It is amazing to have all of our services here. We live in Gackle, and to have an extra 100 miles each way would be difficult. Post-surgery, Steven spent three days in the hospital. His wife Patty was by his side his whole journey. She teared up, talking about how glad she was that she could stay with him.

She says, “Yes, traveling for care is a financial burden but also emotionally draining, I’m glad I could be by his side because we are close.”

When asked if anyone specific had made a difference in care, Steven said, “Everyone.”

The JRMC Cancer Center opened in 2019 in partnership with Sanford Health. Since then, it has saved families like the Mooses more than 500,000 miles of travel. Each month, the cancer center team offers more than 200 chemotherapy infusions in six naturally lit, private infusion bays.

The Moos family says they couldn’t have asked for better. Steven celebrated his JRMC Cancer Center graduation on Oct. 15.

To learn more about care at JRMC or to schedule an appointment, visit www.jrmcnd.com/cancer-center.

About the JRMC Cancer Center

Jamestown Regional Medical Center, in partnership with Sanford Health, opened the JRMC Cancer Center in 2019. The JRMC Cancer Center serves 100 people from Sanford and other healthcare organizations in the Jamestown area each month, saving 250,000 miles of travel each year.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  November 6th is National Bison Day, celebrating the United States National Mammal. The National Buffalo Museum, in Jamestown will be offering free admission to all guests on Saturday, November 6th.

Visitors will have the final opportunity to view I AM BISON, an installation art show by Virginia based fiber artist and sculptor, Patty Swygert. The show, traces the history of bison on this continent, debuted at the National Buffalo Museum last November.

The National Buffalo Museum’s mission is to advocate for the restoration of the North American Bison through education and outreach.

For more information, contact Rachel Johnson at 701-252-8648 or collections@buffalomuseum.com.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s drought is easing with recent precipitation, but some areas of the state are still dealing with poor conditions. This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that no areas of the state are in exceptional drought, the worst category, and less than 10% of North Dakota is in extreme drought, the second worst category. By comparison, all of the state was in some form of drought, with nearly two-thirds in extreme or exceptional drought, three months ago. Much of western and central North Dakota remains in severe or moderate drought. And most of eastern North Dakota is rated “abnormally dry” or not in any category.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators have given temporary approval to a natural gas pipeline in McKenzie County that has been operating for years without a state permit. North Dakota Public Service Commission Chairwoman Julie Fedorchak says she’s not sure why the 2.6-mile Caliber Midstream pipeline has been operating since 2014 without proper permitting. The pipeline connects a natural gas processing plant with the nearby Northern Border Pipeline which is a major export pipeline taking gas produced in the Bakken and Canada to markets in the middle of the United States. Caliber is planning changes to the Midstream pipeline and wants to allow gas to flow either direction, including from Northern Border to a trucking facility next to its Hay Butte processing plant.

 

In world and national news

(AP)  Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly. The new requirements are the Biden administration’s boldest move yet to persuade reluctant Americans to finally get a vaccine that has been widely available for months — or potentially face financial consequences. If successful, administration officials believe it will go a long way toward ending a pandemic that has killed more than 750,000 Americans. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says companies that fail to comply could face penalties of nearly $14,000 per violation. The requirements will apply to about 84 million workers at medium and large businesses.

 

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican governors, lawmakers and attorneys general already are forming a wall of opposition to President Joe Biden’s plan to require vaccinations or COVID-19 testing at all private employers of 100 workers or more. They have adopted laws to exempt employers in their state, promised lawsuits and in some cases are ensuring that workers who are fired for refusing a vaccine will have access to unemployment insurance. They question the constitutionality of the federal regulation, saying the federal workplace safety agency does not have the power to impose vaccine mandates. The Biden administration says it does.

 

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A federal lawsuit accuses the National Rifle Association of violating campaign finance laws by using shell companies to illegally funnel up to $35 million to Republican candidates, including former President Donald Trump, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and others. The Campaign Legal Center filed the lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of a gun control nonprofit founded by former Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords. It accuses the NRA of using shell corporations to “illegally but surreptitiously coordinate advertising with at least seven candidates for federal office.” The NRA says in a statement it “has full confidence in its political activities and remains eager to set the record straight.”

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is questioning Donald Trump’s efforts to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Judge Tanya Chutkan expressed skepticism Thursday when attorneys for the former president asked her to block the handover of documents to a House committee. Chutkan said some of the committee’s requests dating back to April 2020 “are alarmingly broad.” But she disagreed with claims by Trump’s lawyers that Congress does not have a purpose for seeking Trump’s call logs, talking points, and other notes from Jan. 6. The judge said she will rule soon on the lawsuit.

 

(AP)  A Texas real estate agent who bragged she wasn’t going to jail for storming the U.S. Capitol because she is white, has blond hair and good job has been sentenced to two months behind bars. The judge who sentenced Jennifer Leigh Ryan on Thursday questioned whether she is remorseful. While some rioters sentenced for the same misdemeanor conviction have received only probation or home confinement, prosecutors sought incarceration for Ryan. They said the Frisco, Texas, resident has shown a lack of candor and remorse for her actions. Ryan said she was sorry. She is the 10th person charged in the riot to get a jail or prison sentence.