Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Dec. 9

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COVID-19 Stats

Thurs. Dec. 9, 2021

10:20 -a.m.

Barnes

New Positives:  6

Total Positives: 2120

Active: 43

Recovered:  2034

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 360

Stutsman

New Positives: 15

Total Positives: 5003

Active: 101

Recovered: 4796

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 415

North Dakota reported Dec. 9, 2021

NEW CASES REPORTED: 394

ACTIVE CASES: 2,946

DAILY POSITIVITY RATE: 4.4%

14-DAY ROLLING POSITIVITY RATE: 7.3%

TOTAL KNOWN CASES THROUGHOUT PANDEMIC: 166,233

TOTAL RECOVERED THROUGHOUT PANDEMIC: 161,343

ACTIVE HOSPITALIZATIONS THURSDAY: 165

DEATHS REPORTED THURSDAY: 5

TOTAL DEATHS: 1,944

Drive up clinics at the Buffalo mall are being held on

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 (City) In Jamestown, the road closure at the intersection of 7th Ave NE & 3rd St NE is extended until Tuesday, December 14, 2021.
The above schedule is contingent upon changing weather conditions.
Construction signing will be put in place by the City.
Motorists should use extreme caution in this area and take alternate routes during this time, if possible.

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Police is enforcing the 48 hour parking limitation during the winter months, to aid city street crews in snow removal.

Vehicles parked on the street slow the snow removal process and can make the streets of Jamestown more dangerous

Jamestown Police marks vehicle tires for 48-hour parking.

Two days after the tires are marked, officers check and issue parking citations for any vehicle that hasn’t moved. If a vehicle is in violation it can be towed.

Jamestown city Ordinances address  overtime parking on the street or not clearing snow and ice from sidewalks…. a violation and a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine and possible jail

Jamestown  (Chamber)  Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee and the Young Professionals of Jamestown presented the Customer Service Award for December to Lynzee Klawon for her outstanding customer service.

The chamber honors individuals who demonstrate a consistent commitment to delivering products or services that satisfy customers by exceeding their requirements or expectations.

Her nomination letter said:

“We had a client who is also a farmer and is currently in the busy time of harvest, so working from sun up to sun down. When it came time to schedule closing Lynzee went out of her way and said that she would gladly do a closing prior to business hours. This means she had to come into the office LONG before 8am. I got there at 7am and not only was she thrilled to see everyone, but she was completely ready to go and was actually waiting for us. She went out of her way to make sure this client could stick to their schedule and not have to stop working early to come purchase their new home. Thank you, Lynzee for providing an EXCEPTIONAL customer service and putting their schedule first.”

Congratulations to Lynzee! Quality Title Inc. is located at 117 Business Loop W. You can reach them at 701-368-3210.

Customer Service Award nomination forms are available at the Chamber office and on their website at www.jamestownchamber.com or call 701-252-4830.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Only a few of the tens of thousands of people who may be eligible have taken advantage of a policy change that lets those with low-level marijuana convictions in North Dakota petition have their records wiped clean. Records show only 51 of the 70 people who applied have been granted pardons in the two years since the policy was put in place. Another three people await approval by Gov. Doug Burgum. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem estimates as many as 175,000 marijuana convictions could be eligible for pardons under the policy. They can have their records wiped clean if they avoid unlawful behavior for five years.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two men have been indicted for murder in connection with a fatal beating on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in western North Dakota. An FBI affidavit alleges Edward Finley and Kenneth Grady, both 30, caused the death of 38-year-old Valentino White Jr. by punching and kicking him in an October attack at a New Town mobile home. The affidavit says White at one point allegedly was upset with another man and pulled a knife. Later Finley allegedly punched White and knocked him off a chair and when White tried to fight back witnesses said Finley and Grady punched and kicked him in the head during the altercation, which later resulted in his death.

In sports…

(AP) Many of the perennial contenders are still in the title chase as the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs head into the quarterfinal round this weekend. Six of the remaining playoff teams have won national titles, all but one of them within the last two decades. In addition to defending national champion Sam Houston, the list includes James Madison, North Dakota State, Montana, Montana State and Villanova. But the playoffs have once again shown nothing is a given no matter what the name is on the front of the jersey.

In world and national news

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ overall income has accelerated since the pandemic, but so has inflation — and a new poll finds that far more people are noticing the higher prices than the pay gains. Two-thirds say their household costs have risen since the pandemic, compared with only about a quarter who say their incomes have increased, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Half say their incomes have stayed the same. Roughly a quarter report that their incomes have dropped. The fast-rising prices that have been surging through the economy have forced many Americans to change their spending habits.

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities say a high school student has been taken into custody after he was found carrying a rifle with a loaded magazine on a school bus. According to The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten said the juvenile student was carrying a pistol-grip AK-47 with a loaded 30-round magazine Wednesday morning. Wooten says the bus driver called an assistant principal after smelling marijuana on the student. Wooten says a school resource officer searched the student and found the rifle and marijuana before taking the student into custody.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Two lawsuits seeking $100 million each have been filed against a Michigan school district, its superintendent and others after four students were fatally shot and others wounded at Oxford High School. Attorney Geoffrey Fieger says the lawsuits were filed in Detroit federal court by Jeffrey and Brandi Franz on behalf of their daughters, Riley, a 17-year-old senior who is recovering after being shot in the neck Nov. 30, and her sister Bella, a ninth grader who was next to her. Named in the suits are the Oxford school district, Superintendent Tim Throne, Oxford High’s principal and others. The Associated Press sent an email seeking comment from the district. Ethan Crumbley, a 15-year-old sophomore, was arrested and is charged as an adult with murder, terrorism and other crimes.

HOUSTON (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott says in an interview that he didn’t know that fans had died at his Astroworld festival in Houston until after his performance ended. In the interview with Charlamagne Tha God posted on Thursday, Scott said he paused the performance a couple of times but couldn’t hear fans screaming for help. Ten people who attended the festival on Nov. 5 died following a massive crowd surge. Scott, concert promoter Live Nation and other companies associated with the show have been sued by hundreds of people. A criminal criminal investigation is ongoing, but no one has been charged. Scott denied that his history of encouraging fans to rush the stage or bypass security contributed to the deaths.