Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Jan.7

 

CSi Weather…

 

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY…

McLean-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Kidder-Stutsman-Logan-La Moure-
McIntosh-Dickey-

* WHAT…Blowing snow expected. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph.

* WHERE…Portions of north central and south central North Dakota
including the James River Valley.

* WHEN…From 6 AM Saturday morning to 6 PM CST Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS…Areas of blowing and drifting snow could significantly
reduce visibility.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Temperatures will fall through the day,
resulting in very cold wind chill values in the afternoon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Use caution while traveling, especially in open areas. The latest
road conditions can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...Including the city of Valley City

WHAT…Blowing snow possible. Winds could gust as high as 50
mph.

* WHERE…Barnes County.

* WHEN…From Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon.

* IMPACTS…Widespread blowing snow could significantly reduce
visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

 

Forecast

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Patchy blowing and drifting snow. Lows

zero to 5 above. Temperature rising overnight. South winds 15 to

25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Lowest wind chill readings

22 below to 27 below zero in the evening.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Areas of blowing and drifting snow. Highs

20 to 25. Windy. West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around

45 mph. Lowest wind chill readings 21 below to 26 below zero in

the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Patchy blowing and drifting snow

through the night. Lows 10 to 15 below. Windy. Northwest winds

around 25 mph decreasing to around 15 mph after midnight. Wind

chill readings 31 below to 36 below zero.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs zero to 5 above.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20 below.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs zero to 5 below.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 below.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 30 to 35.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 30 to 35.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Slight chance of light snow. Highs in the

mid 20s.

 

Jamestown  (City)  Jamestown City crews will begin clearing snow in residential areas beginning Monday, January 10, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., and work during daytime hours daily until complete.
Snow removal crews will not be in the same area as the garbage and recycling collection day to day. For example, if your garbage and recycling collection day is Monday, snow removal crews will not be in your area; and so on.
As a reminder:
Jamestown City Code Sec. 25-10.1. – Deposit on streets and alleys, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove snow, slush, or ice from private property or from any driveway, curb cut, or sidewalk and deposit the same upon the surface of any street or alley within the city. The snow and ice may be removed by the city and the necessary expense thereof shall be chargeable against the abutting lot or property.
(a)Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor under the general penalty.
PLEASE NOTE:
The above schedule is contingent upon changing weather conditions and snow accumulation totals.

 

 

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

Fri. Jan. 7, 2022

10:15 -a.m.

Barnes

New Positives: 11

Total Positives: 2288

Active: 34

Recovered: 2202

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 491

 

Stutsman

New Positives: 37

Total Positives: 5304

Active: 84

Recovered: 5107

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 513

North Dakota Cases Reported Jan 7, 2022

NEW CASES REPORTED: 1,519

ACTIVE CASES: 4,487

DAILY POSITIVITY RATE: 14.8%

14-DAY ROLLING POSITIVITY RATE: 11.8 %

TOTAL KNOWN CASES THROUGHOUT PANDEMIC: 180,646

TOTAL RECOVERED THROUGHOUT PANDEMIC: 174,131

ACTIVE HOSPITALIZATIONS: 118

DEATHS REPORTED FRIDAY: 1

TOTAL DEATHS: 2,028

 

CVHD  COVID-19 Vaccinations

Monday, January 10 @ 9:00 – 11:30AM

Friday, January 14 @ 11:00AM – 1:00PM

Thursday, January 20 @ 1:00 – 3:00PM

Thursday, January 20 @ 3:00 – 4:00PM  –  *PEDIATRIC ONLY must be ages 5 – 11

Friday, January 21 @ 11:00AM – 1:00PM

Monday, January 24 @ 9:00 – 11:30AM

Thursday, January 27 @ 1:00 – 3:00PM

Thursday, January 27 @ 3:00 – 4:00PM  –  *PEDIATRIC ONLY must be ages 5 – 11

Friday, January 28 @ 11:00AM – 1:00PM

Monday, January 31 @ 9:00 – 11:30AM

Pop-Up COVID-19 Community Vaccination Clinics

Events hosted by the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH).  Vaccine availability may vary see registration link below for more information.

Various Upcoming Dates:

Event Location: Buffalo Mall and S&R Truck Plaza

 

 

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 – 2:30pm 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)  The City of Jamestown announces that beginning Monday, January 10, 2022, until further notice, all residential alley pickup will be suspended due to alley conditions.

Place garbage and recycling carts on the boulevard no further than 3 feet from the curb on your scheduled pick-up day by 7:00 a.m. Trucks will not return to the area after the scheduled collection routes are completed.
For further information, contact the City Sanitation Department at Sanitation@JamestownND.gov or 701-252-5223.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The James River Humane Society is accepting orders for the Kuchen Fundraiser.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Board of Directors Vice President Jay Nitschke said go on line to Jamesriverhumanesocity.com to place an order.  The Kuchen will be delivered starting March 26, 2022.  Available to order are: Rhubarb, Chocolate Chip, Blueberry, and Peach.

Now that the cold weather is here, keep you pets safe. Click the link below for advice and tips from the Humane Society.

Jay said limit your pet’s outdoor time, and making sure its paws don’t freeze, and keep them from eating snow that may be contaminated with ice melt chemicals, that may also do harm to their paws.

Click the link below for advice and tips from the Humane Society

http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/resources/tips/protect_pets_winter.html

Highlighting cats available for adoption:  Gizmo, and Munchie who are a year old. Mona an orange tabby, and Ashi a 3 year old tabby.

Dogs available include: Penelope a Husky/Lab mix.

Animals available for adoption can be viewed at Jamesriverhumanesociety.com

Kennel sponsorships are also available for $100 annually.  Call Kris for more information at 701-269-2803 for more information.

To schedule an appointment to visit the shelter call 701-25-0747.

The shelter is looking at a “soft opening,” in early spring 2022 based on COVID-19 circumstances at that time.

Jay added that the James River Humane Society’s Annual Board meeting is planned for March 16, 2022.

The James River Humane Society is located off the I-94 Bloom Exit.

 

Valley City  (VCPS)  Valley City Public School District Superintendent Josh Johnson, announces that it’s recruiting substitute teachers.

His News Release States:  “The Valley City Public School District is recruiting substitute teachers and has recently increased daily compensation for these highly valued individuals. The application process is easy and if you have at least 48 college credits, you may qualify for a substitute license in the state of North Dakota.

Anyone interested in being a substitute teacher should contact Haley Olsen at the school district office (701-845-0483 or haley.olsen@k12.nd.us) and she will be more than happy to assist you with the application process.

Valley City Public Schools is also looking to hire a part-time or full-time substitute counselor at Jefferson Elementary between the dates of Tuesday, January 18th and Friday, March 25th. This individual would be responsible for individual counseling and/or classroom guidance lessons. Any potentially qualified and interested counselors should contact Mr. Troy Miller (troy.miller@k12.nd.us or 701.845.0622) or the district office at 701.845.0483.”

Josh Johnson

Superintendent

Valley City Public Schools

(701) 845-0483

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota environmental regulators are working to clean up a firefighting foam spill in Williston. The state Department of Environmental Quality issued a news release Friday saying 6,000 gallons of a foam and water mixture were released from a Polar Creek Industries US facility on Thursday. The spill was confined to a ditch but investigators are collecting samples to determine if the foam contains PFAS, synthetic chemicals that linger in the environment for years and can be harmful to human health.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Conditions remain dry throughout the Missouri River basin, so officials are predicting that the amount of water flowing down the river this year will be below average again. The dry forecast reduces the chance of widespread flooding along the river this spring although some local flooding is still possible if chunks of ice block the flow of water or if heavy rains fall on an area. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday that last year was the tenth driest year on record in the Missouri River basin. This year, runoff is expected to increase somewhat but it is expected to be only 84% of of the long-term average.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing for tougher bail policies after a man who is charged with driving his SUV through a suburban Milwaukee Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring more than 60, had been released on $1,000 bail in a domestic violence case. There have been bipartisan calls for bail reform following the Waukesha Christmas parade deaths and details about the bail amount set for suspect Darrell Brooks Jr. Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, both Democrats, announced their support for stricter bail policies last month.

In world and national news…

(AP)  President Joe Biden’s administration is giving state and local governments greater flexibility in spending $350 billion in federal COVID-19 aid. The new rules from the U.S. Treasury Department come nearly 10 months after Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act. Some cities and counties had said the initial rules were too rigid. The rules released this week relax requirements for governments to prove revenue losses in order to spend the money more freely. Among other things, they allow spending on more types of construction projects and broaden eligibility for high-speed internet projects.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears skeptical of the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. In arguments Friday, the court’s six conservative justices appeared to view the administration’s requirement for businesses with at least 100 employees as overstepping government authority. However, the court seemed more open to a separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers. Seven of the nine justices heard arguments wearing masks for the first time, and an eighth was phoning in. Rulings on legal challenges to the policies from Republican-led states and business groups probably will determine the fate of vaccine requirements affecting more than 80 million people.

 

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A ballot drive being launched in Michigan would protect a woman’s right to an abortion in case the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Supporters of the petition that Reproductive Freedom for All launched on Friday say it would amend the state constitution to affirm the right to make pregnancy decisions without political interference, including about abortion. The ballot committee needs about 425,000 voter signatures to put the measure on the November ballot. Michigan still has a 90-year-old abortion ban on its books if Roe v. Wade is reversed. The high court last month heard arguments about whether to uphold Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks, and abortion rights supporters fear it might even overturn Roe v. Wade.

 

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas abortions clinics that were unable to stop the nation’s most restrictive abortion law at the Supreme Court are plowing ahead with a more narrow challenge. But an appeals court in New Orleans didn’t immediately decide Friday where to send the case next in a procedural battle that clinics argue will only ensure the restrictions stay in effect longer. The Texas law bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks, before some women know they are pregnant. Since the law took effect in September, clinics say they have seen roughly a third of their usual number of patients.

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio abortion providers have again sued to block a state law requiring that fetal remains from surgical abortions be cremated or buried. Clinics, through their lawyers at ACLU of Ohio, argue in a Hamilton County court that the new law imposes a funeral ritual on every patient, regardless of religious or spiritual belief, removing their autonomy. A judge already stayed the law once on grounds a lack of state rules made compliance impossible. Rules were finalized Dec. 30. The law replaces an earlier one that required aborted fetuses to be disposed of “in a humane manner,” but without defining “humane.”

 

 

 

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has denied a request to lower a $500,000 bail set for two parents who with their son are charged in a fatal Michigan school shooting. The judge says James and Jennifer Crumbley failed to turn themselves in when charged with involuntary manslaughter on Dec. 3 and have few ties to the area. The Crumbleys have been jailed since Dec. 4 and unable to meet the bond. They are charged in a shooting that killed four students at Oxford High School on Nov. 30. They’re accused of making a gun accessible to their son, Ethan Crumbley, who is charged separately as an adult with murder and other crimes. Earlier Friday he waived a key evidentiary hearing.