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CSi Weather…<\/p>\n
.REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 15 to20 mph.<\/p>\n
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.<\/p>\n
.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to<\/p>\n
15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Warmer. Lows in the mid 50s.<\/p>\n
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.<\/p>\n
.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon in the Jamestown area, 60 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph<\/p>\n
shifting to the west in the afternoon. Gusts up to 35 mph.<\/p>\n
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with slight chance of rain showers<\/p>\n
in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the<\/p>\n
mid 40s.<\/p>\n
.COLUMBUS DAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.<\/p>\n
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.<\/p>\n
.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs around 60.<\/p>\n
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.<\/p>\n
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.<\/p>\n
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.<\/p>\n
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.<\/p>\n
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Sunday afternoon a cold front<\/a> is favored to have already passed through the western half of the state.<\/p>\n In the James River Valley, showers and thunderstorms could light up along the cold front<\/a> Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n Fire Danger Map for North Dakota<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Update… Road Diet work…<\/p>\n On Friday morning the cones and traffic direction indicators had been removed on First Avenue.\u00a0 More information on plans from the city when<\/p>\n updated….<\/p>\n (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his weekly news briefing Thursday morning at the state capital in Bismarck to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ndhealth\/videos\/800053807426421\/<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He was joined by North Dakota Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman, District 29 House Majority Leader Chet Pollert of Carrington,and House Minority Leader Josh Boschee.<\/p>\n Burgum outlined changes in county Risk Levels.<\/p>\n Moving from Blue-New Normal to Green-Low Risk is LaMoure County.\u00a0 Meanwhile Dickey County was moved from Green-Low Risk to Yellow-Moderate Risk.<\/p>\n He has said the risk levels are not mandates, but rather guidelines, and go into effect on Friday October 9, 2020.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Burgum moved on by saying that\u00a0 the test positivity rates in the region, shows North Dakota has the second lowest positivity rate, in the state, but leads the nation in the nation in positive rates in the nation.\u00a0 He said the state is performing more testings.<\/p>\n NDDoH<\/p>\n COVID-19 Stats<\/p>\n Thurs. Oct. 8, 2020<\/p>\n Posted 9:30\u00a0 am<\/p>\n Barnes<\/strong><\/p>\n New Positives\u00a0 2<\/p>\n Total Positives 262<\/p>\n Active Cases 25<\/p>\n Recovered 236<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stutsman<\/strong><\/p>\n New Positives\u00a0 9<\/p>\n Total Positives\u00a0 572<\/p>\n Active Cases 59<\/p>\n Recovered 509<\/p>\n COVID-19 Test Results BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n 6,898 \u2013 Total Tests from Yesterday*<\/p>\n 686,464 \u2013 Total tests completed since the pandemic began<\/p>\n 531 \u2013 Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****<\/p>\n 25,384 \u2013 Total positive individuals since the pandemic began<\/p>\n 8.09% \u2013 Daily Positivity Rate**<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n 3,832 Total Active Cases<\/p>\n +126 Individuals from yesterday<\/p>\n 395 \u2013 Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (194 with a recovery date of yesterday****)<\/p>\n 21,242 \u2013 Total recovered since the pandemic began<\/p>\n 125 \u2013 Curren\u00adtly Hospitalized<\/p>\n +9 \u2013 Individuals from yesterday<\/p>\n 6 \u2013 New Deaths*** (310 total deaths since the pandemic began) <\/p>\n * Note that this does not include individuals from out of state and has been updated to reflect the most recent information discovered after cases were investigated.<\/em><\/p>\n **Individuals who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (<\/em>susceptible encounters<\/em><\/a>). <\/em><\/p>\n *** Number of individuals who tested positive and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. There is a lag in the time deaths are reported to the NDDoH. ******Totals may be adjusted as individuals are found to live out of state, in another county, or as other information is found during investigation.<\/em><\/p>\n For descriptions of these categories, visit the <\/em>NDDoH dashboard<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the NDDoH website at\u00a0www.health.nd.gov\/coronavirus<\/a>, follow on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and visit the CDC website at\u00a0www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Senator Rich Wardner said, North Dakota has distributed from the federal government, dollars to support North Dakota Businesses, along with support for unenployment funds.<\/p>\n Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman talked about essential compensation for front line workers.<\/p>\n House Minority Leader Josh Boschee, said the state legislature has addressed how to best distribute CARES ACT funding, and said he\u2019s hopeful that the federal government will allocate additional funding.<\/p>\n District 29 House Majority Leader Chet Pollert of Carrington, added legislative action concerning distributing $1.25 million in CARES\u00a0 ACT funding, including holding conversations with the governor\u2019s office, with open dialogues.\u00a0 He, along with other speakers urged North Dakotans to follow protocols in staying safe, to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n With hospitalizations due to the virus, Burgum outlined the monitoring of those individuals, and ensuring health care worker staff bed capacity which will be added to the State Health Department\u2019s web site, dashboard.<\/p>\n Dr. Michael LeBeau of Sanford Health in Bismarck noted healthcare frontline workers continuing to be prepared with dealing with the pandemic and caring for patients.<\/p>\n He also urges all North Dakotan to wear masks, and pointed out that North Dakota has recorded it\u2019s first COVID 19 death of a female in her teens.<\/p>\n LeBeau says he understands concerns about the amount of hospital beds available for COVID-19 patients, yet believes medical facilities around the state are ready to adapt to meet the challenge. Sanford Health Bismarck President Michael LeBeau\u2019s comments followed the North Dakota Department of Health\u2019s daily update showing new highs for active cases of COVID-19, newly confirmed cases and coronavirus-related hospitalizations. LeBeau says that although hospitals around the state are competitors, they are working together on additional space and there are no plans to build temporary facilities. He says there may be longer wait times or patients will have to be transferred to another hospital.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Businesses qualify for a ribbon-cutting ceremony if they open, move, remodel, are under new ownership or change their name.\u00a0 For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com<\/a> or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.<\/p>\n Her nominations said, \u201cOn Saturday, June 13th I went to my dad\u2019s house in Edgeley to visit. When I got to his house the feed shed had been left open and his three horses had been in there eating. When a horse eats too much grain, it can overload and can get colic and laminitis. Dad\u2019s horses mean the world to him. He uses two of them as a team to pull the grandkids, and many other kids in Edgeley, in his buggy. When I discovered my dad\u2019s horses, I called Southwood Emergency after-hours number. Anna Stansbery answered and said she was up getting ready for work and asked if she could call me back. When she called back, she said that if I could bring them in right away, she\u2019d find a way to fit them into her schedule, so she could get them started on mineral oil and charcoal right away to stop the feed absorption. She explained that the timing of this was critical. Anna could have easily declined to take on the additional work and turned us away. She did this despite the fact that I am far from the most valuable customer at the clinic. The horses would have suffered permanent injury if she hadn\u2019t taken the time to treat them that day. She treated me like the most valuable customer. As of now, dad\u2019s horses are healthy and happy and he\u2019ll be able to give the grandkids rides for years to come. Thank you, Anna.\u201d<\/p>\n Congratulations to Anna, who along with all the other monthly winners, will be recognized at the Chamber\u2019s annual banquet in January 2021.\u00a0 Customer Service Award nomination forms are available at the Chamber office and on their website at www.jamestownchamber.com<\/a> or call 701-252-4830.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The event is free of charge.<\/p>\n Presented by The North Dakota Department of Agriculture, and College SAVE, Bank of North Dakota\u2019s 529 Plan.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/RiskLevelMap10-8-20-300x183.png\")
Those included Stutsman going from yellow-moderate, returning to green-low risk, as has Richland County.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/risk-level-no-meter-300x212.png\")
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\n<\/strong>The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the <\/em>NDDoH website<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nINDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nCOUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\n****<\/em> The actual date individuals are officially out of isolation and no longer contagious.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/JohnsonJoshVCsupt-300x202.png\")
Valley City (VCPS)\u00a0 Valley City Public Schools Superintendent Josh Johnson said,\u201d We will continue to follow the guidance from the Governor\u2019s Office and NDDoH for counties in \u201cYellow\u201d; however, we will continue to plan for a possible change to \u201cGreen.\u201d\u00a0 Valley City Public Schools COVID-19 statistics are following closely with the improvements in Barnes County. In the past week, we have had ZERO new cases and the number of close contacts will be the lowest for the 2020-2021 school year. The new guidelines enacted one week ago requiring masks in our classrooms are allowing more of our students to be learning in-person in our schools and we thank you for supporting this change and again, allowing our students to be in-person (5 days per week) at Valley City Public Schools.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/RibbonCut_UJPlace-2020-212x300.jpg\")
Jamestown\u00a0 (Chamber Release) \u00a0 Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and the Young Professionals of Jamestown held a ribbon cutting ceremony for, Chamber member, University of Jamestown to celebrate their new building on campus, UJ Place in Jamestown. UJ Place features a mixture of student housing and commercial spaces.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Stansbery-BOM-Oct-2020-300x225.jpg\")
(Chamber)\u00a0 Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee and the Young Professionals of Jamestown presented the Customer Service Award for October to Anna Stansbery of Southwood Veterinary Clinic for her outstanding customer service.\u00a0 The chamber honors individuals who demonstrate a consistent commitment to delivering products or services that satisfy customers by exceeding their requirements or expectations.<\/p>\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PrideND125.jpg\")
Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Pride of Dakota Harvest \u00a0Showcase comes to the Jamestown Civic Center, \u00a0Friday October 9, 4-p.m., to 9-p.m., and Saturday October 10, from 9-a.m., to 5-p.m.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A longtime effort to bring intermodal rail service to North Dakota is finally coming to fruition. Gov. Doug Burgum says BNSF Railway\u2019s plan to provide an intermodal unit train at a facility in Minot is a \u201cgame changer.\u201d Burgum says it will reduce shipping costs for farm products by as much as 25%. Intermodal service allows producers and processors to directly load containers on rail in Minot to ship to international destinations. State officials have pursued intermodal rail service for more than two decades.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Hoeven5-300x225.jpg\")
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) \u2014 U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says a new federal law enforcement training center for Native American officers in northeastern North Dakota should be starting classes in the next month. The U.S. Indian Police Academy Advanced Training Center is located at Camp Grafton, the North Dakota National Guard facility near Devils Lake. It includes classroom space, dorms, and a cafeteria that will be used by Bureau of Indian Affairs trainees. The center will receive recruits from tribes throughout the Great Plains. Most tribes currently send their officers to the federal site in Artesia, New Mexico. The Navajo Nation has its own police academy.<\/p>\n