Click here to join the meeting<\/a><\/p>\nMayor Dwaine Heinrich says, \u201cAs Mayor of Jamestown, I have the authority to strengthen our safety practices through policy changes such as: public mask mandates and early shut down of bars and restaurants and restrictions for local gatherings (i.e. weddings, community events, etc.) Changes will not be made without consultation with local health and safety officials of the Emergency Operation Center of the community\u2019s conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Monday November 9, 2020 Governor Doug Burgum moved all counties in North Dakota to the high-risk (orange) level. Businesses and events\/gatherings are recommended to reduce occupancy to 25%, with a cap of 50 people. No standing room options should be allowed and face coverings should be required.<\/p>\n
Jamestown and Stutsman County officials from emergency services and healthcare are support the city in mandating stronger COVID-prevention measures.<\/p>\n
Central Valley Health District, Unit Administrator, Robin Iszler says, Stutsman County is seeing increasing numbers of positives in the community.\u00a0 Residents must take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID, she said. This includes wearing masks at work, church or any event where participants might come in close contact with others. Recent positive cases have occurred from exposure at workplaces, family and social gatherings, schools and sporting events. Mask are not a perfect preventative measure, however, combined with handwashing and physical distancing, the community can collectively curb the spread.<\/p>\n
Iszler says, for example, a hairdresser who was positive did not spread the virus to her clients because both she and the clients wore masks.<\/p>\n
She adds, \u201cThis is an example of how masks work\u201d\u00a0 saying masks prevent the spread of the virus. Wearing one also limits an individual\u2019s chance of being exposed.<\/p>\n
Neighboring communities including Carrington, New Rockford and Edgeley have already enacted mask mandates to protect their residents, schools and businesses.<\/p>\n
JRMC President & CEO Mike Delfs, says, Jamestown Regional Medical Center supports a community-wide mask mandate. Based upon the most reputable, professionally recognized and accepted expertise of organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the North Dakota Department of Health and National Institutes of Health, the scientific data is clear: wearing a mask is the most effective action any individual can take to bend the curve and limit the spread of COVID-19. Masking is not perfect, however, it does help.<\/p>\n
Delfs says, \u201cOur healthcare system, both within JRMC and within the state, is strained.\u00a0 We are stretching resources like beds and personnel. Even if you don\u2019t mask for you, please mask for others. We are a generous community. I know we can do this. We\u2019re in this together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others in healthcare agree.<\/p>\n
Andrew Berkey operations manager for Jamestown Area Ambulance, says, \u201cWe walk down the halls at hospitals here and in bigger cities. It\u2019s haunting. All you see are closed doors and all you hear is coughing. A mask mandate will protect our fellow citizens and our frontline workers. Mask up Jamestown.\u201d<\/p>\n
The purpose of the mask mandate is to protect the health of the community. A mask mandate would also protect the business community.<\/p>\n
Heinrich adds, \u201cOur goal is to keep our local business and economy going and schools open. For this to happen, our residents need to be healthy and our community data needs to improve.”<\/p>\n
The Jamestown City Council will consider a mandate at its special meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12.\u00a0 The meeting will be shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.<\/p>\n
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Jamestown\u00a0 (JDA)\u00a0 The Jamestown Downtown Association is informing the community that due to Covid restrictions, there will NOT be a parade down 1st<\/sup> Avenue on the Friday after Thanksgiving.<\/p>\nInstead, The Drive By Neighborhood Christmas Parade,\u00a0 November 27- December 18,<\/strong>will\u00a0 offer their cash prizes to the entire city of Jamestown for home displays as well as any float entrants who want to participate in this way.<\/p>\nAny float entries who do NOT want to participate in this way will receive their entry fee back. Other sponsors have the option to contribute their sponsorship to the cash prizes or receive a refund.<\/p>\n
There will NOT be an after-party\/awards ceremony.\u00a0 Parade participants and attendees are to use appropriate precautions and practice social distancing over the 10 blocks of the parade route.<\/p>\n
A map will be generated for folks to drive by and they can vote.<\/p>\n
Prizes: 1st<\/sup> place – $200, 2nd<\/sup> place – $100, 3rd<\/sup> place $50.<\/p>\nFor more information along with entry form information by contacting Lynn Lambrecht at 701-320-7217.<\/p>\n
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he wishes the neighboring Dakotas would take more aggressive steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus, singling out South Dakota’s Republican governor, Kristi Noem, for criticism. Walz, a Democrat, made the comments Tuesday during a news conference in St. Paul where he announced new restrictions on bars, restaurants and gatherings in Minnesota. He lamented that Minnesota is catching up with the Dakotas, which lead the country in new cases per capita. The Democratic governor said he\u2019s not blaming neighboring states for that, but he said this summer\u2019s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota was \u201cabsolutely unnecessary,\u201d and that data shows it helped spread the virus beyond that state.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Gov. Doug Burgum is asking the state\u2019s attorney general to appoint outside lawyers to handle a possible lawsuit over the governor’s appointment to fill a legislative seat that was won by a candidate who died before the election. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is at odds with Burgum over the appointment of Washburn coal executive Wade Boeshans to the District 8 seat won by David Andahl, who died Oct. 5 from coronavirus complications. Stenehjem says the legislative branch, not the executive branch, has the authority to fill the vacancy. Burgum has asked Stenehjem to appoint three attorneys with Vogel Law Firm in Bismarck to represent him \u201con legal matters\u201d related to the appointment.<\/p>\n
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 The defeat of U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson in Minnesota and some key retirements mean a shakeup is coming for agriculture on Capitol Hill. Observers say power is likely to shift from the Midwest to the South and the coasts. Both the House and Senate agriculture committees will get new chairs. Names in the mix include lawmakers from Southern and coastal states, and urban districts. Observers say they\u2019re likely to prioritize Southern crops such as peanuts, rice and cotton over traditional Midwest concerns of corn, soybeans, sugar beets and dairy. And it likely means a new emphasis on nutrition programs that serve the poor.<\/p>\n
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ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Georgia\u2019s secretary of state on Wednesday announced an audit of presidential election results that he said would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin is so tight. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a news conference Wednesday that his office wants the process to begin by the end of the week and he expects it to take until Nov. 20. After results are certified, the losing campaign can then request another recount, which will be performed by machine, Raffensperger said. President-elect Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by about 14,000 votes out of nearly 5 million votes counted in the state.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President-elect Joe Biden says he\u2019s not worried that President Donald Trump has broken with tradition by not letting him read the ultra-secret daily brief containing the nation\u2019s most sensitive intelligence before inauguration. Biden says he can’t make national security decisions yet anyway so he doesn’t need it. National security and intelligence experts hope Trump eventually decides to share the so-called President’s Daily Brief with Biden. They say U.S. adversaries can take advantage of the country during an American presidential transition and key foreign issues will be bearing down on Biden when he walks in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n
PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 President-elect Joe Biden is quietly pushing forward with the business of preparing to become America\u2019s next commander in chief. He’s ignoring President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to block him. Biden says he’s getting \u201cright to work\u201d and downplaying concerns about Trump’s efforts. Biden stepped away from his closed-door planning on Wednesday to honor the nation\u2019s fallen soldiers at a Veterans Day tribute in Philadelphia. Then he returned to private transition planning. Biden was asked Tuesday about the Republican resistance and said it \u201cdoes not change the dynamic at all in what we\u2019re able to do.\u201d He says additional intelligence briefings \u201cwould be useful\u201d but \u201cwe don\u2019t see anything slowing us down.\u201d<\/p>\n
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) \u2014 U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has been re-elected to the U.S. Senate. The Republican Sullivan defeated Al Gross, an independent who won the Democratic primary. The race had been determined too early to call on Election Day with a large numbers of outstanding absentee ballots. State election officials began counting more than 150,000 absentee and other ballots on Tuesday. Sullivan was first elected to the seat in 2014 when he defeated incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich. The race attracted outside attention with control of the Senate at stake. The result in Alaska means that control of the Senate won\u2019t be decided until January Senate runoffs are held in Georgia.<\/p>\n
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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign has been blasting out emails and text messages to supporters, raising money for an \u201celection defense fund\u201d to contest the outcome of last week’s election. But a close read of the fine print reveals the messages are misleading. Much of the money has instead paid down Trump\u2019s campaign debt, replenished the Republican National Committee and, more recently, helped get Save America, a new political action committee Trump founded, off the ground. The unusual way the Trump campaign is divvying up the contributions has drawn scrutiny from election watchdogs, who say Trump and his family could financially benefit from the arrangement.<\/p>\n
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 The U.S. is celebrating this Veterans Day with virtual gatherings and spectator-free parades. Many of the traditional ceremonies have been canceled this year because of the surging coronavirus that has killed thousands of veterans. Several of the nation\u2019s veterans homes are fighting new outbreaks and are barring visitors. In New York City, a quiet parade of military vehicles with no spectators rolled through Manhattan Wednesday. President Donald Trump took part in the Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Ceremony. So far, about 4,200 veterans have died from COVID-19 at facilities run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi) \u00a0 The Jamestown City Council will consider a mask mandate Thursday, a mandate the healthcare community supports. The meeting will be shown live on CSi Cable 67. \u2013 Access the meeting at 701-566-9575, Phone Conference ID: 864 805 063#