– Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Sept. 8

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph with gusts to around 20 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds around

10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. South

winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds

5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain

showers. Lows in the upper 40s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers in the morning,

then chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in

the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation

40 percent.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and slight

chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of

rain showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of

precipitation 30 percent.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

Jamestown (CVHD) COVID-19 infection rates have been increasing in Stutsman County over the past week with 82 positives currently being report. COVID infections in the community has included both the fully vaccinated and those who are unvaccinated. The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) has just recently began releasing “breakthrough cases,” which refers to a person who has been COVID vaccinated contracting the virus. While the vaccine does not completely prevent a person from becoming infected with COVID, it significantly reduces the risk from becoming very ill. In comparison, 1 in 15 unvaccinated individuals have tested positive for COVID, while only 1 in 147 fully vaccinated individuals have tested positive, according to the NDDoH.

Healthcare professionals in Stutsman County are concerned about the recent increase in COVID-19 infections in the community. According to Tania Nygaard, provider for Essentia Health of Jamestown, “We have seen a rise in COVID over the past few weeks. This week we tested 27 individuals, and of those, 4 came back positive. All 4 were unvaccinated.”

Essentia Health is seeing increased cases in children this Fall. Essentia Health is strongly encouraging all who are eligible to get vaccinated. “The vaccine not only substantially reduces your chances of getting sick, but it also reduces the risk of spreading this disease to those whose immune systems are not strong enough to fight this – elderly, young children, babies, cancer patients, immunocompromised,” states Nygaard.

According to Tonie Lagodinski, Administrator for Ave Maria, “We are also concerned about the rise in COVID-19 cases in Stutsman County. We continue to follow the guidance from Centers for Disease Control, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the ND Department of Health to ensure the safety of our residents and employees at Ave Maria Village. This includes testing all residents and employees and reporting positive cases to the state Dept. of Health. Our staff and residents are following the recommended preventative actions.”

Central Valley Health District (CVHD) is seeing an increase in individuals interested in vaccination. “Appointments at our vaccine clinics are full and more people are calling to make vaccine appointments,” reported Robin Iszler, Administrator for CVHD.

While increased vaccinations are encouraging, CVHD is also reporting increasing numbers of those seeking testing and increases in numbers testing positive. This week [Tuesday and Wednesday], Central Valley Health has already tested nearly 200 individuals, resulting in 23 positive cases.

“We are seeing a rise in those needing to be tested and recently we are seeing more individuals who are experiencing symptoms and more children,” stated Iszler

CVHD continues to offer weekly COVID testing and vaccinations in the community. For dates and times of vaccinations and testing events – visit centralvalleyhealth.org for up to date information.

For more information, please call CVHD at 252-8130.

Jamestown (CVHD) Central Valley Health District reminds residents that COVID testing is on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at the Jamestown Civic Center, Exchequor Room, from 11-a.m. to noon.

Call CVHD at 701-252-8130 to register.

Jamestown (CSi) Frontier Village in Jamestown, along with the National Buffalo Museum have reported strong visitor numbers this year.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund said the month of August this year ended with strong visitor counts overall a double digit increase over the 2019 numbers. In 2020 the numbers were significantly lower due to pandemic travel and other restrictions. He said that vendors at Frontier Village were pleasantly surprised by the good sales this past summer. He added that Frontier Village is open through September 19 this year with vendors open. Otherwise the Village is open year ’round for visitors to drop by.

He also spoke about the recent Eide Bailey report on the Bison World project. He said when all the “passion,” about the project is set aside, the report said the project is doable, and the report is a prudent investment, to point out to the state of North Dakota, when local officials and developers visit Bismarck to request Legacy Fund dollars.

UPDATE

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper shot and killed a man following a pursuit on Interstate 94 in the western part of the state. The patrol says the shooting happened around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday about 13 miles west of Mandan. The trooper was assisting Morton County Sheriff’s Office deputies in a chase that originated with a report about a reckless driver. Forty-five-year-old Craig Knutson of Billings, Montana, was killed in the shooting. The patrol says a gun was found in Knutson’s vehicle, but Patrol Maj. Thomas Iverson declined to say whether Knutson had fired it or was even holding it before the trooper shot him. He also refused to release the trooper’s name.

Earlier…

Bismarck (NDHP) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 7, at approximately 8:18 p.m., a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper was assisting Morton County Sheriff’s Office deputies in a pursuit of a vehicle traveling east on Interstate 94 near mile marker 139 or approximately 13 miles west of Mandan. The pursuit originated from a reckless driver call. When the pursuit ended, the trooper fired his duty weapon resulting in the death of the vehicle’s lone occupant, a 45-year-old Billings, Montana, man. A firearm was recovered from the vehicle.

The incident is under investigation by the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI). The trooper has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation by BCI and review by the Morton County State’s Attorney, which is standard practice and department policy following an officer involved shooting.

North Dakota Highway Patrol troopers train extensively for high-risk incidents. We value each individual and understand that the loss of life is a tragic event.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol has a robust program in place to assist our troopers and their families through these difficult times.

Bismarck (NDNG) — The North Dakota NatBional Guard will conduct an observance ceremony on Saturday, September 11, at the Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), near the entrance to Fraine Barracks in Bismarck. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. and is a solemn observance of the 20^th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.

The public and media are invited. The local streets will be closed from 8 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and parking is available at the Bank of North Dakota, 1200 Memorial Highway, Bismarck.

Due to limited seating, attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. COVID-19 precautions to include masks and social distancing are recommended in accordance with the North Dakota Department of Health guidelines.

Governor Doug Burgum, commander-in-chief of the North Dakota National Guard, U.S. Senator John Hoeven, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer, Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann, N.D. National Guard adjutant general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Eric Binstock, senior enlisted leader for the N.D. National Guard are scheduled to render remarks. The emcee for the observance ceremony will be Mrs. Connie Sprynczynatyk.

The observance will be livestreamed at the North Dakota National Guard homepage.

Dedicated on Sept. 11, 2009, the Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism honors North Dakota military members who lost their lives in the GWOT. The memorial commemorates the sacrifice of 29 service members, 14 of whom are North Dakota National Guard Soldiers. It was established to provide a place where families, friends, and fellow citizens could reflect and remember the service and sacrifice of the fallen.

The memorial is a joint venture between the city of Bismarck and the North Dakota National Guard and was funded through private donations.

What: Twentieth-anniversary observance of Sept. 11, 2001 attacks

When: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 11

Where: Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism, Fraine Barracks entrance, headquarters, North Dakota National Guard, Bismarck

Livestream: www.NDGuard.ND.gov

Media contact: Sgt. Thea Jorgensen will escort media 701-934-2458

North Dakota Highway Patrol troopers train extensively for high-risk incidents. We value each individual and understand that the loss of life is a tragic event.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol has a robust program in place to assist our troopers and their families through these difficult times.

NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol says two people have died and a third has been injured in a highway crash in Mountrail County. The patrol says the driver of an SUV and a passenger were killed Tuesday when their vehicle left Highway 8 near New Town, entered a ditch and rolled over several times. All three people in the GMC Envoy were thrown from the vehicle. The driver, a 31-year-old Mandan woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 39-year-old male passenger from Minot was taken by air to Trinity Hospital where he died. A 23-year-old male passenger from New Town was taken to Trinity Hospital for treatment of his injuries.

In sports…

Class B Volleyball Rankings from the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association:

1. Linton-HMB (Oakes vs. Linton-HMB – Oct. 14th)
2. Langdon-Edmore-Munich
3. Thompson
4. Northern Cass
5. Kenmare
6. Dickinson Trinity
7. Central Cass
8. Grafton
9. Oakes
10. Our Redeemers

In world and national news…

HOUMA, La. (AP) — New Orleans has lifted a nightly curfew as the city moves closer to regaining full power, but 96% of utility customers in Louisiana’s hardest-hit communities are still without electricity. Meanwhile, more than a quarter of a million children are still unable to return to schools. Executives with a Louisiana utility firm say they’re on track to have power restored to 90% of New Orleans by late Wednesday evening. Hurricane Ida left all of New Orleans in the dark and more than 1 million people without power after it slammed into the state as a Category 4 storm on Aug. 29. Tens of thousands of people are also still without water.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. economic activity “downshifted” in July and August due to rising concerns about COVID’s delta variant, as well as supply chain problems and labor shortages. That’s according to the Federal Reserve’s latest survey of business conditions around the nation. The Fed survey, released Wednesday, says that the slowdown in economic activity was largely attributable to a pullback in dining out, travel and tourism, reflecting safety concerns due to the rise of the delta variant. The Fed report noted particular weakness in auto sales attributed to low inventories due to a shortage of computer chips.

(AP) Wednesday afternoon stocks were down on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday following a Federal Reserve report that shows U.S. economic activity slowed this summer amid rising worries over resurgent coronavirus cases and mounting supply chain problems and labor shortages. The S&P 500 index was down 0.1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2% and the Nasdaq composite was down 0.6%. Energy prices rose and bond yields edged lower. The market was roughly split between gainers and losers, but technology stocks were still weighing down the market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.34%. Oil prices rose 1.4%.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The summer that was supposed to mark America’s independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March. The delta variant is filling hospitals, sickening alarming numbers of children and driving coronavirus deaths in some places to the highest levels of the entire pandemic. School systems that reopened their classrooms are abruptly switching back to remote learning because of outbreaks. Legal disputes, threats and violence have erupted over mask and vaccine requirements. The U.S. death toll stands at more than 650,000, with one major forecast model projecting it will top 750,000 by Dec. 1.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s move to crisis standards of care this week is allowing some hospitals to ration health care amid an onslaught of coronavirus patients and officials are warning the the rationing could spread to hospitals statewide. The main hospital currently affected by the designation is Kootenai Health in the city of Coeur d’Alene. Some COVID-19 patients there are being treated at a conference center that now resembles a field hospital because the main hospital building is full. Smaller hospitals in the region are not rationing health care but they are frequently unable to transfer patients with serious conditions to Kootenai Health. Idaho has one of the lowest U.S. vaccination rates.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has ruled the state cannot enforce its ban on mask mandates in public schools to guard against the coronavirus while an appeals court sorts out whether the ban is ultimately legal. Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper lifted an automatic stay of his decision last week that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and state education officials exceeded their authority by imposing the blanket ban through executive order and tagging defiant pro-mask local school boards with financial penalties. The case next goes before the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee. DeSantis says he is optimistic the state would prevail.

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year, expanding a call that has largely fallen on deaf ears. The WHO head also said Wednesday he was “appalled” at comments by pharmaceutical manufacturers who said vaccine supplies are high enough to allow for both booster shots for people in well-supplied countries and first jabs in poorer countries that face shortages. The WHO chief said: “I will not stay silent when companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines think the world’s poor should be satisfied with leftovers.” The U.S. and others have already begun some booster shots.