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REST OF TODAY…Mostly sunny. Chance of rain showers, possibly mixed with snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s.<\/p>\n
Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.<\/p>\n
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 20. North winds around 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.<\/p>\n
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds<\/p>\n
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.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. West winds<\/p>\n
5 to 10 mph.<\/p>\n
.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 5 to<\/p>\n
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.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 30s.<\/p>\n
.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.<\/p>\n
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.<\/p>\n
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.<\/p>\n
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.<\/p>\n
.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.<\/p>\n
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.<\/p>\n
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.<\/p>\n
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River Watch\u2026.<\/p>\n
Flood updates and water level updates\u00a0 for the \u2026<\/p>\n
<Sheyenne River Level Through Valley City<\/a><\/p>\n Lake Ashtabula Level<\/a><\/p>\n James River level through Jamestown.<\/a><\/p>\n Jamestown Dam<\/a><\/p>\n National Weather Service\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Water amounts in the snow pack <\/a><\/p>\n The Latest Flood Warnings from The National Weather Service<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/ndresponse.gov\/flood-region<\/a><\/p>\n Fire Danger Map for North Dakota<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This Day In History, April 15.1907 \u2013 North Coast Limited Train Leaves the tracks. . . .\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History. Photo: Jamestown Weekly Alert<\/em><\/p>\n West bound North Coast Limited leaves rails two miles east of Jamestown Depot. Several injured and rail traffic in both directions is delayed.<\/p>\n Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi) Jamestown Public Works informs motorists that\u00a0 continuing through Weds April 15, 5th St SE<\/strong> between 6th Ave SE and 7th Ave SE will be temporarily closed to through traffic.<\/p>\n Also, Beginning Wednesday, April 15,<\/strong> 2020 at approximately 7:30 am and continuing through Thursday, April 16, 2020, the intersection of 9th St SE and 2nd Ave SE will be temporarily closed.<\/p>\n Motorist\u2019s should use extreme caution in this area. <\/p>\n Central Valley Health District, Administrator, Robin Iszler said there have been\u00a0 213 tests for the COVID-19 virus in Stutsman County, with one positive.\u00a0 In Barnes County two positives, on positive in Foster County and one positive in McIntosh County.<\/p>\n She said CVHD is collecting donated homemade facemasks.\u00a0 Call the office for more information at 701-252-8130.<\/p>\n Jamestown Regional Medical Center:<\/p>\n Hospital President, and CEO Mike Delfs\u00a0 said JRMC follows CDC Guidelines including protective gear, and equipment.<\/p>\n He said as of Tuesday JRMC has conducted\u00a0 66 coronavirus tests, and zero positives.<\/p>\n He added that JRMC has a policy of one visitor per patient during the pandemic.<\/p>\n He said JRMC is in good financial condition, as many small rural hospitals are struggling financially, due to a downturn in patients.<\/p>\n He said general appointments are still be accepted such as for mammograms, and ultrasounds and the like.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n University of Jamestown:<\/p>\n Vice President of Student Affairs, Dustin Jensen said, currently 15 percent of the student population remain living on campus as several out of state students feel safer at here than returning home, right now.<\/p>\n He said summer classes are still planned, but it\u2019s not know if they will be on site, or online.<\/p>\n Activities continue to be pushed off awaiting how long the pandemic\u2019s social distancing and other mandates remain in effect.<\/p>\n Student international travel is cancelled such as band trips and others.\u00a0 All athletic competitions, and related activities are cancelled.\u00a0\u00a0 Athletes will have another year of eligibility \u00a0to compete in sports next academic year if they so choose.<\/p>\n Commencement has been postponed until Oct 10, 2020 in conjunction with homecoming activities.\u00a0 The Annual Dine and bid dinner and auction has also been postponed.<\/p>\n More information on line at uj.edu.<\/p>\n North Dakota State Hospital:<\/p>\n Administrator, Tanya Perkins said the State Hospital has been and is prepared to handle those patients testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, while continue to care for patients following its mission,\u00a0 maintaining specialized inpatient and residential care to individuals with severe, complex and persistent mental illnesses and substance use disorders. New patients are screened when admitted for the virus.<\/p>\n She said the hospital\u2019s emergency management team is also collaborating regularly with state and local partners on COVID-19 emergency preparedness planning.<\/p>\n She said there is no visitors allowed on the State Hospital Campus during the pandemic emergency.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SAFE Shelter: Director, Lynne Talley passed along a statement, read by Robin Iszler, \u00a0that home can be a dangerous place during the pandemic, domestic abuse can be on the rise.\u00a0 She said SAFE Shelter is still staffed and working from home.\u00a0 Those needing assistance, call the 24 hour hotline is 701-251-2300.<\/p>\n She pointed out that SAFE Shelter continues to provide a temporary safe home for those being abused.\u00a0 If a person doesn\u2019t feel secure in calling, have a friend or someone else call.\u00a0 And DO NOT use a computer the abuser has access to.<\/p>\n In an emergency call 9-1-1.<\/p>\n The meeting was\u00a0shown live and replays on CSi TV 10 -The Replay Channel & CSi 67.\u00a0 \u00a0To view the briefing online, go to the CSi LiveStream at Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n The next Stutsman County COVID-19 briefing is scheduled for Friday April 17, 2020, at 2:30-p.m.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The City of Valley City is hosting a COVID-19 Response briefing this evening, Apr 15, 2020 at 5:30-p.m.<\/p>\n On hand will be officials from City-County Health District, South Central Human Service Center, and Local Government are expected to speak, including:<\/p>\n Theresa Will \u2013 Administrator for City-County Health District<\/p>\n Chelsea Modlin \u2013 Valley City Site Director for South Central Human Service Center<\/p>\n Bill Carlblom \u2013 Barnes County Commissioner<\/p>\n Dave Carlsrud \u2013 Valley City Mayor<\/p>\n Each organization will provide updates and information pertaining to recent developments in the COVID-19 community response.<\/p>\n The briefing is closed the public to honor social distancing. Members of the public can view live on The City-County Health Facebook page and on CSi Cable 68 followed by replays.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He passed along the latest numbers, which he said showed lagging results, due to the Easter Holiday weekend.<\/p>\n NDDoH<\/p>\n April 14, 2020\u00a0 11-a.m.<\/p>\n Positive COVID-19 Test Results <\/p>\n POSITIVE TEST RESULTS <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Categories: Travel, Possible Travel, Community Spread, Close Contact, Household Contact, Under Investigation<\/em><\/p>\n INDIVIDUAL WHO DIED WITH COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n 10,916 \u2013 Total Tested (+135 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 10,575 \u2013 Negative (+125 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 341 \u2013 Positive (+10 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 42 \u2013 Hospitalized (+2 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 13 \u2013 Currently Hospitalized (+0 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 138 \u2013 Recovered (+11 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 9 \u2013 Death (+1 individual from yesterday)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For descriptions of these categories, visit the <\/em>NDDoH dashboard<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/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 He said North Dakota officials are looking at the number of border states, that have individuals coming to North Dakota for healthcare.\u00a0 He said the North Dakota positive numbers can stay low, if residents continue to change their lifestyles, practicing such things a social distancing good hygiene, and limiting travel and staying safe when they visit stores.<\/p>\n He said hospital bed capacity in the state remains good, using less than one percent of the current bed capacity.<\/p>\n Tammy Miller, the Unified Command Center Co-Leader talked about the surge plan with hospitals and the National Guard and other agencies.<\/p>\n The goal of the surge plan is to protect residents, and ensure hospitals and communities have resources, with 50 hospitals in the state identified, with \u201ctiers\u201d indicated concerning bed capacity.\u00a0 As hospital beds, at Tier one become full, the next Tier is identified, with additional bed capacity.\u00a0\u00a0 Tier Three is crisis status, which calls for providing several more beds to be utilized. At Tier 3 7500 beds become available, including utilizing the University of Mary Fieldhouse, and the Fargodome.\u00a0 Jamestown is identified as a Minimal Care Facility at the University of Jamestown\u2019s Newman Center, and The Larson Center, with JRMC the lead Hospital.\u00a0 The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has been assisting with identifying potential hospital bed \u00a0locations.<\/p>\n The State Health Department helps monitor the bed capacity.<\/p>\n Burgum said the state shares plans with the state\u2019s Indian Tribal Nations.\u00a0 He was joined by ND Indian Affairs Commission (NDIAC) Executive Director Scott Davis.<\/p>\n Davis said the Tribal Nations have declared a pandemic emergency with the State of North Dakota, which he says the Nation is grateful for.\u00a0\u00a0 Tribal leaders have issue Executive Orders to help slow the spread of COVID-19 across the state, such as good hygiene, social distancing and other messages.\u00a0 He said testing has been well received by residents, in cooperation with the State of North Dakota.\u00a0 He said the Tribal Nations are working well with the State Department of Public Instruction, along with the Secretary of State\u2019s office with this year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n Burgum said the state, federal, and Tribal Nations are working together including the Tribal Leaders.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With behavior health, Burgum added that that form of health needs to be thought of on an equal footing with physical health. \u00a0He said the State Hospital in Jamestown continues to follow CDC guidelines concerning patient care concerning challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Burgum said 17,000 people have downloaded the CARE – 19 tracing app, through the Apple App Store.<\/p>\n The ND commerce Department continues to hold regular virtual briefing\u00a0 with the latest and updates and information. The meeting schedule can be found at NDResponse.gov and where other links to business loans and other information can be found.<\/p>\n With unemployment, 49,716, claims, have been filed, with a total of 9,826 pandemic related jobless claims filed.<\/p>\n BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Gov. Doug Burgum stopped short of mandating that all polling places close during North Dakota’s primary election, despite being urged by county auditors to do so out of public health concerns amid the coronavirus outbreak. A Burgum spokesman says the governor wanted to give counties the option of having open polling places. Conducting elections safely amidst the coronavirus has become an issue nationwide, most notably last week in Wisconsin, where Republicans insisted on holding in-person voting despite widespread health fear\u2019s. North Dakota’s top two Republicans say they think the decision should be left to counties.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce we\u2019ve beaten COVID-19, we need our economy to get moving as quickly as possible,\u201d said Senator Hoeven, an NFIB member since 2012<\/strong>. \u201cThese meetings are about helping businesses take advantage of the assistance provided under the CARES Act. That means keeping their operations intact and ready to go with employees still on payroll. In order to bolster these efforts, we\u2019re working to secure more funding for the PPP and preparing the next phase of our response. We welcome the feedback from our state\u2019s businesses. We appreciate the local NFIB for helping set up today\u2019s discussion and SBA District Director Haut for working with us to address their members\u2019 needs.\u201d<\/p>\n Sen. Hoeven thanked the small business owners on the call for being the backbone of the North Dakota economy. He told them they would help lead North Dakota our of this crisis because North Dakotans are pragmatic people who know how to do things right.<\/p>\n Commonwealth, is the Wisconsin company developing the project<\/p>\n The project is planned for the former\u00a0 Eagles building that would be demolished for the 33-unit housing complex.<\/p>\n Maximum rents for the apartments, based on the median annual income of Stutsman County.<\/p>\n The Jamestown City Council has approved a Payment in Lieu of Tax incentive as Eagle Flats would pay the city of Jamestown $35,000 per year for 15 years rather than property taxes based on the value of the building, estimate to save Commonwealth about $40,000 per year.<\/p>\n The JSDC loan is contingent from the Bank of North Dakota, Housing Flex Pace program, granting Commonwealth $550,000 reducing interest costs on the initial mortgage.<\/p>\n The bank requires local participation such as from the JSDC, in the form of a grant or loan to approve the project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Run, originally scheduled in March, was pushed back to May 2 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Jamestown Mayor Dwaine Heinrich says that after talking with Run founder\/organizer Larry Knoblich they determined the May 2 date is not a realistic date, to reschedule the Run.<\/p>\n The selection of a new date will be made when restrictions imposed by the pandemic become known, and then choose of a new date.<\/p>\n The new date will be planned so as not to conflict with other events or activities in Jamestown.<\/p>\n Jamestown Regional Airport received $1,061,538, and the Barnes County Airport received $30,00.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This funding will support continuing operations and replace lost revenue resulting from the sharp decline in passenger traffic and other airport business due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The total available amount for each recipient is based on funding appropriated under the CARES Act, a bill crafted in the Senate which Senator Cramer helped pass. This effort is providing unprecedented and immediate relief to American families, workers, and businesses.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Jamestown\u00a0 (CVHD)\u00a0 Another COVID-19 Public Health Joint Briefing for City of Jamestown and Stutsman County, was held Tuesday.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BurgumCoronaVirus-300x202.jpg\")
Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his daily COVID-19 News Briefing on Tuesday afternoon at the State Capital in Bismarck.\u00a0\u00a0 He provided an update on North Dakota\u2019s COVID-19 pandemic and discussed its hospital surge plan. He was joined by ND Indian Affairs Commission (NDIAC) Executive Director Scott Davis.<\/p>\n
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(CSi)\u00a0 Tuesday\u00a0 afternoon, NFIB hosted an informational webinar with Sen. John Hoeven. The Senator connected with North Dakota small business owners, giving them the latest information about what\u2019s going on in Washington D.C. and how Congress is helping small business owners during this coronavirus crisis. The Senator was joined by NFIB State Director in North Dakota, Alison Ritter, and SBA District Director Al Haut.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Eagles-FloorPlan-300x202.jpg\")
Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown\/Stutsman Development Corporation\u00a0 (JSDC) Board, Monday, voted to tentatively to approve a $215,000 loan\u00a0 for the Eagles Flat\u00a0 home housing project planned for downtown Jamestown. Following approval by the Jamestown City Council and the Stutsman County Commission, the loan repayment would begin in 15 years after the initial mortgage of the project is retired.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/RunGreen2019-300x202.png\")
Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The Annual Runnin O\u2019 The Green has been postponed again.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cramer552-300x225.jpg\")
Bismarck (Sen. Cramer\u2019s Office)\u00a0 \u2013 U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced Tuesday the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded funds to North Dakota airports as a part of their $10 billion<\/a> nation-wide allocation to commercial and general aviation airports through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Airport Grant Program.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Regulators say daily oil production in North Dakota rose slightly in February. According to the Department of Mineral Resources, North Dakota produced an average of 1.45 million barrels of oil daily in February. That\u2019s up 1% from 1.43 million barrels a day in January. Natural gas production in North Dakota slipped in February. The state produced nearly 90 billion cubic feet of natural gas in February, down from 93.6 billion cubic feet in January. But daily natural gas production of 3.1 billion cubic feet in February was a record. The February numbers are before the coronavirus pandemic devastated the U.S. oil industry.<\/p>\n