These funds come as a part of DOL\u2019s first installment of DWGs to 26 recipients totaling $131,384,557 to help address the workforce-related impacts of the coronavirus public health emergency. DWGs may provide eligible participants disaster-relief employment to address COVID-19\u2019s impact in their communities, as well as employment and training activities. The purpose of these disaster DWGs is to create temporary jobs for eligible individuals to assist with clean-up, recovery and humanitarian efforts in areas impacted by disasters or emergency situations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Everyone is welcome to join the cruise, with RV\u2019s, tractors, motorcycles or any vehicle.<\/p>\n
Bridge City Cruisers spokesman Myron Vanbruggen says the cruise is\u00a0 a great way to take the blues out of the COVID-19 pandemic, and\u00a0 a way to support local food establishments.<\/p>\n
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Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown Tourism Grant\/Executive Board met by teleconference Thursday.<\/p>\n
Those in attendance by phone included, Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund and Board Members, President Matt Woods, Taylor Barnes, Tena Lawrence, and Paulette Ritter.<\/p>\n
Ex-Officio Member:\u00a0 \u00a0Pam Phillips representing the Jamestown City Council.<\/p>\n
Those requesting grant funding were:<\/p>\n
Jamestown Arts Center..Summer Series Downtown Arts Market<\/p>\n
Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce\u2026Buffalo Days<\/p>\n
Fort Seward\u2026Big Guns of the Old West, during Buffalo Days<\/p>\n
Jamestown Drag Racing Association\u2026For a Tent<\/p>\n
Jamestown Downtown Association\u2026Rods & Hogs<\/p>\n
Frontier Village\u2026Saloon Paint & Signage<\/p>\n
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The board for the most part considered the requests based on if each event will be held,\u00a0 if social distancing regarding the COVID-19 pandemic is still in effect during the date(s) of each event.\u00a0 The allocations approved may have to be adjusted, if the event(s) are cut short, or not held.<\/p>\n
The Arts Center Director, Mindi Schmitz requested $10,000 for the Downtown Arts Market, planned to be held each Thursday evening this summer, including cultural performances, art education, artisan vendors, and more.\u00a0 She said 12 dates are set, hopefully starting Jun 4, 2020, through the end of August in conjunction with the UJ Block Party.\u00a0 Each Arts Market cost $1500 to $2,000.<\/p>\n
The calendar will be adjusted depending on the length time the social distancing is in place.<\/p>\n
She said $5,000 is anticipated from Business Sponsors, and $2,000 from other donations.<\/p>\n
It was suggested that \u00a0funding be granted on a per-event basis, based on holding ten events.<\/p>\n
The board to grant the full amount to $10,000 to be adjusted if less that 12 events are held, due to any social distancing that may still be in place.<\/p>\n
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The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce represented by Executive, Emily Bivens requested $3,650<\/p>\n
For 2020 Buffalo Days advertising, and $650 for adverting\u00a0 the Ft. Seward First U.S. Artillery Regiment \u00a0proposal for a Gatlin Gun for\u00a0 \u00a0Big Guns of the Old West, during Buffalo Days July 25, 26.<\/p>\n
She said the Chamber does not gain financially from Buffalo Days.<\/p>\n
Any profits go back into next year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n
Emily reiterated that Buffalo Days is scheduled to be held in Jamestown July 25, 26, throughout the city.\u00a0 She said the Chamber\u2019s additional resources come from the vendors show in the park, estimated at $300.<\/p>\n
The Board granted, to fund the $3,650 total, for Buffalo Days, and the Ft. Seward request.<\/p>\n
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Jamestown Drag Racing Association, represented by Mike Trautman, requested $2,500 to purchase a used Anchor Brand metal framed canvas tent for the Drag Races, planned to be held July 11, 12, at Jamestown Regional Airport.<\/p>\n
The 2019 local business sponsors funded $10,300.\u00a0 \u00a0Racer entry fees accounted for $11,600. \u00a0The Drag Races generate a total of $187,500 in local economic impact.<\/p>\n
The Drag Races in 2019 were cancelled due to rain and wet grounds.<\/p>\n
He added JDRA has the approval of Jamestown Regional Airport to hold the races there, and is still on, awaiting FAA approval.<\/p>\n
For the tent request, the request failed due to a lack of a motion by the board.<\/p>\n
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JDRA also requested $7,000 for advertising the event, including media, billboards and posters.<\/p>\n
The Board grant the full amount for Marketing.<\/p>\n
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Jamestown Downtown Association, represented by President, Lynn Lambrecht, requested\u00a0 $1,000\u00a0 for advertising, \u00a0for the \u00a0sixth annual, Downtown Rods & Hogs activities this summer, planned for June 13, on First Avenue.\u00a0 If that date becomes unavailable, due to social distancing still in effect at that time, the event will be suspended until next year.<\/p>\n
Additional funding includes:\u00a0 $2,500 from sponsors, $1,500\u00a0 from registrations, and $250 from vendors.<\/p>\n
Th economic impact is estimated at $62,500.<\/p>\n
The Board granted the full amount requested of $1,000.\u00a0 Lynn said the dollars will not be spent if a decision is made not hold the event.<\/p>\n
Frontier Village requested $1,000 for the Saloon Building, Paint & Signage.<\/p>\n
Searle Swedlund said the building will be the focus of giving out information to tourists and be where the greeters will be located.\u00a0 He said the Village will open depending on when the social distancing is \u00a0eliminated, and it\u2019s safe for the public.\u00a0\u00a0 The typical dates are from Memorial Day to Labor Day.<\/p>\n
The Board granted, the full amount requested, $1,000.<\/p>\n
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Executive Board Meeting<\/p>\n
Declaration of Conflict of Interest: None<\/p>\n
Taylor Barnes gave the Financial Report.\u00a0 Searle Swedlund added the finances are able to be sustained at this time.\u00a0 The effect of social distancing on the hospitality business, \u00a0taxes and Motel taxes will be taken into account in the future.\u00a0 The report was accepted.<\/p>\n
Tourism Report:\u00a0 Director, Searle Swedlund \u00a0said that her and Office Manager Allison Limke are working from home, with the Tourism Office closed to the public, but they are accessible by phone.\u00a0 He said a student from NDSU has been hired to inventory the contents of Frontier Village.\u00a0 The ownership or loan status of the contents is yet to be determined.\u00a0 He added, at this point the City of Jamestown owns that property.\u00a0 He said he\u2019s considering closing the Tourism Office, on the weekends, as a cost savings option, and to direct tourists to the Saloon Building for information, when the Frontier Village is open.<\/p>\n
The water trail project will have dollars applied for in a possible grant from Garrison Diversion.<\/p>\n
Ex-Officio reports:\u00a0 Pam Phillips gave a report on the Board of Equalization meeting, with four property owners, requested the city look into to modifying it\u2019s decision on valuations.<\/p>\n
She said City Hall is closed to walk ups, but is staffed, and can be reached by phone.\u00a0 She added the City Council meets virtually in observance of social distances.<\/p>\n
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New Business:<\/p>\n
Request for Direction for $1,000 for the Buffalo City Pool Tournament Association represented by Rory Hoffmann.\u00a0 The tournaments, previously scheduled included, the Third Annual, Buffalo City Shootout,\u00a0\u00a0 and Downtowner Tournament.\u00a0 The Shortcut was rescheduled for April 3, 4, 2020, and postponed until December 11,12, 2020.<\/p>\n
The Downtowner Tournament is planned with Cabin Fever Days.<\/p>\n
Searle said the previous allocation was $200 short of the full grant amount, and not enough dollars were expended on marketing and advertising.<\/p>\n
The Board voted to move the request, for clarification to the full board meeting.<\/p>\n
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Also discussed was the Request for Direction for $4,350, to be allocated from the $5,000 previously allocated, for the \u00a0UJ Basketball Shootout, the unused portion of the advertising requirement because of bad weather, that cancelled the event \u00a0last December 27, 28, and unused portion of 30 percent, the advertising requirement.\u00a0 \u00a0Searle said the marketing dollars expended were also short in using the funding.<\/p>\n
To Board Voted to also move the meeting to the full board meeting.<\/p>\n
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Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi) Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist, on Thursday\u2019s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, updated topics concerning water watch and other information:<\/p>\n
The water releases from the two dams that were recently completed.<\/p>\n
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The spring water releases that began on Monday include, Pipestem Dam releasing 50 cfs, and Jamestown Dam continues to ramp up releases, on Thursday at 600 cfs, to reach 800 cfs, in increments of 200 cfs. \u00a0\u00a0The combined release will then by 850 cfs.\u00a0 That compares to last fall\u2019s combined release of 2400, cfs, that required sandbagging along sections of the James River.\u00a0 He said those sandbags remain in place at this time. On Thursday the Jamestown Reservoir was about 16 feet into the flood storage area, and Pipestem Reservoir was about 30 feet into the flood storage area.<\/p>\n
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He said, the overland flooding issues not related to river flooding especially in the western half of the County has parts of western Stutsman County looking like a big lake.<\/p>\n
Jerry said\u00a0 parts of Western Stutsman County is \u201cpothole country,\u201d full of closed drainage basins where the water has continued to rise, flooding much of the countryside. Bergquist said many rural roads are underwater, in some area\u2019s four to five feet deep.<\/p>\n
He said a water problem area at this time remains northwest and southwest of Medina.<\/p>\n
Bergquist says there\u2019s nowhere for the water to drain, adding, and the water just doesn\u2019t go anywhere until it gets to an elevation where it overtops and moves into another closed basin.<\/p>\n
Flooding is damaging roads while cutting off access to rural homes and hampers first responders.<\/p>\n
Detours have been set up on rural roads, that in some cases moves traffic about 20 to 25 miles around the flooded roadways.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that the Crystal Springs rest area has the threat of going under water.<\/p>\n
The North Dakota Department of Transportation is working on raising two areas along I-94 east of Cleveland and an area west of the Streeter exchange. Bergquist says those locations could go underwater.<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile other topics included:<\/p>\n
The daily fire danger concern as the wait for the area to green up.\u00a0 On Thursday the Fire Danger Index was in the Moderate Category.<\/p>\n
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Jerry added that Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week is the week of April 27, with more information coming from his office.<\/p>\n
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This is National Telecommunicator Week\u00a0 (April 12-18) where at the LEC, dispatcher are being saluted for their important work.<\/p>\n
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Valley City\u00a0 (Chamber)\u00a0 Wondering how customers can get more involved?<\/p>\n
Chamber executive, Kay Vinje, says, tell them about VC Strong Bingo<\/strong>! Its a great way to help encourage your customers to help support local businesses during these uncharted waters. Its simple to play!<\/p>\nSave and copy your phone from either Facebook or Mondays addition of the Times Record.<\/p>\n
Get a Bingo and post it to the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce Facebook Page to be entered in $25 weekly Chamber Bucks Drawings, through May 22nd.<\/p>\n
Kay says, if your business would like to display this logo in their window please let us know and we will be happy to get you one.<\/p>\n
Visit:\u00a0 https:\/\/valleycitynd.org\/index.php where you will find, Business financing and Employer Resources from VCBC Development, Service and retail sources, and Barnes County COVID-19 Relief Fund information.<\/p>\n
Also…<\/p>\n
The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce announces, the Quick and Easy Restaurant Guide.<\/p>\n
The Chamber also continues to update the COVID-19 Business Guide. The Chamber has been compiling a list of Businesses and what they are doing during the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n
A reminder the Valley City DMV is currently closed to the public until
\nfurther notice. We are doing invoiced renewals over the phone from 9 am to 3 pm with card payment. Title transfer work and any other work that requires signatures has to be mailed into the state. Anyone with questions please call the office and they will assist you the best we can at this time 701-845-3812.<\/p>\n
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A group of health officials and National Guard members spent several hours screening people for the coronavirus after eight positive tests were confirmed among workers at a North Dakota wind turbine plant that employs a large number of immigrants from African countries. The drive-thru screenings outside the LM Wind Power in Grand Forks took place on a day when state officials reported a record number of new coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day. A total of 52 cases were confirmed in the last two days, including 28 on Thursday. Cars were lined up in four lanes outside the LM plant, where officials administered 424 tests to people who came in close contact with the infected workers.<\/p>\n
DICKINSON, N.D. (Bismarck Tribune) \u2014 The Stark County State\u2019s Attorney has determined the use of deadly force was necessary by police officers who fatally shot a man they were attempting to arrest in Dickinson. The U.S. Marshals Service High Plains Fugitive Task Force was seeking 25-year-old Dakota Chlarson on a warrant for armed robbery. Authorities say two task force members, Bismarck officers Casey Bosch and Tom Grosz, fired their weapons when Chlarson charged at them with a scissors following a standoff at a Dickinson apartment Feb. 13. The Bismarck Tribune reports Grosz and Bosch were placed on administrative leave after the shooting, but have now returned to duty.<\/p>\n
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) \u2014 Native American tribes and environmental groups are pressuring a federal judge to shut down work on the construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to Nebraska less than two weeks after it started. They say pipeline sponsor TC Energy is rushing ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic, trying to complete significant work to make the pipeline harder to stop. President Donald Trump has championed the $8 billion line and last year gave it a special presidential authorization to circumvent a 2018 court ruling that blocked it. The same judge in Montana who made that ruling was presiding over a Thursday hearing to decide if construction should be halted.<\/p>\n
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) \u2014 A new survey of bankers in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states shows the vast majority expect the coronavirus outbreak to push their local areas into recession. The overall index for the region plummeted to 12.1 in April from March\u2019s already anemic 35.5. It was the lowest index recorded since the survey began in January 2006. Any score below 50 suggests a shrinking economy. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said more than nine in 10 bankers surveyed expect the measures being taken to fight the coronavirus to lead to a recession. Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming were surveyed.<\/p>\n
In sports…<\/p>\n
VIRUS AFFECTING THE SPORTS WORLD…<\/p>\n
UNDATED (AP) \u2014 One of the NFL\u2019s top players is being treated for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n
Von Miller’s agent says the Denver Broncos linebacker has tested positive for the coronavirus and wanted to come forward with his diagnosis to show doubters how serious the disease is. Joby Branion tells The Associated Press that Miller is in good spirits while resting at his home in Denver and that Miller plans to speak publicly about his diagnosis on Friday.<\/p>\n
Miller told KUSA-TV in Denver that he developed a cough a couple of days ago. When his nebulizer for his asthma didn’t clear things up, he decided to get tested for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n
Miller said last week he trained in San Francisco before returning home to Colorado when the stay-at-home measures went into effect to contain the virus.<\/p>\n
Miller was recently a unanimous pick to the NFL’s All-Decade team of the 2010s.<\/p>\n
In other developments related to the coronavirus pandemic:<\/p>\n
\u2014 The PGA Tour has hopes of a restart to the season at Colonial on June 11-14 and keeping fans away for at least the first month. Tour officials said Thursday that if government and health authorities give golf the green light, the tour will have an official event every week through Dec. 6 except for the week of Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The start of the horse racing season at Belmont Park has been postponed indefinitely from the original April 24 date because of the coronavirus. However, the New York Racing Association says it\u2019s committed to holding the Belmont Stakes this year.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The new CEO of the U.S. Tennis Association says he expects a decision on the status of the 2020 U.S. Open to be made by June. Mike Dowse said in a conference call with reporters Thursday that \u201ctime is on our side at this point\u201d because the U.S. Open is not scheduled to begin until late August.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The International Skating Union has formally canceled its figure skating and short track world championships because of the pandemic. Both events were originally scheduled for last month but had already been postponed in the early days of the worldwide lockdown.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The NCAA is permitting coaches in all Division I sports to hold up to eight hours per week of virtual meetings and instruction with their players, beginning Monday and lasting through the end of May. Athletes will be required to have at least one day off per week and required physical activities continue to be prohibited.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar says his three players that tested positive for the novel coronavirus are feeling better. Bednar said in a teleconference call the players followed the recommended guidelines and self-isolated.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Los Angeles Rams center Brian Allen says he tested positive for COVID-19 three weeks ago. Allen is the first active NFL player to acknowledge testing positive during the coronavirus pandemic. He\u2019s not hospitalized and is \u201cfeeling good,\u201d according to a statement issued by the team.<\/p>\n
\u2014 UEFA (yoo-AY\u2019-fuh) is hoping the Champions League final can be played at the end of August in Istanbul, three months after the competition’s showpiece was due to be staged. A person familiar with the planning tells The Associated Press the aim is to play the final on Saturday, Aug. 29. However, the person said that date is only feasible if European leagues are able to resume playing around July or August.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Tokyo Olympic organizers and the International Olympic Committee will try to cut many of the extras out of next year’s postponed games. IOC member John Coates says the IOC priority was to direct \u201cseveral hundreds of millions of dollars” to help struggling international sports federations and national Olympic committees stay afloat.<\/p>\n
\u2014 An Oakland Athletics minor league manager with COVID-19 has resumed breathing completely on his own for the first time in more than three weeks, according to his fiancee. Nikki Trudeaux says Webster Garrison no longer requires a ventilator but remains weak and unable to speak after having a tube down his throat. Garrison skippered the Class A Stockton Ports last season and is scheduled to manage in the rookie level Arizona League this year.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Family members say a former amateur boxer who in 1984 became the sport\u2019s first black boxing referee and judge at the Olympic games has died. Carmen Williamson died from COVID-19 complications on April 8 at a hospital in Toledo, Ohio. He was 94.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Soccer player Norman Hunter, a former Leeds defender who was part of England’s World Cup-winning squad in 1966, died today of COVID-19. He was 76. Leeds says Hunter was admitted to the hospital last week.<\/p>\n
NFL-NEWS<\/p>\n
Browns GM refutes Beckham trade report<\/p>\n
UNDATED (AP) \u2014 Cleveland Browns chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta has dismissed a report the team is trying to trade star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to the Minnesota Vikings, saying it\u2019s \u201ccompletely false.\u201d<\/p>\n
DePodesta says he knows Beckham is excited about the possibilities of what this offensive system could bring for him, adding that he\u2019s excited to have Beckham.<\/p>\n
Beckham was injured during his first season with the Browns after arriving from the New York Giants in a blockbuster trade 13 months ago.<\/p>\n
Also in the NFL:<\/p>\n
\u2014 The Saints have re-signed reserve running back and special teams regular Dwayne Washington. The four-year NFL veteran out of Washington has spent the past two seasons with New Orleans, carrying 35 times for 214 yards in that span. He also has had five special teams stops, a deflected punt and a blocked punt recovery in 29 games with the Saints.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-DANIELS<\/p>\n
Daniels looking to transfer<\/p>\n
LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Southern California quarterback J.T. Daniels has entered the transfer portal, although head coach Clay Helton says he\u2019d welcome him back if he decides to stay at USC.<\/p>\n
Daniels immediately became the Trojans\u2019 starter as a freshman in 2018, passing for 2,672 yards with 14 touchdowns and 10 interceptions during an inconsistent season. He won the starting job again out of camp last summer but lost it to Kedon Slovis when Daniels injured a knee.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-NBA DRAFT<\/p>\n
Mahoney leaving Creighton for NBA<\/p>\n
UNDATED (AP) \u2014 Denzel Mahoney has joined Creighton teammate Ty-Shon Alexander in declaring for the NBA draft.<\/p>\n
Mahoney played 21 games for the Bluejays after transferring from Southeast Missouri, averaging 12 points and 3.1 rebounds as a reserve wing.<\/p>\n
He can return to Creighton after going through the evaluation process by league executives as long as he doesn’t sign with an agent and withdraws from the draft by June 3.<\/p>\n
Sophomore guard Ayo Dosunmu also announced he is leaving Illinois to enter the draft. Dosunmu was named a first team All-Big Ten selection last year and was fifth in the conference in scoring at 16.6 points, shooting 48.4 percent in the process.<\/p>\n
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-TRANSFERS<\/p>\n
Aaron Cook, Trey Murphy among latest hoops transfers<\/p>\n
UNDATED (AP) \u2014 College basketball players continue to switch teams through transfer rules.<\/p>\n
Gonzaga says Southern Illinois point guard Aaron Cook will be eligible to play for the Bulldogs next season. The 6-foot-2 Cook played in just six games last season before breaking his shooting hand against Murray State. Cook was leading the Salukis with 15 points and 3.3 assists a game when his season was cut short.<\/p>\n
Virginia coach Tony Bennett says Trey Murphy III has joined the Cavaliers as a transfer from Rice. The 6-foot-8 Murphy averaged 13.7 points as a sophomore and made 75 3-pointers for the Owls.<\/p>\n
Wake Forest has announced that Ian DuBose would play next year as a graduate transfer from Houston Baptist. The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 19 points to lead the Southland Conference last season while also becoming that league\u2019s men\u2019s basketball student-athlete of the year with a 3.84 GPA.<\/p>\n
UConn has added guard Tyrese Martin, a transfer from Rhode Island. The 6-foot-6 rising junior started all 30 games for the Rams last season, averaging 12.8 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n
Jamarius Burton has signed with Texas Tech after starting 52 games the past two seasons at Wichita State. Burton averaged 10.3 points and 3.4 assists per game as a sophomore for the Shockers last season.<\/p>\n
East Tennessee has added guard Jalen Johnson as a graduate transfer from Tennessee. Johnson started two of 31 games he played for the Vols last season, averaging 3.5 points and two rebounds.<\/p>\n
NHL-BLUES-SCANDELLA<\/p>\n
Blues extend Scandella<\/p>\n
ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 The defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues have worked out a four-year extension with newly-acquired defenseman Marco Scandella.<\/p>\n
The deal is worth $13.1 million and has an annual salary-cap hit of $3.275 million through the 2023-24 season. Scandella played 11 games with St. Louis and recorded one assist after coming over from Montreal in February before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n
In world and national news…<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Efforts to replenish the funding for a small-business program are having trouble, Lawmakers are struggling to break a stalemate over the Trump administration’s request for $250 billion to shore up the program. The Small Business Administration announced Thursday that the Paycheck Protection Program had reached its $349 billion funding limit and no more applications would be accepted. The program gives grants to small businesses so they can maintain payroll and pay rent during the virus outbreak. Both parties agree the fund needs to be replenished, but Democrats want to add money for hospitals and states and local governments dealing with the crisis. Republicans say those items can wait for future legislation.<\/p>\n
BEIJING (AP) \u2014 China\u2019s official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has jumped sharply. The hardest-hit city of Wuhan announced a major revision that added nearly 1,300 fatalities. The new figures result from of an in-depth review of deaths during a response that was chaotic in the early days. The revised numbers push up China\u2019s death toll to 4,632. The higher numbers are not a surprise. It is virtually impossible to get an accurate count when health systems are overwhelmed at the height of a crisis. The increase also confirms suspicions that many more people died in China than had been previously reported.<\/p>\n
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) \u2014 A new U.N. report says children have so far largely escaped the most severe symptoms of COVID-19 but the social and economic impact \u201cis potentially catastrophic” for millions of youngsters. It said the coronavirus pandemic is turning into \u201ca broader child-rights crisis.\u201d The report launched Thursday said \u201call children, of all ages, and in all countries, are affected.\u201d But it said some are destined to bear the greatest costs including those living in slums, refugee camps, conflict zones and the disabled. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged families everywhere and leaders at all levels to protect children.<\/p>\n
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MADRID (AP) \u2014 China has announced that the coronavirus death toll in the outbreak epicenter of Wuhan was some 50% higher than previously reported. The revision highlights just how seriously current infection and death toll figures may be understating the true toll of the pandemic around the globe. The economic toll also is rising. Unemployment in the United States rose by a staggering 5.2 million, bringing the four-week total to 22 million, while China\u2019s economy shrank 6.8% in the quarter ending march from the same period a year ago, its worst contraction since before market-style economic reforms began in 1979. The United States reported the nation\u2019s highest daily death toll yet at nearly 4,600.<\/p>\n
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HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 A detained immigrant who says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 was required to call in for a court hearing even after a guard said he was too weak to talk. An attorney for Salomon Diego Alonzo says that when a judge asked his name Thursday, the guard answered that Alonzo didn’t have the lung capacity to respond. His case provides new insight into how U.S. immigration authorities are dealing with a steadily rising number of coronavirus cases among roughly 32,000 detainees. Alonzo’s final asylum hearing was postponed after a call that lasted for about two hours. Immigration authorities declined to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CSi Weather… .REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. .TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. .SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":177892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wb-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196977"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197009,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196977\/revisions\/197009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/177892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=196977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=196977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Valley City (CSi) At a special Thursday evening , the City Administrator Selection Committee unanimously approved three finalists for City Administrator of Valley City.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CVHD-LOGO-300x202.jpg\"){kind=logo}
Jamestown (CSi) A COVID-19 Joint Briefing with Jamestown\/Stutsman County representative will be held on Friday April 17, 2020, at 2:30-p.m.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NDhealthNewsBriefingGovBurgum-300x202.png\")
Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his daily News Briefing at 4-p.m., at the State Capital in Bismarck.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/petition2-300x202.jpg\")
(AP)\u00a0 The North Dakota Department of Commerce encourages all North Dakota residents to participate in the North Dakota COVID-19 Community Impact Survey.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/NDjobService-300x202.png\")
Bismarck\u00a0 \u2013 U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced Thursday the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) awarded ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BridgeCityCruiser-300x202.jpg\")
Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0\u00a0 A classic vehicle cruise will be held on Central Avenue in Valley City Friday night Friday April 17, 2020, starting at 6:30-p.m.<\/p>\n