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.TONIGHT\u2026Mostly clear. Not as cool. Lows around 40. South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.<\/p>\n
.WEDNESDAY\u2026Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.<\/p>\n
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT\u2026Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly<\/p>\n
cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers after midnight.<\/p>\n
Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to<\/p>\n
the southeast after midnight.<\/p>\n
.THURSDAY\u2026Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the<\/p>\n
morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of<\/p>\n
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast<\/p>\n
winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Chance of precipitation 40 percent.<\/p>\n
.THURSDAY NIGHT\u2026Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain<\/p>\n
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.<\/p>\n
.FRIDAY\u2026Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the<\/p>\n
morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of<\/p>\n
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of<\/p>\n
precipitation 40 percent.<\/p>\n
.FRIDAY NIGHT\u2026Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain<\/p>\n
showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 30s.<\/p>\n
.SATURDAY\u2026Partly sunny. Slight chance of rain showers in the<\/p>\n
morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of<\/p>\n
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of<\/p>\n
precipitation 40 percent.<\/p>\n
.SATURDAY NIGHT\u2026Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.<\/p>\n
.SUNDAY\u2026Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.<\/p>\n
.SUNDAY NIGHT\u2026Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.<\/p>\n
.MONDAY\u2026Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in<\/p>\n
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.<\/p>\n
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Wednesday still looks to be a mild day with highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s, A few rain showers on Wednesday, with numerous<\/a> showers and a few thunderstorms developing Thursday afternoon through Saturday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ..RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING\u2026<\/p>\n .Critical fire weather conditions are expected across portions of<\/p>\n western and south central North Dakota Tuesday afternoon through<\/p>\n early Tuesday evening. Relative humidity as low as 15 percent,<\/p>\n sustained winds up to 20 mph, and very dry vegetation will create<\/p>\n dangerous burning conditions. Any fires that ignite will spread<\/p>\n rapidly and become difficult to control.<\/p>\n The fire danger rating is in the high category today.<\/p>\n A Burn Bans is in effect in Stutsman County<\/p>\n A full version of the burn ordinance can also be found at the website under Departments, choose Zoning, and click on \u201cBurn Ban Ordinance\u201d on the left-hand side of the page.Because of the dry conditions, expect a series of days where burning will be restricted until the countryside greens-up. For more information contact the Stutsman County Emergency Manager\u2019s Office at 701-252-9093<\/p>\n Burn Ban Map<\/a><\/p>\n Water on some roads and dry grass \u00a0has created difficulties for some rural fire departments this spring, as they face challenges of getting to the fires with inundated roads.<\/p>\n In addition to increased cleaning and sanitizing, they have been cleaning all services nightly.<\/p>\n Hugo\u2019s Communications Director, Lisa Swanson says, \u201cThe Hugo\u2019s team member tested positive for COVID-19 and is now quarantined at home.\u201d<\/p>\n The individual and any other Hugo\u2019s team member who is required to self-isolate will be paid for their time away from work.<\/p>\n She adds,\u201cIn conjunction with the North Dakota Department of Health, close contacts have been notified and were asked to self-isolate for 14 days from the date of contact. We have been communicating with the North Dakota Department of Health and are following all of their directives.\u201d<\/p>\n Hugo\u2019s has taken several steps to ensure the safety of their employees and public, implementing guided isles and markers indicating six feet apart.<\/p>\n At the meeting were:\u00a0 Representatives from Central Valley Health District, and \u00a0Eventide Senior Living, Center in Jamestown, spoke.<\/p>\n Central Valley Health District Administrator, Robin Iszler opened the briefing by saying, Stutsman County has two recent additions to the positive cases category, bringing the total to three. Those individuals were infected by community spread.\u00a0 She said more COVID- 19 positives are likely in the community, being asymptomatic, people who have the virus, but not showing symptoms.\u00a0 She said as of Tuesday 283 people were tested, 25 in Logan County.\u00a0 With reopening, CVHD has not received any direction from the state.<\/p>\n She also reminded viewers about social distancing, wearing face masks, and regular hand washing to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n She said while in public settings, such as in stores, an individual is likely to be infected with COVID-19 if they are within six feet of a COVID-19 positive person, within 15 continuous minutes.<\/p>\n From Eventide, Toni said its been six weeks since the building occupants have been limited to essential staff, and residents are tested for the virus twice a day.\u00a0 Staff are screened in before their shifts,\u00a0 and are wearing surgical face masks, and would switch to N-95 masks if a person tests positive, which are fit tested.\u00a0 The staff is told to stay home if they are sick.<\/p>\n Outside healthcare providers are seen via teleconference.\u00a0 Outside healthcare providers are seen via teleconference.<\/p>\n Procedures are updated regularly, from the State Health Department.<\/p>\n Executive Director, Doug Panchot said as of Tuesday Eventide Jamestown has recorded zero positive cases.\u00a0\u00a0 Residents can visit with families virtually. He the staff is retrained regularly.<\/p>\n No visitors are allowed, with the exception of those residents at end of life. He said the staff engages with residents and family, daily.\u00a0 Residents through technology participate with outside activities.<\/p>\n The meeting airs live with replays on CSi TV 10 -The Replay Channel & CSi 67.\u00a0 \u00a0To view the briefing online, view it here at CSiNewsNOW.com<\/a> or go to the CSi LiveStream at Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n The next Stutsman County briefing is planned for Friday, April 24, 2020 at 2:30-p.m.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Note due to technical difficulties, the NDDoH was unable to provide video.\u00a0 Audio was provided by KFYR Radio in Bismarck)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With updates on testing from the State Health Department:<\/p>\n Tuesday, April 21, 2020 – 11:18am<\/p>\n Categories:<\/em><\/strong> Coronavirus <\/em><\/p>\n COUNTIES WITH POSITIVE CASES <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n 14,987 \u2013 Total Tested (+240 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 14,343 \u2013 Negative (+223 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 644 \u2013 Positive (+18 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n * Please note that a previously reported positive case from Cass County was from out of state and was removed from our positive total.<\/em><\/p>\n 54 \u2013 Hospitalized (+1 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 17 \u2013 Currently Hospitalized (+0 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 214 \u2013 Recovered (+25 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 13 \u2013 Deaths (+0 individual from yesterday)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Department of Human Services (DHS) Executive Director Chris Jones \u00a0discussed the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota.<\/p>\n He said when care givers become positive with the virus, DHS will be working more closely with those providers.\u00a0 He pointed out the agency will be working with transferring residents, that are positive.<\/p>\n Tuesday \u00a0Burgum and the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) in partnership with ProudCrowd, announced that the Care19 app is now available for Android users to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in North Dakota.<\/p>\n Care19 was recently launched to help the NDDoH reduce the spread of COVID-19 by more efficiently and effectively identifying individuals who may have had contact with people who have tested positive. This app is completely voluntary and developed with a privacy-first mindset. The information collected is not associated with a phone number or any personal information.<\/p>\n Care19 will become a hub of key information in the state as continued enhancements will include infection statistics, a symptom checker, a test site finder and more. ProwdCrowd continues to improve the app and the latest version updates include:<\/p>\n With Step by step reopening: Burgum introduced ND Commerce Commissioner Michelle Kommer.\u00a0 She said, the commerce department is working with businesses on reopening, forming working groups of businesses closed by executive order.\u00a0 She said the state will determine a time to reopen concerning when it\u2019s safe, in not continuing to spread the virus.<\/p>\n With unemployment, the latest claim numbers are 1329, and 470 pandemic claims.<\/p>\n Since March 16, 2020 to Tuesday, a total of 53,773 claims have been made.<\/p>\n An executive order was signed giving local health officers more authority responding to COVID-19 positive individuals regarding isolation or quarantining.<\/p>\n He said 1100 individuals are being supported in the area of behavioral health.<\/p>\n A North Dakota company is working with universities and a medical school on using unmanned aerial vehicles in the fight against the coronavirus. SkySkopes, based in Grand Forks, has launched demonstrations to show a variety of ways in which its drones could be used in the pandemic.<\/p>\n In other news\u2026<\/p>\n Burgum \u00a0called an emergency meeting to discuss ways to aid the state\u2019s oil producers that are wracked by falling oil prices due to meager demand amid the coronavirus outbreak. The three-member, all-Republican North Dakota Industrial Commission headed by Burgum discussed options Tuesday. The Republican governor has said one option is to consider classifying oil and natural gas produced at a loss a \u201cwaste.\u201d By doing so, producers would not be penalized under state rules for cutting production. The price of U.S. benchmark crude that would be delivered in May fell to historic lows Monday.<\/p>\n Valley City\u00a0 (CSi) The Valley City Commission met Tuesday, April 21, via Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HugosClosedCovid19-300x202.jpg\")
Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Hugo\u2019s\u00a0 Family Marketplace in Jamestown closed between Monday evening\u00a0 and Tuesday morning for a deep cleaning, and disinfection by a professional service following an employee who tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CVHD-LOGO-300x202.jpg\"){kind=logo}
Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The Stutsman \u00a0COVID-19\u00a0 Response Public Health Joint Briefing with Jamestown & Stutsman County representatives was held on Tuesday April 21 at 2:30, with the participants in a virtual format to observe self distancing.\u00a0 \u00a0The meeting airs live with replays on CSi TV 10 -The Replay Channel & CSi 67.\u00a0 \u00a0To view the briefing online, view it here at CSiNewsNOW.com or go to the CSi LiveStream at Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BurgumCoronaVirus-300x202.jpg\")
Bismarck \u00a0\u00a0(CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his daily COVID-19 News Briefing, Tuesday afternoon, from the state capital in Bismarck. \u00a0Also speaking were Commissioner Michelle Kommer and Department of Human Services (DHS) Executive Director Chris Jones to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota.<\/p>\n\n