April 4, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Local officials and North Dakota’s congressional delegation met Wednesday for a Senate Budget Committee field hearing to discuss past help from the federal government and outline “new tools” in the 19-year-old flood fight. Continue Reading
March 16, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Crews spent the past week erecting giant utility poles along county and township roads to provide electricity to two massive construction projects under way in the Devils Lake Basin the $80 million to $90 million East Devils Lake Outlet and the $9 million Tolna Coulee Control Structure. Continue Reading
February 9, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The North Dakota State Water Commission took the first physical steps Thursday toward building a gravity-flow outlet from Stump Lake to the Tolna Coulee in another effort to provide some flood relief to the chronically flooding Devils Lake Basin. Continue Reading
February 6, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the North Dakota State Water Commission should delay operation this spring of the Devils Lake East End outlet until they more thoroughly examine erosion issues, two Valley City, N.D., groups said recently. Continue Reading
February 6, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the North Dakota State Water Commission should delay operation this spring of the Devils Lake East End outlet until they more thoroughly examine erosion issues, two Valley City, N.D., groups said recently. Continue Reading
January 30, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The community of Minnewaukan, N.D., remains under a “boil-water” order after a water line broke last week. The order likely will remain until at least Wednesday, according to Allan Nord, fire chief and City Council member. Continue Reading
January 26, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Forecasters say the dry fall and early winter has allowed the lake to fall about a foot from last summer’s level. Continue Reading
January 9, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Threatened with flooding, Churchs Ferry votes on whether to dissolveResidents of Churchs Ferry, N.D., will decide Tuesday whether or not to dissolve the flood-threatened city in Ramsey County.
The election was prompted by a petition signed this past fall by four of the community’s nine voting-age residents. Polls will be open from noon to 7 p.m. Continue Reading
December 29, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Basin must be considered ‘closed’ in order to avoid road repair funding capA federal funding bill that limits highway appropriations to the chronically flooded Devils Lake Basin to $100 million annually could delay the completion of major highway construction projects or postpone other road projects. Continue Reading
December 23, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Can the State Water Commission build such projects without lowering water quality standards and increasing downstream flooding? Continue Reading
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