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It’s time to change the Corps’ Master Manual
Sometimes it takes a flood to get our priorities straight. That might be true on a lot of levels, but none more so than the need to correct the absurd methods of managing the Missouri River reservoir...
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Southport makes final stand against flood without city’s protection
The sun was setting behind a row of riverfront homes in Southport one evening last month as Kevin Turnbow made the rounds in his neighborhood, checking the pumps he rigged to keep groundwater from...
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Public records show Corps reacted too late to avoid flood
(National Guard photo) The view of Garrison Dam's spillway from a National Guard Black Hawk helicopter June 19. In early May, Mark Unterseher was fishing off sandbars near his home on the heavily...
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Mandan’s Battle of the Bays
As the Missouri River threatened to burst out of its banks, Mandan had to act fast or lose more than a thousand homes and face financial disaster. With millions of dollars in taxes on the line, Mandan...
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Corps of Engineers grilled by ND political leaders
North Dakota’s political leaders have ratcheted up the pressure on the Corps of Engineers by scrutinizing flood-control plans for the rest of the year and requesting more thorough explanations of the...
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Farhat defends Corps after e-mails revealed warnings
Just more than a week after thousands of pages of her e-mails were published online, Jody Farhat, the Corps of Engineers’ chief water manager for the Missouri River, granted an interview to the Great...
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Corps refuses to disclose untold number of e-mails
Last month, the Corps of Engineers turned over thousands of pages of e-mails sent and received by Missouri River water chief Jody Farhat, but the agency refused to turn over an untold number of...
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ND braces for $3B economic hit from record amount of wasted farmland
North Dakota’s largest economic engine is sputtering this year due to heavy rain and river flooding that laid waste to more than a quarter of the farmland in the state. The state’s agriculture industry...
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InFocus with Burleigh County Commissioner Jim Peluso
Jim Peluso is in his second term on the Burleigh County Commission, and he’s worked for the Bismarck Parks and Recreation Department for more than 30 years. Peluso’s day job and his passion intertwine...
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NoDak History: The Great Flood of 1881
(Photo submitted by North Dakota Historical Society) This historic photo shows the ice blocks that formed in the streets of Mandan after the Missouri River flooded in 1881 and then froze. The Missouri...
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