Olaf A. Olson, who was charged with obstructing a navigable stream, was found not guilty in district court Tuesday. Olson was defended by Paida & Burke. The case arose out of Olson’s stretching a barb wire across Mouse river west of this[...]
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Ward County Low-Head Dam Remediation Part of Water Commission $30.4 Million Funding Approvals
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota State Water Commission (SWC) approved more than $30.4 million in cost-share funding for water supply and other water infrastructure projects across the state during its December 16 meeting in Bismarck. The approved projects include municipal and[...]
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On This Day | One of North Dakota’s First?
Mr. La Trail was born in Walhalla, N.D., when this state was all vast wilderness, and he had fought Indians, and hunted bears and buffalo on the plains. [...]Read More... from On This Day | One of North Dakota’s First?
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On This Day | A Timely Warning From the Past
Small-boy curiosity nearly ended fatally Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock when Glenn Sagen, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sagen of 525 Sixth Street northeast fell through the ice at Spring Lake in [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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On This Day | Flood Protection In The Works
R. E. Kennedy, who heads the state engineering department of North Dakota, gave a detailed explanation of the report he recently made to the city commission, pertaining to his plans for Mouse river flood [...]Read More... from On This Day | Flood[...]
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What does a community with 20 years of watershed work look like?
In Cedar Falls, conservation has become a community habit. Over the past 20 years, residents have turned lawns, alleys, and parks into quiet defenders of clean water through the Dry Run Creek Watershed Improvement Project. From rain gardens to permeable pavement, more[...]
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On This Day | Measuring the Mouse
The government water gauge on the Mouse river near Sherwood is being replaced by a steel-framed cement automatic gauge tower, 25 feet high and five feet square. Apparatus located in the top of the [...]Read More... from On This Day | Measuring[...]
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‘Canoemobile’ kicks off popular Red River Basin watershed education programs
More than 700 students and teachers took to the water last week as the International Water Institute launched its fall River Watch and River of Dreams programs in record-setting style. Partnering with Wilderness Inquiry’s “Canoemobile,” the institute turned rivers across the Red[...]
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On This Day | The Murmuring Mouse
The Mouse river is the lowest at this point in years. The Murmuring Mouse no longer murmurs. Just to the left of old Mill street, near the Minot flour mill, one can step across [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | Souris Fate Defined
2. To constitute a stream, which is not tide-water, navigable, it must be navigable in fact from its natural state without aid or reference to artificial means, and be of sufficient capacity to render [...]Read More... from On This Day | Souris[...]
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Paddlefest returns to Riverbank with a message: Protect our waters from AIS
Kayaks, canoes, and community spirit will fill the Assiniboine River this weekend as the Riverbank Discovery Centre hosts its second annual Paddlefest. Beyond the fun, organizers are using the event to highlight an urgent message: protecting Manitoba’s waters from invasive species like[...]
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Minot’s Plum Valley History
Beneath today’s neighborhoods and highways, the Souris River Valley carries layers of memory—plum thickets, hunting grounds, and the footprints of many nations who once called it home. The naming of Minot’s new Plum River Native Prairie rekindles those stories, even if the[...]
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On This Day | Little River Big Fish
The largest norther pike officially reported in several years was caught from the Mouse River at Baker's Bridge, announced the Game and Fish Department. Clayton Campbell of Minot Air Force Base, landed a lunker [...]Read More... from On This Day | Little[...]
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Saskatchewan government plans to extend life of coal plants
Saskatchewan is betting on coal—at least for a little while longer. In a letter to SaskPower employees, Minister Jeremy Harrison said the province will extend the life of its coal plants as it prepares for a nuclear-powered future. The move aims to[...]
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Minnesota Confronts Rising River Costs with System-Wide Approach
Minnesota is staring down a tough reality: their rivers are flooding more often, running murkier, and overwhelming piecemeal solutions. At the latest Minnesota River Congress, a coalition of citizens, engineers, and environmental leaders called for a system-wide approach to water management—one that[...]
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On This Day | River Produces Heroic Moment
Two 12-year-old Minot boys are good swimmers jumped into the water and caught hold of the girls just as they were disappearing beneath the water. [...]Read More... from On This Day | River Produces Heroic Moment