DEVILS LAKE FLOOD
Dane Gillett, Grafton, N.D., letter: Time for N.D. to lower Devils Lake 
I hope the candidates running in this next election will pledge to do more than help the people downstream. I hope they’ll help the people of the Devils Lake Basin by compensating landowners for the loss of land.
By Dane Gillett , November 29, 2011
Taking the industry’s pulse: Former N.D. farmer leads Pulse USA, a growing seed business
The rising Devils Lake swallowed up most of Byron Lannoye’s farmland and drove him out of farming — but not out of agriculture.
By Jonathan Knutson , November 23, 2011
Minnewaukan council to decide how to fill mayor vacancy
The flood-plagued city of Minnewaukan, N.D., is without a mayor -- she was convicted of felony theft for writing bad checks -- but it is closer to filling two vacant City Council seats.
By Kevin Bonham , November 23, 2011
Fed grant sought to finance N.D. portion of Churchs Ferry area railroad rebuild
North Dakota is seeking a federal grant to finance its portion of a proposed $100 million project to rebuild a flood-damaged 20-mile span of railroad track and two bridges near Churchs Ferry, N.D.
By Kevin Bonham , November 02, 2011
Flood-stressed Ramsey County asks North Dakota for road funding
Devils Lake damages more roads than county can affordThe Ramsey County Commission committed the county to completing an estimated $7.6 million worth of flood-related road-raise construction projects.
By Kevin Bonham , November 01, 2011
Taryn Bjerke, Leeds, N.D., letter: Tolna Coulee holds the Devils lake key
Soon, like so much else in the flooding Devils Lake basin, the Churchs Ferry cemetery will be gone — and that is not OK with me. Is there no solution to the basin’s catastrophic problem?
By Taryn Bjerke , October 31, 2011
City of Devils Lake drops appeal of Tolna Coulee structure
Project designed to alleviate downstream floodingThe Devils Lake City Commission’s unanimous vote reverses the city’s opposition to a control structure, which city leaders have called a dam that would provide relief to people downstream but would further exacerbate flooding problems in the Upper Devils Lake Basin.
By Kevin Bonham , October 13, 2011
N.D. state park visitation down about 20 percent through September
Officials say flooding and a cold, wet spring has kept visitors from North Dakota's state parks this year.
By Associated Press , October 10, 2011
Fed disaster bill blocked by Senate
The Democratic-led Senate has blocked a House-passed bill that would provide disaster aid and pay to keep federal agencies open, escalating the latest partisan clash over spending.
By Alam Fram , September 23, 2011
Flood disaster aid in North Dakota nears $350 million
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says federal and state disaster assistance has surpassed $336 million. About 10,000 people have registered for help so far, with the deadline for applications just days away.
By Associated Press , September 19, 2011
Dane Gillett, Grafton, N.D., letter: DL flooding causes social problems
The city of Devils Lake, like so many others in North Dakota, depends on agriculture — but what happens when there is no farmland to farm?
By Dane Gillett , September 17, 2011
Judy Goplen Ovre, Devils Lake, N.D., letter: ‘Just as painful’ as DL? No comparison
I must respectfully disagree with Barnes County (N.D.) Commissioner Cindy Schwehr, who was quoted in a recent news story as saying, “It’s just as painful here as it is for the folks in Devils Lake.”
While Barnes County has experienced flooding and disruption this year, I believe these events pale in comparison with the stress and loss to the north.
By Judy Goplen Ovre , September 02, 2011
NEW FLOOD CONTROL SNAG: City of Devils Lake wants state's land purchase proposal in writing
The Devils Lake City Commission remains on record as opposing the control structure, unless the state makes a commitment to remove more water from the flooded Devils Lake than the state is proposing in its existing operating plan.
“We need to have water taken off the lake. They go hand in hand,” City Commissioner Rick Morse said.
By Kevin Bonham , August 31, 2011
Devils Lake area prefers east lake outlet in operation down to 1,446-foot elevation
The Devils Lake City Commission today will consider selling land it owns along the Tolna Coulee to the state of North Dakota for the construction of a control structure designed to prevent serious downstream flooding.
By Kevin Bonham , August 31, 2011
Devils Lake commission reverses stance, gets behind east lake outlet
The action clears one hurdle for the state to build an outlet from East Devils Lake to the Tolna Coulee. The only hurdle now is the city's official opposition to the state's plans to build a control structure on the Tolna Coulee -- to prevent an uncontrolled spill of the flooded Devils Lake Basin to the Sheyenne River. But that issue will be discussed at a meeting Wednesday.
By Kevin Bonham , August 30, 2011
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