MINNEWAUKAN ND
New FEMA official tours Devils Lake 
‘Reading about it, seeing it on videotape doesn’t do it justice’The flood-plagued community of Minnewaukan, N.D., likely will have to wait until spring to start building the infrastructure — streets, water and sewer lines — in West Minnewaukan, where a portion of the town will be relocated to escape the rising Devils Lake.
By Kevin Bonham , October 20, 2011
Minnewaukan mayor on probation, ordered to pay restitution for writing bad check
Mayor Trish McQuoid pleaded guilty to the felony charge of issuing a check without sufficient funds.
By Associated Press , October 12, 2011
MINNEWAUKAN: Flood-affected students begin historic last year
A new, dry school is being built on higher groundSchool begins Wednesday in the final year for the flood-threatened Minnewaukan (N.D.) Public School.
By Kevin Bonham , August 23, 2011
DEVILS LAKE FLOODING: Disappearing roads
Counties, townships near Devils Lake have to shore up, move, and sometimes abandon roads overwhelmed by floodwaters These days, roads are disintegrating, not only from the flooding Devils Lake, which has risen by more than 30 feet and quadrupled in size since 1993, but from overland flooding, as sloughs fill up and overflow.
By Kevin Bonham , July 15, 2011
Construction begins on emergency embankment in Minnewaukan
Construction has begun on a $1.2 million emergency embankment in Minnewaukan, N.D., to protect Minnewaukan Public School, the city’s water tower and other critical public infrastructure from the rising Devils Lake.
By Kevin Bonham , May 12, 2011
Flooded Minnewaukan sewer system brought under control
The sewer system in Minnewaukan, N.D., was inundated Wednesday evening – for the second time in a week – by floodwaters from the growing Devils Lake.
By Kevin Bonham , May 05, 2011
Minnewaukan Sewer System Inundated with Water; Residents Asked to Move Belongings from Basements
Residents in the city of Minnewaukan, N.D., are being asked to move belongings from their basements as the sewer system in the city has become inundated with water.
By Ashley McMillan, WDAZ , May 04, 2011
Corps taking comment on Minnewaukan, N.D., temporary dike
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting comments on a proposal to build a 3,000-foot temporary dike in Minnewaukan, N.D., to protect Minnewaukan Public School, the city’s water tower, water and sewer infrastructure and several homes and businesses threatened by the rising Devils Lake.
By Kevin Bonham , April 22, 2011
Spirit Lake takes Benson County polling dispute to court
Spirit Lake wants Election Day voting site on reservationThe Spirit Lake tribe is asking a federal court to stop Benson County from closing voting sites on its reservation during the November election.
By Kevin Bonham , October 11, 2010
VOTE-BY-MAIL: Lack of polling sites scrutinized
Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo, is asking North Dakota’s Legislative Council to draft a bill that would require polling places to be open on Election Day in most cities — those with populations of at least 100 or 200. The 2011 Legislature likely will debate the exact threshold.
By Kevin Bonham , October 02, 2010
Minnewaukan school gets fed money for move
North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the federal Education Department is providing a $6 million grant to move the Minnewaukan school away from Devils Lake floodwaters.
By Kevin Bonham , September 15, 2010
Minnewaukan gets unwanted water - and funding for a wanted water tower
Water is threatening Minnewaukan, N.D., even though the growing Devils Lake remains covered with ice. “We had some water infiltrate into town overnight from the south,” Mayor Trish McQuoid said Friday.
By Kevin Bonham , March 19, 2010
Devils Lake spring rise of 2 to 3 feet now 'very strong possibility'
The National Weather Service on Friday raised the risk of Devils Lake reaching to 1452.1 feet above sea level to 90 percent and its chance of reaching 1,453 feet at 40 percent.
By Kevin Bonham , March 05, 2010
- Devils Lake weekly flood rise outlook
- Latest spring flooding news on GrandForksHerald.com's 2010 Floods page
- National Weather Service flood information and outlooks for Red River region
- New NWS outlook: Major flooding risk for Fargo-Moorhead region still around 90%
- Flooding chances high in western, central N.D.
- N.D. lake drawdowns might weaken ice
- Weather favorable in flood outlook
- GF-EGF officials confident in flood-protection system
- Hoeven requests federal flood declaration for N.D., 18 counties
Devils Lake, Ramsey, Benson counties declare flood emergencies
County commissions in Ramsey and Benson counties issued emergency declarations Tuesday in anticipation of another spring and summer of record flooding in the Devils Lake Basin.
By Kevin Bonham , March 02, 2010
City election results in McQuoid as mayor
Trish McQuoid was elected mayor of Minnewaukan, N.D., in a special city election Tuesday.
By Kevin Bonham , December 01, 2009
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