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    April 21, 2018
    Volunteers cleaned up in and around the Red River in Fargo during the summer of 2017. River Keepers / Special to The Forum
    10 simple ways to help save Earth
    FARGO — When it comes to doing what's best for our planet, many of us assume that one person's actions don't amount to much. What's the...
    news/science-and-natureApril 21, 2018 - 6:27am
    March 16, 2018
    The city motto for Little Falls, Minn., is, "The Town Where the Mississippi Pauses." It pauses more often in the winter when some of the flow is slowed by freezing temperatures that turn some of the Mississippi River into ice. Aviator Charles Lindbergh was from Little Falls and tours are offered of his boyhood home. Washington Post photo by Michael S. Williamson
    Taming the mighty Mississippi: Troubles run deep in changing national waterway
    ALONG THE RIVER - The Mississippi runs the spine of America, touching 10 states and draining waters from 21 more, a vast waterway with a rich...
    news/science-and-natureMarch 16, 2018 - 10:59am
    December 27, 2017
    City water rates increasing in 2018
    With the start of 2018, Dickinson's water rates will increase 17 cents per 1,000 gallons. This is a normal increase for the city, which purchases its water from the Southwest Water Authority, Linda Carlson, deputy administrator, said. "They're based on the Southwest Water rates,"...
    news/government-and-politicsDecember 27, 2017 - 8:22am
    November 15, 2017
    Oil Derrick
    Study: Water use in ND Oil Patch increased almost 20-fold in seven years
    FARGO—Water use for oil production in the Bakken oilfields increased almost 20-fold from 2008 to 2014, with water consumption climbing...
    newsNovember 15, 2017 - 8:38pm
    September 22, 2017
    Flint's lead-poisoned water had a 'horrifyingly large' effect on fetal deaths, study finds
    The fertility rate in Flint, Michigan, dropped precipitously after the city decided to switch to lead-poisoned Flint River water in 2014, according...
    newsSeptember 22, 2017 - 6:42am
    August 25, 2017
    UPDATE: Water to be temporarily shut off for some Dickinson residents next week
    Water will be shut off from 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 28, until 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 29, for residents of Colonial Village near the 14th Street construction zone. The shut-off is necessary to make repairs to a leaking valve on Sims Street, just south of 14th Street East. Adam Ballesteros,...
    newsAugust 25, 2017 - 1:59pm
    August 4, 2017
    President Zippy Duvall of American Farm Bureau said at 2017 Farmfest that his long-time friend, Sonny Purdue, will make a good U.S. agriculture secretary. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Early indications are farmers like Trump ag actions
    REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — Many, if not most, farmers say they like what they have seen so far in how President Donald Trump deals with agriculture....
    business/agricultureAugust 4, 2017 - 2:06pm
    June 27, 2017
    Farm groups applaud withdrawal of WOTUS rule
    GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Farm group leaders were predictably pleased Tuesday, June 27, with the announcement that the U.S. Environmental Protection...
    business/agricultureJune 27, 2017 - 4:13pm
    June 25, 2017
    The McClusky Canal flows in the foreground with the wider expanse of Lake Audubon in the distance. The canal is gravity fed through headworks at the eastern end of the Lake Audubon and supplies an increasing number of irrigators, who are drawn to the project by the surety of long-term water supply contracts. Lauren Donovan / Bismarck Tribune
    Interest grows in ND canal water for irrigation
    Duane DeKrey, who directs the Garrison Diversion Unit, is becoming increasingly frustrated by the fact that it's only now that the full promise...
    newsJune 25, 2017 - 7:02am
    June 16, 2017
    Dickinson area does not face any water restrictions
    The Dickinson area is not currently under any sort of water restrictions. In fact, Mary Massad, manager and CEO of Southwest Water Authority (SWA), said water use is down right now and there is plenty of water available. City Administrator Shawn Kessel also said city residents do...
    newsJune 16, 2017 - 7:02pm
    June 13, 2017
    Jack Hieb is an Aberdeen, S.D., lawyer who prevailed for clients in Day County lawsuits over their rights to control activity on waters that flood their private farmland. Forum News Service/ Mikkel Pates)
    SD legislators reopen submerged farmland in northeast corner to fishing again
    PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Legislature passed a compromise bill designed to reopen some submerged farmland to fishing in the northeast...
    newsJune 13, 2017 - 7:22pm
    May 31, 2017
    The birth of modern shark mania: Attacks of 1916 left four dead and a coast terrified
    The shark mania that grips the country each summer began July 1, 1916, when a young stockbroker from Philadelphia headed into the surf at Beach...
    newsMay 31, 2017 - 12:45pm
    May 23, 2017
    Duane DeKrey, manager of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, which oversees the Red River Water Supply Project.
    Large strides expected for water projects
    BISMARCK — State projects of all kinds will be fighting over a shrinking pot of money, but progress in meeting water needs is expected...
    newsMay 23, 2017 - 11:50am
    May 19, 2017
    After finding mouse in supply, Glen Ullin's water declared safe
    GLEN ULLIN, N.D. — Any trace of the dead mouse that turned up in Glen Ullin's water storage tank Monday has been eradicated and the town's drinking water declared safe to drink. Greg Wavra, drinking water program manager for the North Dakota Department of Health, said a boil...
    newsMay 19, 2017 - 7:34pm
    March 16, 2017
    Grand Forks City Council Member Ken Vein testifies to the North Dakota Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday, March 16 2017. John Hageman / Forum News Service
    Fargo, Grand Forks officials pitch water projects to lawmakers
    BISMARCK — Elected officials from Red River Valley cities and across North Dakota made their pitch for water project funding during a state...
    newsMarch 16, 2017 - 6:28pm
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