Des Lacs News

North Prairie Rural Water says their customers in the area west of County Road 15 South of Des Lacs will experience a water outage due to scheduled maintenance.

In the northeastern part of the state, the Forest River has swamped U.S. Highway 81 near Minto, and the Park River has flooded some rural roads.

Due to the lateness of the season, a lingering snowpack and a very warm forecast, the National Weather Service warned of a rapid snowmelt in the Minot region.

This year's snowmelt runoff is going to be a quick one. That's the opinion of the National Weather Service which notes that it is unusually late in the season for spring runoff.

Ward County Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a flood emergency declaration at a special meeting held Thursday morning at the Ward County Courthouse in Minot.