Sheyenne News

Heading into the 2009 North Dakota High School Rodeo State Finals, Dillon Wickum needed a solid performance to have any shot of earning a spot at the National Finals "I went in tied for fifth and sixth, so I knew I had to get something done down there," Wickum said of the state finals.

When Major Samuel Wood descended the Red River in July 1849 , he complained while near the Sheyenne River, that his party was "made restive by the mosquitoes ... We camped on the north bank ... during the night, the mosquitoes infested our camp in clouds ... it was impossible to talk without inhaling them" . Later, near the Salt River, Wood wrote, ...

Work has been progressing at a steady pace on Main Avenue reconstruction, with the most recent undertaking a traffic change so crews can put in place a temporary bridge and flume channel in advance of installation of a new box culvert at the Sheyenne River, just east of Sixth Street West.

A Manitoba water official says the province will challenge North Dakota 's plans to pump saltier Devils Lake water into a tributary of the Red River .

North Dakota officials want to loosen restrictions on the operation of the outlet that moves water off Devils Lake, to slow the lake's rise and pump saltier water into the Sheyenne River, the agency's chief engineer says.

Devils Lake is about as high as water ought to go, the Devils Lake City Commission sang in chorus May 18, as commissioners voted unanimously to "establish 1,446 as the ultimate level of Devils Lake." Devils Lake Journal articles noted that the Ramsey County Commission voted unanimously to support the concept two days later.

Engineer Dale Frink says it should be operational by the end of the day. He says the Water Commission has been in contact with Valley City officials about the start up of the outlet.

North Dakota`s state engineer says officials are making plans to turn on the Devils Lake outlet.

Growing up, longtime Valley City teacher Gerri Harris never thought about what she wanted to be.

Keith Corliss is a West Fargo resident, avid birder, and ND Game and Fish volunteer instructor.

Local musician Don Weber is living through the 2009 flood, along with many other local residents.

The West Fargo School District will hold a series of Open Forums to get input from the community about the upcoming school building referendum.

A rural Kindred homeowner is doing all he can to shore up two dike leaks before the overflowing Sheyenne will flood his house.

Rural Valley City rancher Wanda Etzell's prolonged flood fight ended in tragedy Thursday as her mobile home was lost to fire.

Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker said Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would begin removing clay dikes throughout the city on Thursday.

The Coast Guard, along with other federal, state and local agencies, continues operations in flood-affected areas in North Dakota along the Red River and its tributaries.

Valley City officials are trying to hold down traffic in the city while they fix a broken sewer system and wait for the Sheyenne River to retreat.

Crews worked in strong winds to reinforce a southeastern North Dakota dam spillway that was being eroded by flood waters Sunday, and nearby farms were evacuated as a precaution.

The swollen Sheyenne River is forcing more evacuations in rural areas. Two people near Kindred, had to be taken out by airboat on Saturday.

Boat crews from federal agencies including the Coast Guard patrolled farming country in southeast North Dakota on Saturday, looking for people stranded by flooding from the Sheyenne River.

The river had risen by as much as a foot in some areas since Friday, Coast Guard Chief Exor Pabro said Saturday.

'Some people have already evacuated and some people are still fighting the fight,' Pabro said.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Dave Wedan said two people were taken by airboat from their farm near Kindred on Saturday. 'We've been contacting a few other people at risk but if they want to stay we can't make them go,' Wedan said.