Walsh County News

Weekend storm damage in the northern Red River Valley and the Devils Lake Basin is expected to total millions of dollars.

OFFICIALS SAY ROADS IN NELSON, RAMSEY AND WALSH COUNTIES ARE WASHED OUT, WEEKS AFTER THEY WERE REPAIRED FROM FLOOD DAMAGE EARLIER THIS SPRING.

FORECASTERS SAY AREA FROM NORTHEAST NELSON AND NORTHWEST GRAND FORKS COUNTIES INTO WALSH COUNTY GOT FROM 4 INCHES TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN.

A dry Sunday couldn`t slow the latest weather issue in eastern North Dakota: more flooding! You can blame all of the heavy rain that`s fallen recently.

Volunteers in some areas of northeastern North Dakota are gathering to help lay sandbags to hold back floodwaters.

Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press UNDATED Authorities say two men who escaped from a rural Alabama prison have been arrested with two suspected accomplices after a nearly 14-hour standoff in Stark County.

A Maryland man says a company is responsible for injuries he suffered when a mechanical arm malfunctioned and hit him on the head while he was working on the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota.

Authorities say searches in the Park River have found no trace of a man whose pickup was swept off a flooded road last month.

Divers and dogs searching the Park River still havena t come up with a sign of Jared Udby, the Adams, N.D., man missing since his pickup truck was swept off a road April 12 by floodwaters.

North Dakota residents who have been affected by the flooding that began on March 13 can now visit a Disaster Recovery Center in Grafton, where representatives are available to help answer questions about assistance.

A state board will consider a plan to dissolve the Nash School District in northeastern North Dakota.

The body of Jared Udby hasna t been found yet, despite daily checks along the south branch of the Park River in Walsh County where he and two friends were washed off a river crossing a week ago.

A A A' Faced with the threat of a major flood, the mayor of Valley City called Tuesday for the evacuation of sick and elderly residents, as well as those living in low-lying areas, so that emergency crews could focus on trying to hold back the swollen Sheyenne River.

Gregory Kachena of Park River is charged in Walsh County with unlawful taking of a big game animal.

Walsh County Sheriff Lauren Wild says a man missing after his pickup was swept away by floodwaters is presumed drowned.

More North Dakota National Guard members are being called in to help monitor dikes protecting Valley City from the Sheyenne River, already higher than its 1882 record.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE PICKUP WAS SWEPT OFF A GRAVEL TOWNSHIP ROAD NEAR THE HOMME DAM SHORTLY BEFORE 3 A.M. YESTERDAY, ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THE TOWN OF PARK RIVER.

Authorities identify driver swept away by floodwaters PARK RIVER, N.D. Walsh County authorities have identified a pickup driver missing after the pickup was swept away by floodwaters on a rural road.

A search is under way in northeastern North Dakota for a man missing after the pickup in which he was riding was swept away by floodwaters.

Walsh County officials are proposing retention dams along the south branch of the Park River to protect the city of Grafton and surrounding areas from flooding.