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Lake Sakakawea level at 10-year high

Kim Fundingsland/MDN • More water in 2009 means more room to play at Lake Sakakawea. These youngsters are enjoying some cool fun in a bay that had that had been dry for several years.

July 3, 2009

RIVERDALE — The steady and rapid rise of Lake Sakakawea got another boost this week. The latest outlook provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contains more inflow into the Missouri River system than was forecast a month ago.

After almost 10 years of dropping water levels, it appears that the recovery of water in Lake Sakakawea is a reality. The level of Lake Sakakawea on Thursday was 1,839.1 feet, 20 feet higher than at the same time in 2008. Triggered by heavy winter snows in Montana, the inflow continues to run much higher than the long term average.

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N.D. highway deaths up by 19 from 2008

July 3, 2009

BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota has nearly 20 more highway deaths through the first six months of the year than in 2008, the Highway Patrol reports as troopers prepare for the long Fourth of July weekend.

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Ministry team returns to White Shield

July 3, 2009

WHITE SHIELD – A ministry team of nine teenagers and adults from Christ Church Midland in Midland, Texas, accompanied by seven teenagers and adults from the Philadelphia area, are on their way to White Shield on the Fort Berthold Reservaton.

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Conrad looks to bolster support for Highway 52

July 3, 2009

JAMESTOWN – Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., convened a special field hearing of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee Thursday to examine how infrastructure investments to U.S.

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