LEVEES HAVE CHANGED THE WAY CROOKSTON PREPARES FOR SPRING FLOODING
The Red Lake River’s crest earlier this month may have seemed mild, provisionally cresting at 6:30 p.m. on April 8 at 24.74 feet. That’s just outside a top 10 river crest. It was, however, a 10-year flood according to the flow of water, said Blake Carlson, the City of Crookston’s engineer with Widseth Smith Nolting. […]