Red River Valley News

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Extreme drought shows no signs of releasing its grip on North Dakota, despite recent cooler weather and widespread rainfall. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map, released Thursday, shows 85% percent of North Dakota in extreme drought, …

Forecasters say the risk of significant flooding in the Red River Valley is much lower than it’s been in recent years because there’s been so little snow this winter. Meteorologist Jim Kaiser of the National Weather Service office in Grand …