Staff Reports

In the November 2018 issue of North Dakota Outdoors, the monthly magazine published by N.D. Game and Fish, fisheries chief Greg Power reported that 2019 precipitations helped curb a declining lake level trend in the state.

“If you compare today to last year at this time, the difference is night and day,” he said. “In many of our new lakes, we lost 1-3 feet of water per year for the past three or four years. So, some of the lakes were down 6-8 feet from their highs.”

A decent spring runoff and wet summer and fall helped waters rebound.

Hill is the 44th person to receive the Rough Rider Award, the state’s highest commendation for its citizens. He served in the U.S. Secret Service from 1958 to 1975, protecting the presidency through five administrations: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Richard M. Nixon and President Gerald R. Ford.

Sgt. Wade Kadrmas, safety and education officer with the NDHP, answers winter driving questions to help North Dakota Living readers stay safe this winter. Prior to joining the NDHP in 2015, Kadrmas was a police officer for the city of Dickinson.

Q: What maintenance or vehicle care should be performed for winter driving preparedness?

N.D. legislative recap
The North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (NDAREC) coordinates statewide legislative efforts, monitoring activities of the Legislature and serving as the voice of electric cooperatives in the state Capitol halls. This session, NDAREC worked with legislators to deliver some key victories on behalf of cooperatives and their members:

Founded in 2000, as the Information Technology Council of North Dakota, the organization is now TechND, which continues the original mission of “promoting the use, growth and development of technology in North Dakota.”

TechND has nearly 65 members statewide, and is governed by a board of directors which meets quarterly. Committees are established, working on project priorities for the organization.

“The important point is that all storage options should keep the grain dry and provide adequate aeration to control grain temperature,” says North Dakota State University Extension Agricultural Engineer Ken Hellevang. “Grain must be dry and cool (near the average outdoor temperature) when placed in alternative storage facilities, because providing adequate, uniform airflow to dry grain or cool grain coming from a dryer is not feasible.”

Storing in bags

NISC was formed from the 2000 merger of North Central Data Cooperative (NCDC), Mandan, with Central Area Data Processing Corporation, St. Louis, Mo. NCDC was formed by electric and telephone cooperatives of the Dakotas in 1968.

To help tell its enduring story of cooperation on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, NISC has published “The Power of Possibility – 50 years of Innovation and Member Service.”