County holds meetings on Beaver Creek Reservoir

Hill County officials have set three meetings Tuesday about an issue at Beaver Creek Reservoir that Hill County Commission Chair Mike Wendland said this morning was at least a byproduct of recent flooding on Beaver Creek.

Beaver Creek Dam, about 8 miles south of Havre, was built in the 1970s for irrigation storage, flood control and recreation purposes.

During the flooding in June, a gate used to drain water from the reservoir stuck nearly closed, making it unable to be used to reduce water levels.

Flooding in June — which happened just a few weeks after rains and melting snow in May inundated...