Update: Lake Level Ruling by State Water Management Board put Controversy on Hold

If you want to know more about the lake level hearing, The Brookings Register, this week, has the best written article I've seen about how this controversy stands, for now. The state decided to bar the Lake Poinsett Water Project District Board from raising a flood gate that only allows water to flow out from Lake Poinsett into the river. The LP Water Project District Board was seeking the option to allow (spring thaw) overflow water in from the Big Sioux River to supplement natural runoff to keep the lake at the full level.

I decided early on, not use this blog as an editorial page for this issue, as it is too emotionally charged for all concerned. I contend the ruling is part of a much bigger picture that I choose not to share from here...