Hoeven hosts meeting to prepare for spring flooding

BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — Senator John Hoeven held a meeting with city, county, and federal authorities to prepare for potential spring flooding in Burleigh and Morton Counties on Wednesday, along with the National Weather Service (NWS) — all of whom gathered together to discuss the unusual winter North Dakota has had. “We were expecting a snowier than typical winter, but this was not in the cards,” said John Paul Martin with the NWS. This year’s winter began back in November when Bismarck received 18 inches of snow at once. “Anywhere that got the snow from November and kept it because…