Meeting set on improvements to Milk River Levee

The Hill County Commissioners will hold a public meeting Thursday night at 6 p.m. in St. Jude Parish Center to talk about improvements that need to be made to the Milk River Levee and explore how the county should pay for them.

Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said the meeting is meant to educate the public about the levee, which is not certified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

He added it had met the standards of certification until they were changed after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf coast in 2005, and the levees in New Orleans gave way.

Peterson said it is unlikely the lev...