Level of Beaver Creek going down, still will be flooding for some time

Commissioner Mark Peterson said during a commission working meeting Monday that levels in Beaver Creek are going down, but slowly and it may be high for some time.

Peterson said the only major damage so far has been at Evergeen Campground off of U.S. Highway 87 and Beaver Creek Golf Course west of town on U.S. Highway 2, other than on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, which also declared an emergency.

The Hill County Commission issued a declaration of emergency last week due to the rising levels of the creek.

Peterson said Monday that, by Sunday, the level going over the spillway at Beaver Creek...