Dickinson, N.D., officials lobby to stay out of debt

An additional 22,000 people are expected to settle in Dickinson over the next seven years, further stretching the city’s infrastructure as it struggles to keep up with water supply, wastewater and other issues. At the end of the current biennium, the city is looking at $42.1 million of debt incurred from borrowing from the the state’s revolving fund loan program for infrastructure costs, and could add $40.5 million more on top of that if the state doesn’t step in to help.

By: By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service, The Jamestown Sun