Water-release meeting tonight

The Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received approval to construct temporary emergency levees in the city of Jamestown if high releases are made from Jamestown and Pipestem reservoirs. A public meeting is planned at 6 p.m. today in City Hall, 102 Third Ave. S.E., to discuss current release forecasts and outline possible locations of emergency levees. Additional public meetings concerning water release plans for Jamestown and Pipestem reservoirs will be held the week of April 6 in Jamestown and Aberdeen, S.D.