Drainage board to advertise assessment hike, consider taking on private tile in Snyder–Caruthers watershed

The Marshall County Drainage Board voted to advertise proposed assessment rates and a public hearing for the Snyder–Caruthers watershed after staff recommended adding a private tile and a portion of the Caruthers Ditch to the county-maintained system.

Craig Hall, a technician with Farmers Drainage, told the board he located an existing private tile that carries subsoil drainage from the Snyder arm toward Olive Road and that much of the line “is in decent shape” for its estimated 30-year age. Hall said crews had already replaced a roughly 20-foot segment in 2023 and that crews located a plugged section that will need work.

Hall estimated an initial opening/repair cost of about $5,000 to restore flow; he forecast the watershed’s annual…