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Officials keep eye on river levels

Special equipment, specifically a Link Belt LS-818 300-ton lattice boom crawler crane named “Big Juicy”, was used to complete dredging of the harbor at the Lake Providence Port. The crane is equipped with a 6CY clam shell to effectively clear large rocks. COURTESY PHOTO

Water levels for the Mississippi River are high right now, but that’s a good thing, according to Reynold Minsky, president of the Fifth Louisiana Levee District Board of Commissioners. Minsky said tha…