Today in History revisits the Sunday, December 14, 1980 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story on weather putting an end to harvest in northeast North Dakota. Alsen, N.D. farmer Mark Kreklau was forced to stop his spring wheat harvest with 150 acres left due to snow and ice, fearing he can't finish until spring. Other area farmers are in similar trouble, with about 10% of the crop unharvested.

By Darrel Koehler / Herald Farm Writer

ALSEN, N.D. — Mark Kreklau has put his combine under cover, ending a long, wet harvest.

"We still have 150 acres of spring wheat to combine, but the machine just ices up when you put the snowy swaths through it," he said. "We will have to wait until spring to complete harvest and that doesn't look very promising."

Kreklau, 37, took over his

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