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NDSU student recalled as 'full of life'

Tuesday was one the best days of her life, Sarah Martinsen told her friends.

• Sarah Martinsen

Moorhead sandbagging effort enters final push

MOORHEAD - The City of Moorhead is on track to face this weekend’s projected Red River crest in solid shape, City Manager Michael Redlinger said at a daily morning briefing.

Second crest at Wahpeton expected to be 17 feet

The Red River crested at Wahpeton, N.D.-Breckenridge, Minn., just before midnight Monday, with the latest outlook projecting it will embark on a new rise shortly and top off at 17 feet late Thursday, half a foot lower than earlier forecasts.

• Wahpeton-Breckenridge location

FLOOD UPDATE: Moorhead makes another urgent call for volunteers to make sandbag dikes just south and north of I-94 and Riverview area

MOORHEAD – Moorhead made another urgent call for volunteers at the city’s morning flood briefing today.

Not going anywhere: Moorhead man staying put in bought-out neighborhood

Lloyd Paulson split his time between two very different spots during last spring’s flood fight. There was his home on Moorhead’s Rivershore Drive, where a band of friends and strangers three times rallied to reinforce a 30,000-sandbag dike against a surging Red River. Then, there was the MeritCare room of Paulson’s wife of “57 good years,” Beverly.

• Lloyd Paulson looks over photos
• Looking at dike construction
• Location: Paulson's home

Overland flooding, ice jams fuel concerns

In the Wahpeton-Breckenridge area, the flood fight is ramping up amid widespread overland flooding and a rising Red River at major flood stage.

• Location: Wahpeton-Breckenridge

MOORHEAD: City plans to deliver sandbags in flood fight today, volunteers sought to help fill sandbags

MOORHEAD – The City of Moorhead will start delivering sandbags to its most vulnerable neighborhoods today, said City Manager Mike Redlinger at the city’s first morning flood press conference today.

RED RAGES UPWARD: River to reach 38 feet by Saturday in Fargo-Moorhead

Here we go again. On Sunday, a traditional day of rest, those who live along area rivers and the officials who work for and govern them kicked into high flood-fighting mode in response to the latest news from the National Weather Service:

• Red River flood forecast
• Terry and Sara Freier sandbag their home
• Flood volunteer information

FARGO/CASS: Walaker: Tough week lies ahead

Fargo and Cass County officials rallied Sunday to speed up flood protection plans in light of a new forecasted Red River level of 38 feet by next weekend.

• A crew constructs a private levy
• Sandbagging in Wild Rice
• Flood volunteer information

MOORHEAD/CLAY: Moorhead overhauls flood preparations

Moorhead will overhaul its flood-fighting game plan today to reflect a new projection of a rapid rise in Red River levels. Meanwhile, overland flooding continues to plague rural areas south of the city, flushing the residents of several farmsteads out of their homes.

• Rob McNair throws sandbags
• Flood volunteer information

Columns

Lamb: A chance to paint the town undead

If, as Sir Elton John declared two weeks ago, “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” then it’s time to bring out the dead. Or rather, the undead. That’s right, there will be a trail of (fake) blood between the bars of downtown Fargo tonight as the second Zombie Pub Crawl shuffles from one stop to another.