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Ring levee for 3 upstream communities approved
FARGO – Diversion leaders Thursday took a big step toward removing homeowners in three upstream communities from what they called a “limbo state.”
Friday, May, 10, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – Diversion leaders Thursday took a big step toward removing homeowners in three upstream communities from what they called a “limbo state.”
Friday, May, 10, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Letter: Did diversion supporters manipulate crest forecast?
I grew up in Fargo’s Oak Grove neighborhood in the ’60s and sandbagged floods more than I want to remember. I have been intimately involved with Fargo and area river flooding since 1994.
Friday, May, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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I grew up in Fargo’s Oak Grove neighborhood in the ’60s and sandbagged floods more than I want to remember. I have been intimately involved with Fargo and area river flooding since 1994.
Friday, May, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Park River’s South Branch floods rural area west of Grafton
MANDT, N.D. — Charlotte Tverberg delivered a trunkload of pizzas for volunteer sandbaggers as they waited for the delivery of another truckload of sand to protect her home from the flooding South Branch of the Park River.
Tuesday, April, 30, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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MANDT, N.D. — Charlotte Tverberg delivered a trunkload of pizzas for volunteer sandbaggers as they waited for the delivery of another truckload of sand to protect her home from the flooding South Branch of the Park River.
Tuesday, April, 30, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Sandbagging goes quickly as Fargo expects major but manageable flood; Red appears to crest in Wahpeton
FARGO – John Peterson watched as about 150 high school students stacked sandbags in his north Fargo neighborhood of Elm Circle, the icy river behind them finally flowing.
Saturday, April, 27, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – John Peterson watched as about 150 high school students stacked sandbags in his north Fargo neighborhood of Elm Circle, the icy river behind them finally flowing.
Saturday, April, 27, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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‘Prepare for flood of record’
‘No more waiting’ as crest forecast to near 2009’s record
FARGO – Forecasters on Wednesday advised flood fighters to prepare for a new record crest on the Red River here, with a predicted range of 39 to 41 feet.
Thursday, April, 18, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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‘No more waiting’ as crest forecast to near 2009’s record
FARGO – Forecasters on Wednesday advised flood fighters to prepare for a new record crest on the Red River here, with a predicted range of 39 to 41 feet.
Thursday, April, 18, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Weather service predicts Red River in Fargo to crest at 39 to 41 feet; 40 percent chance of setting record
FARGO – Forecasters are advising flood fighters to prepare for a Red River crest here between 39 and 41 feet, with a predicted midrange crest of 40.3 feet.
Wednesday, April, 17, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – Forecasters are advising flood fighters to prepare for a Red River crest here between 39 and 41 feet, with a predicted midrange crest of 40.3 feet.
Wednesday, April, 17, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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35 Cass County homeowners still waiting for post-2009 buyout
FARGO - Steve Syrdal couldn’t move away from the flood plain even if he wanted. And he does want to move away. Very badly.
Monday, April, 08, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO - Steve Syrdal couldn’t move away from the flood plain even if he wanted. And he does want to move away. Very badly.
Monday, April, 08, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Forum editorial: Many ‘ifs’ in flood outlook
After last week’s meetings with city and county flood experts, Forum editors and reporters learned that while Fargo and Moorhead are up to holding back a major flood, Cass and Clay counties will be dealing with overland and river flooding that, at certain elevations, can’t be stopped.
Tuesday, April, 02, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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After last week’s meetings with city and county flood experts, Forum editors and reporters learned that while Fargo and Moorhead are up to holding back a major flood, Cass and Clay counties will be dealing with overland and river flooding that, at certain elevations, can’t be stopped.
Tuesday, April, 02, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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The new flood fight: What’s different since 2009’s record crest
FARGO - Four years ago today, those who had fought a Red River flood as big as anyone alive had ever seen were just starting to assess damages or breathe a sigh of relief as the river slipped below 38 feet and thoughts turned to cleanup.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO - Four years ago today, those who had fought a Red River flood as big as anyone alive had ever seen were just starting to assess damages or breathe a sigh of relief as the river slipped below 38 feet and thoughts turned to cleanup.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Forum editorial: Flood fight messages positive
Sometimes it takes a flood, or the threat of a flood, to refocus public attention on the complicated task of building permanent flood protection for the Fargo metro area.
Wednesday, March, 27, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Sometimes it takes a flood, or the threat of a flood, to refocus public attention on the complicated task of building permanent flood protection for the Fargo metro area.
Wednesday, March, 27, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Fargo plans to build protections to 42.5 feet after getting bleak new flood forecast
Strong April rains could be like pouring 'accelerant on a fire,' risk of 38-foot flood put at 50 percent
FARGO - After receiving a bleak forecast on how spring’s slow start is increasing the risk of a severe flood, city officials here are planning to protect against a 2009-level flood – a task that will require laying around 1 million sandbags.
Friday, March, 22, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Strong April rains could be like pouring 'accelerant on a fire,' risk of 38-foot flood put at 50 percent
FARGO - After receiving a bleak forecast on how spring’s slow start is increasing the risk of a severe flood, city officials here are planning to protect against a 2009-level flood – a task that will require laying around 1 million sandbags.
Friday, March, 22, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Diversion survey finds residents dissatisfied
Of the options being considered, buyouts or a ring dike, many want neither
FARGO – Staunch opposition south of the city to the proposed Red River diversion is complicating efforts to mitigate the upstream effects of the project.
Sunday, March, 17, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Of the options being considered, buyouts or a ring dike, many want neither
FARGO – Staunch opposition south of the city to the proposed Red River diversion is complicating efforts to mitigate the upstream effects of the project.
Sunday, March, 17, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Diversion Authority wants amendments removed
FARGO – Flood Diversion Board of Authority Board members expressed hope Thursday that amendments threatening funds for the proposed F-M Red River Diversion project will not pass the state Senate and become law.
Friday, March, 15, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – Flood Diversion Board of Authority Board members expressed hope Thursday that amendments threatening funds for the proposed F-M Red River Diversion project will not pass the state Senate and become law.
Friday, March, 15, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Diversion advocates hope to kill amendments
FARGO – Fargo-Moorhead diversion officials say the stakes are high today, when their work begins to rid the proposed State Water Commission budget of amendments they say would kill the $1.8 billion flood control project.
Friday, March, 08, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – Fargo-Moorhead diversion officials say the stakes are high today, when their work begins to rid the proposed State Water Commission budget of amendments they say would kill the $1.8 billion flood control project.
Friday, March, 08, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Letter: Remove language in bill that threatens diversion
We urge the North Dakota Senate to remove language from the State Water Commission budget that would prohibit the use of state funding for the buyout of homes and aspects of flood protection associated with the F-M diversion project.
Wednesday, March, 06, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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We urge the North Dakota Senate to remove language from the State Water Commission budget that would prohibit the use of state funding for the buyout of homes and aspects of flood protection associated with the F-M diversion project.
Wednesday, March, 06, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Letter: Carlson thinks he knows better about diversion, but he’s wrong
I read Rep. Al Carlson’s, R-Fargo, essay in The Forum (Feb. 28). He throws out all the work Cass County Commissioner Darrell Vanyo, the Corps of Engineers, Mayor Dennis Walaker and many others have spent years doing. Carlson thinks he knows far better, but he’s wrong.
Tuesday, March, 05, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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I read Rep. Al Carlson’s, R-Fargo, essay in The Forum (Feb. 28). He throws out all the work Cass County Commissioner Darrell Vanyo, the Corps of Engineers, Mayor Dennis Walaker and many others have spent years doing. Carlson thinks he knows far better, but he’s wrong.
Tuesday, March, 05, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Letter: Amendments undermine Oxbow levee
The residents of Oxbow, N.D., voted in January in support of a proposed ring levee as part of the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project. The recent action taken by the North Dakota Legislature on HB 1020 stops any chance of protection being constructed for our city and puts residents back into a state of limbo.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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The residents of Oxbow, N.D., voted in January in support of a proposed ring levee as part of the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project. The recent action taken by the North Dakota Legislature on HB 1020 stops any chance of protection being constructed for our city and puts residents back into a state of limbo.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Letter: Valley flood protection vitally important to us all
Having lived in Fargo since 1969, I have participated in many floods. No one is more committed to protecting Fargo, West Fargo and the surrounding communities from devastating flooding than I am.
Thursday, February, 28, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Having lived in Fargo since 1969, I have participated in many floods. No one is more committed to protecting Fargo, West Fargo and the surrounding communities from devastating flooding than I am.
Thursday, February, 28, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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ND House passes state water bill with ‘diversion killing’ amendments
FARGO – Many state legislators representing Fargo agree with local officials –the State Water Commission budget bill, as written, may hamper hopes that the $1.8 billion diversion to protect the metro area from floods will ever be built.
Thursday, February, 28, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – Many state legislators representing Fargo agree with local officials –the State Water Commission budget bill, as written, may hamper hopes that the $1.8 billion diversion to protect the metro area from floods will ever be built.
Thursday, February, 28, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Bill could hurt FM diversion hopes
North Dakota proposal would block state funding
FARGO – Red River diversion supporters warned Monday that a Fargo lawmaker’s proposed amendments to a state funding bill could kill the flood control project.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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North Dakota proposal would block state funding
FARGO – Red River diversion supporters warned Monday that a Fargo lawmaker’s proposed amendments to a state funding bill could kill the flood control project.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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