VALLEY FLOODING
Oakport sets dike meeting
The Buffalo-Red River Watershed District’s board of managers will host a special public meeting Monday in Oakport Township to update property owners on the status of a flood-control project, part of which is targeted for completion by next spring.By Mike Nowatzki , August 16, 2009
Red River Basin Commission to discuss Red River flood solutions
GRAND FORKS, N.D. –The Red River Basin Commission will meet here today to formally begin developing a basin-wide Long-term Flood Solutions Project.By Kevin Bonham , August 05, 2009
ND to get $24.8 million in grants for flood relief
FARGO – North Dakota will receive $24.8 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for various flood relief projects across the state, the state’s congressional delegation announced today.By Staff report , July 01, 2009
Flood-weary voters voice their support of half-cent sales tax
Three months after cracks in a temporary levee forced Paul Winje’s family to flee their south Fargo home, the River Vili resident voted Tuesday for a half-percent sales tax that he hopes will fund a solution to Fargo-Moorhead’s flooding problems.By Mike Nowatzki , July 01, 2009
Fargo voters overwhelmingly approve half-cent sales tax for flood control
It was a light turnout for Fargo’s special election Tuesday, but those who did vote overwhelmingly endorsed the idea of raising the city’s sales tax one-half percent to pay for permanent flood protection.
By Helmut Schmidt , July 01, 2009
Early turnout slow for flood protection sales tax vote
UPDATED 11:11 a.m. Oak Street resident asks if it's going to take a catastrophe to convince people that permanent flood protection is needed
FARGO – The long lines of sandbaggers who fought back floodwaters in Fargo this past spring aren’t being replicated at the polls today as residents vote on a half-cent sales tax to fund future flood protection.
By Mike Nowatzki , June 30, 2009
UPDATED: Former ND Gov. Schafer lobbies for flood protection diversion
UPDATED 4:56 p.m.Former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer and several Fargo-area businessmen and politicians today kicked off a lobbying effort for a Red River diversion running through North Dakota to protect Fargo-Moorhead and surrounding communities from flooding.
By BY Mike Nowatzki and Helmut Schmidt , June 29, 2009
Fargo sales tax vote shows good early turnout
Early voting numbers are good for Fargo’s sales tax special election. Now it’s a guessing game as to whether those for or against adding one-half-percent to the city’s tax will turn Tuesday’s ballot into the best-attended special election ever, or a coffee and pinochle yawner for poll judges.By Helmut Schmidt , June 28, 2009
Mind over money: Flood protection would hit homeowners’ pocketbooks
Rivers prone to flooding pick the pockets of people who live near them.
There’s the cost of protecting property from overflowing banks with sandbags and clay dikes, and the cost of cleaning up once the waters recede. When the water can’t be stopped, damage adds up.
By Sherri Richards , June 28, 2009
Fargo-Moorhead officials agree communities can’t afford $2.5 billion disaster
Steps taken in March to again protect Fargo-Moorhead from serious flood damage may have prevented a $2.5 billion disaster, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has estimated.
By Craig McEwen , June 28, 2009
Buyout homes cost 58 percent more than median value
Being in harm’s way isn’t all that sets apart the flood-prone homes in line for government buyouts after this spring’s record flood.
By Dave Roepke , June 27, 2009
More than 1,600 vote early on sales tax for flood control
Early voting for Fargo’s half-percent sales tax proposal attracted 1,631 people, an election official said late Thursday.By Forum staff reports , June 26, 2009
Dike project to begin in Oakport Township
Area flood buyouts still pendingDike construction is set to start this summer in Oakport Township, a project that will provide flood protection for 750 acres when it is completed in three years.
By Dave Olson , June 26, 2009
Cities overcame divisions for flood protection
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – This city’s $409 million permanent flood protection is a striking success story that sprang out of a tangle of animosity, suspicion and recriminations.
By Mila Koumpilova , June 21, 2009
Expanded diversion channel brings comfort to Winnipeg
WINNIPEG – On a sunny April morning, Tara Meneer’s 2-year-old son squirmed in her arms and pointed to a railroad bridge near the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in downtown Winnipeg.
By Mike Nowatzki , June 21, 2009
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