FLOOD PROTECTION
Fargo looks to bolster flood protection
Work on raising two large levees along the Red River just east of Fargo’s Fourth Street South may start this fall, city officials said last week.
By Helmut Schmidt , November 02, 2009
Forum finds support for North Dakota diversion 
HARWOOD, N.D. – Many people who spoke out at a public forum on flood control here Thursday favor a Red River diversion channel through North Dakota, despite its higher price tag.
By Tracy Frank , October 30, 2009
Dilworth, West Fargo unhappy about being left out of diversion talks
Fargo-Moorhead is abuzz over the idea of The Big Ditch – a Red River diversion channel to keep the two cities dry during major floods.
By Helmut Schmidt , October 25, 2009
Diversion plans anger Minnesota farmers
Landowners say they fear effects of ‘being run over’
Right now, it’s just a line on a map. The red stripe marks the proposed route of a channel a half-mile wide in rural Clay County, an imprecise indication of where floodwater funneled away from Fargo-Moorhead by a billion-dollar ditch would go.
By Dave Roepke , October 25, 2009
Flood plan meeting packed
Corps presents options for F-M flood controlA public meeting on flood-control plans for the Fargo-Moorhead metro area was packed to overflowing at a downtown Fargo hotel Tuesday.
By Helmut Schmidt , October 21, 2009
Moorhead flood meeting puts focus on diversion plans
A North Dakota diversion, or a Minnesota diversion?
By Dave Olson , October 20, 2009
F-M needs to pick flood plan by Dec. 1
Fargo-Moorhead officials finally have plenty of options for flood control.
By Helmut Schmidt , October 20, 2009
Group optimistic about corps flood control feasibility report
A group of influential Fargo residents pushing a diversion project as the best means of flood control is optimistic as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares to unveil a feasibility report during a high-stakes meeting Monday morning in Moorhead.
By Mike Nowatzki , October 18, 2009
Corps collects flood fix ideas
Offerings include ‘waffles,’ ‘tubes’
Houses on stilts. A network of tunnels. Better water storage with “waffle” impoundments and restored wetlands.
By Patrick Springer , September 24, 2009
Lawmakers say flood region must push for big bonding bill
Lawmakers who hold the purse strings for Minnesota’s bonding bills said Thursday that the 2010 package may have to be as big as or bigger than this year’s legislation to help pay for flood control in Moorhead and other cities in the Red River Valley.
By Helmut Schmidt , September 04, 2009
Forum editorial: Fast-track F-M flood protection
Last week’s meeting of the Metropolitan Flood Management Work Group was yet another indication of just how complex and frustrating implementation of effective flood protections for Fargo and Moorhead will be.
By Forum Editorial Board , August 30, 2009
Forum editorial: Not all levees are equal
Not all flood levees are equal, but some designated “temporary” by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers certainly could be made permanent.
By Forum Editorial Board , July 07, 2009
Earmarks fund our flood projects
Fargo has a big problem in how to pay for flood protection now and in the future. Here in Grand Forks, N.D., we were lucky to have a lot of federal funds to work with. Fargo is going to need federal funding also.
By Rodney Iverson , July 05, 2009
Buyouts likely next step for Fargo in flood protection process
Moorhead looking to do the same
When it comes to permanent flood protection for the Fargo-Moorhead area, there’s plenty of talk about diversions, levees and floodwalls.
By Helmut Schmidt , July 02, 2009
Roseau flood prevention project gets under way
ROSEAU, Minn. – Work crews broke ground Monday on a $30 million project that’s expected to provide long-term flood protection, peace of mind and economic stability to the northern Minnesota community of Roseau.
By Associated Press , June 30, 2009
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OUR VOICES MSUM asks students to make arrangements to leave campus
Posted by: Inforum.com MSUM Students recieved this email approxiametely 30 minutes ago. The university is requesting that all resident students make arrangements to leave campus as soon as possible. Although the university is on relatively high ground and is safe from flooding, an increasing poss
Posted by: floodblogger on Mar 27, 2009 at 10:16 AM | Forum Flood WatchOUR VOICES Fargo urges residents to sign up for CodeRED
Fargo may be utilizing the CodeRED emergency notification system to inform specific neighborhoods about sandbagging needs and flooding information. If you have not registered your cell phone or business phone numbers and would like to know what's happening in your area, visit the CodeRED Web site.
Posted by: floodblogger on Mar 23, 2009 at 2:17 PM | Forum Flood WatchOUR VOICES MSCTC-Moorhead students help effort
The Moorhead campus of Minnesota State Community and Technical College canceled classes today after 10 a.m. Students are encouraged to help with the volunteer efforts at MSCTC or at Nemzek Fieldhouse at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Brooke Nygaard, a dental hygiene student at MSCTC, said ap
Posted by: floodblogger on Mar 23, 2009 at 11:30 AM | Forum Flood WatchOUR VOICES Interstate 29 reduced to one lane south of Fargo
Interstate 29 has been reducted to one lane of traffic 24 miles south of Fargo due to water on the roadway, the North Dakota Department of Transportation said in a news release moments ago. Flaggers and signs will be present to control traffic. The old North Dakota Highway 10 railroad underpas
Posted by: floodblogger on Mar 23, 2009 at 11:26 AM | Forum Flood WatchOUR VOICES Lean, mean sandbagging machines
The North Dakota State football players recently completed winter workouts, a body-building process that gets them ready for spring football and the upcoming season next fall. They're also in shape to be a finely-tuned sandbagging machine. For the second straight year, the weather has hindered spri
Posted by: Jeff Kolpack on Mar 23, 2009 at 11:12 AM | Forum Flood WatchOUR VOICES Helicopter saves Grant County residents stranded by floodwaters
In response to a request from emergency services officials of Grant County, N.D., through the N.D. Department of Emergency Services, a N.D. Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was dispatched to rescue fellow North Dakotans stranded by rising flood waters. An additional crew of Soldiers responde
Posted by: floodblogger on Mar 23, 2009 at 10:57 AM | Forum Flood WatchOUR VOICES UND busing students to Fargo
The University of North Dakota's student government is coordinating transportation for students who want to come to Fargo to help sand bag. Spokesman Peter Johnson said students are encouraged to talk to their professors and join the effort if they're able. The first bus is planned to leave about
Posted by: floodblogger on Mar 23, 2009 at 10:55 AM | Forum Flood WatchOUR VOICES 'I'm too little to remember '97'
High school students slugging sandbags to one another aren’t complaining about missing schoolwork this week as they help the community brace for the impending crest. “I think everybody wants to help out,” Fargo South junior Brynn Stofferahn said. Stofferahn and classmates Courtne
Posted by: Brittany Lawonn on Mar 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM | Forum Flood Watch
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