VALLEY FLOODING
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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
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.
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
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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.
June 21, 2009
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- Standing on the levee in 2006
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- Lynn Stauss, mayor of East Grand Forks, talks about losing his temper in front of a Minnesota legislative committee while appealing for permanent flood protection funding
- Pat Owens, former Grand Forks mayor, talks about the pressure city leaders faced in 1997 in deciding on a flood protection approach
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- Graphic: Grand Forks project
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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