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THE NEW FORTY If they stay, they pay.
Well, it seems the City of Moorhead is contemplating a new approach to addressing sandbagging costs in areas that are offered buyouts. The new proposed approach focuses on homeowners who don't take th...
Posted on 5/29/13 at 10:49 PM
STAFF BLOG DIVERSION DISCUSSION Diversion Authority’s new hardship committee to review applications
FARGO A new subcommittee of the Diversion Authority can start considering buyout applications from residents who are already feeling negative impacts from Red River diversion plans. The authority ap...
Posted on 5/11/12 at 7:00 AM
RENEW ND Record on taxes is clear
All votes of Fargo city commissioners are public record and are verified in the minutes of all the commission meetings. Im proud of my record as one who works to engage the community to make better us...
Posted on 4/8/12 at 7:50 AM
WAYNE'S WORLD A hefty buyout
If Montana decides not to play a return game at UND in 2013, it will be a costly buyout for the Grizzlies. UND's home-and-home football contract with Montana calls for a $100,000 buyout. After the hom...
Posted on 8/19/09 at 12:23 PM
Valley City properties to get flood buyout offers 
By Associated Press , January 29, 2011
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More funding granted for Moorhead buyouts
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that it was releasing another $1 million to the city of Moorhead to be used for flood buyouts.
By Forum staff reports , January 28, 2011
Cass County speeds up auction of buyout homes
Cass County is speeding up the process to auction off about 25 home buyouts with hopes of making the properties available to move out before a possible spring flood.
By Heidi Shaffer , January 26, 2011
Cass buyouts face tight timeline for auctions
Cass County is finishing up another round of buyouts, but faces a tight timeline to get the homes auctioned off and moved out before potential spring flooding.
By Heidi Shaffer , January 13, 2011
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Moorhead gets $2.5M for additional buyouts
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has awarded Moorhead an additional $2.5 million worth of flood mitigation funds.
By Dave Olson , October 19, 2010
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Moorhead seeks more flood-mitigation dollars
The city of Moorhead spent between $30 million and $31 million in the past 14 months on building flood-control projects and buying flood-prone houses.
By Dave Olson , September 25, 2010
Leaving Rivershore Drive: Moorhead couple selling belongings as neighborhood empties
Roger and Barbara Sipson are letting go of their home and much more.
After 16 years at 2503 Rivershore Drive in south Moorhead, the Sipsons are selling their home to the city and saying goodbye to neighbors who have come to seem like family.
By Dave Olson , September 25, 2010
For Moorhead family, buyout may be only option
Family fears value of home may shrink if neighbors leaveDavid and Kathy Hunstad have lived at 2215 Rivershore Drive in south Moorhead for 22 years, during which time they’ve worked to protect their house from the Red River.
By Dave Olson , September 17, 2010
Buyouts not linked to war
I am shocked to learn that somehow a buyout of flood-stricken homes has anything to do with helping to win the war in Afghanistan.
By Vern Kepler , August 07, 2010
Final Cass County flood buyouts are back on track
Congress approves FEMA relief funds
Sitting in a split-level home that 16 months ago was soaked to the floorboards in floodwater and fuel oil, Lorraine Read learned Wednesday that her long wait for a buyout offer is almost over.
By Mike Nowatzki , July 29, 2010
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Buyout reaction mixed in Fargo’s Belmont Park
Belmont Park residents had mixed feelings Tuesday as city officials discuss how to increase flood protection along the Red River.
By Heidi Shaffer , July 07, 2010
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Briarwood may help pay demo costs for buyout homes
The city of Briarwood remained steadfast Thursday in its opposition to moving flood buyout homes out of town, but Mayor John Adams told Cass County officials that the city is open to sharing the higher demolition costs that will result.
By Mike Nowatzki , June 18, 2010
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Briarwood won’t allow buyout homes to be moved
BRIARWOOD, N.D. – Donavon Mau paid $7,000 for a flood buyout home in this secluded city just south of Fargo, hoping to move it to Hillsboro to give his wife and four children more living space.
But five days after Cass County’s buyout auction, a phone call informed him Briarwood wouldn’t grant a permit to move the house because of the potential damage to trees and roads.
By Mike Nowatzki , June 16, 2010
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Fargo’s buyouts don’t go up for sale
Fargo, unlike Moorhead or Cass County, doesn’t resell homes on the Red River it purchases in its buyout program – and city officials say that’s unlikely to change soon.
By Helmut Schmidt , May 29, 2010
Cass buyout auction nets $326,250
Kathy and Dallas Elhard got a good deal at Cass County’s buyout auction Thursday, and it’s a good thing – they had already sold their old house to pay for the new one.
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By Mike Nowatzki , May 28, 2010
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