HENDRUM
Your Town in Focus: Young community of Hendrum, Minn., has room to grow 
Hendrum, Minn. - On my drive about 28 miles north on Highway 75 in Minnesota, I stumbled upon a sign that read, “Welcome. If you lived here, you’d be home now.”
By Carrie Snyder , March 24, 2013
As Red quickly rises, Hendrum rushes to fend off flooding
HENDRUM, Minn. – Mayor Curt Johannsen had a sleepless night here Sunday after Red River floodwaters rose quickly and threatened the southwest part of town.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , April 12, 2011
Corps to raise levees in Hendrum, Minn.
ST. PAUL — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says levees were being raised 2 feet on Monday in Hendrum to protect against the rising Wild Rice River.
By Associated Press , April 11, 2011
Small towns eye bottom line in flood prep
“For a small town to prepare for a flood, it’s a lot different than it is for a big metro area,” Mayor Curt Johannsen said of Hendrum, a town of about 350 people about 30 miles north of Fargo and Moorhead. “We don’t have the resources that Fargo-Moorhead does, so as a small town we can’t afford to absorb a lot of those costs.”
By Dave Kolpack, Associated Press , April 04, 2011
Area flood forecast takes ominous turn
Recent warm days and dry weather the past few weeks had many expecting sunny news when the National Weather Service issued its latest flood forecast Thursday. Instead, the picture was gloomier than it was a month ago.
By Dave Olson , February 18, 2011
Hendrum school program honored
All Stars keeps kids focused, learning
Norman County West School District has been recognized for its after-school program that aims to advance children’s potential while keeping them out of trouble as they wait for their parents to come home from work.
November 15, 2010
Downstream communities asked to join flood group
Goal is to ensure they aren’t affected by proposed F-M diversion
GRAND FORKS – Red River Valley leaders were asked Wednesday to join up and create a unified voice to ensure downstream communities aren’t affected by the proposed Fargo-Moorhead diversion project.
By Ryan Johnson, Forum Communications Co. , September 30, 2010
Basin group meets with downstream communities
The Red River Basin Commission met with nine downstream communities since the last Metro Flood Study Work Group meeting.
By Heidi Shaffer , September 10, 2010
Worries of flooding increase downstream
HENDRUM, Minn. – Mike Smart, Hendrum’s police chief and emergency services director, walked through a soybean field near the confluence of the Elm and Red rivers.
By Kevin Bonham, Forum Communications Co. , August 01, 2010
Landowners unite against flood diversion
Feel concerns not addressed by officials
A group of North Dakota landowners against a proposed Red River diversion is rallying to have their voices heard.
By Heidi Shaffer , July 28, 2010
Downstream cities urge no more water in diversion plan
Landowners worry about plan’s effects
HENDRUM, Minn. – Several landowners downstream from a proposed North Dakota diversion say they can’t handle any more water in the area already heavily hit by flooding.
By Heidi Shaffer , June 17, 2010
Northern counties watch Red, overland flooding
As the Wild Rice River crest moves through Twin Valley and Ada, Minn., flood fighters are watching for overland flooding and turning some of their attention to points where the tributaries meet the rising Red River.
“Right now, we’re in between the two floods,” Kevin Ruud, Norman County Emergency Management Director, said Monday.
By Kevin Bonham, Forum Communications Co. , March 16, 2010
MN's Wild Rice sees rapid rise near Twin Valley, Ada
The Wild Rice River in Minnesota rose rapidly this morning, a jump of more than 3 feet in a matter of hours, according to data from the National Weather Service.
By Forum staff reports , March 12, 2010
Downstream residents nervous about proposed diversion effects
Representatives of downstream cities sounded off Thursday on plans to build a Red River diversion channel to protect Fargo-Moorhead. The Metro Flood Study Work Group was also told that mitigating higher Red River levels downstream could cost $35 million to $750 million.
By Helmut Schmidt , March 05, 2010
Anxiety builds for downstream cities
The first good look at a Fargo-Moorhead diversion project’s impact on cities downstream wasn’t positive for Terry Guttormson.
By Mike Nowatzki , February 02, 2010
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