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Flood Threat Holdouts

AP News 20 hours ago

Mac Butler places sandbags outside his Fargo, N.D. home to protect from the rising Red River Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Butler is no stranger to spring flooding since he has lived at the same residence for more than 25 years and is ...

North Dakota prepares for flood as Red River rises

Reuters Environmental Online Report yesterday

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Residents of Fargo, North Dakota, rushed on Wednesday to protect their city from the rising Red River which is expected to reach near-record flood levels this weekend. The Red River reached 31 feet at Fargo, the biggest city in ...

Fargo Flood Threat

AP News yesterday

Nick Soiseth tosses sandbags on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 to help his neighbor's Jim and Fran Brenan build a 40-foot dike outside of their Fargo, N.D. home. (AP Photo/Jay Pickthorn) Copyright 2010 AP News

Senate roll vote on jobs bill

AP News yesterday

Roll Vote: Senate OKs legislation giving businesses more incentives to hire the jobless The 68-29 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed legislation giving tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the ...

Flood Threat Student Volunteers

AP News yesterday

Fargo South sophomore Aline Bisimwa lifts a sandbag on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in south Fargo, N.D. as she and many other area students assisted in Red River flood fighting efforts. (AP Photo/Jay Pickthorn) Copyright 2010 AP News

Lesson learned: More buy flood insurance after '09

AP News 2 days ago

Learning lessons from '09 flood, more North Dakota and Minnesota residents buy insurance When the swollen Red River threatened his uninsured house last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack up, leave and hope he wouldn't lose everything. In the end, ...

Red River rises 2 feet at Fargo, nears major flood

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 2 days ago

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The Red River rose closer, as expected, to causing major flooding at Fargo, North Dakota, on Tuesday, rising more than two feet since Monday afternoon. The Red rose to 27.4 feet early and was expected to reach the ...

Widespread spring flooding forecast

AP News 2 days ago

Government warns of spring flooding in Midwest, South, East after wet winter With truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents' fears Tuesday, forecasting major flooding in the Midwest following a wetter than normal ...

WCHA suspends UND's Frattin 1 game

AP News 2 days ago

WCHA suspends North Dakota junior forward Matt Frattin for 1 game after hit The Western Collegiate Hockey Association has suspended North Dakota forward Matt Frattin for one game. The junior will not play Thursday when North Dakota faces Minnesota-Duluth in a play-in ...

Sandbags delivered ahead of expected Fargo flood

AP Features 3 days ago

Police escorted convoys of flatbed trucks carrying piles of sandbags into neighborhoods along Fargo's Red River on Monday as residents began preparing to keep the looming flood waters away from their homes. The cities of Fargo in eastern North Dakota and neighboring ...

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