Category — Fargo, North Dakota

Cass County hopes to alleviate one of residents’ biggest worries by holding off on closing clay dikes until the last minute.

Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker says he’s prepared to shut down non-essential business during this flood emergency if drivers don’t respect and yield to flood convoys scrambling to threatened neighborhoods.

Fargo Police and state probation agents are scrambling to find a high-level sex offender they say cut off his GPS monitoring device around 2 p.m. today. Twenty-five-year-old Thomas Jose Eppler was convicted in 2007 for raping a female acquaintence.

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty  on Monday declared a state of emergency in 28 counties affected by potential flooding across western, southern, central and eastern Minnesota.

Republican U.S. House candidate Rick Berg says his campaign manager has resigned after  admitting to using addresses from a state party e-mail list that he had retained while serving previously as the party’s executive director. 

A south Fargo church is opening its doors to the public for help support flood-weary residents. Olivet Lutheran at 1330 South University Drive is calling it “The Ark” — a place, pastors say, for rest and refreshment.

A rising Red River has shut down the 12th Avenue North toll bridge in Fargo which connects to 15th Avenue North in Moorhead. The city shut down the Broadway bridge earlier today.

Crews are working to stop erosion at the head of the Browns Valley, Minnesota, diversion project. Strong currents eroded the roadbed and led to a collapse of 25 feet of an adjacent county road.

An area that saw heavy damage during last year’s flood fight is breathing much easier tonight. 

The North Dakota National Guard is mobilizing soldiers and airman to help with flood fighting in eastern North Dakota.

Minnesota Governot Tim Pawlenty has used his line-item veto to remove $319 million worth of projects from a construction bill, including civic centers, trails and college buildings

A man and a boy –  both from Pelican Rapids, Minnesota — have been arrested in connection with numerous car break-ins that occurred over the past five months in Fergus Falls.

Police escorted convoys of trucks carrying sandbags into neighborhoods along Fargo’s Red River as residents began preparing for flooding.

The cities of Fargo and Moorhead can expect a huge influx of college help within the next two days as a couple of campuses clear the way for student and staff to help with what’s now a critical stage of the flood battle.

People who fought off record flooding a year ago in a frantic one-week sandbagging effort are jolted by the prospect of doing it over again.

As the Red River rises faster than expected, Fargo’s mayor says there is a crucial element to the city’s brand new flood fight: volunteers.

The Army Corps of Engineers is recommending that Jamestown and LaMoure build emergency levees similar to the ones put up last year.

The city of Minnewaukan is holding a public meeting to talk about the challenges posed by the rising Devils Lake.

The Highway Patrol has identified a Bisbee man who died in a pickup truck crash north of Abercrombie.

The City of Moorhead is in a better position to fight flooding this year, but more volunteers are needed, according to Moorhead’s city manager.

We’ve added a new section to the Valley News Live website where you can find more specific, community-centered information, on the 2010 flood fight. Click here .

Major flooding once again is forecast in the south central North Dakota town of Linton.

The Red River is rising, and so is the anxiety level for residents in North Dakota and Minnesota.

A Bisbee man has died following a one-vehicle crash north of Abercrombie.

Water is being released from Lake Ilo in Dunn County in an effort to alleviate flooding in Zap and Beulah this spring.

A Montana man is being held without bond in an attack at a gas station near Minot.

 A rally against a health care overhaul has drawn at least hundreds of people to the Minnesota State Capitol. One of the most popular speakers Saturday was U.S. Rep. Michele

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin building clay dikes in Oakport Township early this week.

Fargo police say the Fargodome crowd at Saturday night’s Bon Jovi concert was overall well-behaved, but there were some issues.

Agriculture Commissioner Gene Hugoson kicks off Minnesota Agriculture Week by visiting the state’s only urban agriculture class Monday.