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• FEMA officials to look at ice storm damage this week
  Federal disaster officials will be in southwest Minnesota this week to assess damage from a recent ice storm in that part of the state.April 22, 2013
• Fargo starts temporary levee construction ahead of flood
  The city of Fargo closed roads near the Red River Monday and began building temporary levees to prepare for spring flooding.April 22, 2013
• Crests approaching in several towns in Midwest
  An all-too-familiar springtime ritual played out around the nation's heartland this weekend as volunteers, National Guardsmen and even prison inmates joined together in an effort to ward off fast-rising floodwaters. Dangerously high waters dotted at least six Midwestern states after torrential rains this past week.April 21, 2013
• Across America, a week of chaos, horror -- and hope
  Moment after nail-biting moment, the events shoved us through a week that felt like an unremitting series of tragedies: Deadly bombs. Poison letters. A town shattered by a colossal explosion. A violent manhunt that paralyzed a major city, emptying streets of people and filling them with heavily armed police and piercing sirens. But beneath the pain, horror was counteracted by hope.April 20, 2013
• Motorcyclists hit road for Minn. flood run
  Motorists are advised to look twice for motorcyclists as the annual "Spring Flood Run" takes place Saturday between the Twin Cities and Winona, Minn.April 20, 2013
• Officials seek answers in aftermath of Texas explosion
  With the house-to-house search over and the living and dead largely accounted for, the town of West, Texas, began the transition from shock and disbelief to communal grieving. On Friday night, at St. Mary Church of the Assumption, mourners gathered to remember the dead. Many of the dead were first responders who were fighting a roaring fire for 30 minutes before the explosion, which was felt 80 miles away in Fort Worth.April 20, 2013
• Fargo outlines plans for sandbagging
  Fargo-area officials have mapped out plans for building clay levees and sandbag dikes to protect against what could be record flooding along the Red River and its tributaries.April 19, 2013
• 14 bodies recovered after Texas blast, 200 injured
  The bodies of 12 people have been recovered after an enormous Texas fertilizer plant explosion that demolished surrounding neighborhoods for blocks and left about 200 other people injured, authorities said Friday.April 19, 2013
• FBI surveillance video of Boston bombing suspects
  The FBI released this video Thursday, April 18, 2013, showing two men considered suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday.April 18, 2013
• Flood trends are troublesome for Fargo-Moorhead
  The Red River of the North floods nearly every year, and residents who live nearby are used to it. But the trend in recent history is toward ever larger floods and ever higher record crests. If that continues, at some point there will be a Red River flood that Fargo-Moorhead cannot defend against.April 18, 2013
• As Texas mourns, author reflects on the life of volunteer firefighters
  A Wisconsin writer and first responder gives his perspective on volunteer fire departments and the people who serve on them.The Daily Circuit, April 18, 2013
• FBI releases images of 2 men at Boston Marathon
  The FBI has released photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings and is asking for the public's help in identifying them.April 18, 2013
• Family: 24-hour delay to report Minn. pilot missing near Africa
  Aviation officials on Sao Tome island waited 24 hours before reporting the disappearance of an American pilot and his small aircraft off the coast of West Africa, the missing man's family said on Wednesday.April 18, 2013
• Moorhead says it's ready for flooding
  The city of Moorhead has learned some lessons about flood preparation after three consecutive years of major flooding.April 18, 2013
• Image leads to hunt for Boston bombing suspect
  In what could be major break in the Boston Marathon case, investigators are on the hunt for a man seen in a department store surveillance video dropping off a bag at the site of the bombings, a local politician said Wednesday.April 18, 2013

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