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Fargo takes action to lessen impact of flooding
The landscape has changed dramatically since the record flooding of the Red River: Hundreds of once-vulnerable homes are now gone and miles of concrete floodwalls and clay levees add new protections as communities on the river's banks brace for it to overflow yet again.April 4, 2013
Fargo readies sandbags in advance of Red River flooding
Sandbags were being filled Wednesday morning in Fargo in preparation for flooding later this month when the Red River is expected to spill out of its banks.April 3, 2013
Photos: Here's how Fargo's 'Sandbag Central' works
Volunteers in Fargo, N.D., started filling sandbags Wednesday in preparation for flooding along the Red River expected later this month. The city will fill enough sandbags to be prepared for a record flood, but will need only about half the sandbags it used in 2009 because of permanent flood measures installed since then.April 3, 2013
State: Infant deaths in child care decrease
Minnesota human services officials say the number of infant deaths in child care settings has dropped significantly this year.April 3, 2013
Fargo mayor optimistic as flooding nears
Crews in Fargo will start filling sandbags Wednesday to prepare for possible flooding in the city.April 3, 2013
Fargo preparing to make sandbags
Fargo officials are preparing for volunteers to fill sandbags.April 1, 2013
Forgotten US airship crash recalled 80 years later
Newsreel footage and radio announcer Herbert Morrison's plaintive cry, "Oh, the humanity!" made the 1937 explosion of the Hindenburg at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station probably the best-known crash of an airship. But just four years earlier, a U.S. Navy airship crashed only about 40 miles away, claiming more than twice as many lives.March 31, 2013
ID for cyclist killed in Mpls. accident
The bicyclist who was killed by an alleged hit-and-run driver in Hennepin County over the weekend has been identified as a 28-year-old Minneapolis woman.March 31, 2013
Victim of plane crash was Duluth man, 48
Clay County authorities have identified the victim of a fatal small-plane crash as Kevin Ferris of Duluth.March 30, 2013
Rail line re-opens following crude oil spill
Thousands of gallons of oil leaked onto frozen ground after the train carrying crude from Canada derailed Wednesday in Otter Tail County.March 28, 2013
20K gallons of crude spill in MN train wreck
Authorities say at least three cars of a Canadian Pacific train have spilled or leaked crude oil after a derailment in western Minnesota.March 27, 2013
2,000 ND Guards ready for flood fight
The North Dakota National Guard leader says there are more than 2,000 soldiers and airmen who are prepared to help with spring flooding.March 26, 2013
Red River diversion moving in US Senate
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven provided a spark for flood-fatigued officials in his home state Monday, announcing that a measure with money for a proposed Red River diversion project should reach the Senate floor in April or May.March 25, 2013
Driver dies after collision with light rail train
MetroTransit officials say a 55-year-old man is dead after the car he was driving collided with a light rail train.March 22, 2013
National Weather Service raises flood risk along Red River
A delayed spring melt and late-winter snow has increased the risk of flooding in Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., National Weather Service forecasters said Thursday.March 21, 2013