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• Downstream towns worried about Red River diversion
  Residents living downstream from Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., along the Red River fear their towns would be sacrificed in a diversion plan to save the two larger cities from chronic flooding.November 15, 2009
• Fargo-area group narrows flood control options
  A group looking at flood control options for the Fargo area is narrowing its list.November 6, 2009
• Experts see no end to Red River Valley wet cycle
  Climate experts organized by the Army Corps of Engineers see no end to a wet cycle in the Red River Valley.November 4, 2009
• Ring dike program will protect more than just farms
  More than $4 million will pay for ring dikes around farmsteads in the Red River Valley, but flood protection is only a secondary goal for the federal program.October 27, 2009
• Red River Basin group holding meetings
  Meetings are scheduled this week in the Minnesota communities of Roseau and Oslo. Others are scheduled next month in Lakota, Devils Lake, Langdon, Pembina and in Morris, Manitoba.October 26, 2009
• Mark Seeley answers your weather questions
  University of Minnesota Climatologist and Meteorologist Mark Seeley joins Midday to explain the fall weather and tell us what looms ahead this winter.Midday, October 22, 2009
• SBA disaster loans available in Minnesota
  The Small Business Administration says disaster loans are available in some eastern Minnesota counties because of the drought that began earlier this year.October 22, 2009
• Fargo-Moorhead grapples with prospect of $1 billion flood diversion plans
  Many Fargo-Moorhead residents favor a diversion ditch to route part of the Red River around the two cities. The ditches could be from a quarter- to a half-mile wide and 15 to 20 miles long.October 22, 2009
• Public packs flood plan meeting in Fargo
  About 300 people turned out for a public meeting on flood-control plans for the Fargo-Moorhead area, forcing the Army Corps of Engineers to make two presentations at a downtown hotel Tuesday.October 21, 2009
• Officials outline top solutions for Fargo-Moorhead flood control
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has identified several possible solutions to the chronic flooding in Fargo-Moorhead, including a diversion plan that officials said had it been in place last March, the millions of sandbags and emergency dikes would not have been needed.October 19, 2009
• Floodwatchers aim to improve forecasting
  Six months after floodwaters threatened to devastate the Red River Valley, federal officials gathered in St. Paul today to talk about why they were wrong in a key area -- the flood forecasts.October 19, 2009
• Flood-control projects hinge on economic impact numbers
  The Army Corps of Engineers has identified 14 options in Fargo-Moorhead for flood control, but there's a catch. For a plan to gain federal approval, the benefit to taxpayers must be greater than the project cost.October 15, 2009
• Icy roads lead to crashes, spinouts in Twin Cities
  The winter driving season has already begun, and Twin Cities commuters have gotten their first taste of it this week with snow one day and icy roads the next.October 13, 2009
• Region gets early preview of winter
  The snow that covered grass and made roads wet in southern Minnesota on Monday began to taper off by the afternoon.October 12, 2009
• Tornado-damaged Hugo considers 'safe rooms' requirement
  City leaders in Hugo are considering a requirement that builders offer a 'safe room' option to subdivision homeowners following a devastating tornado that ripped through the community more than a year ago.October 5, 2009

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