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Red River cities focus on permanent flood protection

Red River cities focus on permanent flood protection

Residents of Fargo-Moorhead are cleaning up sandbags and removing temporary levees after the Red River's crest last week. As it turned out, most of that preparation wasn't needed for this year's flood. Both cities are now turning their attention back to building permanent levees and flood walls.
by Dan Gunderson and Nathaniel Minor

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Minn. prepares to dispose of I-35W bridge parts

Minnesota's House of Representatives has voted to give victims, historians and engineers a chance to claim some of the crumpled steel from the deadly 2007 collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge before the rest is sold for scrap.

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Snowmelt raises flood concerns in NE Minn.

Snowmelt raises flood concerns in NE Minn.

Rapid snowmelt is causing flooding concerns along some rivers and streams in northeast Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker

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Why was the Fargo flood forecast off by so much?

Why was the Fargo flood forecast off by so much?

The Red River at Fargo crested today at a little more than 33 feet, about eight feet lower than what the National Weather Service forecast just two weeks ago. The NWS says it will review its forecasting process in the wake of the off-base prediction.
by Dan Gunderson

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As crest passes, attention turns to permanent Fargo flood protection

As crest passes, attention turns to permanent Fargo flood protection

As the Red River in Fargo-Moorhead crests Wednesday at levels well-below what was forecast last week, local leaders are turning their attention to permanent flood protection.
by Dan Gunderson

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Truck crashes on I-94 at Lowry Hill tunnel

The Minnesota State Patrol and tow truck crews are clearing a multi-vehicle crash on the west bound entrance to the Lowry Hill tunnel in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday morning.
by Tim Nelson

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Capsized Chippewa canoeists still missing

A search for two missing canoeists is to resume on the Chippewa River in Eau Claire. A search crew will be back on the river early Wednesday looking for two men whose canoe capsized Tuesday afternoon.

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Photos: Fargo and Moorhead, before and during flooding

Photos: Fargo and Moorhead, before and during flooding

Even though the 2013 Red River flood is not as severe as the National Weather Service initially forecasted, it still made for dramatic images.

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Tracks reopen after train derails in S. Minn.

Railroad tracks after reopened in the southern Minnesota town of Blue Earth after 17 cars derailed on a train carrying corn.

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