Photos: Red River flooding from the airApril 12, 2011 7:26 AMBy Ann Arbor MillerThe water has reached record levels north of Fargo-Moorhead and dozens of roads are under water making travel nearly impossible. MPR News sent photojournalist Ann Arbor Miller to get an aerial view of the flooding in the Red River Valley.
Photos: As river rises, flood fight picks up in Fargo-MoorheadApril 6, 2011 4:37 PMBy Ann Arbor MillerVolunteers and homeowners are building sandbag dikes to ready themselves for the expected rise of the Red River at Fargo-Moorhead to between 39 and 41 feet by late this weekend.
Photos: Inver Hills Community College rocket teamApril 6, 2011 7:01 AMInver Hills Community College isn't known for rocket science, but a team of 15 students from the school in Inver Grove Heights is ready to put their rocket up against engineering powerhouses like MIT and Purdue University.
Photos: A slow start to flood fight in Fargo-MoorheadApril 5, 2011 12:00 AMBy Ann Arbor MillerThe rising Red River is expected to reach 39 to 41 feet this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. The cities of Fargo and Moorhead are delivering sandbags to neighborhoods to construct temporary dikes.
Photos: Deployment uncertain, couple wed earlyApril 4, 2011 3:00 AMBy Nikki TundelSpc. Brian Wunderlich, 26, is unsure if he will deploy to Kuwait soon, but many of his friends are preparing to leave. So Wunderlich and his new wife Margarita Jacobson, 29, moved their wedding from June to Saturday, April 2, 2011.
Photos: The Minneapolis Police Department's gun vaultMarch 22, 2011 12:00 AMBy Jeffrey ThompsonStolen guns often wind up in the property and evidence unit of the Minneapolis Police Department. The room is a death row for recovered guns. If they aren't claimed, the guns are melted down and turned into rebar -- the steel bars that reinforce sidewalks and roads.
MPR News photos of the weekMarch 18, 2011 10:00 AMFlood preparation and the explosion of a natural gas line caught our attention this week. But we also got a look at bear research in northwest Minnesota and caught up with potential presidential candidates in New Hampshire.
Photos: Gas explosion in south MinneapolisMarch 17, 2011 1:01 PMA natural gas-fueled fire erupted in south Minneapolis on Thursday, March 17, 2011. The fire forced Interstate 35W to close in both directions for a time. There were no reported injuries and the fire was extinguished.
Photos: Bear research in northwestern MinnesotaMarch 15, 2011 3:00 AMBy Ann Arbor MillerMinnesota black bears are on the move in northwest Minnesota. Bears are expanding their range out of forested areas, into farmland. Researchers are trying to learn more about how and why these bears are adapting to a new habitat where bears traditionally did not live.
MPR News photos of the weekFebruary 25, 2011 1:32 PMThis week, we brought you stories from the ongoing protests in Wisconsin and endured yet another winter storm in our own state.