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Border restrictions keep flooded cabin and resort owners away from their properties
Dozens of cabin and resort owners with property on the Canadian side of northern Minnesota’s Sand Point and Namakan lakes can’t legally access their properties to try to protect them from ongoing flooding, because of restrictions on crossing the international border.
Rising waters cause concern in northern Minnesota
Gov. Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency Sunday in response to flooding in northwestern Minnesota. Officials in several local communities, including Crookston, had already declared local emergencies.
Consortium, loan announced for Fargo flood project
A $2.75 billion project aimed at protecting Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., from chronic flooding is gaining ground. It's getting a $569 million loan from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Fargo-Moorhead diversion project construction picks up pace
It will take six more years of work to complete the massive project, which will divert water around the Fargo-Moorhead area when the river floods.
Agreement signed to end Fargo-Moorhead flood project dispute
A settlement agreement signed Monday will end existing litigation that has slowed the nearly  $3 billion Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project. 
Living in harm's way: Why most flood risk is not disclosed
About 15 million properties in the U.S. are prone to flooding, but patchwork and ineffective disclosure laws mean most people get little to no information about flood risk before they move.
Henderson holds out hope for flooding relief — as rivers continue to rise
City leaders hoped the bonding bill would help pay for a fix to the city’s most regular headache: the nearby Minnesota River’s tendency to overflow its banks — and push the Rush River to overtop Highway 93, one of Henderson’s main arteries.
Flood risk continues to fall along Red River at Fargo-Moorhead
A slow, gentle spring melt with little precipitation has significantly reduced the flood threat along the Red River in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Favorable flood forecast gives relief to Fargo-Moorhead area
While leaders in Fargo and Moorhead have been taking steps to limit the coronavirus, it appears they won't have to deal with a significant flood on top of the pandemic.