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Forest River area residents fight water with water
For the second year in a row, Jason Tesch is fighting the Red River with the Red River. Tesch and a handful of others in the Forest River development south of Fargo are using the AquaDam again this year to … Continue reading
Dorgan reserves judgment on flood protection options prior to Monday meeting
For more on this story, pick up Friday’s edition of The Forum or visit http://www.inforum.com. North Dakota Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan declined to say this morning which option he preferred for providing permanent flood protection in the Red River Valley – saying … Continue reading
MSUM asks students to make arrangements to leave campus
Posted by: Inforum.com MSUM Students recieved this email approxiametely 30 minutes ago. The university is requesting that all resident students make arrangements to leave campus as soon as possible. Although the university is on relatively high ground and is safe … Continue reading
Fargo urges residents to sign up for CodeRED
Fargo may be utilizing the CodeRED emergency notification system to inform specific neighborhoods about sandbagging needs and flooding information. If you have not registered your cell phone or business phone numbers and would like to know what’s happening in your … Continue reading
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MSCTC-Moorhead students help effort
The Moorhead campus of Minnesota State Community and Technical College canceled classes today after 10 a.m. Students are encouraged to help with the volunteer efforts at MSCTC or at Nemzek Fieldhouse at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Brooke Nygaard, a dental … Continue reading
Interstate 29 reduced to one lane south of Fargo
Interstate 29 has been reducted to one lane of traffic 24 miles south of Fargo due to water on the roadway, the North Dakota Department of Transportation said in a news release moments ago. Flaggers and signs will be present … Continue reading
Lean, mean sandbagging machines
The North Dakota State football players recently completed winter workouts, a body-building process that gets them ready for spring football and the upcoming season next fall. They’re also in shape to be a finely-tuned sandbagging machine. For the second straight … Continue reading
Helicopter saves Grant County residents stranded by floodwaters
In response to a request from emergency services officials of Grant County, N.D., through the N.D. Department of Emergency Services, a N.D. Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was dispatched to rescue fellow North Dakotans stranded by rising flood waters. An … Continue reading
UND busing students to Fargo
The University of North Dakota’s student government is coordinating transportation for students who want to come to Fargo to help sand bag. Spokesman Peter Johnson said students are encouraged to talk to their professors and join the effort if they’re … Continue reading
‘I’m too little to remember ’97′
High school students slugging sandbags to one another aren’t complaining about missing schoolwork this week as they help the community brace for the impending crest. “I think everybody wants to help out,” Fargo South junior Brynn Stofferahn said. Stofferahn and … Continue reading
