Goal Of 1 Million Sandbags Reached In Fargo
Volunteers in Fargo have reached the goal of filling one million sandbags in advance of anticipated spring flooding.
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Volunteers in Fargo have reached the goal of filling one million sandbags in advance of anticipated spring flooding.
There are two very different opinions from at least two prominent figures about just how high the Red River may crest this time around, which may very well affect the safety of residents coping with another flood season in Fargo-Moorhead.
Truck drivers who have been hauling sandbags around Fargo in preparation for spring flooding chipped in to buy lunch for hundreds of volunteers.
Flood-fighting volunteers are encouraged to register with the city of Moorhead to learn when they may be needed to place sandbags.
The Army Corps of Engineers says the budget battle in Washington won't stop the fight against spring flooding.
Police in Wisconsin have arrested a mother and son wanted in connection with alleged felonies in Minnesota and North Dakota.
While Fargo residents are preparing to place more than a million sandbags to prepare for a possible 38-foot Red River flood crest, their neighbors across the river are looking at a much easier chore.
The National Weather Service is warning residents in parts of Minnesota to get ready for some major flooding as all the snow begins to melt this spring.
Residents along the Red River in Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., should prepare for one of the top five floods in their history, the National Weather Service said Thursday.
With its ominously titled slideshow, "Get ready for a big one," the National Weather Service told flood-weary residents in the Fargo area Thursday to prepare for one of the Red River's five largest crests this summer, an outlook that prompted city and county officials to plead for permanent flood protection.
Authorities said three roadways re-opened at 5 p.m. Monday after being closed due to a late winter storm.
The top three seeds in the Class 2A Minnesota Boys State Hockey Tournament did what they usually do in the first round -- win.
A man who served several years in prison for a string of business burglaries in the Fargo area in 2009 is a suspect in a recent burglary.
Minnesota State University-Moorhead is doing some damage control Wednesday morning with some students who might be hoping to attend the school.
Being the "State of Hockey," fans are gearing up for one of the most anticipated and exciting high school state tournaments that high school sports offers in Minnesota.
O.J. Simpson's former girlfriend of more than a decade has been sentenced to a four-year suspended prison term in North Dakota for allegedly trying to steal someone's purse.
Police say a man believed to be intoxicated got behind the wheel of a bus that was left running at a Minnesota homeless shelter and steered it into a nearby snow bank.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Moorhead ordinance outlawing drug paraphernalia.
Moorhead police say a one-carat diamond found in a parking lot near a Little Caesar's Pizza restaurant hasn't been claimed by anyone.
Police are investigating after a baby shower at a church in Moorhead ended with at least one person being stabbed over the weekend.
A regional bomb squad was summoned to Moorhead to detonate an old grenade found by a citizen.
Homeless shelters in the Fargo-Moorhead area report unprecedented demand this summer. New Life Center Assistant Director Rob Swiers tells The Forum newspaper that that shelter turned away 178 men in June and July because of a lack of space.
Police say a carjacker held up two movie theater employees at gunpoint in Moorhead, Minn., stole one of their vehicles and led authorities on a brief chase before crashing the car in neighboring Fargo, N.D.
Locked-out union employees at American Crystal Sugar Co. rejected the company's contract proposal a third time Saturday in a nearly 11-month dispute that focuses on seniority and job security.
Dakotas-based Sanford Health has broken ground on a $13 million medical campus in Moorhead, Minn., centered around a 47,000-square-foot clinic.
