2009 FLOODS
$4.5 million repair recommended for Jamestown sewer system 
The city ran into problems with its sanitary sewer system during spring flooding in 2009. The recommendation by Ulteig Engineering is aimed at getting Jamestown through another flood.
By The Jamestown Sun , November 25, 2010
$4.5 million repair recommended for Jamestown sewer system
Jamestown, N.D., sanitary sewer system had problems during spring flooding in 2009. The recommendation by Ulteig Engineering is aimed at getting Jamestown through another flood.
By Toni Pirkl , November 25, 2010
Weather Channel's ‘Storm Stories’ features 2009 flood
The cable TV show will shake it up Saturday, when an episode about last year’s Red River flooding will premiere. Other showings are scheduled Sunday and later in the month.
By Dave Roepke , April 09, 2010
Fargo 'Bucks for Bags' sandbagging program pays out $7,700
Fargo paid credit where it was due Thursday, handing out checks to the top sandbagging volunteer groups in the “Denny’s Bucks for Bags” program.
By Helmut Schmidt , March 19, 2010
USGS tests flood instrument in GF
The U.S. Geological Survey has been testing a device that could measure river flow more efficiently than the existing network of monitors.
By Kevin Bonham , March 10, 2010
Minnesota Legislature:Minnesota Legislature: House OKs protection for downstream cities
The Minnesota House voted to protect Red River Valley residents downstream from a proposed Fargo-Moorhead flood-prevention project, saying they should not face worse flooding just to protect the river’s largest metropolitan area.
By Don Davis , February 15, 2010
Polk County hears from NWS on flooding
The National Weather Service’s flood potential briefing for Polk County officials Wednesday didn’t offer much new, nor did it promise such. There were no updates of flooding probabilities throughout the Red River Valley from the initial ones made two weeks ago.
By Ryan Bakken , February 10, 2010
Guard holding spring flooding exercise
The exercise is to begin today and run through the weekend at the Guard headquarters in Bismarck
By Associated Press , February 05, 2010
Grafton seeks permanent flood-control answer
Grafton, N.D., officials here are applying this week for $31.5 million in federal funding for the proposed $42 million Park River Flood Control Project. If all goes as planned, the city will have a Park River diversion and tieback levee project completed by 2015.
By Kevin Bonham , February 03, 2010
Walsh County to bill farmers for cleanup of muddy roads from harvest
Walsh County will send bills totaling more than $23,000 this month to landowners who failed to clean mud from county roads along their farms during the fall harvest.
By Kevin Bonham , January 05, 2010
Crookston files application for final phase of flood project
Crookston has filed an application for a permit with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete the final piece of the city’s flood-protection project.
By Kevin Bonham , December 30, 2009
N.D. money approved for flood-damaged dam
Gov. John Hoeven says the state has committed to providing $2.3 million of the estimated $3 million cost of repairing Clausen Springs Dam south of Valley City.
By Associated Press , December 14, 2009
Some Fargo-Moorhead flood arrest cases dismissed on a technicality
As the Red River pushed dikes to their brink in March, police warned they would arrest people who walked on the earth levees protecting the cities.
By Dave Roepke , November 29, 2009
How to better live with the Red
The International Joint Commission says that while much has been accomplished in terms of flood relief throughout the Red River Basin since 1997, much more needs to be done.
By Kevin Bonham , November 23, 2009
County mulls official flood-fighting policy
The Grand Forks County Commission plans to adopt an official written flood policy — before the next spring flood threat — that spells out what the county will provide to protect people’s property.
By Kevin Bonham , November 17, 2009
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