2011 FLOODS
Minot needs more flood recovery staff, mayor says 
Minot Mayor Curt Zimbelman says the city needs to consider hiring more building inspectors and possibly more help for the engineering, public works and police departments.
By Associated Press , March 19, 2012
Flooded home rehab in Minot progressing, survey finds
A survey finds that nearly half of Minot homes that had main-floor damage during last summer's Souris River flooding are either rehabbed and occupied or close to being rebuilt.
By Associated Press , March 06, 2012
Souris River flood protection plan price tag put at $820 million
Engineers have released their 1,500-page proposal to protect areas from Burlington through Minot to Velva, N.D., and also Mouse River Park in Renville County. It would cost $154 million to acquire property for levees, flood walls and other structures, and $565 million to build them. The rest of the cost is engineering and management expenses.
By Associated Press , March 01, 2012
Fed spending on N.D. recovery from 2011 floods tops $200 million
FEMA says it has doled out $201.7 million so far to 3,553 infrastructure projects in the state.
By Associated Press , February 28, 2012
Burleigh County plans $30 million in flood projection projects
The projects are in response to Missouri River flooding last year that prompted an emergency response, damaged hundreds of homes in the county and created property access problems.
By Associated Press , February 27, 2012
Flooded Minot elementary school getting federal help
North Dakota's congressional delegation says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has allocated nearly $2.9 million to help repair Longfellow Elementary.
By Associated Press , February 27, 2012
Minot flood recovery fund distributes $3.3 million to date
The Minot Area Recovery Fund flood expense reimbursement process started in mid-November. The Minot Area Community Foundation met with more than 1,700 people and families during the first phase of money distribution.
By Associated Press , February 17, 2012
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By Forum Communications , February 05, 2012
Minot changes flood model
Historic flooding was off the chartsIt was a sunny day in August as Doug Johnson, a water resource engineer with the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, drove on the gravel road that crosses the big earthen dam on the Souris River.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , February 04, 2012
Minot City Council approves Souris River flood protection plan
The Minot City Council has approved a flood protection plan for the Souris River that last year swamped more than 4,000 homes and businesses and forced thousands of people to evacuate.
By Associated Press , February 01, 2012
Minot State president: Flood aftermath, falling enrollment may cause $4 million shortfall
David Fuller says student housing problems have made it more difficult to recruit students to campus.
By Associated Press , January 20, 2012
UND to donate $30,000-plus for flood relief
The American Red Cross said Monday that it will be receiving a $30,145 check for flood relief from UND and UND Athletics during the men’s basketball game against North Dakota State tonight at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
By Herald Staff Report , January 16, 2012
Minot flood recovery fund reaches nearly $7.3 million
The fund so far has paid out more than $2.5 million to more than 1,200 victims of the flood that swamped more than 4,000 homes and businesses. About 11,000 people were forced to evacuate.
By Associated Press , January 07, 2012
New Missouri River management plan: No additional flood-storage space
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been criticized by people living all along the river because of the way it managed last year's flood that caused $630 million damage to flood-control structures and covered hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland along the 2,341-mile-long river for months.
By Josh Funk , January 06, 2012
N.D. getting $276 million from feds for rebuilding flood-damage highways at Devils Lake, elsewhere
More than $89 million will be available for the Devils Lake Basin. That money, plus more than $10 million allocated this fall, pushes the basin to its new $100 million annual federal highway funding cap. The fiscal year ends Sept. 30.
By Kevin Bonham , January 05, 2012
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