By: Emily Welker, INFORUM GRAND FORKS – National Weather Service officials are warning that a sustained warm-up could happen here by the end of the week, ending our extended winter weather but hastening the melt and flooding throughout the region. NWS meteorologist Jeff Makowski confirmed that flood warnings are in effect for the Minenesota cities of Dilworth and Sabin along […]
Kathryn Kottenbrock to present flood research at SAC April 16 By Emily Farwell Casselton, N.D., native Kathryn Kottenbrock is an advocate for homeless women in the Fargo-Moorhead area Kottenbrock, a women’s and gender studies major, was inspired to learn about the invisible women who were negatively affected by the Red River Valley flood of 2009 through her internship with the […]
We’ve done this before…President Edna invariably gets a laugh whenever she tells her audience that, during her three years at the helm, she’s been dealt annual budget cuts–and floods. It helps to have a sense of humor. It also helps to be prepared and the campus is using its experiences in 2009 (the current record with a crest of almost 41 feet) and 2010 […]
The City of Moorhead sandbag operation plan consists of three phases: 1. Sandbag Production 2. Sandbag Palletizing and Storage 3. Sandbag Placement Volunteers will assist with stacking sandbags on pallets for delivery in March to flood-affected properties. Beginning on Tuesday, March 1st, volunteers are asked to report directly to Moorhead’s Sandbag Operations Center at 2419 12th Avenue South. Hours of […]