Harwood News

Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney recognizes Harwood residents Ron Larson and Paul and Marge Fee Monday at the Cass County Courthouse for their efforts in helping save the life of West Fargo resident Tim Heley who was injured in a snowmobile accident in December 2007.

NEW CENSUS FIGURES SHOW FARGO WITH 93,531 PEOPLE LAST YEAR, UP FROM 92,513 IN 2007.

The hot weather is leading to road trouble. The North Dakota Department of Transportation closed Interstate 29 from Harwood to Argusville Wednesday morning so crews could repair the pavement.

The Vote Yes committee held a press conference on Friday, May 29, to answer questions about the June 9 bond referendum, and to remind people to get out and vote.

The Chris and Amy Gourde family of Harwood lost their home, all of their possessions and two beloved dogs to a house fire on the morning of April 27.

" A fire of undetermined cause destroyed a rural home early today, but the owner was able to escape safely thanks to a smoke detector.

Fire has destroyed a rural home that was nearly surrounded by floodwaters north of Fargo.

Fire ripped through a home in rural Harwood overnight. Harwood fire crews were called to the home at 2876 169th Avenue SE just after 1:30 this morning.

N.D. Highway 200 A two miles north of Washburn is now open, the water in the area has receded, the state Department of Transportation said.

The cities of Fargo and Moorhead will hold flood meetings for residents who could be affected by the Red River's second crest.

Almost all the South Dakota National Guard soldiers helping battle flooding in North Dakota returned home Thursday.

All local schools disrupted by flooding are planning to bring kids back to their classrooms Monday, except for Oak Grove.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation has opened I-29 from exit 69 to exit 100 as of about 11 a.m. today.

In this photo by the U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Mavin, a machinery technician from Small Boat Station St.

Editor's note: Nathan Host, a 2005 graduate of St. Cloud Technical High School, is a senior construction management major at North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D. He kept a journal last week as Fargo prepared for floods.

Residents of Harwood, N.D., are being told not to leave the town north of Fargo if they want to get back in.

Some nursing homes in the Fargo-Moorhead area are evacuating residents ahead of flooding on the Red River.

Staff at Harwood Elementary School got ready to move out of their building on Monday, as the school was evacuated until the threat of flooding has dissipated.

Workers from the RDO Equipment company help to build a sandbag levee in the Harwood Groves neighborhood along the Red River March 25, 2009 in Fargo, North Dakota.

NDFlootind ,0208 Storm increases flood threat FARGO, N.D. A storm system is expected to bring more than an inch of rain to parts of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota today.