Oakport News

More than 1,000 homeowners and some farm owners whose farms have been in their families for generations may have to abandon their properties depending on which flood protection plan is selected for the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area.

Help's on the way for Oakport residents often hit by spring flooding. The township north of Moorhead is breaking ground Wednesday for a $3 million dike system to protect 400 homes in the area.

Interim flood mitigation projects are still moving forward across the Red River Valley.

Eds: APNewsNow; With Valley City Dikes. DETROIT LAKES, Minn. A Minnesota company will begin removing emergency clay levees from Minnesota communities this week after winning a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The state fire marshal's office suspects the fire that burned a home to the ground in Minnesota's Oakport Township during the Red River flood was arson.

The state fire marshal's office suspects that the fire that burned a home to the ground in Oakport Township during the Red River flood was arson.

While many are still battling high water, others are in the recovery and remodeling phase, but a warning tonight; don't rush it.

Red River Valley Fair manager Bryan Schulz hadn't planned on opening the fairgrounds up for visitors quite this early in the season, but the flooding situation in the southern Red River Valley changed his plans and suddenly his facility was being used to house flood-displaced animals.

Alarm spread Tuesday morning among officials in Clay County. The worry: Tons of sandbags might be heading to the county landfill.