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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.

Residents in a tiny township were breathing easier after word that the National Weather Service was lowering its crest predictions of the Red River in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., area.

FEMA officials met with residents in Oakport, Minnesota, Friday who are beginning to clean up their flood damaged properties.

As the Red River continues to retrench into its banks, the people in the Fargo Moorhead communities are trying to regain a sense of normalcy.

A home is surrounded by water in Oakport Township March 31, 2009 near Moorhead, Minnesota.

City officials in Fargo, keep hammering home a message of vigilance.They want residents to keep alert for any evidence of flooding, despite positive news that there's been a slight drop in water levels along the Red river.As Teri Okita reports from Fargo, they're using several lines of defense against floodwaters.It was sign to many in Fargo that ...

Officials at the emergency operation centers in both Fargo and Moorhead said the cities made it through the night with few issues.

Even though the Red River may have crested in Fargo, some residents downriver are still fighting to keep the high water out of their homes.

An airboat prepares to land on Wall Street Ave. just east of Oakport Township north of Moorhead, Minn., on Saturday, March 28, 2009.

First the floodwaters hit. The water was so deep that more than 120 people had to be rescued by boat.

The president of Concordia College in Moorhead has declared a campus emergency due to the dangerous and ever-changing flood situation in northwestern Minnesota.

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press FARGO, N.D. Numerous FEMA workers are in Fargo, including acting administrator Nancy Ward.

Sat, Mar 28, 2009 Bone-chilling temperatures were slowing the rise of the record-high Red River Saturday, while weary volunteers were left with little to do but watch, wait, and wonder if all their hard work had been enough to save the city from major flooding.

Don't Drink and Drive. It's something we hear quite frequently. But does the saying really hit home? It did Friday for students at East High School.

Officials ordered the evacuation of one neighborhood and a nursing home late Thursday after authorities found cracks in an earthen levee built to protect the area from the threat of the rising Red River.