Oslo News

Senator Amy Klobuchar will be in the Red River Valley Tuesday trying to help protect the area from flooding like it saw this spring.

The Mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Oslo will close on Tuesday, May 19 at 4 p.m. and will reopen Wednesday, May 20 as a U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Outreach Center .

Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers will open at noon Monday in Oslo and Crookston to assist those affected by flooding in Marshall and Polk counties.

Residents in Oslo, MN have had to depend on airboats like this to deliver mail and necessities since the flooding on the Red River made the town an island.

For the past several weeks the news media have carried stories and dramatic photos of the heavy floods along the Red River Valley from Fargo, N.D., into Canada.

Henrik Ibsen's plays have a reputation as being cold and dark, but they certainly shine a bright spotlight on Lanesboro's Commonweal Theatre.

A Wisconsin National Guard Blackhawk helicopter cruised at 500 feet over the Red River from Grand Forks to the Canadian border and back Wednesday, and at times it was a good thing the crew didn't have to find a quick emergency landing spot.

Some state and volunteer agencies responding to flooding in the Red River Valley are pulling back some personnel and reducing some operations as they await a possible second crest in mid-April. However, most key physical resources are being left in place so they can be easily activated if needed.

A priest, a nun and two pastors walked into town here Sunday, blessed a bar and other businesses and the dike and the people saving the town from a record Red River flood.

Although floodwaters are receding in northwestern Minnesota, the U.S. Coast Guard is continuing its operations in the small town of Oslo.

The Coast Guard along with Oslo, Minn., and Marshall County emergency responders are staging efforts to respond in Oslo, Friday, April 4, 2009, as part of the Red River flood response operation.

For some transplants to this quiet Plains city, last week's feverish rush to hold back a historic flood threat carried reminders of the chaos that forced them from their old lives.

Train cars are used to anchor a railroad bridge against the icy floodwaters of the Red River as it continues to rise, Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in Oslo, Minn.

Associated Press - March 30, 2009 2:33 AM ET OSLO, Minn. - Officials monitoring Red River flooding didn't have much luck using a 3,000-pound weight to break up an ice jam near Grand Forks, North Dakota.

State and federal agencies continue to monitor the flood situation in the Fargo-Moorhead area today, with the Red River apparently crested Saturday.

Guitarist Jeffrey Anvinson will perform with the Lincoln High School Wind Ensemble during the Band Department's Winter Concert on Friday, Feb.

As the economy's vise tightens on area residents, more have been turning to food shelves for sustenance.

Soon, commuters will have another option for traveling to and from work. Tri-Valley Opportunity Council in Crookston recently learned that it has received a grant that will enable it to provide six commuter bus ...

After an investigation, the Minnesota Department of Education has found that a local school district is misusing special education money.

Justin Tanner, Joey Koch and Branden Korwin-Kucznski8 used tape as a mjor element in holding their Rube Goldberg machine together.