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    January 16, 2015
    Midwest Opinion: DNR finds retention alone can’t provide flood protection in Fargo-Moorhead
    A recent editorial from a Midwest newspaper. A preliminary report from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources all but endorses the findings of several agencies and private engineers that water retention impoundment alone cannot provide the level of permanent flood protection...
    opinion/editorialsJanuary 16, 2015 - 2:48pm
    December 9, 2010
    Flood project moving forward in Granite
    GRANITE FALLS -- Granite Falls is moving forward with plans for protecting Prentice Street homes along the Minnesota River south of the former City Hall site. At the regular meeting Monday, City Council members discussed a recent meeting with affected landowners about the project...
    newsDecember 9, 2010 - 12:00am
    October 22, 2010
    MnDOT announces $50M flood mitigation initiative Program not part of recent legislation
    ST.PAUL -- A $50 million flood mitigation program will help fund highway im-provement projects over the next five years that will make state roadways more resistant to future flood damage. According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the state allocation, coupled with...
    newsOctober 22, 2010 - 12:00am
    October 21, 2010
    $50 million flood mitigation program will help state highways
    ST.PAUL - A $50 million flood mitigation program will help fund highway improvement projects over the next five years that will make state roadways more resistant to future flood damage.
    newsOctober 21, 2010 - 9:23am
    Granite Falls moving ahead with Prentice Street floodwall base
    GRANITE FALLS -- Granite Falls City Council members adopted policy changes that will allow the city to move forward with a proposal to develop a floodwall base between Prentice Street homes and the Minnesota River. The action on Monday will allow the city to acquire property that...
    newsOctober 21, 2010 - 12:00am
    August 19, 2010
    Flood mitigation tops Granite Falls Council agenda
    GRANITE FALLS -- News that the city will be receiving $2 million of the $2.2 million originally sought in flood mitigation monies for the coming year shaped the agenda Monday for the Granite Falls City Council. The recent confirmation from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources...
    newsAugust 19, 2010 - 12:00am
    March 25, 2010
    Editorial: Local flood mitigation efforts must continue
    The flood of 2010 on the Minnesota River fortunately did not grow into the monster floods of 1997 or 2001 in west central Minnesota. Credit for flood mitigation efforts go to the citizens and officials of Granite Falls and Montevideo over the past 13 years. They also had a little...
    opinion/editorialsMarch 25, 2010 - 12:00am
    September 19, 2009
    The Chippewa River offers a scenic setting as it meanders along the Smith Addition and Lagoon Park in Montevideo. Its flood-swollen waters topped the banks and flooded more than 100 homes in the Smith Addition and threatened the city's water pumping station. Montevideo has since removed 130 homes in the community that were in the areas most vulnerable to flooding. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny
    Montevideo gaining ground in flood mitigation
    MONTEVIDEO -- Flood waters that rose faster than anyone expected in April 1997 brought anguish and heartbreak that lasted longer than anyone...
    lifestyleSeptember 19, 2009 - 12:00am
    August 6, 2009
    The city of Granite Falls will start work on improving its main flood levee in the area behind Richter Field, above, and the City Shop/Fire Hall. If the river were to rise over the levee it would pour toward the residential area in the background and potentially as far as the water tower at the center of the horizon line in this photo. Nearly 300 homes would be affected. Tribune file photo by Tom Cherveny
    Funding will allow for Granite Falls levee improvements
    GRANITE FALLS -- Granite Falls will be able to launch phase one of a two-phase project to improve its main flood levee. City Council members...
    newsAugust 6, 2009 - 12:00am
    July 8, 2009
    Granite Falls City Council calling for public meeting to discuss water hike as it looks into new treatment facility
    GRANITE FALLS -- City Council members in Granite Falls called for a public hearing on July 20 for a proposed water rate increase. A rate hike is the first step toward a possible $14 million project to build a new water treatment plant out of the floodplain, according to City Manager...
    newsJuly 8, 2009 - 12:00am
    November 4, 2008
    After years of discussions, Kandiyohi County Board gives stamp of approval to hazard mitigation plan
    WILLMAR -- A document that lays out plans for handling all natural and manmade disasters in the county was approved Monday by the Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners. The "hazard mitigation plan" spells out specific ways to prevent loss of life and property as well as how emergency...
    newsNovember 4, 2008 - 12:00am
    After years of discussions, Kanidyohi County Board gives stamp of approval to hazard mitigation plan
    WILLMAR -- A document that lays out plans for handling all natural and manmade disasters in the county was approved Monday by the Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners. The "hazard mitigation plan" spells out specific ways to prevent loss of life and property as well as how emergency...
    newsNovember 4, 2008 - 12:00am
    September 17, 2008
    Granite Falls City Council considering saving downtown building slated for removal
    GRANITE FALLS -- The Granite Falls City Council will take proposals from developers interested in saving a downtown building otherwise slated for removal under the flood mitigation program. The council agreed Monday to accept requests for proposals until Jan.
    newsSeptember 17, 2008 - 12:00am
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