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Update: Authorities continue search for Xcel worker who fell off Minnesota Falls dam south of Granite Falls, MInn.

GRANITE FALLS -- A search continues in the Minnesota River below Xcel Energy's Minnesota Falls dam for a worker who fell off the dam and is presumed drowned. "We're preparing...

news / region Thu, Aug 11, 2011 - 10:19am

DNR seeks comments on environmental assessment worksheet for the Minnesota Falls Dam Removal Project

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is accepting public comments until July 27 on an environmental assessment worksheet that was prepared for a project to remove the...

news / region Thu, Jul 07, 2011 - 12:00am

Yellow Medicine County will pursue discussions aimed at the possible transfer of the Minnesota Falls dam from Xcel Energy to public ownership. Xcel intends to remove the 105-year-old dam next year. Tribune file photo

Public ownership of Minnesota Falls dam?

GRANITE FALLS -- Yellow Medicine County will pursue discussions aimed at the possible transfer of the Minnesota Falls dam from Xcel Energy to public ownership. Board Chair Dick Wambeke, Granite...

news / region Wed, Jun 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Natalie Warren, left, and Ann Raiho look over a Minnesota River map as they prepare Friday morning to portage around the Granite Falls dam. The two have been paddling upstream for 17 days but today are enjoying a break in Montevideo. (Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Hudson Bay Bound: Upstream paddle on Minnesota River intended to inspire others

GRANITE FALLS -- Paddling the Mississippi River to prepare for their adventure, they were warned: "The Minnesota River is like chocolate milk.'' They got the color right, and there's been...

news / region Sat, Jun 18, 2011 - 12:00am

Shingo Yamane, right, a foreign exchange student from Japan studying in Clara City, and Glen Jacobsen, rural Bird Island, give Jacobsen's new Souris Canoe its maiden run April 23 on the Chippewa River. The river's bluffs offer a look back at more than 100,000 years of geological and glacial history in the area. (Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Chippewa River run: Trip offers modern perspective

The Chippewa River was back within its banks but keeping a sprinter's pace when the nine of us slipped two canoes and five kayaks into its current at Lentz's Landing...

outdoors / region Sat, Apr 30, 2011 - 8:01am

Natalie Warren, in stern, and Ann Raiho paddle the Cannon River. The two are preparing for their upstream slog on the flood-swollen Minnesota River by paddling against the current on the Cannon River. (Photo courtesy of Shane Kitzman, Northfield News)

Hudson Bay bound: A long adventure to shrink the gender gap

If Ann Bancroft hasn't settled the matter once and for all, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho certainly will. The two -- soon-to-be St.

outdoors / region Fri, Apr 22, 2011 - 8:00am

Authorities stop casket cruiser on a Red River ride

FARGO - One man seen riding a casket cover in the Red River on Sunday could have suffered grave consequences if law enforcement hadn't put a lid on his dangerous...

Tue, Apr 19, 2011 - 9:23am

For Minnesota and Chippewa river communities, a sense of normalcy returns

MONTEVIDEO -- Sanitary sewer service was restored Monday morning to the Smith Addition in Montevideo as the floodwaters of the Chippewa and Minnesota rivers continue to recede. Sanitary service was...

news Tue, Apr 19, 2011 - 9:00am

Sanitary sewer service returned to Smith Addition in Montevideo as flood waters recede

MONTEVIDEO -- Sanitary sewer service was restored to the Smith Addition in Montevideo on Monday morning as the flood waters of the Chippewa and Minnesota Rivers continue to recede. Sanitary...

news / region Mon, Apr 18, 2011 - 2:14pm

Highway 67, between Granite Falls and Yellow Medicine County Road 44, is open again to traffic

WILLMAR - Minnesota Highway 67, between Granite Falls and Yellow Medicine County Road 44, has reopened to traffic this morning. This section of Highway 67 had been closed to traffic...

news / region Mon, Apr 18, 2011 - 10:13am

With wind-whipped flags in the foreground, the flooded Red River covers a portion of the Grand Forks side of the closed Sorlie Bridge late Wednesday afternoon, April 13, 2011. The image is taken from a YouTube video recorded by "Daninator."

Red River at Grand Forks, East Grand Forks crested Thursday

It appears the Red River crested as early as 1:30 p.m. Thursday a few inches below 50 feet in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, more than two feet lower...

Fri, Apr 15, 2011 - 11:01am

Red River drops below major flood stage at Wahpeton, N.D.

WAHPETON, N.D. - The Red River here dropped below major flood stage overnight. Major flood stage at Wahpeton is 14 feet. The river dropped to 13.99 feet at about 3...

Thu, Apr 14, 2011 - 10:22am

North Dakota National Guardsmen, left, walk the levee protecting downtown Fargo, N.D. from the floodwaters of the Red River on Saturday, April 9, 2011. At right are engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Red River neared its spring flooding peak on Saturday, approaching historic highs yet short of the levels that might have cracked the defenses of a city used to dealing with high water. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Weather service: Red River at Fargo reached preliminary crest of 38.75 feet at 6:15 p.m. Saturday

FARGO - The Red River at Fargo-Moorhead reached a preliminary crest of 38.75 feet at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service stated this morning. The latest reading from 10:15...

Sun, Apr 10, 2011 - 11:50am

Red River crest in Fargo/Moorhead predicted for today

FARGO - The Red River is expected to crest here this evening at 39 feet, the National Weather Service said today.

Sat, Apr 09, 2011 - 11:36am

The Fargo, N.D., welcome sign sits in floodwaters while Kent Heckendoft, background, left, assistant flood engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, inspects the levee protecting the downtown from the rising floodwaters of the Red River, Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Vigilance is key in today's flood fight in Fargo-Moorhead; Red River's rise beginning to slow

FARGO - Area residents are waiting and watching today - waiting to see the effects of an expected inch or so of rain on the rivers, and keeping watch over...

Sat, Apr 09, 2011 - 11:29am

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