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After week of labor, many area students leave flood area

Published March 29, 2009
While some students from outside the area, including the Twin Cities, came to help, others were advised not to come.
North Fargo resident and schoolteacher Cathy Speral writes messages on sandbags late Thursday evening at the Fargodome. Speral said she hoped it would boost the spirits of volunteers working on the front lines.

Students in the cities, parents in the flood

Published March 29, 2009
University students face separation from their flooding hometown.

Urban coyote attacks on rise, alarming residents

Published March 29, 2009

DENVER (AP) âÄî A coyote ambling into a Chicago sandwich shop or taking up residence in New York's Central Park understandably creates a stir. But even here on the high plains of Colorado, where...

A structure that residents say was a tree house is now almost entirely underwater in a south Fargo neighborhood on Saturday.

Flood fight ‘ain’t over ‘til it’s over’

Published March 29, 2009
Residents of both Fargo and Moorhead are vigilantly monitoring the Red River.

GM CEO Wagoner to step down immediately

Published March 29, 2009

DETROIT (AP) âÄî A person with knowledge of General Motors' plans says Rick Wagoner will step down immediately as chairman and chief executive of the struggling Detroit automaker. The person asked...

Global Village to close Tuesday

Published March 29, 2009
An owner says the economy is responsible for the business closing.

Cities respond to river crest

Published March 28, 2009
The National Weather Service’s reported crest will not cause Fargo-Moorhead to relax flood efforts.

Pawlenty returns to flood area, meets with local officials

Published March 27, 2009
The governor also spoke with the president Friday morning.

Fargo polishes flood preparation, waits for crest

Published March 27, 2009
The city focuses its effort to finish barriers and secure vulnerable areas.
Volunteers move sandbags to build a barrier behind Mike Szymanski's home Thursday to prevent the Red River from reaching his house. Szymanski recently moved to his home in South Fargo in June.

Student volunteers work to save homes

Published March 27, 2009
Classes at the three major Fargo-Moorhead area colleges have been cancelled all week, and many students are spending that time in the snowy sand.

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