The county hopes to have in place by June 1 a plan to help move low-income people into foreclosed homes. ...more

April 1, 2009

County hopes to start it by June 1. ...more

March 31, 2009

Weary residents of this sandbagged city came together in churches Sunday, counting their blessings that the Red River finally stopped rising and praying the levees would hold back its wrath. A brief levee break that swamped a school provided a warning of the kind of threat that still hangs over them in the days ahead. ...more

March 29, 2009

40.82 feet Crest of the Red River at midnight Friday 40.53 feet Level the Red River had dropped to by 5:15 p.m. Saturday ...more

March 29, 2009

After a week of piling sand on top of sand on top of sand to hold back the Red River, which has risen to levels never seen before in North Dakota and Minnesota, there was cause for optimism on Saturday. The river, which had been rising last week at a rate of 3 feet a day, unexpectedly slowed down and even appeared, according to new National Weather Service predictions, to recede. ...more

March 29, 2009

The National Weather Service gave weary Fargo residents a dose of good news Saturday, saying the flood outlook for the Red River seems to be improving and may not be as dire as originally expected. ...more

March 28, 2009

Now that's a Texas two-step. A flawlessly executed one at that. ...more

October 19, 2008

For the Lowry Park Zoo elephants, it was one pumpkin in their mouths and another waiting in their trunks. ...more

October 18, 2008

At the zoo's annual Animals' Pumpkin Toss today, red river hogs, striped hyenas, pygmy hippos and warthogs also received pumpkins and fruit treats. Crowds of onlookers cheered as zookeepers tossed the Halloween-themed treats to the animals. ...more

October 17, 2008

Texas rode its resounding Red River Rivalry upset right to No. 1. The Longhorns leapfrogged No. 2 Alabama on Sunday and sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 in the regular season for the first time in 24 years after beating Oklahoma 45-35. ...more

October 12, 2008