ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 6 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, released today, July 1, for the drain 27 wetland restoration project in Fargo, North Dakota. Corps staff are proposing to restore 320 acres of farmland to wetland and upland prairie. The project would mitigate unavoidable wetland impacts from the constructi  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on July 10: FEMA announced yesterday that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of North Dakota to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding from April 1-25, 2020. Federal funding also is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations o  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The White House issued the following news release on July 10: Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of North Dakota and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding from April 1 to April 25, 2020. Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repai  more