St. Paul District News Releases

Corps of Engineers set to reroute the Red River through control structure

Press Operations — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:13:39 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, contractor Ames Construction will reroute the Red River of the North through the Red River Control Structure August 7.

Corps awards $42.2 million contract for the Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

Press Operations — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:06:23 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $42.2 million contract to R.J. Zavoral & Sons, Inc. of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, yesterday, March 11, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-2B portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, which is also known as the FM Area Diversion.

Corps awards $12.8 million contract for Oxbow-Hickson-Bakke ring levee project

Press Operations — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:03:06 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $12.8 million contract to Hendrickson Transportation, LLC, of Hamburg, Iowa, yesterday, Feb. 22, to complete the Oxbow-Hickson-Bakke Ring Levee portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, also known as the FM Area Diversion.

Corps seeks comments on draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project

Press Operations — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:09:04 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, posted a copy of its draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment, or SEA, and Draft Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Evaluation Supplement for the Fargo, North Dakota / Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management project online for public comment today.

Corps celebrates the opening of Interstate 29 south of Exit 50

Press Operations — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:28:50 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, along with the Metro Flood Diversion Authority and the North Dakota Department of Transportation, announced that the Interstate-29, or I-29, construction in the Oxbow, Hickson, and Bakke area has finished work on all lanes of traffic. The Corps is opening both the northbound and southbound lanes, today, in addition to all ramps that access the Interstate in this area.

Corps continues spring drawdowns in the Red River of the North basin

Press Operations — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:52:39 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, next week will begin the process of lowering Homme Dam, near Park River, North Dakota, to prepare for spring snowmelt.

Corps of Engineers to increase outflow from Baldhill Dam

Press Operations — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:55:31 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will begin increasing outflow next week from Baldhill Dam located near Valley City, North Dakota, to lower Lake Ashtabula before spring runoff.

Mouse River Flood Protection Project receives $61.45 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act plan

Press Operations — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:43:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $61.45 million to complete the Maple Diversion Channel and levees north of city of Minot, North Dakota’s City Hall in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Plan released today.

Arcadia flood risk management project receives $5.3 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act plan

Press Operations — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:51:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $5.3 million to continue work on the Arcadia, Wisconsin, flood risk management project in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Plan released today.

Corps of Engineers celebrates the contractor selection of the first public-private partnership for a civil works project

Press Operations — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:25:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is celebrating the Metro Flood Diversion Authority’s contractor selection of a public-private partnership today to the Red River Valley Alliance, Corporaciόn Acciona Infraestructuras S.L

Corps of Engineers to host open house for the 1-29 grade raise project

Press Operations — Wed, 19 May 2021 19:37:55 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Metro Flood Diversion Authority and the North Dakota Department of Transportation invite the community to attend an open house to learn more about the upcoming I-29 grade raise project May 26, 5-8 p.m. at the Hickson Community Center in Hickson, North Dakota.

Corps awards a $2.2 million contract for the Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

Press Operations — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 13:36:01 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $2.2 million contract to Tunheim Construction LLC of Fargo, North Dakota, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-1 portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project.

Corps, city of Arcadia celebrate partnership on flood risk management project

Press Operations — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:28:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Mississippi Valley Division Commander Maj. Gen. Diana Holland will be in Arcadia, Wisconsin, Feb. 9 to celebrate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnership with this city.

USACE Publishes Policy Update for Inundation Maps and the National Inventory of Dams

Press Operations — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:26:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published Engineer Circular 1110-2-6075, “Inundation Maps and Emergency Action Plans and Incident Management for Dams and Levee Systems,” in October. This update allows for the use and public dissemination of inundation maps in emergency action plans (EAP) and the National Inventory of Dams (NID), It also provides the dam safety community access to critical information about residual flood risks from USACE dams and levees.

Contract awarded for Lac qui Parle Dam modernization

Press Operations — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:14:17 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $5.7 million contract to Drax, Inc., out of Madison, Wisconsin, for the modernization of the Lac qui Parle Dam near Watson, Minnesota, yesterday, Nov. 12.

Corps to contract for construction of I-29 grade raise for Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

Press Operations — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:52:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is beginning the contracting process for construction of a raise of I-29, where it crosses the southern embankment of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project.

Corps releases draft master plan for two eastern North Dakota reservoirs

Press Operations — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:59:05 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on the draft master plan and environmental assessment for Lake Ashtabula, near Valley City, North Dakota, and Homme Reservoir, near Park River, North Dakota.

Water quality sampling to resume for Fargo-Moorhead project

Press Operations — Mon, 04 May 2020 17:08:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Flood Diversion Board of Authority, will continue its water quality field surveys for the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project starting this week.

Corps of Engineers seeks comments on Big Sandy Lake Dam rehabilitation

Press Operations — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:01:03 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released a draft environmental assessment, or EA, for the proposed rehabilitation of its Big Sandy Lake Dam, near Libby, Minnesota, today, Apr. 16. Corps staff will accept comments through May 18.

Fargo-Moorhead diversion project receives $100 million in Corps work plan

Press Operations — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:01:56 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $100 million to continue work on the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Flood Risk Management Project in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fiscal Year 2020 Work Plan released yesterday.