St. Paul District News Releases

Corps of Engineers awards $710,000 contract for Grand Forks Levee repairs

Press Operations — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 19:42:56 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $710,000 contract to Tunheim Construction, out of Fargo, North Dakota, Aug. 6, for repair of the Grand Forks levee in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and to restore the levee to the original condition.

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 of Engineers awards $639,000 contract for levee repairs in Northern Minnesota

Press Operations — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:33:58 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $639,000 contract to Three Oaks Construction, Inc., of North Sioux City, South Dakota, July 11, to repair damage to the St. Vincent Noyes levee, in Noyes, Minnesota.

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 $13.2 million contract for the Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

Press Operations — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:16:06 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $13.2 million contract to HSG Park Joint Venture 2, LLC of Harvey, North Dakota, yesterday, Feb. 27, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-1B 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.

Warren, Minnesota, resident receives national engineering award

Press Operations — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:18:00 GMT

Roy Lawson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, was selected as the 2023 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Hard Hat of the Year recipient.

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.

USACE project receives National Academy of Construction award

Press Operations — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:40:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project has been selected as the recipient of the National Academy of Construction Recognition of Special Achievement Award.

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 awards a $7.7 million contract to construct a fish passage at Drayton Dam

Press Operations — Fri, 20 May 2022 14:02:46 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $7.7 million contract to HSG Park Joint Venture, LLC, of Harvey, North Dakota, to complete a fish passage structure at Drayton Dam, located around 60 miles north of Grand Forks, North Dakota, on the Red River of the North.

Corps of Engineers awards its largest contract for the Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

Press Operations — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:26:26 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $115 million contract late yesterday to Ames Construction, Inc., of Burnsville, Minnesota, to construct the Red River Control Structure portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, or FM Area Diversion.

Corps announces county road closures for I-29 grade raise project

Press Operations — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:16:19 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, will be closing multiple roads associated with the I-29 grade raise project. These road closures are expected to begin around April 1 and continue through the summer.

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

Press Operations — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 20:11:29 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is lowering its reservoirs within the Red River of the North basin based on recent snow measurements to prepare for potential spring snowmelt. Above average snowpack has increased the flood risk for this spring.

Corps of Engineers increasing outflow from Baldhill Dam

Press Operations — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 18:47:15 GMT

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

Corps seeks comments on proposed Lower Otter Tail River Restoration project

Press Operations — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:01:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on its draft feasibility report and integrated environmental assessment for the proposed Lower Otter Tail River restoration project in western Minnesota.

Fargo-Moorhead diversion project receives $437 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act plan

Press Operations — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:29:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $437 million to complete work on the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Flood Risk Management Project in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, Plan released today.

Corps of Engineers to begin annual drawdown of Ashtabula and Homme lakes

Press Operations — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:50:43 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, plans to drawdown or lower levels of two North Dakota reservoirs, Lake Ashtabula behind Baldhill Dam, near Valley City, and Homme Lake behind Homme Reservoir, near Park River, starting in November.

Corps of Engineers delays Lake Ashtabula drawdown

Press Operations — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 20:52:59 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is delaying the annual drawdown of Lake Ashtabula, behind Baldhill Dam, near Valley City, North Dakota, to further assess drought conditions.

Corps of Engineers seeks comments on draft master plan for its four western Minnesota reservoirs

Press Operations — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:14:18 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on its draft master plan and environmental assessment for Orwell Lake, near Fergus Falls, Minnesota; Lake Traverse, near Wheaton, Minnesota; Lac qui Parle Dam, near Watson, Minnesota; and Highway 75 Dam, near Odessa, Minnesota.