St. Paul District News Releases

Corps of Engineers awards contract for Mississippi River navigation improvements

Press Operations — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:26:01 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $12.8 million contract to Kramer North America, LLC, out of Plain, Wisconsin, March 25, to upgrade lock and dam infrastructure on the Mississippi River.

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 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 $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.

Corps awards contract for bank stabilization near Fountain City, Wisconsin

Press Operations — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:32:12 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $347,400 contract to LS Marine, Inc., out of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Nov. 16, for bank stabilization at Wilds Bend, near Fountain City, Wisconsin, in Pool 5 of the Mississippi River. Wilds Bend is a temporary dredged material, or river sand, storage site.

Corps awards contract for bank stabilization near Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin

Press Operations — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:29:22 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $374,400 contract to LS Marine, Inc., out of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Nov. 16, for bank stabilization at Corps Island, near Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin in Pool 3 of the Mississippi River. Corps Island is a temporary dredged material, or river sand, storage site.

Corps awards contract for Mississippi River Upper Pool 4 improvement project

Press Operations — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:02:25 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $8.7 million contract to Newt Marine Service, out of Dubuque, Iowa, July 14, for a Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, or NESP, project located on the Wisconsin side of the Upper Mississippi River in Upper Pool 4, near Bay City, Wisconsin.

First in the nation contract awarded for an environmental project under the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program

Press Operations — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:15:36 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $324,000 contract today to Togiak Management Services of Anchorage, Alaska, to complete a wing dam modification project in Pool 2 of the Mississippi River downstream of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Corps of Engineers awards $6.9 million McGregor Lake Stage 2 option

Press Operations — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 20:47:50 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is awarding the second part of the McGregor Lake Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project today, to Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Company doing business as Newt Marine Service, of Dubuque, Iowa. The $6.9 million option award will go toward the stage 2 construction contract in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge located near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

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 of Engineers’ Fountain City Service Base repairs to begin soon

Press Operations — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:21:54 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, anticipates construction to begin in April 2022 at its Fountain City Service Base in Fountain City, Wisconsin.

Corps awards $28.8 million in contracts to renovate Fountain City Service Base

Press Operations — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:44:01 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $10.2 million contract to Newt Marine Service out of Dubuque, Iowa, for Mooring Dolphin replacement and an $18.6 million contract to Kraemer North America out of Plain, Wisconsin, for the design-build of a straight-line mooring solution at the district’s Fountain City Services Base in Pool 5A of the Upper Mississippi River, located in Fountain City, Wisconsin.

Small business office to host monthly matchmaking events

Press Operations — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:55:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host a small business matchmaking event on the second Wednesday of every month. Matchmaking sessions will be scheduled on the half hour from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. CST. To schedule a time slot, send a request and capabilities statement to sbo-mvp@usace.army.mil by the close of business on the Friday before the requested date.

Corps awards contract for Pigs Eye Lake habitat restoration project

Press Operations — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 18:05:52 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in partnership with Minnesota’s Ramsey County awarded a $14.7 million contract to LS Marine, Inc., of St. Paul, Minnesota, June 25, to restore habitat on Pigs Eye Lake, located in upper Pool 2 of the Mississippi River.

Corps of Engineers awards contract to repair Mississippi River habitat islands

Press Operations — Fri, 21 May 2021 16:02:00 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a $2.4 million contract to Water Works Dock & Boat Lifts, Inc. of Stoddard, Wisconsin, to repair a Mississippi River habitat restoration project approximately 40 miles south of La Crosse, Wisconsin, that was damaged by recent flooding events.

Corps to participate in virtual government procurement fair

Press Operations — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:19:41 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will present at the Small and Disadvantaged Business Opportunities Council government procurement fair on April 26 at 1 p.m.

CANCELLED: Corps virtual open house for small businesses interested in federal contracts

Press Operations — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:57:22 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has cancelled the virtual open house for small businesses interested in federal contracts that was scheduled for April 27.

Corps to host virtual open house for small businesses interested in federal contracts

Press Operations — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:55:17 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host a virtual open house April 27, starting at 8:30am.