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April 17, 1997 - We're reporting that at midday, the Red River at Fargo was just under 39-point-four feet -- 22 feet over flood stage. And for the last few weeks, we've been talking about crests, flood stages, and other flooding terms ... but what exactly does it mean? I called the Army Corps of Engineers' Ken Gardener to find out. Ken Gardener, the public affairs officer of the Army Corps of Engineers. Sun 28-MAY 19:56:26 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
April 17, 1997 - A Minnesota House committee voted this afternoon to withhold state money from Minnesota Public Radio unless the network sells its KSJN broadcast frequency to a group of minority broadcasters. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Wareham reports.
April 17, 1997 - (for ATC) Sgt Dave Bulik (boo-LIK) State Patrol Flooding continues to effect large areas of rural Northwestern Minnesota. State Patrol Sergeant Dave Bulik has been driving the roads between Detroit Lakes and Fargo today. He says while some towns such as Georgetown are almost completely evacuated.... most of the communities are continuing to work on their dikes and keeping the floods at bay. He says out of town the amount of water is astonishing. State Patrol Dave Bulik who has been patroling in Nort
April 17, 1997 - There is a total ban on water use in Moorhead from I-94 to 32nd Avenue South and from 8th Street to the river. Also, residents of the Horn Park and Woodlawn Park neighborhoods are to be on standby for possible evacuation. Governor Carlson has declared tomorrow as "Flood Volunteer Appreciation Day" to recognize those who have helped to fight the floods. Federal flood relief officials are working throughout Minnesota to help flood victims apply for federal disaster aid. FEMA (FEE'-muh) says it's using a toll-free hotline instead of mobile flood relief centers this year, meaning flood victims can apply over the telephone. And evacuations are underway, according to Kris Eide , operations chief at the state's office of Emergency Management.
April 17, 1997 - Small town cafes are fading away quietly. They're being replaced by fast-food restaurants. The local cafe is more than just a place to eat. It's a place to get together with neighbors and catch-up on the latest news around town. St. Peter artist Charles Waterman is putting together a book based on sketches he's drawn at cafes in southern Minnesota. Many of the drawings are of customers at a cafe called Elmer's, located in Le Center since the 1940's. Minnesota Public Radio's Holly Nelson reports.
April 18, 1997 - At the Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival tomorrow, a movie about an odd job. Chris Barry made a film about a Minnesota man named Dave Moot, who buys schoolbuses in the Midwest, then drives them to Guatemala to sell them.
April 18, 1997 - Fargo officials say they may cut off part of the city if dikes on the southern end of the city cannot hold. Late this afternoon Mayor Bruce Furness announced work will begin in shortly on a dyke stretching across Fargo, just north of threatened areas of the city. Fargo Mayor Bruce Furness speaks at city hall.
April 18, 1997 - In this edition of his flood diary, Reverend Craig Hanson says he is feeling mixed emotions as flooding continues in the Red River Valley.
April 18, 1997 - The Senate Taxes Committee has finished work on a sweeping tax reform package. The reforms will lower most property tax rates, but they also set up a controversial new tax on businesses. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports: The Taxes Committee has delivered what its chairman, Tower DFLer Doug Johnson, has been promising since January: major property tax reform. The legislation cuts everybody's rates somewhat, but the biggest cuts go to businesses, which also pay the highest rates. Chairman Johnson says the bill reduces the state's dependence on what he calls "unfair" property taxes: ((Escalating property taxes are stifling economic growth, and we all hear from our constituents, people who don't even want to remodel their house because their assessor will come and raise their rates.
April 18, 1997 - MPR’s Laura McCallum reports on a stressful week for residents of Southwest Fargo, where homes in the 500-year floodplain are threatened by rising water. Most of these homes are far from the Red River, and residents never imagined they'd be scrambling to protect their homes from overland flooding.