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Some communities along the river will see floodwaters that are among the top three on record.

Some communities along the river will see floodwaters that are among the top three on record.

Some communities along the river will see floodwaters that are among the top three on record.

Some communities along the river will see floodwaters that are among the top three on record.

After fortifying their town, residents are hopeful the steps they've taken to prevent a flood hold. 

By CHRIS ROGERS

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is still weighing the EPAs permit suspension request. 5:42 pm, Mar. 8, 2021 × Plans for PolyMet include building dams to increase the storage capacity of tailings basins. One would be built in the distance to raise the basin on the right to the level of the area on the left. (Steve Kuchera / 2017 file / News Tribune) A federal judge approved the Environmental Protection Agencys proposal to study potential effects of PolyMets copper-nickel mine on the...

Corps of Engineers completes second ice survey of the season Written By: Steve Gardiner | × Bill Chelmowski and Dan DeVaney used this airboat to conduct the ice survey on Lake Pepin on February 9, 2021. Steve Gardiner / RiverTown Multimedia The air temperature was 5 degrees above zero. The wind chill didn’t matter, because once Bill Chelmowski and Dan DeVaney climbed onto the airboat, they created more wind chill than nature did. The two are members of the U.S. Army Corps of...

First official ice measurements by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2021 come in below average. 7:25 am, Feb. 10, 2021 × Bill Chelmowski, boat operator for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, digs a hole to measure the ice on Lake Pepin Tuesday as part of the Corps annual survey of the ice thickness on the lake. Tuesdays measurements were thinner than the average for this time of year. (Brian Todd/btodd@postbulletin.com) OLD FRONTENAC — Never has thin ice been s...