Cass Highway 81 Closure Information
Cass 81 North Of Oxbow Is Scheduled To Close August Through October 2017. The final stages of construction for the OHB levee system will force the closure of Cass Highway…
Construction to Resume on Oxbow Flood Protection after Court Stipulation
Parties to a federal lawsuit met today in Duluth, MN to discuss a path forward on the flood protection efforts planned for Oxbow, ND. A preliminary injunction has been in…
Housing Construction and Relocations Resume in Oxbow
Construction of replacement homes and the relocation of the Oxbow Country Club have resumed in Oxbow, ND following a clarification issued by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim…
Flood Protection Requirements for Housing Relocations Follow Federal Guidelines
Imagine a situation in which you have to move and rebuild your home in a new area. That’s something Chad Peterson, Chairman of the Cass County Commission, asked members of…
Oxbow Joins Diversion Authority as Lawsuit Defendant
A federal judge granted the City of Oxbow, ND’s request to join a lawsuit involving upstream opponents of the FM Area Diversion Project. U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim confirmed…
Diversion Authority Supporting Oxbow While Complying with Judge’s Order
The Flood Diversion Board of Authority is supporting the City of Oxbow, ND, where homeowners are in the process of relocating to the protected area of a new ring levee,…
Home Construction Begins in Oxbow
The construction of homes which will be needed to mitigate the impacts of the Oxbow-Hickson-Bakke Ring Levee Project is underway in Oxbow, ND. Forty homes and one business within the…
Diversion Authority Responds to Minnesota; Lowers OHB Ring Levee
The Flood Diversion Board of Authority is taking action to continue forging a constructive working relationship with Minnesota regarding the construction of the Oxbow-Hickson-Bakke (OHB) Levee project and the Minnesota…
OHB Levee Construction Progresses
Construction on Work Package 43A of the Oxbow-Hickson-Bakke (OHB) Levee project, which will protect these communities from water that would be stored upstream of Fargo-Moorhead by the Diversion Project, has…
Diversion Authority Continues Construction on OHB Levees to Restore Certainty and Sustainability to Residents
Several questions have arisen about why construction is underway on the Oxbow-Hickson-Bakke (OHB) Levee project, even though the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) has not yet completed an Environmental…