3 Jan 2025

Corps of Engineers awards $18.7 million contract for the Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $18.7 million contract to HSG Park Joint Venture 2, LLC of Harvey, North Dakota, Jan. 2, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-3 portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, which is also known as the FM Area Diversion.

10 Dec 2024

Corps of Engineers releases flows at Reservation Dam, Lake Traverse

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is releasing a small amount of flow at Reservation Dam to help maintain Lake Traverse water levels. Additionally, during the winter months White Rock Dam is slightly open to drain Mud Lake, located near Wheaton, Minnesota.

2 Dec 2024

Upper Mississippi River navigation season closes for the year

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, saw the last barge of the year, the Motor Vessel Ashley Danielson, depart Lock and Dam 2, Dec. 1, at 11:48 a.m., ending the 2024 navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River.

5 Nov 2024

$3M shoreline project to begin near Maritime Visitor Center in Duluth

A $3 million construction project to improve the lakeshore near the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center in Duluth, Minnesota is set to begin in late fall 2024. The project will construct a shoreline protection system comprised of a concrete tee-wall armored by a stone revetment to decrease the adverse effects of weather and wave damage. The improvements will provide needed upgrades to the 200 feet of pedestrian walkway and ultimately connect the City of Duluth's Lake Walk structure to the Duluth Ship Canal North Pier.

16 Oct 2024

Corps of Engineers awards $18.6 million for Lock and Dam 5A gate maintenance

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $18.6 million contract to Abhe & Svoboda, Inc., of Jordan, Minnesota, Sept. 24, for dam maintenance on Lock and Dam 5A located near Fountain City, Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.

7 Oct 2024

Corps of Engineers awards $10 million contract to build island upstream of Lock and Dam 2 near Hastings, Minnesota

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $10 million contract to Three Oaks Construction Inc., from North Sioux City, South Dakota, to construct a protective island upstream from the embankment at Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minnesota, Sept. 24.

6 Sep 2024

Corps awards $2.5 million contract for Lock and Dam 2 guidewall repairs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $2.5 million contract to Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Company doing business as Newt Marine Service out of Dubuque, Iowa, to make repairs to the upper guidewall at Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minnesota.

27 Aug 2024

Corps of Engineers hosts Lock and Dam 7 open house

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house at Lock and Dam 7 on the Mississippi River near La Crescent, Minnesota, Sept. 21.

8 Aug 2024

Corps of Engineers inducts Forest Lake, Minn., resident to district’s Hall of Fame

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently named Jon Hendrickson of Forest Lake, Minnesota, as its 2024 hall of fame inductee.

12 Jul 2024

Corps of Engineers to host an open house at Lock and Dam 2

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house at Lock and Dam 2 on the Mississippi River in Hastings, Minnesota, on Saturday, July 20.