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A Minnesota company will begin removing emergency clay levees from several Minnesota communities this week after winning a contract from the Army Corps of Engineers.

Eds: APNewsNow; With Valley City Dikes. DETROIT LAKES, Minn. A Minnesota company will begin removing emergency clay levees from Minnesota communities this week after winning a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation a ' Northwest District a ' cautions travelers that some roadways remain closed due to flooding and flood damage.

State Highway 75 at the north end of Climax has been added to closure list. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is warning drivers to be alert to potential hazardous road conditions because of flooding.

The Red River is not the only Minnesota river threatening to flood. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for counties along the Mississippi River and the Sauk River.

Towns in western Minnesota are getting ready for high water as melting snow and heavy rains push up river levels.

" City Council members are mulling two possible courses of action in dealing with stray dogs: Don't pick them up and therefore insulate the city from any liability, or provide shelter for the dogs and be forced ...

Penny Parden locked her arms around the chocolate Labrador retriever and summoned all of her strength to push the rowdy dog into its cold, dark, wooden kennel.

The last 12 months produced shudders and slowdowns in one credit market after the other, and the U.S. Small Business Administration's loan programs haven't been immune.