Oriska News

After a Jan. 31 car accident, Kyle Vareberg sits on the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix he bought four days later.

Members of the National Guard used night-vision goggles and a Blackhawk helicopter to shore up a dam early Thursday as water from a tributary of the swollen Sheyenne River began eroding it - threatening the small town of Kathryn.

The mayor of a flood-threatened North Dakota town asked all residents to leave on Friday after the sewer system backed up, flooding businesses and offices with murky water.

County officials want drivers to be safe. Due to high water over the Highway 10 roadway, Morton County Highway department has closed exit 97 off of interstate, and emergency managers say several county and township roads have water flowing over them.

Floodwaters have washed out roads across North Dakota, and counties are advising no travel on many of the smaller, secondary routes.

According to the North Dakota Department of Transportation, Interstate 94 both eastbound and westbound has water over the roadway between Tower City and Oriska at mile marker 305.

Highway 200A from Washburn to Highway 200 is closed due to water over the road, according to a North Dakota Department of Transportation release issued at about 9:45 this morning.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol announced shortly after midnight Tuesday that it is closing Interstate 94 between Casselton and Oriska because of 8 to 12 inches of water covering the road.

Thirty-year-old Stephanie Riedlinger of West Fargo was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer in October of 2008.

ORISKA, N.D. - A rural Oriska man is recovering in a Fargo hospital after a hay bale that weighed nearly 1,500 pounds fell on him.

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A rural Oriska man is recovering in a Fargo hospital after a hay bale that weighed nearly 8 tons fell on him.

The patrol says one vehicle hit a snowplow on the interstate west of Valley City.