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April 5, 2011 12:00 AM

Photos: A slow start to flood fight in Fargo-Moorhead

The rising Red River is expected to reach 39 to 41 feet this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. The cities of Fargo and Moorhead are delivering sandbags to neighborhoods to construct temporary dikes.

by Ann Arbor Miller

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April 4, 2011 3:00 AM

Photos: Deployment uncertain, couple wed early

Spc. Brian Wunderlich, 26, is unsure if he will deploy to Kuwait soon, but many of his friends are preparing to leave. So Wunderlich and his new wife Margarita Jacobson, 29, moved their wedding from June to Saturday, April 2, 2011.

by Nikki Tundel

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March 22, 2011 12:00 AM

Photos: The Minneapolis Police Department's gun vault

Stolen guns often wind up in the property and evidence unit of the Minneapolis Police Department. The room is a death row for recovered guns. If they aren't claimed, the guns are melted down and turned into rebar -- the steel bars that reinforce sidewalks and roads.

by Jeffrey Thompson

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March 18, 2011 10:00 AM

MPR News photos of the week

Flood preparation and the explosion of a natural gas line caught our attention this week. But we also got a look at bear research in northwest Minnesota and caught up with potential presidential candidates in New Hampshire.

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March 17, 2011 1:01 PM

Photos: Gas explosion in south Minneapolis

A natural gas-fueled fire erupted in south Minneapolis on Thursday, March 17, 2011. The fire forced Interstate 35W to close in both directions for a time. There were no reported injuries and the fire was extinguished.

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March 15, 2011 3:00 AM

Photos: Bear research in northwestern Minnesota

Minnesota black bears are on the move in northwest Minnesota. Bears are expanding their range out of forested areas, into farmland. Researchers are trying to learn more about how and why these bears are adapting to a new habitat where bears traditionally did not live.

by Ann Arbor Miller

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February 25, 2011 1:32 PM

MPR News photos of the week

This week, we brought you stories from the ongoing protests in Wisconsin and endured yet another winter storm in our own state.

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February 18, 2011 10:11 AM

MPR News photos of the week

This week, Gov. Dayton released his budget plan, a Minneapolis woman's dog won Best in Show at Westminster and Fargo-Moorhead residents began prepping sandbags for spring flooding.

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February 14, 2011 2:36 PM

'Sandbag Central' opens in Fargo

Efforts are underway in Fargo, N.D., to fill 3 million sandbags by mid-March in anticipation of the area's third consecutive major spring flood.

by Ann Arbor Miller

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February 10, 2011 5:44 PM

Winter Carnival snow sculptures come crashing down

The last remnants of the 2011 St. Paul Winter Carnival were reduced to large piles of snow Thursday, as heavy equipment demolished the snow sculptures that had been created at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds in St. Paul.

by Jeffrey Thompson

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