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Governor, 2 other Democrats set to fill sandbags in Hastings

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Three Minnesota Democrats plan to join in the flood fight in the Hastings area.

Gov. Tim Walz, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and state Sen. Karla Bigham are scheduled to help fill sandbags Saturday morning to help people who might be impacted by spring flooding. Hastings is in the district that Bigham represents.

The threat of flooding from the Mississippi River is affecting communities across Minnesota. The Hastings area has already seen high water due to frozen soil, rain and snowmelt.

Moorhead joins Fargo in flood emergency

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota city of Moorhead has joined neighboring Fargo, North Dakota, in declaring a flood emergency along the river that separates the cities.

Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd says the move enables the city to seek money from state and federal governments to help with potential impacts from Red River flooding. Fargo declared a flood emergency Monday.

The National Weather Service says there’s a 10 percent chance that the river will approach historic flood levels in the Fargo-Moorhead area. The record is 41 feet, set in 2009.

Both cities have implemented significant flood-fighting measures in the last decade.

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