The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law, which promotes investment in port improvements, flood protection, dam and levee projects and environmental restoration.

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STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — Stillwater is now going ahead with dikes on its St. Croix River waterfront. Officials planned to start work Thursday morning, then held off pending a firmer forecast. Police Chief John Gannaway said the National Weather Service ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The swollen Wisconsin River should recede dramatically over the next day or so, giving an isolated rural neighborhood a chance to recover from three days of flooding, authorities said Tuesday. ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writer PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — Floodwaters from the burgeoning Wisconsin River turned a rural neighborhood into a virtual island Monday, cutting off dozens of homes from the outside world. The river was seeping through and ...

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Cain Burdeau AP Writer Columbia, LA — The Army Corps of Engineers is on a mission to chop down every tree in the country that grows within 15 feet of a levee. That includes oaks and sycamores in Louisiana, willows ...

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JAMES MacPHERSON AP Writer Fargo, N.D. — Weary residents of this sandbagged city came together in churches Sunday, counting their blessings that the Red River finally stopped rising and praying the levees would hold back its wrath. A brief levee ...

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