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St. Paul District prepares for end of Upper Mississippi River navigation season
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is preparing for the end of the 2016 Upper Mississippi River navigation season.
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St. Paul District cultivates need for knowledge management
St. Paul District cultivates need for knowledge management
Maj. Dwight Howell, St. Paul District quality and knowledge manager, presents the inaugural RED talk at the district's headquarters in St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 19. The RED talks, short for research, engineering and design, are designed to create a culture of sharing information within the organization.
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Celebrating the St. Paul District's 150th anniversary
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is celebrating its sesquicentennial throughout 2016.
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Corps kicks off 150th Anniversary canoe voyage
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LAKE ITASCA, Minn. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is celebrating its 150th anniversary by canoeing the Upper Mississippi River from its headwaters at Lake Itasca to Lock and Dam 10, in Guttenberg, Iowa. Corps staff are volunteering to canoe the river and plan to reach Lock and Dam 10 on Aug. 17, the day Maj. Gouverneur K. Warren, the district’s first commander, established the St. Paul District.
  • Corps kicks off 150th Anniversary canoe voyage
  • Kris Fairbanks, center, receives the Family Readiness Outstanding Team Achievement Award from Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, Chief of Engineers and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and Command Sgt. Maj. Antonio S. Jones during the 2016 National Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., Aug. 4 Fairbanks accepted the award on behalf of the Mississippi Valley Division team. She also was the 2015 Family Readiness Individual Excellence Award recipient.
  • FARGO, N.D. -- Darrell Vanyo, Diversion Authority chairman, from left; Del Rae Williams, Moorhead, Minnesota, mayor; Tim Mahoney, Fargo, North Dakota, mayor; and Lowry Crook, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), sign a project partnership agreement in Fargo, July 11. The project partnership agreement signing initiates the construction phase of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project. This project includes building a 30-mile diversion channel that will direct floodwater around the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. The project will reduce flood risk for more than 225,000 people and 70 square miles of infrastructure.
  • Upstream boaters are locked through at Lock and Dam 1 in Minneapolis.
  • The Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI
  • Col. Sam Calkins, St. Paul District commander, receives the unit colors from Major Gen. Michael Wehr, Mississippi Valley Division commander, during a change of command ceremony at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 30. Wehr officiated the ceremony and welcomed Calkins as the incoming commander He also bid farewell to the outgoing commander, Col. Dan Koprowski.

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Lac qui Parle Dam repairs continue

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is preparing for the next phase of concrete repairs at the Lac qui Parle Dam, located near Watson, Minnesota.
Published: 1/13/2017

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Corps of Engineers releases Lock and Dam 10 navigation stats for 2016

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released the 2016 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Jan. 11.
Published: 1/11/2017

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