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‘Flood waves’ from Minnesota, Wisconsin rolling along eastern Iowa’s Mississippi River corridor
The Mississippi River at Burlington was above flood stage by Sunday night and is expected to reach more than four feet above food stage by Friday. Matt Wilson, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities, says it’s not clear yet how high the river will rise in places like Burlington and Fort Madison.
Road of Honor project underway in Keokuk
Keokuk is beginning work on what city leaders say is no ordinary road project. 18th Street in the southeast Iowa community leads to the only national cemetery in the state. The city has given the street the honorary designation of the Road of Honor. But 18th Street is in rough...
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