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LEVEE BREACH NEAR SMITHLAND AND RODNEY (Update)
WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR MIKE MONTINO SAYS THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE BREACH THAT LED TO FLOODING IN THE SMITHLAND AREA TUESDAY MORNING HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED:. SMITHLAND1 OC…CONTINUING TO RISE. :27. MONTINO SAYS RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO EVACUATE MAY GO TO A SHELTER IN ONAWA. A...
WINNAVEGAS TO REOPEN THURSDAY AFTERNOON & HOTEL FRIDAY
THE WINNAVEGAS CASINO RESORT NEAR SLOAN, IOWA WILL REOPEN TODAY AT 4PM AND THE HOTEL WILL REOPEN FRIDAY AT 8AM. WOODBURY COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE APPROVED REOPENING K35 330TH ST, ALLOWING RESORT ASSOCIATES AND GUESTS TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY. THE ROAD WAS PARTIALLY COVERED WITH RISING FLOOD WATERS ON TUESDAY, CAUSING...
Flooding forces dozens of Iowa road closures. Here's where to avoid.
Travel continues to be discouraged across parts of northwest Iowa as flood waters block roads. The Iowa Department of Public Transportation strongly discourages travel in Lyon, Sioux, O'Brien, Clay, Emmet, Dickinson, Cherokee, Woodbury and Plymouth counties. More than a dozen roads around those counties are closed. Are interstates closed in...
More rain possible in deluged Midwest as flooding breaches levees in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Floodwaters breached levees in Iowa on Tuesday, creating dangerous conditions that prompted evacuations as the deluged Midwest faced another round of severe storms forecast for later in the day. The sheriff's office in Monona County, near the Nebraska border, said the Little Sioux River...
Woodbury County Emergency Management and city of Sioux City to hold press conference at WITCC
SIOUX CITY — Woodbury County Emergency Management and the city of Sioux City are set to hold a 1:15 p.m. press conference on the Western Iowa Tech campus to decent the ongoing flooding and recovery efforts. The joint press event will be held on the main level of the...
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