April 12, 2001 - NOTE: dated language in copy use THURSDAY only Attention has focused in the past week, on places like Breckenridge and Moorhead in the Red River valley - and Granite Falls and Montevideo along the Minnesota River. Communities along many of southeastern Minnesota's smaller water ways have been bracing for floods as well after days of pounding rain. But as Minnesota Public Radio's Erin Galbally reports flood preparation there, is mostly a waiting game.
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April 12, 2001 - A lowered flood forecast for Granite Falls today was overshawdowed when a watermain burst. Doug Smiglewski (Smi-GLOO-skee) is the Mayor of Granite Falls. He says the town will have to find a temporary fix:
April 12, 2001 - MPR’s Lorna Benson interviews Winona resident Calvin Fremling, who shares memories of 1965 flood that threatened the town.
April 12, 2001 - NOTE: Top story with updated flood crest or weather forecast information and add info on red river if you want. Flood preparations in Montevideo 40 families were evacuated from their homes and today, volunteers will continue adding layers of sandbags to existing levees. City officials say while they learned things four years ago when Montevideo was hit with record floods, there hasn't been the time or the money to make many changes. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Post reports.
April 13, 2001 - Every day forecasters are recalculating the flood outlook. Yesterday brought good news when they lowered some crest projections by up to a foot and a half. Today's outlook is largely unchanged from yesterday with river projections moving up or down by only a few tenths of an inch. Gary McDevitt is a hydrologist with the National Weather Service.
April 13, 2001 - Mainstreet Radio's Dan Gunderson reports that Governor Jesse Ventura wrapped up his two-day flood tour in East Grand Forks. The governor says he's pleased with how the flood fight is going all across the state. The lower flood crests predicted at most locations on the Red, and the Minnesota rivers, are allowing many communities a break for the Easter weekend.
April 13, 2001 - About 40 volunteers from other cities came to fill bags for the city works building in Newport. About 40 homes are potentially in harm's way.
April 13, 2001 - There was hardly a cloud over Chippewa and Yellow Medicine counties this morning, and the sun glistened off of farmfields turned into bayous by the rising water. But the western sky showed storms over the Dakotas.
April 13, 2001 - Many Granite Falls residents will take time off from the sandbag lines this weekend to celebrate the Easter holiday. Bruce Kenzel is the Pastor of Granite Falls Lutheran Church. He says his congregation will be ready for the break after a long bittersweet week: