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The National Weather Service declared flash flood warnings for Olmsted, Dodge and Mower County until 5:30 p.m. as sheets of rain moved through the area Friday afternoon.
From road closings to soaked farm fields, Minnesotans are feeling the impact of incessant rains in recent days that have drenched the state, and it's far from over. More storms with potentially ...
Vigilant planners in the crowd with an affinity for state park campgrounds used their spring training to book sites well into this summer, owing to the system's much-scrutinized 120-day window for ...
The park was authorized by the Minnesota Legislature the following year. [7] A small Works Progress Administration crew arrived in 1938 and built the entrance road, flood control structures, picnic ground, and trails. [8] The campground was developed in the late 1940s.
Jay Cooke State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, protecting the lower reaches of the Saint Louis River. The park is located about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Duluth and is one of the ten most visited state parks in Minnesota. The western half of the park contains part of a rocky, 13-mile (21 km) gorge.
In 1965 a record-breaking 500-year flood damaged the dam. [7] [8] [5] The flood brought high water levels and heavy ice downstream to the dam, and "ripped out" 6 of the 7 tainter gates. This was mostly caused by the tainter gates being positioned so that the bottom edge of the gate was submerged during a high water condition.
At least two people are dead after severe storms and major flooding hit the Midwest, according to officials, and a dam in southern Minnesota built in the early 1900s is at risk of collapse.
Zippel Bay State Park is a state park in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota in the United States. It is on the white sand beach shoreline of the Lake of the Woods, near the United States border with Canada. The park is open for year-round recreation including camping, hiking, fishing and cross-country skiing. [2]