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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 24 > Residents still fighting the rising Mississippi

Residents still fighting the rising Mississippi

By Cheryl Wittenauer / The Bulletin
June 24, 2008

WINFIELD, Mo. — With a few days to go before the last stretch of the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the pressure of the rising water.

Officials in Lincoln County asked for....

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