flooding

Local Soil Health experts brainstorm for options as farmers consider next steps for flooded fields
By Lori Sorenson
July 03, 2024
As the realities of flood damage to crops come into focus, area producers are considering options for soil that was supposed to grow corn and soybeans. Now those plants are dead, and weeds will soon grow in their place if no action is taken. Recognizing these pressing questions, a group of farm organizations and soil health experts will meet Wednesday to consider solutions for area producers.…
Health officials urge users to protect private wells from potential flood contamination
June 26, 2024
With the risk of flooding increasing in many parts of the state, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) urges private well users to prepare for the possibility that their wells might flood. If you get your drinking water from a private well, taking these preventative actions now may help protect that water from becoming contaminated. If your well is in a flood-prone area and you have time,…
Family, frogs and fun
By Brenda Winter, columnist
July 19, 2022
I’ve seen flooding on TV and pitied the poor people who had to clean up after it, but I’ve never personally had to clean up after a flood. That changed July 5 when 6 inches of rain falling in less than an hour washed the gravel, garbage and grime off Cedar Street into the basement window of a small apartment building that my husband, Jim, and I own. We were made aware of the situation when one…

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