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ST. PAUL (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton is asking for federal help after heavy flooding in southern Minnesota last month. Dayton formally asked President Barack Obama to declare the flood damage a major disaster in a letter released Thursday...

Two weeks ago, 14 inches of rain fell in 48 hours on Waseca. About 75 percent of the homes received some type of flood damage. Many homes were not just flooded with water, but sewage as well. Churches, the Red Cross and other organizations gathered on Thursday and Friday this week to try to lend a helping hand to more than 200 families...

The American Red Cross has joined forces with other local nonprofits, public agencies and private organizations to help out people that have been affected by the recent flooding in southern Minnesota, especially those in Waseca and Freeborn counties...

Faribault Parks and Recreation Director Paul Penansky will give us an update on the flooding in Teepee Tonka Park during AM Minnesota today. Even though the park seems to experience some flooding every other year, Penansky has not been too confident about moving the ball fields to higher ground...

Northfield Chamber President Todd Bornhauser and Tourism Director Lisa Peterson stop by the KDHL studio to talk about happenings in Northfield today. The show starts at 9:30AM and we will get an update on the high water situation in Northfield...

Rice County Sheriff Troy Dunn told listeners of the 8:05 report Monday morning on KDHL he was leaving the scene of a potential tragedy. The call came in just after 6AM that two duck hunters had capsized in a canoe on the Cannon River just east of Sakatah Lake near Morristown...

Friday night some of my family stopped by to help me pull up the wet carpeting and carpet pad from my flooded basement. Thankfully we were able to find a dry indoor space to hang up my carpet and let it dry out over the weekend. The carpet pad wasn't worth salvaging, so that went into the trash...

With the ground already saturated, this week's rain caused extensive flooding throughout southern Minnesota. In what seems to be becoming a pattern, Mother Nature isn't finished yet. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for northwestern Steele County, southeastern Dakota County, Rice County, southwestern Goodhue County, northeastern Waseca County and southeastern Le Sueur County

According to a Facebook post, Waterville is seeking volunteers to help sandbag. With more rain expected this weekend, the town expects floodwaters to continue to rise and wants help protecting areas endangered by rising water. The town also is asking for volunteers to help prepare meals for sandbagging volunteers...

Well I had been asking you to come out and see me this weekend at the Zumbro Bend Rendezvous in Mantorville. But Mother Nature had other ideas. The Rendezvous will be canceled for 2016 because as you will see in the pictures below there is a lot of water where the rendezvous should be...