Disasters

The condition of the autistic man who was rescued after seven days in the Wisconsin woods has improved from critical to serious. Keith Kennedy remains in the intensive care unit at a Minneapolis hospital.
President Bush has issued a federal disaster declaration for Minnesota for four counties hit hard by flooding in the southeastern part of the state.
Barge traffic caught in a logjam
Flooding across the Midwest has forced the Army Corps of Engineers to close several locks along the Mississippi River, halting barge traffic from St. Louis to St. Paul.
Four Minnesota counties qualify for FEMA assistance
Total damages from flooding in Southeast Minnesota comes to nearly $9 million. Houston, Fillmore, Mower and Freeborn counties were the hardest hit.
Hundreds of volunteers, in addition to search dogs, planes, helicopters and ATVs, helped authorities search for Keith Kennedy, a 25-year old autistic man who was lost for one week in the Wisconsin woods.
Klobuchar urging federal government to speed relief
US Sen. Amy Klobuchar is urging the federal government to rush relief aid to the southern Minnesota counties that suffered major damage in recent flooding.
Southern Minn. wrestles with flooded fields
By some estimates, more than five million acres of farmland across the Midwest have been ruined by flooding so far this season.
Midwest flooding may cause more levee overflows
The federal government said Wednesday that 20 to 30 more levees may overflow the Mississippi River from Burlington, Iowa down to St. Louis.
Corps increasing water release levels at Watson reservoir
The Army Corps of Engineers is increasing the amount of water it is releasing from a reservoir near Watson in western Minnesota.
Pawlenty seeks federal disaster status for flooded counties
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is seeking a federal disaster declaration for the the state after recent severe flooding in four southeastern counties.