After rising nearly 12 feet above flood stage, the Minnesota River has crested in Chaska. At about 1 p.m., Tuesday, the river crested at 29.90 feet, dropping to 29.41 feet Thursday morning.

The Jordan City Council will make a flood control decision in the coming months that could drastically change the look of one downtown neighborhood. Possibilities range from replacing most homes ...

Sand that was basically allowing some of the ... it is important to take care of the levee and the flood control system to keep people and the surrounding neighborhoods safe.

"There it is. Don't look too good for a levee material, does it? It's pure sand," Larry Buss said. Buss, the elected chairman of the Rand-Peterson Levee District, said about a dozen volunteers ...