mayor mike klimesh says the turkey river in spillville set a record high today, beating the previous high water mark by a foot. water filled the basements and got into the main level of at least eight homes alon spillville looked like it was sitting in the middle of a lake, and the city had just finished renovations there. there just wasn't enough time to put sandbags around the building. and down river in fort atkinson, people had to evacuate the riverside trailer park. the park sits on the northern edge of town, right near the turkey river. water also covered the railroad tracks and highway 24 going into fort atkinson. people forced out of their homes have several options. for a reduced rate of 75 dollars a night. and a shelter at the decorah public library will open at 8 tomorrow morning. and the flooding means decrah and south winneshiek schools are closed tomorrow. meteorologist joe winters joins us now, joe, last night's rain was mostly in extreme northeastern iowa. tonight it's in the south? as a cold front continues to move south the southern half of the state. some storms co

mayor mike klimesh says the turkey river in spillville set a record high yesterday, beating the previous high water mark by a the middle of a lake. crews just installed a new floor last year. the community raised money for new flooring after the 2008 flood. there just wasn't enough time to put sandbags around the building. between four and six inches of rain fell over winneshiek and allamakee counties yesterday. water filled basements and got into the main level of at least eight homes along the river. flood victims say damaged the town. and this time there was nothing they could do to stop it. "it rose so fast that we couldn't mobilize fast enough, and as you can see, it would have been a fruitless effort." clean-up will start again today in spillville. authorities have recovered the body of a man who was swept away in the flooding. police say he called 9-1-1 to report his car being caught in the floodwaters. chickasaw county investigators say the death happened when floodwaters from the yesterday morning on county road v-56. they found the driver's body yesterday, less than half a mile

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mayor mike klimesh says the turkey river in spillville set a record high yesterday, beating the previous high water mark by a foot. the famous inwood ballroom in spillville looked like it was sitting in the middle of a lake. crews just installed a new floor last year. the community raised money for new flooring after the 2008 flood. there just wasn't enough time to put sandbags around the building. between four and six inches of water filled basements and got into the main level of at least eight homes along the river. flood victims say it's all too familiar since the 2008 flood damaged the town. and this time there was nothing they could do to stop it. "it rose so fast that we couldn't mobilize fast enough, and as you can see, it would have been a fruitless effort." in spillville. authorities have recovered the body of a man who was swept away in the flooding. police say he called 9-1-1 to report his car being caught in the floodwaters. chickasaw county investigators say the death happened when floodwaters from the little turkey river swept away a car early yesterday morning on county r