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Ballet Arts of Emerson has presented the show for almost a half-century. This year, it will be backed by a full orchestra at River Dell High School.

Jerry Leslie, of Lander, passed away in Mesquite, Nevada May 1 st, 2021. A joint celebration of life for both Jerry and Marge Leslie, is to be planned for July in Lander. Born Jerry Arthur Leslie, on May 20, 1939, in Lincoln Illinois, to Arthur and Venita. Jerry was born into the life of farming and worked the family farms. He told many stories over the years of his farm life, including what “pulling pigs” means, and the time he had to drive his mother to the hospital while she was i...

This river water will empty into rivers like the ohio, the mississippi, the missouri, all of that water will empty into those rivers eventually and combined with another storm like the one that hit last night here, that could cause similar storms downstream. everyone keeping a close eye on where this river is going, and where that is downstream from dell high. >> faux fthank you for doing th us this morning. morning rates fell to the lowest level ever, average fell to 4.56%. 15 years felt to 4...

Along with businesses, along with cars. people here have a lot of work to do to recover. >> you can imagine. i know, janell, that you mentioned that this is an 80 some-odd-year-old dam. are they thinking its erosion over the years or massive about this particular flooding that caused that dam to collapse? >> this event, alex, a lot of water at once. the pressure of it all was too much for the dam to take. they knew it was strong and could withhold almost anything. but they saw the water first go...

Great job moving people out of the way, monitoring the flood levels. but it is -- you know, a very sad situation. youre talking about a catastrophic break in the dam. so that has never happened before and you know once again here in the midwest and in iowa, were dealing with, you know, record flood levels in certain parts of our state. >> and so you say this is a catastrophic break in the dam. a, what do you suppose caused this break? >> caller: o hrks just you know too early to tell but you kno...

Working for the usda or in some other capacity, the government? >> we talked about her life, but she shared some things with me that ill share with the audience after our special. >> good. well look for that. don lemon, appreciate that. >> thanks, fred. this other story that weve been tell you that has unfolded in the last 30 minutes or so. a dam breaking near monticello, iowa, governor chuck culvers on the phone with us now. governor, this dam-breaking has led to the evacuation of so many peo...