Missouri Governor hears progress on levee project in Atchison County One community is recovering from the 2019 floods by completing a project in Atchison County: setting the levee back. Gov. Parson stopped by to hear about the progress. "This is a big river, stretches a lot of miles, we got to do a better job of trying to maintain it and making sure we can control what we can of the river," Gov. Parson said. and last updated 2021-04-08 19:16:32-04 ROCK PORT, Mo. (KMTV) â After devastating flooding hit Missouri two years ago, Gov. Mike Parson had questions: How are we going to put the pieces back together and how can we prevent this from happening again?