Veterans group aids Grafton flood victim Ron DeBrock, Hearst Illinois FacebookTwitterEmail GRAFTON — Jolene Carter’s recovery from 2019 flooding in Grafton has been featured in DAV Magazine. The publication is printed six times a year for Disable American Veterans. Carter is featured in a story by Matt Saintsing. In spring 2019, water began to rise in Grafton, first just reaching Air Force veteran Carter’s driveway before receding. Less than two weeks later, her house was filled with more than 4 feet of standing water because of heavy rains and snow melting upriver. The floods that rip...