Flooding creeps over Highway 210

By Jeff Hage (Contact) | The Daily Journal

Published 11:34 a.m., March 18, 2009

Motorists driving between Breckenridge and Fergus Falls are urged to use a little caution because flooded farm fields were spilling over onto Highway 210 Wednesday morning.

Wilkin County officials began taking precautions Tuesday, building clay dikes and using machinery to open culverts about five miles west of Foxhome. While there was no water on Highway 210 Tuesday, that couldn’t be said on Wednesday morning.

Vehicles were moving slowing in the area of Highway 210 and 250th Street as water had moved onto the highway. Wilkin County crews were on hand Wednesday morning making sure traffic flowed safely.

There were high water concerns throughout Wilkin County, especially in an area from Rothsay to Foxhome where farm fields resembled small lakes and ditches took on the appearance of small streams.

Concerns began mounting Sunday night, said Wilkin County Emergency Services Manager Vernon Woytassek.

“Near Rothsay we’re seeing overland flooding. Three roads up there are closed,” Woytassek said late Tuesday afternoon.

“Three homes in Rothsay have had water approach them, but so far they have remained high and dry,” he said.

Near Foxhome the buildings on a farmstead have been threatened by rising waters, but a home on the property remains dry, he said.

“Our county employees have been out monitoring roads, barracading them when necessary,” Woytassek said.

“The last I heard the water has begun receding a bit,” he said.

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