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Flood Risk High For Parts of Misssouri and Mississippi Rivers This Spring

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The National Weather Service says there's an elevated flood risk along the eastern Missouri River basin this spring. That's because the soil remains wet and significant snow is on the ground in North Dakota and South Dakota. Communities along the lower Missouri River already were bracing for the prospect of more flooding this spring because many of their levees remain in poor shape after last year’s massive flooding. Nearly everywhere that flooded last year in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri are at some risk to flood again because of the extensive damage to levees. 

One of 57 evacuees from the virus zone in China who is being held in quarantine in Nebraska has been taken to a special isolated unit of an Omaha medical center to undergo testing after developing a mild cough. Officials with Nebraska Medicine said Friday the woman's symptoms are “extremely mild” and that the testing is being done out of an abundance of caution. The patient will be taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus' federally funded National Quarantine Unit to be tested for the coronavirus. The unit is separate from any of the buildings on campus where patients receive care. 

Federal prosecutors have charged a Rapid City businessman in what they say was a $71 million fraudulent scheme to sell fake organic grain and seed. Court documents describe how Kent Duane Anderson used the profits to fuel an extravagant lifestyle that included a yacht, a multimillion-dollar home, and luxury cars. 

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