The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Sauk River affecting Stearns County. The warning will start on Tuesday evening until further notice.
Although the flood warning for the Mississippi has been allowed to expire, the water levels remain high and the currents swift. Even so, Clear Waters Outfitting in Clearwater owner Dan Meer says the Mississippi River is still navigable below the St. Cloud dam.
The city of St. Cloud is working to clear the way for a land donation that would add park land to Whitney Park. Parks and Recreation Director Scott Zlotnik says John and Mary Weitzel are offering six acres of land between the Sauk River and the Whitney Dog Park.
Two Twin Cities men had to be rescued from the Sauk River in Spring Hill Township Friday evening. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department got a call from a man who said two men from their group capsized their canoe and were clinging to some branches.
The swollen Sauk River continues to cause headaches for area rescue crews. The St. Cloud Fire Department was called to the river today after two men freed-up a sunken rescue boat that eventually got stranded on a bridge abutment.
St. Cloud fire crews conducted another river rescue on the swollen Sauk River. A woman and her boyfriend were tubing near the VA Medical Center when she became tangled in some trees.
The Flood Warning for the Sauk River in St. Cloud will continue until Monday morning. The river is at 6.6 feet today (Wednesday). Flood stage is 6 feet.
Emergency crews have rescued a total of eight people from the swollen Sauk River in St. Cloud. The group was tubing down the river when they got into trouble.