UPDATED at 5:51 pm Saturday:
City council gets good news on river and Perkins Creek
https://windomnews.com/main.asp…
Mayor, Fire Chief offer positive reports, crest to come soon
I love my home town, Windom, Minnesota! The Des Moines river is over its banks. Sharon and I are praying for the water to recede, and we thank the Lord for how this community comes together in times of need. I wish I was there to help, it pains me to be out here in New Mexico at this time. This sandbagging is taking place right near the back yard of the house I grew up in, my brother Dave and his wife Denise live there now! I remember the flood in ther late 60’s that flooded us out of our house for a week or so! Our basement was full of water!
One of my heroes Rodney Byam, who has served Windom as a Police Officer, Fireman, Rescue Squad, and now as a City Councilor, Rodney also is with the Red Cross. He posted this on his Facebook last night:
I can not tell anyone how great it is to see our community come together and show up for sandbagging operations,We filled more than 10,000 bags and we be at it again tomorrow morning at 8:30. I want to thank Hy-V
ee, Duffy’s, and McDonalds for Donating food, bananas, and Apples an a big thank you to the American Red Cross for their assistance, The City, County, and DOT for the super cooperation we will be meeting again tomorrow Saturday at 8:00 and at 5:00 p.m. for Situational Awareness meeting which you can watch live on channel 3
Thank you Rodney for this report. We are in constant prayer for the safety of all and for the water to recede, in Jesus name, Amen!
Dayton, leaders see damage in flooded southern Minnesota
This scripture came to me as I was writing this story……And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Ephesians 6:18
Let me share with you another post I wrote today……..
I cannot keep up with all the news of 
all the wildfires in California, Colorado and New Mexico. Here in New Mexico over 1000,000 acres have burned up. The drought is just horrible here in New Mexico, the land is so very parched in many areas, especially in Catron County.
In southwestern Minnesota, my home town of Windom and surrounding communities are experiencing flooding. The Des Moines river is at or near record levels.
All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week
The Washington Post
Montreal, Glasgow, Belfast and Yerevan, Armenia, are among the international cities to set all-time-high temperatures. Read the full story
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The picture of sandbagging is from Windom, Minnesota
