EVANSVILLE, Ind. The Ohio River continued rising Thursday, reaching the Evansville flood stage of 42 feet a day earlier than expected, covering low-lying areas and closing many area roads.
Just above Henderson, the river had reached 36.78 feet by early Thursday afternoon, causing the Henderson County Road Department to close and barricade a dozen roads.
Nearly as many roads were closed as of midday Thursday in Vanderburgh County.
In Warrick and Posey counties, the river was already well above flood levels. At noon Thursday, it was over 45 feet at the Newburgh Dam seven feet over flood stage. It was just over 40 feet at Mount Vernon, which is five feet above flood stage there.
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By Editor | February 10, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
With both associate commissioners new to the job this winter, Ste. Genevieve County Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson thought a “road trip” might be in order.
On Feb. 3, he and road and bridge foreman Scott Schmieder took new commissioners Karen Stuppy and Randy Ruzicka on a four-hour tour of various problem spots in the county. They stopped and examined several places that have generated phone calls of complaint.
They also swung over to Desloge/Park Hills and toured the Alan Wells St. Francois County Joint Communication and EOC Center.
Most of the roads in this trip were in Stuppy’s first district. A second trip will be made later to view some trouble spots in Ruzicka’s second district.