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Mississippi River Rising

National Weather Service
The level of the Miss. R. in the QC as of 1:30 pm.

Heavy rains this week in northeast Iowa are pushing up the level of the Mississippi River and the city of Davenport is starting to take flood protection measures. 

As of early afternoon Friday, the river was nearly 4 feet below flood stage and expected to rise about two feet. Currently the National Weather Service is predicting the river will crest in the Quad Cities at 1.7 feet below flood stage next Wednesday. 

At that level, water affects the lowest section of South Concord Street, south of River Drive in Davenport, including surrounding some houses, and the lowest sections of the Enchanted Island causeway.

The public works department began putting up high water warning signs Friday along South Concord, and plans to close the road when the river reaches two feet below flood stage. 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.