Clean-up Underway As Floodwaters Start Receding

ANDREW WIND andrew.wind@wcfcourier.com, The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Thu, 08/25/2016 - 11:30pm

SPILLVILLE — It was clean-up time Thursday as the water began receding in Northeast Iowa towns hit by flash flooding.

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