Will levees hold in St. Joseph?

[Sherman A1]

St. Joseph officials continued making preparations Thursday for a cresting Missouri River — a list of duties that included opening a shelter and shutting down a major thoroughfare due to the flood.

Late Thursday afternoon, the city decided to move forward on an earlier consideration of closing Stockyards Expressway. An American Red Cross shelter for residents of Elwood, Kansas, and others in the area and St. Joseph displaced by flooding opened at 5 p.m. at The Keys Christian Church, 6001 S. Ninth St.

Meanwhile, City Manager Bruce Woody said the two levees of greatest concern are the L-455, located north of National Beef Leathers and extending south to Contrary Creek and U.S. Highway 59; and R-460-471, located downstream from Peters Creek in Wathena, Kansas, and tying in with the river north near Elwood and Rosecrans Memorial Airport.

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[Kurt V.]

1. i just saw I-29 under water on Jeff City news.