Jefferson fights Rock River flood together

Milw Journal Sentinel

...For days, they fought the river that swelled to 15.7 feet, more than five feet above what is considered flood stage.

Dozens of neighbors, customers and members of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department all pitched in, hauling sandbags, trying to beat back the floodwaters.

Others brought food and drinks.

By last Thursday night, they thought they had the flood licked.

But before dawn Friday, water breached the four-foot high wall of sandbags and swept through the market.