Water Cresting North of Lake Koshkonong...

UNDER WATER — Meteorologists and county emergency management officials said this morning water levels have crested or are near their peak on the county’s rivers after melting snow and heavy rains pushed them past flood stage. Blackhawk Island Road in the Town of Sumner remains one of the hardest hit areas, with officials announcing Monday that the road is closed.

The Town of Sumner also declared a state of emergency and are asking “sightseers” not to drive down to the area.

Pictured above left, a sign warns of the water over Veterans Lane west of Fort Atkinson in the Town of Koshkonong. The Edwin Frohmader Post 1879 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Veterans Lane remains closed until further notice. — Daily Union photos by James Debilzen.