SIKESTON — The Army Corps of Engineers will wait until this weekend to decide whether it is necessary to punch a massive hole in a levee to protect an upstream Illinois town from the rising Mississippi River, a regional spokesman said Wednesday.
UPDATE: Corps to wait for weekend to decide on levee break
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 | 5:45 p.m. CDT
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