DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. — Dump trucks and moving vans crowded the streets of Dakota Dunes on Wednesday, hauling in dirt to build up miles of levees protecting the small southeast South Dakota town and carrying away belongings for hundreds of residents leaving before what could be a prolonged summer of Missouri River flooding.
Rising Missouri River sends South Dakotans packing
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 | 7:58 p.m. CDT;
updated 3:46 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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