FORT PIERRE, S.D. — Sitting atop a 6-foot wall of white sandbags hastily stacked to protect his home from the rising Missouri River, 82-year-old Helmet Reuer doesn't buy the official explanation that heavy rains caused a sudden flood threat.
In South Dakota, some blame corps for flood threat
Friday, June 3, 2011 | 7:57 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:21 a.m. CDT, Thursday, June 16, 2011
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