NEW MADRID — The Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to complete temporary repairs of the Birds Point levee soon, but officials in southeast Missouri continue to pressure the corps to rebuild the intentionally breached levee to its original height.
UPDATE: Temporary repairs on Birds Point levee nearly finished
Thursday, September 29, 2011 | 1:33 p.m. CDT
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