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ing begins -- in Sioux City on Friday evening. That's more than the 108.3 feet record set in 1969. The lowest section of the city's levee is built to withstand a river elevation of 110.5 feet.
• Officials in Omaha, Nebraska, were preparing for the Missouri River to surpass its 29-foot flood stage by the weekend; it's expected to rise to 32 feet by Sunday afternoon.
• The National Weather Service expects additional rain north of Omaha over the next several days.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Officials in Sioux Falls say a deer had to be euthanized after it jumped into an apartment through a glass window and sustaining serious injuries.
• Members of Sioux Falls Animal Control and police officers found the deer around 8:20 a.m. Wednesday.
• Sgt. Paul Creviston with the Sioux Falls Police Department says the deer accessed the vacant apartment through a closed bedroom window. The deer suffered multiple injuries and was unable to exit the apartment.
• Staff from the Great Plains Zoo and South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks helped police and an animal control crew remove the deer from the apartment, but it had to be euthanized because of its injuries.
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• LUVERNE, Minn. (AP) -- Flood damage caused by recent storms has forced the closing of Blue Mounds State Park in southwestern Minnesota.
• The state Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday the park will remain closed until further notice. All camping reservations at the park are being canceled through July 13.
• Officials decided to close the park until repairs could be made and services restored.
• The park, located near the city of Luverne, has received more than 11 inches of rain since Saturday. The rapidly rising Blue Mounds Creek damaged roads, trails, a bison fence and the spillway connecting the dam to Lower Mound Lake.
• No visitors to the park were hurt or evacuated. The park's bison herd remains in good health.
• Campers are being offered refunds or reservation transfers to another Minnesota

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