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sands of sandbags to protect their homes.
• "We've had our houses under water more than once out here," town board chairman Bud Smith told the Southeast Missourian. "We're trying to get a buyout, but you know how slow the government moves."
• Elsewhere, smaller rivers were continuing to cause big problems. In Grand Rapids, Mich., the Grand River crested Sunday at a record 21.85 feet, driving hundreds of people from their homes and flooding parts of downtown.
• The flooding also created some odd scenes. In Fox Lake, Ill., carp from the swollen Fox River were seen swimming on driveways.
• And near St. Louis, all 114 barges that broke loose over the weekend were accounted for. U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Colin Fogarty said 11 sank and the river will remain closed over a 15-mile stretch out of safety concerns. It wasn't clear when the river would be allowed to reopen.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to probation and restitution for unlawfully taking ducks.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson announced Monday that 43-year-old Mike Evangelista was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay more than $4,500 in restitution and fines.
• A grand jury indicted Evangelista in April for failure to lawfully tag migratory birds and aiding and abetting the sale and possession of wildlife in violation of the Migratory Bird Act.
• Prosecutors say the charges stem from an incident in 2009 in which Evangelista, while working as a waterfowl guide, helped three female hunters take ducks when they did not have valid hunting licenses.
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