Hamburg News

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Wednesday May 1 | KPTM

Hamburg Levee Being Leveled - Town Upset

HAMBURG, IA It was one of the worst flooding in over a century. Many people who lived near the Missouri River in 2011 lost homes.

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Fri Apr 12, 2013

Canon City Daily Record Newspaper

Royal Gorge Tourism Expo set for Thursday at the Abbey

With the tourist attractions in the area, Fremont County has much to offer but many local people aren't knowledgeable of all the community has to offer.

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Fri Mar 22, 2013

Omaha World-Herald

Council vote ensures Hamburg levee's height will be reduced

Weather advisories are in effect along Interstates 80, 76, 70, 29 and 35. In Omaha, snow amounts have been upped to 3 to 5 inches.

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KEYC Television, Mankato, MN

Iowa town loses bid to save impromptu levee

HAMBURG, Iowa - The small western Iowa town of Hamburg on the Missouri River has lost its bid to keep an earthen levee erected in 2011 to save the town from the river's floodwaters.

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Wed Mar 20, 2013

omaha.com

Hastily built-up levee that protected Hamburg from 2011 flood gets the ax

Army Corps of Engineers workers raise a levee west of Hamburg in June 2011. The barrier, originally built to keep out drainage water, protected the town when a levee on the Missouri River failed.

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