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Posted on Aug 27, 2009 by Dave Rasdal . Rick Holmes and his mud racer, Wild Cherry VI, will appear Saturday in Palo during a mud racing event to raise flood relief funds for the community.

In Palo, a town nearly destroyed last year"people are doing everything they can to make sure the town stays dry.

City of Palo asking for volunteers to sandbag. Volunteers should report to the city maintenance building at 502 main street to help sandbag.

Sump-pumps were pumping hard in the Linn County town of Palo Thursday. But even that didn't prevent water from creeping into basements.

Reports of flooding from across eastern Iowa are continuing to come in following two days of heavy rain.

One man is in custody after a high-speed chase that ended in a mobile home park.

Bartender Rachele Farr of Cedar Rapids washes cups at Brogan's in Palo. Residents voted Tuesday to begin the process of installing a municipal water system to replace the current well system.

Voters in Palo go to the polls Tuesday to decide what's shaping up as a community water fight.

Voting again and again on whether to explore putting in a community water supply and stop using individual wells.

Voting again and again on whether to explore putting in a community water supply and stop using individual wells.