AP Top Kansas News at 5:45 am CDT
HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) _ Cliff and Donna Ferguson had carried chairs, a bed, their television _ almost everything would be ruined if the Missouri River overflows its banks and floods as expected from their home in the small town southwest of Hamburg, Iowa.
Chevrolet pickup truck with their already packed, Cliff Ferguson watched the deer dozen heads on the walls above him.
"I intend to let some of these things here, but I may end up taking some of these," he said, shaking his head. "This flood will be different. It'll be worse."
The increase in Missouri is set to reach peak flows in the days and will not return to normal until September as the Army Corps of Engineers maintains a series of reservoirs swollen in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota and facing the prospect of melting snow in the Rockies huge. This means that people leave their homes and businesses in early June may not be able to return until late summer.
The calendar has even veteran of the River City residents resigned
"It's already bad, because we have more junk now, and we're older," said Ferguson, 73, who, like thousands of living near the Missouri, has suffered unprecedented flooding in 1993.
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Final FEC audit notes breaches by the Kansas GOP
Topeka, Kan. (AP) _ A federal audit has found the Republican Party of Kansas has committed three violations of campaign finance laws in 2007 and 2008 due to defects in record keeping and reporting, but the Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Thursday the problems were technical.
The federal Election Commission did not say whether any further action by the Commission could result from the audit. A statement from two members of the Commission described the state GOP as "extremely cooperative" and a former party treasurer said he has taken steps to see that the problems do not recur.
The auditors concluded the Kansas GOP had incorrectly reported the financial figures of the FEC, mishandled the reporting of certain expenses and a contribution mismanaged the company.
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