Photos of flooding in Janesville and surrounding areas as taken by Gazette photographers in June 2008.
Left-Volunteers Craig Harrie and Larissa Write, both Janesville, disinfect and power wash the warming house floor in Traxler Park during flooding clean-up day.
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Photo By: Al Hoch
Heavy equipment was brought in to remove sand from the playground in the back end of Riverside Park during flood damage park clean-up day.
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Volunteer Kathy Gibbs cleans the picnic tables in Riverside Park during flood damage park clean-up day
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Parks Department worker Jason Schlimgen uses a vacuum truck to pick up the playground flood damage ground cover at Traxler Park.
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A freshly fallen red leaf lies in stark contrast to the soupy mass of mud and debris in the interior of Traxler Park. Weeks of standing water have left much of the park a soggy mess that will take many more weeks to dry out.
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Photo By: Bill Olmsted
The text on bricks that make up the Medal of Honor Walkway in Veterans Plaza at Traxler Park are barely ledgible due to mud filling the recesses. The park and plaza spent weeks under floodwater from the nearby Rock River. Clean up of the park is only now slowly beginning.
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The Medal of Honor Walkway at Traxler Park is coated in the mud and debris left over from weeks of floodwater that covered the park. Official began pumping out standing water left in the interior of the park on Tuesday.
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The depth of flood water in Traxler Park is displayed by the layer of scum on the entrance pillars to the Medal of Honor Walkway. The city is slowly starting to work on the recovery of the park and it's facilities.
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Leisure Services' Parks Foreman Brian Brieske resets the inlet hose for a pump at Traxler Park on Tuesday. Brieske said the pump was removing water trapped in the lower parts of the interior of the park around the veterans monument. It's expected that it will take at least another day of pumping to remove the bulk of the water to help the soil dry out.
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Mold stains the walls below a childhood photograph of homeowner John Briggs Jr. in the bedroom of his house along the Rock River at 1821 Joseph St. in the Mole & Sadler's subdivision on Thursday, July 17.
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A crusty deposit that stains the wood walls shows the high water level from the flood in the living room of John Briggs Jr.'s home in the Mole & Sadler's subdivision on the Rock River in Janesville on Thursday, July 17.
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John Briggs, left, and Bill Titus load a stove onto a trailer in the driveway of the home of Briggs' son John Briggs Jr. in the Mole & Sadler's subdivision on Thursday, July 17.
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Joseph St. remains under water in the Mole & Sadler's subdivision on Thursday, July 17.
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A nest of baby birds in a dead bush that was lost to the Rock River flood at the Linda and David Koeninger home at 3327 S. River Rd.
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The Janesville Fire Department rescue two boys from the Rock River at Traxler Park. The 8 and 9 year old boys found a paddle boat along the river, decided to use it and found that they couldn't control it because of the strong current.
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Photo By: Al Hoch
Wendell Gartamaker traveled from South Dakota to help his inlaw, Linda and David Koeninger, rebuild their home at 3327 South River Road that was damaged from the flood.
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Russel Ordal helps his family, Linda and David Koeninger, rebuild their home at 3327 South River Road, damaged from the Rock River flood.
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Linda Koeninger tears the drywall off at her home at 3327 S. River Rd. during a rebuilding process after the Rock River Flood.
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Crusted railings and cracked and chipped concrete have resurfaced on the riverwalk and wall in downtown Janesville since the flood waters have begun to recede. Oficials are waiting to examine the wall to see if it has suffered any sever damage as a result of weeks of high, fast moving water.
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A picnic table and other pieces of debris clutter the bike trail just south of Riverside Park on 07-15-08. As the waters slowly recede, residents and governments are slowly beiginning the long process of cleaning up after weeks of high water.
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The playground near the south pavillion at Riverside Park has reappeared from under its blanket of flood water. The playground, which was recently renovated, has a coating of scum on it's equipment and the mulch around the area has been washed away.
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A line of trees in Riverside Park are reflected in a quiet pool of flood water on 07-15-08. Normally the water in the foreground is a grassy area near the south pavillion. Underwater for weeks, the park is slowly returning towards normal as the water recedes.
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Dry, cracked mud partially covers the floor of the south pavillion in Riverside Park on 07-15-08. Receding flood waters are leaving all types of debris and mess behind as areas of Rock County slowly reappear.
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Grass that had spent weeks underwater in Riverside Park, is beginning to green up again. It will be weks and even months before the full extent of the flood damage to plants is known.
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A pair of dumptsers sit in the water on the front driveway of a home at 1724 E. Road 7 in the Mallwood Estates subdivision on Tuesday, July 15.
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The streetsigns at the end ot N. Ridge Rd. in the Mallwood Estates subdivision in the Town of Milton are still encircled by water from the Rock River as it recedes on Tuesday, July 15.
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Mold stains the walls of Jim and Cindy Cullen's master bedroom in the Mole & Sadler's subdivision on Tuesday, July 15. The couple have removed much of what was in the home and don't know what is going to happen to the house, which Jim grew up in and has lived in since 1948.
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Cindy Cullen empties a bucket of debris into a dumpster as she and husband Jim cleaned up from the flood damage at their home at 1715 Joseph St. in the Mole & Sadler's subdivision on Tuesday, July 15.
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A crane drops a load of flood debris from the basement of Brennan, Steil & Basting, S.C. into a dumpster near the building at One East Milwaukee St. on Monday, July 14.
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A crane lifts a load of flood-damaged debris removed from the basement of Brennan, Steil & Basting, S.C. in the One East Milwaukee building on July 14 to a dumpster on E. Milwaukee Street above.
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Ian Gray of J.P. Cullen & Sons rolls a cart of debris from the basement of Brennan, Steil & Basting, S.C. law firm in the One East Milwaukee building. Workers were gutting the flood damaged basement of the building on Monday, July 14.
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Floyd Lind of Janesville reflects in the front window of Bert's Barbershop at 19 N. Main St. in downtown Janesville as he reads a sign that directs those who need a clip to Bert's home on Monday, July 14. The barbershop was one of the downtown business on the Rock River that were damaged by the recent flooding.
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J.P. Cullen workers haul out flood damaged files from the Brennan, Steil & Basting law offices at 1 East Milwaukee St.
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Alliant Energy workers left-Andy Virnig and Jim Stotler work at powering up the new transformer for the sewage lift in the Mole & Sadler subdivision that was replaced during the recent Rock River flood.
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The Japanese garden at Janesville’s Rotary Gardens has many areas under water because of recent heavy rains and over-saturation of the ground. Gary Smith, interim director of the gardens, says damage caused by the high water will be both costly and time-consuming to repair.
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Many plants at Rotary Gardens are beginning to die because they’ve been under water for too long. Gardens officials expect many plants will have to be replaced, and they hope private donations will help finance the project.
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The gazebo area in the Rotary Gardens in Janesville has been affected by the recent flooding.
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The Sunken Garden at Janesville's Rotary Gardens truly is sunken these days, thanks to heavy rains this spring and summer and over-saturated property unable to take on any more moisture.
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The Japanese Zig-Zag Bridge and the Japanese Bridge at the Rotary Gardens in Janesville have both been affected by the recent flooding. The Zig-Zag Bridge is almost entirely underwater, while the Japanese Bridge has water over both sides.
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A truck in the Town of Milton, Wis. along the shore of Lake Koshkonong is reemerging now that flood waters are receeding. The former flood level can be seen on the truck's side and window.
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Don and Cathy Milhouse clean the street in front of their house in the Town of Milton, Wis. Floodwater has brought mud up to their house.
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A house along the shore of Lake Koshkonong in the Town of Milton, Wis. has been walled in with sandbags. The water level is receeding.
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City worker Kouily Phaboriboune sprays a mixture of water and bleach on N. Main St. to sanitize the area. The Rock River flood brought mud and other waste up to the area.
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Garbage from flood damage lines the streets in the Town of Milton near Lake Koshkonong.
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The water has receeded at Traxler Park to reveal huge patches of mud where grass used to be.
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A bench in Traxler Park, after re-emerging from underwater, shows the effects of the recent flood.
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Marcus Utzig grabs another armfull of throw aways during cleanup of the Legends basement after the Rock River flood.
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David Harrison bring another load of flood damages stuff from the basement of Legends on N. Main Street.
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Marcus Utzig heaves flood damage stuff into the dumpster while cleaning out the basement at Legends.
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This water fountain is now out of the high water from the flooded Rock River at Riverside Park but not accessible because of the mud.
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Riverside Park still has standing water from the Flooded Rock River in areas of the park with most of the grounds saturated.
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An estimated 40 Turkey Vultures were scattered about Monterey Park feeding on the dead fish left behind from the flooded Rock River.
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20,000 sandbags used during the Rock River flood were loaded and hauled to the Janesville landfill.
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Janesville city employees pick up sandbags including the mucky sandbags along the Main St. river wall. 20,000 sandbags will end up in the landfill when the job is completed.
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Wires are cut near a junction box that was under floodwaters in the Mole & Sadler's subdivision on Tuesday, July 8.
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A City of Janesville tanker washes flood debris off the parking lot in front of the former Schulers Furniture factory on Janesville's south side on Tuesday, July 8.
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A home in the Mole & Sadler's subdivision reflects in the slowly receding floodwaters of the Rock River on Tuesday, July 8.
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As the floodwaters of the Rock River recede, the playground at Riverside Park emerges on Tuesday, July 8.
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Manuel Villafuente, of Corporate Contractors Inc. of Beloit, pushes a load of water damaged sheetrock through a hall and out of MMPR Screen Printing next to the former Schulers Furniture factory on Janesville's south side on Tuesday. Workers were tearing out sheetrock five feet high to be sure to remove all the material soaked by the Rock River flooding.
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Lucas Seitz, left, and Jose Olarte of Corporate Contractors Inc. of Beloit, throw floor tiles they ripped up inside the former Schulers Furniture into a dumpster on Tuesday, July 8.
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Janesville city workers use heavy equipment to safely pickup contaminated sandbags used during the Rock River flood on Centerway Street.
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These trees have no problems surviving high water at Traxler Park.
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This pine tree that was almost completely submerged from the flooded Rock River shows signs of survival.
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Brenda Zigler's bed plants of salvias was not submerged from the flooded Rock River but the saturated ground around them turned them brown.
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Hostas are survivials in hostile environment as these plants emerged from the flooded Rock River at the Brenda Zigler home on N. Parker Drive.
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Janesville Public Works Department cleans the street at the intersection of Centerway Street and N. Main Street before opening all lanes on Centerway Street.
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The Medal of Honor Veterans Walkway in the flood waters at Traxler Park.
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Janesville Technical Service employee Kevin Updike has to rewire the traffic signal that were under water during the flooding Rock River before putting the signals at the intersection of N. Main and Centerway Street back in service.
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FourthFlooding4/ Water pumps out of the back of the Tomasello home on Ellendale Road in Fulton Township on Sunday, July 6.
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Floodsoaked fiberglass insulation pulled from the basement walls of the Tomasello home on Ellendale Road in Fulton Township dries in the sun on their driveway on Sunday July, 6.
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FEMA worker Jim Wyatt surveys the damage on Gladys Drive in the Mallwood area of Fulton Township on Sunday, July, 6.
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Floodwater, and some of the efforts to combat it, still stands between two houses on Gladys Dr. in the Mallwood area of Fulton Township.
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Nate Hansen snaps a few pictures while checking out his favorite lunch break spot at Traxler Park during his lunch break. It will be a few week or longer before this park will give visitor a good feeling.
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Nate Hansen snaps a few pictures while checking out his favorite lunch break spot at Traxler Park during his lunch break. It will be a few week or longer before this park will give visitor a good feeling.
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John Powers and Jenny Pearson fill out forms with the help of Geri Roberts at the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Janesville. The rising Rock River forced Powers and Pearson from their home almost a month ago.
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Brothers Dave, left, and Larry Mould pile sandbags in the driveway after carting them out from along the Rock River in the backyard of Dave's mother-in-law Sheila Richards at 10703 N. Ellendale Rd. on Sunday.
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Sam Tomasello wades in water nearly to his knees as he piles water sogged fiberglass insulation on a table after pulling it out of the basement walls of his home at 10743 N. Ellendale Rd. in Fulton Township on Sunday.
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Jim Wyatt of FEMA photographs the flooding on E. Gladys Drive in Mallwood Estates in Fulton Township on Sunday. He was comparing the new Rock County floodplane maps to the actual damage.
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Legends owner Tim Millis, left, and Marcus Utzig set up the patio bar outside the Looking Glass in downtown Janesville. The Looking Glass is giving Legends regulars a place to meet during the bar’s downtime.
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George Hanna, owner of The Metropolitan, props open the door to his business. The Main Street restaurant opened Tuesday for the first time in two weeks.
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The owners of Perfectly Plus Women’s Consignment, 123 N. Main St., painted humorous messages on their windows to help them and other residents cope with the rising Rock River.
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The flooded Rock River forced Codos coffee shop owner Russ Allen to set up shop on the sidewalk in front of his business at 119 N. Main St. Allen’s business had been open less than a week when the floodwaters hit downtown Janesville.
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A sign planted in the grass at the Garden Court Apartments on N. Main St. with the receding floodwater in the background.
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Mark Demrow makes his way through the receding Rock River water flowing across Centerway Street in his motorized chair on his way back to his home in the Garden Court Apartments./ As the river recedes, closed street signs should be observed because of possible contamination in the water.
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As the Rock River recedes, city workers clean-up the dead fish left behind like these along the river on N. Main street.
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Janesville Parks Department employees Scott Schilling (left) and Jason Schlimgen spray away some of the Rock River odor from the pavement on N. Main Street.
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The walkway along the Rock River behind the N. Main St. businesses is starting to become visible.
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A child's doll bunny lays on a N. Main St. curb as the Rock River water recedes.
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The force of the Rock River water flowing through the United Way parking lot took out a part of the pavement.
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Sandy Hicks of Colorado and her 13-year-old niece Bonnie Willison paddle through floodwater on N. Charley Bluff Road on Monday. Willison's family lives on N. Lake Street in the Charley Bluff community and need to use alternative methods travel out of the area which is closed off by Lake Koshkonong floodwaters.
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Spray paint on the pavement marks where the water level reached on various days on N. Charley Bluff Rd. near Lake Koshkonong on Monday.
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Wade Williams with the Rock County Highway Department drives residents Leroy and Letitia Lopeno out of the Charley Bluff area where they live on Monday.
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A billboard makes an ironic statement above flooding along the Memorial Bridge in Janesville on Monday.
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A street sweeper cleans debris from N. Parker Drive as the flood water level recedes near Traxler Park in Janesville on Monday.
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Ron Huber walks through the flooded maintenance shop at Evonik Goldschmidt Chemical Co. in Janesville. The recent Rock River flooding has caused flooding around the company's property. Huber said that in his 39 years at the company, he's never seen anything like this.
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Dieter Bettinger looks at the flooded area around the Evonik Goldschmidt Chemical Co. in Janesville.
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Flooding over the train tracks at Evonik Goldschmidt Chemical Co. has kept it from getting raw materials.
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Sandbags hold back flood water at the Evonik Goldschmidt Chemical Co. in Janesville.
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Boat launch into Mill Lake part of the Lauderdale Lakes that have flooding problems.
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A mass of hoses leads out of the basement of Chase Bank on Milwaukee St. to the parking lot. Even though the building is more than a block away from the Rock River, the water table is causing flooding.
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The Rock River well over flood level rushes between bridges on Milwaukee St. and Court St.
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Janesville Police ordinances can be found throughout the city warning people to stay out of flooded areas. The water rushes fast in many of these areas, and it is feared to be contaminated.
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Tyler Huehne points a carp out to his father Ben just off of N. Main St. Carp are numerous in the water in the area because of the recent flooding.
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Flooding along E. Delavan Dr.
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Flooding at the intersection of E. Delavan Dr. and Beloit Ave.
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A pair off sightseers checkout the Janesville's Hedberg Public Library. The Rock River wall is completely submerge in front of a park bench with the water covering the library parking lot.
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The Rock River water flowing onto Afton Road north of Afton
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J.P. Lengjak returned in his pick-up to his home on Riverside Dr. in Beloit Township with a load of sandbags.
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Rich Tippelt of the Beloit Township Fire Department drives thru the flooding that the Rock River brought to residents in the Glenwood Subdivison.
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The flooded Rock Shores Trailer Park in Beloit Township.
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Jerry's Sport Service on Riverside Dr. in Beloit Township.
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Front- Eric Nelson and Lyle Johnson, both from Milton, were part of a large group sand bagging at the Newville Red Apple Car Wash in an effort to help save Rock River river-front property.
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Left-Doug Sherman and John Kinnett were the force in saving home along the Rock River at Newville.
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Residents on E. Gladys Dr. along the Rock River in Newville were force to leave their homes after a breach in the sand bag wall they built around them.
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Marty Walsh assess the Rock River flood damage to his home on E. Ellendale Rd. and talk about how the neighborhood pulled together during the flood.
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This piece of lawn art at an East Ellendale Rd. resident is up to its tail in flood water.
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Nick Keating and Ben Mueller (left to right), of Janesville, sit on their bikes on the Centerway Ave. Bridge, staring down the Rock River.
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As the Rock River rises, more streets around Janesville, Wis due to flooding. Delavan Dr. is one of those streets.
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A sign that warns of water on the road in Binghams Point now spells out irony. Binghams Point on Lake Koshkonong near Miltion, Wis. has flooded, and many of the homes are now halfway underwater.
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Bill Burlingame lives on Lake Koshkonong, where homes on the lake are halfway underwater. What used to be a mix of canal and grass is now the only way to reach the homes devastated by the flooding.
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Carp from the Rock River have made their way into downtown Janesville, Wis. In the N. Main St. Lot, they crowd the water for competition to swim upstream.
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City workers Al Hulick and Dave Grzelak (left to right) use a camcorder to record areas of Janesville affected by the Rock River flood. Below them, water flows over a concrete platform and into the walkway below.
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The Rock River Flood still creates a crowd on the Milwaukee St. Bridge.
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In spite of the fury the Rock River brought to Janesville this rose stands tall in a residents flooded back yard in the 1200 block of N. Parker Dr.
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The Janesville's Rock Aqua Jays ski team facilities in Traxler Park as seen from across the Rock River.
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The area around the Monterey Dam including the bike trail is off limits to the public.
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Billy Passon was having some luck bow fishing in the Rock River at Monterey Park.
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Laura Jackowski's home on Lake Koshkonong is underwater as the result of recent flooding across southern Wisconsin.
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Lake Koshkonong Charlie Buff residents arrive and depart with with transportation provided by the Wisconsin National Guard.
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A view looking down stream at the Rock River between Centerway St. and Milwaukee St. with the Dam not in view.
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A real estate for sale sign planted at 3636 Cemetery Rd.
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The Hedberg Public Library's green high water line says the library is still open.
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A view of the flooded South River Rd. looking north from the Highway 11 bypass.
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A view of the Rock River and the flooded Main St. from the 7th floor of the Garden Court Apartment building.
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The Rock River flooding on Janesville's Main St. next to the United Way building.
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The Wisconsin National Guard provided transportation for residents that live in the flooded Charlie Bluff area of Lake Koshkonong.
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Members of the Wisconsin National Guard 33rd MP Company out of Milwaukee monitor traffic coming and going along South River Road.
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After delivering groceries to her husband who is riding out the flooding at his home on South River Road, Donna Quinn has a conversation with Wisconsin National Guard members left-Joesson Theel and Lindsey Gessert who are with the 33rd MP Company from Milwaukee.
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Rock River flooding at Avalon Rd. and South River Road.
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A crew from Janesville's LP Tree Service was called into service on Mondayy to remove accumulated debris from the old railroad trestle that now carries the bike trail over the river next to S. Jackson St.. Too much debris blocks water and causes unnecessary stress on the bridge's structure.
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Photo By: Bill Olmsted
Flooding at Traxler Park on Wednesday 06-19-08.
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The walkways on both sides of the river through downtown have been closed for several days. Flood waters will continue to rise for the next 24 hours or so before the Janesville area can expect any relief.
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Flood waters forced the closure of N. Parker Dr. near Traxler Park several days ago. Although the entire park is under water, a thin strip of grass along the curb still separates the street from the worst of the flooding.
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Photo By: Bill Olmsted
A sign on a stairway down the riverwall seems to be stating the obvious these days. Officials have closed off the walkway on both sides of the river for flooding and safety reasons.
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Tourism in downtown Janesville is at an all-time high thanks to the flooded Rock River. N. Main St. has bee blocked off by sandbags which help funel flood waters from the north, back through a parking lot to the river again.
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Photo By: Bill Olmsted
Mark Mascharka, from Rockton, Ill., watches as carp swim up current on the river walkway off of N. Main St. in Janesville, Wis.
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The intersection of Centerway St. and N. Main St. in Janesville, Wis. is now almost a torrent. A rapid current now moves the water with the Rock River south down N. Main St.
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Businesses located on N Main St., near the Rock River, have written messages on their windows asking for the flood to go away.
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Carp can be found up and down N. Main St. where water from the Rock River has flooded small, open areas.
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Flooding around southern Wisconsin has taken its toll on local crops. In this field, off of Weary Dr. in Evansville, standing water is inhibiting corn growth.
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Flooding around southern Wisconsin has taken its toll on local crops. In this field, off of Weary Dr. in Evansville, standing water is inhibiting corn growth.
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A Janesville police officer approaches a woman who had just waded through the flood waters at N. Main St. and Centerway. Although not against the law, officials advise against entering the flood water without proper safety gear due to the extreme health risks involved.
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Photo By: Bill Olmsted
The flooding Rock River has been playing havoc with traffic through the Janesville area. Many streets and bridges have been closed as a result of the increasing water levels. (Pictured is the Centerway Bridge and the Main St. (flooded), and Parker Dr. intersections.)
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Photo By: Bill Olmsted
An unidentified woman was taken by boat to the ofice entrance of Adams Roofing on N. Main St. Wednesday morning. The long-time Janesville business is surrounded by the waters of the flooded Rock River.
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LP Tree Service of Janesville was called in on Wednesday to remove this giant pier/boat ramp from the waters against the Centerway Bridge over the Rock River.
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LP Tree Service of Janesville was called in on Wednesday to remove this giant pier/boat ramp from the waters against the Centerway Bridge over the Rock River.
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Janesville's Centerway Dam
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Brian Hanson from Johntown Center checks out the Indianford Dam from the top of a gravel berm. The berm was created to keep the Rock River from washing away the shore near the dam.
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The American Red Cross and St. John's Lutheran Church at 302 N. Parker Drive set up a shelter for flood victims.
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Fish in the United Way parking lot
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The Afton Rock River monitoring stations river level gauge read 13.30 ft. at 5 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
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The Janesville Hedberg Public Library is open but has lost all of its parking lot to the rising Rock River.
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Rock County Sheriff Deputy Mark Thompson, working on his day off, gives this driver the OK to enter the South River Road and Happy Hollow Road area. Drivers with no business in the area were turned away.
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Holden Richardt found fish willing to bite while fishing at the canoe portage ramp below the Centeway Dam.
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Afton Road railroad tracks
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United Way, Main Street in Janesville
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Karl and Marilyn Allen's basement has sump pumps running at the top of their basement steps at 4647 N. River Rd.
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Newville's Anchor Inn
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Left-Jim Newcomb and his son Sean Newcomb dig another hole to place an additional sump pump to keep up with the water seepage coming thru the sand bag wall built between Lake Koshkonong and homes along Glady's Dr. in Newville.
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A real estate for sale sign as seen along the shore of the Rock River/Lake Koshkonong area by Glady's Dr.
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Milton Township police officer Sargent Mike Maltese hands out flood information and and was only allowing local residents into the Lake Koshkonong Charlie Bluff residential area.
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Stacey Babiarz donated his Bobcat sandbag filler to help flooding victims on Lake Koshkonong.
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A walk through the recent flooding reveals an uncountable number of dead Earthworms.
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Flooding has also occurred at Jeffris Park, where water is creeping towards the softball pavilion.
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Daryl Thompson, from Janesville, stands on a concrete outcropping and fishes into a patch of grass that has become a small pond.
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The baseball diamond at Monterey Park now looks like an sandy island.
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The former Panoramic Packaging building (l) and the Degusa Chemical plant downstream from the Center Ave. bridge.
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Although the access road to the basball diamond in Riverside Park is flooded, and a low area along the road and wading pool behind the third baseline makes the field itself an island, the playing area was untouchd by flood water on Monday.
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The Monterey Park (top) and dam area on the Rock River on 06-16-08. The CenterAve. Bridge bisects the photo.
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An overall photo of the Rock River from Traxler Park, lower left and looking south- east towards downtown.
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The Mole & Sadler's subdivision (center) and south portion of Riverside Park.
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Viewing the water rushing through downtown Janesville has become a very popular activity. The walkways on both sides of the river have been closed.
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Tom Chilson enters his aunt's house in the Mole & Sadler's subdivision.
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Tyler Chilson's feet are submerged while on the kitchen floor of a relative's flooded house in the Mole&Sadler's subdivision.
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Street sign on Joseph St..
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Joseph St., Janesville
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View from Charles St., Janesville.
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The framework for a boat cover is barely above the flood waters in Newville.
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Janesville City Manager Steve Sheiffer addresses the residents of Janesville's Mole & Sadler's subdivision on Sunday.
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Jenny Pearson and her nephew Tom Chilson and his son Tyler entered Pearson's Joseph St. home to raise the furniture higher off the floor on Sunday.
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Jenny Pearson has only lived in her Joseph St. home for a couple of years. This is her third flood.
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Jenny Pearson and her grand nephew Tyler Chilson in Pearson's flooded kitchen.
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Joseph St., Janesville.
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Joseph St., Janesville.
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Joseph St., Janesville
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The corner of Hamilton Ave. and joseph St., Janesville.
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The Botsford home on Hamilton Ave. was raised up several feet after the flooding of 1959. The living space remains dry but the basement still takes on water which requires pumping.
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View from Charles St. in Janesville.
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Much of Riverside Park is underwater and closed to the public.
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The new playground in Riverside Park is under water.
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Rick Cronk sandbags a relatives home on N. River Rd. on Sunday.
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In Newville, many properties along the Rock River are protected behind walls of thousands of sandbags.
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Marty Walsh (l) and friend Ron Olia set up a pump to clear water from behind the barrier protecting Walsh's Newville home.
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Marty Walsh (l) and friend Ron Olia outside of Walsh's Newville home.
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Family, friends, neighbors, and a crew from the Rock Sheriff Department Workender program labored on Sunday to protect homes in Newville.
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Family, friends, neighbors, and a crew from the Rock Sheriff Department Workender program labored on Sunday to protect homes in Newville.
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Dozens of family, neighbors, friends, and even a Rock County Sheriff’s Dept. Workender crew, worked at the home of Marty Walsh and Jill Kelderman on Ellendale Road in Newville on Sunday. The group loaded and stacked sandbags for this and other nearby properties. The Walsh-Kelderman home had a wall that held back about three feet of the Rock River.
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Hamilton Avenue resident Paul Botsford uses a boat to visit his neighbor, Bob Baker, at his Joseph Street home over the weekend. The pair live at opposite ends of the Mole & Sadler’s subdivision. Both of the men’s residences sit high enough that the living space may be spared from flood damage.
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A submerged fire hydrant peeks about the flood waters at the corner of Elgin Avenue and Joseph Street on Saturday. About two feet of water have covered most of the riverside neighborhood on Janesville’s near west side.
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Janesville City Manager Steve Sheiffer, center, addresses a gathering of residents of Mole & Sadler’s subdivision Sunday morning. Much of the riverside neighborhood is under water and the utilities have been shut off. Residents have been ordered to leave. The meeting was held to advise the people of the flood situation status. The Rock River is expected to crest Thursday at 14.5 feet. That is 5.5 feet above flood stage.
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Darcy Cherry and Bob Stenzel listen to the discussion between city officials and their neighbors in the Mole and Sadler’s subdivision during a meeting Sunday. Although the couple’s residence sits well above the water on Charles Street, the lack of utilities in the flooded neighborhood has disrupted their lives nonetheless.
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Jenny Pearson got help in her Mole & Sadler’s subdivision home Sunday from her nephew, Tom Chilson, and his son, Tyler. The trio spent time raising furniture even higher off the floor than it was, in anticipation of more water. The first floor is already under an inch of water.
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Rick Cronk, left, helps his brother-in-law Dale Onsrud place a sandbag barrier around Onsrud’s North River Road home Sunday. Although no water had gotten into the riverside house yet, predictions of rising waters and the crest of the Rock River on Thursday made the sandbagging and pumping necessary.
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A red warning notice, tacked to a home on Hamilton Avenue, declares the home unsafe for habitation. Residents of the Mole & Sadler’s subdivision where the home is located, have been ordered to leave and the utilities to the area have been shut off.
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In recent days, Janesville's Milwaukee St. bridge over the Rock River has become a popular spot for people to get a glimpse of the torrent. A steady stream of people with still and video cameras record the historic flood.
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Janesville DPW employee Phil Suiter walks the riverwall behind the Hedberg Public Library on Saturday afternoon. Suiter was checking the distance from the top of the wall to the water level. Although the library parking area is taking on water, the river still has several inches to rise before it exceeds the wall.
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Matt Bennett of Janesville walks along the medal of Honor Walkway in Veterans Plaza in Traxler Park on Saturday. The river has joined with the Traxler Lagoon and most of the park is under water at this time. Some areas are under as much as two feet of water.
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South River Road in Janesville.
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Ants trying to survive the Rock River flooding on Friday in Janesville.
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Residents on South River Road examine floodwaters.
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South River Road in Janesville.
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Bystanders watch from the Milwaukee bridge as Janesville streets department workers reinforce the sandbags behind Firehouse Park on N. Main St. on Friday.
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Rock River water covers the river walk along N. Main St. on Friday. A sandbag barrier has been erected to prevent further infiltration into the buildings in the area which are already battling inches to feet of water in their basements.
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The Riverside Mill building along Riverside Dr. that houses Schulers and MMPR expects major flooding from the rising Rock River.
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A carp found its misfortune on the bike trail by Van Galder Bus Co. in Janesville. The carp was swept out of the overflowing lagoon by the Monterey Dam.
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Jason Stout, left, and Doug Kath with the City of Janesville Streets Department, carry sandbags behind Firehouse Park on N. Main St. in downtown Janesville on Friday.
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Bob Schuh, employee at MMPR in the Riverside Mill building on Riverside Dr., takes a break from moving activity to check the water level from the loading dock behind the building.
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Brothers John, Jeff and Robbie Lankford return from Afton with sand bags while helping friends on South River Road with their flooding problems.
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Water in the basement of the O'Leary Law Office at 15 N. Main St. in downtown Janesville was about 2.5 feet deep Friday afternoon.
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Dave Olsen, left, and Kirk Stubbe, employees of Schlueter Co., stack sandbags along the N. Main St. side of the business as water rose into the street on Friday.
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Judy Gibson, a secretary at Trimax in the Olde Towne Mall in downtown Janesville, vacuums water out of a hallway in the basement of the building on Friday.
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Sandbags are piled in front of the Rock Aqua Jays water ski team building at Traxler Park. The bags are stacked high with the hope that it will be enough to block the still rising river's crest. The ski team was already forced to cancel a tournament at the site next weekend.
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City workers carry barrels and trash out of Traxler Park as rising water threatens to carry them away.
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As the Rock River rises, water creeps towards Adams Roofing Co. on N. Main St. in downtown Janesville.
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A sign advises N. Main St., which now looks like a small river, is closed. The street is closed from the Centerway intersection to Traxler Park.
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Inmates from Rock County Jail fill sandbags in Janesville on Friday.
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Matt Kappelmeyer, Silviano Miguel and Eleacer Ortez (right to left) set down sandbags next to Rock Valley Textiles on N. Main St. in Janesville, Wis. as water levels rise from the Rock River.
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