Handy for summer boaters. Sailors and motoring tourists too. Lakeside but now facing inundation. The lake is two miles wide, backed up behind the natural barrier formed by thee Chippewa River flowing into the Mississippi River eight miles away.
Sandbags, barricades and lakeside prayers
PEPIN, Wis. — The patio at the Pickle Factory, a summery lakeside retreat on Lake Pepin, has disappeared under rising flood waters. The lower level is pooled with water. And water it’s rising. Owner Paul Wurtz barricades to minimize the water slashing against the building and putting pressure on the wood-frame walls. He has sandbags around the doors and iside.“Right now, we’re keeping it somewhat at bay, but it’s starting to work its way in,” Wurtz told a KTTC reporter. Among his concerns: Water bleeding s into the back kitchen area and storage area.
Earlier: Sandbags laid at Minnesota City dam
Dark humor
Wurtz offered a special for customers who come in wearing high- water pants: “You’ll get half off our fried pickles.”