FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. – Sandbags held back the Mississippi River at Fountain City, but the water table was pushed so high that water bubbled up through cracks in the Highway 35 pavement. On the dip from the Ford dealership north along North Shore Drive, the pavement went under water. Meanwhile, high school students and volunteers continued sandbagging to avoid a breach from the river itself, which was running higher every hour. Inside the sandbag barricade, pumps were trying to keep pace with water that continued breaking through the pavement. Mayor Gwen Katula called it “a constant work in progress.”
