Northwest Iowa Flooding

Advisory: The City of Hawarden is requesting volunteers to assist in sandbagging.

Please report to 717 7th St. Please bring shovels and gloves.

Volunteers are needed for general clean-up on Wednesday June 18th in Rockvalley.

Volunteers are asked to go to Trinity Christian Reformed Church, 2020 8th Street South East for further instructions. For safety purposes, you are asked to wear proper work clothing, including: shoes, boots, and gloves.

Transportation to emergency areas will be provided. Free daycare for volunteers will be provided and Jungle Kids Daycare at the Faith Reformed Church from 12:30 to 3:30pm.

If you are not volunteering, you are asked to stay OFF city streets to allow emergency services to provide assistance to those who need it most.

Rockvalley is only accessible two ways, COUNTY BLACKTOP K-30 from the South, or from the East by taking U-S HIGHWAY 18. YOU CANNOT GET INTO ROCK VALLEY FROM THE NORTH OR THE WEST.

HIGHWAY 18, BETWEEN THE SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE (3 MILES WEST OF THE INWOOD AREA) AND COUNTY ROAD K42 (NEAR ROCK VALLEY). THE ROAD IS BLOCKED DUE TO FLOODING.