Tempers flare in New Richland as residents air frustrations over repeated flooding

ListenTempers flare in New Richland as residents air frustrations over repeated flooding. The floodwaters that filled the small southern Minnesota town of New Richland continued to recede Thursday, but as residents worked to clean up and discard flood-damaged belongings, they expressed anger and frustration that their city repeatedly floods and that very little has apparently been done to prevent it.

Nice and quiet tonight, rain returns Tuesday into Wednesday and may be heavy at times

We continue to dry out a bit after a wet and gloomy Sunday. A few peeks of sunshine and temperatures into the lower 70s are certainly making for a comfortable start to the week, which continues through Monday evening. Another storm system begins to affect much of the region Tuesday...

State officials to give update on southeast Minnesota flooding recovery

NEW RICHLAND, MINN. (Valley News Live) - State and local officials will provide an update Monday, September 28, on recovery efforts for communities impacted by flooding in southern and southeastern Minnesota. Heavy rain caused flooding across the region on Sept. 18-19, damaging homes, businesses, roads, and other property, according to...

New Richland family home devastated by flooding, supported by community

(ABC 6 News) — As the New Richland community recovers after destructive floods, one family is wondering how they’ll recover from their personal devastation. Tyler and Shelby Priebe moved into their home in 2013. Since then, the most flooding they’ve seen happened in 2016, where they saw water rise into the basement. However, the Priebes […]

Breakdown of rain chances through next week

9/22/2026: Rain can be a tremendous inconvenience as we head into the harvest season. Meteorologist Shawn Cable has a breakdown of the rain chances through next.

Cleanup continues for residents and businesses after New Richland flood

NEW RICHLAND, Minn. (KEYC) - Businesses and community members in New Richland were still cleaning up from a weekend flood on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Amber Lewer, a co-owner of Neighbor’s Meats said on Sunday staff came into a shop that was submerged in water. “It was basically like a...

Meteorologist Caitlyn Lorr's 6:00 am Weathercast 9-25-2026

Meteorologist Caitlyn Lorr's 6:00 am Weathercast 9-25-2026.

Minnesota drought: Recent rain brings improvement to Twin Cities, southern Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Much-needed rainfall over the last week is helping parts of Minnesota chip away at the drought, with the Twin Cities metro now escaping extreme drought conditions. Minnesota drought conditions improve. Local perspective:. Widespread 1 to 4 inches of rain have fallen in a lot of central...

Meteorologist Shawn Cable's Thursday Noon Weathercast

New Richland residents forced to rebuild after flooding

The 1,200 residents who call New Richland, Minnesota, home won't forget Saturday, when nine inches of pouring rain led to flooding in town.

Drought conditions improve following weekend of heavy rain

KIMT -- Following a round of intense rainfall through the weekend of Sept. 18-20th, many of us have seen significant improvement in drought conditions across the area. Mostly notably, parts of our area that were once in the 'Dry' category are no longer there. Parts of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago counties have been downgraded from 'Moderate Drought' status back to 'Dry'.

On and off rain chances through next week

It has been a nice day out there as we finally have a sunny day after a week of dreary weather. Enjoy today because dreary, cloudy weather returns for the next week. It has already been a wet September, but more rain chances are ahead. Tomorrow, rain will move in from west to east, with a few thunderstorms possible, but nothing severe. Rain will be possible again overnight Friday into Saturday, and then we are watching a stronger system for Tuesday into next Wednesday. When it is not raining, there will be a lot of mostly cloudy skies.

Helicopter footage of flooding across southeast Minnesota

(ABC 6 News) – Communities across southeast Minnesota continue to clean up after heavy rain swept through the area causing widespread flooding. ABC 6 News has obtained aerial footage of some areas hit especially hard. The helicopter video shows footage gathered above New Richland, Spring Valley, The Root River and Lanesboro.

New Richland residents criticize city’s flood preparedness

Dave Gunnette could tell something was off as he drove around town at 1 a.m. Friday. “Everybody’s flag should have went up at one in the morning,” he said. “It was obvious there was going to be problems, and people didn’t respond.” His hunch was proven true. Through the rest of the night, 9 inches of rain stormed down on New Richland, flooding swathes of the town and displacing dozens of residents. First responders began evacuating the New Richland Care Center at 6:30 a.m, according to city administrator Tyler Lendt. Along with its first responders, the city had a swathe of resident volunteers who helped sandbag to try to alleviate flood damage. But, Gunnette, and other residents, say the city did not respond effectively. Moreover, Gunnette believes the city failed to address the flooding issue after similar floods in 2010 and 2016. “In 2010 they told us it was a 100-year once-in-a-lifetime rain, they said it wasn’t going to happen again,” Mike Meyer, owner of Midwest Repairables said. “Absolutely, I think it’ll happen again.” Meyer’s business is located just a few yards north of the baseball diamonds overcome by water during the flood. At its peak, Meyer said the water

Heavy rain causes flooding in southern Minnesota

New Richland is cleaning up after roughly 8 inches of rain fell in less than three hours, flooding streets, yards and homes. Thirty-six residents were evacuated from a senior living facility as water rushed through the building, but no injuries were reported. FOX 9 meteorologist Cody Matz reports.

09/22/27: A chilly night with lows in the 40s

'Please don't let me fall': Students help evacuate nursing home in flooded Minnesota town

Students from a small school about 90 miles south of Minneapolis were among the many who volunteered after torrential rain flooded the town of New Richland.

New Richland flooding damaged roughly 80% of city's homes

A state of emergency has been declared in the rural southeastern Minnesota city of 1,200 people.