Staples World photos by Tom Crawford

While Fargo and the Red River Valley are fighting flooding, central Minnesota has a abundance of water from the snow melt and recent rainfalls as well. The Partridge River's heavy flow (above) had created small lakes Monday on both sides of Wadena County Road 29 where it flows under in three culverts. Right, the fourth fairway at The Vintage golf course was more water than dry ground with one of the course's trees reflected in a pool of water. More moisture was expected in the latter half of the week to add to this mess.