Owatonna

MINNEAPOLIS - With 240 guests expected, Luke Fischer and Rachel Smith weren't about to let the widespread flooding in southern Minnesota get in the way of their wedding Saturday.

OWATONNA, Minn. - Rivers and streams that brought sudden flooding to parts of southern Minnesota and southwest Wisconsin towns were slowly receding, bringing relief to communities hoping to escape an intense fall storm without widespread damage.

OWATONNA, Minn. - Flooding caused by heavy rain that's lashed parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin forced the evacuation Friday of dozens of homes in the small city of Owatonna, where swollen waterways closed bridges and threatened to swamp neighborhoods.