A levee in the Blackhawk area near the city of Portage was failing as of Sunday evening. The Wisconsin River is in major flood stage, with a manual gauge reading by the city of Portage at 20.1' Sunday night. Looking at the river level this morning, as of 8am, it is currently at 20.59' - although there may be some debris affecting this reading.
Some of the roads south and west of Portage are closed and access to the Blackhawk subdivision has been closed off. According to the National Weather Service in Milwaukee the river level appears to be leveling off and will begin to slowly decrease early this week.
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