A strong current rushed through Judicial Ditch 30 on Monday south of Sleepy Eye as fields drained from heavy rains over the weekend. Jim Marti, who bought his farm near there in 1967, said it was the highest he's ever seen the ditch. Like a lot of local farmers, he began the week wondering about the fate of the crops he had just planted. 'I got a lot of lakes,' he said. Photos by David Forster
