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It might not have been on their bucket list, but it was a once-in-a-lifetime event. That’s how veterans Beth Johnson and Kathy Sikkila said they felt about attending the commissioning of the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul combat ship.

This year the Indus School graduation class had five students: Chase Steinbach, Ulrich Picar, Colin Leahy, Jade Etienne and Lydia Black. It was an intimate graduation ceremony at the school gymnasium, with lots of personal stories about each graduate from the speakers.

State Rep. Jen Schultz, who is seeking the 8th District U.S. representative seat, snaps a photo out the window at Thunderbird Lodge Sunday, seeing the docks there underwater and a large pump attempting to keep up with flooding in the basement. PHOTOS BY LAUREL BEAGER

Gwen Martin, with the Minnesota All Hazards Incident Management Team, and Sheriff Perryn Hedlund show maps and data about the rising water Sunday morning to state Rep. Jen Schultz, state Auditor Julie Blaha and Rep. Rob Ecklund at the Emergency Operations Center at the Law Enforcement Center.

County Road 46 in front of City Beach and leading to Ranier Beach has been closed as water has overflowed it. Staff with Schultz snapped a photo as workers unloaded sandbags on the west end of the road.

Ranier’s waterfront has a new look, as just the items holding docks down can be seen above the surface. On the shoreline at the left is Tara’s Warf and popular spot for ice cream on hot days when the water is lower.

Water is up to the doorstep at a house on County Road 20, on the opposite side of Rainy Lake. .

All modes of delivering sandbags are being used, as a small tractor goes to a site. .