OAKPORT TOWNSHIP, Minn. - Lloyd and Clarice Overbo were a happy couple Saturday night.
Lloyd Overbo, 78, asked Clay County officials for help when floodwaters threatened their home north of Moorhead.
Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist issued a plea for volunteer help about 6 p.m.
By 8:35 p.m., the Overbo home at 324 80th Ave. N. was ringed with sandbags.
The bags were courtesy of the city of Moorhead, and the dike was built with volunteer help.
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"We must have had 70 people show up. It was amazing," said Bergquist.
Lloyd Overbo, too, was impressed.
"Oh, I tell you. It's wonderful," he said. "It was nice to see so many people who cared."
