Flooding in Northern Wisconsin Hits Bad River Reservation

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker declared a state of emergency Tuesday in the northern part of the state after storms caused flooding in eight counties. The Bad River Ojibwe reservation, located in Ashland County, has been hit hard.

Several roads on the reservation and surrounding area have been washed out.

“A trip that used to take only 10 minutes now takes hours,” according to Delphine Hurd, resident of Odanah on the Bad River Reservation.

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