Ice-choked river unleashes record flooding

A Milwaukee River choked by ice, crested at record-high levels and caused historic  flooding that overwhelmed houses and businesses, swept away trees and devastated a park in northern Ozaukee County’s river communities late last week and early this week.

“It came in like a tsunami. I’ve been here 37 years and I’ve never seen anything like this,” Reginald “Tony” Rotheray said while cleaning out his Voiture Ltd. car repair shop in Waubeka. “I’ve talked to people who’ve lived here for 60 years and they never saw anything like this.”