Cavalier evacuated due to concerns about dam

Prairie Public Broadcasting | By Todd McDonald

Published May 22, 2013 at 6:39 AM CDT

The city of Cavalier is a virtual ghost town this morning.

As Prairie Public’s Todd McDonald reports, the city was evacuated last night because of worries that – due to all the rain in the area -- a dam might fail.

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