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Water main break closes part of Central Avenue

-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Two pickups pass each other in the water that covered part of the 1300 block of Central Avenue following a water main break there Friday afternoon. The water main break was reported just before 3 p.m.
-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Fort Dodge public works employees work on a valve as they get ready to make repairs following a water main break in the 1300 block of Central Avenue Friday afternoon.
-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Water bubbles out of the ground and onto the 1300 block of Central Avenue following a water main break there Friday afternoon. The water was coming out in two spots along the curb on the north side of the street. The partially flooded street was closed to all traffic.

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