ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - St. Joseph city workers are emptying about 90,000 sandbags that helped hold back floodwaters last summer, and officials say the city will be holding onto most of the sand.
The St. Joseph News-Press (http://bit.ly/zGV4jq) reports the sand was being returned to city yards this week while officials decide what to do with it.
Assistant street superintendent Nate Giseburt says the city bought sand from Topeka, Kan., and several other areas in preparation for summer flooding. Most of the sand emptied from the bags will stay in storage unless the city decides to do something else with it.
Giseburt says anyone who wants to buy the sand will have to pay a decent price because the city won't be just giving it away.
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Information from: St. Joseph News-Press, http://www.stjoenews-press.com