Eighty-six degree temperatures, and some pesky sand boils, prompted a call for volunteers in Elwood to help with sandbagging operations.

Elwood-Gladden Drainage District President Craig Sheppard says it was not an emergency situation, but they needed volunteers to rotate among sandbaggers to prevent health problems caused by the heat.

Elwood officials hoped to get about 25 volunteers to help out.

Some sand boils started percolating next to a relatively new sand berm on the Elwood-Gladden levee north of the railroad bridge on Sunday.

The Missouri River at the St Joseph gauge had dropped beneath 29 feet Sunday, and was expected to drop another foot or so by late Tuesday.