Spring Flood Run to bring motorcycles along Mississippi river between Winona and St. Paul

Annual event raises money for Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul

MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN (WKBT) – If you are driving along the Mississippi River Saturday, be prepared to share the road with a lot of motorcycles during the annual Flood Run.

Riders start in the Twin Cities and head down to Winona.

The annual event, launched to help the Winona area sandbag during the floods of 1965, now raises money for Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul.

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