MILWAUKEE — Recent flooding on the Menomonee River has left the Marquette University rowing team without their dock after it was ripped from its foundation and carried downstream.

The dock, which was less than a year old and cost $30,000, was completely torn away during flooding and ended up half a mile down the river.

"On Sunday morning, we came down to just check on our dock. We thought it would be damaged somehow, way bent slightly, and when we came down here, we found out that it was completely gone," said Jules Wilson, head coach of Marquette's rowing team.

The team had just installed the dock at their boathouse location, with the funds raised entirely by students.

Marquette rowing team seeks help after floods destroy $30,000 dock

"That dock was basically brand new, less than a y

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