HORACE, N.D. Officials scrambling to fix a levee breach in North Dakota along the rising Sheyenne River said this morning it appears to be under control.

National Guard helicopters are dropping 1,000-pound sandbags into the breach and crews have been working to fix the gap in the levee in Valley City.

By about 8:30 a.m., city administrator Jon Cameron said the breach appeared to be under control.

Officials had recommended a large part of the town of 6,875 evacuate. Mayor Mary Lee Nielson says officials are not yet telling people to return because crews are still working.

The National Weather Service said the Sheyenne is expected to crest Tuesday in Valley City about two feet higher than the record set in 1882. That would close all but one of the town's 11 bridges.

The Sheyenne River empties into the Red River, expected to reach a second flood crest of its own near Fargo this week.