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 April 25, 1997Diane Caspers walks through the flooded street past the Wilkin County Courthouse Thursday in Breckenridge, Minn., after checking her home. Forum photo by Nick Carlson |
 April 25, 1997Bob Sheeley of Breckenridge, Minn., starts up the pump to flush out his water-filled basement Thursday. Forum photo by Nick Carlson |
 April 24, 1997Roger Hanson, below right, and Charles Bitker of Al's Disposal of Ada, Minn., double-team a huge pile of flood damaged household items as they load a dumpster. Ada continues its daunting cleanup tasks after floodwaters rumbled through in early April Bruce Crummy/The Forum |
 April 24, 1997Jay Romond, left, waits as Dean Erkenbrack wades through the water with a box of Oak Grove Lutheran High School library books. Nick Carlson/The Forum |
 April 24, 1997U.S. Coast Guardsman Leonard Tallevast guides his boat past the burned-out building in downtown Grand Forks. Associated Press Photo |
 April 24, 1997Residents of the hard hit Oak Grove Lutheran High School area received a boost from Shotwell Floral. People like Jane Butler on South Terrace display their flowers from the neighborhood green house on top of the sand bags along the street. Nick Carlson/The Forum |
 April 24,1997Zeljka, left, and Radomir Curic find sanctuary at the Red Cross evacuation center at Nemzek Hall on the Moorhead State University campus Wednesday. The Curics escaped war-torn Bosnia only to be displaced by the floodwaters in Grand Forks. Forum photo by Nick Carlson |
 April 24, 1997Mike Longworth of Quad States Asbestos Removal, Inc. of Montevideo, Minn. grabs another load of flood-spoiled athletic clothing for disposal from the basement office af Ada-Borup High School health and physical education teacher Ruth Hayden Wednesday in Ada. Forum photo by Bruce Crummy |
 April 23, 1997President Clinton reaches over to assure Grand Forks Mayor Pat Owens that she was OK after she started her speech with a light comment at the start of a serious briefing on flood damage and flood-fighting efforts from local officials Tuesday at the Grand Fork Air Force Base. Dave Wallis/The Forum |
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 April 23, 1997East Grand Forks, Minn., residents Scott and Jolene Grovum are at MeritCare Medical Center in Fargo with their one-day-old daughter Jenna, who gets a kiss from big sister Leah, 3. The baby was born after the Grovums were forced to evacuate their flooded hometown. Bruce Crummy/The Forum |
 April 23, 1997Two-year-old Amerina Delacruz muses herself in the back of the family pickup as she waits for her parents to return from the assistance center. The family was evacuated from Grand Forks and was staying with relatives in Crookston. Colburn Hvidston III/The Forum |
 April 23, 1997One of the few East Grand Forks residents still successfully fighting the flood Tuesday gives the thumbs up sign from his north side home. Colburn Hvidston III/The Forum |
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 April 23, 1997National Guardsman Mike Kinney of Duluth loads frozen meat products from a residential home freezer onto a 2.5 ton Guard vehicle in anticipation of an electricity shutdown in north East Grand Forks. Colburn Hvidston III/The Forum |
 April 23, 1997Salvation Army volunteer Colleen Wilkerson of New Hope, Minn. visits with Barb Sikklia who was evacuated from East Grand Forks. Colburn Hvidston III/The Forum |