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 April 6, 1997 Lane Wateland of the Wahpeton Fire Department adjusts a sandbag holding a pump discharge in place at the base of the Minnesota-Dakota Bridge. The bridge was closed to traffic Saturday as floodwaters reached record levels. Colburn Hvidston III/The Forum |
 April 6, 1997Clay County Highway Department employees Scott Rennecke, left, and Kurt Fisher set up the barricades to close the North Bridge on the Red River between Fargo and Moorhead. Bruce Crummy/ The Forum |
 April 4, 1997Mayville- Portland -Clifford- Galesburg High School senior Ross Johnson searches in the rising waters for a golf ball he and other friends hit Thursday afternoon into a low area at Second Avenue South at First Street at Mayville. Bruce Crummy/ The Forum |
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 April 4, 1997Tom Donaldson places a final sandbag as he crafts a dike around the front of his home in Fargo's South Acres. Colburn Hvidston III/The Forum |
 April 4, 1997Ranell Hatch, left, and Joe Berg, working for Master Construction carefully wade through the chilly water to get to a telephone switching facility in Casselton. Dave Wallis/The Forum |
 April 3, 1997Water overflows the banks of the Maple River and covers a road while isolating two buildings on a farm north of Enderlin, N.D. Dave Wallis/The Forum |
 April 3, 1997Northern Improvement Co. of Fargo began construction on the Second Street dike Wednesday, heading north from the base of the First Avenue bridge. Colburn Hvidston III/ The Forum |
 April 3, 1997Roads stand out as water floods the fields south of Davenport, N. D., Wednesday. DAVE WALLIS / The Forum |
 April 3, 1997Moorhead firefighter Don Bratlien dumps out his boots after working to free an ice-clogged culvert under 30th Avenue South near its intersection with 20th Street in Moorhead Wednesday morning. BRUCE CRUMMY / The Forum |