Flood Forecasting Still A Challenge Since Historic 1997 Flood & Fire in the Grand Cities kvrr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kvrr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the weeks after those fateful days in April 1997, when Grand Forks was in ruins, Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., held an important meeting in his Washington, D.C., office.
A quarter-century after the flood, former Grand Forks Mayor Mike Brown, the longest-tenured mayor in city history, remembers residents’ anger when they looked to city leaders for answers about recovery.