The images of the fire, in the wake of the flood, were broadcast on national television. Owens was featured prominently in that coverage. She then led the city's recovery efforts. Former President ...

GRAND FORKS — John O’Leary is being remembered as an outstanding public servant, who was instrumental in Grand Fork’s recovery from the Flood of ‘97 and whose decisions at that time have had a lasting ...

GRAND FORKS - The Rev. Ted Schuldt came to town last month to serve the church hit worse than any other in Grand Forks by the Flood of 1997. The new shepherd of First Presbyterian Church, he said he ...

In the spring of 1997, floodwaters rose out of the Red River, forcing what was then the largest evacuation of an American city. Now the community... The Great Flood: Grand Forks 10 Years On The Great ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Former Grand Forks Mayor Patricia “Pat” Owens, who led the community through the historic Red River Flood of 1997, has died. The face of Grand Forks, N.D. mayor Pat Owens shows the ...

Former President Bill Clinton is cheered on by supporters following his speech in downtown Grand Forks on March 17, 2012, at the flood obelisk. Former Grand Forks Mayor Pat Owens and other city ...

GRAND FORKS -- Al Grasser was assistant city engineer when the floodwaters swept through Grand Forks. Twenty years later, he’s in charge of the department -- but he still remembers what it was like to ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – The East Grand Forks City Council approved naming the council chambers after former East Grand Forks Mayor Lynn Stauss during its meeting Tuesday night. Stauss, mayor during the ...