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Entertaining customers
Businessman John Stern entertains customers by showing off a pair of giant Levis at Straus Clothing in Fargo, N.D., earlier this month. Also pictured is Joe Kourouma, 11, of Fridley, Minn. Stern, who co-owns Straus with his brother and owns a home on the Red River, is looking forward to visiting his grandchildren in Colorado this spring without worrying about his basement flooding.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR/ Read Fargo-Moorhead residents welcome no-flood spring
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Sam Hulin, a mechanic at Freewheel Bike
Sam Hulin, a mechanic at Freewheel Bike in Minneapolis, is one of several mechanics tuning up bikes to keep up with warm weather business.
MPR Photo/Julie Siple/Read Record warm Minnesota weather could heat economy
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Entertaining customers
Businessman John Stern entertains customers by showing off a pair of giant Levis at Straus Clothing in Fargo, N.D., earlier this month. Also pictured is Joe Kourouma, 11, of Fridley, Minn. Stern, who co-owns Straus with his brother and owns a home on the Red River, is looking forward to visiting his grandchildren in Colorado this spring without worrying about his basement flooding.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR/ Read Fargo-Moorhead residents welcome no-flood spring
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Deck overlooking river
Adirondack chairs sit on a deck that overlooks the O'Connor family's backyard and Red River in the distance. The O'Connors moved into their Moorhead house in June 2008 and have dealt with major spring flooding for three consecutive years. The family -- like most Fargo-Moorhead residents -- are enjoying a relaxed spring given the unlikelihood of a major flood fight this year.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR/ Read Fargo-Moorhead residents welcome no-flood spring
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