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Donna Koski in Thomson
Donna Koski sits in front of her house in Thomson, Minn. Sunday afternoon, June 24, 2012. The home sustained heavy damage from last week's flood.
Derek Montgomery for MPR/Read the story

Northeast Minnesota takes stock after the floods, the Laughing Loon Farm copes with the aftermath of an earlier deluge, some Minneapolis kids greet summer by going back to school, hog farmers feel pressure to treat their livestock better, and Brandi Carlile visits MPR. All that and more in our photos of the week.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann reacts to health care ruling
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Obama's health care law, on June 28, 2012 in Washington, DC.
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Donna Koski in Thomson
Donna Koski sits in front of her house in Thomson, Minn. Sunday afternoon, June 24, 2012. The home sustained heavy damage from last week's flood.
Derek Montgomery for MPR/Read the story
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Kathy Kasten and customers
Welcome to summer! Kathy Kasten, owner of Another Time Ice Cream Parlor & Chocolates, greets customers outside her store in Lanesboro, Minn. Kasten and her husband, Ron, bought the shop in late April 2012. While there's a population of homegrown Lanesboro residents, a community of "urban expatriates" there who have opened tourism-based businesses.
AP Photo/Alexa Wallick/Read the story