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Residents of Brown's Valley, Minnesota are nervously holding their breath to see if a brand new flood diversion project will keep their city dry from a rising Red River.  For a few tense hours yesterday it looked like it wouldn't.   The $4.2 million project started years ago, but isn't quite finished.  MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Brown's Valley Mayor Jeff Backer.

Residents of Brown's Valley, Minnesota are nervously holding their breath to see if a brand new flood diversion project will keep their city dry from a rising Red River.  For a few tense hours yesterday it looked like it wouldn't.   The $4.2 million project started years ago, but isn't quite finished.

Flood project holds up in Browns Valley

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