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.
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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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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 sits in front of her house in Thomson, Minn. Sunday afternoon, June 24, 2012. The home sustained heavy damage from last week's flood.
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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.
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