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ND Residents Along Red River Avoid Flood Buyouts
Published: February 27, 2011

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — John Stern has lived in Fargo all his life, buying a dream home on the Red River more than 25 years ago.

The city is offering to pay him for the 1,800-square-foot Frank Lloyd Wright family home if he wants to move off the flood plain. But Stern says he's not going anywhere. More