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Grafton Faces New Flood Era as Residents Discuss Staying
In Grafton and similar Midwest towns, flood damage tests survival and prompts debates over staying, selling, or relocating. Residents like Alan Weid, 73, weigh offers for livable replacements while officials warn declines in population and tax revenue could threaten the towns' futures.
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Grafton, I
Alan Weid
Weid
Gerald
Windy” Nairn
Mississippi River
Grafton
Main Street
Midwest
Paul Lasley
Iowa State University
Lasley
Nairn
Grandmother’s Kitchen
Noah
St. Louis
Mr. Nair