Midwestern flood residents have to decide whether to go back

Sunday, June 29, 2008 | 5:43 p.m. CDT; updated 12:37 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

FOLEY — Once the Mississippi River starts to recede this week from another great flood, the tiny river towns that dot its banks in Missouri and Illinois will once again face the question: return and rebuild, or relocate?

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