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![A young boy stopped playing briefly to have his photo taken in front of the fountains at Peavey Plaza as they flowed over the reflecting pool Thursday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Peavey Plaza's fountains are flowing again following after a $10 million restoration photographed Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 in Minneapolis.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/IIVUAZCTPCJRS6RMQFZDTUBVMQ.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
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Raging waters scoured 87 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of earth into the Blue Earth River.
![Firefighters Joshua Donahue, Chris Schlosser, Jon Settergren, Michael Hemmerich, left to right, move debris and water down hot spots in the smoldered remains of a structure as part of the efforts to combat the Camp House wildfire in Brimson, Minn. on Thursday, May 15, 2025. ]
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![A young boy stopped playing briefly to have his photo taken in front of the fountains at Peavey Plaza as they flowed over the reflecting pool Thursday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Peavey Plaza's fountains are flowing again following after a $10 million restoration photographed Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 in Minneapolis.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/IIVUAZCTPCJRS6RMQFZDTUBVMQ.jpg?&w=436&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
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![A young boy stopped playing briefly to have his photo taken in front of the fountains at Peavey Plaza as they flowed over the reflecting pool Thursday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Peavey Plaza's fountains are flowing again following after a $10 million restoration photographed Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 in Minneapolis.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/IIVUAZCTPCJRS6RMQFZDTUBVMQ.jpg?&w=80&ar=1:1&fit=crop)
