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Remembering former Grand Forks mayor, Pat Owens

President Bill Clinton sits next to Grand Forks Mayor Pat Owens 1997 at a press conference
Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008
Grand Forks Mayor Pat Owens with President Clinton at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Photo dated April 22, 1997.

Former Grand Forks mayor Pat Owens died last week. She was 83. Owens was thrust into the national spotlight after the flood of 1997.

Tom Brosseau, host of The Great American Folk Show, lives in Grand Forks and shared his memories of Pat Owens and performs a brand new song in her honor. Listen above.

Tom Brosseau is a folksinger and songwriter from North Dakota, and host of The Great American Folk Show on Prairie Public.