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Extended Interview: Retired News Anchor Jim Olson

Prairie Public Broadcasting | By Prairie Public

Published June 25, 2021 at 9:11 AM CDT

In the full interview with retired KXMC News Anchor Jim Olson, he talks about the station's 24-hour a day coverage, losing and rebuilding his home, and why he questioned water management along the Souris River Basin. In this photo, he stands by the high water marking in the home he rebuilt after the 2011 flood. He jokes he could have, "stood on [his] tip toes to breathe."

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