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Wisconsin Town Ponders Future After Residents Leave, Maybe for Good By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writer GAYS MILLS, Wis. October 14, 2008 (AP) Water built this southwestern Wisconsin village. Now water is draining the life out of it. In a Monday, Aug. 20, 2007 file photo, flood waters inundate Gays Mills, Wisc., after a storm... Twice in 10 months driving rainstorms sent the Kickapoo River rushing over its banks, drowning the town in butterscotch-colored slime. Each time, scores of residents fled. Now, four months later, dozens still haven't returned, leaving behind deserted neighborhoods, ruined homes and village leaders fighting to keep their hometown from... [read full story]

