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Sue Grafstrom sat in her small office at the Roseau County Courthouse a week ago where she is one of 87 Homeland Security and Emergency Management directors in the state - one for each county in Minnesota.

Grafstrom won't have to worry about a Hurricane Katrina or a Mount St. Helens happening here.

Credit the geography for that.

Nonetheless, Sue is a quick study on what could possibly go wrong.

Since she was hired in April 2017 as the Roseau County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director, she has felt like a grad student - constantly studying, attending numerous seminars, and hi...