C.S. Hagen

​College newspapers targeted by KKK

VALLEY CITY – The White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are targeting North Dakota university newspapers in a cry for help: a book banning.So far, Valley City State University’s ‘Viking News,’ and NDSU’s ‘The Spectrum,’ have...

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Hate crime resolution passes in Fargo

FARGO – Fargo City Commissioners passed a resolution to establish the city as a hate-free community on Monday, and one commissioner voted against the bill. The resolution was originally written by Moorhead City...

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A valve turner’s trial: mostly guilty

CAVALIER – Friends call Michael Foster the valve turner a hero, the state is trying him as a criminal, and the Keystone Pipeline named him a terrorist for stopping their oil pipeline flow for eight hours in 2016.After a week of...

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Modern feudalism: tenant vs. landlord

MOORHEAD – Water seeps into the Barbly family rental house, and has been leaking for two years, creating mold, eating away at trim, and forcing the family’s five children upstairs to sleep on the living room floor.The company...

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‘No one should have to be afraid’

WOODWORTH, N.D. – Autym Burke spent months preparing a nursery for the child she thought she was to adopt.Living in Oregon, she’d seen pictures and videos of the Native American baby she planned to name “Ruby.” The paperwork...

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