The troubling case of the vanishing signs
RICHARDTON – As if partisanship issues aren’t enough this midterm election year, political signs are vanishing across the state. From Richardton to Enderlin, Valley…
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Politics of privacy
BISMARCK– Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s open letter advertisement featuring survivors of sexual abuse to Congressman Kevin Cramer was well intended, but not well managed, she…
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State strips then delays Native voting rights
BISMARCK – Men in state government and on the U.S. Supreme Court crippled Native suffrage recently, but women are leading the fight to bring…
Read NowRobocall scam prompts misconduct allegation against AG
GRAND FORKS – More allegations of corruption and misconduct were levied at North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem Friday afternoon by his challenger, attorney…
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Texas lawsuit threatens ‘cataclysmic’ hike in health insurance costs
BISMARCK – In an attempt to terminate current healthcare laws North Dakota quietly joined Texas and 18 other states, shopped for a friendly judge,…
Read NowThe great American pension heist
FARGO – Bob Berg wore the Pullman-brown jacket and drove a matching-colored UPS truck throughout North Dakota until he retired, faithfully deducting his salary…
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Winter is coming, Fargo Public Works is ready
by Ryan [email protected] Leaves on the lawn. Frost on the windshield. Street lights coming on shortly after supper. Your breath visible walking to your…
Read NowThe Depth of the Valley
by Jacques [email protected] Local television station Valley News Live is misleading viewers on Measure 3 – the legalization of recreational marijuana to be voted…
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‘Tale of two economies’
FARGO – Every time the state legislature meets to discuss healthcare issues, Jennifer Restemayer holds her breath, watches, and waits. The West Fargo resident…
Read NowHeitkamp to vote no on Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp plans to vote against the nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit Judge Brett…
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‘Passing North Dakota around like it’s a warm bottle of gin’
BISMARCK – Eight months after the state’s Attorney General joined Texas and 18 other states in a federal lawsuit attempting to declare the Affordable…
Read Now“Something to hide”
BISMARCK – All the usual suspects are opposing Measure 1, the initiated attempt to form an ethics commission that would create transparency into the state’s…
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Verdict: Not Guilty
FARGO – A jury found William Henry Hoehn not guilty on a charge of conspiracy to murder Savanna Lafontaine Greywind Friday afternoon, shocking onlookers and…
Read Now‘This was a play straight from hell’
FARGO – “My life has been repeated loss of everything,” William Hoehn said to his mother over a jailhouse phone recording. He sounded frustrated, angry.…
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I beg your pardon
All Donald Heitkamp wanted in 2010 was to find the person responsible for his pesticide-destroyed crops. Instead, the farmer of wheat, corn, and soybeans…
Read Now‘I’m fighting for everyone’
FARGO – Ruth Buffalo’s Nike sneakers are worn treadless. She’s walked hundreds of miles knocking on more than 3,000 doors in South Fargo’s largest…
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Republicans missing from local candidate forum
FARGO – Instead of coming together to debate local issues, state Republicans were oddly all simultaneously missing from a televised open forum Tuesday evening…
Read NowSavanna’s convicted murderer tells her story
FARGO – Brooke Lynn Crews, a one-time aspiring fiction writer, feminist, a student of psychology, spun an intricate web of lies that even she…
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Police arrest man for McDonalds murder crime
FARGO – Police arrested a man Monday evening on charges related to Sunday’s shooting death at Main Street’s McDonalds. Miguel Jay Cooley Sr., 44, of…
Read NowSavage fantasies
FARGO – Years before Savanna Lafontaine Greywind was murdered, her unborn child ripped crudely from her womb, William Henry Hoehn, accused accomplice, had savage…
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Police Alert: Fargo Police Looking for Homicide Suspect
FARGO – On Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 5:33 a.m., Fargo Police officers responded to medical assist at the McDonalds located at 905 Main…
Read Now‘Never went anywhere’
FARGO – Time after time, Congressman Kevin Cramer makes light of sexual misconduct allegations and of provisions in law protecting women against violence. Repeatedly, he…
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Police alert: Fargo Police Looking for Homicide Suspect
FARGO – Police are looking for young man in connection to a homicide in South Fargo. On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 11:23 a.m., Fargo…
Read NowPot Powered Plot Owners: Private Ownership and Measure 3
by Jacques [email protected] With the creation of “North Dakotans Against the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana (NDALTLORM),” and after Norm Robinson and Bob Wefald’s interview…
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