Where’s Willy?
BISMARCK– At least one person in the North Dakota Republican Party knew about Will Gardner’s 2006 Peeping Tom incident, but no one in the…
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‘Grandma is lost in the woods and nobody can find her’
MOORHEAD – While Justin Critt and his defense lawyer began arguing innocence to the murder of a Moorhead woman Monday morning, the mother of a…
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Part Three: Meet your candidates
FARGO – Special assessments are the main event in this year’s city commissioners’ race, inciting verbal jabs between candidates. In one corner, weighing in after…
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FARGO – In city government two popular forms of governing bodies exist: a city council led by an elected mayor with wide powers, and…
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‘Dirty little secrets’ – Fargo’s special assessment debate heats up
FARGO – Nearly a week after City Commissioner Tony Gehrig announced his plan to end special assessments, challenger Tim Flakoll revealed a counter plan,…
Read NowNative voices cry for justice
FARGO– Once again, Native drums and voices resonated through downtown Fargo Saturday morning raising awareness for missing and Indigenous women. More than 50 people…
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‘Stop playing politics with people’s health’
FARGO – One year after the state’s only Congressman voted to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, concerned citizens protested his vote outside both…
Read NowRepublican attempt to suppress Native votes fails
BISMARCK– After Senator Heidi Heitkamp won her race in 2012 against Rick Berg, a primarily Republicans legislature sought to tighten its hold on the…
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Meet your candidates
FARGO – Nine people are running for two seats on Fargo’s City Commission this year, which promises to be an interesting race. This year’s election…
Read NowNordic club targeted with white supremacist mail
MOORHEAD – White supremacist groups have switched tactics and are attempting to spread their ‘alternative facts’ to a local Nordic cultural organization. Last year,…
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Fentanyl trafficking ring linked to Chinese kingpin
FARGO – What began as a local fentanyl overdose investigation caught the eyes of national leadership when the case became an international trafficking conspiracy…
Read NowDestroying heritage
GRAND FORKS – Residual racism is a leading reason why the University of North Dakota plans to demolish the last brick-and-mortar remnants of Wesley…
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‘Crazy on its face’
FARGO– A legislator, hopeful politicians, and business owners appealed to the governor’s office Monday morning with hopes of an executive order to fight the…
Read NowAmericans first, not ‘America First’
FARGO – The day Tiffany Abentroth stood up before a thousand and more Trump-loving Republicans, she knew the GOP blessing was not within reach.…
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A forgotten veteran
MOORHEAD – With fingers twisted by acute arthritis, Kevin “NeSe” Shores pushed the lever to propel his wheelchair into the Clay County Courthouse. His…
Read NowBest of the best 2018
Gentle Reader readers we’re looking to start our engines and gear up for the 2018 edition of the HPR’s Best Bets — the area’s…
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School board candidate sues ‘Satanic’ police for $75 million
FARGO– A retired doctor now running for the Fargo Board of Education once pled guilty to resisting arrest after police said he terrorized his…
Read NowWarrant issued in fake Native child adoption case
JAMESTOWN– Nearly eight months after an Oregon woman first alerted the public to a fake Native adoption scheme, The Stutsman County State’s Attorney’s Office…
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‘The wind at our back’
GRAND FORKS – To glimpse the colossal struggle for power between left and right in North Dakota, one only needs to attend the party’s…
Read NowNorth Dakota voters under attack
FARGO– A subtle attack against North Dakota voters is three-pronged, critics say, and include: gerrymandering, restrictive laws, and attempts at closing voting booths early.…
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Take one, or else
FARGO – So far, an extra sample boneless Buffalo Wing at Cashwise Foods has cost Zebadiah Gartner $400 in fines and court fees, a…
Read Now‘You were charged, you appeared, and you pled guilty’
FARGO – Zebadiah Gartner worked with family over the weekend to raise money for a fine and court fees to pay for an extra…
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Mayor calls for leniency
FARGO – So far, an extra sample boneless Buffalo Wing at Cashwise Foods has cost Zebadiah Gartner $500 in fines and court fees, a…
Read NowEmbracing the Midwest in the southwest
Moorhead, Minnesota native Brennen Hulbert, maybe now better known as Brennen Leigh, has become a fixture of the Austin music scene. The country music…
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