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’
by C.S. Hagen | May 16, 2018
MOORHEAD – While Justin Critt and his defense lawyer began arguing innocence to the murder of a Moorhead woman Monday morning, the mother of a…
Read NowPart Three: Meet your candidates
by C.S. Hagen | May 16, 2018
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…
Read NowPart Two: Meet your candidates
by C.S. Hagen | May 10, 2018
FARGO – In city government two popular forms of governing bodies exist: a city council led by an elected mayor with wide powers, and…
Read Now‘Dirty little secrets’ – Fargo’s special assessment debate heats up
by C.S. Hagen | May 9, 2018
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
by C.S. Hagen | May 5, 2018
FARGO– Once again, Native drums and voices resonated through downtown Fargo Saturday morning raising awareness for missing and Indigenous women. More than 50 people…
Read Now‘Stop playing politics with people’s health’
by C.S. Hagen | May 4, 2018
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
by C.S. Hagen | May 2, 2018
BISMARCK– After Senator Heidi Heitkamp won her race in 2012 against Rick Berg, a primarily Republicans legislature sought to tighten its hold on the…
Read NowMeet your candidates
by C.S. Hagen | May 2, 2018
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
by C.S. Hagen | May 1, 2018
MOORHEAD – White supremacist groups have switched tactics and are attempting to spread their ‘alternative facts’ to a local Nordic cultural organization. Last year,…
Read NowFentanyl trafficking ring linked to Chinese kingpin
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 27, 2018
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
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 25, 2018
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…
Read Now‘Crazy on its face’
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 23, 2018
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’
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 18, 2018
FARGO – The day Tiffany Abentroth stood up before a thousand and more Trump-loving Republicans, she knew the GOP blessing was not within reach.…
Read NowA forgotten veteran
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 18, 2018
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
by Sabrina Hornung | Apr 11, 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…
Read NowSchool board candidate sues ‘Satanic’ police for $75 million
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 11, 2018
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
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 9, 2018
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…
Read Now‘The wind at our back’
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 7, 2018
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
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 6, 2018
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.…
Read NowTake one, or else
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 4, 2018
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’
by C.S. Hagen | Apr 2, 2018
FARGO – Zebadiah Gartner worked with family over the weekend to raise money for a fine and court fees to pay for an extra…
Read NowMayor calls for leniency
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 30, 2018
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
by Sabrina Hornung | Mar 28, 2018
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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