High costs of addiction
FARGO – Justin Lee Dietrich was an addict. A long rap sheet haunted him, barring him from joining a society that rejected him at…
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Piece of chicken lands Native man in jail… again
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 28, 2018
FARGO – In January 2017, Zebadiah Gartner took an extra piece of chicken from a Cashwise Foods sample plate, and threw it away after…
Read NowPlea bargain struck in Minnesota MMIW case
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 27, 2018
ST. PAUL – The case of a man charged with multiple counts – including kidnapping and strangulation assault – against an Indigenous woman, will…
Read NowMarch For Our Lives Fargo – largest march in recent history
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 24, 2018
FARGO – The March For Our Lives event that began in Washington D.C. on Saturday by Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivors, spread across…
Read NowFourth police shooting in 2018 sends local man to hospital
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 22, 2018
FARGO – Fargo police responded to a domestic dispute on Wednesday approximately 11:30 p.m. at 3101 32 Street South. After issuing commands for the…
Read NowPuddles keeps on keepin’ on
by Sabrina Hornung | Mar 21, 2018
The High Plains Reader had the opportunity to interview Puddles of Puddles Pity Party. The clown is known for his golden singing voice but…
Read NowOne bad little sister: Patricia McCoy in her own words
by HPR Contributor | Mar 21, 2018
By Meg Luther [email protected] Patricia McCoy would say that her life journey has taken her to hell and back. She has survived experiences that…
Read Now‘My spirit was broken’
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 21, 2018
ST. PAUL – When Laycie Jean Williams accepted a train ticket to the Twin Cities in May 2017, she thought she was going to…
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by John Strand | Mar 20, 2018
Read NowHeitkamp defends bank regulatory rollback bill
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 19, 2018
GRAND FORKS – Five years of efforts working on passing Senate Bill 2155, or to roll back a part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial…
Read Now‘Drain the prairie’
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 17, 2018
GRAND FORKS – Behind the bright roving lights and trendy pop tunes, the button-pushing student pages and fiery political speeches, a group of volunteers…
Read Now‘Out of this darkness, the resistance was born’
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 16, 2018
GRAND FORKS – Enthused for change, hundreds of delegates, 650 to be precise, kicked off the 2018 North Dakota Democratic-NPL Convention Friday morning at…
Read NowFilm lovers’ paradise: Fargo Film Festival 2018
by qrsot | Mar 14, 2018
A sign of the coming spring and a time for old friends and new to make connections while celebrating films, the Fargo Film Festival returns…
Read NowFargo joins student-led walkouts for school safety
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 14, 2018
FARGO – Schools in Fargo/Moorhead joined the ranks of millions of children across the nation Wednesday morning, lending their voices to the fight to…
Read NowMan killed in police shooting
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 13, 2018
WEST FARGO – A 32-year-old man was shot and killed by police Monday night after ramming a K9 vehicle. The incident began at a…
Read NowMinot woman sentenced for sexually exploiting her own daughter
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 13, 2018
BISMARCK – A Minot woman was sentenced Monday to a total of 45 years imprisonment for the sexual exploitation of her own daughter, according…
Read NowCAIR asks for investigation into local anti-government group’s display of hatred against Muslims
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 8, 2018
FARGO – A civil liberties and advocacy organization is asking state and federal agencies to investigate the North Dakota Security Force III% after the…
Read Now‘Truth & Lies’: 49th Annual UND Writers Conference
by HPR Staff | Mar 7, 2018
According to 1975 UND Writers Conference alumnus William H. Gass, starting around the 17th century, “History and fiction began their vulgar copulation, or, if…
Read NowOfficer involved shooting sends one to hospital and one to jail
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 5, 2018
MOORHEAD – A car incident on I-94 east of Moorhead led to an officer-involved shooting Monday morning, according to officials. A Minnesota State Patrol…
Read NowLegalizing marijuana: a real possibility
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 3, 2018
FARGO – One day, Justin Ludtke hopes to tell stories to his children about the old days when marijuana was illegal, just like speakeasy…
Read NowThe Russians aren’t coming. They’re already here.
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 2, 2018
FARGO – Russian agents aren’t parachuting into the Dakota plains, yet, but they’re meddling with state elections and fanning the flames of the controversial…
Read NowHomicide in North Fargo
by C.S. Hagen | Mar 2, 2018
FARGO – Police arrested a man early Friday morning after he turned himself in for an apartment homicide in a north side apartment building.…
Read NowCan the Kirkbride be saved?
by Sabrina Hornung | Feb 28, 2018
“While it is too early to know how events surrounding the Kirkbride in Fergus Falls will ultimately unfold, properties in the National Register occasionally…
Read NowThis time, a change
by C.S. Hagen | Feb 28, 2018
FARGO – Every time a mass shooting occurs, tempers flare, conversations crackle across social media platforms and Congressional podiums, and then fizzle. This time,…
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