October 4th, 2018
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 Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
After weeks of waiting for an answer and not answering questions pertaining to the nomination hand picked by President Donald Trump, Heitkamp gave her reasons for not giving Kavanaugh her vote for the first time in a press release.
“As I said after Judge Kavanaugh was nominated, and as I’ve continued to say…
October 1st, 2018
BISMARCK – Eight months after the state’s Attorney General joined Texas and 18 other states in a federal lawsuit attempting to declare the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, a Bismarck attorney filed a lawsuit requesting the state withdraw.
Thomas Dickson of Dickson Law Office and five other petitioners filed a suit against current Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem arguing that the Texas should not speak for the sovereign state of North Dakota, and that Stenehjem is breaking state…
October 1st, 2018
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 political system.
On one side, the North Dakotans for Public Integrity, with approximately $340,000 in reported contributions want to establish a five-member commission whose job will be to ban political contributions from foreign government entities, foreign individuals, foreign corporations, restrict lobbyists, and require all…
September 28th, 2018
FARGO – A jury found William Henry Hoehn not guilty on a charge of conspiracy to murder Savanna Lafontaine Greywind Friday afternoon, shocking onlookers and family.
The Greywind family gasped audibly when the verdict was read. Norberta Greywind, Savanna’s mother, hung her head in her hands as the jury left, silently weeping. Other family friends wept openly in the court hallways.
Cass County State’s Attorney Leah Viste said she was disappointed with the verdict, but if new…
September 27th, 2018
FARGO – “My life has been repeated loss of everything,” William Hoehn said to his mother over a jailhouse phone recording. He sounded frustrated, angry. “Repeatedly and totally.”
Hoehn, 33, was warning his mother to stay away from a previous fiancée, Tanith McCloud on September 16, 2017. A month after his final arrest, facing charges of conspiracy to murder Savanna Lafontaine Greywind, unsure at the time if he would be facing the death penalty, his concern was to tell his…
September 27th, 2018
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 in Richland County became embroiled in a battle against what he calls corruption, secretive pardons, and a state department agenda to protect big business.
Smiles still come easily to the 66-year-old farmer, despite his eight long years of fighting the system. He’s not jaded, and although his own investigations and requests for help…
September 26th, 2018
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 district to introduce herself and her bid for a legislative seat in the state’s House of Representatives.
She’s Fargo’s broad-shouldered mother, a kind-eyed, relentless force to be reckoned with, speaking reason while too many others toe parochial lines.
This year a record number of Native women and men are running for office…
September 25th, 2018
FARGO – Instead of coming together to debate local issues, state Republicans were oddly all simultaneously missing from a televised open forum Tuesday evening coordinated by the League of Women Voters of the Red River Valley.
The forum between districts 11 and 21 occurred at the City Commissioners meeting room, and was televised on Fargo’s cable access channel. The forum is an opportunity for constituents to ask their legislators questions and become informed about elections and…
September 25th, 2018
FARGO – Brooke Lynn Crews, a one-time aspiring fiction writer, feminist, a student of psychology, spun an intricate web of lies that even she began to believe. When the truth snapped her from the daily journaling of her faked pregnancy, it was too late for her to change. She decided to steal another’s child.
She stole the child, Crews said in court, because she couldn’t stand the thought of losing her former boyfriend and co-conspirator, William Henry Hoehn, currently facing…
September 24th, 2018
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 Moorhead, was charged with the homicide of Gabriel Perez. Cooley was located at a private residence in Rochester, Minnesota by the Austin Police Department S.W.A.T. team who was working with the U.S. Marshall’s High Plains Fugitive Task Force, North Star Fugitive Task Force, and Mower County Sheriff’s Office, according to Fargo…
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By Alicia Underlee NelsonCitizens will rally in support of democracy and civil libraries in Minot on April 19 from 3-5 p.m. The event will begin at Minot City Hall (10 3rd Ave. S.W.) and participants will walk toward Broadway.…
By Prairie Rose Seminolems.prairierose@gmail.com I was a child who walked behind my parents into classrooms and kitchens, spaces of song and prayer, where teachings lived in the air and settled on my shoulders. I didn’t yet have…
Tuesday, April 22, 4 p.m.Junkyard Brewing Company, 1416 1st Ave. N., MoorheadWho here wants to taste a new beer? Try Money Honey, a peanut butter, banana and honey lager. $1 of every pint sold will be donated to the Pollinator…
By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com I feel like reading a newspaper is the equivalent of listening to music on vinyl. Not only is it analog, it’s an experience. I might be a little biased, but there's something about the rustling…
By Ed Raymondfargogadly@gmail.comThe wizards and kleagles in whites now wear blue suits and red tiesA hundred years ago, more than 30,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan from virtually every state in the Union wearing their white…
By Rick Gionrickgion@gmail.com Holiday wine shopping shouldn’t have to be complicated. But unfortunately it can cause unneeded anxiety due to an overabundance of choices. Don’t fret my friends, we once again have you covered…
By Rick Gionrickgion@gmail.com After a very inspiring conversation with Kayla Houchin of Sonder Bakehouse a few weeks ago, I decided that it’s an appropriate time to write a column about some of the sweet people who are involved…
Mooncats and Pert Near Sandstone play Empire TheatreBy Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comThe MoonCats describe themselves as “Americonscious Campfire Folk.” They have a clear acoustic folk sound with a sense of whimsy — think…
By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com Given the volume of existing media material on the topic, longtime admirers of legendary documentarian Errol Morris might wonder why he would elect to become the umpteenth person to cover the…
By Raul Gomez Modern Man was a gentle soul. If you were down or just wanted a friend, he’d be there for you. I remember the first day I met Modern Man. It was Jeremiah Fuglseth and me. He wanted to write about this legendary…
By John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.comHigh Plains Reader had the opportunity to interview two mysterious new game show hosts named Milt and Bradley Barker about an upcoming event they will be putting on at Brewhalla. What…
By Annie Prafckeannieprafcke@gmail.com AUSTIN, Texas – As a Chinese-American, connecting to my culture through food is essential, and no dish brings me back to my mother’s kitchen quite like hotdish. Yes, you heard me right –…
By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comNew Jamestown Brewery Serves up Local FlavorThere’s something delicious brewing out here on the prairie and it just so happens to be the newest brewery west of the Red River and east of the…
By Josette Ciceronunapologeticallyanxiousme@gmail.com What does it mean to truly live in a community —or should I say, among community? It’s a question I have been wrestling with since I moved to Fargo-Moorhead in February 2022.…
By Alicia Underlee NelsonProtests against President Trump’s policies and the cuts made by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are planned across North Dakota and western Minnesota Friday, April 4 and…
By Faye Seidlerfayeseidler@gmail.com In 2023, the Superintendent of Fargo Public Schools, Rupak Ghandi, gave a passionate plea to the Fargo School Board to follow federal law, because a recently passed state law would increase…
