September 22nd, 2018
FARGO – Time after time, Congressman Kevin Cramer makes light of sexual misconduct allegations and of provisions in law protecting women against violence. Repeatedly, he has mocked women who do not toe the conservative line, and has threatened violence against Native women.
Most recently Cramer said on CNN and on local Jarrod Thomas radio show that the claim against Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh was “absurd,” and he justified Kavanaugh’s actions approximately 30 years ago…
September 21st, 2018
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 Police and Fire personnel responded to an apartment located within 2302 17 St. S. for medical assist. The caller had told dispatchers an adult male had shot himself, but the caller was not on scene. Fargo Fire personnel arrived on scene and advised Fargo Police responding units there was a deceased person within the residence.
Fargo Police officers…
September 21st, 2018
by Jacques Harvieux
jacquesthejock@gmail.com
With the creation of “North Dakotans Against the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana (NDALTLORM),” and after Norm Robinson and Bob Wefald’s interview with HPR another question was raised: who else are the members of this coalition?
Below is the list provided by the coalition’s webpage, which was just launched only a few days ago. At first glance there doesn’t seem to be anything afoul about the list, but 4 out of 18 of these groups…
September 20th, 2018
FARGO – At times, William Henry Hoehn’s conspiracy to murder trial flows like an episode from “Law & Order.” Jurors and observers are on seat edges, necks craned, listening to Hoehn’s mumbling lies and hesitant admissions of guilt during his recorded interviews with police 13 months ago.
Each morning, defense attorney Daniel James Borgen wheels a rolling tote laden with boxes, duffle bags, and notebooks into the courtroom, coughing frequently as he’s at the tail end of a…
September 19th, 2018
by Jacques Harvieux
jacquesthejock@gmail.com
North Dakota is set to vote on legalizing recreational marijuana this coming midterm election in November. In the last couple months leading up to the election, an opposition group, “North Dakotans Against the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana (NDATLORM),” has been formed. The group itself has very little information about itself, no platform, no website, no administrative structure, all the while having membership comprised of judges,…
September 19th, 2018
Lest we let the threat of an oil refinery beside Theodore Roosevelt National Park slip from our minds as we go about our busy fall lives, here’s an update on where things stand right now.
Meridian Energy has started dirt work at the site beside I-94 on the road into the park, flouting the attempt by conservation groups to require a site compatibility review by the North Dakota Public Service Commission.
So on August 31, the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) and the Dakota…
September 18th, 2018
FARGO – Day one of the trial of William Henry Hoehn and his possible role in the murder of Savanna Greywind whose eight-month-old baby was cut from her womb in August 2017 began Tuesday morning in Cass County District Court.
With District Judge Thomas R. Olson presiding, jury selection began with both sides alluding to their plans of legal attack. Defense attorney Daniel James Borgen asked questions to approximately 50 potential jurors about love.
“How many of you have been lied to…
September 11th, 2018
FARGO – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp quietly took the stage at the Big Iron Farm Show Tuesday morning, first moving a large poster away from gathering eyes.
“Congressman Cramer (declined to participate),” the sign read.
She made no mention of why Kevin Cramer keeps refusing to debate her on the issues during this year’s race for the U.S. Senate, a seat she currently holds. Five times so far, Cramer has refused to debate, even as the country, and especially North Dakota, stand on…
September 10th, 2018
FARGO – All questions related to the federal Texas lawsuit set to terminate current healthcare laws are still being referred to Texas, the North Dakota Attorney General’s office reported.
“We have no comments at this time,” Liz Brocker, public information officer for the Attorney General for North Dakota’s office stated when asked. The state, under Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, joined the lawsuit along with 19 other Attorney’s General and two governors after the Tax Cuts…
September 7th, 2018
by Jacques Harvieux
jacquesthejock@gmail.com
BISMARCK - While local stores are being investigated for selling hemp-based CBD oil, an illegal product in North Dakota, the state’s only U.S. Congressman implies he uses the product on a regular basis.
In 2017, two stores were “raided” by police after owners admitted on television they sold CBD oil. One of the stores’ owners, Lonna Zacher Brooks, of Terry’s Health Products, a Bismarck health food store, was targeted by local police…
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.…