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Modern feudalism: tenant vs. landlord

by C.S. Hagen | News | October 4th, 2017

…MOORHEAD – Water seeps into the Barbly family rental house, and has been leaking for two years, creating mold, eating away at trim, and forcing the family’s five children upstairs to sleep on the living room floor.The company managing the property at 1510 34th Avenue South says the family is…

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‘No one should have to be afraid’

by C.S. Hagen | News | October 4th, 2017

…WOODWORTH, N.D. – Autym Burke spent months preparing a nursery for the child she thought she was to adopt.Living in Oregon, she’d seen pictures and videos of the Native American baby she planned to name “Ruby.” The paperwork seemed to be in order, at first, the caseworker seemed legitimate. After…

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​Maximum Carnage

by Jacinta Macheel Zens | Music | October 4th, 2017

…Carnage the Executioner on beatboxing, sampling and loopingHPR: How long have you been beatboxing?Carnage: I studied boxing when I was somewhere between eight and ten years old. There was this one group back in the days called the Fatboys. There were three guys in the group and they were all…

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ND medical-legal partnership: lawyers and physicians to help the needy

by Dima Vitanova | News | October 4th, 2017

…When it comes to the intersection of healthcare and civil law, Anne Hoefgen, executive director of Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota (LSNM), has a story she often recounts. It is about a woman who once visited a dental clinic in Bemidji, Minnesota. The facility had teamed up with LSNM to…

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Annoying advertising on the Internet

by Chuck Solly | Culture | October 4th, 2017

…In a previous column, I mentioned ad blockers. These are usually extensions to your browsers. I am speaking specifically about Firefox and Chrome browsers and the new Edge browser. There are other browsers but those three are the most common.For anyone new to the Internet, to connect to the internet…

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​Bonanzaville: spooky paranormal investigations

by Seng Phengdouangdeth | Culture | October 4th, 2017

…October is finally here, which means that Halloween is not too far away. If you’re anything like me, this time of the year is best celebrated not by the pumpkin-spiced goodies or warm fall-themed sweaters, but instead by marathoning all my favorite horror films and decorating my home with creepy…

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Therapy options for transgender and low-income individuals

by Faye Seidler | Culture | October 4th, 2017

…The closing of the NDSU Family Therapy Center was a blow to a lot of community members, both transgender and otherwise. It was a place that offered a sliding scale fee, where no matter a person’s income or ability to pay, they would be seen. With this service now closed…

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A lesson for the common good

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | October 4th, 2017

…Norwegians know how to govern—just ask Ole and LenaSometimes we get the idea from Norwegian Ole and Lena jokes that “Norvegians” play with only 39 cards. There’s the one about Ole calling the airlines and asking how long it takes to fly from Minneapolis to Fargo. “Just a…

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​‘Thrash’ comes to the valley

by James Osborne | Music | October 4th, 2017

…In 1989 David Fricke subtitled a Rolling Stone article “Boston thrash band The Pixies debuts in the U.S. with ‘Doolittle’.” It was kind of a joke, alluding to The Pixies having more success overseas—but that’s not the interesting part. Fricke used the word “thrash,” which had already been…

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Surly dip into their cellar, I do the same

by Chris Larson | Beer Snob | October 4th, 2017

…Dipping into your cellar to pull out a special bottle is something that used to be fairly exclusive, wine connoisseurs only. These days, cellaring is gaining more and more traction among hardcore craft beer consumers, who continue to revolutionize the industry. If you are of the belief that every self-respecting…

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