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by John Strand | News | December 23rd, 2015
…An engineering firm working closely with many aspects of the FM Diversion Project went on the offensive Monday morning so their hiring of former Fargo City Administrator Pat Zavoral would not become a polarizing topic, as evidenced in an email acquired by the High Plains Reader. Among the 81 people…
by Krissy Ness | News | December 23rd, 2015
…HPR chats with Surly Brewing Co. Founder Omar AnsariMonday December 14th was a big day for the craft beer community. Zorbaz in Detroit Lakes had a Surly Brewing Co. tap takeover which included 37 beers. This was the biggest Surly take over in history. Not only were there beers on…
by Taylor Blumer | News | December 23rd, 2015
…ND National Guard unit recognized with top awardOn December 5 the North Dakota National Guard’s 119th Wing, aka the Happy Hooligans, was awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its “exceptional service, commitment and mission accomplishment.” The AFOUA is an annual award presented to units across the active-duty Air…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | December 22nd, 2015
…Obscure thriller lives again on Blu-rayBy Christopher P. Jacobs It is not all that unusual to find some good acting and talented craftsmanship hidden away in otherwise forgettable movies that were made primarily to fill a movie screen for a week until the next release came out. Such a film…
by HPR Contributor | Arts | December 22nd, 2015
…By M. KoskelaYou may be wondering, what exactly are ZenDels? Originally a watercolor landscape artist, Adele Koskela started learning tangling and soon developed a form of tangling she now calls ZenDels. They combine tangling concepts with landscape designs, creating delicate and intricate designs all originally designed by her. Sometimes her…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cocktail Showdown | December 22nd, 2015
…The ninth and final week of the seventh Annual Cocktail ShowdownBy Sabrina HornungFor the ninth and final sampling during the Showdown our judges experienced Eric Johnson’s Tennessee Fiery Apple and The Swaderita at Chub’s Pub. We were then off to Sidestreet to try Mistelle Stein’s Russian Tea and Eddie Gonzalez’s…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | December 18th, 2015
…Bundle up, just in caseBy John ShowalterOne would think that winter is a slow time for tourism in a state like Minnesota, even those of us who consider ourselves immured to the cold by living here in the frozen north winter after winter, only to find ourselves coming up with…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | December 18th, 2015
…“And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves; They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | December 18th, 2015
…Following the honorary Oscar he received last month at the Governors Awards (along with the blistering truth-to-power acceptance speech he made), Spike Lee doesn’t seem likely to pick up many competitive Academy Award nominations for “Chi-Raq,” even though he should. Co-written with Kevin Willmott, whose diabolically good “C.S.A.: Confederate States…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | December 18th, 2015
…Drunk driving law may get overturned by the U.S. Supreme CourtImagine you stand accused of stealing items from your neighbor and the police want to search your home for evidence of that theft without a warrant. Would we not be outraged if there were a law on the books making…