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by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | January 23rd, 2021
…Sabrina Hornung’s editorial focus is different now with a one-month reading cycle. Our content is more thematic and featurish and there is no calendar of events anymore.No doubt, the impact of COVID-19 on our HPR community is severe. The High Plains Reader has been immersed in food, culture, art and…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | March 18th, 2020
…by Waylon Hedegaardretiringwithcats@gmail.comThere is nothing quite like a major crisis to put ideologies and government into stark relief. Enter the Trump administration and our current pandemic. I doubt there has been a time with more bumbling incompetence than what we are currently witnessing. Is this a comedy? A tragedy? Is…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | March 4th, 2020
…Last week Inforum reported on a vinyl beer sign outside of the VFW in Wadena, Minnesota that reads, “IF YOU CAN’T STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM YOU DON’T NEED TO SIT AT THIS BAR.” We’re fully aware of what bar manager Cody Boyer was getting at, but if taken out…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | February 12th, 2020
…Thanks to Disney Plus and bouts of insomnia, I’ve been revisiting old Disney movies from my childhood to see if they withstood the test of time.The older I get the more I realize, too, that talking and making friends with gentle forest creatures is more realistic than a handsome prince…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | January 15th, 2020
…by Karen Andersonkartcone@gmail.comCongratulations to the Fargo School District for opening up a discussion regarding today’s students as covered in the January 7, Barry Amundson article “Social, emotional learning a forefront of Fargo’s State of the Schools.” I am a twenty year educator of students ranging in age PreK-16; I have…
by HPR Contributor | News | December 23rd, 2019
…by Rob Hannahistory@nd.govAs I write this, the beautiful Stutsman County Courthouse State Historic Site in Jamestown is only partially furnished. But this photo, taken by my one-time colleague Guinn Hinman, caused me to see the place in a whole new light. She concentrated some of the historic paperwork, office equipment,…
by John Strand | Editorial | December 23rd, 2019
…The holiday season is upon us and we are still always surprised just how quickly time flies. That said, it goes without saying how grateful we at HPR are for ALL OF YOU. You see, the High Plains Reader is your paper. Our advertisers are your advertisers. Our mission is…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | December 4th, 2019
…For a number of years, Fargo and Grand Forks have ranked within the top tiers of “Drunkest city in America.” According to worldpopulationreview.com we came in fifth this year, and the other four cities were all in Wisconsin ironically enough. Though according to an article entitled, “Is Fargo among the…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | November 26th, 2019
…I might be stating the obvious when I say the Internet is a weird dark place. One would think we’d be advancing as a society by having a world of information at our fingertips, but unfortunately, it seems to have quite the opposite effect. Instead, it’s more of a Pandora’s…
by HPR Staff | News | November 13th, 2019
…Sabrina HornungROBINSON — On the second day of deer season hunters and farmers gathered in Carol’s Kitchen for bacon and eggs, coffee, and stories. Extreme precipitation including 14 inches of snow this autumn were still making front page news as many farmers struggle to bring their corn, soybeans, wheat, canola,…