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    June 21, 2018
    Charles Krauthammer
    Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and intellectual provocateur, dies at 68
    Charles Krauthammer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist and intellectual provocateur who championed the muscular foreign policy...
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    June 20, 2018
    Brian and Becky Johnson stand in the old barn Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, near Arthur, N.D., that has hosted dances, concerts and receptions since the 1950s. Brian is struggling with Parkinson's disease, so they decided to sell the farmstead. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service file photo
    'A fervor for life that was undeniable': Brian Johnson, former owner of historic ND dance hall, dies
    WEST FARGO, N.D.—Brian Johnson, the former owner of "Johnson's Barn," a historic dance hall and event venue in rural Arthur, N.D., has...
    community/peopleJune 20, 2018 - 3:44pm
    Miss America Cara Mund signs autographs for Girl Scouts on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at the Fargo Air Museum in Fargo. Carissa Wigginton / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Miss America says Girl Scouts played big role in her development
    FARGO — Miss America 2018 and Girl Scout alum Cara Mund got to share her story with fellow scouts Tuesday, June 19, about how her involvement...
    community/peopleJune 20, 2018 - 2:59pm
    June 19, 2018
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    'I'm going to beat this': Expectant ND mother remains optimistic after cancer diagnosis
    HUNTER N.D.—At six months pregnant with a cancer diagnosis to boot, expectant mother Merideth Sorensen is hoping for the best. Sorensen, 35,...
    community/peopleJune 19, 2018 - 9:07pm
    Former North Dakota State backup quarterback Cole Davis has been hired to run Carson Wentz's AO1 Foundation. David Samson / Forum News Service
    Wentz tabs his former backup to help lead foundation
    PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz hired his former backup at North Dakota State to help lead his A01 Foundation. Operating...
    community/nonprofitsJune 19, 2018 - 5:52pm
    Bilal Quintyne attended church with Belinda Whitaker on Sunday; the two reconnected after he pushed her home in her wheelchair. MUST CREDIT: Destinee Angel Burton
    He saw a woman stranded in a wheelchair by the side of the road. What happened next made the world take notice.
    On Sunday, Bilal Quintyne sat in a church he'd never been to before and heard the pastor praise him. The 24-year-old amateur boxer is not a religious...
    community/peopleJune 19, 2018 - 10:02am
    June 11, 2018
    Katie Olson, 20, of Williston, reacts after being crowned Miss North Dakota on Saturday. Jamie Kelly / Williston Herald
    Crowned Miss North Dakota, NDSU student can't wait to visit schools
    WILLISTON, N.D. -- When Katie Olson heard her name announced Saturday night as Miss North Dakota 2018, she almost didn’t believe it at first....
    community/peopleJune 11, 2018 - 1:29pm
    Ya sure: Regional dialects persist across Upper Midwest
    Jim Davis doesn't think he has a "North Dakota" accent. "Most people in North Dakota don't believe we have an accent," Davis said. "I'm sure...
    community/historyJune 11, 2018 - 8:05am
    June 8, 2018
    Thanks to an application by Lakeport Cemetery sexton Karen Keener, a veteran's grave marker now honors the service of Civil War veteran Johann Christian Lukenbill. Submitted photo
    Civil War veteran gets grave marker 99 years after death
    PARK RAPIDS, Minn.—Until last week, a Civil War veteran buried in the Lakeport Cemetery in Laporte had only a plain wooden cross to mark...
    community/historyJune 8, 2018 - 2:04pm
    Anthony Bourdain speaks during the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 13, 2016. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris
    Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef and roguish culinary adventurer, dies at 61
    Anthony Bourdain, the American-born celebrity chef and roguish culinary adventurer, was found dead Friday in a hotel in France at age 61. He...
    community/peopleJune 8, 2018 - 9:40am
    Nicole Phillips, Kindness is Contagious columnist Photo courtesy of Ann Fredricks Photography
    Kindness crosses a variety of comfort zones
    FARGO — I'm a pretty outgoing person. There are certainly things that heighten my anxiety, but talking to strangers isn't one of them....
    community/peopleJune 8, 2018 - 6:42am
    June 7, 2018
    Gen. George Armstrong Custer's .22 revolver, which was presented to him by the United States Volunteers in 1863, has an opening bid of $25,000 in Heritage Auctions' Legends of the West Auction. Photo courtesy of Heritage Auctions, HA.com
    A lock of Custer's hair, Sitting Bull's rifle featured in auction of Little Bighorn collection
    DALLAS, Texas—Capt. Frederick Benteen hated all things Custer. He shredded the reputation of his commanding officer, Lt. Col. George Armstrong...
    community/historyJune 7, 2018 - 7:48pm
    June 6, 2018
    Construction crews work on a home on Desiree Drive on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. Given an eight percent population growth in Grand Forks since 2010, new home construction is a constant process. Nick Nelson / Forum News Service
    Census data shows continued trend of movement to urban areas in ND
    GRAND FORKS—Though Grand Forks cannot claim the title of North Dakota's largest city, it continues to keep pace with the state's other...
    community/peopleJune 6, 2018 - 6:24am
    June 5, 2018
    Miss America 2018 Cara Mund, from North Dakota, reacts after she was crowned at Boardwalk Hall Sept. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City. Thomas P. Costello/Asbury Park Press via USA TODAY NETWORK
    Miss ND officials react to Miss America dropping its swimsuit competition
    WILLISTON, N.D.—On Tuesday, June 5, the day before preliminary rounds were to start in the Miss North Dakota Scholarship Pageant, the Miss...
    community/peopleJune 5, 2018 - 6:43pm
    June 4, 2018
    Hecker receives community service award for making red crepe paper poppies
    VALLEY CITY, N.D.—Leo Hecker was presented with the community service award on Saturday, June 2, from the Dacotah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Hecker was presented the award at Sheyenne Care Center in Valley City, which is where he lives. He has made...
    community/peopleJune 4, 2018 - 9:36pm
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