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If you’re from the region you may have sipped, sampled or caught word of a libation often referred to as “red eye” or “wedding whiskey” at some point. In fact some of our friends of German Russia ...

Alex Ross Perry's “Videoheaven” is "a nearly 3-hour long analysis of the rise and fall of brick and mortar movie rental." ...

The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection (GRHC) unveiled a new, museum-quality exhibit located within the NDSU Main ...

Fargo’s new mayor, Josh Boschee, was sworn into office on July 6. He won the five-way mayoral race on June 9 with about 47 ...

Nikkie Gullickson was elected to the Fargo City Commission in June. She will retain her Fargo School Board seat.

Among the 267 popes who have led the Roman Catholic Church, there have likely been gay men, probably a transgender man or two, fascists, several democrats, sons of popes, dozens of authoritarians and ...

High Plains Reader is the upper midwest’s independent news, arts and entertainment news source. HPR hits stands the Third Thursday of every month and is available free of charge. In its 31st year, the ...

STANDING ROCK – Long ago, Native American women would stuff dirt up their dresses to keep from getting raped by the wasi’chu, meaning eat the fat, a term which has evolved to denote the collective ...

Just down a dusty old road trailing west in North Dakota, on County Road 9, you’ll come upon the Tetrault Woods which you’ll have to travel through. It’s said that the road eventually becomes so ...

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