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North Dakota witnessed a rash of local bank robberies during the Depression-era 1930s. Neighboring Minnesota even experienced a robbery that many attributed to Bonnie and Clyde.

For years, North Dakota’s clangorous Republican Senator “Wild Bill”Langer has thumped loud & long as a one-man lobby against new federalappointments. His complaint: North Dakotans…

In observance of the 60th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy Jr., we're republishing this column from Andrea Hunter Halgrimson about meeting the former president as a child.

The Bismarck Tribune, North Dakotas oldest newspaper, celebrates 150 years of publishing on Tuesday. The first edition was dated July 11, 1873.

Mary Langer Gokey, of Fargo, Mimi to her many friends, died May 28, 2023, after a long and active life. She was the wife of the late Franklyn Charles Gokey and the third of the four daughters of U.S. Senator William Langer and Lydia Cady Langer. Her father was elected North Dakota Attorney General before she was born. He served two terms as Governor of North Dakota in 1932 and 1936 and served three terms in the U. S. Senate, from 1940 to 1960. In his final campaign, he carried every county in th...

InForum history columnist Curt Eriksmoen explains how losing an election to the U.S. House of Representatives helped launch North Dakotan Milton Young's decades-long run in the U.S. Senate instead.

Walter Liggett was shot dead while holding a bag of groceries. In part 2 of “The Slaying of Walter Liggett,” why a Minnesota governor and a former North Dakota governor were players in the tragedy.

Walter Liggett was shot dead while holding a bag of groceries. In part 2 of “The Slaying of Walter Liggett,” why a Minnesota governor and a former North Dakota governor were players in the tragedy.

Walter Liggett was shot dead while holding a bag of groceries. In part 2 of “The Slaying of Walter Liggett,” why a Minnesota governor and a former North Dakota governor were players in the tragedy.

Esther Allen, 88, died Dec. 18, 2022 in Moorhead after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She paved the way for generations of women, including me.