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Could A Million Dollar Ransom Still Be Buried In Minnesota? The date was July 27th, 1972. It was on this below-average 68 degree cloudy Thursday that the wife of Minneapolis chairman and CEO Harry 'Bobby' Piper, Virginia, was kidnapped from the front yard of their Orono home at gunpoint. Virginia was found two days later chained to a tree in Jay Cooke State Park near Duluth. The kidnappers only revealed Virginia's location after Piper agreed to and paid a $1 million dollar, in cash, ransom. That ransom money, other than $4,000 that was recovered was never seen again. Some think it is still b...

A Million Dollar Secret: Is the Piper kidnapping ransom buried in Willow River?  article After her kidnapping in 1972, Virginia Piper made it back home. But, nearly 50 years later, a mystery still remains. (FOX 9) WILLOW RIVER, Minn. (FOX 9) - Nearly 50 years later, it remains one of Minnesota’s greatest unsolved crimes: Who kidnapped Virginia Piper? And where is the million-dollar ransom? Virginia Piper, the wife of investment banker Harry Piper, was kidnapped July 27, 1972, from the garden of her Orono home, by two men wearing ski masks, each man carrying two guns. A Million Dollar S...

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U.S. Sen. John Hoeven is running again. Can anybody catch him? Hoeven has worked on a range of issues in the Senate, though in just the last few years, he’s sounded the alarm over Russian pressure on oil markets; he’s helped negotiate border policy; and he’s closely overseen agricultural spending. Written By: Sam Easter | × U.S. Sen. John Hoeven waves to hockey fans at Ralph Engelstad Arena after being introduced during a game in 2020. To the right of Hoeven is UND Alumni Association vice president of philanthropy Dan Muus. Nick Nelson / Grand Forks Herald Nick Nelson...

KVRR Local News February 4, 2021 FARGO (KVRR) – Sen. John Hoeven is running for reelection.  Hoeven’s campaign office confirms that he plans to seek a third term in the Senate in 2022. “The answer is yes, Senator Hoeven is planning to run for re-election” according to Hoeven campaign spokesman Don Larson. Hoeven was first elected to the Senate in 2010, defeating Democrat Tracy Potter.  He succeeded Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan, who retired. Hoeven is a member of the Senate Agriculture, Appropriations, Energy and Indian Affairs Committees. Prior to the Senate, Hoeven was elected to t...