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Grand Forks students wore KKK hoods during high school hockey game [PHOTO]

Students at Red River High School in Grand Forks, North Dakota, staged a "whiteout" during Friday night's state tournament hockey game against Fargo's Davies High School.SEE ALSO: Angry hockey dad yells insult while holding infant, tells another parent he'll cave his face in [VIDEO] But three freshm ... More >>

Bob Seger and Kid Rock announce joint dates -- St. Paul in March

The Michigan bond between Bob Seger and Kid Rock is a deep one. Rock spoke at great length about his admiration for Seger in his recent profile in The New Yorker, and now this bond takes an extra weight as the pair will hit the road together for a couple of shows nearby. This March, the guys' varyin ... More >>

Bret Witte, bumbling Fargo cop, suspended for posting photo of evidence on Facebook [IMAGE]

In June, Fargo PD Detective Bret Witte posted a photo of cash he'd seized while executing a search warrant (image above). As you'd expect, posting photos of evidence on social media violates Fargo PD policy, and Witte was suspended for two days without pay in August. SEE ALSO:-- Duluth officer Richa ... More >>

Carter Gustafson, 8, has some adorable questions for you about Minnesota's marriage amendment

SEE ALSO:-- Olympian Seimone Augustus on being an openly gay pro athlete [VIDEO]-- Fargo Forum reverses course, decides to publish gay marriage notices after backlashFrom the mouth of babes oft times comes gems, and this is one of those times.Carter Gustafson, 8 3/4, recently penned an awwwww-inspir ... More >>

Fargo Forum reverses course, decides to publish gay marriage notices after backlash

SEE ALSO:-- MN Marriage amendment: Majority support one man-one woman definition, says new survey-- Catholic school teacher forced to resign after disagreeing with church's gay marriage stance-- Marriage amendment means it's a great time to be in Minnesota's media businessThe Fargo Forum's managemen ... More >>

Biracial Bemidji-area family finds burning cross in yard

Around 12:40 a.m. last Friday, a Bemidji-area woman was sitting in her rural Northern Township home when see saw the sky seemingly catch fire.She ran outside, and there was an 8-foot-tall burning cross propped against a tree. The woman, who has a black husband and two adult biracial children, saw so ... More >>

Minneapolis sixth-horniest city; St. Paul considerably less aroused, study finds

A new study by Men's Health magazine finds that Minneapolitans are pretty damn horny. St. Paulites? Let's just say there probably isn't as much Viagra being sold on that side of the river.Minneapolis graded out as the sixth-horniest city in land; St. Paul clocked in 29th place, one spot ahead of Mad ... More >>

Fargo-Moorhead Forum publishes comically sexist 'war against men' letter to the editor

They can't be serious with this crap, can they?On Saturday, the Fargo-Moorhead Forum's editorial staff apparently decided it was a good idea to publish "The real war is against men," a letter to the editor written by Hawley, Minnesota resident Michael Ross.All you really need to know about the lette ... More >>

Mystery woman leaves $12,000 at restaurant; waitress says it's a tip, police say drug money

A waitress at the Moorhead Fryn' Pan was working when she noticed a woman had left a to-go box from another restaurant on a table.She grabbed the box, then followed the woman out the restaurant. But when she tried to reunite the woman with her "leftovers," the waitress was told, "No, I'm good, you k ... More >>

Kristine Sellie-Hanson enters Fargo bar, swings her dog in air by leash, gets arrested

​If dogs truly are man's best friend, then we'd hate to see how Kristine Sellie-Hanson treats people.Sellie-Hanson, 27, was arrested early yesterday morning after swinging Buddy the Lhasa Apso by its leash in a Fargo bar. She was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty, disorderly conduct, crimina ... More >>

Grand Forks police to begin regularly using drones this spring

​The Grand Forks police department plans to begin regularly using drones this spring.News of the new drone program comes just days after a Fargo lawyer said he might challenge the legality of law enforcement's use of a drone to make an arrest in rural North Dakota last summer. Six law enforcement ... More >>

Wendy Jojola, former North Dakota PTA VP, arrested in prostitution sting

​And people think that PTA meetings are boring...Wendy Jojola, Fargo resident and former president of a Fargo school PTA, was arrested during a prostitution sting in Fargo on Monday night, the Inforum reports. She allegedly told detectives at a Motel 6 she would engage in sexual activities for mon ... More >>

Rogue Valley tour diary, vol. 4: The benefits of local press

​Rogue Valley's tour diaries are written by frontman Chris Koza and edited by bandmate Peter Sieve. You can read their first installment here and second here, and third here. 1/18-1/19 Rogue Valley Tour Journal: "New Year Resolution" Minneapolis: 21 degrees. St. Cloud: 17 degrees. Fergus Falls: 15 ... More >>

The White Stripes release career bookend, starring Moorhead

​The White Stripes played their final show nearly four years ago, on July 31, 2007 in Southaven, Mississippi, bidding adieu to a decade requited with rock and roll and giving every guitarist with furious intentions a little breathing room. Now, through his successful vinyl-centric label Third Man, ... More >>

Weather Channel says Fargo's weather officially sucks worse than the Twin Cities'

Bad, but not as bad as Fargo.​When it comes to endless, subzero dark winters, and blisteringly hot, humid summers, Fargo beats us cold, according to online voters in the Weather Channel's "Toughest Weather City" tournament. You know what? Losing a trumped-up competition based on NCAA March Madne ... More >>

Bassgasm 3 set times announced

Headlining DJ Reid Speed from LA​ The third installment of ESP Woody McBride's rave-in-a-club circus is upon us, set to rattle downtown Minneapolis for 9 hours straight this Friday with 60 DJs of both local and national acclaim and stretching First Avenue to five stages instead of three. Sponsore ... More >>

Moorhead police investigating huge Sudanese-Liberian brawl

Battle Creek CVBBowling took a backseat to brawling in Moorhead over the weekend.​When police arrived on the scene of a Christmas party gone wrong at a Moorhead bowling alley, there was total chaos. Multiple fights had broken out in the parking lot while panicked bystanders who fled to thei ... More >>

UND Saudi student uses aircraft bathroom and scares the crap out of everyone

A Pinnacle crew grew suspicious of a Saudi's nature call.​You've heard of the quip "driving while black." Maybe now we have "pissing while Saudi," after three Saudi Arabian students flying to Grand Forks were detained for hours after one of them had the temerity to use an aircraft's bathroom. ... More >>

Cops seize 15 pounds of khat in Fargo

Fargo Police Department15 pounds of illegal ruffage​When a North Fargo resident agreed to receive a package at his apartment for Mohamed Suleiman Mohamud, he wasn't expecting the package to contain 15 pounds of drugs.But on Saturday, when he opened the package that arrived he found clumps of a lea ... More >>

Slapping Purses play free show at Nick and Eddie tonight

Photo by Jon Behm​Tonight's the final night of our free 4 Nights in Loring series, and we're going out in style. Sprawling improvisational noise collective Marijuana Deathsquads will kick off the night at 7pm in Loring Park, followed by a screening of the movie Fargo. And as soon as the party in t ... More >>

City on the Make

Vladimir Jadick wrecks swath of fresh I-94 concrete (he's from Alabama)

Photo: Curt DeatherageTrouble ahead​Vladimir Jadick ought to be running back to Alabama with his tail between his legs this afternoon, after plowing his pickup truck and 30-foot camper through hundreds of yards of freshly-poured concrete on an I-94 road project near Fargo. Estimated damage: $ ... More >>

Prank calls lead people to hospital to identify loved one's body

Fargo authorities are looking for a person who made at least three prank phone calls pretending to be a doctor. They asked the people to come to the hospital to identify a loved one's body.

Man charged with making terroristic threats against children

Wednesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Did a Cretin-Derham Hall female staffer sleep with male student?

Tuesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Land of 6 million sandbags: Where do they go?

When your city faces a rising river, residents run on adrenaline for endless hours lining the river with sandbags to stop the flood. But what happens when the flood recedes and 6 million sandbags are left behind?

Salon Saloon

Fargo flood: Finding some depth markers

We see a lot of photos of sandbags and the Red River looking monstrous, but it's hard to understand just how deep this water is in places it's not supposed to be.

Let really old Minn. Grandmas fish for free

Monday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Fighting the flood in knee-deep icy waters

While the water level is starting to drop, the river is still well above flood stage and many areas are still flooded with waters to create homes still protected by barriers of sand bags.

CNN journalist, seven others, arrested on Fargo sandbag levees

When Fargo police make rules to keep people safe during the flood, they aren't joking around.

Sandbagging Fargo

The river was at 38.5 feet this morning and could reach 41 feet this weekend. That would exceed the 1897 record by almost a foot and beat the 1997 flood numbers by 1.5 feet.

Twitter, Facebook used to organize flood rescue

Twin Cities volunteers used the social networking services to organize teams to join the sandbagging effort in Fargo, according to this NBC Nightly News clip.

Klobuchar asks UN to help free U.S. journalist in Iran

Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

Fargo hosting V-Day pancake eating contest

Pancakes and a shot at the Guinness Book invite a V-Day road trip.

Living on the streets of Minneapolis for a week

More than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.

Death to Our Enemies say punk's not dead

The group works to avenge garage rock's untimely death, one PBR at a time

Man tries to commit suicide by diving into wood chipper and lives (w/pictures)

NoDak politicos show Bono no love

Hell on Ice

Come in from the cold with these six winter movies

From Fargo to Baghdad

Forbes: Twin Cities crack top 20 for biz and careers

The Midnight Evils: Breakin' It Down

Fox News

How wigs, karaoke, and Fargo birthed So Fox

Blood on the Tracks

The Coen Brothers' debut feature Blood Simple reopens the file on these reticent Minneapolitans

Freeze Frame

Forget Fargo and A Simple Plan: A quarter-century ago, The Heartbreak Kid had Minnesota down cold

Cold Cash

Dada, Dali, and the Dude

Feeling Minnesota...Not!: Jeff Bridges and John Goodman in Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski.

The Year in Film

The view from here to Scotland, Hong Kong, and Fargo

Fanfare for the Common Man