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    April 22, 2018
    1963 Impala was beautiful, but it fell apart
    FARGO — I overheard a conversation at a Fargo coffee shop. Two oldies (like me) watched a vintage 1957 Chevrolet pull into a snowy parking...
    opinion/columnsApril 22, 2018 - 9:50am
    Jim Shaw
    Time to respond to reader feedback
    Well, it's that time again... Time to respond to reader feedback. This time I'm going to start with responses to the critical emails and Facebook...
    opinion/columnsApril 22, 2018 - 5:45am
    April 21, 2018
    Roxane Salonen
    Despite faith fall, Good News still very good
    FARGO — A new Gallup poll shows a continued decline in church attendance. "Fully 20 percent of all Americans now have no religious identity,"...
    lifestyle/faithApril 21, 2018 - 3:15pm
    April 17, 2018
    The pickup family members of slain 6-year-old Justis Burland drove from Spokane, Wash., to Fergus Falls, Minn., sat outside the Otter Tail County courthouse Tuesday, April 17. (Mike McFeely / The Forum)
    Family of slain child says multiple people called Otter Tail County social services
    FERGUS FALLS, Minn.—The family of a 6-year-old boy slain in Fergus Falls says it knows of multiple people who called social services in...
    opinion/columnsApril 17, 2018 - 10:04pm
    April 15, 2018
    Jon Hauser
    Hope for our hurts
    FARGO — Last week I read this quote from Jon Gordon, "We don't get burned out because of what we do. We get burned out because we forget...
    lifestyle/faithApril 15, 2018 - 2:10pm
    April 13, 2018
    Bobbie Bishop
    Texts, court documents show custody battle over murdered Fergus Falls boy
    Bobbie Bishop wanted full custody of Justis Burland and his twin brother Xavier. When she didn't get it after a hearing April 2, text messages...
    news/crime-and-courtsApril 13, 2018 - 9:22pm
    File photo of FBI Director Robert Mueller testifying before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, June 13, 2013. (Christopher Gregory/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Commentary: Comey is the sideshow. Mueller is the main event.
    Former FBI director James Comey may have the most diverse group of critics of anyone caught up in the Russia investigations. Hillary Clinton's...
    opinion/columnsApril 13, 2018 - 11:04am
    April 8, 2018
    Jim Shaw
    Commentary: I am surveyed out
    When it comes to surveys...
    opinion/columnsApril 8, 2018 - 6:55am
    April 7, 2018
    Roxane Salonen
    Judas or John: Which will it be for you, me?
    During this past Holy Week, those days just before Easter, I found Scripture particularly rich and moving. Certain passages gripped me anew....
    lifestyle/faithApril 7, 2018 - 7:27am
    April 5, 2018
    Minnesota Twins catcher Mitch Garver (23) is congratulated by left fielder Ryan LaMarre (right) after the game against the Seattle Mariners at Target Field on Thursday, April 5. (Jeffrey Becker / USA TODAY Sports)
    McFeely: Garver makes biggest mark at Twins home opener
    MINNEAPOLIS — The most talked-about moment of the Minnesota Twins home opener at Target Field happened before the game. As part of the...
    sportsApril 5, 2018 - 8:59pm
    April 1, 2018
    Jim Shaw
    Commentary: U of M should rename Coffman Memorial Union
    It's time for a major change at the University of Minnesota... -- The name of "Coffman" should be dropped from the student union, now called...
    opinion/columnsApril 1, 2018 - 6:20am
    March 25, 2018
    Jon Hauser
    The point is purpose
    FARGO — In kindergarten, a member of the Williston Fire Department came to our school. Each of us went home that afternoon with a bright...
    opinion/columnsMarch 25, 2018 - 11:15am
    Terry Ulrich, fourth-generation farmer and rancher from Ashley, N.D., believes agriculture will be negatively impacted by a trade war. (Submitted photo)
    Commentary from 4th generation farmer: Trade wars are economic self-mutilation
    Agriculture is now a global market, affecting our plans on what and how much we plant in acres each season. Agriculture will be the casualty...
    business/agricultureMarch 25, 2018 - 8:06am
    A Minnesota Vikings fan drew the attention of Philadelphia Eagles fans before the Vikings played the Eagles in the NFC Championship on Jan. 21, 2018, at Lincoln Financial Field. This Vikings fan was treated well, which was not the case for many Minnesota fans at the game. (Mike McFeely / Forum News Service)
    McFeely: NFL investigating fan behavior at Vikings-Eagles game, indicates changes might be coming
    Eric Johnson's experience at January's NFC Championship game in Philadelphia was not as horrible as it was for some Minnesota Vikings fans. But...
    sportsMarch 25, 2018 - 1:00am
    March 23, 2018
    Commentary: What if millennials get politically active?
    If gun control becomes the gateway issue that entices distrustful millennials into the voting booth, America is in for a makeover. Never before has this country produced a generation with political views and demographic traits so different from those of its elders. On nearly every...
    opinion/columnsMarch 23, 2018 - 12:08pm
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