8+ hour, 24+ min ago  (941+ words) The story of his survival and his team's survival is amazing, because the chances of surviving after a helicopter crash are very slim," Morse said. But what happened afterward and the struggles he had throughout his life " and how he…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1057+ words) NEWBURG, N.D. " When Orlan Robert Cool went missing after his ship broke apart off Newfoundland's frozen coast during a freak storm on Feb. 18, 1942, his death was a double tragedy for his family in Newburg, North Dakota. He became the second son…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (611+ words) GRAND FORKS " An "incredible revelation" from a previous University of North Dakota professor's efforts to document the life of a Nuremberg chief prosecutor is a missing link between his efforts to hold Nazi Einsatzgruppen " or paramilitary death squad " leaders accountable…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (744+ words) WILLISTON, N.D. " Almost 85 years ago, a North Dakota Army National Guard Infantry Regiment made history as the first unit to take offensive action in World War II. Now, a nonprofit organization " the 164th Infantry Remembrance Association " has been created to honor and remember…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (391+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (755+ words) PARK RAPIDS, Minn. " Budd Parker and Tim "Pete" Fairbanks are on a mission. For nearly 20 years, they've been identifying, researching and memorializing veterans who were killed in action. The original memorial wall, begun around 2005 or so, was displayed at the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1106+ words) FELTON, Minn. " Eighty years ago, in a city long associated with Nazi pageantry and propaganda, German leaders were called to answer for the atrocities of World War II, including the Holocaust. Inside a Nuremberg courtroom, as newsreels rolled, the world…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (580+ words) Today in History revisits the Tuesday, December 22,1942 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story on Major Arthur Narum of Fargo, former Cass County Register of Deeds, returning home after commanding the 99th bomber squadron in North Africa. Narum…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (233+ words) GRAND FORKS " Culver's restaurant will donate a portion of its sales Tuesday and Friday, Dec. 9 and 12, to the North Dakota/Minnesota Veterans Honor Flight program, which takes veterans on a three-day, all-expenses-paid trip to visit war memorials and other historic…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1241+ words) DETROIT LAKES, Minn. " He may not be able to see or hear very well these days, but that doesn't mean James Ramstad's mind has lost any of the sharpness that made him one of Detroit Lakes' top attorneys, right up…...