‘Rock of support’ retires today: Thoreson spent 42 years with sheriff’s office, 34 as chief deputy 
FARGO – The calendar had just turned to 1971, and Jim Thoreson was studying at North Dakota State University to become a schoolteacher and coach when a friend told him about a job opening at the Cass County Jail.
INFORUM, 05/01/2013
Rep. Cramer, West Acres CEO among critics of proposed border-crossing fee
FARGO – Andrew Chan, of Winnipeg, fidgeted with his smartphone as he waited for his friends to finish browsing the Best Buy Mobile store at West Acres mall.
INFORUM, 04/30/2013
Summit in Fargo focuses on mobile technology
FARGO – Nearly 200 people gathered in downtown Fargo on Sunday for a two-day conference on mobile technology that’s believed to be the first event of its kind in North Dakota.
INFORUM, 04/28/2013
Red River crest in Fargo pegged at 37 feet late Tuesday or early Wednesday
FARGO – As the Red River reached major flood stage here on Sunday, the National Weather Service lowered its predicted peak to 37 feet late Tuesday or early Wednesday – and Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker said he believes it will crest even lower than that.
INFORUM, 04/28/2013
Fargo flood defenses nearly buttoned up
Sandbagging done as 37- to 39-foot crest forecast eases fightFARGO – A year ago, brothers Chad and Jeffrey McCracken were playing disc golf in Moorhead during a visit to see their grandparents. On Saturday, with that same Moorhead park under water, the brothers from Maple Grove, Minn., got a lesson in community service in south Fargo, tossing sandbags instead of Frisbees to help protect strangers against spring flooding.
INFORUM, 04/27/2013
Fargo finishing last touch of sandbagging, levees to be done Monday
FARGO – Volunteers and contractors hustled Saturday to complete the last of the sandbag and clay levees in Fargo as the National Weather Service held to a 37- to 39-foot crest prediction, despite the Red River at Wahpeton appearing to have topped out at more than a half-foot below its predicted crest.
INFORUM, 04/27/2013
North Dakota higher ed board VP asked about open meeting law at dinner
FARGO – Recollections from a Jan. 16 dinner meeting at Chancellor Hamid Shirvani’s home show that one state Board of Higher Education member recalled asking whether it was subject to the state’s open meeting law and, if so, whether the board had followed the required procedures.
INFORUM, 04/25/2013
Probe: Pilot error likely cause in Valley City air show crash
FARGO – The National Transportation Safety Board says pilot error was the probable cause of a Sept. 7 crash that killed veteran pilot Bob Odegaard as he was practicing for an air show near Valley City in his vintage war plane.
INFORUM, 04/23/2013
ND Supreme Court hears appeal in Cooperstown murder
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in the appeal of a man convicted of killing North Dakota State University researcher Kurt Johnson, of Cooperstown.
INFORUM, 04/22/2013
Fargo man not guilty, but could face lifetime in State Hospital
FARGO – In a bizarre series of court hearings Friday, a Fargo man accused of stabbing his wife told a judge that the Holy Ghost and Jesus Christ were commanding him to ask for a jury trial.
INFORUM, 04/19/2013
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