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Crime and courts reporter for The Forum. Please send news tips to abaumgarten @forumcomm .com.

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@aprilbaumsaway
April Baumgarten
2 years
Josh Duhamel got married and went to Duffy’s in Fargo. Way to support local businesses.
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2 years
@AshaRangappa_ @renato_mariotti What’s the over-under for Trump asking The special master to be replaced?
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April Baumgarten
7 years
@FauxPelini this is why I follow you, you lovable troll
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April Baumgarten
1 year
In North Dakota, there is a old shed along I-94 that is falling apart, and on the side is a Trump sign. You can’t make this up.
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April Baumgarten
2 years
As someone who grew up (OK, stumbling through my college years and 20s with her), watching Jenna Marbles be this happy warms my heart.
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Rachael
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JENNA MARBLES IS MARRIED IM GONNA CRY
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April Baumgarten
4 years
@ThisWeekABC @GStephanopoulos Just a heads up, Noem is the governor of South Dakota, not ND as you said in the tweet.
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April Baumgarten
3 months
Today was … rough. I made the mistake of lugging my luggage around downtown Milwaukee to get credentials and other things. Gave myself a bit of heat exhaustion. The blockades are a nightmare to get an Uber. But I found this great Italian place with a pint of Spotted Cow. Cheers!
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April Baumgarten
2 years
@barstoolsports A mostly good shave. Some repeat areas, but overall, great job on keeping th lamb safe and getting the most continue sheer.
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April Baumgarten
7 years
@BuffaloMuseumND names baby bison Carl in honor of @FauxPelini , who adopt a bison after @NDSUfootball beat Iowa.
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April Baumgarten
9 months
When the satire is too real and too true
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April Baumgarten
28 days
First NDSU football game. Go Bison!
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April Baumgarten
11 months
BREAKING: Former North Dakota Sen. Ray Holmberg indicted on federal charges that alleged he traveled international with intentions to have sex with minors, as well as receiving or attempting to receive child porn.
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April Baumgarten
4 months
This signals that Cara Mund may seek political office again.
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Cara Mund
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THIS IS AMAZING! As a pro-choice, anti-Trump REPUBLICAN operating on $35,000 (compared to $1M) and who stood for principles and facts, I received 20% of the vote in a 5 candidate Republican Primary in ND! We can’t create change in a day, but we can create momentum for the future!
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April Baumgarten
4 years
@Daidus_OTL Getting some serious PTSD from the Fullmetal Alchemist one. Poor Nina and Alexander.
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April Baumgarten
8 months
Great showing at Minnesota Newspaper Awards. The Forum won 10 first places and many more. I got one first in breaking news, along with two seconds and a third in other categories.
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April Baumgarten
2 years
ND House Minority Leader Josh Boschee says Gov. Doug Burgum spent more time cheerleading CEOs like Harold Hamm than addressing the needs of North Dakotans, such as a childcare crisis, food and housing insecurity, and access to affordable healthcare.
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April Baumgarten
5 years
@Target Me: I'll just get a few things from Target. Also me:
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April Baumgarten
2 years
Bison fans in the bar now yelling Sioux Suck. How shitty do you have to be to yell insults at a team when you aren’t even playing them, especially when you cheer for them during hockey?
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April Baumgarten
6 months
BREAKING: Once thought deleted, more than 2,000 of North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem's emails made public. Our team is combing through the emails.
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April Baumgarten
6 years
I got a job as an investigative reporter at the @inforum . I'm sad to leave the @gfherald behind, but am excited for this great opportunity. Here I come, Fargo. Cya in about a month.
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April Baumgarten
1 year
Last month, Burgum praised Biden for unlocking federal public assistance for North Dakota after spring flooding caused more than $5 million in damage to roads and other public infrastructure in the state. Burgum made the request for help from the president.
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Doug Burgum
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The struggle is real…
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April Baumgarten
3 years
This journalist has her checkmark! Does that make me the real deal or what?
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April Baumgarten
2 months
HOT TAKE: the food is mid and most people go for the nostalgia.
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𝗘𝗙𝗕 🇺🇲🇲🇽
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April Baumgarten
1 year
Four years before Mohamad Barakat opened fire on police officers in Fargo, North Dakota lawmakers made sure binary triggers, the device that Attorney General Drew Wrigley said turned Barakat's weapon effectively into a machine gun, was legal.
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April Baumgarten
1 year
A big dream for Hazen, North Dakota, sisters Kendra Olson and Krista Slaubaugh, also known as @tigirlily , is coming true: They will perform at the Grand Ole Opry in May.
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April Baumgarten
7 months
This is North Dakota
@UofHockeyBlog
University of Hockey
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Fmr Pres Ted Roosevelt got after it last night
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April Baumgarten
3 months
Mandatory selfie at the RNC
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April Baumgarten
1 year
92% of the PPP loans for Covid were forgiven by the U.S. government. So when people say we shouldn’t make others pay for student loans, you plan on being a good citizen and paying back that PPP loan you took for your business, right?
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1 year
@DeathScytheH @TetsuoTheGoat First anime that made me ugly cry
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April Baumgarten
2 years
There is a parade in Fargo tonight. People are standing in the streets with hockey sticks so they can flick candy that doesn’t quite make it to the sidewalk to the kids. How North Dakota.
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April Baumgarten
4 years
One and done! Get bent, COVID-19.
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April Baumgarten
4 months
According to an analysis of Doug Burgum tweets, the North Dakota governor spent more days out of state than in it last month in his bid to support Donald Trump. The increasing pattern has raised questions on whether he can fulfill his duties as governor.
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April Baumgarten
1 year
I didn’t think one tweet could trigger so many people. Maybe I need to tweet more about sheds.
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April Baumgarten
1 year
In North Dakota, there is a old shed along I-94 that is falling apart, and on the side is a Trump sign. You can’t make this up.
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April Baumgarten
1 year
BREAKING: Mohamad Barakat, who killed a Fargo police officer last week, searched “mass casualty events.” His last search the night before the shooting revealed he pulled up a news article “thousands enjoy first day of downtown Fargo Street Fair.”
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April Baumgarten
1 year
NDSU English Professor Holly Hassal won her first @Jeopardy night with a win of $10,500. #NorthDakota #Jeopardy #NDSU
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April Baumgarten
1 year
There it is, folks. North Dakota comfort in a bowl from the State Capitol #knoephla @flickertailtime
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April Baumgarten
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Good morning. I’m on a flight to Milwaukee to cover the Republican National Convention. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum may be Donald Trump’s running mate. Follow me for coverage.
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April Baumgarten
7 months
Fargo Democrat Merrill Piepkorn running for North Dakota governor, according to paperwork filed with the Secretary of State’s Office.
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April Baumgarten
4 years
In South Dakota, voters approved a measure to legalize marijuana. Now Gov. Noem has approved the funding of attorney fees for one party in the case who wants the amendment voided. She called it supporting and defending the constitution.
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Arielle Zionts
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UPDATE: “The state is paying for Col. Miller’s attorney fees. The Governor approved this because she took an oath to support and defend the constitution. This is part of her duty as Governor,” spokesman Ian Fury said. Still no word about Thom’s legal fees.
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April Baumgarten
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Former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer, a Republican, and U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat, have a discussion on civil politics at Concordia College in Moorhead. Fun to listen as a regular person and not a journalist tonight.
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April Baumgarten
4 years
@Kimbriell Getting your reporting featured on John Oliver is a goal that is almost unmatched by anything else. I could die happy if that happened to me. Your reporting was outstanding then and still is now. Way to go and keep it up!!!
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April Baumgarten
3 months
I may have fucked up
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April Baumgarten
1 year
This is the Blue Moose in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. 🤦‍♀️ come on @NorthDakota
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April Baumgarten
3 years
A very sweet person almost made me cry today. It’s hard to remember some people appreciate your reporting when you get awful emails, so this means a lot.
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April Baumgarten
2 years
BREAKING: A North Dakota Highway Patrol leader said his office has not uncovered any evidence that supports claims Shannon Brandt and Cayler Ellingson got into a political argument before the motorist allegedly hit the teenager with a vehicle.
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April Baumgarten
4 months
Pro tip: Don’t rag on the jury for the Trump verdict. They probably didn’t want to be there, and they likely did their best to figure things out while trying to stay unbiased. It’s not cool to disrespect jurors.
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April Baumgarten
1 year
It’s Pizza Corner all over again.
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Mike McFeely
1 year
Hershey's plans to close Dot's Pretzels flagship facility in Velva @inforum
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April Baumgarten
1 year
It’s not news. I just notice it every time I drive to western North Dakota to see my family. Can I not post non-news stuff?
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Roscoe Streyle
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@aprilbaumsaway Must be boring night for you? 😂 Why is this news? 🙄 “You can't make this up.”
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April Baumgarten
2 years
I’m curious why they waited for keys. Police break down doors when serving warrants and in dangerous situations.
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NPR
2 years
JUST IN: A Texas police official said there were 19 officers in the Uvalde school for most of the shooting — but only after more than an hour did they obtain keys to the classroom where the gunman was located, as a student repeatedly called 911 for help.
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April Baumgarten
1 year
Maybe I’m a party pooper, but seeing people cheer after an affordable housing building in Fargo was imploded (people who lived there were forced to leave and find new homes) seems very tone death.
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April Baumgarten
4 months
Today, North Dakota will break ground on its 14th state park: Pembina Gorge. A few days ago, Gov. Burgum said he would join youth in marking the event. Got an updated release w/o his name. I’m told he won’t go to the gorge. He’s in New York giving interviews after the Trump trial
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April Baumgarten
4 months
I said don’t criticize the jurors.
@American_Bridge
American Bridge 21st Century
4 months
Gov. Doug Burgum attacks the jury that convicted Trump and claims without proof that all 12 jurors would vote for Biden.
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April Baumgarten
4 years
In other news, I see Rep. Wayne Trottier appears to have swapped out his original Crown Royal face mask for what appears to be Crown Royal Peach. To each his own.
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April Baumgarten
4 months
I’m anti-Nazi. These guys have the right to say what they want, just like I have the right to call them out.
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April Baumgarten
4 months
North Dakota U.S. House candidate Trygve Hammer drawing inspiration from Lyndon B. Johnson's "Daisy" ad.
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Dane DeKrey
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Pop off, king. 🔨 🔨 🔨
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April Baumgarten
1 year
I’m just going to come out an say it. This is a disingenuous argument. No public school library that is in their right mind is going to allow Playboy porn in schools, especially in ND. There was a time when leggings weren’t allowed because they distracted boys.
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@aprilbaumsaway If the material in question is okay, then why not add those mags? Same subject matter. Throw in some alcohol and tobacco products, too, if the idea of determining what’s appropriate for minors is suddenly considered passé.
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I really miss the Flickertail Times
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April Baumgarten
3 years
I don't write stories to win awards, but this one feels special. I won my first first-place Minnesota Newspaper Association award on my own, and it's with a story I'm especially proud of.
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April Baumgarten
9 months
Of course not, but there is a grace in not endorsing someone.
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LL
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@aprilbaumsaway Did anyone think he would endorse Biden? Trump got just as many votes in ND as Burgum got in 2020.
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April Baumgarten
9 months
When your newspaper features a special tag for you on the homepage
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April Baumgarten
6 months
Literally my face all weekend.
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Katie Winbauer
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Me reading @aprilbaumsaway ’s tweets all day
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April Baumgarten
1 year
As a Grand Forks man was being investigated on construction fraud & child porn allegations, former Sen. Ray Holmberg gave him a ride from Grand Forks to Bismarck so Nicholas Morgan-Derosier could discuss the fraud case w/ state consumer protection staff.
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April Baumgarten
9 months
“For our son to ... face down evil and to stand his ground, how can you not say that he was a hero?” Jake Wallin’s mother, Amy Wallin, said. “And everyone was that day.” Officers who protected Fargo from shooter are The Forum's Persons of the Year
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April Baumgarten
3 years
What is making me happy today. This person was very kind.
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10 months
Nothing beats the sunset skies of western North Dakota. Salem Sue in the back standing on her butte.
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April Baumgarten
4 years
This is one of the few times I have heard Sen. Cramer speak against Trump. He told reporters the president should bear some responsibility for at least his actions and words today. He also expressed opposition to the way Trump treated VP Pence.
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Christal Hayes
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👀 GOP Sen. Cramer, R-N.D., says he “gasped” when he saw Trump’s messages earlier today. He said Trump’s treatment of Pence was “unjustified and wrong” and said it was “really irritating”
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April Baumgarten
9 months
Taylor Swift is worth $1.1 billion. Brett Farve is worth $100 million.
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April Baumgarten
2 years
BREAKING: Ray Holmberg said he would step down June 1 as North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator. This comes after my investigative piece on him exchanging dozens of messages with a jailed child porn suspect.
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11 months
Looks like the North Dakota Legislature will go back to Bismarck for a second special session.
@TQPurdon
Tim Purdon
11 months
The Spirit Lake Nation and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians have won their Voting Rights Act case against North Dakota. Federal Court orders ND Districts 9 and 15 redrawn by 12/22/23. #NativeVote cc: @NDNrights @CampaignLegal @RobinsKaplan
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1 year
This photo was shocking to see. The Fargo shooter obtained all of this legally, authorities said. Police believe he was planning something horrific, possibly a mass shooting. Gas cans and explosives also were found in the car.
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April Baumgarten
1 year
Barakat had a homemade grenade, three long rifles, at least 3 handguns, explosives and 1800 rounds. Mayor Mahoney says it appears Barakat wanted to commit more mayhem in the community.
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2 years
In honor of the great knoephla soup off in Bismarck today, I am enjoying some of my own from Randy’s Diner Too in West Fargo. Yum! @flickertailtime
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3 months
They ran out of Diet Coke at the RNC on Wednesday. People are devastated. And I don’t blame them.
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April Baumgarten
10 months
North Dakota’s @tigirlily have had a big year of firsts, but it hasn’t been an overnight success. Here is a look at how 10 years of hard work have turned into dreams come true for Kendra Olson and Krista Slaubaugh.
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April Baumgarten
4 months
How disgusting (and cowardly to hide your faces) do you have to be to do this?
@SoDakTruth
South Dakota Department of Propaganda
4 months
Fans reporting that these guys that occupied our state capitol yesterday spent the night in Spearfish. Other fans are saying there was a brawl in Deadwood between them and some locals.
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April Baumgarten
5 years
Some of the best restaurants I've been to are hole-in-the-wall eateries, usually attached to a gas station. Parrot's Cay in Grand Forks, Mango's Mexican Food in Fargo. Yum.
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April Baumgarten
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Went to Cork and Cleaver in Fargo for a prime rib. Forgot about Valentine’s Day (I’m forever alone), but the special was amazing. I got shrimp cocktail, salad, a massive prime rib, baked potatoe, crème brûlée and champagne for $60. Honestly, worth every penny.
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April Baumgarten
2 years
@blairthoreson @Super70sSports Our poor photographer will never live that down.
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April Baumgarten
1 year
@jeremyjturley & I received the 1st Amendment Reporting award this weekend at the ND Newspaper Awards for coverage that shed light on a North Dakota senator and his connections to a federal child porn and abuse suspect. That senator has since resigned and is under investigation.
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A big piece I’ve been working on for several months comes out tomorrow. Stay tuned.
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April Baumgarten
5 months
Dave Thompson is a News Legend!!!
@jacob_notermann
Jacob Notermann
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Shoutout to the Radio Legend Dave Thompson for becoming TELEVISION Legend Dave Thompson, and running a ND Republican Primary debate on @prairiepublic ! Hopefully our national broadcasting friends take some lessons on how to run the debate stage!
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April Baumgarten
4 months
If you’re carrying a Swastika flag and yelling Hail Hitler, you’re a Nazi.
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April Baumgarten
3 years
It’s amazing how national media talking heads comment on trials when they don’t know how one works. That’s why local journalism is so important. Local reporters have become experts not only in their fields but the readers, cities, states and systems they cover.
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1 year
I would rather it be 4° and feel like -11° than 97° and feel like 109°
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April Baumgarten
2 months
George Washington didn’t have biological children. He had stepchildren. Five presidents were never fathers, so to say. So to say people without children don’t have a stake in the future is rubbish.
@reinhardtgstein
🇳🇪 Reinhardt Goldstein 🇳🇪
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@aprilbaumsaway People without children do not have a stake in the future. Hedonism is the priority. Makes for poor leaders.
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1 year
@flickertailtime predicted a North Dakota legislator would take on NDSU for this. A reminder that this was a decision made by the students.
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April Baumgarten
2 years
@WashProbs Me cringing at his untied laces
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April Baumgarten
4 months
It’s never good when you wake up to this many comments on one post. 😰
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April Baumgarten
2 months
Americans are about to learn a lot about Midwestern food that will make them uncomfortable. If they are shocked by hotdish and taco in a bag, imagine what happens when they find out about lutefisk and lefse
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April Baumgarten
2 years
When I hear someone on social media complain that they can’t read my articles online for free, I hear them say, “the work you put into this story is not valued, and I want a handout.”
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April Baumgarten
2 years
@speakout_april @atrupar That’s us trying to get our shit together amd showing you all how it’s going.
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April Baumgarten
5 years
From ND Democratic Chair @KylieOversen on Sen. Kevin Cramer’s claim the use of the word was an a result of “fat-fingers”: “Either he used it intentionally or it is a word the senator uses often enough that his phone has it saved.”
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April Baumgarten
3 months
Found a Milwaukee bar called the Newsroom Pub, so I have to go in naturally. It features the old-style wood furnishings and a mummified cat owned by the The Milwaukee Press Club.
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