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Flags of the five Native American tribes in North Dakota are taken into Memorial Hall of the state Capitol by an honor guard of veterans during the flag ceremony on Thursday afternoon. Above, the flag of the Sisseton-Wahpeton-Oyate is carried into the hall. The flags are on display outside the governor's office. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune

History Nov 30th 2019 - 8am

Sisseton Wahpeton Nation created through movement, sometimes willing but sometimes forced

A feather regalia seen during the Mandaree Hidatsa Powwow Friday, July 19, in Mandaree, N.D. Meagan Deanne / The Forum

History Nov 28th 2019 - 4pm

How smallpox brought the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes together

Deep snow covered downtown Grand Forks, N.D., in the aftermath of the Thanksgiving blizzard of 1896. Photo courtesy of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. A2711

History Nov 25th 2019 - 7am

Wind blew 'great guns' in killer Thanksgiving blizzard of 1896

Lyle Swenson, left, and Troy Magnuson, both former Master Masons of the Mitchell Masonic Lodge show the Masonic emblem that used to be mounted atop the 301 North Main Street building that had begun being torn down on Wednesday, Nov. 13 in downtown Mitchell. (Matt Gade / Republic)

History Nov 21st 2019 - 7pm

Preserving the history of Mitchell's Masonic Lodge

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Business Dec 7th 2019 - 9am

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A new Hutchinson County Courthouse is currently under construction on the west side of Olivet. Employees at the current courthouse, located in central Olivet and in use by the county since 1881, are planning to move into the new building later this month. (Erik Kaufman / Republic)

Government and Politics Nov 8th 2019 - 6pm

Hutchinson Co. employees prepping move to new courthouse

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank 44 years ago this Sunday, Nov. 10. Wikimedia Commons / Special to The Forum

History Nov 6th 2019 - 6am

44 years after sinking, last communications from Edmund Fitzgerald still haunt

A buffalo hunt on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation photographed by Frank Fiske in the early 1900s. The Lakota and Yanktonail Sioux for generations depended heavily on the once-plentiful buffalo. Photo courtesy of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. 1952-05611

History Oct 12th 2019 - 7am

The great northern buffalo herd came to an end during the ‘Last Great Hunt’ at Standing Rock

People Sep 13th 2019 - 2pm

South Dakota Hall of Fame to celebrate culture of excellence in South Dakota with induction of new members

"When you teach it, the appreciation for how big it was at the time, you almost had to be around at the time to understand it," says Chad Israelson, a history instructor at Rochester Community & Technical College, on the Sept. 11 attacks.

History Sep 11th 2019 - 7am

What will 9/11 mean in the future? Time will tell, history experts say

Mitchell Police Division. (Republic file photo)

History Sep 9th 2019 - 3pm

Two, 100-year-old mortar rounds found in Mitchell neighborhood

Larry Moeller, Mitchell, leads the way at the 19th annual tractor parade with his 1949 Farmall B in Farmer Sunday afternoon, Sept. 8. About 60 entries took part in the parade this year, and hundreds of spectators lined the street of the community to take in the event. (Erik Kaufman / Republic)

Events Sep 8th 2019 - 9pm

Vintage tractors, car and trucks converge on tiny town of Farmer

Jimmy Traupel, 96, of Mitchell, will receive the French Legion of Honor for his contribution to the liberation of France during World War II Saturday, Aug. 24 in a ceremony at Veterans Park in Mitchell at 4 p.m. The event has been rescheduled from earlier in the week. (Republic File Photo)

History Aug 12th 2019 - 2pm

Ceremony to honor WWII vet Traupel moved to Aug. 24

Jimmy Traupel, 96, of Mitchell, will receive the French Legion of Honor for his contribution to the liberation of France during World War II Wednesday, Aug. 21 in a ceremony at Veterans Park in Mitchell. (Republic File Photo)

Events Aug 10th 2019 - 6am

Mitchell WWII veteran to receive French Legion of Honor

One of the former Corn Palace domes rests in the grass across from Muth Electric at 730 N. Kimball St. in Mitchell. (Matt Gade / Republic)

History Jul 12th 2019 - 3pm

Where the domes go to die: Five years ago, Palace pulled its old domes down

A lineup of Ford Pinto cars are pictured at a past Pinto Stampede, which will be coming into Mitchell Thursday and Friday to cap a five-day tour of South Dakota and Nebraska. (Courtesy photo)

Travel Jul 11th 2019 - 4pm

Small Pinto Stampede rolling into town

Shown here is the corner of the corroding exterior wall on the Carnegie Resource Center. (Sam Fosness / Republic)

Community Jun 5th 2019 - 8am

Keeping up Mitchell's home for history

Many of the historical artifacts on display at the Dakota Discovery Museum include federal documents and inmate logs from the Hiawatha Indian Insane Asylum near Canton, which was open for 31 years in the early 1900s. (Marcus Traxler / Republic)

Community Nov 13th 2018 - 7am

Museum exhibit sheds light on painful past

1,500-year-old pre-Viking era sword discovered in a Swedish lake by Saga Vanecek. Courtesy / JÖNKÖPINGS LÄNS MUSEUM

Community Oct 8th 2018 - 9am

‘Daddy, I found a sword!’: 8-year-old former Minn. girl finds 1,500-year-old pre-Viking era relic in Swedish lake

From left to right: Ron Dufek, vice president of the Geddes Historical Society, and State Rep. Julie Bartling hands over the official bill that proclaims Aug. 27 as the Peter Norbeck working holiday to Irene Merkwan, president of the historical society. (Sam Fosness /Republic)

Community Aug 27th 2018 - 10am

Celebrating Norbeck, ‘a pioneer’ for South Dakota

Amelia Earhart in 1928. Photo from the Library of Congress

Community Jul 26th 2018 - 8am

Dozens heard Amelia Earhart's final, chilling pleas for help, researchers say

A firing squad, led by former Harrison Camp 53-2 Commander Norman Weber, honors Peters. (Ellen Bardash / Republic)

Community Jun 25th 2018 - 8am

Civil War veteran honored with long-awaited headstone

U.S. Navy personnel carry the casket of WWII U.S. Navy sailor Julius Pieper during a reburial service at the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Seventy four years to the day after their ship hit a mine off the coast of Normandy and sunk, Julius Pieper was finally reunited with his twin brother Ludwig. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Community Jun 21st 2018 - 8am

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