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Tracy Briggs

Tracy Briggs has been a journalist for more than 35 years, starting as a television news reporter, producer and anchor in 1988. She is an Emmy-nominated documentary producer/host, was named The Forum’s 2007 “Person of the Year” for founding the WDAY Honor Flight program (now Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN) and has won numerous awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association and the North Dakota Newspaper Association. These days, her specialty is historical and feature news with her column “Back Then with Tracy Briggs,” which takes both a lighthearted and serious walk down memory lane. You can reach Tracy at 701-219-0748 or tracy.briggs@forumcomm.com.

What did the writer predict for the future and what did he want to tell us about the past?
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Minnesota and North Dakota were the last states fighting in an original 'smear' campaign
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Eunice Winstead, 9, made news in 1937 when she married a 24-year-old man in Tennessee. Minnesota was among the few states that fought back.
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The Dodge with the 1950 Minnesota plates now sits outside London, but the Finch family wants to honor where its story began.
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The Dodge with the 1950 Minnesota plates now sits outside London, but the Finch family wants to honor where its story began.
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80 years ago, Allied troops invaded Normandy, marking a turning point in the war and giving one man a taste of fame — even if he never made a fuss about it.
Ventura made appearances in Moorhead on Saturday to promote his new line of cannabis edibles.
Or was it just a really tough case? No matter what happened to Pearl Osten on Oct. 2, 1927, her family is still looking for answers.
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Those looking to sell, distribute, or consume booze in the '20s and '30s had a few sneaky tricks up their sleeves.
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After a lifetime of hearing about his North Dakotan great-great-grandfather's record-breaking beard, Dan Backer and his wife Jeanine trekked through the Smithsonian archives to see it.