Tracy Briggs
Grand Forks Herald
Mountain View, CA, United States
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A small-town waitress in North Dakota recalled the night she served steak to Al Capone
Stella Hildre was only a teenager when the gun-toting gangsters “in fine clothes” asked her to lock the doors of her family's cafe and serve them dinner. It became a night she'd never forget. → Read More
In the 1920s, a lawman in North Dakota had a dark secret — He was Al Capone’s brother
Sometimes called 'the white sheep' of the family, what would make Vincenzo Capone choose to fight the booze trade that was making his little brother Al the most powerful gangster in the world? → Read More
Valley City girl wins a European river cruise from AAA
Kylie Van Bruggen and her father Tyler set sail through Belgium and the Netherlands in March. → Read More
‘I don’t want her to die too!’ What happened to 8-year-old girl saved by father in '68 fire
In 1968, fire destroyed the Jenkins home. Four people died, but a dramatic act saved the life of a girl who would later capture the hearts of an entire city. → Read More
Couple gives up 'normal' life in North Dakota to wander the world
Brad and Jenn Lindemann were living the American dream, but they gave it all up for a semi-nomadic life abroad. What do they miss most about Fargo? You might be surprised. → Read More
Couple gives up 'normal' life in Fargo to wander the world
Brad and Jenn Lindemann were living the American dream, but they gave it all up for a semi-nomadic life abroad. What do they miss most about Fargo? You might be surprised. → Read More
During WWII, North Dakota kids traded in their Valentines to help the war effort, while adults sent Camels
On Valentine's Day 1942, the war was less than three months old, but children were already in the fight. → Read More
After battling the Great Chicago Fire this N.D. governor became a swashbuckling pirate
Fred Fancher also survived North Dakota’s deadliest blizzard, wrote the state constitution, and became a multimillionaire businessman. → Read More
Why suspected paranormal activity at a WWII-era North Dakota one-room school reached the FBI
Officials called it 'the most baffling and mysterious fire cases' in the state's history. Who or what was responsible? → Read More
How rescuing a drowning dog eventually led this Minnesota actress to 'Happy Days' fame
Marion Ross' first time in the spotlight was as a 13-year-old heroine in Albert Lea. → Read More
'Cheers' opening montage featured this wild Minnesota logging town
It's now a ghost town, yet in its heyday, everyone might have known your name in Craigville, Minnesota. But their saloons were also reportedly some of the rowdiest and most unruly in the state. → Read More
Briggs: The best thing I ever did to simplify Christmas
After a meltdown for the ages, columnist Tracy Briggs shares that she took her husband's advice to decrease Christmas stress and carried it out with help from an old Sicilian friend. → Read More
Minnesota church solves the mystery of an unusual box hidden in its walls
It was an almost impenetrable copper box inside a cornerstone of Trinity Lutheran Church. Members learned it was a time capsule with surprises from the past, but what did the past want to share? → Read More
Does Kerstin Kealy belong in the 1950s and how groovy is '70s-era Dana Mogck?
The genealogy site MyHeritage has introduced a new feature that lets you (or photos of you) time travel to different decades. See in which time period WDAY anchors Kealy and Mogck and Forum writers Tracy Briggs, Tammy Swift, John Lamb and Jeff Kolpack all belong. → Read More
Minnesota woman — not the Rocky Mountains — inspired John Denver's first No. 1 song
A look back at the Minnesotan who inspired more than one of his songs and how the state's cold spring inspired another. → Read More
From Fargo to Florence, North Dakota native building a following in the world of wine
Carolyn Covington, a 2014 Fargo South graduate, is The American Wine Girl → Read More
He had been a 14-year-old bootlegger, but wanted a fresh start. His murder sparked the 'slayer law' in ND
In the 1920s, Engolf Snortland started running with a bad crowd, later kidnapped the wrong man, and went to prison. He moved home to North Dakota for a fresh start, only to be shot dead. In the years to come, the fallout from his unusual case would reach the state Supreme Court and inspire groundbreaking legislation in North Dakota. → Read More
The first American killed in the Vietnam War was born in Minnesota and died watching a movie
Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand was born in Thief River Falls and also spent part of his childhood in Adams, North Dakota. → Read More
The first American killed in the Vietnam War was born in Minnesota and died watching a movie
Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand was born in Thief River Falls and also spent part of his childhood in Adams, North Dakota. → Read More
Only the pilot lived to tell the horrific story of Minnesota’s worst aviation disaster
14 people, including prominent CEOs and politicians, died on Oct. 30, 1941, when a Northwest Airlines plane crashed just outside Moorhead, Minnesota. → Read More