No, no it’s not. It will never not be news to me. We should never look away from harm being done to the most vulnerable people.

I cannot and will not accept that.

We should all be outraged, and we should all be dedicated to figuring out how to stop this crisis.
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How did they suffer, enough to make the coroner wonder how they really died?

I was recently told a reader asked us why we report on the abuse of children, sexual and otherwise. Isn’t it routine, so common that it’s not news?
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In the news, we deal with death a lot. It never really becomes routine, but I’ve learned how to compartmentalize. That I can deal with this grief later, later.

But this photo, coming from the scene of the suspicious death of a toddler, a baby who never reached 2 years old. This photo broke me.
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Thanks for the suggestion. We'll see what we can find out.

There's loads more, but I wanted to highlight these three enterprise pieces that reporters put lots of time and energy into.

Go to @inforum.com to keep up with the latest #Fargo, #WestFargo, #Moorhead, #NorthDakota, and #Minnesota news.

From Peyton Haug and The Bismarck Tribune's Grant Coursey: A review of some of the bills advancing in the #NorthDakotaLegislature as lawmakers take their crossover break.

www.inforum.com/news/north-d...

From April Baumgarten: While the #NorthDakota congressional delegation downplays or doesn't respond to questions about the impact of federal firings, The Forum found a few people impacted, with more to come, including a former #Moorhead woman and a #TRNP ranger.

www.inforum.com/news/north-d...

From Robin Huebner:

The city of #Fargo paid out tens of millions in overtime in the last 10 years. As the city increasingly bemoans a tight budget, how are they finding room to pay some staff nearly an extra 50% or more each year?
www.inforum.com/news/fargo/c...