Patrick Springer

Jan 18, 2025 | inforum.com | Patrick Springer

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Defense lawyers argue that a conviction for a 1986 murder should be dismissed because prosecutors were “hell-bent” on winning a conviction and suppressed important witness statements that pointed to the defendant’s innocence. The petition on behalf of Werner Kunkel also produced new forensic evidence from pathologists — including the doctor who performed the autopsy of the murder victim — that also contradicts information presented to the jury.

Dec 18, 2024 | inforum.com | Patrick Springer

Editor's note: The archival Vault article was first published Dec. 17, 2022. ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — The fates of three men became entangled with deadly consequences for one of them, a man once trusted to run a Pony Express mail route out of Fort Stevenson in Dakota Territory. That man was Francis Gardipee, a mixed-race frontiersman whose buffalo-hunting way of life died off and who, for some reason lost to history, fell in with a gang of horse thieves.

Oct 22, 2024 | bismarcktribune.com | Patrick Springer

FARGO — Rangers at Theodore Roosevelt National Park euthanized a young female horse that was injured during last week’s roundup and had been released back into the park after being evaluated by a veterinarian. Park officials said they received a report that a 1-year-old filly that was captured during the roundup was injured. “The veterinarian examined the animal this evening and determined the humane course of action was to euthanize,” the park announced the evening of Friday, Oct. 18, on Facebook.

Oct 21, 2024 | inforum.com | Patrick Springer

FARGO — Rangers at Theodore Roosevelt National Park euthanized a young female horse that was injured during last week’s roundup and had been released back into the park after being evaluated by a veterinarian. Park officials said they received a report that a 1-year-old filly that was captured during the roundup was injured. “The veterinarian examined the animal this evening and determined the humane course of action was to euthanize,” the park announced the evening of Friday, Oct.

Oct 14, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Patrick Springer

ShareFARGO — Theodore Roosevelt National Park has rounded up more than half of its herd of wild horses to collect DNA samples, health screenings and to give some mares a birth-control drug. As of the morning of Monday, Oct. 14, a helicopter crew had rounded up 144 of the 198 horses roaming the park’s south unit, and park officials reportedly expect to gather the remainder Monday.