Occasionally, I plan to browse the inforum’s archives and highlight some of the stories that appeared on this date in recent years.

Here’s parts of stories that appeared on inforum July 15:

Five years ago

HASTINGS, Minn. — A man convicted of sabotaging telephone cables in Fargo, a decade ago is back in jail, charged with stealing more than $10,000 in trailer parts.
Before leaving prison last year, Wade Duane Arvidson, 42, also known as Michael Damron, threatened to commit one “evil act” a month against the public. Arvidson’s most infamous crime was Jan. 21, 1995, when he cut 19 thick underground phone cables so he could disable a Fargo electronics store’s alarm system and rob it of $80,000 in equipment.
His actions left 20,000 people in North Dakota and northern Minnesota without phone service, and caused an estimated $1 million in damage.

Four years ago

BISMARCK – North Dakota gasoline prices are reported among the highest in the country, and retailers say they have no idea how long the surge will last.
“We don’t have an answer,” said Perry Palm, an operator at the Magellan Pipeline Terminal in West Fargo, which is facing its second shortage of supplies in a month. “At this point, I can’t really tell anything.”
Three refineries in the region are either shut down or running at limited capacity due to bad weather.
On Friday, North Dakota gasoline prices were ranked the sixth highest among the states at an average of $3.266 a gallon for regular unleaded, AAA’s Fuel Guage Report said. Michigan was the highest at $3.345 per gallon.

Three years ago

NEW YORK – Josh Hamilton dreamed it. Now he’s done it.
With a dazzling display of power Monday night, the Texas Rangers slugger hit a record 28 homers in the first round of the All-Star Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium before he was beaten out by Minnesota’s Justin Morneau in the finals.
Morneau topped a tired Hamilton 5-3 in the last round, giving him the derby title.

Two years ago

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A 23-year-old Grand Forks resident finished 26th in the World Series of Poker’s main event Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Jesse Haabak, who grew up in McVille, N.D., and graduated from Dakota Prairie High School, earned $352,832 for his placing in the field of 6,494 players.
He was among the 27 players who started the day, filling three tables. But he lasted less than an hour, largely because he had one of the smaller chip stacks.

One year ago

Severe thunderstorms early Wednesday pounded the Red River Valley, causing power outages but no reported injuries and little property damage.
Storms sweeping the region brought heavy rain, strong winds and hail, but there was no tornado damage, despite reports of some funnel clouds, the National Weather Service said.
Meteorologist Geoff Grochocinski with the NWS in Grand Forks said damage caused by the storm came from straight-line winds.
At least 7,500 homes in the area lost electricity in the wake of the potent storms, according to power companies in the region.
About 4,100 Xcel customers in Fargo along the Red River between Main Avenue and Interstate 94 lost power from 4:40 to 6:50 a.m., and 1,070 lost power in north West Fargo at 4:50 a.m. before it was restored by 8:20 a.m., Xcel spokeswoman Bonnie Lund said.