FARGO — Over two years after a records request from The Forum led to the revelation that former

North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s

emails were ordered to be deleted, the last of those public documents have been released.

The initial records request submitted by The Forum in June 2022 was prompted by the news that the Attorney General’s Office had seen a $1.7 million cost overrun on the lease of office space. Current Attorney General Drew Wrigley told reporters earlier this month that a copy of Stenehjem’s phone was stored on a Bureau of Criminal Investigation computer after the former attorney general’s phone was unlocked using their software.

The Forum received 6,366 emails Thursday, Sept. 6, from the Attorney General’s Office. The emails span 8 documents, each containing about 1,000 pages.

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WAHPETON, N.D. — A 41-year-old Wahpeton woman is in custody after a 90-minute standoff on Thursday night, Sept. 5.

Officers were called to a residence in Wahpeton at about 6:40 p.m. Thursday for a violation of a protection order and vandalism, according to a news release from the Wahpeton Police Department.

When officers arrived, they located the suspect, Michelle Elizabeth Luna, sitting inside a vehicle outside her residence.

As officers approached the vehicle, Luna brandished a gun, according to the release from Wahpeton Police Chief Matthew Anderson.

Police established a perimeter around the area as they attempted to contact the woman, who barricaded herself in the vehicle, the release said.

A shelter-in-place order was issued for a 12-block radius, asking residents to stay inside their homes and away from the scene. According to a Facebook post from the Wahpeton Daily News, the standoff was in the 1000 block of Seventh Avenue North.

After attempts to contact Luna were unsuccessful for roughly 90 minutes, the Southern Valley Special Response Team responded to the scene, Anderson said.

Officers were able to enter the vehicle and found Luna lying inside with the shotgun. She was arrested and is being held at the Richland County Jail, the release said. She faces charges of violation of a protection order, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest.

The shelter-in-place order was lifted at about 9:30 p.m.