The Steve Hallstrom Show Episode 704: Inside the School Drug Rings, The Dynamic Yield Surge, and the $1.4 Million Casino Chaos

Steve Hallstrom delivers a blockbuster Friday edition live from the Fargo studio, tracing a web of compounding crises from the local classroom to the global bond market. Steve reveals a sickening update in a Moorhead narcotics scandal after court records expose that a middle school child was actively dealing street drugs for her own parents. The show checks the temperature on a historic 19-year spike in treasury yields, tracks a brewing multi-million dollar public safety dispute over a proposed Moorhead casino, and features an exclusive in-depth visit with McKenzie County Sheriff Matt Johansson on the front lines of oil field theft. Plus, an inside look at raw milk risks and the new billionaire sitting at the head of the Federal Reserve. Key Moments Middle Schooler Dealt Drugs for Parents: Steve breaks down a disturbing "Story of the Day" out of Horizon Middle School. Newly unsealed court records reveal that the 7th-grade student who exposed a dozen classmates to THC edibles confessed to investigators that her father directly gave her the drugs to sell at school. Parents Martin and Amanda Holst face 10 combined felony drug and child endangerment counts that carry up to 40 years in prison after a house search unearathed hundreds of cartridges, psychedelic mushrooms, and piles of cash. Treasury Yields Crash to a 19-Year High: Steve sounds a critical economic warning as 30-year U.S. Treasury yields skyrocket to their highest level in nearly two decades. Terrified by inflation and a $107 oil spike, institutional global investors are aggressively dumping U.S. bonds. Steve details how this massive market shift will inflict immediate pain on everyday consumers, directly driving up borrowing costs for fixed mortgages during prime spring home-buying season. Moorhead Casino Disruption Escalates: White Earth Nation released a financial impact study for its proposed $177 million casino and convention center near Moorhead, projecting over a million annual visitors and a $175 million local economic footprint. However, Clay County Sheriff Mark Emping publicly blasted the project, revealing his office was completely excluded from the environmental study despite a projected $1.4 million surge needed for traffic enforcement, investigations, and jail operations. McKenzie County Sheriff Matt Johansson In Studio: Sheriff Matt Johansson joins the phone line to share his localized campaign perspective as he runs for re-election. Managing the largest territory in the state at over 2,800 square miles, Johansson details his successful push to scale his department to 45 personnel…