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LITTLE ROCK DISTRICT - The first of six scheduled candidate forums was held at the new Little Rock Community Center on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, beginning at 6 PM. Certified Candidates running for Tribal Chairman, Tribal Secretary, Tribal Treasurer and two Little Rock Representatives were there, each receiving an introduction, moderated questions, and questions and answers from the audience. The next Candidate Forum is scheduled for Thusday, April 19, 2018, 6 PM at the Red Lake Center. Four more...
Marge Anderson, the first woman to lead a Minnesota Indian tribe and a driving force in efforts to secure tribal hunting and fishing rights on Lake Mille Lacs, died Saturday. Appointed chief executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in 1991, following the death of longtime tribal head Arthur Gahbow, she was elected to the top post in 1992 and 1996, leading the band until 2000 when Melanie Benjamin replaced her. Anderson was returned to office in 2008, serving until last year, when Benjamin was again elected chief executive....
Barbara Bush, who was the wife of one president and the mother of another and whose embrace of her image as America’s warmhearted grandmother belied her influence and mettle, died April 17. She was 92. The office of her husband, former president George H.W. Bush, issued a statement announcing her death but did not disclose the cause. Mrs. Bush was reportedly battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure. Her family announced on April 15 that she had “decided not to seek additional medical treatment” after recen...
HUDSON, Wis. — Prosecutors in western Wisconsin have charged a father accused of fatally shooting his teenage son in the head last weekend. The St. Croix County district attorney’s office on Tuesday charged 42-year-old Kayle Alan Fleischauer of New Richmond with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his son, 19-year-old Chase Alan Fleischauer of St. Paul. https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/17/western-wisconsin-father-charged-with-fatally-shooting-st-paul-son-in-head/...
Federal agents are coordinating with St. Paul police in a potential kidnapping/abduction case, according to police reports. Early Tuesday morning, St. Paul police responded to a call about a “suspicious male” in St. Paul near the Mississippi River southwest of downtown. https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/17/man-found-with-mouth-taped-and-hands-tied-near-st-paul-riverfront-fbi-investigating/...
Sun Country Airlines says it will cover some additional costs for travelers stranded in Mexico after the airline canceled flights due to a weekend snowstorm battering Minnesota. An estimated 250 people were stuck when Eagan-based Sun Country couldn’t provide planes because the airline was ending seasonal service on Saturday. Passengers who managed to rebook on other airlines complained of spending hundreds or thousands of dollars more to get home from Los Cabos and Mazatlan. https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/16/after-sun-co...
Starbucks, trying to tamp down a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia, plans to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours next month to conduct racial-bias training for its nearly 175,000 workers. The announcement Tuesday comes after the arrests sparked protests and calls for a boycott on social media. Starbucks says the stores and corporate offices will be closed on the afternoon of May 29. https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/17/starbucks-to-close-more-than-8...
Gov. Mark Dayton appointed state Rep. Paul Thissen, a fellow Democrat, to the Minnesota Supreme Court Tuesday. The choice of a strident partisan politician — Thissen often clashed with Republicans during stints as House speaker and minority leader — for the high court is uncommon in recent years but hardly unprecedented, as a number of politicians have been appointed to the court by governors of both parties over the years. https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/17/dayton-appoints-democrat-paul-thissen-for-mn-supreme-court-that-...
BEMIDJI—Parents, teachers and School Board members got to learn more about Rochelle Johnson, one of three finalists to be the next Bemidji Area Schools superintendent, on Tuesday during the first of three nights of meetings. Johnson, superintendent of Cass Lake-Bena School District, answered questions during an open forum in the district's downtown office. The forum was subsequently followed by a further interview with the School Board. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4433263-connected-district-johnson-touts-history-commu...
ST. PAUL—As the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission prepares to vote this June on Enbridge Energy Co.'s controversial Line 3 replacement project, Northland lawmakers are pushing for legislation that would crack down on those who train or recruit protesters who damage "critical infrastructure" such as oil pipelines. However, those against the law fear that it would intimidate would-be activists and squash peaceful protests. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/government-and-politics/4433116-proposed-law-aims-crack-down-prote...
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. -- A Bemidji man has been accused of soliciting sex from a child in Pennington County, where he met a sheriff’s deputy posing as a 15-year-old, court documents say. Levi Garret Holden, 28, had an initial appearance hearing Monday, April 16, in Pennington County District Court, where he faces a felony charge of electronic solicitation of a child to engage in sexual conduct and a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully possessing a dangerous weapon. He was arrested Friday in Thief River Falls by the Pennington County S...
RED LAKE, Minn.—Gray wolves could again be fair game in Minnesota if federal rules change, but Red Lake Nation and other tribes in Minnesota will continue to protect the animal. In 2010, the Red Lake Department of Natural Resources published its wolf management plan, making the Red Lake lands a sanctuary for gray wolves. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/science-and-nature/4430717-tribal-lands-offer-sanctuary-minnesota-wolves...
Charles "Charlie Hank" Henry Gagnon March 16, 1961 - April 16, 2018 Charles Henry Gagnon "Charlie Hank", 57, of Bagley, Minnesota died on Monday, April 16, 2018 at the Sanford Fargo Medical Center, MN. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 20, 2018 at the Rice Lake Community Center in Rice Lake at 2:00 p.m. A wake will begin at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 19 at the Rice Lake Community Center and will continue until the time of the service. Charlie Hank was born on March 16, 1961 at...
Celeste Lee Jackson (Apple) January 12, 1982 - Friday, April 13, 2018 Service Information Gichitwaa Kateri Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN Friday, April 20, 2018 11:00 AM Visitation Information Gichitwaa Kateri Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN Thursday, April 19, 2018 All Night Wake Full obituary to come. Please check back. Survived by children, Anthony Apple, Lakota Apple, Sage Apple, Selestina Apple-Hinjosa, Patrick Apple, Paris Jackson; mother, Sharon Apple; father, Troy Stoesz; sisters,...
Winter Sky Barker February 11th, 2015 - Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Service Information Sisseton - Wahpeton Oyate Community Center Saturday April 21st, 2018 2:00 P.M. Visitation Information Sisseton - Wahpeton Oyate Community Center Thurs April 19 & Fri April 20 All-night wakes beg @ 7:00 P.M Full obituary pending with the Chilson Funeral Home of Winstad....
With the emergence of new categories of cannabis such as skunk or superskunk at the end of the 1990's, several studies have shown the risk of mental illness linked to the use of these new varieties. British psychiatrists have investigated these substances in cases of psychosis, paranoid delirium and schizophrenia. Can a link be demonstrated? Indian hemp or Cannabis Indica is an annual herbaceous plant which has a straight hem and is very similar to common hemp on Cannabis Satica, plant used in the production of hemp, a textile material. The...
WINDOW ROCK — President Russell Begaye and Vice President Jonathan Nez gave the State of the Navajo Nation Address (SONNA) for the 23rd Navajo Nation Council’s 2018 Spring Council Session. The speech began and ended with the treaty and highlighted recent accomplishments of the administration regarding the four pillars: veterans, youth and elders, infrastructure and job creation. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/state-of-the-navajo-nation-address-delivered-for-2018-spring-session/...
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — President Trump signed the Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act April 13. Navajo Nation council members have advocated for the bill as a means to protect Native American children by amending the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes eligible for grants from the U.S. Department of Justice to aid in implementing the AMBER Alert system. https://www.nhonews.com/news/2018/apr/17/ashlynn-mike-amber-alert-indian-country-act-signed/...
The Colorado River Indian Tribes will hold a special election April 28 to determine if Chairman Dennis Patch, Vice Chairman Keith Moses and the Tribal Council Members should be recalled from office. The Council Members being recalled are Amelia Flores, Valerie Welsh-Tahbo, Johnny Hill Jr., Granthum Stevens, Johnson Fisher, Herman “T.J.” Laffoon, and Bobby Page. On the ballot, Tribal voters will be asked to answer “yes” or “no” as to whether they should be recalled. http://www.parkerpioneer.net/news/article_e414f57e-41b2-11e8...
FT. THOMPSON - Referring to tribes’ lawsuit to protect the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s grizzly bears, Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Chair Brandon Sazue on April 7 noted that a ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee has weighed in on their side of the cause. Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva sent a letter to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department “protesting the planned trophy slaughter of the sacred grizzly in Yellowstone this fall,” Sazue alerted the Native Sun News Today. https://www.indianz.c...
PHOENIX — Firefighters continued working Tuesday to contain a wildfire that has burned through more than 6,200 acres in eastern Arizona. The Rattlesnake Fire had grown to 6,271 acres and has spread to the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Apache-Sitreaves National Forest and San Carlos Apache Reservation. http://ktar.com/story/2021780/arizona-wildfire-continues-to-grow-now-over-6200-acres-in-size/...
The Red Lake Girl's Softball Season is underway, but lingering winter conditions may delay the start of regular league play, and games might have to be played in a short period of time. The field conditions are still pretty wet in some areas and snow is in the forecast this week....
From KKCQ Sports Section 8A Championship (at Thief River Falls) – Red Lake 49 vs. Stephen-Argyle 56 THIEF RIVER FALLS - The Stephen-Argyle Storm hit some clutch free throws in the last ninety seconds of the game to win the Section 8A championship Friday night in Thief River Falls. A paid attendance of 1,644 enjoyed an exciting contest that wasn't pretty at times but kept the fans on the edge of their seats all night. Senior Autumn Thompson missed her first three throw but made her next nine i...
From KKCQ Sports Section 8A Championship (at Thief River Falls) – Red Lake 49 vs. Stephen-Argyle 56 THIEF RIVER FALLS - The Stephen-Argyle Storm hit some clutch free throws in the last ninety seconds of the game to win the Section 8A championship Friday night in Thief River Falls. A paid attendance of 1,644 enjoyed an exciting contest that wasn't pretty at times but kept the fans on the edge of their seats all night. Senior Autumn Thompson missed her first three throw but made her next nine i...
Chanting “You left me no choice, I have to use my teacher voice!” hundreds of Colorado teachers converged on the state Capitol on Monday to demand changes in school funding and to lobby for higher teacher pay and a stronger retirement fund. The teachers, who gathered just before noon in the Capitol rotunda, made so much noise that some state representatives and senators left their chambers to watch the rally. A few gave impromptu speeches in support of the teachers, who took a day off work to attend the annual Colorado Education Ass...
