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Articles from the October 20, 2014 edition


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  • Franken campaigns in Red Lake, White Earth

    Zach Kayser, Bemidji Pioneer|Oct 20, 2014

    RED LAKE -- U.S. Senator Al Franken, D-Minn., along with Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., visited two northern Minnesota American Indian reservations on Sunday. In Red Lake on Sunday, Franken and Tester met with the Tribal Council, followed by a brief campaign meet-and-greet for Franken, who is being challenged by businessman Mike McFadden. Tester is chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Franken alternated between telling amusing anecdotes about his pow-wow dancing abilities and addressing...

  • Woman enters guilty plea in meth trafficking case

    Crystal Dey, Bemidji Pioneer|Oct 20, 2014

    BEMIDJI -- A Minneapolis woman who attempted to bring methamphetamine to the Red Lake Indian Reservation pleaded guilty Tuesday in Beltrami County District Court to a felony drug sale charge. Delisha Rae Rodriguez, 25, is charged with felony first-degree drug sale, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Rodriguez was arrested in May when she and two men were en route from Minneapolis to Red Lake with 43 grams of meth. One of the men, Joseph Jacob Thunder III, 47, of Redby, was sentenced to 69 months in...

  • 2014 Red Lake Homecoming Festivities - P5

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 20, 2014

    On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, Red Lake 2014 Homecoming Festivities took place at Red Lake High School. A Pep Rally kicked off the activities, followed by the crowing of this years King and Queen, and a football game between the Red Lake Warriors and Red Lake County Central. Kennedy Barrett was crowned Homecoming Queen this year, and Austin French was Homecoming King. Red Lake County Central won the football game against the Red Lake Warriors....

  • RED LAKE PHARMACY TO PARTICIPATE IN PHARMACY WEEK

    Oct 20, 2014

    Red Lake Hospital will be observing Pharmacy Week October 20-24, 2014. The goal of the week is to promote the vital role pharmacists and pharmacy technicians play in providing you safe and effective medication therapy. Red Lake Pharmacy employs thirteen highly trained pharmacists and eight skilled pharmacy technicians. Many of our patients are not aware of what pharmacy staff does. The practice of pharmacy has changed dramatically in the past decade to move from dispensing your pills to a...

  • 2014 Red Lake Homecoming Festivities - P6

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 20, 2014

    On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, Red Lake 2014 Homecoming Festivities took place at Red Lake High School. A Pep Rally kicked off the activities, followed by the crowing of this years King and Queen, and a football game between the Red Lake Warriors and Red Lake County Central. Kennedy Barrett was crowned Homecoming Queen this year, and Austin French was Homecoming King. Red Lake County Central won the football game against the Red Lake Warriors....

  • IHS addresses data breach by contract physician at three facilities

    Oct 20, 2014

    On August 25, 2014, the Indian Health Service (IHS) Bemidji Area determined that a physician employed by a staffing company under contract with the IHS had improperly accessed protected health information from three IHS facilities. The three facilities affected are the Fort Yates Service Unit in the IHS Great Plains Area, the Cass Lake Service Unit in the IHS Bemidji Area, and the Crow Service Unit in the IHS Billings Area. The data breach included patient names, Social Security numbers, and health information such as diagnoses, prescribed...

  • 2014 Red Lake Homecoming Festivities - P7

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 20, 2014

    On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, Red Lake 2014 Homecoming Festivities took place at Red Lake High School. A Pep Rally kicked off the activities, followed by the crowing of this years King and Queen, and a football game between the Red Lake Warriors and Red Lake County Central. Kennedy Barrett was crowned Homecoming Queen this year, and Austin French was Homecoming King. Red Lake County Central won the football game against the Red Lake Warriors....

  • Cass Lake edges Red Lake 3-2 in Girls Volleyball - P22

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 20, 2014

    It was a big night of volleyball on Monday, October 6, 2014 with the Red Lake Girls Volleyball Teams hosting Cass Lake in 4 games. Cass Lake swept all matches, the 6-7th Grade match, the 8th-9th Game, the Junior Varsity, with the Varsity games all going right down to the final firth game, 3-2. The Varsity saw Red Lake lose the first game, win the second, lost the third, win the fourth, and come up short in the final game of the set. It was also Parent Appreciation Night for the Girls Volleyball...

  • Cass Lake edges Red Lake 3-2 in Girls Volleyball - P23

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 20, 2014

    It was a big night of volleyball on Monday, October 6, 2014 with the Red Lake Girls Volleyball Teams hosting Cass Lake in 4 games. Cass Lake swept all matches, the 6-7th Grade match, the 8th-9th Game, the Junior Varsity, with the Varsity games all going right down to the final firth game, 3-2. The Varsity saw Red Lake lose the first game, win the second, lost the third, win the fourth, and come up short in the final game of the set. It was also Parent Appreciation Night for the Girls Volleyball...

  • Cass Lake edges Red Lake 3-2 in Girls Volleyball - P24

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 20, 2014

    It was a big night of volleyball on Monday, October 6, 2014 with the Red Lake Girls Volleyball Teams hosting Cass Lake in 4 games. Cass Lake swept all matches, the 6-7th Grade match, the 8th-9th Game, the Junior Varsity, with the Varsity games all going right down to the final firth game, 3-2. The Varsity saw Red Lake lose the first game, win the second, lost the third, win the fourth, and come up short in the final game of the set. It was also Parent Appreciation Night for the Girls Volleyball...

  • Indigenous People's Day Celebration held at the MAIC in Minneapolis - P8

    Gerald Auginash|Oct 20, 2014

    Indigenous People's Day Celebration held at the MAIC in Minneapolis on Monday, October 13, 2014....

  • Indigenous People's Day Celebration held at the MAIC in Minneapolis - P9

    Gerald Auginash|Oct 20, 2014

    Indigenous People's Day Celebration held at the MAIC in Minneapolis on Monday, October 13, 2014....

  • Red Lake Nation 1st Annual Fall Fun Festival held in Red Lake - P33

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 20, 2014

    The Red Lake Nation held its 1st Annual Fall Fun Festival on Saturday afternoon, September 28, 2014, in Red Lake. This event featured basketball tournaments, skate board competitions, volleyball tournaments, a tug-of-war competition, potato dance, face painting, big foot races, musical chairms, cake walk, gunny sack races, a dunk tank, tricycle races and more. A feast also took place in the afternoon. It was well attended and a lot of fun for both kids and adults....

  • Red Lake Nation 1st Annual Fall Fun Festival held in Red Lake - P34

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 20, 2014

    The Red Lake Nation held its 1st Annual Fall Fun Festival on Saturday afternoon, September 28, 2014, in Red Lake. This event featured basketball tournaments, skate board competitions, volleyball tournaments, a tug-of-war competition, potato dance, face painting, big foot races, musical chairms, cake walk, gunny sack races, a dunk tank, tricycle races and more. A feast also took place in the afternoon. It was well attended and a lot of fun for both kids and adults....

  • Body found in Mahnomen County

    Bemidji Pioneer|Oct 20, 2014

    The body of an unidentified man was found in Thursday afternoon in the village of Naytahwaush, Minn. Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Department said the body was found shortly after 5:50 p.m., Thursday. The body was taken to the Grand Forks County coroner’s office to determine a positive identification and cause of death, according to the report. The sheriff’s office did not speculate as to whether or not the body could be that of 31-year-old Francis William Brown III, a Mahnomen County man who was reported missing about two weeks ago. The sheri...

  • Cass Lake man sentenced in kidnapping case

    Crystal Dey, Bemidji Pioneer|Oct 20, 2014

    BELTRAMI COUNTY -- A Cass Lake man was sentenced to eight years in prison for kidnapping and false imprisonment, but will only spend 321 days in the Beltrami County Jail. Robert Joseph Jones, 33, was convicted Wednesday in Beltrami County District Court on two counts of felony kidnapping and two counts of false imprisonment. Jones was sentenced to eight years in the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud, but that time is stayed for 20 years. Jones was sentenced to 321 days local...

  • Cass Lake man injured in rollover

    Bemidji Pioneer|Oct 20, 2014

    BEMIDJI -- A Cass Lake man was injured in a rollover Thursday night near Walker, Minn. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the accident occurred at about 11 p.m. on State Highway 371 at the Long Bow Trail. Leland Jones, 24, was traveling north on Highway 371 in a 2006 Chrysler minivan when he left the road to the east and rolled. There were no passengers in the vehicle. Jones suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the patrol said, and was transferred to Sanford Bemidji Medical Center. Jones was wearing his seat belt. The van was totaled,...

  • Walker man starts Beltrami County Jail cell on fire

    Crystal Dey, Bemidji Pioneer|Oct 20, 2014

    BEMIDJI -- A Walker man is facing felony arson charges after he lit his shirt and a mattress on fire in the Beltrami County Jail. George Skye Tikayne, 20, was arrested for violating conditions of his probation for a second-degree burglary conviction and underage consumption of alcohol on Oct. 6. Tikayne was booked into the Beltrami County Jail and placed in a holding cell. At approximately 5 p.m., he began kicking and pounding on the cell door, according to a criminal complaint. Corrections officers noticed Tikayne had removed his shirt and...

  • Oct 20, 2014

    BAGLEY -- The last of five people arrested in a methamphetamine and pharmaceutical drug bust in Bagley has pleaded guilty to felony drug sale charges. The arrests began in January and ended in April....

  • SAG-AFTRA Statement on the Death of Actor and Member Misty

    Oct 20, 2014

    SAG-AFTRA joins the entertainment and Native American communities in mourning the death of actor and member Misty Upham. “I was very sorry to hear of the tragic death of Misty Upham. Like her family, friends and fans, I hoped she would be found safe, and the untimely death of someone so young and talented is heartbreaking,” said SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard. “My sincerest condolences go out to all her loved ones.” Upham was nominated, along with fellow cast members of August: Osage County, for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion...

  • Volunteer as a Free Tax Preparer - Free Training

    Oct 20, 2014

    WANT TO PROVIDE A GREAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY? Volunteer as a Free Tax Preparer Free Training CALL: 218-759-2022 FOR MORE INFORMATION North West Indian OIC 520-4th St. NW Bemidji, MN 56601...

  • Oct 20, 2014

    The students in Kirsten Lunzer’s fourth-grade class watch as Codey the Troll crosses their computer screen, guided by the program they wrote to leap obstacles and collect blue jelly beans....

  • Oct 20, 2014

    At a labor convention in a St. Paul hotel this fall, Gov. Mark Dayton sounded boastful as he rattled off the accomplishments of his first term. From his signature income tax hike on the rich, to expanding kindergarten access and freezing tuition at public colleges, to raising the minimum wage, legalizing gay marriage and building a new Vikings stadium, Dayton flaunted a record that, agree with it or not, was ambitious by any measure....

  • Oct 20, 2014

    MEXICO CITY — Security officials say federal police have taken control of 13 municipalities in southern Mexico where local police are suspected of possible links to organized crime and the case of 43 missing students....

  • Oct 20, 2014

    GALVESTON, Texas — A cruise ship carrying a Dallas health care worker who was being monitored for Ebola returned to port Sunday after an eventful seven-day trip in which passengers had their vacations briefly disrupted with an infectious disease scare....

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