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The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The deal has not been finalized and no money has been paid, the source said on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak before a formal announcement. An internal investigation found that FBI agents...
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran's major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies. Israel has vowed to respond to Iran's unprecedented attack without saying when or how, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of unrest linked to the ongoing war in Gaza. Israel's allies have been urging Israel since the attack to hold back...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The lockdown has been lifted at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota after a report of a gunshot on Wednesday afternoon sent people indoors. Security officers completed a door-to-door sweep but did not locate a source of the sound, the base said in a social media post. No injuries were reported. The base said in an earlier post that security at the base received the report of a single gunshot near the medical clinic and base exchange around 1 p.m. The lockdown was...
BEMIDJI - Construction on the new Beltrami County jail could begin as soon as next spring, with the county board approving the project's timeline during its meeting on Tuesday. Alongside receiving a report on the design progress, including viewing 3D models of the exterior and interior of the jail, the county board was tasked with selecting between two options on when to start construction. Option 1 would have started construction this fall, but working through the winter would create...
BEMIDJI — The Northwest Minnesota Foundation is seeking funding proposals for its PROMISE Act grants to provide financial support to small businesses and nonprofit organizations in northwest Minnesota to invest in existing operations or planned growth. The PROMISE (Providing Resources and Opportunity and Maximizing Investments in Striving Entrepreneurs) Act program was created and funded by the Minnesota Legislature to drive fair economic recovery by boosting small, rural and minority-owned businesses, which face the largest barriers to a...
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will hold a public hearing on April 30 at 6 p.m. on Mahnomen Health Center’s transition to a Rural Emergency Hospital. Rural Emergency Hospitals do not have inpatient services or swing beds. According to the submission filed by Mahnomen Health Center, Mahnomen Health Center will continue to provide outpatient services and emergency services to the community. The hearing will be hosted by MDH’s Health Regulation Division to provide a forum for the community to discuss the change and available alt...
MINNEAPOLIS – A St. Paul felon has been sentenced to 74 months in prison for illegally possessing ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, on August 28, 2022, Bloomington police officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Damien Kent Hallmon, 40, for multiple traffic violations and noticed several indicators of marijuana use. The occupants of the vehicle were asked to step out of the vehicle so it could be s...
Bemidji, Minn. -The Beltrami Electric Cooperative Trust Board for Operation Round Up® met in April and awarded grants to 26 area nonprofit and community organizations totaling $41,272. Many local programs and non-profit organizations benefit from Operation Round Up®, a charitable program unique to electric cooperatives. The program is designed to give cooperative members a means of working together to use their small change to make a big impact in their local communities, with 100% of...
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for possessing a firearm as a felon, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, on June 18, 2023, Minneapolis police officers responded to a shot spotter activation. At the scene they contacted a male victim "K.H.," who stated that Ramone Trayvil Johnson, 30, attempted to rob him inside of Johnson's vehicle. K.H. stated that he had owed J...
April 17, 2024 (SAINT PAUL) — Attorney General Ellison announced a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation to review and resolve consumer complaints against airlines and ticket agents. The agreement streamlines how the Attorney General and DOT will work together to review consumer complaints and identify violations of federal aviation consumer protection requirements. The new process for addressing consumer complaints against air travel companies, outlined in a memorandum of understanding between the Minnesota Attorney G...
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The family of Ricky Cobb II, the 33-year-old Black man shot and killed by Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan during a routine traffic stop, joined their attorneys today to announce a federal lawsuit against Londregan and fellow State Trooper Brett Seide. Londregan has been charged with 2nd Degree Murder, 2nd Degree Manslaughter and 1st Degree Assault by Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. Cobb’s family is represented by nationally renowned civil rights attorney Bakari Sellers and Harry Daniels as well as F. Clayton Tyl...
The Red Lake Band held an Informational Session on Legislative Bills and Congregate Shelter on Monday, April 15, 2024 at the Red Lake Casino Event Center. Congregate Shelter Project This project was conceptualized from the series Zhawenimin summit meetings held in 2023 in response to the Opioid and Fentanyl crisis our community is facing, along with homelessness issues. Purpose: To address the current challenges posed by the opioid crisis and homelessness within the Red Lake Nation by offering a...
The traffic-snarling pro-Palestinian demonstrations in U.S. cities on Monday could foreshadow a potentially volatile summer of protests, creating a challenge for President Biden and sparking debate over whether some activists' tactics threaten to undermine public support for their movement. Demonstrators shut down major thoroughfares for hours in cities including San Francisco and New York as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about Israel's war in Gaza on U.S. Tax Day. In Chicago and...
When her husband was undergoing cancer treatment, Cindy Perez of Southwest Ranches, Fla., learned about a new blood test that could help find early cancers. The 50-year-old said she felt fine, but her husband urged her to take the test anyway. To her surprise, the blood test - called Galleri - came back positive. Scans revealed a small tumor in her groin and a diagnosis of mantle cell lymphoma, a rare but aggressive form of cancer. She was treated and now, two years later, she's in remission....
The Minneapolis City Council is considering making a pack of cigarettes no cheaper than $15 - before taxes - the highest in the nation. "That's robbery," said Ojo Trill after shopping at the Uptown Tobacco & E-Cigs store on Lake Street. "Stop raising the costs for us to be regular people." Public health officials and smoking cessation advocates say the high cost should reduce the number of people who smoke, especially youth, although opponents worry about the effect it could have on low-income...
The man killed by law enforcement at a Minnetonka home last week fired on the Hennepin County deputies with a high-powered rifle after they knocked on the door and identified themselves, state investigators said Tuesday. Four deputies returned fire late in the morning of April 10 and killed 28-year-old Clint Hoyhtya, who was wearing a protective armor vest, read a synopsis released by the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). Two of the four deputies who shot at Hoyhtya were wounded...
A Crystal woman is accused of hoarding 124 cats in a home that has since been boarded up after being found unfit for habitation. Meanwhile, nine of the cats with severe upper respiratory infections were euthanized. Shawna Maria Duffy, 47, faces 10 felony counts of animal mistreatment, according to charges filed Monday in Hennepin County District Court. Her first court appearance is scheduled for April 30. An attorney for her is not yet listed, and Duffy did not return phone calls. The Animal Humane Society and law enforcement began...
JERUSALEM - Israel is vowing to retaliate against Iran, risking further expanding the shadow war between the two foes into a direct conflict after an Iranian attack over the weekend sent hundreds of drones and missiles toward Israel. Israeli officials have not said how or when they might strike. But as countries around the world urge Israel to show restraint and the threat of a multi-front war mounts, it's clear that a direct Israeli attack on Iranian soil would lead to major fallout. Iran says...
BISMARCK - A measure to legalize marijuana use for adults 21 and over in North Dakota may be decided by voters in the November election. A group of 27 North Dakotans filed a 2024 ballot measure petition to legalize adult-use cannabis in North Dakota on Tuesday, April 16. The proposal would allow adults 21 and older to possess small amounts of cannabis and purchase products from registered cannabis establishments in the state. To qualify for the November ballot, 15,582 signatures must be...
April 15, 2024 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison celebrated the passage in the Minnesota House of Representatives of HF 4077, the Commerce Policy Omnibus bill, which contains key provisions of the Minnesota Debt Fairness Act. “Minnesotans working to pay back their debts should not be dragged into poverty, forced into divorce, or denied medical care, but that’s exactly what’s happening across our state,” said Attorney General Ellison. “The Minnesota Debt Fairness Act fixes much of what’s broken in our debt collection sy...
ST. PAUL — The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man killed during a use-of-force incident April 10 in Minnetonka. According to the medical examiner, Clint Hoyhtya, 28, of Minnetonka died of multiple gunshot wounds. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has identified four Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies who discharged their firearms during this incident. They are all currently on standard administrative leave. • Christopher Heihn fired his department rifle. He has eight y...
MINNEAPOLIS – A Blaine man has been sentenced to 54 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $598,893.71 in restitution after devising an employment opportunity scheme to defraud hundreds of jobseekers out of approximately $600,000, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, Charles Edward Fields, 44, was the owner and operator of a series of companies through which he pitched employment opportunities to prospective workers...
The Red Lake Band held an Informational Session on Legislative Bills and Congregate Shelter on Monday, April 15, 2024 at the Red Lake Casino Event Center. Congregate Shelter Project This project was conceptualized from the series Zhawenimin summit meetings held in 2023 in response to the Opioid and Fentanyl crisis our community is facing, along with homelessness issues. Purpose: To address the current challenges posed by the opioid crisis and homelessness within the Red Lake Nation by offering a...
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation continues to welcome grant applications for its Technology in Schools Program, aimed at supporting Santa Barbara County schools in enhancing classroom technology for students. Applications for the 2024-2025 school year are open until April 30, 2024, and must be submitted through the website www.chumash.gov/foundation. This initiative enables school administrators and faculty in Santa Barbara County to seek funding for specific technology...
Two Native sisters venture out of their Native community to chase their dreams, only to run head on into the threats of urban life in the new film, The Heart Stays. The Native-made drama is produced by a Native multi-arts organization and features a Native cast including Nathalie Standingcloud, Jon Proudstar, and Irene Bedard. Another film by Spirit Lake Dakota artist Marlena Myles is her own account of creating an augmented reality installation in St. Paul, Minnesota, It's called Realms of...
