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Snow and ice have finally arrived in much of Minnesota, and that brings the winter chore of clearing pavement — sometimes with salt. But when the snow melts or it rains, salt, which contains chloride, runs into storm drains and into nearby lakes, rivers, and groundwater. Salt is commonly over-applied, sending too much chloride into our waterways and wreaking havoc for fish and other wildlife. Minnesotans can stay safe while doing their part this winter by minimizing salt use and using other tools to get the job done. We scatter an estimated 445...
St. Paul – Today, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced a request for proposals (RFP) for the Minnesota Forward Tech Training Program. The RFP seeks applications from Minnesota organizations to deliver work readiness services, career and education navigation, occupational skills training, support services, and placement in information technology (IT) career-path employment. Organizations that receive a grant will train Minnesotans ages 18 and older from low-income communities or people of color in t...
The Chickasaw Nation hosted the second Virtual Memorial Service honoring the lives of Chickasaw citizens and Chickasaw Nation employees lost last year. Their lives were remembered during a special service Sept. 27, during the Chickasaw Annual Meeting and Festival. Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby spoke of the loss many have experienced, as well as the importance of community, friends and family. Governor Anoatubby acknowledged the importance of those who surround us as a source of...
In its America’s Best Colleges 2023 rankings, released September 12, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Bemidji State University amongst the top 100 master’s universities in the Midwest region and tied for 26th in the region amongst public institutions. Now in its 38th year, the U.S. News & World Report evaluates schools on hundreds of data points using up to 17 measures of academic quality. Regional universities offer a full range of undergrad programs with some master’s programs but few, if any, doctoral programs. The Midwest region inclu...
BRUNSWICK, Ga. - The white father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood each received a second life prison sentence Monday - for committing federal hate crimes, months after getting their first for murder - at a hearing that brought a close to more than two years of criminal proceedings. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood handed down the sentences against Travis McMichael, 36, and his father, Greg McMichael, 66, reiterating the gravity of the February...
Russia's new space chief on Tuesday signaled his country's intent to withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024, but a senior NASA official said Moscow has not communicated its intent to pull out of the two-decade-old orbital partnership with the United States. "Of course, we will fulfill all our obligations to our partners, but the decision about withdrawing from the station after 2024 has been made," Yuri Borisov, the newly appointed director general of Russia's space agency, told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday....
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sanford Health president and CEO Bill Gassen will join Dedi Gilad, CEO and co-founder of TytoCare, for a discussion about telehealth as a potential solution to many of the challenges and opportunities faced by health systems looking to provide high-quality health care to rural and underserved communities. The webinar will take place at noon CT on July 27. Register at: https://americantelemed.zoom.us/webinar/register/2116566849658/WN_PkTTAp9TStyQzhYBHsXv2Q “Sanford Health was one of the first health systems to lead the way wi...
TORETSK, Ukraine - The U.S. pressed its allies Tuesday to move "heaven and earth" to keep Kyiv well-supplied with weapons as Russian forces rained fire on eastern and southern Ukraine amid growing new fears the war could spill over the country's borders. For the second day in a row, explosions rocked the separatist region of Trans-Dniester in neighboring Moldova, knocking out two powerful radio antennas close to the Ukrainian border. No one claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Ukraine...
PHILADELPHIA (April 26, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe, of King William, Virginia, and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe Eastern Division, both of Providence Forge, Virginia, have each been awarded grants to support diversion of food and other organic waste to composting programs instead of landfills. The projects also plan to increase the tribes’ access to locally grown foods and incorporate community engagement and educational initiatives. “W...
MESA, AZ – The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (The National Center) announced the 2022 class of Native American 40 Under 40 award recipients. The Native American 40 Under 40 awards represent the best and brightest emerging Indian Country leaders. Every year, 40 American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian leaders under the age of 40 are inducted in recognition of their leadership, initiative, and dedication, and for making significant contributions in their business and/or in their community. Award winners i...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today rescinded a memorandum issued in 1975 by then-Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton regarding the authority to approve Tribal water codes. Today’s action will streamline Departmental review of Tribal water codes and remove a widely perceived obstacle to their approval. Secretary Haaland also announced that the Department will engage in Tribal consultations to discuss the appropriate delegation of approval authority and guidance on approval standards related to the review and processing of Tri...
DULUTH - The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is demanding a response from leaders of nearby school districts after a racist and threatening Snapchat conversation between two students was shared on social media late last week. The exchange between a student from Esko High School and another from Cloquet High included a desire for the Cloquet school to be bombed so "all natives die." It continued with other derogatory remarks about Native American people. "We are horrified and saddened...
President Joe Biden touted his administration’s efforts to keep schools open during the pandemic on Wednesday as some schools are returning to remote instruction because of the Omicron variant. Biden said that while some school buildings have temporarily shut down, the vast majority have continued to conduct in-person instruction. He credited billions in funding passed as part of last year’s American Rescue Plan, as well as his administration’s vaccination initiatives, for helping students and educators stay in school and minimize learn...
As a crushing wave of omicron infections surges across Minnesota, mail carriers and garbage haulers say they're struggling to keep things going. Some mail won't go out on time, a union official said, and a handful of garbage routes will see delays, according to a private hauler. The delays are brought on by a record-setting surge of COVID-19 cases connected with the highly contagious omicron variant. "The letter carriers in the city are working so short-handed right now, it's nothing like...
ODANAH, Wisconsin – Laura Miranda's son had no idea what a job interview was or why he would want to work during the summer; but once he started working, she noticed a change in his behavior. "He seemed more motivated to engage in different types of events such as family time and outdoor activities," said Miranda, a vault department manager at the Bad River Lodge and Casino. Miranda's son is one of more than 120 high school students who have participated in a collaborative summer youth program hosted by the Bad River Band of Lake Superior C...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome vaccinated against COVID-19 - not just to protect her but to help stop the coronavirus from spreading and spawning even more dangerous variants. "Love thy neighbor is something that we really do believe, and we want to be good community members and want to model that thinking for our daughter," said the 40-year-old Louisville mom, who recently took Solome to a local middle school for her shot. "The only way to...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is proposing to add 305 water bodies with 417 new impairments to the state’s impaired waters list, bringing the totals to 2,904 water bodies with 6,168 impairments. The draft 2022 list, released today, includes an additional listing for PFAS in fish tissue in Winona Lake in Alexandria. “Minnesota’s water is its most valuable resource and everyone expects our lakes and streams to be suitable for swimming and fishing,” said Katrina Kessler, MPCA commissioner. “While Minnesota has made progress...
As part of the data updates announced last Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today is adding the number of COVID-19 reinfections to the total shown under the Minnesota Case Overview of the Situation Update webpage. As of Nov. 1, Minnesota has had 8,184 instances of reinfections since the start of the pandemic. Of that total number, 587 were already included in the state’s case total as separate cases due to discrepancies in matching people with multiple tests. Including the remaining 7,597 reinfections in the case overview p...
More than 440 carjackings in Minneapolis have been reported in 2021, a 38% increase compared with last year, according to city statistics. Most recently, several carjackings occurred over a period of hours on Friday in south Minneapolis, similar to a slew of cities where these incidents have been on the rise in recent months - the crimes largely committed by juveniles. Victims were robbed at gunpoint by multiple suspects in six carjackings in an area bounded by Hiawatha Avenue, Interstate 35W,...
(Oklahoma City, October 18) The Association for Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) has received $3.6 million from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to help Native cultural organizations recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. ATALM is one of seven organizations in the USA to receive funding through the “Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan” (SHARP) program. ATALM anticipates making up to 175 subawards to Native cultural institutions and their partners. Awards range from $5,000 to $50,000. Eli...
NORMAN, Oklahoma — The Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) is a member-based organization that advocates for Indigenous journalists and accurate, ethical coverage of Indigenous communities. NAJA’s membership is not restricted to Indigenous people and the organization has a designated membership category for non-Indigenous professionals who support the mission and programs. Claudia Lawrence, a Seattle-area freelance writer and attorney, joined the organization as an individual professional member – a membership designated for Indig...
October 29, 2020 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office has reached a settlement agreement with Hutchinson Hospital that requires it to restore more favorable hospital billing terms that it had unilaterally terminated for many of its patients, which had the effect of increasing their monthly medical bills beyond what patients agreed to pay. The Assurance of Discontinuance, filed in Ramsey County District Court, alleges that Hutchinson — violating a regulatory agreement between the Attorney Gen...
Southern Ute Indian Reservation – On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council issued a “Stay at Home Order”. To slow and/or stop the spread of COVID-19, it is crucial the Tribe continues to adhere to the order requiring tribal members to stay home unless it is for essential activities. The continuation of the order is based on Tribal Council’s continuous assessment of the rapidly-changing and serious public health emergency. The Southern Ute leadership is very aware that over the last few days the State of Colorad...
St. Paul – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has awarded workforce development grants totaling nearly $3 million under the Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership (MJSP), which works with businesses and educational institutions to train or retrain workers, expand work opportunities and keep high-quality jobs in the state. “There is no greater investment in our economic future than by investing in Minnesota workers,” said Governor Tim Walz. “And that’s exactly what businesses working with the MJSP are doing—inv...
FARGO—A Spirit Lake man will spend 60 years behind bars related to a gun assault and for shooting his ex-girlfriend in the face. Dakota James Charboneau, 24, is also accused in a separate case of murdering a woman in 2016. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/crime-and-courts/4501159-man-sentenced-60-years-spirit-lake-gun-assault-shooting-ex-girlfriend...