May 13, 2024 Edition
May 13, 2024 Edition
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis woman has been charged with embezzling over $1.5 million from her employer, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, Danielle Terese Eisenbacher, 39, was an employee of a Minneapolis-based marketing firm from October 2019 through October 2023. Eisenbacher held various roles in the company, including Director of Operations, Vice President of Operations, and Chief Operating Officer, and was responsible for managing the...
PENNINGTON COUNTY - A Red Lake woman has been pronounced dead and three people have been hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on May 3 in rural Pennington County. According to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol, at around 9 p.m. on Friday, May 3, a Chrysler minivan was driving east on Center Street East and a Buick LeSabre was driving south on 310th Ave. NE in Highlanding Township when the vehicles collided. The driver of the minivan, 49-year-old Mary Jean May, of Red Lake, was...
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate has joined four other tribes in indefinitely banning South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem until she apologizes for recent remarks. The decision made by Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate's tribal council on May 7 follows a pattern of tribes banning the governor over her remarks in March. In February, the Oglala Sioux Tribe triggered a ripple of tribes banning the South Dakota governor following comments about alleged cartel activity on tribal land. https://ictnews.o...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for all of Minnesota. The alert takes effect at 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 12, and runs until noon on Monday, May 13. The affected area includes the Twin Cities metro, Brainerd, Alexandria, Albert Lea, Marshall, Worthington, Rochester, Hinckley, St. Cloud, Winona, Ortonville, Mankato, Bemidji, East Grand Forks, Moorhead, International Falls, Two Harbors, Hibbing, Ely, Duluth, Roseau, and the tribal nations of Upper...
Dozens of people were killed in fighting in the Sudanese town of El Fashir this weekend, a civil society group said Sunday, raising fears for more than 2.5 million civilians trapped there as paramilitary forces encircle the city - the last one in the region outside their control. "Today was one of toughest days we have ever witnessed ... The attack was from three directions," wrote a member of the city's Emergency Response Room in a message to The Washington Post. "The fighting was inside the...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality red alert - considered unhealthy for all - beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday as wildfire smoke from Canada wafts into the state. The alert is the first issued statewide in the 2024 season, following a record number of alerts - 21 across Minnesota - issued in 2023. The smoke will follow a cold front coming in from north to south, sticking around overnight, the MPCA said in a social media post Sunday. The agency is urging Minnesotans to...
Minnesotans wanting to gamble have many options these days. They can visit a Native American casino, buy scratch-off games at a gas station, yank open pull-tabs at a bar or even play bingo at a church fish fry. But this is a fairly recent phenomenon. Minnesota's founders took a hard line against gambling, and the activity remained largely illegal in the state until a half century ago. What happened? That's what reader Rob Kloehn asked Curious Minnesota, the Star Tribune's reader-powered...
WASHINGTON - Two Air Force fighter jets recently squared off in a dogfight in California. One was flown by a pilot. The other wasn't. That second jet was piloted by artificial intelligence, with the Air Force's highest-ranking civilian riding along in the front seat. It was the ultimate display of how far the Air Force has come in developing a technology with its roots in the 1950s. But it's only a hint of the technology yet to come. The United States is competing to stay ahead of China on AI...
BAUDETTE, Minn. - A man is in jail facing three felony charges after being accused of deliberately burning a 3-year-old boy with scalding hot water. According to court documents, it took Cory Roper and his girlfriend, the child's mother, three days to take the child in for medical treatment. Roper made his first appearance in court on Tuesday, May 7, in Lake of the Woods County. Pictures of the toddler provided to WDAY News show burns all over his face, scalp and hands. https...
A standoff with Congress rooted in taxpayer privacy has prompted the IRS to cut off a form of child support for families in at least 10 Native American tribes, a scenario that could be replicated in all 50 states as soon as this fall, affecting hundreds of thousands more households. Every year, more than 1 million tax refunds are garnished at the request of state governments and rerouted to custodial parents. Those efforts are a key piece of the nation's child support pipeline - representing $2...
Minnesotans jockeyed to launch boats from crowded access points all over the state Saturday as bluebird skies, cool water and mild breezes beckoned them in large numbers to partake in the fishing opener. The bite was slow in some places and adequate in others, but the elements were universally sublime. "Everyone's happy," said Robyn Dwight, who fished with her husband, Brian, on Upper Red Lake in Beltrami County. "It's nice just to be able to sit on the lake and relax. There was just enough...
Red Lake Secondary Complex: Our 6th grade class took a field trip to both the Bemidji Science Center & History Center last week. Check out these photos from their...
ST. PAUL — The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the woman who died May 6 after a use-of-force incident involving St. Paul police. According to the medical examiner, Pepsi Lee Heinl, 41, of St. Paul died of multiple gunshot wounds. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has identified three St. Paul police officers who used force during this incident. They are all on critical incident leave. • Chiking Chazonkhueze fired his...
More than 550 victim-survivors were turned away from Bemidji's Northwoods Battered Women's Shelter in 2022 due to a lack of space. Crews break ground this week on a new $4.1 million facility funded by grants and donations. "I'm blown away by the community's support. Everyone believes in this and knows that it's needed," said executive director Christine Latzke. "Our business is saving peoples lives." Plans to replace the 46-year-old facility are decades in the making. With increased capacity,...
Red Lake Elementary School: Last week, our 5th graders had a great field trip to a Twins Game and the Bakken Museum. Check out these photos from their amazing...
BEMIDJI - Region 2 Arts Council's Anishinaabe Arts Initiative Council recently awarded a $5,000 fellowship to beadwork and leatherwork artist Teresa McDowell of Williams, Minn. The AAI Fellowship is made possible by the McKnight Foundation and aims to assist the region's most talented enrolled tribal members and descendants in their artwork by awarding financial support to fund creative time, purchase of arts materials, supplies and equipment or arts research and experiences that facilitate...
Red Lake Annual Secondary Schools Complex Powwow held on Friday May 10,...
Chisago County Sheriff deputies were busy responding to not one, but two instances of vehicles colliding with bears overnight into Sunday. The department did not report any injuries from the collisions but posted on social media that two such incidents in one night is uncommon. "Truck vs. bear, the truck [fared] pretty well all things considered," the department posted around 10:30 p.m. Saturday about a collision on County Road 9 near Almelund on social media platform X. "Deputies tried to...
An upcoming artist-in-residency by Lakota artist Danielle SeeWalker in Vail, Colo., was abruptly canceled by the town yesterday. According to SeeWalker, in January, Vail's Art in Public Places program extended an invitation to her to participate in a three-week residency program. It was an opportunity with promise, a chance to showcase cultural richness and diversity while engaging with the local community through art that ended with a disheartening narrative of discrimination and suppression....
Amy Dorris tried not to watch too much news last week as Stormy Daniels gave her courtroom account of sex with Donald Trump. But little details from Daniels's story have stuck with her, she said. The age gap. Daniels's description of leaving a hotel bathroom and being surprised to see Trump in his boxers. Dorris said it reminded her of her own encounter with Trump outside a restroom in 1997, when she and her boyfriend attended the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Trump's VIP box. "I came out,"...
ST. PAUL — Minnesota State Patrol troopers are kicking off a new initiative to help stop dangerous speeding on rural high-risk roadways. This spring and summer, troopers will take part in the Rural Speed Reduction Project. Each district will assign troopers to conduct high visibility patrols on problematic roadways in their areas now through Sept. 2. “Losing a loved one because of a crash that was likely preventable is heartbreaking and unacceptable,” said Col. Christina Bogojevic, chief...
JERUSALEM - Israeli forces continued to advance on the southern city of Rafah on Sunday and launched another operation against Hamas in the north, setting off a desperate scramble among war-weary civilians across Gaza. Humanitarian agencies warned that no place was safe and that essential aid had nearly run out, almost a week after Israel captured and shut down the border crossing with Egypt. The expanding evacuations in Rafah, where Israel had ordered more than 1 million Palestinians to seek...
A 57-year-old Andover man died early Sunday after he struck a deer and lost control of the motorcycle he was driving in Aitkin County, according to State Patrol. The man was identified as James Alton Childrey. The collision occurred after midnight, according to the incident report. The man was driving west on Hwy. 200 near milepost 183. https://www.startribune.com/andover-motorcyclist-dies-after-hitting-deer-in-aitk...
St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Education and other partners, is hosting two public input sessions to discuss the future of Farm to School and Early Care efforts in Minnesota. All members of the public are welcome to participate, including — but not limited to — farmers, school nutrition professionals, early care providers, food system partners, and educators. Participants will be asked to provide input on...
Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to small towns and big cities across the U.S., but advocates worry that chunks of it may be used in ways that don't make a dent in the crisis. As state and local governments navigate how to use the money, advocates say local governments may not have the bandwidth to take the right steps to identify their communities' needs and direct their funding shares to projects that use proven methods to...
The Sovereignty Symposium is an international event held for the past 36 years in Oklahoma to provide a forum in which ideas concerning common legal issues among those in the legal professions, federal and state officials, and the state's Native American tribes can be exchanged in a scholarly, non-adversarial environment. It was originally established by the Oklahoma Supreme Court and now transferred fully to Oklahoma City University and our School of Law. The move to OCU came about because of...
The Warrior Academic Banquet was held at Red Lake High School on Wednesday evening, May 8, 2024. After a dinner, awards were presented for Robotics, Academic Letters, National Honor Society Inductions, and Honor Graduates. Community Scholarships were also presented from Beltrami Electric, Paul Bunyan Communications and the Arnold Pemberton Sr....
MMIW 218 Huge thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday to stand in solidarity for BEMIDJI'S NATIONAL MMIW AWARENESS DAY! Your support means the world. MMIW2SR touches us all, and your presence mattered more than words can say. Shoutout to our incredible vendors, dedicated volunteers, passionate runners, soulful singers, inspiring speakers, and every community member who showed up and stood with us. Together, we are stronger! Let's continue to honor, grieve, heal, and most importantly, never...
TULSA, Okla. – The Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma is urging the Federal Communications Commission to approve proposed alert codes specifically for missing and endangered Indigenous people. The federal agency has proposed establishing an event code that would use the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System to distribute alerts to people in certain areas about missing and endangered Indigenous people who are 17 years and older, and thus not covered by the Amber...
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation will celebrate a monumental achievement on May 16 as its inaugural class of 46 medical students graduates from the country's first tribally affiliated medical school. The commencement ceremony for both OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and OSU-COM at the Cherokee Nation is Thursday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m., at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, 7777 S. Lewis Ave. This milestone is the next significant step forward in...
Duluth, MN – May 7, 2024 – The Superior National Forest (SNF) in partnership with the John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution (National Center) held the first in-person meeting for the new Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) Collaborative in Duluth on April 24, 2024, with 28 of the 31 members in attendance. Seth Cohen and Lauren Nutter, Facilitators from the National Center, began the meeting by reviewing the current agenda, discussing the Charter,...
Red Lake Youth Sports: Your 8A East Subsection Champions, Red Lake Warriors. What a game. Shout-out to the fans for bringing the energy to fuel the epic comeback. And a huge shout-out to our opponent; the Thunderbirds brought their A-game and played their hearts out, leaving it all on the court. See also: Red Lake comes back from 17 down to claim Section 8A East championship https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/sports/prep/red-lake-comes-back-from-17-down-to-claim-section-8a-east-championship Watch...
Warriors move on in Section 8A with 96-88 upset win over Win-E-Mac Will play Mahnomen/Waubunat 7:45 PM on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls Red Lake Youth Sports: Red Lake Warriors get the big win and advance to the east subsection championship game Wednesday against the Mahnomen/Waubun Thunderbirds at 7:45 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls. Shoutout to all the fans who showed up and packed the Ralph. Shoutout to the team, especially our...
Fertile-Beltrami shuts down Red Lake in Section 8A Championship game 92-67 at the REA in Thief River Falls Fertile-Beltrami advances to represent Section 8A in the State Tournament this week FERTILE-BELTRAMI IMPRESSIVE AS THEY BEAT RED LAKE IN SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP By KROX Radio The Fertile-Beltrami Falcons played an outstanding all-around game to build a big lead to defeat the Red Lake Warriors in the Section 8A Boys Basketball Championship game, 92-67, on Friday at the Ralph Englestad Arena...
The Red Lake Warrior JV baseball team hosted Walker-Hackensack-Akley on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Varsity Baseball team unable to field a full...
The Red Lake Warriors were shutout by Lake of the Woods 13-0 on Monday, April 22, 2024 in Red...
The Red Lake Warrior Baseball team lost to Laporte 15-2 on Tuesday evening in Red Lake. They are scheduled to host Walker-Hackensack-Akley on May 9th, travel to Pine River-Backus on May 13 and host Cass Lake-Bena on May 16, 2024 Red Lake JV also hosted Laporte in the early...
2024 College Graduates from BSU, NTC, University of Minnesota and others Graduation ceremonies held over the...
Red Lake High School Junior & Senior Prom 2024 held on Saturday, April 13,...
This time, unlike the last time, he'd be ready for cartel attacks. He was accompanied by three truckloads of national guard troops. Two state police cars with flashing red lights. He rode in his own bulletproof SUV, and had a complement of muscular bodyguards. One sat in the bed of a pickup truck, his eyes fixed on the sky. "He's making sure they don't fire a bomb from a drone," Ochoa explained. This is what it's like to run for the Senate today in Mexico. "You're at risk every minute," the...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar won the DFL's stamp of approval during an endorsing convention in Minneapolis on Saturday, giving her the party's backing as she heads into a highly anticipated primary election rematch against Don Samuels. Omar's voice broke with emotion Saturday afternoon as she thanked convention goers for supporting her. The Minneapolis congresswoman won the DFL endorsement on the first ballot of voting, the first time she's ever done so. "It tells me that we should stop listening to...
Bemidji, Minn. - The Beltrami County Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party is hosting and inviting the public to attend their “DFL Pizza and Programs” sessions, a series of informal discussions and dialogue with invited speakers who are community organizers and leaders. The next session will be held Thursday, May 16, at 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at the Beltrami County DFL Office (1510 Bemidji Ave N) and features Michelle Witte, Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Minnesota. She will...
Mary Jean (Barrett) May June 2, 1974 ~ May 3, 2024 (age 49) Mary Jean (Barrett) May, age 49, of Thief River Falls, MN, traveled to the Spirit World on Friday, May 3, 2024, as a result of a motor vehicle accident near Oklee, MN. Mary was born on June 2, 1974 in Red Lake, MN, to Gene W. Barrett and Francis (Rosebear) Barrett. She grew up in Red Lake and worked for Red Lake Gaming at the River Road Casino in Thief River Falls, MN. Mary was a loving mother to her sons and daughter. She loved...
Aric Redhorse September 16, 1990 - May 9, 2024 Aric Redhorse, 33, of Detroit Lakes, MN passed away unexpectedly after suffering a sudden illness on Thursday, May 9, 2024 while traveling in Montana. Funeral services are pending at this...
Every year since National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day was established on May 5, 2021, either I or one of my coworkers have spent the day covering the missing murdered Indigenous women's event here in Bemidji. Over the years we've seen the event grow into something increasingly impactful and moving to be a part of. The events are usually attended by several hundred people of all ages from around the region. Sometimes we see a few city councilors and occasionally we will see a...
