April 26, 2024 Edition
April 26, 2024 Edition
MINNEAPOLIS – A Scandia pharmacist has pleaded guilty to unlawfully taking bottles of oxycodone from her pharmacy for her own personal use, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, Kristie Marie Dezell, 46, was the pharmacist in charge at a pharmacy located in Maplewood, Minnesota. From March 2020, until June 2023, Dezell knowingly and intentionally obtained bottles of oxycodone for her own personal use from the pharmacy's inventory. Dezell falsified the...
Nearly 40 immigrant workers claim in a federal lawsuit that a central Minnesota vegetable farm shorted their paychecks and subjected them to "deplorable" working and living conditions. The workers, who hail primarily from Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, Monday sued John Svihel and Svihel Vegetable Farm in U.S. District Court for Minnesota. They allege Svihel and his company violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. In a statement, Svihel farm said the lawsuit "is wrong on...
extremely rare brain disease and died, raising fears that they may have been infected by contaminated venison. A team of neurologists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio presented the case at a conference last week, saying the deer herd surrounding the lodge is known to be infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD) – a fatal brain disease in deer caused by misfolded prion proteins. "The patient's history, including a similar case in his social group, suggests a...
(Bemidji, MN) (April 24, 2024) – An estimated crowd of nearly 4,000 attended the GigaZone Gaming Championship & TechXpo on Saturday, April 20 at the Sanford Center. The event featured free gaming, numerous gaming tournaments, over 25 technology exhibitors, door prizes, and special guest Danielle Feinberg from Pixar Animation Studios. This one-of-a-kind regional gaming event showcases Paul Bunyan Communications' IT and web development team which custom built and integrated much of the online...
BEIJING - Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to meet top Chinese leaders on Friday, capping a trip that included a visit to a basketball game and a conversation with Chinese college students with a weightier effort to dial back China's support for Russia's defense industry and to get it to crack down on Chinese companies' role in the global fentanyl trade. Relations have improved significantly since Blinken last visited 10 months ago, after a Chinese spy balloon's transit across the...
Arrests at pro-Palestinian protests that expanded Thursday to colleges across the country brought the total number of people detained in a week of demonstrations to more than 500, with officials struggling to quell the unrest by clearing encampments and closing buildings. A tumultuous scene and dozens of arrests late Wednesday at the University of Southern California pushed its administration to cancel the school's main commencement ceremony May 10, citing new safety measures that have been put...
A teenager has been charged with manslaughter for punching a 76-year-old man at a St. Paul park in January, causing his death from complications of the injury weeks later. Prosecutors with the Ramsey County Attorney's Office charged Wyatt Doerfler, 18, with first-degree manslaughter. Doerfler's next court date is May 1. Doerfler is believed to have punched Thomas Dunne on Jan. 28, damaging his right eye. Despite surgery and treatment, infection spread from Dunne's wound and he was pronounced...
Increases in HIV infections, and in cases of syphilis passed from mothers to newborns, marred an otherwise hopeful decline in sexually transmitted diseases in Minnesota last year. Minnesota's state epidemiologist called those two increases "troubling," because they occurred despite awareness of the risks and opportunities to prevent them. And while new cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis declined in Minnesota from 32,072 in 2022 to 31,232 last year, that still reflected near-record...
The MPCA has announced five grant recipients who will receive a combined total of more than $1 million in grants for projects to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting efforts in Greater Minnesota communities. These projects will ultimately reduce the amount of waste entering landfills, benefitting the environment and local economies. "We are committed to reducing the amount of trash and construction debris that unnecessarily ends up in...
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction was overturned Thursday by the New York Court of Appeals, reversing a case that helped launch the #MeToo movement. The court suggested a retrial, ruling that the original judge had improperly allowed women to testify about allegations that Weinstein wasn't on trial for. Arthur Aidala, one of Weinstein's lawyers, called Thursday a "great day for America because it instills in us the faith that there is a justice system" in a news...
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has identified the people involved in a use-of-force incident April 15 in Montrose. Matthew Lyrek, 38, of Montrose was shot multiple times during the incident. He remains hospitalized in stable condition. Seven Wright County sheriff’s deputies used force during this incident. The Wright County sheriff informed the BCA that one of the deputies works in an undercover capacity. In accordance with...
April 25, 2024 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today led a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. — the nation’s largest health insurer and the parent company of Change Healthcare — urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients harmed by the recent catastrophic outage of Change Healthcare. On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced a...
TAOS, N.M. — Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland visited New Mexico this week, where he joined leaders from the Taos Pueblo for the release of 10 bison from Yellowstone National Park into their existing herd. During the visit, Assistant Secretary Newland highlighted the significant funding the Department has invested through President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to support the restoration of bison populations and grassland ecosystems in Tribal communities. Through...
Tribal nations in the United States are leading a "Rights of Nature" movement to enshrine the inherent rights of the natural world - including plants, animals, and lands and waters - into law. Last week, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians in northern Michigan passed a resolution in defense of the tribe's first family: its natural resources. "Anishinaabe izhitwaawin, ways of thinking and being, includes a decentralized view of human beings who are not on top of an evolutionary...
BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today, construction on Highway 34 from Osage to Park Rapids will begin May 13. The project limits include from County Road 26/47 west of Osage to Western Avenue in Park Rapids. Motorists will detour utilizing Becker CR 48 and Highway 71. The project includes a full depth pavement reclamation, shoulder widening, culvert replacements, and sidewalk upgrades in Osage. The project is expected to be complete in mid-September,...
Overall, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) decreased by 3% from 2022 to 2023, according to the new Annual Summary of Reportable STIs in Minnesota from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH); however, health officials note that even a slight decrease on already high rates mean STIs are still a significant issue in Minnesota. Total STI cases reported to MDH dropped from 32,072 cases in 2022 to 31,232 in 2023, according to the new data. During that same time period, however, there were 324...
California Assemblymember James C. Ramos held a press conference on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento to urge schools to use a supportive approach before resorting to suspensions and expulsions for students violating drug-related infractions. Ramos introduced AB 2711, earlier this year, which would require school districts to adopt appropriate interventions as a first step for troubled students. Ramos believes California school districts need...
The Red Lake Lady Warriors Softball team opened their 2024 season with a loss to Bagley on Monday, April 15,...
Red Lake High School Basketball Athletic Banquet held on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at Red Lake High...
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...
The Red Lake Warriors were shutout by Lake of the Woods 13-0 on Monday, April 22, 2024 in Red...
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...
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...
Red Lake Youth Sports: Ogichidaag get the big win tonight over the Mustang's. Jack Brown led the way with 39 and Gerald Kingbird Jr. finished with 38 points. Kingbird became the 6th Warrior to join the 2,000 point club. Section 8A seeding will be done tomorrow to find out who will come to town on Thursday to begin the tournament. Shoutout to all our fans who packed the house tonight. Red Lake will host Bagley at 7 PM on Thursday, March 7, 2024 in the first round of the Section 8A boys...
Red Lake High School Junior & Senior Prom 2024 held on Saturday, April 13,...
Minneapolis is on track to have the highest government-mandated minimum price for cigarettes in the nation after the City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a $15-per-pack floor, before taxes. In addition, the changes approved Thursday, which also set minimum prices for cigars, pipe tobacco and chewing tobacco, ban all discounts or coupons on tobacco products. That's no small thing; the highest retail prices in the city are already reaching $13.50, but coupons frequently allow smokers to...
When the stepmother of Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell called police at 4:45 a.m. Monday, she said someone broke into her house and "ran downstairs into my basement," according to the 911 transcript obtained by the Star Tribune on Thursday. Police asked her if she got a look at the person, to which she responded: "I tripped over 'em. Ah, he was on the floor next to my bed. He ran downstairs into my basement." When they arrived, officers found Mitchell, a first-term senator from Woodbury,...
White Earth Reservation Business Committee Notice of Election for June 11, 2024 https://whiteearth.com/assets/files/home/news/GE%20no...
Arayah M. LaFave August 26, 2003 - April 24, 2024 Arayah M. LaFave passed away Wednesday, April 24th, 2024. Please return as a full obituary will appear here as soon as it is completed. Service for Arayah will be held Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, at the Cloquet Community Center, 1720 Big Lake Road, with a visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. until the11:00 a.m. funeral service led by Pastor Bill Sutter. Burial will follow at the New Holy Family Cemetery. Services Visitation Wednesday, May 1, 2024...
Karen Sam September 4, 1953 - April 23, 2024 Niibawisekwe, Karen Sam, age 70, passed away on April 23, 2024. Visitation will begin at 8 PM on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Reservation. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Reservation, with Ombishkebines officiating. Interment will be in the Vineland Burial Grounds. Arrangements are...
VACANCY ANNOUNCMENT 2-MAINTENANCE WORKERS ENDAZHI-NITAAWIGING CHARTER SCHOOL Open: April 23, 2024 Closing: May 20, 2024 PRIMARY FUNCTION To maintain the facility, equipment and grounds, in a safe and secure environment in accordance with established policy and procedures. Reports to Government Center Maintenance Supervisor. Part-time position (no benefits) Hours: Weekdays/During School hours. Salary; DOQ. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES: • Responsible for following maintenance...
**EXTERNAL POSITION OPENINGS** SECURITY GUARD RATE OF PAY: Depending upon experience LOCATION: Seven Clans Casinos – Warroad, MN OPENS: April 24, 2024 CLOSES: May 8, 2024 POSITION OBJECTIVES: Under the general supervision of the Security Manager/Supervisor is responsible for assigned shift to protect the assets for Seven Clans Casinos. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Assists with conducting investigations involving employees and customers. • Responsible to oversee the protections of safety...
** EXTERNAL POSITION OPENING ** FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER RATE OF PAY: Depending upon experience LOCATION: Seven Clans Casinos – Red Lake, MN OPENS: April 24, 2024 CLOSES: May 8, 2024 POSITION OBJECTIVES: Under the general supervision of the General Manager, the F&B Manager is responsible for overseeing all Food and Beverage venue operations for Seven Clans Casinos. Additionally, manage all food and beverage offerings for events hosted at the facility. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Ensure the...
There is a recent rebuttal to a new book in Nature, The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?, stating that, "Two things can be independently true about social media. First, that there is no evidence that using these platforms is rewiring children's brains or driving an epidemic of mental illness. Second, that considerable reforms to these platforms are required, given how much time young people spend on them. The onset and development of mental...
