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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Minnesota-based Red Lake Nation Fisheries a contract for $466,903.62 (€385,243.10) to distribute 43,800 pounds of frozen walleye fillets to federal programs in Kansas City, Missouri, part of the agency's aggressive contract purchasing policy over the past year. The product will be used in the USDA's National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance programs. Deliveries will be made between Feb. 1 through Feb.15. Red Lake...
DEED’s Labor Market Information (LMI) office provides research to inform the public about the economic and labor market conditions in our state and help guide potential responses to challenges. During COVID-19, LMI analysts – including my colleagues and myself – have found new ways to examine data to help understand fast-changing conditions during the pandemic. Recently, I analyzed monthly employment at each Minnesota establishment from the Q2 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) microdata to get a glimpse into the initial impac...
This year the world changed in a way that many of us would never have dreamed possible. The Covid-19 pandemic has swept across the planet and has left none of us untouched. Our Indigenous nations, communities and families have been impacted — some more than others — by this new and devastating illness. It has left many people around the world frightened, consumed by sadness, and filled with deep uncertainty for the future, as seen in Finding Hope in Lockdown, directed by Indigenous Program alumna Erin Lau (Native Hawaiian). Adjusting to a New ...
New York City, June 10 – "This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation or a challenge who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena," actress Ali Stroker said from the stage of the Tony Awards. "You are!" Stroker made history at the Tony Awards by becoming the first person who uses a wheelchair to win a Tony. Winning Best Featured Actress in a musical for her sexy take on Ado Annie in the groundbreaking revival of Rodgers & H...
A Ponemah man has been charged in Pennington County District Court for allegedly pointing a sawed-off shotgun at two people early Wednesday morning in Thief River Falls. Randall Dean Jones, 27, has been charged with two felony counts of second degree assault. He was arrested and scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday afternoon. The charges stemmed from a report of a fight in a hallway at 118-1/2 Third St. E. at about 12:34 a.m. Wednesday, according to the complaint. A sheriff’s deputy and an officer arrived to find a man f...
Washington, D.C., July 27 – Ronald R. Glancz, key civic leader, will be honored at RespectAbility's summit on Capitol Hill on July 30. Glancz currently serves as the treasurer of RespectAbility, a nonprofit organization fighting stigmas and expanding opportunities for people with disabilities. Rep. Brad Sherman will announce the award and present the flag at the event, "From Washington to Hollywood and Beyond: The Future of Americans With Disabilities." Glancz is a key member of the board of R...
• Best Actress in a Leading Role makes call for more inclusion. • Authentic representation of disability wins Best Live Action Short. • Best Picture Winner goes to film with actor playing a disability she doesn't have. • Diversity and inclusion segment omits people with disabilities. Los Angeles, Calif., March 5 – In a historic call for more information, Academy Award winner Frances McDormand called for an inclusion rider in contracts – a provision that ensures diversity and inclusion i...
A large set of federal loans will help a northwestern Minnesota Indian tribe deal with the opioid epidemic, as well as infrastructure needs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities program approved nearly $13 million to fund four projects at Red Lake. The money will help the Red Lake Nation construct a $4.95 million chemical dependency treatment center, a $2.2 million fire hall in Ponemah, with a "training room, decontamination space, and enough space to house the Department's fleet of trucks under one roof," the USDA said....
Artist Wesley May (left) on Friday afternoon thanks his spiritual adviser Richard Morrison, from Fort Francis, Ontario, for blessing his mural at the Wasterwater Treatment Plant. Not pictured were May's assistant painters, Daniel May and Joe LeBlanc. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer...
Local artist Wesley May works Wednesday on the mural he is creating on the side wall of the digester unit at the Bemidji Wastewater Treatment Plant. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer...
Local artist Wesley May (right) gets help from his nephew, Daniel May, on Monday afternoon as they apply the primer for a mural on the side of the new digester building at the Bemidji Wastewater Treatment facility. May titled the mural, "Protect, Respect, Honor, Give Thanks for the Water" that will depict a bald eagle as the protector of water. He began the project last week....
At approximately 10:00 PM, the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from a 17 year old female reporting she had been shot several times when she was standing on the deck of her home in the 6300 block of Palomino Drive NW, Eckles Township. Responding Deputies found her inside the door to her residence and immediately began first aid until EMS from Bemidji Ambulance Service and First Responders arrived on scene. The victim, whose identity will not be disclosed due to her age, was t...
The number of Americans living in households without traditional land-line telephones continues to grow, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the second half of 2013, 41 percent of U.S. households relied solely on a wireless phone, researchers from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics reported Tuesday. That’s up from 38.2 percent in the second half of 2012, 34 percent in the second half of 2011 and 29.7 percent in the second half of 2010. These wireless-only households included 93 million adu...
Boy Scout Sam Mutnansky (center) helps the Carlson family carry out their food during the Paul Bunyan Communications Community Appreciation Meal on Wednesday evening. With him are (left) Nicolas Carlson and his sister (right) Natalie Carlson. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer...
BHS graduate Sydney Barrett-Beaulieu presents her mother Leah Barrett with a carnation of appreciation during the American Indian Seniors Honors Banquet on Thursday evening in the high school commons. Twenty-nine Bemidji High School graduates were honored at the event. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer...
(From left) Volunteer Patty Morris helps Katie Northbird make her gift selection for her children during the distribution of the Holiday Gifts for Kids event at the Bemidji Armory on Thursday. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer...
Five year old Mikayleigh Cloud is assisted by Grandma Trudy English making a present for her mother during Santa's Workshop. The event was hosted the Parks and Recreation Department on Thursday afternoon for youths to select and make a vartiety of unique presents for mom or dad. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer...
(From left) Kandis Davis LaRose, Felicity Boney and Sydney Beaulieu make their first cards Thursday for the "Holiday Mail for Heroes" program, which makes holiday cards to send to soldiers for the holiday season. The program is sponsored by the North Star Chapter of The American Red Cross, the Bemidji Youth Advisory Commission and Bemidji High School's Interact Club. More than 50 students from various schools handmade a variety of cards for soldiers. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pi...
BEMIDJI — "The fire is back," said Dan Ninham as he discussed bringing lacrosse back to the area. A lacrosse clinic will be held today at the Bemidji State University soccer practice field, or if it rains it will be moved into the John S. Glas Fieldhouse. More than 50 youths have pre-registered — 12 players from the Green Bay area alone — for the free clinic, open to players of all ages interested in learning to play lacrosse. Lacrosse sticks and equipment will be provided. "We will teach both...
Red Lake Department of Natural Resources biologist Kayla Bowe shows (from left) Hailey Johnson, Casey May and Sierra May some invertebrates that are a good sign for healthy watershed. More than 280 fifth-grade students from Red Lake, Ponemah and Redby attended the annual Red Lake Water Festival that educates the youth through a variety of 15 stations about the impacts of water resources on a watershed and pollution protection....
SPRINGFIELD — This summer, I traveled to Minnesota’s White Earth Indian Reservation with 21 other people from my church. Our mission trip ran from July 27 to Aug. 3. Along with help from Hope For The First Nations leaders, Lynn and Lindy Wilson, we put on a vacation Bible school that we called Hope Day Camp. We sang songs, put on skits about “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” and played and ate with the children. Although it was stressful at first for many of us first-time attende...
Alexandra Terebenet was one of 26 American Indian seniors recognized at an honors banquet Tuesday who received a gift and certificate at Bemidji High School. Accompanying her is her mother Cynthia Gayle. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer...
About 30 people participated in the “27-Minute Walk” on a cold Friday morning in Bemidji. The walk, part of a nationwide effort, was organized as a remembrance for the 27 victims in last week’s shooting in Newtown, Conn....
Leona Hand congratulates Kay Mack, left, Monday at a meet-and-greet event to introduce Mack as the new Beltrami County administrator....
Youth volunteer McKayla Beaulieu, right, interacts with a group of seventh-grade Gamma Pod students during a small group break-out session Friday morning at the 10th annual Courage Retreat with three members of Youth Frontiers at Calvary Lutheran Church....
