Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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A St. Paul man has been charged with murder for an incident that happened in Itasca County. Nigel Randel Blackburn, 33, appeared in Itasca County Court today on a charge of 2nd Degree Intentional Murder for the shooting death of a Deer River man. According to the criminal complaint, on June 13th, a report was made to Itasca County law enforcement regarding a possible dead body in a Deer River residence. Officials made contact with a woman who lived at the residence, who confirmed that a man had been shot there early on June 9th. The woman...
Update: The Bemidji Police Department reports that Jonathan Staples has been located and taken into custody. Original Story: The Bemidji Police Department is asking the public for help in tracking down a man suspected in an attempted abduction. According to a press release from the Bemidji Police Department, on March 23rd at 1 p.m., officers were dispatched near Birch Lane NE after a report was made regarding an attempted abduction, allegedly committed by Jonathan Lee Staples, 25, of Cass Lake....
A Bemidji man has been charged with three counts of criminal sexual conduct in a case involving two minors. According to court documents, Donavin Roy Oxford, 26, has been charged with three felony counts of sexual conduct in the first degree. On March 4th, 2022, the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office received a Hubbard County Child Protection intake/referral regarding alleged sexual abuse perpetrated against a minor. According to a forensic interview, the victim claimed Oxford engaged in a number...
A vehicle collision involving a train in Hubbard County has lead to the arrest of a Cass Lake man. According to a press release from the Hubbard County Sheriff's Office, on March 13th at approximately 6:11 p.m. it was reported that a vehicle had struck a Burlington Northern Train on 323rd Ave in Farden Township. Deputies and medical personnel responded to the scene to find 53-year-old Robert Idovich Jr. of rural Cass Lake, who was traveling north on 323rd Ave in his 1995 Chevrolet pick-up. As...
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating an attempted suicide of a male inmate at Beltrami County Jail. According to a press release from the BCA, on December 7th, at approximately 11:30 a.m. jail personal located the man unresponsive in his cell. According to a release from the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office, Corrections Officers and medical staff rendered aid and the inmate was transported by ambulance to Bemidji’s Sanford Center Emergency Department. Afterwards, the inmate was taken to Sanford Medical Center in Far...
An estimated 200 individuals were rescued today after a chunk of ice broke free from the main shoreline of Upper Red Lake. According to a press release from the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office, on Monday, Nov. 28 at 11:34 a.m., first responders received a 911 call from a group of individuals fishing on Upper Red Lake. The callers reported that a large chunk of ice had broken away from the shoreline, with roughly 30 yards of open water stranding the group on the lake. Several water rescue agenci...
Youth and adolescents are incredibly important to any community, and making sure those youth have resources to ensure their safety and well-being is critical. In Red Lake, a group gathered on Friday to learn about a new shelter that will provide those resources. "We are opening up a youth shelter come this winter," said Katie Northbird, Red Lake Nation Youth Shelter chief executive director. "We wanted to share that we were opening soon, where we were located, and the services that we are going...
The Bemidji Police Department is asking for help from the public to locate a missing 18-year-old woman. According to the Bemidji Police Department, Tahlia Poitra was last seen on approximately September 21st. Poitra is described as being 5'6″ and weighing 125 lbs. with brown eyes, brown hair, and a butterfly tattoo on her wrist. No known description of her clothing is available. Poitra could possibly be located around the Brainerd area. If you have any information about the whereabouts of P...
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — A judge in Minnesota has ruled that sheriff’s officials had no right to block access to a camp set up in opposition to the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline. In an order issued Tuesday, Hubbard County District Judge Jana Austad ruled the pipeline protesters were using a private driveway, not a county trail, to access Camp Namewag near Menahga. In June 2021, Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes served notice on American Indian activist Winona LaDuke and Tara Houska, who manages the site, that the road to the camp was a cou...
Robert Dale Butcher, 18, of Cass Lake faces assault and terrorist charges following a stabbing in Bemidji. According to the criminal complaint, at approximately 11:08 p.m. on Sunday, September 4th, the Bemidji Police Department responded to a report of a stabbing at a residence in Bemidji. Officials found the victim who claimed that he had been assaulted by Butcher and 18-year-old Ameera Destinee Jenkins-White. The victim told officials that Jekins-White hit him over the head with a bottle before Butcher stabbed him twice in the abdomen after r...
