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The battle against addiction has been a constant on the reservations in northern Minnesota. But recently, the demons have escalated to deadly mixes of heroin. Red Lake, Minn. – The morning sun was high overhead as Tom Barrett Sr. stood alongside a two-lane highway and watched three young men run by in the 200-mile Anishinaabe Spirit relay to celebrate sobriety. Over the decades, the battle against addiction has been a constant on the Red Lake, Leech Lake, White Earth and Fond du Lac r...
A rampant heroin and opiate epidemic on the Red Lake Indian Reservation has prompted tribal leaders to declare a public health emergency, seek outside help in addressing the crisis and consider the extraordinary step of banishing tribal members involved in drug dealing. "The attack by drugs is devastating to the health of our people," Tribal Council Chairman Darrell Seki said Tuesday. "Families are breaking." Overdoses on the northern Minnesota reservation have increased significantly in the...
A 6-year-old girl was found dead near her Bemidji apartment early Thursday morning when the temperature was 27 below with a windchill that made it feel like 40 below. Investigators are trying to determine when the child was last seen and how long she was outside. She was inside the front entrance of the building when police arrived. Police declined to release the child’s name until her relatives had been notified. Officials said the girl “had signs of being exposed to the frigid elements” but they’re waiting for the Ramsey County medical...
Just as snow and ice finally receded, wildfires driven by low humidity and high winds hit parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, forcing some residents to evacuate their homes. Gov. Mark Dayton called out the National Guard on Tuesday to help firefighters who spent the past two days battling at least 25 wildfires, including an uncontrolled fire that has consumed more than 4,000 acres near Red Lake. State, federal and local agencies fought the fires on the ground and from the air with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The American Red Cross...
