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Until recently, Red Lake Hospital Emergency Services and Urgent Care formed a combined department. Patients needing to see a physician for a fairly minor condition such as the flu had to get in line behind people with more serious problems to be served. “For years, we’ve been telling patients to come in and wait,” said Craig Morin, CEO of the Red Lake Hospital. Now, in a newly renovated section of the Red Lake Hospital, patients can call ahead for service at the Same Day Appointment Clinic. “We’re very happy these services have become av...
The sixth annual Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival culminated in a climactic finish Saturday with teams coming from first to fourth place in less than one second apart. The River City Dragons from Winnipeg, Manitoba, crossed the line in the Gold Division race in 1:.27.34, winning by a dragon nose over the second-place The Eh Team at 1:27.85, Prostate Paddlers at 1:27.87 and HydraHeads at 1:28.22. “Wow! What a race,” announcer Brian Bissonette shouted to the crowd. “That’s dragon boat racing...
Registered nurses at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center voted Thursday against the hospital management’s contract offer. However, negotiations are still possible, and services remain unaffected said Joy Johnson chief operations officer. “We have not received a strike notice,” she said. For us, the most important thing is to let the community, our doctors and staff know it’s business as usual, continue to serve community needs.” Registered nurses at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center voted Thursday against the hospital management’s contract offer. Howe...
Brad Swenson, who started working in the Pioneer’s editorial department in May 1980, has retired effective today because of medical issues, which began in March. Swenson has served the Pioneer as a reporter, managing editor, political editor and editorial writer. He has earned many awards for his work, including three Premack Public Affairs Journalism Awards; the Minnesota Newspaper Association Herman Roe Editorial Writing Award and the Ag Communicator of the Year Award from the Minnesota Farm Bureau. “We have missed Brad in the newsroom ove...
A Cass County Grand Jury indicted Thursday indicted 27-year-old Ross Zangiegabo Littlewolf of Cass Lake with felony first-degree premeditated murder, second-degree intentional murder, three counts of first-degree burglary and two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. Littlewolf was indicted in relation to the June 26 shooting death of Kandace Blaine Dunn, 22, of Cass Lake, who had been killed by an apparent gunshot wound to her head. Littlewolf appeared in Cass County District Court for arraignment on the indictment Friday,...
Friday’s ruling by Leech Lake Reservation Election Contest Judge Heidi Drobnick to invalidate the June 28 special secretary-treasurer election has been appealed by both the winning candidate and the Leech Lake General Reservation Election Board. Donald “Mick” Finn won the election by six votes over Donald “Donnie” Headbird, who contested the results, citing irregularities. Now attorney Leif Rasmussen, of the Edina firm of Steffens and Rasmussen, has appealed the ruling on behalf of the General Reservation Election Board. And attorney Michael G...
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Election Judge Heidi Drobnick ruled invalid Friday the June 28 special election that gave Donald “Mick” Finn the secretary-treasurer’s position. The vote was certified by the General Reservation Election Board at 1,104 or 50.14 percent for Finn and 1,098 or 49.86 percent for Donald “Donnie” Headbird. Headbird petitioned for a hearing and discovery, which was set for July 14 at the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Offices, on the election results. Judge Drobnick found that Headbird had proved violations, which change who was t...
Four Cass Lake residents and one from Bemidji were charged in Cass County District Court Tuesday, June 28, with aiding and abetting felony drive-by shooting of an occupied dwelling. The five are Darryl Jackson Johnson, 26, Shane Alan Dunn, 22, Dustin Anthony Fairbanks, 22, and Jestina Elise Morin, 22, all of Cass Lake, and Jonathon Tyler Cloud of Bemidji. According to the criminal complaint: At 8:26 a.m. Sunday, June 26, law enforcement officers responded to a report of shots fired into a rural Cass lake home. A resident of the house reported...
A 27-year-old Cass Lake man was charged Tuesday in Cass County District Court with serious felony second-degree intentional murder and two counts of felony second-degree assault. Ross Zangigabo Littlewolf was charged in relation to the shooting death Sunday, June 26, of Kandace Blaine Dunn, 22, of Cass Lake, who had been killed by an apparent gunshot wound to her head. According to the criminal complaint: At 3:16 a.m. Sunday, Cass County Dispatch received a report that Littlewolf had been involved in a domestic dispute at a Cass Lake...
RED LAKE — YouthBuild members from Red Lake, Virginia, Minn., Bi-count Communication Action Program, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and YouthWorks volunteers from Burlington, Colo., are making a transformation in downtown Red Lake. By late summer, the north end of the Red Lake Humanities Center, which formerly housed the Seven Clans Casino, will become the Red Lake Senior Center and Nutrition Site. The conversion of the facility is led by YouthBuild/AmeriCorps in Red Lake with help from YouthBuild t...
As their photos displayed in rotation on the Sanford Center scoreboard, the 317 graduates of the Bemidji High School Class of 2011 processed to the applause of family, friends and faculty Saturday morning. Bemidji School District Superintendent James Hess greeted the seniors and advised them to network rather rely solely on individuality. “If you build strong relationships based on trust and respect, they will take you far,” Hess said. However, he added a warning about being careful about what the students post on the various social net...
WASKISH — Three Red Lake Nation members put their hooks and lines in eastern Upper Red Lake Friday one day prior to the Minnesota Fishing Opener. The demonstration organized by the First Nations United Twin Cities organization was designed to underscore the treaty the band signed ceding territory, but guaranteeing the tribal members the right to fish, hunt and make other use of the land. The Red Lake Nation also claims the entirety of Red Lake, as they understood the treaty. Several Minnesota D...
William Earl Morris, 24, of Cass Lake, was sentenced Monday, March 2, in Cass County District Court for first-degree attempted pre-meditated murder. Judge John Smith sentenced Morris to 16 years in prison. Additionally, according to Cass County Attorney Christopher Strandlie, Morris was found in contempt of court and ordered to serve 60 days in custody following completion of his 16-year sentence because of his behavior during the sentencing hearing. Morris was originally charged March 8, 2010, with first-degree attempted murder, two counts of...
William Earl Morris, 24, of Cass Lake, was sentenced Monday, March 2, in Cass Cunty District Court for first-degree attempted pre-meditated murder. Judge John Smith sentenced Morris to 16 years in prison. Additionally, according to Cass County Attorney Christopher Strandlie, Morris was found in contempt of court and ordered to serve 60 days in custody following completion of his 16-year sentence because of his behavior during the sentencing hearing. Morris was originally charged March 8, 2010, with first-degree attempted murder, two counts of...
