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A Cass Lake man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a four-year-old on Wednesday, August 21. According to the Itasca County District Attorney’s Office, 28-year-old Kevin Daniel Jackson of Cass Lake was charged in Itasca County Court on Friday, August 23. The criminal complaint states that at around 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, an emergency call was made of a non-responsive four year old boy at a residence in Inger, Minnesota. Emergency personnel responded to the residence and performed life-saving aid which was unsuccessful....
One person has died after a two-vehicle crash in Beltrami County on Monday, May 27. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, on Monday at around 11:08 p.m. a Subaru Forester, driven by 73-year-old Margaret Porter of Bemidji, was traveling the wrong direction in the 6200 block of Highway 2 near Pete’s Place West when it crashed head on with a Pontiac G6 driven by 21-year-old Athena Stanek of Fosston. A passenger in the Subaru Forester, 82-year-old Russell Porter of Bemidji, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, Margaret Porter, was...
A body that was recovered on the Red Lake Reservation on Saturday, April 25 has been identified as 26-year-old Dillon James Sayers. According to the Red Lake Department of Public Safety, Sayers was reported missing on October 30, 2018 but was last seen on October 23, 2018 when family members dropped him off at his home on the Red Lake Reservation. Based on information received from the public during the course of the missing person investigation, two areas of interest were identified east of Red Lake. A search of the two areas on Friday, April...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of a Native American healing tradition: the jingle dress dance. The Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post is celebrating the anniversary by exploring the history of the jingle dress in a new exhibit. 100 years ago when the global influenza pandemic killed millions worldwide, including thousands of Native Americans, a revolutionary new healing tradition emerged: the jingle dress dance. Oral histories of the dress vary, but origin stories point to the Mille Lacs Ojibwe community around 1919. The story...
An officer with the Warroad Police Department has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, third-degree criminal sexual conduct, and stalking following an investigation by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Joshua Matthew Demmerly, 29, of Warroad was charged Wednesday, April 3, 2019 in Roseau County District Court. BCA agents arrested Demmerly on Tuesday, and he is currently in the Roseau County Jail. According to the criminal complaint, on Monday, April 1, 2019, BCA agents...
A Red Lake woman has been charged with 1st degree drug possession and 4th degree DWI after being found with over three pounds of methamphetamine. Shannon Rose Lasley-Rudolph, 57 of Red Lake, was charged in district court on Tuesday after an incident that occurred on February 17, 2019 in Beltrami County. According to a release, at approximately 10:26 p.m. on Sunday, February 17 a state trooper was on patrol in Beltrami County when he observed a vehicle begin to drive through a posted stop sign...
A Red Lake man pleaded guilty Monday to the murder of Anthony Allen Wells on April 28, 2018. Michael Wayne Whitefeather, 18, pled guilty to murder in the second degree before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in United States District Court in St. Paul. According to the defendant’s guilty plea, during the early morning hours of April 28, 2018, Whitefeather was traveling in a car on the Red Lake Indian Reservation and saw Anthony Allen Wells and another male walking in a parking lot near the Red Lake Skate Park. Whitefeather admitted to getting out...
Three instances of suspicious activity has been reported at multiple locations in the Bemidji area. A couple was reported approaching females about a potential modeling opportunity out of state and then fleeing when they declined, according to the Bemidji Police Department. In three separate instances, the females were approached by the male and female couple, together or separately. The incidents occurred in three separate business parking lots in Bemidji. Bemidji Police Detectives are working to positively identify the individuals who have...