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  • Red Lake Man Arrested For Abusing Three-Year-Old Girl Who Had Taser Burns

    TJ Nelson, KVRR News|Aug 7, 2020

    MAHNOMEN CO., Minn. - A Red Lake, Minnesota man is behind bars and facing a number of charges for the abuse of a three-year-old girl in Mahnomen in June. 29-year-old Edward Fairbanks was arrested Wednesday by Red Lake Police on an outstanding warrant out of Mahnomen County. Fairbanks is accused of causing great bodily harm to the child including a skull fracture and marks on her body appearing as a taser burn pattern. She was flown to Fargo on June 8th in critical condition for treatment....

  • Former Secretary-Treasurer Being Sued By White Earth Reservation Business Committee

    TJ Nelson|Apr 15, 2019

    WHITE EARTH RESERVATION, MN - White Earth Reservation Business Committee is suing Tara Mason in tribal court. Court documents accuse the former Secretary-Treasurer of misappropriation of tribal funds for the failed Star Lake Casino project. Mason is accused of creating a non-tribal owned entity to pay $3.3 million for land with tribal funds. The lawsuit says the title for the property was not provided to the White Earth Band of Ojibwe. The suit seeks unspecified damages. Mason is among 15...

  • Badger, Minnesota Sister And Brother To Split Winning Lotta America Jackpot

    TJ Nelson|Mar 20, 2018

    ROSEVILLE, Minn. — The woman who bought a lottery ticket worth nearly $23 million in Roseau last week has come forward with her brother and niece. Debbie Kujava said, “I Took em out, took out my cell phone, I’m looking and that was the last ticket I looked at and I was like ‘woooo’ ya know, I can’t believe this!” Kujava says she stopped at Holiday in Roseau to grab a pop after her shift as a nurse and bought the Lotto America ticket. The Badger, Minnesota woman lives close to her brother and her niece and says she and her brother have a pact t...