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Articles from the January 2, 2024 edition


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  • Fayleen Frances (Frazer) Haugen

    Jan 2, 2024

    Fayleen Frances (Frazer) Haugen July 4, 1965 ~ December 27, 2023 (age 58) Fayleen Frances Haugen (Frazer) "Mooka'am" meaning "Sunrise" or "Bungii-waabibaagiibitoo" meaning "Little White Running Horse" blessed the world with her presence on July 4th, 1965, and she ran into her daughter's arms in Heaven on December 27th, 2023. The precious daughter of Lynda Smith. She was later adopted by Kathy and Carl Frazer, who taught her to be the strong woman that her children modeled themselves after....

  • VEHICLE RESTRICTION ON UPPER RED LAKE

    Jan 2, 2024

    Upper Red Lake, Beltrami County, MN – Due to continued incidents of fishermen becoming stranded on and breaking through the ice on Upper Red Lake, effective at sunset on December 30, 2023, Upper Red Lake in the area under the jurisdiction of Beltrami County will have restricted access. Per Minnesota Statute 86B.106, vehicles are barred from traversing Upper Red Lake until the Sheriff rescinds this order. Snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and all motorized vehicles are prohibited from going on the ice. A violation of this order is a m...

  • Two children wounded in their own homes during overnight shootings in Minneapolis, St. Paul

    Jan 2, 2024

    Two young children were wounded by gunfire this weekend when unknown assailants fired into their homes during separate overnight shootings in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Just before midnight on New Year's Eve, St. Paul police were called to a home on the 700 block of Sherburne Avenue on a report of a shooting. Officers located a 10-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the stomach, according to St. Paul police Sgt. Mike Ernster. Paramedics took the child to Regions Hospital. As of Monday evening,...

  • Number of refugees resettling in Minnesota rising with more on the way

    Jan 2, 2024
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    Minnesota saw a surge in refugees arriving over the last year, and that number is expected to keep growing. More than 1,500 refugees resettled here in the 2023 fiscal year, almost triple the amount in 2022 and up from 258 in 2021. Local refugee agencies are having to add staff once more to accommodate the new arrivals. Refugee resettlement figures still are far lower than they were during former President Obama's administration, when Minnesota routinely accepted several thousand a year. The...

  • Four years on, long COVID still confounds us. Here's what we now know.

    Jan 2, 2024

    Many people now view covid-19 as an almost routine inconvenience, much like flu, RSV and other seasonal infections. But four years after reports surfaced of a new respiratory illness, prompting a massive response among researchers, the disease's aftereffects - commonly called long covid - continue to confound doctors and patients alike. "We know a lot about this particular coronavirus," said Francesca Beaudoin, chair of the department of epidemiology at Brown University. "That does not...

  • Gun control group: Suicides again account for vast majority of firearm deaths in state in 2022

    Jan 2, 2024

    Suicides accounted for more than two-thirds of all firearms deaths in Minnesota in 2022, according to a gun control lobbying group that is pointing to one strategy to help bring that persistent rate down. The nonpartisan nonprofit Protect Minnesota released the data last week as it prepares to push state lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session to strengthen requirements for storing guns when not in use. All deaths in Minnesota from guns totaled 569 in 2022, with 407 (71%) of those ruled...

  • St. Paul College announces new program to prepare students for cannabis careers

    Jan 2, 2024

    St. Paul College is offering new certificate programs created to prepare students for entry-level jobs in the cannabis industry, the first program of its kind at a Minnesota community college. Students can choose between three specialties. The cultivation program teaches students to trim and package plants, and the retail program prepares them to work in stores, helping clients select the best products. The extraction and product development program offers instruction on how to make edibles and...

  • Minnesota minimum wages rise Jan. 1. Are employers ready?

    Jan 2, 2024

    Fresh minimum wage hikes and new sick pay laws will boost the paychecks of some Twin Cities workers starting Monday, but some workplace experts worry not all businesses are prepared for the changes. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, the minimum hourly wage will jump to $15.57 an hour for businesses with more than $500,000 in revenue. That's an increase of 38 cents an hour. Smaller employers in the two cities don't have to raise their minimum wages until July 1, when it will rise from $14.50 to...

  • Powerful earthquakes leave at least eight dead, destroy buildings along Japan's western coast

    Jan 2, 2024

    WAJIMA, Japan — A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, leaving at least eight people dead and damaging buildings, vehicles and boats, with officials warning people in some areas on Tuesday to stay away from their homes because of a risk of more strong quakes. Aftershocks continued to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas a day after a magnitude 7.6 temblor slammed the area on Monday afternoon. Eight people were confirmed dead in Wajima city, officials said. Seven others were seriously injured, while damage to homes was so g...

  • A crash on a New York City parkway leaves 5 dead

    Jan 2, 2024

    NEW YORK - Five people died when the car they were in crashed on a New York City parkway Monday morning, police said. The Mazda was heading north on the Cross Island Parkway in the borough of Queens when it collided with another vehicle just before 6 a.m. The five people in the car were pronounced dead at the crash scene near the Whitestone Bridge, according to the New York Police Department. Photos from the scene show the car overturned on the roadway. The driver of the other vehicle was...

  • Beltrami County restricts Upper Red Lake access after people found themselves stranded on the ice

    Jan 2, 2024

    Beltrami County is prohibiting vehicle access to the section of Upper Red Lake in its jurisdiction, following multiple rescues of people who fell through unstable ice or were stranded on drifting ice chunks. The order, which includes snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, took effect at sunset Saturday, according to a statement from Beltrami County Sheriff Jason Riggs. "Area lakes have very inconsistent ice conditions and extreme caution should be employed if you choose to venture on area lakes," Riggs said. https://www.start...

  • Bemidji State basketball player faces criminal sexual conduct charges involving 15-year-old girl

    Jan 2, 2024

    BEMIDJI — A 22-year-old member of the Bemidji State men's basketball team from Sun Prairie, Wis., has been charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct after allegedly engaging in sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl he met online. According to the criminal complaint, a 15-year-old girl provided a statement to law enforcement in early October in regards to a child sexual abuse investigation. The girl stated that she met a man named Colin Schaefer, later identified as 22-year-old Colin Thomas Rudolph Schaefer, of Sun P...

  • Vehicle restriction issued for Upper Red Lake due to poor ice conditions

    Jan 2, 2024

    BELTRAMI COUNTY - Due to continued incidents of anglers becoming stranded on and breaking through the ice on Upper Red Lake, effective at sunset on Saturday, Dec. 30, vehicles will not be permitted to access the lake in the area under Beltrami County's jurisdiction. According to a release from Beltrami County Sheriff Jason Riggs, per Minnesota Statute 86B.106, vehicles are barred from driving on Upper Red Lake until the sheriff rescinds this order. "Snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and all...

  • Third man charged in Iron Range Hells Angels kidnapping, assault

    Jan 2, 2024

    VIRGINIA - A third man was arrested last week for his alleged role in a kidnapping and rape reportedly involving several Iron Range Hells Angels members. Jake Douglas Novaczyk, 45, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, is charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment and fifth-degree assault in connection with the late November incident. A criminal complaint alleges that Novaczyk drove a van that transported a kidnapping victim to the motorcycle club's Eveleth headquarters, where the group's...

  • 122 RESCUED FROM UPPER RED LAKE

    Jan 2, 2024

    Upper Red Lake, Beltrami County, MN – Over 100 fishermen were stranded and needed to be evacuated from an ice floe on the southeastern area of Upper Red Lake Friday evening that detached from the main shoreline. At 4:57pm on December 29, 2023 the Beltrami County Emergency Communications Center received a call that around 100 people were stranded on an ice chunk with over 30 feet of open water separating them from shore. Initial reports indicated that no one had fallen through the ice. Emergency responders were dispatched for an ice rescue. W...

  • Navajo Nation President Objects to NASA Sending Cremated Human Remains to the Moon

    Jan 2, 2024

    The moon has long been revered by many Native American tribes. So, when Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren recently discovered that NASA is planning to launch a rocket headed to the moon in early January with cremated human remains to be placed there, he sent a letter to NASA and the U.S. Department of Transportation asking to delay the launch. "It is crucial to emphasize that the moon holds a sacred position in many Indigenous cultures, including ours," President Nygren wrote. "We view it as a...

  • 9th Annual Native American TV Writers Lab – Call For Applications

    Jan 2, 2024

    The Native American Media Alliance presents the 9th Annual NATIVE AMERICAN TV WRITERS LAB call for applications. The 2024 lab is in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Golden Globe Foundation. The NATIVE AMERICAN TV WRITERS LAB is an online multi-week intensive scriptwriters program that prepares Native Americans for writing careers at major television networks. The lab takes place April through May of 2024 and offers approximately 10 Native American writers an opportunity to participate. Each selected fellow completes...

  • Army Private First Class Reina June Strong Honored by O'bahsheeng Three Star Warrior Society at Oshkiimaajitahdah Event Center - P2

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 2, 2024

    A dinner and honoring of Army Private First Class Reina June Strong was held at the Oshkiimaajitahdah Event Center on Thursday, December 28, 2023 by the O'bahsheeng Three Star Warrior Society, a veteran's organization and honor guard serving the Red Lake Nation. which included presenting her with an eagle feather to help her through her new journey and challenges. Reina is stationed at Fort Novosel in Alabama, where she is training to become an Aviation Operation Specialist. According to their w...

  • Red Lake Elderly Nutrition Christmas Party held at Seven Clans Casino Event Center - P6

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 2, 2024

    The Red Lake Elderly Nutrition Christmas Party was held at Seven Clans Casino Event Center on Thursday, December 21, 2023 from 11 AM to 3 PM. The event, which attracted a packed house of Red Lake Nation Elders, featured gifts to the elders, a limited amount of candy bags, a walleye and buffalo dinner, and live entertainment by Elvis entertainer Travis LeDoyt. Some photographs by Mary Omen and Vickey Fineday....

  • Nevis' Offense and Defense too much for Lady Warriors in 72-20 loss at home - P8

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 2, 2024

    Nevis' Offense and Defense too much for Lady Warriors in 72-20 loss at home on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Red Lake's Junior Varsity also take a loss 39-13 in the early game. The Lady Warriors won't see action again until January 11, 2024 when they host Pine River, travel to FDL on January 13th and travel to Mahnomen on January 15th. Red Lake Lady Warriors Basketball 2023-2024 Schedule: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2023/12/11/sports/red-lake-lady-warriors-basketbal...

  • Red Lake Holiday Celebration held on Saturday, December 16, 2023 - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 2, 2024

    Red Lake Holiday Celebration held on Saturday, December 16, 2023...

  • Warriors back on track with win over FDL on Saturday 93-48 - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 2, 2024

    After losing their first game of the season in Cass Lake on Friday night, the Red Lake Warriors came on strong on Saturday, December 16th to get back on track with their 93-48 win over Fond du Lac. The Warriors led 51-27 at the half. Gerald Kingbird Jr. had 25 of his 38 total points in the first half. Kingbird led all scorers with 38 points, Tyrone Beaulieu had 18 and Jack Brown added 9 points. Jordell Brown netted 12 for FDL and Richard Hearle had 11 points. Red Lake travels to Nevis on...

  • Lady Warriors win over FDL on Saturday, December 16th 75-35 - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 2, 2024

    Lady Warriors win over FDL on Saturday, December 16th 75-35 Red Lake travels to BGMR on December 18th, hosts Nevis on December 19th and travels to Pine River on January 11, 2024. Red Lake Lady Warriors Basketball 2023-2024 Schedule: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2023/12/11/sports/red-lake-lady-warriors-basketball-2023-2024-schedule/117594.html...

  • Cookies with Corrections Youth Walk-Thru Event held on Thursday, December 14, 2023 - P11

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 2, 2024

    The "Cookies with Corrections" Youth Walk-Thru Event was held on Thursday, December 14, 2023 from 4 PM to 6 PM at the Red Lake Community Center....

  • Lady Warriors win first game of season with 64-43 win over Laporte - P11

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 2, 2024

    The Red Lake Lady Warriors won their first game of the season on Thursday, December 14, 2023 with a 64-43 win over the Laporte Tigers. Lilia Pemberton led all scorers with 25 on the night, CeAngela Pemberton hit 18 and Audriana Lussier added 8. Ila McDougle led Laporte with 10 points. Red Lake's Junior High team lost 23-2 in the earlier game. Red Lake travels to Cass Lake on December 15, hosts FDL on December 16 and travels to BGMR on December 18th before hosting Nevis on December .19th. Red...

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