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Articles from the January 4, 2012 edition


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  • Karliah May is first Red Lake Baby of 2012

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 4, 2012
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    No one knew Margaret May was pregnant, not her boyfriend, George "Michael" Branchaud, her mother, or any of her friends. And neither did she until she went up to the Red Lake Hospital ER after 6 PM on New Years Day because she wasn't feeling well. About a half hour later at 6:43 PM she delivered a beautiful 6 pound, 10 ounce baby girl, whom she named Karliah May. Karliah is believed to be the first Red Lake baby born in 2012. She is also believed to be one of the first babies born in Red Lake...

  • Warriors down Blackduck 80-65

    Chris Jourdain|Jan 4, 2012

    Warriors down Blackduck 80-65 on Tuesday, January 3, 2011, in Blackduck....

  • NEW MDA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR NAMED

    Jan 4, 2012

    Red Lake, January 3, 2012—Taylor LaGou, a friendly, out-going 9-year-old from Red Lake, MN has been named Goodwill Ambassador for the Duluth Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), Chapter President Jennifer Crown announced today. “As the Duluth Chapter’s Goodwill Ambassador,” MS. Crown said, “Taylor will make public appearances throughout the community to encourage volunteers in the Association’s year-round educational and fundraising campaigns and will also take part in a number o...

  • EPA ANNOUNCES 2011 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANTS

    Jan 4, 2012

    (CHICAGO – Jan. 3, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced four environmental justice grants totaling $100,000 to non-profit and tribal organizations in the Great Lakes region. These grants for projects in Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin will help to conduct research, provide education and develop solutions to health and environmental issues in communities overburdened by pollution. Environmental justice is the principle of achieving the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards for all people, rega...

  • Paul Bunyan Television Adds CBS in High Definition

    Jan 4, 2012

    (Bemidji, MN) (January 3, 2012) – Paul Bunyan Communications has added CBS in high definition to PBTV HD service. WCCO HD, Minneapolis, will be available to all PBTV HD subscribers on Paul Bunyan Television channel 504. KDLH HD, Duluth, will also be available to Paul Bunyan Television customers in Koochiching and Itasca customers on channel 503. “We are thrilled to add CBS in high definition for our customers! It has been the most requested network to add in HD by customers but for both tec...

  • LEVEL 3 PREDATORY OFFENDER SOUGHT BY MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

    Jan 4, 2012

    The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) has issued a warrant for the arrest of a level three predatory sex offender who is no longer complying with the conditions of his release from prison. Roderick Lamoryne Hamilton finished his prison sentences for first degree criminal sexual conduct, escape from work release, stolen property and theft on November 28, 2011, and was put on Intensive Supervised Release (ISR) in Hennepin County. ISR is the closest form of monitoring the DOC has for offend...

  • SMSC Donates 60 More Defibrillators

    Jan 4, 2012

    Prior Lake, MN – At least sixteen lives have been saved by law enforcement officers and emergency medical personnel using defibrillators donated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s Mdewakanton LIFE Program. Numerous other lives have been saved by Mdewakanton Emergency Services and trained SMSC First Responders using AEDs on the reservation over the past nine years. The SMSC has donated 733 AEDs since the program began in 2004 and facilitated the low cost purchase of an additional 20 units. The SMSC announces the donation of 60 mor...

  • Minnesota ready to take over wolf management

    Jan 4, 2012

    As the Minnesota Senate Delegation representing Northern Minnesota, we want to praise the federal government’s removal of grey wolves from the Endangered Species List. We have supported the removal because it is clear the wolf population in Minnesota has sufficiently recovered and no longer needs federal protection. In addition, we want to express our support for the Minnesota DNR to take over wolf management and we look forward to working with the DNR on plans for a hunting season on wolves. The Minnesota DNR has had an approved wolf m...

  • Heartbeat Support Group Meeting – January 10th – Sanford Hospital

    The Heartbeat Support Group for Suicide Loss Survivors will be meeting January 10th in the Education Room of the Sanford Hospital in Bemidji from 7pm to 8:30pm. The group is for adults that have lost a loved one to suicide and meets every second Tuesday of the month. Questions can be directed to Stephanie Downey at 218-751-4332 or Marcy LaCroix at 218-556-6241....

  • MSP International Airport’s Terminal 1-Lindbergh Turns 50

    MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL—Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) International Airport’s Terminal 1-Lindbergh celebrates its 50th anniversary this month, a monument to the sweeping changes that have altered aviation, the airport and world as a whole in the past five decades. “When the terminal opened in January 1962, the aviation industry was still highly regulated, commercial air fares were priced beyond the means of most family budgets, and global trade was still in its relative infancy,” said Jeff Hamiel, executive director of the Metropolitan Airport...

  • Echo Hawk Issues Reaffirmation of the Tejon Indian Tribe’s Government-to-Government Status

    Jan 4, 2012

    WASHINGTON, D.C.— In a letter to the Tejon Indian Tribe of California, Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk reaffirmed the federal relationship between the United States and the Tejon Indian Tribe. The Assistant Secretary’s letter confirms that the Tribe has a relationship with the federal government. The Tejon Indian Tribe first requested confirmation of its status in 2006. Due to an administrative error, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) failed for several years to place the Tejon Indian Tribe on the list of federally recog...

  • Warrior Grill Weekly special for week of Jan.2nd-6th

    Monday......................... Scallop potatoes and ham The name says it all. Comes with dinner roll.........$5.95 Tuesday..........................Prime rib ‘n’ noodles Tender prime bites in a rich beef broth with onions and mushrooms served over pasta..............................................$5.95 Wednesday.......................... Fish ‘n’ chips Lager battered pangusuis deep fried and served with slaw and ff’s.............$6.50 Thursday................Ham lunch Sliced pit ham served wi...

  • Details of contracting scam revealed in court documents

    Jan 4, 2012

    WASHINGTON -- The plan was straightforward but effective: A tight team of government employees and savvy contractors, including one from an Alaska Native corporation, allegedly inflated invoices by $20 million, approved them and split the proceeds. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/01/03/2243753/details-of-contracting-scam-brought.html#storylink=cpy...

  • 10th Circuit Court Says Offender Registration Is Required

    Jan 4, 2012

    Congress has the authority to require federal sex offenders to re-register in the state where they live, work, or study whether or not they travel inter-state, a federal appeals court ruled December 30. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/03/10th-circuit-court-says-offender-registration-is-required-70436 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/03/10th-circuit-court-says-offender-registration-is-required-70436#ixzz1iUzbFIAz...

  • Jan 4, 2012

    A former Crow Creek Sioux Tribe chairman has appealed his federal criminal convictions. Duane Big Eagle, 62, was convicted Nov. 30 on two counts of conspiracy to bribe tribal officials and one count of bribery....

  • Jan 4, 2012

    BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- An American Indian who rose to the heights of tribal leadership while in his mid-30s now may be headed to prison for a decade after pleading guilty to stealing federal money....

  • Jan 4, 2012

    The birth mother of Veronica, a 2-year-old girl caught in a cross-country custody battle, said she chose adoption after realizing that the girl's father would support them only if she married him....

  • Man dies at Alaska center for street alcoholics

    Jan 4, 2012

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who was slurring his speech and appeared intoxicated was found dead on New Year's Day at a controversial center in Anchorage where chronic street alcoholics are allowed to keep drinking. Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Man-dies-at-Alaska-center-for-street-alcoholics-2439107.php#ixzz1iV295YmO...

  • Jan 4, 2012

    LONGMONT, Colo. – On Dec. 21, the First Nation Development Institute received a $500,000 grant from Walmart to support the availability of health and affordable fresh foods in Native American communities....

  • Feds wants Wyoming grizzly mauling suit dismissed

    Jan 4, 2012

    POWELL, Wyo. - The federal government is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit over a fatal grizzly bear mauling near Yellowstone National Park. Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/feds-wants-wyoming-grizzly-mauling-suit-dismissed/article_7eaf2ce8-364e-11e1-9a70-001871e3ce6c.html#ixzz1iV3O1ySH...

  • Sick Alaska seals will be tested for Japanese radiation

    Jan 4, 2012

    Tissue samples from Alaska's sickened ringed seals will be analyzed for evidence of radiation but the scientist preparing to do so says he doubts there's a connection to the Japanese nuclear plant damaged by a tsunami last year. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/01/03/2244262/sick-alaska-seals-will-be-tested.html#storylink=cpy...