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Maxine Denise Hardy April 22, 1957 ~ January 3, 2020 (age 62) Maxine Denise Hardy, "Dibiki-giizis Ikwe" which means "Night Moon Woman", age 62 of Red Lake, Minnesota began her journey to the spirit world on Friday, January 3rd, 2020 from the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota. She was born in Waukegan, IL on April 22nd, 1957 to Elizabeth (Baptiste) Kingbird. Maxine loved to travel and dancing at powwows. She loved to spend time with her family and was proud of her grandchildren and...
Beverly Germaine Gitzen February 12, 1932 - January 04, 2020 Beverly Germaine (Smith) Gitzen, age 87 of Cloquet, MN passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. She was born in February 12, 1932 to William J. and Evelyn (Gurno) Smith in Cloquet. Bev was a proud member of the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe. She was employed various places over the years including Diamond Match, Northwest Paper and retired as a teacher with Fond du Lac Head Start. Bev enjoyed painting...
Native college athletes are trailblazers and pacesetters. They set precedence by going to college to be student-athletes, staying in college and graduating, and setting the pace for others to follow their trail. Grace White and Alexis Desjarlait are Anishinaabekwewag (Indian women) who are blazing their trails and setting their paces by excelling in college basketball. Both are graduates of Red Lake High School, Red Lake, MN and were teammates. http://thecirclenews.org/sports...
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to hold votes this week to limit President Donald Trump's military action against Iran as tensions escalate in the Middle East following the targeted U.S. assassination of a top Iranian general. Pelosi's move comes as Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and other Democrats already have jumped ahead with a similar resolution condemning the Trump-ordered killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and blocking the use of further U.S. military force against Iran without...
FORT WORTH, Texas - Pier 1 Imports is closing nearly half its 942 stores as it struggles to draw consumers and compete online. The home decor company said Monday it is closing up to 450 stores and will also shutter distribution centers. It didn't say where the store closures would occur, but it operates stores in the U.S. and Canada. Pier 1 also plans layoffs at its corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. http://www.startribune.com/pier-1-imports-closing-nearly-half-of-s...
Call it a lesson in workplace etiquette - and policies - and the power of social media. A Fastenal branch manager in Canada was fired just before New Year's Day for violating company policy when he lobbed a tweet criticizing the company's choice of a holiday gift of BBQ sauce and a wooden grill scraper, the CEO confirmed Monday. http://www.startribune.com/fastenal-worker-loses-job-after-angry-tweet-maligning-holiday-gift-goes-viral/566762412/...
PHILADELPHIA - IKEA has agreed to pay $46 million to the parents of a 2-year-old boy who died of injuries suffered when a 70-pound (32-kilogram) recalled dresser tipped over onto him, the family's lawyers said Monday. Jozef Dudek, of Buena Park, California, died in 2017 of his injuries, and his parents sued the Swedish home furnishings company in a Philadelphia court in 2018. http://www.startribune.com/ikea-to-pay-46m-in-boy-s-dresser-tipover-death-lawyers-say/566761062/...
A teenage girl was arrested Monday after allegedly stabbing a fellow student at a charter school in St. Paul. Police say they discovered a 13-year-old boy suffering from a stab wound to the stomach after being called to the Community of Peace Academy just after 11 a.m. Monday. The boy was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. http://www.startribune.com/student-in-custody-after-st-paul-charter-school-stabbing/566765922/...
DULUTH – Jessica Smith's story is woven into the fabric of centuries of trauma faced by Indigenous women. She stood before a theater of people Monday and told of the trafficking and abuse she faced - and how she found a way out. "I have overcome all the things that were made to destroy me," said the University of Wisconsin-Superior student. "It's up to us to be each other's strength." http://www.startribune.com/duluth-area-leaders-ready-to-fight-crisis-of-missing-and-murdered...
Amid a backlash from local officials across Minnesota, the Walz administration has begun to mend fences with counties that were asked to repay the state nearly $10 million for payment errors created by the state Department of Human Services (DHS). Gov. Tim Walz recently told county leaders that he would work with the Legislature so that counties would not be on the hook for the payments, which came to light in a surprise DHS announcement in mid-November that asked counties to retroactively pay...
MILWAUKEE - A driver shot and wounded two children who threw snowballs at a car in Milwaukee, police said. Officers who responded to a shooting report Saturday night on the north side of Milwaukee found the injured children and gave them first aid until they were taken to a hospital. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/milwaukee-driver-shoots-children-who-threw-snowballs-at-car/89-8cef4725-ce69-41f1-8b11-9e345b604d62?fbclid=IwAR2SHDIui4UBteU69nQMI4vFblYu5A7Y9TQ0HMQbMoBK...
A 41-year-old man with a long and violent gang history lured a Minneapolis real estate agent to a Maple Grove home she was showing so he could abduct and kill her with a gunshot to the head, according to charges filed Monday. Cedric L. Berry, of Minneapolis, was charged in Hennepin County District Court with second-degree murder and kidnapping in connection with the death of Monique Baugh, a 28-year-old Realtor who police suspect was kidnapped and driven in a rental truck to Minneapolis, where...
As a nurse, Erin Werley was used to 12-hour shifts sometimes stretching into 15, constantly being on her feet and feeling high levels of stress. But nothing prepared her for the demands of motherhood. http://www.startribune.com/parental-burnout-is-a-growing-problem/566749322/...
NEW ORLEANS - A new high school in New Orleans is preparing students for careers in coastal protection and restoration, anticipating a future with ongoing climate change and sea level rise. New Harmony High School opened in the fall of 2018 and currently serves about 100 south Louisiana students, including 14-year-old Mei Miller. She commutes 30 miles (50 kilometers) one-way from her home in Slidell, Louisiana, to attend New Harmony. http://www.startribune.com/new-high-school...
Borden Dairy Co. filed for bankruptcy late Sunday, Jan. 5, becoming the second major U.S. milk producer to do so in recent months as rising milk prices and other challenges made its debt load unsustainable. The Dallas-based company listed assets and liabilities of between $100 million and $500 million in its Chapter 11 filing in Delaware. The company, founded more than 160 years ago, said in a statement that operations will continue as normal during the reorganization. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/business/4852115-Borden-b...
WASHINGTON – Three members of an international conspiracy to import knock-off jewelry from the Philippines and misrepresent it as Native-American have pleaded guilty for their roles in the fraudulent scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael Bailey of the District of Arizona. On Jan. 6, all three defendants pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge John Z. Boyle of the District of Arizona. Laura Marye Wesley, a.k.a. Laura Lott, 32, pleaded gui...
RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Lady Warriors hosted Mountain-Iron-Buhl on Saturday, January 4, 2020. MIB was ranked #3 in State Class A basketball with a record of 5-2. The Lady Warriors started off good, keeping pace with MIB in the first half, but by it's end were down 45-30. Red Lake tried to come back in the second, but could only score 16 points in the half, while MIB kept attacking to hit 34. The final score ended at 79-46. Both Gericka Kingbird and Autumn Holthusen had 14 for the Lady Warrio...
RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Lady Warriors hosted Mountain-Iron-Buhl on Saturday, January 4, 2020. MIB was ranked #3 in State Class A basketball with a record of 5-2. The Lady Warriors started off good, keeping pace with MIB in the first half, but by it's end were down 45-30. Red Lake tried to come back in the second, but could only score 16 points in the half, while MIB kept attacking to hit 34. The final score ended at 79-46. Both Gericka Kingbird and Autumn Holthusen had 14 for the Lady Warrio...
Throughout most of U.S. history, American high school students were routinely taught vocational and job-ready skills along with the three Rs: reading, writing and arithmetic. Indeed readers of a certain age are likely to have fond memories of huddling over wooden workbenches learning a craft such as woodwork or maybe metal work, or any one of the hands-on projects that characterized the once-ubiquitous shop class. But in the 1950s, a different philosophy emerged: the theory that students should...
RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors basketball team hosted Walker-Hackensack-Akley on Friday, January 4, 2020, coming on strong and led 25-19 in the first half. Twenty of twenty-five points came from Delwyn Holthusen III. But WHA overtook the Warriors in the second half at the 8:24 mark at 42-40, and that was a lead they wouldn't give up, going on to win 57-48, D. J. Holthusen led all scorers with 24 points on the night, 20 in the first half, and Aaron Chaboyea had 8 points. T. J. Smith led...
RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors basketball team hosted Walker-Hackensack-Akley on Friday, January 4, 2020, coming on strong and led 25-19 in the first half. Twenty of twenty-five points came from Delwyn Holthusen III. But WHA overtook the Warriors in the second half at the 8:24 mark at 42-40, and that was a lead they wouldn't give up, going on to win 57-48, D. J. Holthusen led all scorers with 24 points on the night, 20 in the first half, and Aaron Chaboyea had 8 points. T. J. Smith led...
On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, starting at 1 PM at the Red Lake Humanities and surrounding locations, a New Years Celebration to start off the new year was held. A Moccasin Game Tourney and Cooking Contest was held at the Redby Community Center during the day, as well. Schedule · Wednesday, January 1, 2020 1:00 PM Welcome Ceremony 1:30 PM Cake Walk - 4 Directions Development Lobby 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM Snow Shoe Presentation - Outside Activity 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Free Throw Contest - Divisions TBA -...
RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION - A lot of snow fell over the weekend, shutting down some area businesses and making travel difficult. Many people were unable to make it out of their yards. The Red Lake Tribal Council issued the following statement Sunday evening: "Due to the continued bad weather, ALL Tribal Programs will have a late start tomorrow, Monday, December 30th and will open at 1 PM. Essential rule remains in effect." It was later changed to administrative leave for the entire day...
RED LAKE, MN - About 600 Red Lake Nation elders attended the annual Red Lake Nation Elder's Christmas Party held on Friday, December 20, 2019. The event featured a roast beef dinner, live music by Cadillac Country, while 500 candy bags were handed out, and $20.00 gift cards from Target. They ran out of the candy bags. Red Lake High School student boys and girls basketball team players helped with the serving of the dinner into a packed house and lasted from 11 AM to 1 PM....
RED LAKE, MN - In November 2019, the Red Lake Tribal Council approved a $200.00 payment distribution for the enrolled membership of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Over $2.4 million dollars was issued to tribal members, with the distribution of checks for on-reservation members on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at the Red Lake Humanities and the Ponemah Center from 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM. Checks were mailed on December 12, 2019 to members residing off the Reservation. For more information see: h...
