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Articles from the January 13, 2023 edition


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  • Avery James Kingbird, Jr.

    Jan 13, 2023

    Avery James Kingbird, Jr. October 18, 2022 ~ January 7, 2023 Avery James Kingbird, Jr., Awaazisii – Bullhead Clan, infant son of Sydney Johnson and Avery Kingbird, Sr., travelled to the spirit world on Saturday, January 7, 2023. Avery was born on October 18, 2022, in Bemidji, MN. He was adored by his parents, brothers and sisters. Avery loved to be held and snuggle with his favorite Charmander stuffed animal. He will forever be remembered by his parents; siblings: Azalea Kingbird, Chase Roy, Dan...

  • Elaine Marie Jensen

    Jan 13, 2023

    Elaine Marie Jensen September 3, 1938 - January 9, 2023 Elaine Marie Jensen, 84, of Battle Township, MN died on Monday, January 9, 2023 at the Sanford Bemidji Medical Center in Bemidji, MN. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at the Cease Family Funeral Home in Blackduck, MN with Rev. Kristen Ostercamp officiating. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in Quiring Union Cemetery at a later date. Elaine was...

  • Garland appoints special counsel to investigate Biden docs

    Jan 13, 2023

    WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of classified documents found at President Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware, and at an unsecured office in Washington dating from his time as vice president. Robert Hur, a onetime U.S. attorney appointed by former President Donald Trump, will lead the investigation and plans to begin his work soon. His appointment marks the second time in a few months that Garland has appointed a special counsel, an extraordinary fact t...

  • Pediatric vaccinations decline in Minnesota amid COVID-19, parent hesitancy

    Jan 13, 2023

    Immunizations declined among kindergartners entering Minnesota schools last year, when concerns about COVID-19 vaccines carried over into hesitancy about shots to protect kids against measles and other infectious diseases. Only 89% of Minnesota kindergartners were vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella in the 2021-2022 school year, below the national rate of 93.5% - the lowest in a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday. At least 3.7% of Minnesota parents...

  • What Minnesota's new tax law means for student borrowers, restaurants and other businesses

    Jan 13, 2023

    Gov. Tim Walz signed a fast-tracked proposal Thursday to cut more than $100 million in taxes for Minnesota restaurants and other businesses that got federal aid at the height of the pandemic. The new law, the first signed under DFL-controlled government, would also wipe away state taxes on student loan debt that could be forgiven under a plan unveiled last year by the Biden administration. "For the naysayers and the pessimists, yes, work can get done, and yes, folks came together collectively,"...

  • Driver hits man in south Minneapolis before sunrise, leaves him to die in a snowbank

    Jan 13, 2023

    A motorist hit a pedestrian near Lake Nokomis before sunrise Thursday and drove away, leaving him to die in a snowbank, officials said. The crash occurred about 7:10 a.m. near the intersection of S. Cedar Avenue and E. Nokomis Parkway, police said. Police have yet to say what type of vehicle might be involved. Nor have they identified the man who died. https://www.startribune.com/hit-and-run-crash-in-south-minneapolis-leaves-one-person-dead/600242907/...

  • Government wants tractors back from Minnesota organic farmer accused of fraud

    Jan 13, 2023

    The legal fate of a southwestern Minnesota organic grain farmer accused of fraud has been stuck in neutral for months as the federal government and the farmer's attorney haggle over a number of procedural questions, including where to temporarily store the man's tractors. In the courtroom of federal Magistrate Judge David Schultz on Tuesday, the attorney for James Clayton Wolf, of Jeffers, Minn., pleaded with the court to allow Wolf to keep his "million-dollar tractors" and other equipment...

  • Russian forces press deadly assault for breakthrough in east

    Jan 13, 2023

    KYIV, Ukraine - Russia said Thursday that its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine, which would mark an elusive victory for the Kremlin but come at the cost of heavy Russian casualties and extensive destruction of the territory they claim. More than 100 Russian troops were killed in the battle for Soledar over the past 24 hours, Ukraine's Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said in televised remarks. "The Russians have literally marched on the bodies of their own...

  • Storms, tornadoes slam US South, killing at least 7 people

    Jan 13, 2023

    SELMA, Ala. - A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South on Thursday killed at least six people in central Alabama, where a tornado ripped roofs off homes and uprooted trees in historic Selma, while another person was killed in Georgia, where severe winds knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. In Autauga County, Alabama, 41 miles (66 kilometers) northeast of Selma, at least six fatalities were confirmed and an estimated 40 homes were damaged or destroyed by a tornado...

  • Minnesota lawmakers consider making Juneteenth an official state holiday

    Jan 13, 2023

    Minnesota lawmakers are considering legislation to designate Juneteenth, the celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, as a state holiday. Juneteenth has been recognized as a federal holiday since 2021, but less than half the states have moved to do the same. While Minnesota has symbolically recognized Juneteenth in the past, a bill authored by Sen. Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-Minneapolis, would cement it as an official paid holiday for state employees. During a Senate State and Local Government Committee hearing Thursday, Champion...

  • IRS is late in paying back $11.5 million, so Mayo Clinic is asking for interest

    Jan 13, 2023

    ROCHESTER — In the wake of winning an $11.5 million judgment against the IRS in December, Mayo Clinic is back in court to demand interest totaling more than $1.5 million. On Jan. 6, 2023, Mayo Clinic filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud to clarify the specific amount of statutory interest owed by the IRS since the judge in the clinic’s favor on Dec. 10, 2022. “Mayo respectfully requests that the Court clarify its judgment to specify that $1,557,569.50 in prejudgment interest was due and owed by the USA on the date that judgm...

  • Tribal Police Ask for Help in Locating Missing Mille Lacs Band Man

    Mary Balstad, Lakeland News|Jan 13, 2023

    The Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department is requesting the public's help in finding a missing man. According to the press release, 47-year-old Dylan James Sam was last seen on November 29, 2022. He was last seen in the Mille Lacs Band Reservation area. Sam is described as 5'7″ and weighs approximately 150 pounds. The last pieces of clothing he was seen wearing was a green jacket a with blue horizontal strip and red tennis shoes. If anyone has any information regarding Sam's whereabouts, t...

  • Public Service Announcement: MLK Holiday Closures

    Jan 13, 2023

    Beltrami County offices and services, including the Sheriff’s Office Records and Court Divisions, will be closed on Monday, January 16th, 2023 in observance of Civil Rights Day / Martin Luther King Day. All Beltrami County Solid Waste Facilities will also be closed on Monday....

  • Cass Lake Panthers come on strong in last 5 minutes in their win over the Red Lake Warriors 86-71

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 13, 2023

    In a make-up game played on Thursday, January 12, 2023, Red Lake hosted Cass Lake in front of a packed house. The Warriors kept pace with the Panthers pretty much all the first half and ended up trailing at the buzzer, 38-31. In the second half the Warriors were still only 6-points behind until about the 5-minute mark, when Cass Lake started to pull away, ending in an 86-71 loss. The Panthers, still undefeated, were led by Dominic Staples-Fairbanks with 28, Kingsly Whitebird with 21 and Kaydin...

  • Cass Lake Panthers come on strong in last 5 minutes in their win over the Red Lake Warriors 86-71

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 13, 2023

    In a make-up game played on Thursday, January 12, 2023, Red Lake hosted Cass Lake in front of a packed house. The Warriors kept pace with the Panthers pretty much all the first half and ended up trailing at the buzzer, 38-31. In the second half the Warriors were still only 6-points behind until about the 5-minute mark, when Cass Lake started to pull away, ending in an 86-71 loss. The Panthers, still undefeated, were led by Dominic Staples-Fairbanks with 28, Kingsly Whitebird with 21 and Kaydin...

  • Santa and the U. S. Attorney's Office visit St. Mary's Mission School - P3

    Jan 13, 2023

    On Wednesday, January 11, 2023, with the help of the U. S. Attorney's Office, paid a visit to St. Mary's Mission School in Red Lake. This event was originally scheduled for December, but bad weather at the time postponed it....

  • Community Wellness Gathering Returns to Red Lake after two-year hiatus due to pandemic

    Michael Meuers|Jan 13, 2023

    The Fifteenth (non-consecutive) Red Lake Community Wellness Gathering was held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, January 9-11, 2023, at Red Lake Nation College in Red Lake. (Gatherings for 2021 and 2022 were not held due to COVID) This is the third year the Wellness Gathering has been held earlier in the year during the January semester break at Red Lake Nation College, thinking it a better venue for teachings on chemical health. In previous years, then known as the Drug & Gang Summit, the event...

  • Community Wellness Gathering opens at Red Lake Nation College - P4

    Jan 13, 2023

    Beautiful day with such amazing people. Good job to our facilitator Floyd Jourdain Jr. Cultural Coordinators Jason Hart and Kelly Iceman Sr. CHP Director's Tom Barrett and Tashina Brandchaud The Recovery Panel rocked the morning. Miigwech Terin Cobenais, Salina Jones, Andrew Kingbird, & David Bowen. Our community is so lucky to have you doing amazing work. Day one was a success. Remember to rock your ribbions tomorrow. Miigwech to Registration Crew Connie Berg, Karen Graves, Heather Donnell,...

  • Lady Warriors topple Laporte Tigers 66-30 in Red Lake - P8

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 13, 2023

    Lady Warriors topple Laporte Tigers 66-30 in Red Lake. The Lady Warriors will travel to Walker-Hackensack-Akley on Friday, January 6th, travel to Pine River on January 12th and host Mahnomen on January 16th. Red Lake Lady Warriors Basketball Schedule 2022-2023: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2022/10/31/sports/red-lake-lady-warriors-basketball-schedule-2022-2023/109803.html...

  • Mashpee Tribe Offers Show of Support for Chairman Charged in Thefts

    Jan 13, 2023

    One week after pleading not guilty to two criminal theft charges, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Chairman Brian Weeden returned to work today amid a show of support from the Tribe. Chairman Weeden, 30, had been on paid leave since early December 2022, when he was identified as a suspect in the theft of cultural items from the Plimoth Patuxet Museums in Plymouth, Mass. He was charged with breaking and entering and felony larceny of more than $1,200, according to Plymouth District Court. Weeden pleaded...

  • Doctor Who Worked at IHS Facility in South Dakota Faces Criminal Charges for Child Molestation

    Jan 13, 2023

    SISSETON, S.D. - A former Indian Health Service (IHS) doctor who worked at a clinic on the Lake Traverse Reservation until last week is being extradited to California to face four criminal charges from October 2017 of lewd acts with a minor. The doctor, Cesar Bartel, 47, was hired as an optometrist at the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center in Sisseton, South Dakota, in 2019. The IHS facility serves citizens of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe as well as other eligible American...

  • Tribal teachings on opioids

    Jan 13, 2023

    Indigenous people are at higher risk of substance misuse and addiction than the general population. But they also have an added protective factor: their traditional cultures. The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is working to build on that to change the addiction and drug overdose situation. A study in the National Library of Medicine reports addiction and drug overdose death rates are higher among Indigenous people than the national average, a continuing multi-year trend. Risk factors include the emotional and...

  • Red Lake Warriors slip by Deer River 75-73 in exciting first game of 2023 - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 13, 2023

    The Red Lake Warriors hosted the Deer River Warriors on Tuesday, January 4, 2023, taking a 40-35 halftime lead and edging Deer River in the final 4.2 seconds of the game, 75-73. Red Lake trailed 69-71 with about 50 seconds on the clock and went ahead 72-71 with a 3-pointer by Ken Fox. Deer River missed their attempt at a 3, got the rebound, but turned it back over to Red Lake, followed by a foul on their breakaway. Red Lake made 1 of 2 free-throws and with the clock winding down, tied the game...

  • Red Lake Treat Street 2022 held at Red Lake Humanities - P87

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 13, 2023

    Red Lake Treat Street 2022 held at Red Lake Humanities Hundreds participate in annual Halloween event...

  • Red Lake Treat Street 2022 held at Red Lake Humanities - P88

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 13, 2023

    Red Lake Treat Street 2022 held at Red Lake Humanities Hundreds participate in annual Halloween event...

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