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Kathleen Rose (Vernlund) Patch January 11, 1948 - January 12, 2024 Kathleen Rose (Vernlund) Patch, who was full of life and energy, left this world on January 12, 2024 at 76 years of age. A memorial visitation will be held on Thursday, January 18, 2024 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM with a time of sharing at 6:30 PM, at Cease Family Funeral Home of Blackduck. Kathy was born on January 11, 1948 to John (Joe) and Elsie (Johnson) Vernlund, one of ten children. She grew up on the family farm near Squaw Lake,...
Floyd Peter Johnson September 24, 1941 ~ January 9, 2024 (age 82) Floyd Peter Johnson, Sr., "Mud-ji-Kee'-wis" meaning "Being with Power" of the Eagle Clan and Nevis, MN, started his journey at his home on January 9th, 2024. He was born on September 24th, 1941, to William and Eva (Hurd) Johnson in Onigum, MN. He attended school in Walker and relocated to Akeley with his family. Floyd enlisted in the U.S Marines Corp in 1960 and served until 1964 when he was honorably discharged. Floyd attended...
Wesley LaFriniere August 6, 1973 - January 11, 2024 Wesley LaFriniere, age 50, of Bejou, MN, died on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at his home under the loving care of his family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. A family led Celebration of Life will be held from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at the Bejou Community Center....
Leonard "Lennie" Francis Oberg November 24, 1977 ~ January 11, 2024 (age 46) Leonard "Lennie" Francis Oberg, of the Bear Clan began his journey from his home in Minneapolis MN, on January 11, 2024. He was born on November 24, 1977, to Fran and Brenda (Durant) Oberg in Cass Lake, MN. Lennie loved to spend time with his family and friends. He was ALWAYS willing to help someone in need no matter what the circumstances were. Those greeting Lennie in the spirit world are his grandparents, Leslie...
Organizers of the Art Shanty Projects, an annual art event on Lake Harriet, are pushing opening day back one weekend to Jan. 27 because, as of Thursday, there still was open water on Lake Harriet. "Incoming subzero temperatures are giving us hope for a deep freeze," officials said Friday on social media. Sunday and Monday's temperatures - with highs hovering near zero before wind chill - will certainly help the cause. It never has taken this long for the south Minneapolis lake to be fully...
Minnesota's takeover of the Bay View nursing home in Red Wing last month is an ominous sign to advocates that the state's elder-care system is fraying, despite rising demand for care in an aging population. Bay View has unique problems - violating multiple care standards and landing on a federal list of troubled facilities - but it was the third nursing home placed under state control in two years through court-ordered receivership. Minnesota had only taken that emergency step once in the...
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital on Monday, after spending two weeks there to treat complications from surgery for prostate cancer he kept secret from senior Biden administration leaders and staff for weeks. Austin will be working from home as he recovers, and his doctors said he ''progressed well throughout his stay and his strength is rebounding." They said in a statement the cancer was treated early and his prognosis is ''excellent.'' In a statement,...
Never underestimate a mom whose household has been cursed with head lice. Especially if they've hit her house twice. Erin Bailey remembers the horror of pulling her 2-year-old out of the bathtub and spotting the familiar bug crawling on her daughter's scalp last November. This was less than two months after lice set up camp on the heads of her family, triggering a frenzy of manic cleaning, costly treatments and emotional toll. When she learned other families at her 6-year-old daughter's St....
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee said they raised more than $97 million in the final three months of last year, boosted by a star-studded December fundraising blitz that came even as the political world's attention shifted to the start of the 2024 Republican presidential primary. The Biden campaign said Monday that it took in $235 million from its launch last April until the end of 2023 and finished the year with $117 million in cash on hand - which it said...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses on Monday, seizing a crucial victory that reinforces the former president's grip on his party at the outset of the GOP's 2024 nomination fight even as he faces extraordinary legal challenges that could complicate his bid to return to the White House. The magnitude of Trump's success is still coming into focus and it was not immediately clear who would emerge as the second-place finisher, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or former U.N. Ambassador...
JERUSALEM - Houthi rebels fired a missile, striking a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they launched an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea. The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, later claimed by the Houthis, further escalates tensions gripping the Red Sea after American-led strikes on the rebels. The Houthis' attacks have roiled global shipping, amid Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, targeting a...
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Brutally cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills stayed put across much of the U.S. Monday, promising the coldest temperatures ever for Iowa's presidential nominating contest, holding up travelers, and testing the mettle of NFL fans in Buffalo for a playoff game that was delayed a day by wind-whipped snow. About 150 million Americans were under a windchill warning or advisory for dangerous cold and wind, said Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in...
BRAINERD, Minn. - The National Weather Service in Duluth on Monday, Jan. 15, extended its wind chill advisory through noon Tuesday for almost all of Minnesota, with wind gusts up to 20 mph and wind chills as low as 35 degrees below zero possible. In Brainerd, the low temperature Tuesday morning is expected to be 10 degrees below zero, with wind chills of 20-30 degrees below zero possible. The low temperature Tuesday night into Wednesday morning is expected to be 5 degrees below zero, with wind...
BEMIDJI — The Beltrami County History Center will host "Kingbird Singers" member Darrell Kingbird as part of its Brown Bag History program series at noon on Thursday, Jan. 18, at the history center, 130 Minnesota Ave. SW. Kingbird is a spiritual leader, drummer, singer and announcer from Ponemah. During the presentation, he will share his lifelong expertise and passion for sharing and performing Ojibwe music, a release said. The history center welcomes Kingbird as its first speaker in the 2024 theme "Keeping Time: Beltrami County's Music H...
BENTON COUNTY — Authorities say at 16-year-old snowmobiler fell through thin ice on Little Rock Lake Friday morning, Jan. 12. The boy, from Rice, Minnesota, was treated for hypothermia at the scene, and taken to CentraCare — St. Cloud Hospital for further evaluation, according to a news release from Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck. At about 11:30 a.m. Friday, a witness called the Benton County Sheriff’s Office reporting that a snowmobile had fallen through the ice on the main basin of Little Rock Lake, according to the release. https...
Alaska Township, Beltrami County, MN – A 76 year old female died in a crash on Lumberjack Road NW (County State Aid Highway 32) approximately four miles east of Minnesota Highway 89 in Alaska Township. At approximately 7:15am on Friday, January 12, 2024 the Beltrami County Emergency Communications Center received an emergency call reporting the crash. The preliminary investigation indicates a 2014 Buick Verano was traveling eastbound on Lumberjack Road NW when it was observed passing a farm implement in a no passing zone at the crest of a h...
January 12, 2024 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that he has appointed former Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington, University of Minnesota Law School Professor Perry Moriearty, and Carl Crawford to serve as his appointees to Minnesota’s new Clemency Review Commission. Established by law in 2023, the Clemency Review Commission is a nine-member board appointed by the three members of the Board of Pardons: the Governor, the Attorney General, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Co...
ST. PAUL — Troopers, deputies and police officers from 279 agencies statewide arrested 2,432 impaired drivers during the holiday DWI campaign from Nov. 22 through New Year’s Eve. The numbers compare with 2,228 DWI arrests during last year’s holiday campaign. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) coordinates the extra enforcement and awareness campaign with funding provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Examples of impaired driving arrests during the campaign • A good Samaritan flagged...
(Bemidji, MN) (January 11, 2024) - Paul Bunyan Communications is excited to announce the winners of the annual Pick-it Bowl Challenge, a free online contest for participants to pick the winners for the 2023-24 College Bowl games for a chance to win a credit on a Paul Bunyan Communications account. There were a record 724 participants. Winners of the 2023-24 Paul Bunyan Communications Pick-it Bowl Challenge: 1st Place- $500 credit Ivy Cannella, Grand Rapids 2nd Place- $250 credit Pam Johnson,...
Upper Red Lake, Beltrami County, MN – Two men were rescued after the Polaris Ranger they were operating broke through the ice on Upper Red Lake Thursday evening. At 5:09pm on Thursday, January 11, 2024 the Beltrami County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from a fisherman that indicated two of the four members of their fishing party had broken through the ice on the southeastern part of Upper Red Lake. Initial information indicated they were wearing buoyant ice suits that kept them afloat. Bystanders used a rope to get the m...
(Bemidji, MN) (January 16, 2024) – The GigaZone Gaming Championship and TechXpo, a Paul Bunyan Communications event, has announced that this year's special guest will be Danielle Feinberg, Visual Effects Supervisor for Pixar Animation Studios and mentor for girls in STEM. Danielle Feinberg began her career at Pixar Animation Studios in February 1997, and since then, she has worked on 14 of Pixar's feature films. She cut her teeth on early films like A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. a...
Red Lake Youth Sports: Varsity boys with the section win tonight 102-85. Jack Brown connected on 12 from downtown to finish with 45, Kingbird 28, Beaulieu 13 Ogichidaag played some good team basketball and defense For the Thunderbirds it was Carter Clark with the solid game, finishing with 39. Red Lake JV game went to the Thunderbirds, along with both the girls games...
Red Lake Youth Sports: Red Lake Youth Sports is at Laporte Public School. JV/Jr Hi opens up the evening with the big win 74-23 Julian Stately hits his first 3 pointer of his career Moose connects from downtown 3 times Nate Northbird with a strong game leads the team with 22 points Ogichidaag pick up a conference victory tonight, thank you to the Wildcats for the hospitality Good luck to our 6th grade boys today Frazee Fastbreak Tournament Game #1~ 6th Grade Boys 43-Red Lake 13-Frazee 3rd grade...
During the first week of the legislative session, Arizona tribal leaders emphasized the importance of continued collaboration between the state's 22 tribal nations and state officials to address the various challenges their communities face. "All of us benefit from one another's successes," Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier said. "We know that we must work together to build a region where there will be opportunities in the years to come." Tribal leaders from the...
RAPID CITY, S.D. – As temperatures dipped below zero Friday, January 12, Rapid City officials decided to close a makeshift warming shelter that was to serve Indigenous homeless people. Two Native-serving nonprofits – Woyatan Lutheran Church and Wambli Ska Society – had planned to open the military grade warming tent as an additional shelter. But Friday afternoon, city administrators issued a stop work notice to organizers. “When city staff went to the property to issue an order not to proceed with the use of that tent, it was with the acknowl...
