Articles from the January 18, 2022 edition
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Red Lske COVID-19 Update - Friday, January 14, 2022
Red Lake Nation: Active cases: 108* *52 in Red Lake *33 in Redby *4 in Little Rock *18 in Ponemah *1 who reside off-res but tested at RL IHS Of the 108 active cases: *43 are minors *25 individuals are fully vaccinated *3 are in the hospital Total cases: 1,650 Total Recovered: 1,542 Deaths: 15 [Updated numbers as of 9:00 a.m. on...
Crystal Lee Frye
Crystal Lee Frye December 12, 1978 - January 12, 2022 Crystal L. Frye, Bezhik Ogichidaakwe "Number One Woman Warrior", age 43, journeyed to the spirit world on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. Crystal was born on December 12, 1978, in St. Paul, MN, to James and Lora (Desjarlait) Hickman. She was married to Terry Frye on June 30,...
John Arthur Smith
John Arthur Smith 1952 - 2021 John Arthur Smith, 69, of Brookston, passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021, in St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, with his family by his side. John was born on June 20, 1952, in Duluth to Arthur Smith and LaVonne-Dottie (Couture) Smith. He graduated from Albrook High School in 1972. The day after...
Peter James Gahbow
Peter James Gahbow June 20, 1965 - January 12, 2022 Nitaamigaabaw, Peter Gahbow, age 56 of Onamia, MN died on January 12, 2022. Visitation will begin at 6 PM on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10 AM on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at...
Georgia Ann Seewalker
Georgia Ann Seewalker A full obituary will be published soon. Services: Monday, January 24, 2022 Beginning at 3:00 P.M. Church of the Blessed Kateri Minneapolis, Minnesota...
John Joseph Bedeau
John Joseph Bedeau November 11, 1941 ~ January 14, 2022 (age 80) John was born November 11th, 1941 in Cass Lake, MN, the son of Doris Mae (Bongo) and John C. Bedeau. He grew up in Onigum and Walker before moving to Minneapolis with his family and graduating from North High School. John went on to graduate from Hennepin County...
Unique Sincere Beaulieu
Unique Sincere Beaulieu December 11, 2015 - January 13, 2022 Amikogaabawiikwe, Unique Beaulieu, Age 6 of Onamia, MN died on January 13, 2022. Visitation will begin at 6 PM on Monday, January 17, 2022, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10 AM on Tuesday, January...
Minneapolis will launch basic income experiment to fight entrenched disparities
Minneapolis will soon support 200 families with its new guaranteed basic income pilot, an experiment in alleviating poverty by paying low-income households $500 per month for two years, no strings attached. The city has set aside $3 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds for the program, Households must earn less than 50% of...
Minnesota colleges report spikes in COVID-19 as students start spring semester
Minnesota colleges are reporting large spikes in COVID-19 cases on their campuses at the start of the spring semester, indicating the omicron variant is surging through their highly vaccinated communities in a way previous strains of the virus did not. Nearly 1 in 4 University of Minnesota students who tested for COVID-19 at...
Twin Cities speakers honor MLK's legacy with call to action
CNN host and senior legal analyst Laura Coates called for people to say something when they see injustice and demand equality unapologetically in her address at the Twin Cities annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast. As people across the Minnesota honored King's legacy Monday, Coates and other leaders encouraged...
Minnesota U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber launches bid for third term
Minnesota Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber kicked off his re-election campaign on Monday, seeking a third term in the northeastern Eighth District in Congress on a message that one-party control in Washington isn't working. In a video release from his campaign, Stauber blamed Democrats for rising crime, inflation and energy...
Minnesota parents near breaking point as COVID-19 exacerbates child-care crisis
Parents are tired. Take nursing assistant Tammi Lewis, who missed weeks of work and $7,800 in wages when her toddler's child-care classroom in Plymouth suffered COVID outbreaks. Or Kelsey and Christian Dahlager, who pay $3,000 a month for child care for their two children - a sum greater than community college tuition and $300...
Russia denies looking for pretext to invade Ukraine
MOSCOW - Russia's top diplomat angrily rejected U.S. allegations that Moscow was preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine, as Russian troops that are amassed near the Ukraine border launched more drills Monday. The White House said Friday that U.S. intelligence officials had concluded that Russia had already deployed operatives to...
In Greece, unvaccinated people 60 and up face monthly fines
ATHENS, Greece - Greece imposed a vaccination mandate Monday for people 60 and older as a spike in infections has put sustained pressure on Greek hospitals, where most of the seriously ill patients belong to that age group. Older people failing to get vaccinated will face penalties, starting at a 50-euro ($57) fine in January...
Winter storm whipping northeast US with snow, thunderstorms
NEW YORK - A dangerous winter storm brought significant snowfall, strong thunderstorms and blustery winds to the northeastern U.S. on a holiday Monday. The storm system dropped a foot (30 centimeters) or more of snow in parts of New York state, Ohio and Pennsylvania Sunday night through Monday morning after pummeling parts of...
Woman shot, injured near Cook
DULUTH — A 40-year-old Cook woman was hospitalized Sunday after she was shot by her daughter, authorities said. Dispatchers received a 911 call just before 4:30 p.m. saying a woman was on her way to Cook Hospital with a gunshot wound, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office reported in a news release. On the way to the scene in Morcom Township, deputies learned the suspect had...
Congress set to help schools with Impact Aid funding amid COVID-19
A bipartisan bill that will help school districts with Indian Country students preserve their Impact Aid funding is set to clear the 117th Congress this week. S.2959, the Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act, allows school districts to utilize existing student counts on their Impact Aid applications. Supporters say...
Churches starting to face facts on boarding schools
Red Cloud Indian School is taking the lead among Christian-run schools in coming to terms with its assimilationist past. The Jesuits have given Red Cloud a $20,000 grant to help in the work, including conducting searches with ground-penetrating radar for unmarked graves, and have allocated $50,000 to hire an archivist for one year to examine the order’s boarding school...
Red Lake Nation's approach to human services honored with award
The Red Lake Nation won an award from the Minnesota Department of Human Services for transforming its approach to human services and adapting the services to people, instead of the other way around. Ombimindwaa Gidinawemaaganinaadog (“Uplifting Our Relatives”) is based on the Anishinaabe language, culture, traditions, beliefs and values. Intergenerational family wellness...
Award goes to group that mobilized Indigenous food support
When food insecurity worsened during the pandemic and in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems mobilized to get healthy Indigenous food to people in need. The Minnesota Department of Human Services is recognizing those efforts with an award for outstanding work. Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead presented North...
Attorney General Ellison Announces $1.85 Billion Settlement with Student Loan Servicer Navient
January 13, 2022 (SAINT PAUL) — Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that Navient, known as one of the nation’s largest student loan servicers, will provide relief totaling $1.85 billion, including $14 million to Minnesota students, to resolve allegations of widespread unfair and deceptive student loan servicing practices and abuses in originating predatory...
Biden redoubling focus on testing amid shortages, confusion
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is redoubling its efforts to expand supply and accessibility of COVID-19 testing as it faces mounting criticism over long lines and supply shortages for testing nationwide and confusion about when to get tested amid the omicron surge. The White House announced Wednesday that a...
Democrats try to stamp out school closures as omicron surges
When Chicago teachers voted to work remotely last week to protest COVID-19 safety protections in the nation's third-largest school district, Democratic Party officials leapt into action. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker pushed for a quick end to the job action and helped secure rapid tests to entice teachers back to the classroom....
Poll: Americans value "health and safety" over in-person learning
More than half of Americans say that it's more important to protect the health and safety of teachers and students by moving to remote learning to avoid COVID exposure than to keep schools open for in-person learning, according to a new Harris Poll provided exclusively to Axios. Driving the news: How to handle in-person learning amid yet another surge of cases is again the...
DEED Awards $1.5 Million in 8 Contamination Cleanup Grants Across Minnesota
St. Paul – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) awarded $1.56 million in grants to seven communities across Minnesota to clean up or investigate eight contaminated sites approved for redevelopment. DEED's Contamination Cleanup Grant Program awarded the funding, which will leverage more than...
