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Articles from the January 23, 2023 edition


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  • Darlene Ann Barbour

    Jan 23, 2023

    Darlene Ann Barbour July 5, 1946 - January 17, 2023 Darlene Ann Barbour "Nazhikebinesiikwe" was born on July 5th, 1946 to Annie Murphy and Ned Weyaus in Onamia, Minnesota, Journeyed into the Spirit World January 17th, 2023. For years, Darlene was a teacher who taught Adult Basic Education at American Indian OIC. She taught many people and helped them earn their GED. Often taking people under her wing, encouraging them to be all that they can be. She was a pillar in the Native Community for many...

  • Seeking to 'fully fund' education, Gov. Tim Walz and DFL lawmakers propose billions in new spending

    Jan 23, 2023

    Minnesota Democrats who vowed on the campaign trail to "fully fund" public education are now revealing what that looks like: billions of dollars in new spending for schools to keep up with inflation and pay for costly special education and English learner services. Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic legislators are seeking to use their newfound control of state government to make the state's largest-ever investment in public schools. They have a $17.6 billion budget surplus to tap and no Republican...

  • Sheriff: Suspect in dance club shooting killed self in van

    Jan 23, 2023

    MONTEREY PARK, Calif. - The hunt for a gunman who killed 10 people at a ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations ended Sunday when authorities found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the van he used to flee after people thwarted his attempt at a second shooting. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified the man as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran and said no other suspects were at large. Speaking at an evening news conference, he added that the motive remained unclear...

  • St. Paul working to officially end employment for alleged rec center gunman

    Jan 23, 2023

    St. Paul is working to officially terminate the employment of the man charged with shooting a teenager outside the Jimmy Lee Recreation Center, as the center remains closed. Last week, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said the Exavir Dwayne Binford Jr., the 26-year-old man suspected in the shooting that hospitalized a teenager, had worked for the city on an "on-and-off basis" since 2013. According to a criminal complaint, Binford worked for four years at the Arlington Rec Center and was transferred...

  • Dems: Biden should be 'embarrassed' by classified docs case

    Jan 23, 2023

    WASHINGTON - Senior Democrats, dismayed by a steady stream of startling disclosures, expressed criticism Sunday of how President Joe Biden handled classified material after leaving office as vice president and disappointment that the White House has not been more forthcoming with the public. Lawmakers who might have anticipated questions focusing on the debt limit or Ukraine aid when they were booked last week for the Sunday news shows found themselves quizzed about the latest development over...

  • For minors convicted as adults, the sentence is 'purgatory'

    Jan 23, 2023

    From the bowels of Lino Lakes prison, Carlos Dickerson Jr. bided his time. The baby-faced boy sought refuge in books to survive periods of social isolation while serving as the lone inmate in a cell block built for 20 troubled teens. Sometimes, he passed the hours playing cards with a case worker. Daily programming was so limited that he could do little else but pursue his GED. New admissions marked a welcome distraction from the sterile white walls of the dayroom, granting Carlos an...

  • Agency: Edina man, brother running illegal remote TikTok bookie business

    Jan 23, 2023

    In what a state agency is calling a first, gambling enforcement investigators say they have sniffed out an illegal betting duo roaming Twin Cities-area casinos and for a fee playing slots for gamblers who watch on a TikTok livestream in hopes of striking it rich. An agent with the Minnesota Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division disclosed in a court filing this week that two men have been running their remote bookie business while at the Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake and the Treasure Island Resort & Casino just outside Red Wing in...

  • High egg prices should be investigated, U.S. farm group says

    Jan 23, 2023

    Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should examine high egg prices for signs of price gouging from top egg companies, a farm group said, as Americans continue to pay more than ever for the household staple. U.S. regulators, farmers, and industry have often argued in recent years about the power of top agriculture firms to set prices and drive up what consumers pay for groceries, such as when the price of beef skyrocketed in 2021. The latest concern is eggs, the price of which was up 138% in December from a year prior, to...

  • Sex trafficking victims helped the US Attorney for Minnesota convict hundreds of predators in the 1950's

    Jan 23, 2023

    Editor’s Note: This archive article was first published on August 5, 2021. ST. PAUL — When state law enforcement began fighting prostitution and the sex trade in the Midwest in the 1950s — targeting a “funhouse” in Minneapolis that served as the crime epicenter — they had some unlikely allies: the victims themselves. It began on Thursday, August 14, 1952, when police officers searched a home in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis where visitors went “to see a show,” according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune archives. Officer Pat Wal...

  • 171 "plausible" gravesites found at former residential school in Ontario

    Jan 23, 2023

    **This story pertains to Indian Residential Boarding Schools. For support in First Nations, the Indian Residential School Survivors Society has a 24-hour Crisis Line available: 1-866-925-4419. In the United States, visit The Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition's list of resources.** The Wauzhushk Onigum Nation has discovered 171 possible burial sites of children on the grounds of a former Indian residential school in western Ontario. In an announcement streamed on Facebook, Chief...

  • After 1,000 Days, Mask Mandate is Lifted on the Navajo Nation

    Jan 23, 2023

    CHINLE, Ariz. (NAVAJO NATION) - After nearly three years, the requirement that people wear masks on the Navajo Nation was lifted through a public health order announced on Friday by newly inaugurated President Buu Nygren, Speaker Pro Tem Otto Tso and the Navajo Dept. of Health. The order went into effect on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 at 5 p.m. - MST. The announcement came through a joint news release from the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President and the Navajo Nation Office of...

  • Leaders say tribal education trust fund would be game changer

    Jan 23, 2023

    Education programs run by tribes in New Mexico rely in part on money from the state, but accessing those dollars makes it difficult to complete all of the work they envision. Tribal leaders and advocates have long lobbied for a change. This year they want to make it happen. Each year, tribes can apply for grants, and if their applications are approved, they must spend the money first and then submit documentation to the state for reimbursement. https://ictnews.org/news/leaders-say-tribal-education-trust-fund-would-be-game-ch...

  • USDA Announces $72.9 Million in Grant Funding Available through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program

    Jan 23, 2023

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $72.9 million through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) to fund innovative projects designed to support the expanding specialty crop sector and explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications for the grant program until May 1, 2023. Through the SCBGP, AMS will issue noncompetitive grants to state departments of agriculture or e...

  • Snow Snakes on a perfect winter day

    Floyd Buck Jourdain|Jan 23, 2023

    Traditional Games workshop with Red Lake Nation College Community Connections program. This event ran from 12:00 N. to 4:00 PM Sat and Sunday at the Red Lake Nation College. Everyone was welcome to make a Snow Snake and play traditional games. Traditional games and good times with community connections at the Red Lake Nation College. Snow snake on a perfect winter day....

  • Warriors, Lady Warriors and Junior Varsity all win on Saturday over Fon du Lac

    Chris Jourdain|Jan 23, 2023

    Warriors, Lady Warriors and Junior Varsity all win on Saturday over Fon du Lac...

  • Red Lake Warriors go right down to the wire in 69-62 win over Blackduck Drakes - P3

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 23, 2023

    Warriors go right down to the wire in 69-62 win over Blackduck Drakes on Thursday, January 19, 2023 in Red Lake Junior Varsity also winners in early game, 57-50...

  • Lady Warriors unable to keep pace with Deer River in second half, lose at home 74-37 - P4

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 23, 2023

    Lady Warriors unable to keep pace with Deer River in second half, lose at home 74-37 - P3 Lady Warriors Junior High loses 16-13 in early game...

  • Mahnomen-Waubun winners in second game of double-header, 80-68 over Red Lake Warriors - P5

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 23, 2023

    Mahnomen-Waubun winners in second game of double-header, 80-68 over Red Lake Warriors Lady Warriors also fall to Lady Thunderbirds in earlier game, 69-28...

  • Lady Warriors fall to Lady Thunderbirds in early game, 69-28, in Red Lake - P5

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 23, 2023

    Lady Warriors fall to Lady Thunderbirds in early game, 69-28, in Red Lake Mahnomen-Waubun winners in second game of double-header, 80-68 over Red Lake Warriors...

  • Cass Lake Panthers come on strong in last 5 minutes in their win over the Red Lake Warriors 86-71 - P7

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 23, 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 - P8

    Jan 23, 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....

  • Red Lake Warriors slip by Deer River 75-73 in exciting first game of 2023 - P15

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 23, 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 - P94

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 23, 2023

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

  • Thousands rally against abortion-until-birth on anniversary of abortion legalization

    Jan 23, 2023

    ST. PAUL — Today, on the 50th anniversary of the legalization of abortion, thousands of Minnesotans came to the state Capitol to commemorate the enormous harm of abortion and to call on elected officials to reject current bills that would enshrine abortion-until-birth in Minnesota law. The annual MCCL March for Life took place just days after the House narrowly approved the extreme Protect Reproductive Options (PRO) Act; the Senate could vote as soon as this week. “Babies in Minnesota receive no protection in their mother’s wombs,” MCCL Co...

  • Minnesota Job Growth Pauses in December

    Jan 23, 2023

    St. Paul - Minnesota’s private sector employers continued adding jobs in December, even as the state lost jobs overall, ending a 14-month streak of job growth that saw Minnesota employment outpace the national average, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Overall, Minnesota employment was down 0.2% from November, following an increase of 6,500 jobs that month. While the private sector gained 900 jobs in December, it was losses in Government jobs (down 6,100) that drove t...

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