Articles from the February 15, 2023 edition
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY
Winter Weather Advisory URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 514 PM CST Tue Feb 14 2023 Lake Of The Woods-North Beltrami-North Clearwater-South Beltrami-South Clearwater-Hubbard-Wadena-Including the cities of Baudette, Red Lake, Redby, Ponemah, Bagley, Clearbrook, Bemidji, Alida, Ebro, Lake Ita...
Warriors win in Laporte 99-50
Varsity boys win 99-50, led by Cade Beaulieu's 23, Ken Fox with another solid game and 21 points, Justin Brown with a nice game in the post 16, Gerald Kingbird Jr got a nice two handed flush and created lots of turnovers with 14, and Jack Brown was big on the boards and 10 points. The Ogichidaag head to Blackduck on Thursday...
Edward William Gotchie
Edward William Gotchie November 29, 1960 ~ February 13, 2023 (age 62) Edward was born November 28, 1960 to Lawrence & Nellie Gotchie. Ed Graduated from Deer River High school, after graduation Ed enlisted in the US Marine Corp, with an honorable discharge Eddie served his country well above anyone's standards. Edwards Gaming...
Leaders push for more funding to find missing and murdered Indigenous Minnesotans
The push to solve hundreds of cases of missing and murdered Indigenous Minnesotans hit a milestone last year with the opening of a first-in-the-nation office charged with systemically trying to fix the problem. Now, Native American legislators and community leaders are trying to make sure the office has the resources it needs...
16-year-old charged with fatally stabbing a fellow St. Paul Harding student after fight
A 16-year-old boy was charged Tuesday with murder on allegations that he stabbed a fellow student last week in St. Paul Harding High following a hallway fight during a break between classes, while administrators and police reexamine security at the district's largest schools. Nosakhere K. Holmes was charged in Ramsey County...
Star Tribune names economic development commissioner Steve Grove, a former Google exec, as publisher
A former Google executive - and Minnesota's current economic development commissioner - will be the Star Tribune's next publisher and CEO. Steve Grove, a Northfield native who has led the state's Department of Employment and Economic Development since 2019, was named Tuesday to the media company's top post. Grove, 45, will take...
Inflation cooling off faster in the Twin Cities than U.S. as a whole
Price increases continued to moderate faster in the Twin Cities last month compared with the U.S. as a whole. The consumer price index, an often-used measure of inflation, eased to 5.1% in January on a year-over-year basis for the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics....
Longtime educator Willie Jett takes over as Minnesota's new education commissioner
Willie Jett's reputation precedes him. The newly named Minnesota Department of Education commissioner had agency staff buzzing when he took the reins in January. He's the first Black man to hold the title and second Black Minnesotan behind Brenda Cassellius. Jett's years as an educator in districts of various sizes and...
US arrests 4 tied to assassination of Haitian president
IAMI - U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company that hired ex-Colombian soldiers for the mission, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The squad of former Colombian soldiers are among dozens of suspects who carried out the...
Post-Roe, Native Americans face even more abortion hurdles
A few months after South Dakota banned abortion last year, April Matson drove more than nine hours to take a friend to a Colorado clinic to get the procedure. The trip brought back difficult memories of Matson's own abortion at the same clinic in 2016. The former grocery store worker and parent of two couldn't afford a hotel...
Rescuers pull seven survivors from ruins eight days after Turkey quake
ISTANBUL, Feb 14 (Reuters) - At least seven survivors were rescued on Tuesday from the rubble of earthquake-hit areas of Turkey, local media reported, eight days after worst quake in the country's modern history. It included a woman pulled out from ruins of a building in the southern Turkish province of Hatay by Ukrainian...
USDA Announces $133 Million in Grant Funding Available, including American Rescue Plan funds, through the Local Agriculture Market Program to Expand Local Food Systems
WASHINGTON, February XX, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is now accepting applications for this year’s Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP), with a total of $133 million available in competitive grant funds to expand and strengthen local and regional food systems and increase the availability of locally grown agricultural products. The...
St. Paul Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Firearm Possession
MINNEAPOLIS – A St. Paul man has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, on January 21, 2022, officers with the Minneapolis Police Department arrested Eric Leon Wilbert, 43, and conducted a subsequent search of his...
Minnesota House of Public Safety Committee considers Rep. Hollins's legislation on grants for service providers that work with crime victims
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Today, the Minnesota House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee held a public hearing for HF 1437, chief-authored by Representative Athena Hollins (DFL-Saint Paul). HF 1437 establishes grants for organizations that deliver direct services to crime victims. “We need to prioritize families when they are in crisis,” said Rep. Hollins. “More often...
Attorney General's Office secures conviction in Cottonwood County murder case
February 14, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that a Cottonwood County jury has returned a verdict of guilty against Ralph Apmann on the single count of second-degree unintentional murder during the course of a felony assault in the August 26, 2021 death of Juan Morales Rivera in Windom. Apmann was convicted at the conclusion of a...
Attorney General Ellison shuts down fraudulent student-loan debt-settlement company
February 14, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office has obtained a settlement that requires a California student-loan debt-relief company that illegally collected fees from customers and misrepresented its services to consumers to cease operating in Minnesota and provide full refunds to its Minnesota consumers. Among...
Attorney General Ellison names Jessica Whitney as Deputy Attorney General
February 14, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that he has named Jessica Whitney as Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General. Ms. Whitney is an 18-year veteran of the Office of former Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. She will serve as one of four deputy attorneys general in the Minnesota Attorney...
Department of Labor and Industry announces 2023 Youth Skills Training grant recipients
Twelve partnerships across Minnesota will receive funding to develop and expand programs to offer meaningful career exposure and paid work experience for students 16 years of age and older. The grants are part of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry’s (DLI’s) Youth Skills Training (YST) program that was signed into law in 2017 with bipartisan support to create...
How do you say 'I Love You' in Your Indigenous Language?
A decade ago, the Native American sketch comedy group 1491s went online and asked their fans and supporters a simple question: "How do you say, 'I Love You' in your Indigenous language?" People from all over Indian Country and around the world answered with short videos that feature them showing their love and speaking it in...
Right To Safety Denied
EAGAN, Minnesota - On February 2, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in their ruling of "United States v. Rahimi" declared that the ban on access to firearms as it relates to domestic violence is unconstitutional because the statute 922(g)(8) (1994) restriction of the Second Amendment right [does not] fit...
Montana Senate votes against Indigenous Peoples Day holiday
The Montana state Senate voted Tuesday afternoon against discussing a bill that would have established Indigenous Peoples Day in the state Tuesday afternoon following debate over how the new holiday would replace Columbus Day. However, at least one member of the Montana American Indian Caucus plans to introduce another bill that would move the state-recognized American Indian...
New Bill in State Legislature Would Guarantee $6 Million in New Funding for Minnesota Tribal Colleges
ST PAUL- A new bill has been introduced in the Minnesota legislative session that would provide $6 million in funding for the next two years to Tribal Colleges in the state. The bill, HF-750, is being carried by Representatives Keeler, Becker-Finn, Kozlowski, Frazier, Gomez, Curran, Hanson, and Hollins. If passed, the bill...
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Lady Warriors unable to slow down Panthers in 90-64 loss to Cass Lake - P2
At home, Lady Warriors unable to slow down Panthers in 90-64 loss to Cass Lake Red Lake Jr. High also take a loss in earlier game...
Nevis tops Red Lake 76-61: Tiger's JV also winners in early game 78-29 - P3
Nevis tops Red Lake 76-61: Tiger's JV also winners in early game 78-29...
Fox scores 35 and hits the 1000-point milestone in Red Lake's 91-70 win over Walker-Hackensack-Akley - P6
Ken Fox III scores 35 and hits the 1000-point milestone in Red Lake's 91-70 win over Walker-Hackensack-Akley on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Red Lake's JV takes down WHA 67-46 in the early game...
