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Articles from the February 16, 2021 edition


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  • RED LAKE SCHOOLS PRE-K THROUGH 2ND GRADE AT BOTH RED LAKE AND PONEMAH SCHOOLS, 2-HOUR LATE START ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021

    Feb 16, 2021

    ALL RED LAKE SCHOOLS PRE-K THROUGH 2ND GRADE AT BOTH RED LAKE AND PONEMAH SCHOOLS, WILL HAVE A 2-HOUR LATE START ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021. IF YOU FEEL IT IS TOO COLD FOR YOUR CHILD TO RIDE THE BUS, EITHER BRING THEM IN ON YOUR OWN OR CALL THE SCHOOL AND THEY WILL BE EXCUSED FOR THE DAY....

  • Warriors move to 6-2 with 104-41 win over Laporte

    Feb 16, 2021

    The Red Lake Warriors moved to 6-2 on the season with their 104-41 victory over Laporte on Monday, February 15, 2021. Red Lake will be on the road to Blackduck on February 16th, Clearbrook on February 23rd and Nevis on February 26th. The Lady Warriors were supposed to play in Laporte tonight, but the game was cancelled for some reason....

  • Travis James Varney Jr.

    Feb 16, 2021

    Travis James Varney Jr. June 27, 1992 - February 13, 2021 Travis James Varney Jr., age 28, journeyed to the Spirit World on Saturday, February 13, 2021. He was born on June 27, 1992 at Fairview Riverside Hospital the son of Travis Varney Sr. and Bernadette Mata. He graduated from Bemidji High School in 2010. Travis was employed as a security guard at Mino-bimaadiziwin Apartments. He was also excited to start carpentry work. He was a boxer for many years and he enjoyed working out and playing...

  • Joyce HighElk

    Feb 16, 2021

    Joyce HighElk February 14, 2021 Obituary to follow....

  • Marlene Dupree

    Feb 16, 2021

    Marlene Dupree 1935 - 2021 Marlene A. Dupree, 85, of Nisswa, passed away on February 7, 2021 at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Marlene was born on August 6, 1935 to Andrew and Singhild Anderson in Minneapolis. She attended school and worked in the Twin Cities area until the mid-90s when she moved to Nisswa. Marlene was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Arnie Anderson and Bruce Benson; daughter, Carrie Fairbanks; son, Pat Fairbanks; great-grandson, Hunter Fairbanks; and special friend,...

  • Betty Ann (Nason) Crowe

    Feb 16, 2021

    Betty Ann (Nason) Crowe October 12, 1943 ~ February 13, 2021 (age 77) Name: Betty Ann Crowe Age: 77 Address: Grand Rapids, MN Date of Death: February 13, 2021 Place of Death: Grand Rapids, MN Date of Birth: October 12, 1943 Place of Birth: Cass Lake, MN Survived By: Son Arnold Crowe of Grand Rapids, MN, Brother John Nason of Deer River, MN, 5 Grandchildren, 3, Great Grandchildren, Numerous Nieces & Nephews Preceded By: Husband Michael Crowe, 3 Sons Shawn, Jason & Mark Crowe, Parents Mark & Dorot...

  • Lynelle Marie Brooks

    Feb 16, 2021
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    Lynelle Marie Brooks April 29, 1985 - February 8, 2021 Nazhike-awaasanookewe, Lynelle Marie (Northbird) Brooks, 35-year-old resident of Onamia, MN passed away on February 8, 2021 in Onamia, MN. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10 AM on Friday, February 12, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation with Obizaan officiating. Visitation will begin at 6 PM on Thursday, February 11, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. Interment will...

  • Curtis Bradley Jr.

    Feb 16, 2021

    Curtis Bradley Jr. December 10, 1993 - February 9, 2021 Curtis U-Nek Bradley Jr. 27-year-old resident of Sauk Rapids, MN passed away on February 9, 2021 at his residence. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10 AM on Sunday, February 14, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation with Nazhike officiating. Visitation will begin at 6 PM on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. Interment will be in the Vineland...

  • Warriors squeak by Clearbrook-Gonvick 83-80

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 16, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors hosted Clearbrook-Gonvick on Friday, February 12, 2021, and the Bears were first to score, followed by ten more to lead 12-0 in the first half. But the Warriors fought back, even after D.J. Holtusen got his third foul and came out of the game near the 10-minute mark, and ended up leading at the end of the first half, 36-35. The lead changed several times in the second half, with both teams running fast paced offenses, and it ended up going down to just...

  • Red Lake Junior Varsity winners over Bears 61-59 in earlier game on Friday

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 16, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors hosted Clearbrook-Gonvick on Friday, February 12, 2021, and the Bears were first to score, followed by ten more to lead 12-0 in the first half. But the Warriors fought back, even after D.J. Holtusen got his third foul and came out of the game near the 10-minute mark, and ended up leading at the end of the first half, 36-35. The lead changed several times in the second half, with both teams running fast paced offenses, and it ended up going down to just...

  • 'Cancel your vacation plans': Canada tightening border rules amid COVID-19 pandemic

    Feb 16, 2021

    DULUTH – Canada is further restricting nonessential travel across its border starting Monday in a blow to Minnesota businesses that have been eager to welcome back customers from the north. The country has kept its border closed to nonessential foreign visitors for nearly 11 months and likely will for the foreseeable future. New measures to require COVID-19 tests when entering the country are meant to discourage travel by Canadians to the U.S. and elsewhere. "I would like to request all p...

  • Regional groups step up to vaccine challenge

    Feb 16, 2021

    Small and independent medical providers in northeast Minnesota get one chance each week to appeal for their share of next week's COVID-19 vaccine supply - an online meeting entitled "rants, raves, recommendations." Alternating between competition and cooperation, the providers decide who is in the best position to get vaccine to Minnesota's priority groups, including health care workers and senior citizens. The plan is finished Wednesday and vaccine orders go out Thursday for delivery the next...

  • Departures, safety concerns ripple through ranks of Minnesota high school basketball officials

    Feb 16, 2021

    After 16 years as a high school basketball official, Lamarr Sullivan was wary about year 17. In fact, he originally decided against it, the potential health costs of the COVID-19 virus too steep to ignore. "I actually opted out in August," Sullivan said. "I have a granddaughter who just turned 1. And, of course, my wife." But as the Minnesota season got closer, the lure of the whistle and the squeak of basketball shoes on a gym floor became stronger and harder to resist. Sullivan's career is...

  • Peru's foreign minister quits over secret vaccination

    Feb 16, 2021

    LIMA, Peru - Peru's foreign minister resigned Sunday amid an uproar over government officials being secretly vaccinated against the coronavirus before the country recently received 1 million doses for health workers facing a resurgence in the pandemic. President Francisco Sagasti confirmed that Elizabeth Astete stepped down and told the local television channel America that Peruvians should feel "outraged and angry about this situation that jeopardizes the enormous effort of many Peruvians...

  • 'Things will likely get worse': Cold disrupts power in Texas

    Feb 16, 2021

    AUSTIN, Texas - A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually snowy emergency Monday that knocked out power for more than 2 million people, shut down grocery stores and air travel and closed schools ahead of frigid days still to come. As nightfall threatened to plummet temperatures again into single digits, officials warned that homes still without power would likely not have heat until at least Tuesday, as frustration mounted and the state's electric grid...

  • SSG Kennedy Barrett completes Airborne School in Fort Benning, Georgia

    Feb 16, 2021

    SSG Kennedy Barrett completed Airborne School in Fort Benning, Georgia on February 5th, 2021. Kennedy is a 2015 graduate of Red Lake High School, Red Lake, MN and was Salutatorian of her graduating class. She entered the U.S. Army on July 21, 2015, completed her basic training in Lawton, Oklahoma and further training in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Kennedy was deployed to Germany for two years; returning to the U.S in January 2018 and stationed in Fort Campbell, Kentucky until September, 2020....

  • Native writer from Minneapolis working on Netflix pilot for Obamas' company

    Feb 16, 2021

    Wenonah Wilms is an overnight success, if by "overnight success" you mean that it took two decades. Wilms has been announced as co-writer of the pilot for "Firekeeper's Daughter," a murder mystery with a bunch of heavy hitters involved. The series will adapt the upcoming young adult novel by buzzed-about Ojibwe writer Angeline Boulley. It's for Netflix. And it's produced under the Higher Ground banner of Barack and Michelle Obama, whose production "American Factory" won an Oscar last year for...

  • Former US Rep. Collin Peterson still wants to help agriculture

    Feb 16, 2021

    DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - "Citizen Peterson" is ready to put some of his things in the Becker County Museum, but isn't ready to relegate himself to history, yet. Former U.S. House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., lost his district 53.4% to 39.9% to his challenger, Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., and left office in January. He admits the change feels strange. https://www.inforum.com/business/agriculture/6885406-Former-US-Rep.-Collin-Peterson-still-wants-to-help-ag...

  • An important message from Seven Clans Casino, Hotel and Water Park - Thief River Falls

    Feb 16, 2021

    As Pennington County Covid-19 cases have recently increased, 7 Clans Casino, Thief River Falls continues to monitor our employees and community. Our COVID-19 response team discovered a few employees tested positive for COVID-19. As a safety measure, those staff and employees in direct contact are in quarantine and/or isolation to ensure the safety of our community, team and tribal members. All offices of those affected were deep cleaned, in addition to our hourly routines of cleaning and...

  • Minnesota city council gains second Indigenous voice

    Feb 16, 2021

    The Bemidji City Council in northern Minnesota just got more Indigenous. Dan Jourdain, Red Lake Nation, won a special election on Feb. 9 by defeating a former council member and mayor. Jourdain received 524 votes to Dave Larson's 410 votes in an at-large council seat race. In November's general election, Jourdain came in second to Larson - 1,784 to 2,160 - in a race where the two top vote getters advanced. With the win, Jourdain joins a 7-person council that includes his mentor and friend...

  • Federal housing tax credit changes, WHEDA adaptations expected to create more affordable housing for Wisconsin

    Feb 16, 2021

    MADISON – Improvements to the federal 4% housing tax credit program will allow WHEDA to recalculate and extend the value of state housing tax credits to fund some 500 additional affordable rental units when the awards are announced this spring. “Wisconsin communities face a critical shortage of affordable rental housing and every additional apartment helps,” said WHEDA CEO Joaquín Altoro. “WHEDA’s skilled staff identified the opportunity to use changes in the federal program to increase the impact of state housing tax credits and make more...

  • Red Lake Warriors out-gunned in 88-67 home loss to Cass Lake Panthers - P4

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 16, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors came off a 77-71 win, their fourth win in a row, over Pine River on Friday, February 5, 2021, to face a fast Cass Lake-Bena Panther team on Tuesday, February 9th, and were outscored in both halves 45-33 and 43-34 respectively. Cass Lake improved their season record to 6-2 with the 88-67 victory, while the Warriors dropped to 4-2. Leroy Fairbanks led the Panthers with 32 points, Kayden Lee hit for 20 and Dominic Fairbanks added 13. D. J. Holthusen led Red...

  • Red Lake's JV edged by Panther JV 42-36 in earlier game - P4

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 16, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors came off a 77-71 win, their fourth win in a row, over Pine River on Friday, February 5, 2021, to face a fast Cass Lake-Bena Panther team on Tuesday, February 9th, and were outscored in both halves 45-33 and 43-34 respectively. Cass Lake improved their season record to 6-2 with the 88-67 victory, while the Warriors dropped to 4-2. Leroy Fairbanks led the Panthers with 32 points, Kayden Lee hit for 20 and Dominic Fairbanks added 13. D. J. Holthusen led Red...

  • Lady Warriors win 4th straight in impressive 115-13 victory over Laporte in 2021 Home Opener - P16

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 16, 2021

    RED lAKE, MN - The Red Lake Lady Warriors won their season home opener and 4th straight game on Monday, February 1, 2021, taking a 67-2 halftime lead and having no trouble adding to it for the win, 115-13. Five Lady Warriors were in double figures. Rose McClain led all scorers with 22 points, Mimi Beaulieu added 21 points, Kelanna McClain netted 20 points, Latayla Pemberton hit for 14 points and Karen Guise had 13 points. Alyssa Moss had 8 points for Laporte. Red Lake will be on the road to...

  • Warriors move to 2-1 on season with 81-56 win over Pine River - P14

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 16, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors won their second game in a row on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 hosting the Pine River Tigers. The Tigers scored first with a 3-pointer, but the Warriors scored twice after that and took a 5-3 lead in the first half, a lead which they never gave up. By the end of the first half, Red Lake led 35-19. The Warriors outscored Pine River in the second half as well 46-37, giving them the win, 81-56. Aaron Chaboyea led all scorers with 24 for Red Lake, Gerald Kingbird...

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