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Warriors Varsity run over the BGMR Gators 97-54 in the Swamp Red Lake JV comes back from down 24-22 at the half to get another victory 56-46...
Randi Lee Stone September 5, 1992 - February 20, 2023 Randi Lee Stone, age 30, of Minneapolis, Minnesota journeyed to the Spirit World on Monday, February 20, 2023 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She was born on September 5, 1992 in Minneapolis, Minnesota the daughter of Timothy Stone and Patsy Taylor. Randi “Baybe Jay” Stone, a beautiful young native women, who loved her two sons very much and wanted nothing, but to reunite and be the best mother to them. She loved spending time with best fri...
WASHINGTON — Conservative justices holding the Supreme Court's majority seem ready to sink President Joe Biden's plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans. In arguments lasting more than three hours Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts led his conservative colleagues in questioning the administration's authority to broadly cancel federal student loans because of the COVID-19 emergency. Loan payments that have been on hold since the start of the coronavirus pandemic three years ago are supposed to resume no later t...
Republican legislators last year blasted DFL Gov. Tim Walz's proposal to send rebate checks to Minnesotans, often labeling it an election-year gimmick. Now in the minority, GOP members of the House and Senate have reversed course and said that's exactly how the Legislature should spend some of the state's massive $17.5 billion surplus. The legislators held a news conference Tuesday to propose their "Give it Back" tax relief plan, which includes sending rebate checks of $1,250 to individuals and...
A maximum 38½-year prison sentence was handed down Tuesday for the man convicted of murdering Deshaun Hill Jr., the rising football star and honor roll student at North High in Minneapolis who was randomly gunned down last February while walking home from school. In courtroom outbursts and unscripted victim impact statements, the rage and grief felt by Hill's loved ones was on full display for the sentencing of 30-year-old Cody Fohrenkam. Some had to stand outside because all gallery...
Law enforcement officials from across Minnesota met in St. Paul on Tuesday to ask for legislative help in clearing a massive backlog of DNA cases awaiting testing amid increasing violent crime. At a news conference Tuesday, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said that the backlog has become "a real issue" in how long it takes to get justice in the criminal justice system. Evidence should be processed within a month. However a backlog of around 3,800 cases has clogged the system and pushed the...
A 16-year-old pleaded guilty to a weapons charge in connection with the shooting of three teenagers last week as they left a funeral reception for a student stabbed to death this month at Harding High School in St. Paul. The teen entered his plea in Ramsey County juvenile court on the same day he was charged with possessing a handgun modified to be a fully automatic pistol and being a minor in possession of a firearm. Appearing in court via video hookup from the juvenile detention center, he agreed to plead guilty to the second count. The...
A combined 1,580 vehicles were towed to impound lots in Minneapolis and St. Paul during last week's multi-day snowstorm that prompted each city to declare multiple snow emergencies. The Feb. 21-23 snowstorm also resulted in 7,479 tickets being issued for vehicles that failed to move in time for snowplows to come through, according to numbers from each city. The numbers, which exceed typical snow emergency numbers, are noteworthy because each city took the rare step of offering free off-street...
CROTONE, Italy - Rescue teams pulled more bodies from the sea on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from Italy's latest migration tragedy to 65, as prosecutors identified suspected smugglers who allegedly charged 8,000 euros (nearly $8,500) for each person making the ''voyage of death'' from Turkey to Italy. Authorities delayed a planned viewing of the coffins to allow more time for identification of the bodies, as desperate relatives and friends arrived in the Calabrian city of Crotone in hope...
Feb. 27—RED LAKE — Red Lake Nation College has been awarded a $1,924,280 grant from the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program. The program is run by the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration and is part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Internet for All initiative, a release said. Red Lake Nation College is one of 61 minority-serving colleges and universities receiving grants totaling $175 million. https://news.yahoo.com/1-9-million-grant-awarded-033600688.html?guccoun...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Robbinsdale man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm, to be served consecutively to a prior sentence of 70 months for illegal possession of a firearm, followed by three years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to the defendant’s guilty plea and court documents, on December 15, 2021, Travon Lavelle Blackman, 26, was sentenced to 70 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, for a felon in possession conviction. Bla...
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Today, the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee heard legislation authored by Rep. Alicia Kozlowski (DFL- Duluth) to fund the First Witness Child Advocacy Center in Duluth. The legislation invests a $1.5 million grant for First Witness Child Advocacy Center to demolish and renovate certain buildings for use as a training center and a child advocacy center. “First Witness Child Advocacy Center has been serving families in the Northland for nearly 32 years and their services are expanding to support child abuse v...
WASHINGTON — This week, as part of the continued work by the Departments of the Interior and Justice to implement the Not Invisible Act and combat the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP), Secretary Deb Haaland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco hosted the first in-person plenary session of the Not Invisible Act Commission at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The two-day meeting follows a series of online sessions since the establishment of the Commission last year. The Not Invisible Act, which w...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Twenty-three communities around Minnesota will benefit from $725,000 from this year’s planning and programming grants that support the Safe Routes to School program, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today. The list of the 2023 grant recipients is below. Safe Routes to School is an international program to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion around schools. It does this by making it safer and easier for students to walk and bicycle to school, with an added benefit of increasing physical act...
After almost three years, temporary emergency benefits that helped Minnesotans with low incomes buy food during the COVID-19 pandemic are ending. Most clients will receive their final emergency payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in March. Most SNAP recipients were eligible for the emergency allotments. They received either an additional $95 in benefits, or an additional benefit valued up to the maximum benefit for their household size, whichever was greater. Since March 2020, when Congress approved the Family First...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal civil jury has returned a verdict in favor of the United States for more than $43 million for violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. During the six-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, the United States proved that the Defendants the Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc., which does business as Precision Lens, and its owner Paul Ehlen paid kickbacks to ophthalmic surgeons to induce their use of Defendants’ products in cataract surgeries reimbursed by Medicare. The jury fou...
St. Paul – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has named two new assistant commissioners: Abdiwahab Mohamed will serve as Assistant Commissioner for Immigrant and Refugee Affairs and Elizabeth Frosch will serve as Assistant Commissioner for Operations. Mohamed to continue leading Immigrant and Refugee Affairs work As Assistant Commissioner for Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, Mohamed will focus on developing strategies that advance and improve access and opportunities for New Americans seeking employment or s...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Bemidji man has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to the defendant’s guilty plea and court documents, on May 2, 2022, law enforcement observed Levi Adams Westbrook, 30, meet with a suspected drug trafficker in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. As Westbrook was traveling back toward northern Minnesota, officers stopped the vehicle in which Westbrook was a passenger. After Westbrook exited the vehicle, officers saw a pla...
CASS LAKE, MN – Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Health Department offers Harm Reduction Services to community members as part of its efforts to promote the health and well-being of the community. The program aims to minimize the negative effects of drug use by providing essential services to community members. The program operates at the Bena Community Center on Mondays, Onigum Community Center on Tuesdays, and Ball Club Community Center on Wednesdays. Services are available from 1 pm to 3 pm on e...
WASHINGTON – This week, as part of the continued work by the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior to implement the Not Invisible Act and combat the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP), Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Secretary Deb Haaland hosted the first in-person plenary session of the Not Invisible Act Commission at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The two-day meeting follows a series of online sessions since the e...
On February 28, the City of Bemidji water tower located on 1st Street E experienced damage to its center water riser column. This damage was in the form of a column implosion and occurred during maintenance the utility department was performing on the water tower. Sections of 1st Street E were cordoned off for about 2 hours while the City could confirm the structural integrity of the water tower was sound. The water tower is structurally sound. We do not anticipate any major impacts to the city’s water service delivery system while we r...
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Today, the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee voted to advance HF 1406 on a voice vote. HF 1406, chief authored by Representative Cedrick Frazier (DFL- New Hope) will limit the conditions under which a person can be convicted of aiding and abetting two types of felony murder. “The way our current laws are written, the impact is disproportionate among certain segments of our communities" said Representative Frazier. “56% of those charged are under the age of 25, 48% charged are Black, and 80% of those convicted are...
Red Lake Nation Duluth Winter Event of Saturday, February 18, 2023 Clyde Iron Works - Duluth, MN - 1 PM - 5 PM...
Warrior Offense struggles in 68-50 loss to Pine River on Parent Appreciation Night Red Lake's Junior Varsity Offense dominates in 58-28 over Pine River in early game...
Lady Warriors come back from slow first-half start to win in thriller over Lake of the Woods 52-51 in Red Lake It was Red Lake's last home game of the regular season and Parent Appreciation Night as well...
