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Articles from the March 2, 2021 edition


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  • Lee Wayne Fairbanks

    Mar 2, 2021

    Lee Wayne Fairbanks February 14, 1967 ~ February 25, 2021 (age 54) Lee Wayne Fairbanks, age 54, of Frazee, MN and formerly of Red Lake, MN, passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2021. Lee Wayne was born February 14, 1967, to Bonnie Jean Fairbanks in Red Lake. From the time he was four years old, he lived in Seattle, WA with his father and moved back to Minneapolis in his late teens. Lee Wayne was father to two children and was known to live a simple life. He is remembered as a good guy to be...

  • Kevin J. Spottedbird

    Mar 2, 2021

    Kevin J. Spottedbird June 18, 1978 - February 27, 2021 Kevin J. SpottedBird, 42 of St. Michael ND passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at his home. Visitation will be held at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake ND on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with a Rosary and Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church with Reverend Paul Schuster celebrating the Mass. Burial...

  • COVID-19 Community Testing - March 2021

    Mar 2, 2021

    COVID-19 Community Testing All COVID-19 testing is no cost at Minnesota community testing sites. We are working together with communities to make sure everyone can get tested. Sign up for an appointment: COVID-19 Community Testing Sites What to expect: Community Testing More about tests: Types of COVID-19 Tests Saliva testing sites Albert Lea Armory 410 Prospect Ave Albert Lea, MN 56007 March 1-2, 8-9 12 - 6 p.m. Anoka Armory 408 East Main St Anoka, MN 55303 March 2-5, 9-13 12 - 6 p.m. Bloomington Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Ave South...

  • Warriors snap 3-game losing streak to beat Kelliher-Northome 111-71

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 2, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors basketball team ended their 3-game losing streak with a sound win over the Kelliher-Northome Mustangs on Monday, March 1, 2021. The Warriors outscored the Mustangs 63-39 in the first half and 48-32 in the second to seal the deal and put their record at 8-5 on the season. Kelliher-Northome dropped to 5-9. D. J. Holthusen led all scorers with 37 points, 27 in the first half, Gerald Kingbird Jr. added 18, Trent Holthusen hit four 3-pointers for 12 points, Riley...

  • Red Lake's JV outlast Mustang's JV 67-64 in game that went right down to the wire

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 2, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors basketball team ended their 3-game losing streak with a sound win over the Kelliher-Northome Mustangs on Monday, March 1, 2021. The Warriors outscored the Mustangs 63-39 in the first half and 48-32 in the second to seal the deal and put their record at 8-5 on the season. Kelliher-Northome dropped to 5-9. D. J. Holthusen led all scorers with 37 points, 27 in the first half, Gerald Kingbird Jr. added 18, Trent Holthusen hit four 3-pointers for 12 points, Riley...

  • GigaZone™ Gaming Championship Returns Virtually in April

    Mar 2, 2021

    (Bemidji, MN) (March 2, 2021) – GigaZone™ Gaming Championship 5 will be held online three consecutive weekends in April starting April 10. The event will feature a different gaming tournament each weekend, Cosplay contest, and door prizes with over $5,000 in cash and prizes to be given away. It is free to play or watch. This one of a kind regional gaming event showcases Paul Bunyan Communications' IT and web development team which custom built and integrated much of the online technology and...

  • Red Lake man sentenced for burglary

    Thief River Falls News|Mar 2, 2021

    A Red Lake man was sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 17 in Pennington County District Court for burglarizing the home of a Thief River Falls family. Christopher James Buffalo Beaulieu, 28, was sentenced for felony offenses of motor vehicle theft, and aiding and abetting a first-degree burglary. Felony charges of first-degree burglary and aiding and abetting a motor vehicle theft were dismissed. For the aiding and abetting first-degree burglary charge, Buffalo Beaulieu was sentenced to 42 months in priso...

  • Minnesota health systems to identify at-risk patients for next round of COVID-19 shots

    Mar 2, 2021

    People with health conditions that make them susceptible to COVID-19 complications most likely will be contacted by their health care provider when it's their turn to get the shot. "We'll use our electronic medical record as well the expertise of our clinicians to help identify patients," said Dr. John Misa, interim chief medical officer for the Allina Health Group. Once 70% of the state's seniors are vaccinated, perhaps by the end of March, the state's rollout plan calls for the medically...

  • Growing support to allow raw cannabis, smoking in Minnesota's medical program

    Mar 2, 2021

    Kim Kelsey said her 29-year-old son Alec has gone from struggling to "thriving" since he started treating his life-threatening seizures with medical cannabis oils. But over the past five years, the family has sunk $65,000 in cash into his daily treatments, a financial burden that hits even harder as the family business shut down last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "It wasn't easy before, but it certainly isn't easy now," she said. https://www.startribune.com/growing-sup...

  • Trumps were vaccinated in January before leaving White House, adviser says

    Mar 2, 2021

    Before leaving the White House on Jan. 20, then-President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine earlier in the month, a Trump adviser said Monday. The former first couple received their second shot while in Florida as private citizens. The adviser did not, however, disclose whether the Trumps received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. It was not immediately clear why Trump and his wife kept their inoculations a secret for several weeks or why...

  • Minneapolis tent encampment gets reprieve after residents, volunteers organize

    Mar 2, 2021

    Homeless encampments have popped up and come down repeatedly in the last nine months at sites around the Twin Cities. But at the Near North encampment in Minneapolis, a strong community bond and help from neighborhood volunteers may lead to something more lasting. With the city delaying its eviction notice indefinitely, organizers at the encampment think they're on a path to permanent housing for all its residents. "The aim is to have enough time and access to resources to purchase a building...

  • Enbridge deal-making over Line 3 divides Ojibwe bands in Minnesota

    Mar 2, 2021

    Last fall, Enbridge offered the Red Lake Band of Chippewa a lucrative deal if the tribe would drop legal efforts to quash the company's new pipeline across northern Minnesota. Red Lake said no. In 2018, Enbridge made an attractive offer to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to run part of the pipeline - a replacement for its current aging and corroding Line 3 - through its reservation. Faced with the alternative of having the new Line 3 next door with no control over it, the tribe...

  • Deadline Extended for Water Testing Cost Reimbursement

    Mar 2, 2021

    St. Paul, MN: Minnesota produce farmers now have until March 19, 2021, to apply for cost reimbursement associated with water testing for generic E. coli. Under a new Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) mini-grant program, farmers who paid for generic E. coli water testing between September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2020 may be eligible for up to $400 to cover these expenses. Farmers must have sold a minimum annual average of $5,000 in produce that is covered by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. Crops covered...

  • DEED Offers Updated Legal Guide to Privacy and Data Security

    Mar 2, 2021

    St. Paul - The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has teamed up with the law firm of Lathrop GPM to publish “A Legal Guide to Privacy and Data Security,” a free resource for Minnesota businesses. “We are pleased to present this guide to help Minnesota businesses,” said DEED Commissioner Steve Grove. “The resource provides businesses with important information that will help them succeed in a competitive and global market.” “A Legal Guide to Privacy and Data Security” offers guidance on a variety...

  • Labor and Industry recovers $70K in back wages for workers required to pool, distribute earned tips

    Mar 2, 2021

    Following two recent labor standards investigations by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), a restaurant in Excelsior, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $55,120 and a restaurant in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $14,695 in cases involving workers who contributed to illegal tip pools. The first investigation found Yumi Excelsior LLC required workers to contribute their tips to a fund that was later distributed to other employees in 2018 and 2019. Yumi agreed to resolve the matter and pay back impacted workers. Back wage...

  • Community Review Panel continues to review options for improvements to the HWY 197 Corridor

    Mar 2, 2021

    Bemidji, Minn.- MnDOT, along with the Headwaters Regional Development Commission (HRDC) has continued the collaboration process with the local Community Review Panel (CRP) for the Highway 197 project in Bemidji. The group meets each month to discuss new solutions to the previously proposed alternatives in 2020. In 2019, MnDOT conducted an in-depth corridor study which ultimately resulted in the proposal of a roundabout corridor. That preferred alternative didn’t garner enough community support and was ultimately voted against by the Bemidji...

  • Minnesota Public Radio, American Public Media Complete the Inspired by You Campaign with Over $98 Million Raised, Exceeding Five-Year Goal

    Mar 2, 2021

    ST. PAUL, Minn., March 1, 2021 – Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and American Public Media (APM) announced today the successful completion of Inspired by You, an ambitious five-year campaign designed to address the rapidly changing digital landscape and make transformative changes to better serve audiences in Minnesota and beyond. The campaign was launched in the summer of 2015 with the goal of raising $75 million by December 2020. At the completion of the campaign, Inspired by You raised more than $98.3 million in outright and deferred gifts...

  • Southern Ute Tribe confirms discovery of COVID-19 variant

    Mar 2, 2021

    A strain of COVID-19 that has begun spreading rapidly in California has now been found on the Southern Ute Reservation in southwestern Colorado. The Southern Ute Tribe announced that the B.1.427/B.1.429 variant (also known as L452R or CAL20C) was found in an individual who recently died on the reservation, which shares a border with the Navajo Nation. The California State Public Health Laboratory identified the variant, and the tribe is working with San Juan Basin Public Health and the Colorado...

  • Deb Haaland's next Senate meeting set

    Mar 2, 2021

    The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will host a business meeting Thursday to consider the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland to be Interior secretary, according to the committee’s website. The committee will have four options on how to process her nomination. It can report the nomination favorably, unfavorably, without recommendation or it can choose to take no action. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who is chair of the Senate energy committee, said last week that he will vote for Haaland to serve as Interior secretary, clearing...

  • 'Pipe Dream': Enbridge escalates local tensions

    Mar 2, 2021

    PALISADE, Minnesota – Even in the bitter cold, the pretty little park along the Mississippi River is inviting, a typical gathering spot for community events with its broad trees and public pavilion. But Berglund Park stood empty recently as families and community members huddled around warming fires in an open field nearby, listening to music and eating Indian tacos as they learned about the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline cutting through their community. A group of pipeline opponents known as water protectors from the nearby Honor the Earth camp...

  • PGA TOUR extends partnership with Sanford Health to conduct COVID-19 testing at tournaments

    Mar 2, 2021

    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA – The PGA TOUR announced today that Sanford Health will continue to conduct all on-site COVID-19 testing of players, caddies and essential personnel at PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions tournaments in the continental United States. The collaboration began in June during the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season when tournament play resumed at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, after a nine-week pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "We are extremely grateful to...

  • 'Extraordinary Women' Opens March 6, 2021, at Minnesota History Center

    What: "Extraordinary Women" exhibit When: Opens March 6, 2021 Where: Minnesota History Center Hours: Thu-Sat, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: $8-12, members free Tickets: Available onsite or by calling the box office at 651-259-3015 Website: www.mnhs.org/extraordinarywomen 'Extraordinary Women' Opens March 6, 2021, at Minnesota History Center Celebrate generations of women who fought for a better future for all Minnesotans with the new exhibit "Extraordinary Women," opening...

  • Group of RLHS Seniors hold fundraiser for trip to Florida - P3

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 2, 2021

    A group of about a dozen Red Lake High School Seniors, on their own, planned an end of the year trip to Florida, right down to raising their own money to fund the trip. Their plan is to travel to Florida for a few days and go to Disney World together. According to their Facebook page, "We didn't get to spend our senior year together so e wanted to make the best of the summer, spend as much time and make as many memories we can together before we all go on our own ways.," Their first fundraising...

  • Equay Wiigamig MMIW Prayer Vigil held in Red Lake - P5

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 2, 2021

    A MMIW Prayer Vigil, sponsored by Equay Wiigamig (Women's Sheter) was held in Red Lake at the old Red Lake Trading Post on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. It began about noon followed by words from Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki Sr., Mark Kingbird Sr, and other Equay Wiigamig Staff. Some of those in attendance wore red and carried signs, and everyone practiced Covid-19 mask use. For more information, visit MMIW at https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw...

  • Lady Warriors come off 2-game losing streak to down Blackduck 76-50 - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 2, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Lady Warriors hosted Blackduck on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, taking a 36-22 halftime lead and outscoring their opponents 41-28 in the second half to win, 76-50. Red Lake had defeated the Drakes in January 70-61 in Blackduck, and had came off a 2-game losing streak, falling to Cass Lake and Pine River. Mimi Beaulieu led all scorers with 22 points on the night, Latayla Pemberton added 20 points of her own and Karen Guise hit for 10 points. M. Flatness led the Drakes wi...

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