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Selma Marie Jackson November 23, 1955 ~ March 3, 2024 (age 68) Selma Marie Jackson Age: 68 Date of Death: March 3, 2024 Place of Death: Inger, Minnesota Date of Birth: November 23, 1955 Place of Birth: Cass Lake, Minnesota Survived By: Sisters Sarah Jackson, Beverly DeVault, Norma Jackson and Helen Jackson. Son Jordan Jackson, whom she helped raise. Nieces and Nephews: Susie Ogema, Mark Jackson, Stephanie Jackson, Pamela Jackson, William Garbow, Paula Jackson, Roberta DeVault, Penny DeVault,...
Eleanor Sargent May 8, 1967 - March 2, 2024 Eleanor Sargent, age 56, of Naytahwaush, MN, died unexpectedly on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Eleanor Mary was born May 8, 1967, in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Melvin and Avonelle (Wadena) Sargent. At a young age, the family moved to the Naytahwaush area. She attended grade school in Naytahwaush followed by Mahnomen High School. In 1986, Eleanor was united in marriage to Louis Fox Jr. and they were blessed with a daughter, Samantha. The couple later...
Presidential Fifteen states across the nation are voting and a third of delegates are at stake in the Republican nominating contest. Former president Donald Trump had a wide lead in delegate totals so far, but the Associated Press has projected that the earliest he can clinch the nomination is on March 12. Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is his main competition. President Biden is also on the ballot and is seeking to dispatch with his competition. AP reports he cannot win the...
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily won their respective Democratic and Republican primaries in Minnesota on Tuesday, setting up an increasingly inevitable rematch in November. The Associated Press called the races for Biden and Trump shortly after polls closed in Minnesota on Super Tuesday, when the nation learned the results of presidential primaries in 16 states. Biden and Trump had already been cruising to the nominations of their parties for weeks despite voter...
The U.S. government announced Tuesday it would sharply limit the fees that credit card companies can charge customers who fall behind on their bills, aiming to cap the penalties at $8 in a move that immediately drew fierce resistance from financial giants. The rules arrived as part of a suite of fresh federal efforts to promote competition and crack down on unfair or illegal pricing across the economy, which President Biden has blasted as one of the primary sources of rising costs facing...
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, were sweeping the coast-to-coast contests on Super Tuesday, all but cementing a November rematch and increasing pressure on the former president's last major rival, Nikki Haley, to leave the Republican race. Biden and Trump had each won Texas, Alabama, Colorado, Maine, Oklahoma, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Massachusetts. Biden also won the Democratic primaries in Vermont and Iowa. Haley's...
Delta Air Lines is hiking its fees for checked bags by $5, following similar moves by other airlines. The dominant airline at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said for tickets purchased starting Tuesday, March 5, its fee for a first checked bag will increase to $35, from $30 previously. Its fee for a second checked bag will increase to $45, from $40 previously. The higher fees apply to Delta passengers taking U.S. domestic flights and many flights to the Caribbean and Central America....
St. Paul Public Schools and the union representing its teachers and support staff reached a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract Tuesday that averts a strike without an expected increase in a daunting $107 million deficit for 2024-25. "We set up parameters that we work from, and we've stayed very close there," Superintendent Joe Gothard said. "But there are still some very hard budget decisions that will have to be made." The two sides made a joint appearance at Maxfield Elementary...
A meth distribution conviction sent John Paul Majerus II to federal prison for the first time in 2017. Years later, he emerged with new connections and bosses who gave their orders while still incarcerated themselves. Dubbing himself "Money," the 34-year-old Burnsville man ramped up his meth trafficking as his original federal sentence neared its end in 2022. Federal agents working undercover pegged Majerus as a key middleman for a trafficking organization that funneled meth north from Mexico...
The woman found dead in her North Loop apartment under what police are calling suspicious circumstances had made multiple calls to Minneapolis police over the past 18 months in which she said she was the victim of assaults by her boyfriend. Police records obtained this week by the Star Tribune show that Allison J. Lussier complained to officers at least six times in the past 18 months that she was the target of sometimes especially violent domestic assaults before she was discovered Feb. 22 in...
A 25-year-old Minneapolis man arrested recently in Chicago now stands charged with murder in connection with a double homicide last December in a Dinkytown tobacco shop. Maleek Jabril Conley is charged with four counts of second-degree murder in Hennepin County District Court and stands accused of killing two people and wounding a store clerk with a bullet intended for another victim at Royal Cigar Tobacco on Dec. 3. Conley was extradited to Minneapolis on Monday and remains in custody while the...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine claimed Tuesday it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones as Kyiv's forces take aim at targets well behind the war's front line. Russian authorities did not confirm the claim. The Ukrainian military intelligence agency said a special operations unit destroyed the large patrol ship Sergey Kotov overnight. The ship, which Ukraine said was commissioned in 2021 and was hit near the Kerch Strait, reportedly can carry cruise missiles and...
DULUTH - Northeastern Minnesota's moose herd continues to hang on, up a tick over last year but still just a fraction of the modern high population of 20 years ago. That was the report issued Monday by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources after the agency's annual winter moose aerial survey. The survey estimated 3,470 moose across the core range - essentially Lake, Cook and northern St. Louis counties - which is up 5% from 3,290 in 2023 but still down from 4,700 in 2022....
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Three additional individuals have been charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl throughout the Twin Cities and surrounding areas, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, between August 2022 through December 2023, Phyu Win Jame, 27, Amaya Tiffany-Nicole Mims, 23, and Da’Shawn Natori Domena, 24, and their previously charged co-defendants Cornell Montez Chandler, Jr., Robiel Lee Williams, Quijuan Hosea Bankhead, Stardasha Christina Davenport-Mounger, Fo’Tre Devine White...
MINNEAPOLIS – A Burnsville felon has been sentenced to 180 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, in September 2022, while John Paul Majerus II, 34, was still serving a prison sentence for a prior federal controlled substance crime, law enforcement began investigating a drug trafficking operation led by Bureau of Prisons inmates. While in custody, Majerus coordinated the sale of methamphetamine to a...
[Bemidji, Minn.] – Beltrami Electric Cooperative is pleased to invite the community to an insightful event, "Empower Your Home: Learn, Earn, and Share, in Energy Efficiency!" on Thursday, March 21, 2024. The event will take place at the Beltrami Electric Community Room, with an open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and a special presentation scheduled from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. This FREE Home Energy Efficiency Expo offers a unique opportunity for homeowners to enhance their understanding of e...
Thanks, Jesse, for the overly generous introduction. I appreciate it. Good afternoon. I want to thank you for that warm welcome — even though the weather is less than warm. But I’m used to Montana weather. My first trial was in Helena, three months in the winter, minus 30 degrees for several days. So, this feels like summer. It’s not my only experience in Montana. I investigated, worked on the takedown, and prosecuted the Unabomber, coming out of Lincoln, Montana. And I worked on the same with respect to the Montana Freeman in Jordan. I’m h...
WASHINGTON — Today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced $72 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Tribal communities electrify homes. This investment from the Inflation Reduction Act — the largest ever investment in climate — is a critical step toward the goal of electrifying all homes in the United States with clean energy sources and advances the Biden-Harris administration’s work to reach a carbon pollution-free electricity sector by 2035. This first round of funding from the Office of Indian Af...
WASHINGTON – The Departments of Justice and the Interior today released their joint response to the Not Invisible Act Commission’s recommendations on how to combat the missing or murdered Indigenous peoples (MMIP) and human trafficking crisis. The response recognizes that more must be done across the federal government to resolve this longstanding crisis and support healing from the generational traumas that Indigenous peoples have endured throughout the history of the United States. “These recommendations are an important and necessary step...
St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is once again accepting applications for the Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Livestock Investment Grant. Minnesota livestock farmers and ranchers looking to make improvements to their operations are encouraged to apply. Livestock Investment Grant funds can be used for equipment purchases and physical improvements to help start, improve, or expand livestock operations in Minnesota. Examples of reimbursable investments include — but are not limited to — the con...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation will end winter load increases and start spring load restrictions in the North frost zone Monday, March 11, at 12:01 a.m. Spring load restrictions have already begun in the South, Southeast, Metro and Central zones. As already announced, winter load increases end and spring load restrictions begin in the North-Central zone on March 6. Seasonal load limit zones and restricted routes can be found on the MnDOT load limits map. Start and end dates and other load limit information are s...
The final 20-Year Minnesota State Highway Investment Plan (MnSHIP) is available for review. Updated every five years, MnSHIP directs capital funding on the almost 12,000 miles of state highways. The plan is fiscally constrained, meaning that MnDOT needs to budget for the estimated revenue over the next 20 years. The updated plan’s investment direction describes how MnDOT will use its estimated 20-year budget of $37 billion to repair, replace and improve the state highway system. The MnSHIP investment direction has four main themes: • Invest to...
On "American Idol" last month, 15-year-old Triston Harper from Macintosh, Ala., showcased his immense musical talent and highlighted his Indigenous heritage as a proud member of the MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians. Harper said in an interview on the show that he faced tough times from a young age. When he was 12, his mother left an abusive relationship, leaving them homeless. But even through these hard times, he found comfort and courage in music. It became his guiding light, helping him navigate...
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) on Tuesday announced $72 million to help provide electricity to homes in several tribal communities. The funds come from President Biden's Investing in America agenda from the Inflation Reduction Act.Across Indian Country, more than 16,000 Tribal homes and 54,000 residents lack electricity, with a majority of unelectrified homes located in the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe. Tuesday's announcement was for the first round of funding from...
The month of March has been designated as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Unfortunately, American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) people are experiencing higher colorectal cancer rates than any other ethnicity in the United States. Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer among AI/AN people, During the month of March, the American Indian Cancer Foundation wants to raise awareness of its Sixth Annual Blue Beads campaign. This year the Blue Beads campaign is...
