Articles from the March 8, 2023 edition
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Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service, Grand Forks ND
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 338 AM CST Tue Mar 7 2023 West Polk-Norman-Clay-Kittson-Roseau-Lake Of The Woods-West Marshall-East Marshall-North Beltrami-Pennington-Red Lake-East Polk-North Clearwater-South Beltrami-Mahnomen-South Clearwater-Hubbard-West Becker-East Becker-Wilkin- West Otter...
DEED awards Pilot Re-Entry Competitive Grants to 13 Minnesota Organizations
St. Paul - Today, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced the Pilot Re-Entry Competitive Grant award recipients. Thirteen organizations across the state are being awarded a total of $3 million to provide training and employment services to more than 650 people coming home from Minnesota correctional facilities. Organizations receiving...
John Lee Roy
John Lee Roy March 13, 1959 - March 4, 2023 A full obituary will be published soon. All-night visitation: Thursday, March 9, 2023 - 5:00 P.M. Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center Minneapolis, Minnesota All-night visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023 - 5:00 P.M. Ponemah Boy's & Girl's Club Community Center Ponemah,...
Suzette Lynn Tree Top
Suzette Lynn Tree Top June 8, 1990 - March 4, 2023 Suzette Lynn Tree Top, "Cánte Omakiya Win" (Helpful Hearted Woman) passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND. Our beloved baby sister and mother was born to the late David Tree Top Sr. and Marie Phillips-Thomas, one of the Cekpas born on June 8,...
Alaina Marie DeFoe-Shofner
Alaina Marie DeFoe-Shofner April 13, 1967 - March 4, 2023 Alaina DeFoe-Shofner, (Memengwaa Ike- "Butterfly Woman") passed peacefully on Saturday, March 4th, 2023, at St. Luke's Hospital. She was born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota and currently lived on the Fond du Lac reservation with her husband John and her cats. She was a...
Archie L Villiard
Archie L Villiard April 17, 1957 - March 5, 2023 Archie L. Villiard, age 65 of Cloquet, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023 at his home. He was born April 17, 1957 in Duluth, the son of Leon Arthur and Mary Louise Villiard. Archie was very strong, smart, and loving. He had amazing dreams for us and the people he cared for. Archie...
William "Bill" Keezer
William "Bill" Keezer July 24, 1978 - March 5, 2023 William Keezer, age 44, of Naytahwaush, MN, died unexpectedly on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at the Sanford Medical Center in Bagley, MN. Service details are pending....
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison launches investigation of Kia, Hyundai thefts
Someone broke into Ian Evans' garage in late December, busting his window and then accessing his steering column to steal his 2013 Kia Rio EX. "It was a big scramble to get a rental, to get the police report filed ... to figure out where [the car] was," said Evans, a University of Minnesota staff psychologist. "It is a...
Rupert Murdoch said under oath he believes the 2020 presidential election was not stolen
NEW YORK - Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said under oath that he believes the 2020 presidential election was free, fair and not stolen, according to court filings released Tuesday in a voting machine company's defamation lawsuit over Fox News' coverage of former President Donald Trump's unfounded election fraud claims. In...
Gov. Walz signs bill granting driver's licenses to unauthorized immigrants in Minnesota
New opportunities have opened for the estimated 80,000 immigrants in Minnesota who have been barred from obtaining driver's licenses for more than 20 years. Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law at the Minnesota National Guard Armory in St. Paul on Tuesday that will allow unauthorized immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Now,...
Family of slain Brooklyn Park woman rebukes plea bargain offered to teen suspects
When a young mother was found slain at a Brooklyn Park apartment complex last fall, it took homicide detectives little time to unravel the case. Under the cover of darkness, charges say, two teenage boys had kicked in the door and confronted Zaria McKeever at the behest of her jealous ex-boyfriend. The 15- and 17-year-old...
FDA: Two more eyedrop brands recalled due to risks
WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials are alerting consumers about two more recalls of eyedrops due to contamination risks that could lead to vision problems and serious injury. The announcements follow a recall last month of eyedrops made in India that were linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections. One person died and...
Plymouth parents sentenced to 1 year in workhouse for neglect death of 7-year-old son
The parents of an adopted 7-year-old boy who died of neglect eight years ago received the maximum sentence of one year in custody - an appropriate punishment given their weekslong failure to intervene with medical care, the judge said. Timothy and Sarah Johnson, formerly of Plymouth but residents of New Zealand, where they moved...
Participant in prolific Minneapolis smartphone theft ring sentenced to nearly eight years
A 25-year-old St. Paul man is going to prison for being among several people who at times used violence to steal more than 100 smartphones in downtown Minneapolis and then drain money from their victims' financial apps. Aaron T. Johnson, 25, was sentenced Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court to nearly a nearly eight-year...
Survivors of deadly Mexico abduction returned to US
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico - A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and two held captive for days in a remote region of the Gulf coast before they were rescued from a wood shack, officials said Tuesday. Their minivan crashed...
Joe Biden plans new taxes on the rich to help save Medicare
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare, saying the plan would help to extend the insurance program's solvency by 25 years and provide a degree of middle-class stability to millions of older adults. In his plan, Biden is overtly declaring that the wealthy ought to shoulder a heavier tax burden. His budget would draw a...
Open Casting Call for "Reservation Dogs" Brings Thousands to Audition
TULSA, Okla.-An open casting call for the upcoming season of "Reservation Dogs" brought thousands of Indigenous people to audition at the Park Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday. The production hasn't had an open casting call since the first season, where it found several Indigenous talents who had no previous...
Native Women Less Likely to Get Mammogram, Study Shows
Breast cancer is the second deadliest cancer among women, behind lung cancer. But it's treatable when caught early, and doctors recommend regular mammogram to screen for breast cancer for women between 40 and 89 years old. Neither white women nor their Indigenous counterparts are getting mammograms as frequently as they should,...
Attorney General Ellison Launches Civil Investigation of Kia and Hyundai's Sale of Vehicles that Lack Industry-Standard, Anti-Theft Technology
March 7, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that he has launched a civil investigation into Kia and Hyundai’s sale of vehicles to Minnesota consumers that lacked industry-standard, anti-theft technology. As part of this investigation, earlier today, the Attorney General’s Office served civil investigative demands on Kia and...
American Indian College Fund Honors 35 Tribal College Students of the Year
Denver, Colo.-March 7, 2023-The American Indian College Fund honored 35 tribal college and university students with 2022-23 Student of the Year awards and scholarships, and Dr. Michael Oltrogge, President of Nebraska Indian Community College, with its 2022-23 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year at a ceremony held...
Riverview LLP abandons 21,000-animal dairy CAFO project proposed for less than 1-mile off White Earth Reservation boundary in the 1855 Treaty Territory
WHITE EARTH, MINN. – On March 6, 2023, Riverview LLP announced that it will abandon its proposed 21,000-animal dairy CAFO project, which the company planned to locate less than 1-mile away from the White Earth Reservation boundary in the 1855 Treaty Territory. The facility had proposed to appropriate 325 million gallons per year from the sacred Wild Rice River plus an...
Newest statewide air quality report underscores need for funding and action
The latest edition of Air We Breathe, a cornerstone report by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) that provides high-level data on Minnesota’s overall air quality, examines potential health risks associated with specific sources of air pollution in communities across Minnesota for the first time. The report calls for increased funding and further action to reduce ai...
St. Mary's Mission School 100th day of school fun
1st grade and Kindergarten with some 100th day of school fun. 1st grade is 100 days smarter with their 100 fruit loop necklaces....
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Warrior Offense struggles in 68-50 loss to Pine River on Parent Appreciation Night - P8
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 - P9
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...
