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Red Lake, by far Minnesota's largest inland lake, was declared infested Monday after zebra mussel larvae were located in troubling numbers during monitoring. The discovery in Upper Red Lake prompted a state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) expert to concede that adult reproduction there is a near certainty. Until this confirmation, the combined Upper and Lower Red lakes had been the last of the state's major walleye lakes to avoid infestation by a significant invasive species, the DNR...
From KKCQ Radio Fosston 8A East Championship – #1 Cass Lake Bena 84 vs. #3 Red Lake 41 The Cass Lake-Bena Panthers never trailed as they advanced to the Section 8A Championship game. The Panthers closed the first half on a 32-4 run and took a 41-12 lead into halftime. Cass Lake-Bena connected on 14 three pointers from seven different players as they improved their overall record to 28-1. The only loss suffered by Cass Lake-Bena came on February 5th when they lost at home to Mahnomen/Waubun 6...
THIEF RIVER FALLS -- The Cass Lake-Bena boys basketball team is proving that last season was no fluke. After dethroning the longtime Section 8A kings of Red Lake a year ago, the Panthers moved one step closer to a section repeat on Monday with a dominant 84-41 semifinal win over the Warriors at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/sports/basketball/4583388-boys-basketball-panthers-rout-red-lake-8a-east-subsection-crown...
The Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate on Monday voted to extend a state program aimed at curbing health care premiums for residents who purchase plans through the individual market, setting the stage for a clash with Democrats over the best approach for lowering costs. The reinsurance program, launched in 2017, uses a combination of state and federal funds to offset health insurer costs for covering plan participants with high medical bills. It has been credited with helping lower premium...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of zebra mussel larvae in Red Lake in Beltrami County after studying samples gathered last summer by biologists from the Red Lake Nation. The DNR has been working in partnership with the Red Lake Nation for over 10 years to monitor zooplankton in Red Lake and will continue to work closely with the tribe to respond to this discovery. Zebra mussel larvae, called veligers, typically indicate the presence of a reproducing population of zebra mussels. No adult zebra mussels...
Republicans in the Minnesota Senate voted down a measure Monday to legalize marijuana for recreational use, abruptly ending debate on the subject - for now. State Sen. Warren Limmer, R-Maple Grove, who gave the bill a hearing as chairman of the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, said after the 6-3 vote that testimony from law enforcement, health experts and former Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Ed Ehlinger persuaded him that legalization is a bad idea....
CARACAS, Venezuela - The United States announced late Monday that it is pulling the remaining staff from its embassy in Venezuela, citing the deteriorating situation in the South American nation. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the decision as Venezuela struggles to restore electricity following four days of blackouts around the country and a deepening political crisis. http://www.startribune.com/power-station-blast-adds-to-sense-of-chaos-in-venezuela/506984752/...
The Vikings earnestly began their effort to address their tenuous salary cap situation as the NFL's free agency negotiating window opened Monday, with a series of widely expected moves that netted them an extra $4.93 million in cap space, and they used some of that space to add to their defensive line. The highest draft pick of the Mike Zimmer era, meanwhile, appeared set to bolt for the big city. http://www.startribune.com/vikings-decline-andrew-sendejo-s-option-as-free-agen...
John Paul Roy September 29, 1959 - March 09, 2019 John Paul Roy, age 59, of Mahnomen, MN, died on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at his home, Mahnomen, MN. John Paul was born September 29, 1959, in White Earth, MN, the son of George and Patricia (Smith) Roy. His Indian name was "Anishinaabewininii", original man. John attended school in Detroit Lakes, MN, and Mahnomen. Following his schooling, he entered the work force. Over the years, John Paul was a self-employed construction worker, mainly hanging...
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Monday that the strong U.S. economy is masking the struggles of many families in lower-income communities. Powell said those communities still have not recovered from the declines in home values that occurred when the housing bubble burst more than a decade ago. http://www.startribune.com/powell-says-strong-economy-hiding-struggles-of-poor-families/507004982/...
The cost of deploying wind and solar energy continued to decline significantly in Minnesota last year, and wind - even without federal tax subsidies - may be the state's cheapest source of new electricity. Those conclusions were included in a report released Monday by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which annually surveys the U.S. power generation sector for the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, an industry-led group. http://www.startribune.com/cost-of-adding-new-wind-so...
Minnesotans are getting hit high and low this winter. First, ice dams piled up on roofs, threatening to chew their way into the attic. Now, a major storm moving across the state is expected to dump a couple of inches of rain on top of the snowpack and frozen ground, threatening to flood basements. http://www.startribune.com/spring-is-coming-minnesota-lawmakers-call-for-40m-in-additional-disaster-relief-money-amid-flood-fears/506989322/...
MADISON, Wis. — A judge has sentenced a California woman to three years in prison for shipping methamphetamine to the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's reservation in northern Wisconsin. Sixty-nine-year-old Rita Witter of Fremont, California, pleaded guilty in January to one count of distribute narcotics. U.S. District Judge William Conley in Madison handed down her sentence Thursday. Prosecutors announced the sentencing Monday. http://www.startribune.com/woman-gets-3-years-for-sending-meth-to-red-cliff-reservation/...
A bill that would have made recreational marijuana legal in Minnesota was voted down by a margin of 6-3 in the Minnesota Senate's Judiciary Committee Monday. KSTP's Tom Hauser reports the vote came after testimony on both sides of the issue. https://kstp.com/politics/bill-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana-use-fails-in-state-senate-committee/5275090/?fbclid=IwAR3bIThQQi8LGX3AxWQAXL52CxgUtI9MuYByDHdbELRwHRk3sR1b282LPig#.XIbwzpzIILA.facebook...
St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is encouraging farmers to take part in its annual pesticide and fertilizer use survey. This year the phone survey is directed at wheat and hay growers. The data helps the MDA track the use of agricultural chemicals on Minnesota farms and provides guidance to educational and research programs. The survey should begin March 18 and be completed by April 5. Questions will focus on the 2018 growing season and survey farmers on pesticide and fertilizer applications on wheat and hay grown in...
WASHINGTON – Today President Donald Trump proposed a $936.3 million Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The BIE’s primary mission is to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s need for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the wide diversity of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes as distinct cultural and governmental entities. For the first time in its history, the BIE’s budget request is being pre...
WASHINGTON – Today President Donald Trump proposed a $1.9 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget for Indian Affairs, which, for this request, includes only the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs. The Bureau of Indian Education’s (BIE) budget request is presented separately. The primary mission of Indian Affairs is to honor the nation’s trust, treaty and programmatic responsibilities to American Indians and Alaska Natives, and to improve the quality of life in Indian Country. These objecti...
Quick Facts Exhibit: "Zibaaska' iganagoodday: The Jingle Dress at 100" Dates: April 3, 2019-Oct. 31, 2020 Location: Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post, 43411 Oodena Dr., Onamia, MN 56359 Cost: Included with general museum admission - $10 adults, $8 seniors, veterans/active military, college students, $6 ages 5-17, free for age 4 and under and for MNHS members and Mille Lacs Band members One hundred years ago in 1918-1919 when the global influenza pandemic killed millions worldwide,...
The Native Cinema Showcase in New York will take place at the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, March 29–31. The three-day celebration of films by Indigenous filmmakers will serve as a preview of the museum’s annual showcase every August in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This year’s theme is “narrative sovereignty.” A combination of full-length features and shorts, dramas and music videos, the films represent contemporary perspectives and themes of Indigenous people as they experience the world. All screenings are free,...
BEMIDJI, MN – Are you a knowledge keeper, contemporary artist or traditional artist interested in making public art? The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, along with an Indigenous Public Art Selection Committee, invites artists’ proposals for new public artwork to be placed in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden or a location on the Walker campus. An information session about this call for art will take place in Bemidji. On March 30 from 2 – 4 p.m., Nisa Mackie, director and curator of education and public programs for the Walker Art Cente...
From KKCQ Radio: 8A Section Championship – #1 Red Lake 74 vs. #1 Stephen Argyle 59 The Red Lake Warriors took a 3-0 lead five seconds into the game and never looked back as they are headed to the State Tournament for the second time in three years. Gerika Kingbird got the opening tap and got fouled scoring on a layup just five seconds into the game to get the Warriors off and rolling. Kingbird made the free throw to finish the three-point play and Red Lake led 3-0. The Storm would take a 4-3 l...
From KKCQ Radio 8A East Semifinal – #3 Red Lake 46 vs. #2 Win-E-Mac 43 Red Lake: (18-10) 16 turnovers 15 of 23 at the free throw line Justin Barrett 15 points/9 of 10 at the free throw line David Smith 9 points Mark Kingbird 7 points (2 three pointers) Win-E-Mac: (22-7) 10 turnovers 3 of 8 at the free throw line Bryer Storm 14 points (4 three pointers) Gavin Walker 8 points Mason Spry 7 points...
RED LAKE - The Red Lake Warriors hosted their first round of the Boys 8A East Sub-Section Tournament on Thursday, March 7, 2019, playing against the Blackduck Drakes. Although Red Lake had defeated Blackduck twice during the regular season, the Drakes played well and trailed the Warriors by just 2 points at the end of the first half, 25-23. The Warriors outscored Blackduck in the second half, and coupled with a height advantage, held on to win 62-54 and move on to the next round which will be...
From KKCQ Radio in Fosston 8A East Championship – #2 Fosston 47 vs. #1 Red Lake 58 The Red Lake Warriors jumped out to an 8-0 lead and never trailed enroute to the win over Fosston. The victory puts the Lady Warriors into the Section 8A championmship game on Friday, March 8th against Stephen-Argyle (7:00 pm on 96.7 FM). The Greyhounds scored their first points with 14:46 remaining in the first half and eventually cut the deficit to two at 11-9. That would be as close as the Greyhounds would g...
FROM KKCQ SPORTS 8A East Semifinal – #5 Kelliher Northome 34 at #1 Red Lake 75 The top seeded Red Lake Warriors ended the first half on a 20-3 run enroute to their win over Kelliher/Northome. It was the third win for the Warriors over the Mustangs this season. Autumn Holthusen led the Lady Warriors with 20 points as Red Lake improved to 19-7 overall. Gerika Kingbird connected on four three pointers and scored 17 points for Red Lake with Angel McClain pitching in with 19 points for the Warriors....
