Articles from the March 21, 2013 edition
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Christine (Fairbanks) Pederson
Christine (Fairbanks) Pederson, age 75 of St. Paul Christine passed into the spirit world peacefully on Sunday March 17, 2013, after a 4 year struggle with leukemia. Christine was born in Deer River Minnesota and attended school at the Flandreau Indian School. At various times in her life, she lived on the Leech Lake Indian...
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Out and About in the Storm of March 18, 2013 - P12
Out and About in the Storm of March 18, 2013 - P12...
Out and About in the Storm of March 18, 2013 - P13
Out and About in the Storm of March 18, 2013 - P13...
Out and About in the Storm of March 18, 2013 - P14
Out and About in the Storm of March 18, 2013 - P14...
Out and About in the Storm of March 18, 2013 - P15
Out and About in the Storm of March 18, 2013 - P15...
Out and About in the Storm of March 18, 2013 - P16
Out and About in the Storm of March 18, 2013 - P16...
Friday Night Mixed Doubles - Week 28 of 31 - 03/15/2013
Friday Night Mixed Doubles - Week 28 of 31 - 03/15/2013...
Leech Lake Youth Sports Raffle Winners
32" Vizio TV - Frank/Nicole Brun Moondance Jam Tickets - Jolene Headbird Fish House - Josie Whitefeather Star Quilt - Ronald Kingbird Moondance Country Jam Tickets - Dave Fineday Moondance Jam Tickets - Dave Conner Thank you all who bought tickets and helped sell tickets....
Inaugural cohort of Native American-language teachers completes master's degrees, now pursuing state teaching licenses
The 12 graduates of this unique St. Thomas program received an eagle feather along with their diploma last June. They now are headed for teaching jobs. Minneapolis, Minn. -- A dozen Minnesota educators have completed an inaugural University of St. Thomas program designed to help American Indian students academically and to preserve endangered Dakota and Ojibwe languages. The...
Lawmakers push to keep state health care program
ST. PAUL – Thousands of lower-income Minnesotans could continue to get health insurance from the state even as major reforms take root under a plan lawmakers moved forward Wednesday....
Coupon error lands local bar on 'Tonight Show'
BEMIDJI – At first, Derek Kringen was upset about the obvious errors on the coupon for his bar, Lazy Jack’s....
Two taken to the hospital following violent rollover crash
BEMIDJI – The impact of a Chevy Monte Carlo slamming into a snow bank was brutal enough to rip the front bumper from the car, and knock a man unconscious. Two people were taken to the hospital following the car’s rollover in Northern Township Wednesday night. A man taken from the flipped, newer model Monte Carlo was...
Two arrested after refusing to stop for police
Two men were taken into custody, one on an outstanding warrant, after refusing to stop for police Wednesday afternoon....
Carver County ranked Minn.'s healthiest county
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Carver County is ranked as Minnesota's healthiest county in a new report while Cass County is at the bottom of the list. The 2013 County Health Rankings were released Wednesday by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Counties were ranked on such factors as smoking, obesity, physical inactivity...
12-year-old boy arrested in Minn. school lockdown
NEW PRAGUE, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in Minnesota have arrested a 12-year-old boy in what they say was a prank call that prompted a school lockdown....
Teens rule mobile Web, parents play catch-up
For a snapshot of the mobile future, look no further than 16-year-old Lara Breedlove....
School-shooting hoax means tense morning for New Prague
Krystal Sierra wanted to escape the specter of mass shootings when she moved her family from Colorado to the quiet Scott County community of New Prague about a month ago....
Report: Big banks' payday loans creates debt cycle
Some of the nation’s largest banks are providing short-term loans with interest rates of up to 300 percent, driving borrowers into a cycle of debt, according to a new report from the Center for Responsible Lending....
Minnesota health insurance exchange becomes law
Minnesota has a new online health insurance marketplace, with a new name: MNsure....
The cost of being single adds up for women
Over a lifetime, unmarried women can pay as much as a million dollars more than their married counterparts for health care, taxes, and more, thanks to more than 1,000 laws that provide legal/financial benefits to married couples. Here are a few of the biggest ways, according to the Atlantic, that singles get the short end of the financial stick....
