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  • Rose LaVonne Bush

    Mar 26, 2019
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    Rose LaVonne Bush August 1, 1968 - March 24, 2019 Rose LaVonne Bush, 50, of Duluth, Minnesota, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2019 in Bagley, MN. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Cease Funeral Home in Bagley, MN. A time of gathering will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Pine Bend Cemetery in the spring. The Cease Family Funeral Home of Bagley assisted the family with arrangements. Rose was born prematurely, due to a fair...

  • Democrats ask for Mueller files; GOP exclaims 'Move on'

    Mar 26, 2019

    WASHINGTON — House Democrats pressed the Justice Department Monday to provide the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller even as Republicans gleefully called for them to "move on" from the Russia investigation. President Donald Trump accused those responsible for launching Mueller's probe of "treasonous things against our country" and said they "certainly will be looked into." Trump said the release of Mueller's full report "wouldn't bother me at all," and Democrats quickly put that statement to the test, demanding that his a...

  • In Minneapolis, a bold plan to help homeless schoolchildren takes shape

    Mar 26, 2019

    Minneapolis is launching its most aggressive effort yet to help homeless students succeed in school at a time when homelessness in Minnesota is at a record high. The new Stable Homes, Stable Schools pilot program, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, will provide rental assistance and intensive social services to the families of about 650 students in Minneapolis Public Schools over the next three years. Officials plan to house the first group of families next month....

  • Record flood concerns gradually giving way in Minnesota

    Mar 26, 2019

    So far so good. After warning that much of Minnesota could face historic flooding this spring, meteorologists now are relishing a "pretty much ideal melt," with neither rain nor sleet nor snow on the horizon to dampen that picture. Warm days, cool nights and little to no precipitation have led to a gradual thaw across much of southern and central Minnesota, keeping floodwaters along the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers from overwhelming adjacent towns. http://www.startribune....

  • Minnesota House GOP proposes crackdown on fraud in child-care program

    Mar 26, 2019

    Republicans have proposed a sweeping crackdown on illegal overbilling in Minnesota's publicly funded child-care assistance program while accusing DFL leadership of being soft on fraud in social service programs. Minnesota House Republicans on Monday proposed nearly 50 changes in state law intended to combat fraud in the Child Care Assistance Program following revelations that the program lacks adequate controls to prevent fraudulent providers from overbilling for millions of dollars. The...

  • Minnesota House Democrats trim Gov. Tim Walz's budget

    Mar 26, 2019

    Democratic leaders in the Minnesota House unveiled a two-year budget Monday that trims Gov. Tim Walz’s overall spending plan while using new taxes on corporations to help pay for education and other programs. The Democratic majority in the House announced a $47.8 billion spending limit for the next two-year budget. That’s about $1.5 billion less than Walz’s last proposal. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-house-democrats-trim-walz-budget/507638112/...

  • Farm income in Minnesota fell 8 percent last year, worst year since early 1980s

    Mar 26, 2019

    The trade war and bad spring weather hit Minnesota farmers while they were already down in 2018, leaving them with their least profitable year in three decades. Median farm income in 2018 was $26,055, down 8 percent from 2017, capping off a half-decade run of poor years for farming after the boom of the early 2010s, according to a new report from the University of Minnesota Extension. http://www.startribune.com/farm-income-in-minnesota-fell-8-percent-last-year-worst-year-since-early-1980s/507632382/...

  • Man with explosives and guns in U-Haul arrested in Eden Prairie

    Mar 26, 2019

    Eden Prairie police investigating a call about a suspicious person arrested a man Monday after finding stolen firearms and material that could be used to make explosives in the U-Haul he was driving. A resident who knew the 25-year-old suspect from St. Paul called police just before 6 a.m. to say the man showed up at his residence on the 18000 block of Erin Bay, and then left and started driving around the area in a U-Haul pickup truck, according to a statement from the Eden Prairie Police Department. http://www.startribune....

  • Linked by pain: 2 school massacre survivors, dad kill selves

    Mar 26, 2019

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Tragedies like the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High and Sandy Hook Elementary school massacres eventually fade from view, blunted by other mass shootings and the passage of time. But for the survivors, the pain can never end. The father of a Sandy Hook victim killed himself Monday, just days after two Stoneman Douglas students also took their lives. The Florida deaths have officials in Parkland and nearby Coral Springs renewing their communities' focus on the suicide...

  • BP: Sentencing retrial begins for accomplice in Downwind death

    Mar 26, 2019

    BEMIDJI—More than three years after the crime, a jury trial started Monday to determine whether one of the men convicted in the aftermath of Rose Downwind's death can receive a new sentencing. Brandon Joseph Rossbach, 34, was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison in 2016 after he was convicted of aiding an offender after the fact. The new trial came about after an appeals court ruled in April 2018 that there was an error in the process of Rossbach's first trial. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4589667-sentencing-retr...

  • Patrick Michael Gurneau (Grenade),

    Mar 26, 2019

    Patrick Michael Gurneau (Grenade), age 69, is a member of the Red Lake Nation. Patrick was born on March 16, 1950 in Red Lake, Minnesota to Alice Gurneau and Leroy Whitefeather of Redby, Minnesota. He began his journey to the spirit world on March 16, 2019 from Silver Hills Hospice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Patrick enlisted in the Army as a young man. He entered the Jump School at Fort Benning Georgia and received his wings as a US Army Airborne Trooper. Patrick's assignment led him to...

  • Damar selected as Beltrami Electric Cooperative 2019 Youth Tour representative

    Mar 26, 2019

    Beltrami Electric is pleased to announce that Willow Damar of Walker has been selected as the cooperative's 2019 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour representative. She will join hundreds of high school students representing their cooperatives on an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., June 10-15, 2019. This trip is part of an annual Youth Tour sponsored by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA) and Beltrami Electric...

  • With fewer kids vaccinated, more Minnesota schools are vulnerable to measles and chickenpox

    Mar 26, 2019

    The number of Minnesota schools with low kindergarten vaccination rates for measles and chickenpox has grown sharply in the last five years, prompting concern among state health officials that they are vulnerable to outbreaks of the highly contagious diseases. One-third of Minnesota schools had kindergarten vaccination rates below the level required for "herd immunity," according to a Star Tribune analysis of 1,110 elementary schools. http://www.startribune.com/with-fewer-kid...

  • Indiana Teachers Were Shot With Pellets During Active-Shooter Drill, Union Says

    Mar 26, 2019

    How realistic should active-shooter trainings be? Not as lifelike as a drill at an Indiana elementary school in January, according to teachers there, whose union says they were shot with plastic pellets that caused welts, cuts and bruises. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/indiana-teachers-shot.html...

  • Health officials to share results of innovative, community-level opioid prevention projects

    Event Minnesota Department of Health Opioid Prevention News Conference and Facebook live broadcast at www.facebook.com/mnhealth Date/Time Tuesday, March 26, 2019, Noon Location CHI St. Gabriel’s Hospital/Unity Specialty Center, Franciscan Room, 815 Second Street SE, Little Falls (enter through door 13) Facebook live broadcast www.facebook.com/mnhealth Background The Minnesota Department of Health and community partners will announce preliminary results of the Opioid Community Prevention Pilot Projects. The news conference will highlight how L...

  • Bemidji Jaycees donate to the Bemidji Community Food Shelf

    Mar 26, 2019

    On Thursday, March 21st 2019, the Bemidji Jaycees made a $2,000.00 donation to the Bemidji Community Food Shelf. Funds for this donation were made possible from the Bemidji Jaycees' Brrrmidji Plunge, held in conjunction with Hockey Day MN, on January 19th, 2019. Pictured on behalf of the Bemidji Jaycees is President Josh Peterson (pictured left) and Amber Hynes (pictured middle) and pictured on behalf of the Bemidji Community Food Shelf is Mary Mitchell (pictured right), Executive Director of...

  • Assistant Secretary Tara Mac Lean Sweeney Reopens Improved, Expanded Santa Rosa Ranch School

    Mar 26, 2019

    SELLS, Ariz. – Today, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Mac Lean Sweeney reopened the Santa Rosa Ranch School (SRRS), located on the Tohono O’odham Nation reservation. The school provides education for grades K-8 and serves approximately 66 students. The school had been closed since December 13, 2018, when the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) leadership and safety personnel identified several high priority deficiencies during a campus walk-through. “I am proud to return to the Santa Rosa Ranch School after working closely with Tohon...

  • Tubing Trip to Buena Vista on Saturday, March 23, 2019 - P2

    Mary Omen|Mar 26, 2019

    Tubing Trip to Buena Vista on Saturday, March 23, 2019...

  • Minneota defeats Red Lake 66-46 in first 1A quarterfinal - P13

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 26, 2019

    It took some improvisation, but Minneota was finally able to pull away from Red Lake in the Class 1A quarterfinals Thursday at Maturi Pavilion. After falling behind by 10 points early in the first half, the Vikings made adjustments and rallied for a 66-46 victory over the Warriors. "We knew Red Lake played a very disruptive defense," Minneota coach Chad Johnston said. "They pressure you all the time. You can't really duplicate that in practice. For about three-fourths of the game, we ran a new...

  • Minneota defeats Red Lake 66-46 in first 1A quarterfinal - P14

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 26, 2019

    It took some improvisation, but Minneota was finally able to pull away from Red Lake in the Class 1A quarterfinals Thursday at Maturi Pavilion. After falling behind by 10 points early in the first half, the Vikings made adjustments and rallied for a 66-46 victory over the Warriors. "We knew Red Lake played a very disruptive defense," Minneota coach Chad Johnston said. "They pressure you all the time. You can't really duplicate that in practice. For about three-fourths of the game, we ran a new...

  • Red Lake Warriors season ends as Cass Lake wins Section 8A East Championship 84-41 - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 26, 2019

    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...

  • Red Lake Lady Warriors overwhelm Stephen-Argyle Storm 74-59 in Section 8A Championship - P12

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 26, 2019

    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...

  • Red Lake Warriors eliminate Blackduck 62-54 in first round of Boys 8A East Sub-Section Tournament - P13

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 26, 2019

    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...

  • ATTENTION FISHERMEN - RESOLUTION NO. 54-07

    Mar 26, 2019

    ATTENTION FISHERMEN RESOLUTION NO. 54-07 Pursuant to Tribal Resolution 54-07, the Red Lake walleye season is scheduled to end on the last Saturday in March. Therefore, the Red Lake walleye season will close March 30, 2019 at midnight. The walleye season does not close in the Red Lake River below the dam. When fishing below the dam in the Red Lake River the following regulations apply: - Daily bag limit is 10 walleyes per day. - Possession limit is 30 walleyes per Red Lake member. Fish are in...

  • Lady Warriors advance to 8A Section Championship, beating Fosston 58-47 - P15

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Mar 26, 2019

    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...

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