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Congratulations to LeAnn Kingbird, February Subway Employee of the Month. Staff members receive a $100 reward for exceeding expectations in their position. "I really enjoy rewarding staff for going above and beyond at work," said Allen, G.M. of Red Lake Trading Post. Enjoy a fresh bowl of Soup today from Subway!! Due to the COVID-19 Virus Subway is take-out only and we request your assistance in only having 5 customers inside the store at anytime. Thank for your cooperation and stay SAFE! Hand...
Gary Bailey of Williams, MN, was able to walk down the next road on March 23, 2020. He was lovingly taken care of for nearly four years at the Lakewood Care Center in Baudette, MN. Gary was born on July 28, 1948 in Minneapolis, MN, to Katherine Bailey. His mom later married Thomas Duderstadt who was in the United State Air Force. He lived many places growing up, including Redby, Bemidji, Mississippi, Kwajalein, and graduated high school from the Philippines. He joined the US Army soon after...
Minnesota recorded its second death from COVID-19 and its biggest single-day jump in confirmed cases on Thursday, underscoring the seriousness of the outbreak and the recent government "stay-at-home" order that takes effect at 11:59 p.m. Friday to combat the spread of the illness. Both deaths involved Ramsey County residents in the 80s age range, though the cases are not related, the Minnesota Department of Health reported Thursday. https://www.startribune.com/second-minnesot...
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More than 10,000 Minnesota health care workers have applied for unemployment assistance in the last 10 days, more than quadruple the number who applied for the financial assistance in all of last year. The state's health care system prepares to ramp up to peak capacity in coming weeks as 15% of people who contract COVID-19 end up in the hospital and 5% require intensive care. Yet the order from Gov. Tim Walz indefinitely postponing all nonessential or elective surgeries and procedures as of...
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that federal officials are developing guidelines to rate counties by risk of virus spread, as he aims to begin to ease nationwide guidelines meant to stem the coronavirus outbreak. In a letter to the nation's governors, Trump said the new guidelines are meant to enable state and local leaders to make "decisions about maintaining, increasing, or relaxing social distancing and other measures they have put in place." States and municipalities would...
Minnesota lawmakers taking extraordinary precautions to maintain social distancing voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve an additional $330 million to fight the coronavirus pandemic and help people and businesses struggling financially. The emergency package followed earlier passage of two separate measures of $200 million and $21 million, bringing the state's total response to more than $550 million to slow the spread of COVID-19. Legislative leaders said more may be in the offing....
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is threatening legal action against local TV stations in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin if they don't pull a Democratic anti-Trump commercial that uses clips of the president talking about the coronavirus outbreak. The campaign says the ad is false. Priorities USA Action Fund, the Democratic super political action committee that created the 30-second spot and supported Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, responded...
Delta Air Lines temporarily ended Minnesota's direct connections to Hawaii and most places overseas, including Canada, part of the ongoing reduction in its flight capacity as demand continues to weaken for air travel. Delta, the dominant carrier at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, ended its daily direct flight to Honolulu on Thursday. The carrier last week said it was reducing its overall capacity by 70%, and would park 600 of its approximately 900 airplanes as demand for travel...
WASHINGTON - The coronavirus is taking a growing toll on the U.S. military, and commanders and senior officials are bracing for worse. From nuclear missile fields at home to war zones abroad, from flight lines to ships at sea, the Pentagon is striving to shield vital missions even as it faces urgent calls for help on the civilian front. Training exercises big and small, including one of the largest in Europe since the end of the Cold War, have been curtailed. Army recruiting stations have...
TORONTO - Canada has told the Trump administration that a proposal to put troops at the U.S.-Canada border amid the pandemic is entirely unnecessary and would damage relations between the two longtime allies. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government has been in discussions with the White House about convincing the U.S. not to do it. https://www.startribune.com/canada-tells-us-not-to-put-troops-at-border-during-pandemic/569128692/...
WASHINGTON – Today, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney announced that the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) published its Standards, Assessments and Accountability System (SAAS) Final Rule under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The SAAS Rule will provide the BIE with the ability to operate under a single unified assessment system intended to bolster professional development and student performance. This framework and consistency across the 23 states where BIE funded schools are located is critical to improving services a...
Good Morning Media Partners in the Greater Bemidji Area, The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office Emergency Communications Center has been processing numerous non-emergency calls from the public with questions regarding COVID-19 and what permissible activity is under the latest Governor's Executive Order. Please relay to the public NOT to call the Emergency Communications Center with inquiries on what people can and cannot do, but rather view information available at numerous websites including: the Beltrami County Webiste click on COVID-19...
Due to COVID-19 there are some things to consider when it comes to Solid Waste: Landfill: Effective 28 March, 2020 the Demo Landfill will be closed except for times listed below: New Hours: Open Friday, April 3, (10:00 – 2:00) Open Friday, April 10, (10:00 – 2:00) I am assuming after the 10th we will be open Tuesday-Saturday (7:45 to 3:45) If you have a 3 or more Roll-Off boxes that need to get emptied we can support this by request from 10 to 2 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday as well by calling Jared at 218-333-8187 the day prior that you nee...
The Minnesota Department of Health issued this statement today acknowledging the state’s second confirmed death from COVID-19. We are saddened to report that a second Minnesotan has died from a confirmed case of COVID-19. As with the first death announced March 21, this second death involved a resident of Ramsey County in their 80s. We will provide any additional information that is available on this death during the afternoon media briefing call. We share our condolences with the family and friends of the deceased person, and we will c...
St. Paul – Minnesota lost 4,900 private sector jobs and gained 400 government sector jobs in February, prior to significant impacts from COVID-19 on Minnesota employment numbers, according to seasonally adjusted figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Minnesota’s unemployment rate dipped down one tenth of a percentage point in February to 3.1% . Similarly, the national unemployment rate ticked down one tenth of a percentage point in February to 3.5% . “It’s important to note that Fe...
As reported by KKCQ Sports Radio, top seed and defending state champion Minneota (31-1) scored the first seven points of the game and didn't look back, securing a 57-37 win over Red Lake (21-10) on Thursday in the 2020 MSHSL Class A Girls Basketball Tournament quarterfinals played at Maturi Pavilion on the campus of the University of Minnesota. The Vikings, seeking their third state title since 2013 and making their ninth state tournament run, will head to the state semifinals to face the...
As reported by KKCQ Sports Radio, top seed and defending state champion Minneota (31-1) scored the first seven points of the game and didn't look back, securing a 57-37 win over Red Lake (21-10) on Thursday in the 2020 MSHSL Class A Girls Basketball Tournament quarterfinals played at Maturi Pavilion on the campus of the University of Minnesota. The Vikings, seeking their third state title since 2013 and making their ninth state tournament run, will head to the state semifinals to face the...
FROM KKCQ SPORTS The Red Lake Warriors overcame foul trouble and a halftime deficit to win their third Section 8A championship in the last four years. With the Warriors trailing 21-20 at halftime, they scored the first six points of the second half to take a 26-21 lead, a lead they would not give up. Junior Kelanna McClain fouled out with 3:01 left in the game, but the Warriors were able to hold off a late charge by the Gators. Autumn Holthusen connected on four three pointers as Red Lake...
FROM KKCQ SPORTS Despite having two of their top players foul out during regulation, the Blackduck Drakes were able to advance in the East Sub-Section 8A Tournament with a thrilling overtime win over the Red Lake Warriors. Dylan Moen scored 20 points and Ethan Merrill added 19 for Blackduck as the Drakes improve to 19-8. Delwyn Holthusen had a huge game for the Warriors as he scored 30 points and pulled down 26 rebounds as the Warriors end their season at 15-12. Blackduck will play Cass...
Red Lake Warriors advance in Section 8A Boys Basketball Tournament with 69-65 win over Kelliher-Northome Will play Blackduck on Saturday, March 7th at the REA in Thief River Falls...
The Red Lake Warriors withstood a furious rally from the Fosston Greyhounds to earn a berth in the Section 8A Championship game on Friday night. With Red Lake leading by 19 points at 38-19, the Greyhounds closed the first half with a 6-0 run and trailed the Warriors 38-25 at halftime. The Greyhounds would eventually get to within one point at 47-46, but the Warriors responded with a quick 8-0 run to take back command of the game. Gerika Kingbird led the Warriors with 27 points as Red Lake...
THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN – The Red Lake Lady Warriors had their work cut out for them in the second round of the Girls Section 8A Tournament, where they would be playing without one of their key players, Autumn Holthusen. Holthusen had 2 technical fouls called on her in Thursday night's game against Goodridge-Grygla resulting in a one game suspension. But Coach Randy Holthusen's game plan called for the rest of the team to step-up their game and that was exactly what they did. The girls ran hard a...
RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors played Nevis on the road on January 21, 2020, and defeated them 75-66. It was a little different when Red Lake hosted them on Friday, February 28th. Four Nevis players were in double figures that night, and some of them were deadly on 3-pointers. Red Lake trailed 29-25 in the first half, and in the second just couldn't make up enough ground to overtake Nevis. Eddie Kramer led Nevis with 17, Derek Lindow and Luke Dewulf each added 16 and Ty Harrington hit for...
RED LAKE, MN - On December 12, 2019, the Red Lake Lady Warriors played the Goodridge/Grygla Chargers at the NCTC Tournament, losing 59-53. It was a different story on Thursday, February 27, 2020 when the two clashed in the opening round of Class A - Section 8 Girls Basketball in Red Lake. Goodridge/Grygla, seeded #6 in the tournament, scored first in the game and built up a 6-2 lead early, until the Lady Warriors, seeded #3, tied the score and went ahead 9-8 at the 12:28 mark of the first half....