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RED LAKE - The Red Lake School District will not have school on Friday, April 12, 2019, due to dangerous weather conditions that started late Thursday afternoon. Other schools in Southern Minnesota had closed on Thursday because of blizzard conditions and major road closures. For Northern Minnesota, a major winter storm moving through the area will bring 4 to 8 inches of additional snow tonight into tomorrow. Heavy snow could and wind gusts to 40 mph bring low visibilities at times. There will...
Red Lake- Red Lakes Drug Task Force continued to focus their efforts in removing deadly products containing fentanyl from Red Lake communities and served another search warrant at a residence located in the Littlerock district on Monday, April 8th. Officers located over 50 grams of a controlled substance testing positive for fentanyl and confiscated approximately $10,000 cash and scales related to drug sales, hunting rifle, drug paraphernalia and located one child in the residence. This is the...
Minnesotans braced themselves for the third day of a powerful spring storm that on Thursday delivered snow, sleet, rain, hail and even dust blown in from Texas. A blizzard warning was in effect for much of western Minnesota until 10 a.m. Friday, while a winter storm warning covered a large swath of central and southern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities. http://www.startribune.com/snow-wind-making-for-treacherous-travel-in-much-of-minnesota/508426102/...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP/WCCO) — A blizzard has knocked out electricity to tens of thousands of people in the Northern Plains as a powerful storm system sweeps across the central U.S. As of 2 p.m., about 13,000 customers in southern Minnesota, 5,500 customers in South Dakota, and 5,000 in the Twin Cities are without power, according to Xcel Energy. Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy spokesman Matt Lindstrom says the main culprit of Thursday’s outages is snow and ice accumulating on power lines, combined with strong winds. The Minnesota Department of Tra...
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- The Minnesota Department of Transportation and Minnesota State Patrol have closed Interstate 94 from Moorhead to Osakis and Highway 10 from Moorhead to Audubon due to dangerous driving conditions. The roads will remain closed until conditions improve. Motorists should plan accordingly. When a road is closed it is illegal to travel in that area. Motorists can be fined up to $1,000 and/or sentenced to 90 days in jail. In addition, if travelers need to be rescued from a...
ST. PAUL, Minn – A winter storm blanketing parts of the plains and Midwest is leaving its mark on highways and interstates. According to Minnesota State Patrol, troopers responded to 150 crashes on Thursday from 5 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Ten of those crashes were with injury, while none of them were serious or fatal. Within that time frame, troopers also handled 286 vehicle spin outs and 31 jackknifed semis....
(FOX 9) - The hands-free cell phone bill is headed to the desk of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after clearing its final hurdle on a 48-12 Senate vote. The governor plans to sign the bill into law Friday, making Minnesota the 18th state to ban hand-held phone use behind the wheel. The compromise version restricts GPS use to hands-free mode – the House's position – and excludes a $250,000 traffic stop study, which the Senate had not wanted in the final version. State Rep. Frank Hornstein (DF...
(Bemidji, MN) (April 11, 2019) - Paul Bunyan Communications is excited to announce the winners of the 4th Annual Pick-it March Mania Challenge. 623 participants entered the free online contest to pick the winners of the college basketball tournament games for a chance to win a credit on a Paul Bunyan Communications account. The top 10 finishers all won a credit on their Paul Bunyan Communications account. 1st Place- Joyce Claypool, Bemidji $500 credit 2nd Place- Chris Leinen, Bemidji $250 credit...
WASHINGTON – White House officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release detainees onto the streets of "sanctuary cities" to retaliate against President Donald Trump's political adversaries, according to Department of Homeland Security officials and email messages reviewed by The Washington Post. Trump administration officials have proposed transporting detained immigrants to sanctuary cities at least twice in the past six months - once in November, as a migrant c...
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Coach Scott Sandelin isn't taking Minnesota Duluth's third consecutive trip to the Frozen Four championship game for granted because of how difficult it is to get there. It wasn't easy for the Bulldogs once again in pulling out a 4-1 victory over Providence in a tightly contested game they sealed by scoring two empty-net goals in the final 33 seconds Thursday night. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-duluth-beats-providence-4-1-in-ncaa-semifinals/508463902/...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., fresh from defending her outspoken approach as a new member of Congress on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," faced criticism Thursday on the cover of Rupert Murdoch's New York Post, with an image of the twin towers burning in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Some Omar allies immediately accused the newspaper of "inciting more fear and hatred" - a day after Omar took to Twitter to voice concerns about her personal safety after an earlier attack on Fox...
A Hopkins man has been charged with selling fentanyl and other drugs that killed 11 people and harmed four. According to a federal indictment issued Thursday, Aaron Rhy Broussard, 28, bought drugs from China-based suppliers, then repackaged and sold them domestically from 2014 to 2016. He marketed the substances online at sites such as PlantFoodUSA.Net and distributed them to people using U.S. mail and a postal service "Click-N-Ship" account, authorities say. http://www.start...
NEW YORK - Walmart says it's buying San Francisco-based ad tech startup Polymorph Labs as it looks to better compete with rival online juggernaut Amazon in targeting shoppers online. The world's largest retailer has been quietly building its own advertising business with a unit called Walmart Media Group, though that business is still smaller than Amazon's. http://www.startribune.com/walmart-buys-ad-tech-startup/508448042/...
BEMIDJI -- Multiple crashes were reported in the Bemidji area as a winter storm descended Thursday afternoon. The winter storm was pummeling most of Minnesota, as well as South and North Dakota on Thursday, leading to multiple accidents and road closures. Visibility dropped to near zero in some areas throughout the evening in the Bemidji region. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/weather/4598023-updated-winter-storm-pummels-region-multiple-crashes-reported-no-travel-advised...
BEMIDJI-Some Bemidji Area Schools students got a taste of Ojibwe language and culture Thursday. Gordon Maajiigwaneyaash Jourdain's first language is Ojibwemowin and he teaches at Duluth Public Schools' Missabekong Ojibwe Immersion Program. Jourdain is an experienced storyteller who speaks more-or-less extemporaneously, and he spent most of Thursday regaling students at Bemidji Middle School and Gene Dillon Elementary with tales from his youth. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/n...
Charles Everett Goodwin, 33, of Bemidji has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony domestic assault. A second felony domestic assault charge was dropped in a plea agreement. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/crime-and-courts/4596645-bemidji-man-sentenced-domestic-assault-dl...
(GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 11, 2019) - The National Native American Hall of Fame has announced the 12 individuals who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2019. They will be honored at an Induction Ceremony on Saturday, November 2 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The ceremony will celebrate these 12 individuals, their accomplishments, and what they have meant to Indigenous peoples across the globe. The 12 inductees are: Lucy Covington (d. 1982), Colville; Ada Deer,...
On Monday, April 8th, 2019 the Red Lake Boys & Girls Club kicked off National Boys & Girls Club Week. Invited on Monday were keynote speakers from Red Lake Fire Department, Red Lake Police Department, Red Lake EMT and Wellness Counselors to speak about safety, careers and education. National Boys & Girls Club Week - April 8-12, 2019 https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT59owQFKVKRy8cJPeW7JxBYSjuzp0-fqtEgMnfUcmD1XdUrlxb5JVefZm2SB-Y2yFhRdeQp4fVbuOn/pub A Round Dance Social was held on...
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...
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...
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...
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 - 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...
Prior Lake, Minn. – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) today announced more than $2 million in grants to 12 tribes and nonprofit organizations in Minnesota and across the United States. The SMSC’s donations will help fund several projects, including building a new community space for Native artists and cultural practitioners, expanding an early childhood learning center, and supporting business development for tribal gaming enterprises. “Each of these projects seeks to help Native communities thrive economically, socially or cultu...
