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Sheldon Mason Born: Sat., Jul. 27, 1974 Died: Mon., Apr. 13, 2015 Visitation 3:00 PM Fri., Apr. 17, 2015 Location: Red Lake Community Center Funeral Service 2:00 PM Sat., Apr. 18, 2015 Location: Red Lake Community Center Sheldon Mason, 40, of Red Lake passed away Monday, April 13, 2015 at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born July 23, 1974 in Wenatchee, Washington, the son of Paul and Debra Grace (Burt) Mason, Sr. Sheldon lived and met his wife Christy Jourdain in Red...
ST. PAUL – A bill being championed by State Representative Dave Hancock (R-Bemidji) that would establish a comprehensive community mental health center in Beltrami County is making headway in the Minnesota House. The proposal - which would provide eight to ten crisis beds in Bemidji for those needing help, and would provide a three day program dealing with various stages of inpatient and outpatient care and housing – received a full hearing in the Minnesota House Health and Human Services Finance Committee on April 15. Beltrami County She...
The non-partisan Fuels America coalition today released an economic impact study by John Dunham & Associates showing the far-reaching benefits of renewable fuel for workers and businesses in Western Minnesota and around the state. The economic analysis takes into account the entire supply chain for renewable fuel and quantifies the impact to the economy at the statewide and congressional district level. Statewide in Minnesota, the renewable fuel industry supports 48,506 jobs, $3 billion in wages and $11.7 billion in total economic activity – f...
The Minnesota Senate rejected another push to end the state’s 80-year-old ban on Sunday liquor sales, but advocates for a repeal say a closer-than-ever margin and concessions for Sunday growler sales from taprooms spell hope for the perennial effort. After an hourlong debate, the Senate voted 35 to 28 Thursday against a full repeal, introduced as an amendment by Sen. Susan Kent, DFL-Woodbury, to a package of liquor bills. But in an indication that the objections to Sunday liquor sales may be softening, the Senate voted 51 to 11 to allow c...
On Thursday, a day after Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was eligible to be reinstated, the NFL issued a 211-word statement that announced his return to active duty on Friday while also warning him to continue his counseling and not to step out of line again. “In a letter from Commissioner Roger Goodell, Peterson was informed that he is expected to fulfill his remaining obligations to the authorities in Minnesota and Texas, as well as the additional commitments Peterson made during his April 7 meeting with the commissioner regarding m...
A Minnesota mother, who was facing trial next week on charges that she treated her sick son with medical marijuana, has been offered a deal. Angela Brown, a mother of three from Madison, says her attorney and the county prosecutor have agreed to skip the trial and drop the child endangerment charge she faces if she pays a small court fee and goes 90 days without repeating the offense. That offense was giving cannabis oil to her 15-year-old son to treat the seizures and chronic pain he suffers as the result of a traumatic brain injury — a t...
Tim Heymans has crisscrossed Minnesota the past 25 years, from Pipestone to International Falls to Winona, as an official state bearer of bad news: Telling people they are at risk for a sexually transmitted disease because a sexual partner has tested positive. In one case he wanted to meet a widow whose dead husband had a positive test, but she insisted he deliver the news over the phone. “I asked her to promise not to hang up … until I said goodbye first,” he recalled. Spreading warnings about STDs is a tough business — whether for trained...
The unprecedented U.S. bird flu outbreak that is centered in Minnesota is likely to stick around for a few years and possibly damage poultry farms across the nation, a top U.S. veterinary official said Thursday. “This is something very unusual, where we have seen bird flu adapt so well, ” John Clifford, chief veterinary officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), told a Minnesota House agriculture committee. The House voted unanimously late Thursday to pony up almost $900,000 to help state agencies battle the bug. For lost birds in...
Lake sturgeon fishing began in earnest this week on the Minnesota side of the Rainy River, and those seeking the state’s largest fish are bobbing above more huge sturgeon than anytime since the late 1800s. A new sturgeon population assessment concludes the Rainy River and Lake of the Woods contain 92,000 lake sturgeon 40 inches or longer. Put head to tail, that is a string of fish more than 60 miles long. “We’ve known big fish numbers are on the rise,” said Tom Heinrich, a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fisheries specialist in Baud...
As custom cabinetmakers, Greg, Julie and Blake Peterson of Effie, Minn., are meticulous measurement-takers. So, the 1,260 lake sturgeon entries in their fishing log are spot-on. The family’s first sturgeon was caught April 9, 2003. It measured 36-inches long. Their most recent catch was May 15, 2014. That sturgeon measured a whopping 69 ¾-inches long. http://www.startribune.com/sports/outdoors/300169431.html...
A chief executive in Seattle made national headlines this week when he slashed his salary so that his employees could make at least $70,000 a year. That’s way above the federal minimum wage, and it is roughly double the previous salaries of some of his workers. But for some families, even that sort of paycheck may not be enough to ensure they won’t be undone by an emergency. Close to one in three households earning more than $75,000 a year live paycheck-to-paycheck at least some of the time, according to a survey released Thursday by Sun...
The Minnesota House overwhelmingly passed four gun rights bills Thursday, including a measure that would allow residents to own firearm silencers, also known as “suppression devices.” The lack of rhetorical fire from opponents and the relatively low-key debate underscored the continuing success of the Minnesota gun rights movement, which enjoys near total support among Republicans and significant DFL backing, especially outstate. The silencer bill, which was the most contentious, passed 89-40. http://www.startribune.com/poli...
A new piece of Republican environmental legislation is setting up a major clash with DFL Gov. Mark Dayton, whose agency heads voiced opposition in an often heated committee hearing this week. The bill would fund the state’s major environmental agencies, while also engaging in some sweeping, controversial policy changes that would give the Legislature a stronger hand to curb what Republicans say are overzealous regulators. But in a sharply worded letter Wednesday, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency suggested the bill relied on d...
The Catawba Indian Nation and the Rock Hill school district are negotiating over the terms of an unpaid tuition bill that could range from $2.7 million to as much as $4 million. The Rock Hill school board authorized the negotiations this week. Charging children who live on the Catawba Indian Reservation out-of-district tuition rates was a late addition to the 1993 settlement the tribe negotiated over land claims with the federal and state governments. Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/education/article18...
Following a lengthy hearing this week, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission upheld the Yankton Sioux Tribe’s intervener status in opposing the recertification of the Keystone XL pipeline. Tribal Spokesperson Faith Spotted Eagle says the P-U-C is allowing the Yankton Sioux Tribe to move forward with discovery information at this Friday’s hearing. Spotted Eagle says the Commission made their decision to allow the Yankton Sioux Tribe to move ahead following testimony by the Tribe’s Attorney. http://wnax.com/news/180081-...
A First Nation leader, who went to jail defending his community's traditional territory in northern Ontario, is warning other activists about the risks of government spying posed by Bill C-51. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris already has the documents to show that the RCMP and government officials were spying on his community during a mining dispute in 2008. He filed an access to information request on Thursday to discover the extent of the surveillance and called on other First Nations to do the same. "Eventually if you're...
The smell of roasting espresso and justified indignation greeted visitors of the Pow Wow Coffee shop, and adjoining All My Relations art gallery on Friday, April 10th. In collaboration with the Sing Our Rivers Red (SORR) foundation, All My Relations Arts and the Native American Community Development Institute are asking people to donate earrings a part of the SORR Traveling Earring Exhibition. SORR is a foundation dedicated to raising awareness for missing Native American women in Canada and the U.S. Event organizer Susan Horne detailed an...
Strappings, beatings with a pointed stick and orders to stand in the classroom corner for speaking her own language were among "horrific" measures that erased Darlene Bulpit's ability to pass along her First Nations heritage to her two children and three grandchildren. The 66-year-old from the Shishalh Indian band, on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, was allowed to go home at night and grins when she recalls learning to hunt with her brothers and bringing home "the prize." Each morning she trudged back to school with dread....
SEATTLE (Reuters) - The father of a teenager who fatally shot four classmates then killed himself at a Washington state high school last year pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he illegally bought the handgun used in the rampage. Ray Fryberg, 42, was arraigned in federal court in Seattle on one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. His trial was set for June 22, a court official said. Prosecutors have accused Fryberg of lying on federal forms in 2013 to purchase a Beretta PX4 Storm handgun, even though he was...
TULALIP — Police are warning residents about a convicted rapist who is living on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Johnathan Robert Lewis, 20, is a Level 3 offender, the level deemed most likely to reoffend. He has moved to the 2100 block of 116th Street NE, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. http://www.heraldnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20150416/NEWS01/150419210/Police-issue-sex-offender-warning-for-Tulalip-reservation&template=MobileArt...
RAPID CITY, S.D. - The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council has removed President Cyril "Whitey" Scott from office. The council made the move Tuesday, resolving a period of uncertain leadership that afflicted the south-central South Dakota tribe for much of Scott's time in office. A telephone listing for Scott could not be found. http://www.kdlt.com/news/local-news/Rosebud-Sioux-Tribal-Council-Removes-President-From-Office/32397680...
ROSEBUD | The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council has removed President Cyril “Whitey” Scott from office. The council took the action Tuesday, apparently resolving a period of uncertain leadership that afflicted the south-central South Dakota tribe for much of Scott’s time in office. He won election in 2012 but was suspended in 2013 and had been entangled in various ethics-related proceedings since then. http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/rosebud-tribal-president-removed/article_c9fc3d2c-3947-5e1c-9107-551421978067.html...
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. - In a rare public statement, the tribal council of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs on Wednesday defended its removal of its secretary-treasurer, saying Jake Suppah falsely claimed the tribal government was close to bankruptcy. Jake Suppah told The Bulletin last month he had uncovered troubling financial patterns, including theft of time, mismanagement of federal grants and missing funds. He said he took his concerns to the tribal council but was placed on paid leave Feb. 10, in what he claimed was retaliation for...
BISMARCK, North Dakota — A man accused of stabbing the Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota last month will stand trial in June on upgraded charges including attempted murder. Brian Iron Boulder, 51, on April 8 pleaded not guilty to attempted murder of a federal employee, assault on a federal employee and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. If convicted he could be sentenced to 50 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange scheduled the trial to begin June 2. h...
Manitoba Justice has reversed its decision and will now pay the funeral bill for a slain aboriginal woman. Angela Poorman was fatally stabbed in Winnipeg on Dec. 14, 2014. Her family had asked Manitoba Justice's Victim Services branch to help cover the 29-year-old's funeral expenses. They were turned down because Poorman has numerous minor criminal offences on her record. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-reverses-decision-will-now-pay-for-slain-aboriginal-woman-s-funeral-1.3036292...
