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Donald Wayne Oakgrove, Sr. December 8, 1948 ~ April 18, 2019 (age 70) Donald Wayne Oakgrove, Sr., "Niigaani binesii" which means "First Bird Ahead" age 70, of the Kingfisher Clan and Red Lake, Minnesota journeyed to the spirit world on Thursday, April 18, 2019 from the Sanford Hospital in Bemidji, MN. He was born on December 8, 1948 in Red Lake, MN to Cecelia (Mann) and Lawrence Oakgrove, Sr. Donald grew up in the Red Lake and Redby area most of his life. After high school, he completed two and...
Greenwald, Minn. – David Van Drehle, a dairy farmer 35 miles west of St. Cloud, took $11,000 out of savings to balance the books in 2018, and he doesn't see how the business will get any better. "I made a nice living on 50 cows until three years ago. It's getting worse every year," Van Drehle said. "We've got a son graduating from high school this year. He wants to farm. She tells him not to." http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-farmers-kick-around-big-ideas-to-save-small-da...
Chuck Henninger got an unpleasant surprise last Monday when he went to pay the parking meter in downtown Minneapolis. The price had gone up by $1 an hour. "I was shocked," he said about the increase that went into effect last week without much forewarning from the city, which announced the price hike in a news release. "I was unaware. The increase is unwarranted." http://www.startribune.com/with-meter-rate-changes-free-parking-vanishes-in-downtown-minneapolis/508872782/...
From downtown Minneapolis to hundreds of rural Minnesota farms, millions of dollars is being invested in the budding Minnesota hemp industry, released to grow after several years of testing by the 2018 federal farm bill. In the trendy Minneapolis North Loop, Josh Maslowski has opened Stigma Hemp, which sells hemp flowers, CBD oils, rubs and creams. Also a manufacturer's representative, Maslowski, 38, grew interested in cannabis-based treatments due to the cancer illnesses of two close...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Nine bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites on Easter Sunday killed more than 200 people and wounded hundreds more in Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago. Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardena described the blasts as a terrorist attack by religious extremists, and police said 13 suspects were arrested, though there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Wijewardena said most of the...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – When Boeing broke ground on its new factory near Charleston in 2009, the plant was trumpeted as a state-of-the-art manufacturing hub, building one of the most advanced aircraft in the world. But in the decade since, the factory, which makes the 787 Dreamliner, has been plagued by shoddy production and weak oversight that have threatened to compromise safety. A New York Times review of hundreds of pages of internal e-mails, corporate documents and federal records, as w...
Riding in a jet-black SUV with tinted windows, Gov. Tim Walz zoomed past traffic on I-35 as he was hustled to a business showcase near Duluth, where he arrived with his usual military promptness for the first stop of another packed day. In his first 100 days, the DFL governor has brought a caffeinated energy to the job, often traveling to solidly Republican regions outside the Twin Cities as he tries to enact an ambitious Democratic agenda on health care, education and infrastructure while also...
The shift is often subtle: A legislator pauses at the start of an inappropriate joke or before a hug, then thinks better of it. A year and a half after reports of sexual harassment rocked the Legislature and prompted two resignations, lawmakers and lobbyists describe a changed atmosphere at the State Capitol. People are more cautious and aware of what crosses the line. http://www.startribune.com/lawmakers-lobbyists-describe-cautious-capitol-in-wake-of-metoo/508853802/...
With hugs, laughter and a few tears, nearly a dozen people who have been living at a south Minneapolis homeless encampment for weeks and even months finally moved out of the cold on Tuesday and into a temporary shelter sponsored by the Red Lake Nation and city officials. Their peaceful transition from a compound of tattered, snow-covered tents - crowded together on a narrow strip of mud and pavement along a busy highway - marked a pivotal moment in a massive, monthslong campaign to bring social...
EDINA -- The 7th Annual Gala to support St. Mary’s Mission School in Red Lake will be held from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, at St. Patrick’s Church, 6820 St. Patrick’s Lane, Edina, Minn. St. Mary’s Mission has seen significant growth in recent years. The school, currently pre-school through seventh grade, hopes to add an early childhood center for two-year-old’s and an eighth grade for the 2019 fall school year. It is open to all students in the Red Lake community. Gala organizers and the St. Mary’s Mission Foundation Board, an i...
The images of teenagers running from their school with their hands up – as seen on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School -- has become a hauntingly familiar sight at subsequent school shootings. And for many, including eventual school shooters, there was something about the Columbine shooting that drew their interest. John Cohen, a former Department of Homeland Security official who led efforts to combat mass shootings, said that Columbine "absolutely" influenced subsequent shootings. "As l...
BEMIDJI-The drums were loud, and they thundered, on and off, for hours. Drummers and dancers from 17 northern Minnesota schools headed on a Saturday earlier this month to Remer, where staff at Northland Community Schools had organized Minnesota's State Drum and Dance Competition, an hourslong competition powwow for students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/education/4602081-beat-goes-native-drum-dance-teams-take-hold-area-high-scho...
BEMIDJI—The age to buy tobacco and tobacco products is set to increase from 18 to 21 in the city of Bemidji on Monday, with the same law change coming for most of Beltrami County in less than two weeks. On March 20, the Bemidji City Council passed an ordinance raising the buying age to 21 for all tobacco-related products, including those related to vaping and e-cigarettes. The city's action followed a vote by the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners, which passed a similar ordinance Feb. 12. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/...
8 graduating Native American students were honored at Bemidji State University's 39th Annual American Indian Students Recognition Banquet. Senior Andrea Goodwin was also named Outstanding American Indian Student of the Year. In addition, more than 100 students were recognized at the April 18 event for outstanding academic achievement, including a record 29 Native American President's List honorees who posted perfect 4.0 grade-point averages during the spring, summer or fall semesters in 2018....
LONGMONT, Colorado (April 15, 2019) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) process for its Native Language Immersion Initiative (NLII). First Nations will award about 12 grants of up to $90,000 each to build the capacity of and directly support Native language-immersion programs. The application deadline is May 30, 2019. This RFP is for the third year of this three-year initiative. The first-year RFP was launched early in 2018, the second in October 2018, and now this one for the t...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of a Native American healing tradition: the jingle dress dance. The Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post is celebrating the anniversary by exploring the history of the jingle dress in a new exhibit. 100 years ago when the global influenza pandemic killed millions worldwide, including thousands of Native Americans, a revolutionary new healing tradition emerged: the jingle dress dance. Oral histories of the dress vary, but origin stories point to the Mille Lacs Ojibwe community around 1919. The story...
RED LAKE - New kindergarten students, 5 years old by September 1st of this year, were invited up to the Red Lake Early Childhood Center on Tuesday, April 16 and Thursday April 18, to register for the upcoming kindergarten class beginning in September of the 2019-20 school year. Every child who registered for Kindergarten at the Round-Up received a tote bag full of supplies to help them develop pre-Kindergarten skills, and one in five families received a door prize....
On Saturday, April 13, 2019, Easter activities were held at all District Community Centers....
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...
OMAK - State troopers say a Colville tribal police officer was injured in a crash that he caused in Okanogan County on Saturday. Washington State Patrol investigators say Colville tribal officer Mackenzie Shaffer of Coulee Dam was going north on Highway 97 in his patrol SUV when the crash happened. The other vehicle involved was a Ford Ranger pickup truck driven by 21-year-old Vanessa Pershing of Omak. Pershing was approaching Highway 97 while going west on Engh Road. http://...
