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ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation thanks the thousands of Adopt a Highway volunteers who helped to keep roadsides clean and free of litter in 2022 by picking up more than 38,500 bags of trash from highway ditches, and MnDOT invites more Minnesotans to join the program. Statewide, more than 1,860 Adopt a Highway groups volunteered their time for well over 88,000 hours collectively last year. With at least 900 roadway sections currently available for adoption statewide, MnDOT welcomes more groups to volunteer. ...
April 20, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in calling for a federal recall of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, following the companies’ continued failure to take adequate steps to address the alarming rate of theft of their vehicles. In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Attorney General Ellison and the coalition requests NHTSA to institute a recall of unsafe Hyundai and Kia vehicles manufactured between 2011 and 2022 whose easily byp...
WASHINGTON – A massive foreign-owned mining corporation has joined forces with the United States government in its ongoing legal battle to destroy Oak Flat, an ancient Apache sacred site in Arizona. In Apache Stronghold v. United States, a coalition of Western Apaches is fighting to stop the federal government from giving Oak Flat to a mining giant that will swallow the site in a nearly two-mile-wide, 1,100-foot-deep crater—ending Apache religious practices forever (Watch this short video to learn more). Today, that mining cor...
HONOLULU – The Department of the Interior’s Office of Native Hawaiian Relations today announced $1 million in funding for Native Hawaiian organizations through the Heritage Opportunities in Hawaiʻi (HŌʻIHI) Grant Program. The funding is made possible by the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act, which has enabled Indigenous communities to participate in national tourism goals and strategies. “NATIVE Act funding promotes Indigenous heritage and cultural tourism opportunities that support the socio-ec...
MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Small Business Administration has named John Cariveau, Bradley Klatt and Mark Skoglund of Uncommon Loon Brewery in Chisago City, MN as the Encore Entrepreneurs of the Year for 2023. This award will be presented to them as part of the SBA’s National Small Business Week celebrations, which is taking place the first week of May this year. “More and more workers and retirees are starting their ‘second chapter’ turning interests, hobbies or skills into a successful small business,” said SBA’s Minnesota District Director Brian...
On April 22, 1970, University of Southern California students affixed a gas mask to a statue of their mascot, Tommy Trojan, and buried an engine to symbolize the fight against pollution. In Colorado, a throng of bikers swarmed the state capitol. Volunteers picked up five tons of trash in West Virginia. All across the United States, teach-ins and demonstrations for the inaugural Earth Day would go down in history as a galvanizing moment for the environmental movement. But Earth Day’s roots lie in an earlier tragedy: a gargantuan oil spill t...
St. Paul – Minnesota’s unemployment rate inched down two-tenths of a percent to 2.8% in March 2023 from February, and the labor force participation rate stayed the same over-the-month at 68.0%, according to new data from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Nationally, the U.S. unemployment rate ticked down one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.5% and the labor force participation rate ticked up one-tenth of a percent to 62.6%. Minnesota lost 5,700 jobs, down 0.2%, from February to March on a seasonally adjuste...
WHITE EARTH, MINN. – The community is cordially invited to attend the White Earth State of the Nation Address on Wednesday, May 3 at the Shooting Star Casino Event Center in Mahnomen, Minn. Guests are encouraged to visit more than 50 White Earth Nation program exhibits on display from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Social hour begins at 9 a.m. and ceremonies begin at 10 with a Welcome and the State of the Nation Address by White Earth Chairman Michael Fairbanks. Secretary-Treasurer Michael J. LaRoque will follow with a Financial Report. There will also be r...
BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today, beginning May 1, the Oak Lake rest area east of Erskine will be under construction. There will not be any impacts to motorists on Highway 2. There will be a temporary closure of the plaza, including the restrooms, in late June. The contractor for this $2.29 million dollar project is KGM Contractors Inc.. This project will create improved pedestrian accessibility and a longer lasting driving surface. It is estimated to be complete by mid-August, weather permitting. V...
St. Paul – Minnesota continues to experience an extremely tight labor market with workforce shortages constraining job growth, because employers can’t find the staff they need to fill open positions. The pandemic exacerbated what was already a tightening labor market due to our aging population and the decline in working age residents as Baby Boomers continue to retire. New research from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) shows how increasing international immigration to levels seen prior to 2015 could hel...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had some Republicans in mind while delivering his state of the state address Wednesday. They just weren't the Republicans sitting in the House chamber in St. Paul. The DFL governor, who began his second term in January, aimed some of his sharpest jabs at national Republicans, especially an unnamed fellow governor from Florida. He portrayed a Minnesota under the control of Democrats as a bulwark against the spread of "the forces of hatred and bigotry," referring in part...
St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is alerting consumers to avoid consuming any flavor of Wonky Weeds brand delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) syrup due to product contamination with mold. During a recent inspection, the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy identified mold growth in the THC syrup products. Customers who purchased these products should discard them and not use them. No illnesses associated with mold contamination in these products have been reported at this time...
9th grade boys finish 2-2, dropping game one to a very good Warroad team that hit 8 three pointers! They got back on track with big wins against I-Falls, and Kittson County Central to get into the consolation championship against Nevis. That game was a good old fashioned northland conference battle, back and forth, neither team able to get a 5 point lead on each other, in the end it came down to free throws and Nevis gave us 3 chances at the lead with some misses, but we were unable to cash in...
At the end of March, Smokey Bear visited the PK-2 classrooms at Red Lake Elementary Complex. Here are pictures from Ms. Foreseen's and Ms. Krona's classrooms!...
Easter 2023 Fun and Food in Red Lake...
Winterfest, Diamond Painting and Snow Snakes at Ponemah School recently...
With Minnesota state lawmakers proposing legislation to change American Indian school nicknames at public schools, Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie is doing what he can to defend his alma mater Warroad Warriors and save their nickname and logo. A new proposed bill would prohibit Minnesota school districts from using "names, symbols or images that depict or refer to an American Indian tribe, individual, custom or tradition to be used as a mascot, nickname, logo, letterhead or team name of the district or the school within the district."...
AmeriCorp Team learning the process of maple syrup...
EAGAN, MINN. (April 19, 2023) — The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation has awarded $400,000 in grant funding to support nonprofit organizations who deliver high-quality, culturally relevant patient-centered care — specifically prenatal and postpartum care and oral healthcare. These grants are part of the Foundation’s Equitable Care and Coverage program, which seeks to increase healthcare coverage across Minnesota, support community solutions to accessing equitable care and increase awareness about communities most impacted by a...
MOORHEAD - Now you know Minnesota Republicans are getting serious. Blanked in statewide elections for 17 years and currently in the minority in both houses of the Legislature, they've discovered what they believe to be the magical elixir. This is very serious stuff to illustrate the well of good ideas they have to attract more voters and make the state a better place. Drum roll, please. Republicans introduced legislation that would allow counties bordering North Dakota and South Dakota to...
St. Paul, MN — Representative Matt Grossell (R – Clearbrook) along with fellow Greater Minnesota Representatives have introduced the Rocks and Cows Act. Members with districts along the affected borders have been especially supportive of this bill. This Legislation would create a State Boundary Adjustment Planning Commission to study and make recommendations on a pathway for North and South Dakota to annex desiring counties into their respective borders. This will be a bipartisan commission with members appointed by both the majority and minori...
