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Katrina E. Martineau February 2, 1989 - May 15, 2023 Katrina Martineau was born to Duane Franklin Reynolds and Joy Martineau February 2nd 1989, she was the eldest of three children shared between Joy and Duane and the 3rd youngest of 12 siblings. She is preceded in death by her father, Duane Reynolds; her mother, Joy Martineau; her sister Autumn Sandman Shelifoe; and leaves behind two sons, Mi-ingaan Macdairmid (Kenneth Macdairmid) and Darius Friedman (Derrick Friedman) a self proclaimed pimpces...
Donelda Ann LittleWind August 26, 1953 - May 12, 2023 Donelda Ann LittleWind "Cistina Winyan" (Tiny) 69, Crowhill rural Fort Totten, ND made her journey to the stars Friday May 12th 2023 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Services for Tiny will be held at the Seven Dolors Catholic Church, Fort Totten, ND Monday May 15th 2023 beginning at 5PM with a rosary and prayer service at 7pm. The procession to Seven Dolors Catholic Church will leave at 4PM from the City Plaza parking lot. Mass...
Nancy Lynn Carlson July 28, 1986 ~ May 11, 2023 (age 36) Nancy Lynn Carlson, age 36, of the Eagle Clan and Cass Lake, MN, unexpectedly journeyed to the spirit world on Thursday, May 11, 2023. She was born on July 28, 1986, in Bemidji, MN, the daughter of Cynthia Gale and Donald S. Carlson. Nancy grew up in Cass Lake. She enjoyed taking pictures of family and friends to make collages. She loved her music; all types from 1960's, blues, country, rap, pop, and current hits, she listened to it all....
Robert "Bob" Alan Starr November 29, 1970 ~ May 12, 2023 (age 52) Robert "Bob" Alan Starr passed away Friday, May 12, 2023, at the age of 52. He was born on November 29, 1970, in Minneapolis, MN, the son of Loretta (Starr) and Leo "Butch" Shaddrick. Bob loved life, he cared deeply, and was passionate about many things in life. Bob married his lifelong sweetheart, Sheri, in Lake Tahoe in 2000. He was an extravagant father to his sons, Andrew and TJ. Besides being an amazing husband and father,...
Democrats struck a deal Wednesday on a $3 billion plan to send one-time tax rebate checks of $260 to 2.5 million Minnesotans, create a new tax credit they hope will slash childhood poverty rates and exempt many seniors from taxes on their Social Security income. Local governments also will see a boost in aid to keep property taxes down and help cover public safety costs. Not everyone will see a tax cut under the bill, and some corporations and wealthier Minnesotans will pay more....
More than $2 billion in new spending. Updated graduation requirements. Mandates on how schools teach children to read. The Legislature has sent a sweeping education bill to Gov. Tim Walz that partially delivers on a raft of promises DFLers made on the campaign trail as they sought to take control of state government. Ahead of the House vote Tuesday, the chair of the Education Finance Committee, Cheryl Youakim, DFL-Hopkins, said that the legislation will "ensure that the learning environments in...
Minnesota is set to spend historic sums on the environment after lawmakers agreed to a package of policy changes and programs to safeguard air and water, plant trees and renovate crumbling outdoor infrastructure such as fish hatcheries and boat ramps. The $2 billion environment, natural resources, climate and energy bill that lawmakers reached agreement on Tuesday night is expected to head to Gov. Tim Walz's desk after House and Senate floor votes. The far-reaching changes will touch much of...
Accusations and bad blood continued Wednesday in the wake of a weekend Minneapolis DFL Party ward convention that descended into chaos. The campaign of Nasri Warsame - the City Council candidate whose supporters stormed the stage as incumbent Aisha Chughtai prepared to speak at the convention - went on the offensive at a news conference in which campaign officials: Alleged a Chughtai supporter started it all. Accused another City Council member of assault. Claimed the convention was "rigged"...
An early outbreak of Canadian wildfires will send another wave of smoke over Minnesota from Wednesday night through Thursday, with the potential to reduce air quality, according to a forecaster with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. David Brown, a meteorologist who tracks air quality for the agency, said similar events could unfold all summer long - and people who plan to head outside should keep a close watch on forecasts for cold fronts moving in from the north that could bring more...
A St. Paul mosque was heavily damaged by fire in a suspected arson Wednesday, in what would be the sixth attack on Muslim houses of worship so far in 2023. The fires are bringing increasing calls for accountability and additional security for mosques. St. Paul Fire Department officials said Wednesday morning that they suspect an arsonist set fire to the Tawhid Islamic Center of Minnesota near 430 Dale St. N. Law enforcement say the fire started about 8:48 a.m., charring the building's side and...
There's a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years, the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday. But it likely would only be a fleeting and less worrisome flirtation with the internationally agreed upon temperature threshold. Scientists expect a temporary burst of heat from El Nino - a naturally-occurring weather phenomenon - to supercharge human-caused warming from the burning of coal, oil and gas to new heights....
ANKARA, Turkey - Russia agreed to a two-month extension of a deal that has allowed Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday, a boost to global food security after the war drove up prices. Turkey and the U.N. brokered the breakthrough accord with the warring sides last summer, which came with a separate agreement to facilitate shipments of Russian food and fertilizer that Moscow insists...
WASHINGTON — House Democrats pushed forward Wednesday with a procedural move that could force a vote to increase the debt limit should negotiations between President Joe Biden and Republicans collapse, moving despite signs of progress in the bipartisan talks to advance a long-shot Plan B to avert a default. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the minority leader, wrote to his colleagues urging them to quickly sign a discharge petition, which can automatically force a House vote on legislation if a majority of 218 members sign it. Although Jeffries n...
CASS LAKE - Basketball has always played a role in Jarell Jacobs' life. Once he graduates from Leech Lake Tribal College on May 21, Jacobs plans to attend Bacone College in Oklahoma to pursue law enforcement and make a return to the hardwood. "I'm pretty excited for that," Jacobs said. "I didn't play (basketball) this year because Leech Lake didn't have a team, so it'll be good to get back." https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/leech-lake-tribal-colleges-jarell-jacobs-pr...
Red Lake High School and ALC Warrior's Academic Banquet held on Wednesday, May 17, 2023....
Three tribal nations in Oklahoma had their reservations deemed "never disestablished" last week by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Winston Whitecrow Brester, a citizen of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation, filed for post-conviction relief in November 2020 over crimes he was convicted of between 2018 and 2020 in Ottawa County. Brester claimed that since his crimes were committed on the Ottawa, Peoria and Miami Tribe's reservations, he should be tried in federal court, not state court — per the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling in 2020 that e...
DULUTH, Minn. — The Superior National Forest and three Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota have signed an agreement that gives the bands a stronger voice in managing natural resources on land that they ceded to the federal government nearly 170 years ago. The agreement protects the treaty rights of the Fond du Lac, Grand Portage and Bois Forte bands within the territory they gave up in 1854 in exchange for hunting, fishing and gathering rights. More than 3 million acres of the ceded territory — about half of it — fall inside the national forest, which...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for northern Minnesota. The alert takes effect Wednesday, May 17, beginning at 10 p.m. and runs until Thursday, May 18, at 12 p.m. The affected area includes northwest and north central Minnesota, and the tribal nations of Leech Lake, Red Lake, and Mille Lacs. A band of very heavy ground-level smoke from wildfires in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan is currently moving southeast and stretches from southern Manitoba...
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota House of Representatives passed SF 2909, the Judiciary and Public Safety conference committee report. The budget bill includes significant investments in public defense and civil legal services, an effective ban on No Knock Warrants, the creation of the Office of Missing and Murdered Black Women, and funding for community violence prevention. Numerous provisions to support the efforts of prisoners to reintegrate into society were also included in this budget bill. One of those included in the conference r...
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Today, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed HF 2, the Paid Family and Medical Leave budget conference committee report, authored in the House by Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL – Mendota Heights). This report will create a safety net to cover some Minnesota workers for up to 12 weeks. The total amount of leave that can be taken in a year is 20 weeks. The Paid Family and Medical Leave program is similar to Minnesota’s unemployment insurance program. The conference committee report passed on a vote of 68-62. “At the core...
Saint Paul, Minn. – Today, the Minnesota Legislature passed the nation’s strongest Prescription Drug Affordability Board to lower out-of-control drug costs. The Prescription Drug Affordability Board, sometimes called a PDAB, will serve as a watchdog and have the authority to set upper payment limits on certain high-cost drugs. The Prescription Drug Affordability Board along with provisions to stop price-gouging of generic prescription drugs is included in the Commerce bill heading to the Governor to be signed into law. The House and Senate Maj...
May 17, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today announced the details of his Office’s settlement with Juul and Altria for deceptively marketing e-cigarettes, which includes $60.5 million in combined payments by the two companies and public disclosure of Juul and Altria internal documents. This announcement follows Minnesota’s three-week trial against the companies in March and April 2023. Under the terms of the Consent Judgment filed today with the Hennepin County District Court, Juul and Altria will together pay a...
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior this week convened the Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC), marking the first time the group has met in-person. The two-day meeting follows the bi-annual online sessions that have occurred following the establishment of the STAC last year. The STAC was announced as part of the 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit and launched in June 2022. The Committee provides the opportunity for appointed Tribal leaders to have direct and consistent contact and communication with high-level Dep...
Bemidji, MN - The “Grandparents Scam” has been around for years, yet unfortunately we still see people fall victim to the convincing nature of these scammers. Our Dispatch Center has been receiving an increase in reports of this scam today. This particular scam involves a person calling a number, typically to the older population, and impersonates their grandchildren. Many times the scammers will wait for them to answer and address them as ‘grandma’ or ‘grandpa’, giving the impression it is a family member calling. Frequently these scammers in...
Red Lake Varsity and JV both drop games to Pine River at home...
