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Articles from the February 28, 2024 edition


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  • Pauline Merrick

    Feb 28, 2024

    Pauline Merrick December 14, 1933 - February 22, 2024 Pauline C. Merrick; Mahpiya Tokah Win "She's a leader in heaven", the Matriarch of the MatoCatka Tiwahe 90, of St. Michael ND began her wanagi ta'canku to the Star nation on Thursday, February 22, 2024, with her loving family at her side. She was a widow of a World War II Veteran. Pauline began her earthly journey on December 14, 1933, to Sarah Hopkins and Simon Leftbear at the hospital in Fort Totten ND, the youngest of two (2) children....

  • James L. Herrick

    Feb 28, 2024

    James L. Herrick December 17, 1964 - February 22, 2024 James Leslie Herrick, age 59, journeyed to the Spirit World on February 22, 2024 in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born on December 17, 1964 in Flandreau, SD the son of Lauren and Nancy (Robertson) Herrick. Although he hasn’t been able to ride for years, James loved motorcycles. He enjoyed cooking and worked in different restaurants over the years. Survived by his three daughters, Alicia Jasper, Catherine Herrick and Jamie Herrick; sisters Laureen and Laura; many nieces and nephews; other r...

  • MISSING PERSON: RHISHAUNA GARRIGAN DOB: 4/2/1992

    Feb 28, 2024

    MISSING PERSON: RHISHAUNA GARRIGAN DOB: 4.2.1992 Last heard from on February 23, 2024 on Facebook messenger...

  • 'Star witness' testifies his claims about Fani Willis were only 'speculation'

    Feb 28, 2024

    ATLANTA - A lawyer billed as the "star witness" in the case to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) testified Tuesday that it was mere "speculation" when he told a defense attorney that Willis began a romantic relationship in 2019 with the outside lawyer she appointed to lead the case against Donald Trump, years earlier than Willis has publicly acknowledged. Terrence Bradley, a former law partner of special prosecutor Nathan Wade, repeatedly testified under oath that he...

  • Loudoun to use drug-sniffing dogs in high schools as youth overdoses rise

    Feb 28, 2024

    Loudoun County will begin sweeping high schools with drug-sniffing dogs in a new effort to fight a rising number of youth overdoses both on school grounds and in the community. Across the region, opioid overdoses among teens have drastically increased in recent years, fueled primarily by fentanyl, the highly potent and deadly synthetic opioid. The threat has made its way into school buildings where students have overdosed in bathrooms, locker rooms and classrooms, prompting school leaders, law...

  • Biden, congressional leaders sound optimistic on funding government

    Feb 28, 2024

    President Biden and congressional leaders appear to be closing in on a deal that could keep the government open past the weekend - but lawmakers don't seem any closer on a breakthrough to send more U.S. aid to Ukraine, even as supplies on the front lines of the war against Russian invaders dwindle. Facing a Saturday deadline, Biden and leaders in the House and Senate said Tuesday that they hoped to pass legislation to avert a looming partial shutdown, after what lawmakers described as a...

  • Kellogg CEO under fire for suggesting cereal as a money-saving dinner

    Feb 28, 2024

    People angered by the rising cost of food have found another villain in the ongoing saga of inflation: the CEO of WK Kellogg, who recently suggested in a TV interview that cash-strapped consumers should eat cereal for dinner to save money. The comments, which CEO Gary Pilnick made during an appearance last week on CNBC, soon began circulating on social media, where they struck a nerve with people, many of whom likened them to Marie Antoinette's infamously heartless - and possibly misquoted -...

  • Zelensky's increasingly blunt comments about Trump

    Feb 28, 2024

    The relationship between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been one of intrigue and consequence from the start. What began with then-President Trump's attempts to leverage Zelensky for political gain over Joe Biden in the 2020 election - the thing Trump was initially impeached for - has more recently involved candidate Trump's efforts to kill two attempts at funding Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion. Through much of it, Zelensky has been mostly diplomatic...

  • Macy's to close 150 stores as it bets on luxury brands

    Feb 28, 2024

    Macy's plans to close 150 department stores and prioritize its luxury brands as it seeks to reinvent itself amid flagging sales. The company plans to have a smaller footprint of 350 locations as it trims the "underproductive" stores, it announced Tuesday. It also expects to expand its luxury store footprint by 20 percent with 30 new Bluemercury stores and 15 stores under the Bloomingdale's umbrella, including Bloomingdale's outlets and smaller Bloomie's locations. For the Macy's branded stores,...

  • A surge fee on your Frosty? Wendy's to test 'dynamic pricing' in 2025.

    Feb 28, 2024

    The deals at Wendy's may soon not be as square as their burgers. The fast-food chain is set to start experimenting with dynamic pricing at company-owned stores next year. Wendy's CEO Kirk Tanner said the company will soon spend $20 million to swap in digital menu boards, which will let it start testing live price changes at stores next year. And Wendy's is looking to make more technological advancements. "Beginning as early as 2025, we will begin testing more enhanced features like dynamic...

  • Four people shot in Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon; 1 dead, 1 critical

    Feb 28, 2024

    Four people were shot - one fatally - Tuesday afternoon near a south Minneapolis corner store that was the site of a mass shooting last summer. The gunfire erupted near E. Franklin and Elliot avenues, between the alley and sidewalk, along a stretch that is a known narcotics "hot spot," police Chief Brian O'Hara said in a media briefing at the scene. Multiple shooters were involved, evidenced by dozens of bullet casings that littered the ground outside the market and in the street. Officers...

  • Minneapolis ranks among America's 'loneliest' cities, report says

    Feb 28, 2024

    Minnesota's largest city ranks among the nation's "loneliest," according to a new report that analyzes the percentage of single-occupancy residences in the U.S. The Chamber of Commerce, a company that writes guides for small-business owners, found that nearly 44% of Minneapolis residents live alone, ranking the city ninth on its index. Washington, D.C., where about 49% of residents live alone, topped the list. Chamber of Commerce analyzed U.S. census data for 170 cities and census-designated...

  • Duluth residents push to close section of Skyline Parkway after fatalities

    Feb 28, 2024

    DULUTH - Duluthians are calling on the city to permanently close to vehicles a popular section of the famed Skyline Parkway after two fatalities along the boulevard this month. The City Council heard from parkway neighbors and families of the deceased Monday night. They shared stories of speeding drivers and dangerous conditions along the 28-mile roadway that overlooks the length of the city, snaking high above the St. Louis River and Lake Superior. Kenneth Bickel, 70, died last week after...

  • Germany and Poland say they're not sending troops to Ukraine as the Kremlin warns of a wider war

    Feb 28, 2024

    BRUSSELS - European military heavyweights Germany and Poland affirmed Tuesday that they would not be sending troops to Ukraine, after reports that some Western countries may be considering doing so as the war with Russia enters its third year. The head of NATO also said the U.S.-led military alliance has no plans to send troops to Ukraine, after other central European leaders confirmed that they too would not be providing soldiers. The Kremlin, meanwhile, warned that a direct conflict between...

  • US Army is slashing thousands of posts in major revamp to prepare for future wars

    Feb 28, 2024

    WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs. The cuts will mainly be in already-empty posts - not actual soldiers - including in jobs related to counterinsurgency that swelled during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars but are not needed as much today. About 3,000 of...

  • Local Indigenous dancers featured in art exhibit now on display at Bagley Public Library

    Feb 28, 2024

    BAGLEY - Ten acrylic paintings by artist Pamela Edevold of local Indigenous dancers in full regalia are now on display at the Bagley Public Library. An artist talk and reception was held at the library on Saturday, Feb. 24, to celebrate the exhibit, which has been on display since early February. About 45 people attended the reception, including Henry Fox, White Earth's District 1 Representative and six of the Indigenous models and dancers featured in the paintings. Edevold kicked this off by...

  • Federal Jury Finds Minneapolis Bloods Gang Member Guilty of Firearms Violations After Shooting at 38th and Chicago Avenue

    Feb 28, 2024

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal jury found a Minneapolis man guilty of possessing ammunition as a felon after participating in a 2022 shooting at 38th and Chicago in South Minneapolis, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to the evidence presented at trial, in the early morning hours of August 7, 2022, Traigh Sean Tillman, 30, was involved in an altercation outside an abandoned Speedway parking lot located at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis. S...

  • BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN MINNESOTA TO LOWER ENERGY COSTS AND ENHANCE ENERGY SECURITY IN RURAL AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES

    Feb 28, 2024

    TEMECULA, CA — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that rural and remote communities in Minnesota will benefit from part of a $45.3 million investment in a local clean energy project. This is part of a more than $366 million investment in 17 projects across 20 states and 30 Tribal Nations and communities to accelerate clean energy deployment in rural and remote areas across the country. This funding—made possible by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—wil...

  • Johnson said to commit to avoiding shutdown during White House meeting

    Feb 28, 2024

    Speaker Mike Johnson made "unequivocally" clear that he wants to avoid a government shutdown during a private Tuesday meeting with President Joe Biden and other congressional leaders, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. With just four days to go until federal funding partially runs out, congressional leaders emerged from the meeting with the president optimistic they could avoid a shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told...

  • Man to plead guilty in 'killing spree' of eagles and other birds for feathers prized by tribes

    Feb 28, 2024

    A Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds - including eagles on a Montana Indian reservation - then illegally selling their carcasses and feathers intends to plead guilty to illegal wildlife trafficking and other criminal charges, court documents show. Federal prosecutors say Travis John Branson and others killed about 3,600 birds during a yearslong "killing spree" on the Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere. Feathers and other parts of eagles and other birds are...

  • Agriculture budget impacts Native nations

    Feb 28, 2024

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's $32 billion budget has a large impact in Native nations, but regulations can sometimes hinder tribal access. USDA Director of Tribal Relations Heather Dawn Thompson says changes are underway. ICT's Stewart Huntington has more. An Anishinaabe man joins the ranks of other Native American veterans that have been given the distinct honor of having their names on U.S. Navy ships. In 2023, Nisqually citizen and marine Billy Frank, Jr. and Tsimshian citizen and...

  • Tribe to end management of Atlantic City's Resorts casino

    Feb 28, 2024

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Mohegan tribe will end its management of Atlantic City's Resorts casino at the end of this year, both parties said Monday. The move will conclude an agreement the tribe's gambling arm, Mohegan Gaming Advisors, made with Resorts in 2012 six months after the casino's co-owner, veteran gambling executive Dennis Gomes, died. Gomes' death left Resorts without crucial experience and know-how to compete in the ever-more-crowded northeastern U.S. casino market. https://ictnews.org/news/tribe-to-end-manageme...

  • Warriors on fire in 122-54 win over Badger-Greenbush-Middle River Monday night - P2

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2024

    Red Lake Youth Sports Varsity boys get the win tonight over the Gators 122-54. Gerald Kingbird, Jr surpassed his Dad in the first half on the warriors all time scoring list, then his sister Gerika early in the second half and finished with 42 points on the night. JB connects from downtown 11 times tonight and finished with 36. Dudley, Jr with a 13 piece and numerous boards, and senior Gordon Thompson, Jr got his first action battling back from ligament injuries and got a bucket, along with Amad...

  • Red Lake Nation State of the Band 2024 - P3

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2024

    Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell G. Seki Sr. State of the Band remarks: Good morning Red Lake Nation Members, Tribal Council, Chiefs, all Tribal and Gaming Employees and visitors. It’s a great day as we are going through an unbelievable winter, climate change. I would like to start out by informing the members, that there will be a financial summit in April to answer any financial questions anyone may have. Treasurer Lussier will give an update on that event. EAST BOUNDARY AND OTHER TRIBAL L...

  • Lady Warriors Struggle on Offense in 69-25 loss to Blackduck on Parent Night in Red Lake - P6

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Feb 28, 2024

    Lady Warriors Struggle on Offense in 69-25 loss to Blackduck on Parent Night in Red Lake Red Lake's JV loses 36-24 in early game...

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