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Articles from the June 10, 2021 edition


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  • Brainerd man gets prison for killing, decapitating bear on Red Lake land

    Paul Walsh, Star Tribune|Jun 10, 2021

    A Brainerd man is heading to prison for killing and decapitating a 700-pound black bear on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. The 15-month sentence given Tuesday for Brett J. Stimac, 41, by U.S. District Judge Susan Nelson also included a year of supervised release and a $9,500 fine. Stimac pleaded guilty in September to misdemeanor wildlife trafficking and trespassing on Indian land after removing the head of the bear, but he later told the court that a hunger for glory inspired him to lie about...

  • Brainerd man gets 15 months in prison for poaching black bear on Red Lake Reservation

    Jun 10, 2021

    ST. PAUL - A Brainerd, Minn., man will spend 15 months in prison after illegally killing a huge black bear on the Red Lake Reservation in 2019. Brett Stimac, 41, was sentenced Wednesday, June 9, in federal court in St. Paul. He also was sentenced to a year of supervised release after his prison time and a $9,500 fine, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Stimac pleaded guilty in September to misdemeanor charges of wildlife trafficking and trespassing on Indian land. Prosecutors said Stimac...

  • Kory Paul Lussier, Jr.

    Jun 10, 2021

    Kory Paul Lussier, Jr. June 5, 2021 - June 5 2021 Kory Paul Lussier, Jr."Manido Inini" which means "Spirit Man" was born and began his journey to the Spirit World on Saturday, June 5, 2021. He was born to Kory Paul Lussier, Sr. and Roberta Jean Barrett at Sanford Hospital in Bemidji, Minnesota. He is welcomed to the Spirit World by his great grandparents; Darrell Cobenais, Rose and Albert “Biddy” Lussier, Sr., Robert Barrett, Gene Barrett, and Frances Barrett, uncle; Donald Leigh Lussier, gre...

  • Doris Mae (Bevins) Jackson

    Jun 10, 2021

    Doris Mae (Bevins) Jackson July 11, 1937 ~ June 7, 2021 (age 83) An obituary is not available at this time for Doris Mae (Bevins) Jackson. Services Visitation/Gathering of Family and Friends Monday June 14, 2021 5:00 PM White Earth Community Center White Earth White Earth, MN 56591 Prayer Service Monday June 14, 2021 7:00 PM White Earth Community Center White Earth White Earth, MN 56591 Funeral Mass Tuesday June 15, 2021 11:00 AM St. Benedicts Catholic Church (White Earth)...

  • Minnesota lawmakers agree on $100 million funding boost for colleges

    Jun 10, 2021

    Minnesota lawmakers have reached a higher education funding deal that would increase support to public colleges and universities by nearly $100 million over the next two years, establish an automatic college acceptance program for state high school seniors and create new grants for students who were raised in foster care. State spending on higher education would total $3.5 billion over the next two years through the compromise, which was announced this week ahead of a special legislative...

  • University of Minnesota, Mayo report COVID-fighting success with anti-aging therapy

    Jun 10, 2021

    Tests of an anti-aging therapy in mice are boosting hopes at Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota about a potential COVID-19 treatment that could reduce deaths and hospitalizations and improve vaccine effectiveness. Survival increased in mice with COVID-like illnesses when they received drugs that removed senescent cells - sometimes called "retirement" or "zombie" cells that no longer divide or grow, but persist in the body, according to research published Tuesday by Mayo and U...

  • Keystone XL pipeline nixed after Biden stands firm on permit

    Jun 10, 2021

    BILLINGS, Mont. - The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline pulled the plug on the contentious project Wednesday after Canadian officials failed to persuade President Joe Biden to reverse his cancellation of its permit on the day he took office. Calgary-based TC Energy said it would work with government agencies "to ensure a safe termination of and exit" from the partially built line, which was to transport crude from the oil sand fields of western Canada to Steele City, Nebraska....

  • Fatal crashes involving teen drivers in Minnesota have doubled this year

    Jun 10, 2021

    It's been a deadly year on Minnesota roads, especially for teenage drivers who have been involved in twice as many fatal crashes in the first part of 2021 compared to the same time period a year ago. As of Tuesday, eight teenagers have died in crashes while behind the wheel, a worrisome number for the Department of Public Safety as school lets out and the busy summer driving season gets started. "Obviously we are concerned," said Lt. Gordon Shank of the Minnesota State Patrol....

  • St. Cloud law firm targeted pro-Trump employees for firing, lawsuit alleges

    Jun 10, 2021

    A St. Cloud law firm is in turmoil after a round of firings that began with its leader going after employees he believed were supporters of former President Donald Trump, according to a lawsuit filed in Stearns County District Court. In the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, when Trump supporters violently stormed the building to prevent congressional certification of Joe Biden's election as president, the suit alleges that Wesley Scott sought to fire employees he believed had made...

  • Man drowns in St. Louis River after jumping in to save two kids in Duluth

    Jun 10, 2021

    DULUTH – A 31-year-old man drowned in the St. Louis River on Wednesday after authorities said he tried to save his daughter and another child who had gone underwater off Duluth's Boy Scout Landing on the western edge of town. The body of Kevin Ingles of Superior, Wis., was recovered at 5:20 p.m. following a three-hour search, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities were notified about 2 p.m. that a 5-year-old girl and an 8-year-old girl were seen struggling in the water off a s...

  • Minnesota cannabis firm expands to research psychedelic medicines

    Jun 10, 2021

    Vireo Health International, a producer of cannabis products based in Minneapolis, renamed itself Goodness Growth Holdings and said Wednesday it will begin research in psychedelic medicine. Executives also gave an upbeat outlook for the company's growth. Its shares, which are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and over the counter in the U.S., rose 1.7%. The company - led by Dr. Kyle Kingsley, a former Twin Cities emergency room doctor disillusioned that much of his work involved abuse of...

  • Biden to assure allies, meet Putin during 1st overseas trip

    Jun 10, 2021

    WASHINGTON - Embarking on the first overseas trip of his term, President Joe Biden is eager to reassert the United States on the world stage, steadying European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor and pushing democracy as the only bulwark to rising forces of authoritarianism. Biden has set the stakes for his eight-day trip in sweeping terms, believing the West must publicly demonstrate it can compete economically with China as the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. Before boarding...

  • Women now drink as much as men - and are prone to sickness sooner

    Jun 10, 2021

    Victoria Cooper thought her drinking habits in college were just like everyone else's. Shots at parties. Beers while bowling. Sure, she got more refills than some and missed classes while nursing hangovers, but she couldn't have a problem, she thought. "Because of what my picture of alcoholism was - old men who brown-bagged it in a parking lot - I thought I was fine," said Cooper, now sober and living in Chapel Hill, N.C. That common image of who is affected by alcohol disorders, echoed...

  • ICYMI: Treaty People Gathering to stop Line 3 attracts global attention

    Jun 10, 2021

    (St. Paul, MN) -- Over the weekend the Treaty People Gathering to Stop Line 3 gained widespread attention, with more than 1,700 articles and broadcast stories appearing worldwide. Nonviolent actions are continuing this week after more than 2,000 pipeline opponents gathered in Northern Minnesota to put their bodies on the line to stop construction of Line 3. The action in support of treaty rights and climate justice occurred as Enbridge continued construction through Anishinaabe treaty land and...

  • TC Energy Confirms Keystone XL Pipeline is Dead!

    Jun 10, 2021

    CALGARY, Alberta - TC Energy Corporation confirmed on Wednesday, after consultation with its partner, the Government of Alberta. it has terminated the Keystone XL pipeline (KXL). On his first day in office, on January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order revoking the KXL pipeline permit issued by the Trump administration. "The Company will continue to coordinate with regulators, stakeholders and Indigenous groups to meet its environmental and regulatory commitments and ensure...

  • A broken system: The number of Indigenous people who died from coronavirus may never be known

    Jun 10, 2021

    This story is produced by the Indigenous Investigative Collective, a project of the Native American Journalists Association in partnership with High Country News, Indian Country Today, National Native News and Searchlight New Mexico. It was produced in partnership with MuckRock with the support of JSK-Big Local News. In May of 2020, the Navajo Nation reported one of the highest per-capita COVID-19 infection rates in the United States. Since that milestone, official data reveal that the Navajo...

  • Interior Department Congratulates Tribal Graduates of the Class of 2021

    Jun 10, 2021

    As a challenging school year comes to a close, the Department of the Interior and Secretary Deb Haaland are proud to congratulate Tribal graduates of the Class of 2021 in a new 30-minute program for students and their families. “The gift of education is so precious. It not only opens the doors of opportunity to each individual student, but also has the power to end cycles of poverty and turn the page for Native communities everywhere,” Secretary Haaland tells graduates in the new video message. “I want to challenge each of you to use your...

  • Seki Presents State of the Band Message

    Michael Meuers|Jun 10, 2021

    "We stand together as one nation and face all challengers before us – the heart of unity will move us forward" In the annual report to the people, Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell G. Seki Sr., Secretary Samuel L. Strong, and Treasurer Annette Johnson along with ten tribal program managers, addressed a crowd gathered at the Red Lake powwow grounds on May 28. They would celebrate together...and in person...the challenges and successes that the tribe experienced in the 15 months since the last S...

  • Red Lake Chairman Seki Delivers State of the Band on Friday, May 28, 2021 - P8

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 10, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki Sr., along with some department heads, reported to a group of tribal members and others at the Annual Red Lake State of the Band Address on Friday, May 28, 2021. It had been over a year since the last State of the Band Address was held in March 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic, medical martial law, new project developments, law enforcement, the opioid epidemic, child welfare and education were just some of the information reported on....

  • 2021 Red Lake High School Graduation held on Saturday, May 29, 2021 - P8

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 10, 2021

    5 Red Lake High School Graduation held on Saturday, May 29, 2021 GRADUATES: James Allen Beaulieu III Mimi Beaulieu-Morgan Kia Nicole Birr, Ryan Joseph Blackcloud Aaron Chaboyea Diamond A. Cloud-Sayers Lailah Eliza Dow Kacie Graves Arianna Moonlight Greene Denali Hart Delwyn E. Holthusen III Yolanda J. Infante Kyriah M. Johnson Azlynn Caprice Jourdain Michael James Jourdain Jr. TierraRose Gaudalupe Kingbird Addalay Kutchara Taylor M. Lagou Morgan Margaret Loud Brycen James Lussier Aimee May...

  • Graduation Ceremonies held on or after Thursday, May 27th at other area schools - P9

    Jun 10, 2021

    Graduation Ceremonies held on or after Thursday, May 27th at other area schools. Photographs by staff and members of the community....

  • Red Lake 2021 Kindergarten Graduation held at Red Lake Elementary School - P13

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 10, 2021

    On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, Red Lake Elementary School held it;s annual Kindergarten Graduation at RLES, beginning at 10 AM and finishing up about noon. This year's event was a Drive-By type ceremony....

  • Lady Warriors edged out by Nevis on last regular season game 7-3 - P11

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 10, 2021

    Lady Warriors edged out by Nevis on last regular season game 7-3 Playoffs are scheduled to start on June 1st...

  • 13 Students Graduate from Red Lake Nation College - P15

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 10, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - Red Lake History was made on Friday, May 21, 2021 with the first ever graduating class under their new Higher Learning Commission Accreditation. Congratulations to the Class of 2021 Graduates. The Graduates were: Charlene M. Anderson, (Ozaawas Benaisikwe) Selena Leigh Beasley, Kari Sue Cobenais, Michael A. Iceman, Mariah Lynn Martin, Delaney Lee May, Tammy May, Miska Bineshi'kwe, Kayce Nelson, Robin Roy, Valencia Smith, Nathaniel Taylor Jr., Guadalupe Ybarra. A Community Feast...

  • Lady Warriors win over Cass Lake-Bena in Red Lake on Tuesday - P16

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 10, 2021

    The Red Lake Lady Warriors were winners over Cass Lake-Bena in Red Lake on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Red Lake Warriors also won their game at the Baseball Field against the Panthers. The Lady Warriors are scheduled to host Nevis on May 25, 2021 to end their regular season. Schedule: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2021/04/27/sports/revised-red-lake-warriors-baseball-schedule-2021-and-lady-warriors-softball-schedule/97239.html...

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