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Joanne Karen (Raisch) Ortley April 1, 1950 ~ June 15, 2021 (age 71) Joanne Karen (Raisch) Ortley, age 71, of Cass Lake, Minnesota began her journey to the spirit world on Tuesday, June 15th, 2021 from the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND. Joanne was born on Saturday, April 1st, 1950, in Minneapolis, MN to Dolores (Fairbanks) and Joseph Raisch. She grew up on Nicollet Island with her siblings before moving to Cass Lake. Joanne loved to visit with her family but especially loved spending time...
Randall Deane Murray August 19, 1958 ~ April 30, 2021 (age 62) Dr. Randall Deane Murray, 62, passed peacefully at home on April 30, 2021 under the care of hospice and his family. Randy was born on August 19, 1958 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Monroe and Ann (Paisley) Murray. He attended grade school in California and graduated from Menahga High School in 1976. He attended Bemidji State University and then the University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree in veterinary medicine in 1986. Randy's...
Shelden Misquadace October 30, 1984 - June 13, 2021 Shelden Rae Misquadace Sr., was born in Cloquet, MN, to Bernadette (Birdie) Misquadace and Eugene Whiteman on October 30, 1984. Musician and avid skateboarder, Shelden's love of life did not come to an end with his death. Shelden passed away unexpectedly on June 13th at the age of 36 in Cortez, CO. He grew up being cared for by many loving families and spent most of his school age years attending Cloquet Public Schools. He then went on to...
Red Lake Tribal Programs will be closed Friday, June 18, 2021 in observance of "Juneteenth Day" What Is Juneteenth? Juneteenth commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honor...
WALLEYE WEDNESDAYS happening every Wednesday now through the month of July! Get an oil change and receive a free walleye! No appointment is necessary! Stop by or call in advance to set up an appointment at Oshkiimaajitahdah Institute of Technology Autumotive Center....
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as one of the greatest honors he has as president. Biden signed into law a bill to make Juneteenth, or June 19, the 12th federal holiday. The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to send the bill to Biden, while the Senate passed the bill unanimously the day before. "This is a day of profound weight and profound power, a day in which we...
Police are investigating as a homicide the discovery of body parts Thursday near the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. A passerby called 911 to report the discovery shortly before 9:30 a.m. in the 300 block of NE. Main Street, not far from the river, said police spokesman John Elder. Later, police recovered more remains nearby, at University Avenue and NE. 3rd Street. Police presume the body parts are all from the same person but do not add up to a full body. "We are treating this as a...
COVID-19 rates remained slightly elevated in a handful of Minnesota counties with fewer vaccinations against the infectious disease, according to a weekly state pandemic report released Thursday. Among the 10 counties with COVID-19 rates of 5 per 10,000 people or higher in the week ending June 5, none had vaccination rates that were above the state average - underscoring Gov. Tim Walz's concern that some regions could be breeding grounds for more infectious variants of the coronavirus that...
A group of City Council members clashed Thursday with Mayor Jacob Frey for giving a community group more than $300,000 to prevent violence and help reopen George Floyd Square, the semi-autonomous zone at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. The Agape Movement, a Central neighborhood organization that hires ex-gang members to interrupt gang violence, stood at the ready to guard city workers as they removed street barricades from the square in early June. Invoking his COVID-19 emergency powers, Frey...
The Minneapolis DFL failed to endorse any candidate for mayor, leaving a wide open election this fall. Seven candidates, including first-term Mayor Jacob Frey, Sheila Nezhad, Kate Knuth, Phil Sturm and AJ Awed, competed for the party's seal through a virtual format that had drawn criticism recently from some Democrats who said the process was difficult for some to navigate. Another mayoral challenger Jerrell Perry, who is now running as an independent had initially sought the DFL endorsement,...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his government to be fully prepared for confrontation with the Biden administration, state media reported Friday, days after the United States and other major powers urged the North to abandon its nuclear program and return to talks. Kim issued the order Thursday during an ongoing ruling party meeting in Pyongyang and while making clear how the North should respond to the direction of U.S. policy under President Joe Biden, the Korean...
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised the outcome of his summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and called him an astute and shrewd negotiator. The two leaders concluded three hours of talks Wednesday at an opulent villa facing Lake Geneva by exchanging expressions of mutual respect but firmly restating their starkly different views on cyberattacks, the conflict in Ukraine, political dissent and other issues. At the same time, they announced an agreement to return each other's ambassadors and mapped more talks on arms c...
CARLISLE, Penn. - The remains of 10 Native American and Alaska Native children who died more than 100 years ago while attending Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania are scheduled to be returned home to their communities in Alaska and South Dakota this week, according to a notice from the Department of the Army, which oversees the cemetery. "These students died between 1880 and 1910 while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial School," the document reads. Nine of the children were...
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint has chosen Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to serve as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, to be honored during the first year of American Women Quarters Program. The program begins in 2022. "The American Women Quarters Program will feature coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of prominent American women. Contributions may come from a wide spectrum of fields including, but not limited to, suffrage, civil...
Alaska Native elders with decades of experience in daily interactions with their environment saw changes in species that forage across a wide spectrum — near shore, far from shore and both on the surface and at ocean depth. Ilarion ‘Kuuyux’ Merculieff, Unangan, said the Unangan people saw connections between the seals, sea lions, sea birds and the ocean temperature. “We were the first ones to flag climate change, but we couldn't get anybody to listen to us,” he said. https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/indigenous-knowledge-w...
St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) recently awarded funding to schools across Minnesota for two new grants to increase the amount of healthy local foods in school meals through its Farm to School programs. School districts across Minnesota received a total of $294,907 for purchasing Minnesota-grown and -raised foods to be used in school meal programs. This grant funding will leverage an additional $239,007 in purchases of Minnesota grown- and raised-foods, for nearly $534,000 in total investment. “Building new m...
St. Paul – Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate ticked down to 4.0% in May, from 4.1% in April, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The unemployment rate decline was due to people moving from unemployment to employment. The expanding labor force pushed Minnesota’s labor force participation rate up two-tenths of a percentage point to 67.9%, the first increase in three months. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.8% from 6.1% in April. The U.S. labor force par...
Alexandria, VA – The American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF), host of CPAC, presented awards to 100 members of Congress for their strong conservative voting records at the ACU Ratings 50th Anniversary Award Ceremony. At the ceremony, ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp showcased a new platform to members of Congress to help pressure lawmakers to vote more conservatively. Members who scored an 80% or higher on ACU's 50th Edition of the Ratings of Congress were invited to the ceremony and presented a...
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....
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...
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...
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 Playoffs are scheduled to start on June 1st...
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...
Red Lake Nation Spring Pow Wow 2021 held at Pow Wow Grounds Friday and Saturday...