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Articles from the June 26, 2020 edition


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  • Simon Joseph Goose

    Jun 26, 2020

    Simon Joseph Goose September 24, 1996 ~ June 23, 2020 (age 23) Simon Joseph Goose, 23 years young, of Laporte, Minnesota was born to Timothy Goose and Rhonda Hurd on September 24th, 1996 at North Country Hospital in Bemidji, Minnesota. Simon began his great journey to the spirit world on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 from the Sanford Hospital in Cass Lake, MN Simon grew up on the reservation all his life, he attended Cass Lake-Bena High School and graduated with the class of 2016. He was very good...

  • Clayton Oothoudt III

    Jun 26, 2020

    Clayton Oothoudt III November 29, 1968 ~ June 23, 2020 (age 51) Full obituary to be posted soon. Services Wake Friday June 26, 2020 6:00 PM Ball Club Community Center Ball Club, Minnesota Funeral Service Saturday June 27, 2020 10:00 AM Ball Club Community Center Ball Club, Minnesota...

  • Jonah Samuel Blue

    Jun 26, 2020

    Jonah Samuel Blue September 16, 1984 - June 24, 2020 Jonah Samuel Blue, age 35, of Belcourt, North Dakota journeyed to the Spirit World on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at his residence. He was born on September 16, 1984 in Chamberlain, South Dakota, the son of John Hopkins and Michelle Blue. Jonah enjoyed spending time and playing with his nieces and nephews. He liked hanging out with his friends, listening to music and talking on the phone with his sisters. Family was very important to him! Jonah...

  • Eliza Murray

    Jun 26, 2020

    Eliza Murray December 06, 1989 - June 23, 2020 Eliza Murray, age 30, of Naytahwaush, MN, died on Tuesday June 23, 2020, at her home surrounded by her family and under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Eliza Marie Murray was born December 6, 1989, in Mahnomen, MN, the oldest daughter of Russell and Tracy (Porter) Murray. She grew up in the Naytahwaush area and attended school in Mahnomen. Eliza graduated from Mahnomen High School with the class of 2008. She met the love of her life,...

  • Gerald Yost

    Jun 26, 2020

    Gerald Yost October 24, 1941 - June 23, 2020 Gerald Yost, age 78, of Twin Valley, MN, died Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at his home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley. Gerald Yost, the son of Herman and Evelyn (Stevens) Yost, was born on October 24, 1941 near Gary, MN. He grew up in the Mahnomen area where he attended school. As a young man, Gerald entered the United States Army, proudly serving during the Korean Conflict. Following his honorable discharge, in 1966, he returned home...

  • CDC chief says coronavirus cases may be 10 times higher than reported

    Jun 26, 2020

    WASHINGTON – The number of people in the United States who have been infected with the coronavirus is likely to be 10 times as high as the 2.4 million confirmed cases, based on antibody tests, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. CDC Director Robert Redfield's estimate, shared with reporters in a conference call, indicates that at least 24 million Americans have been infected so far. The antibody tests examine a person's blood for indicators that the i...

  • Privacy, tech issues stifle potential for COVID-19 tracking apps

    Jun 26, 2020

    Struggles by HealthPartners to get a COVID-19 crowdsourcing app in broad use reflect the difficulties of using mobile device technology to trace the course of the pandemic across the U.S. The Bloomington-based health system launched SafeDistance on April 17, relying largely on users to input information that could indicate the risk levels of COVID-19 down to the neighborhood. And it has worked, too, with users anonymously reporting when they have respiratory symptoms, and the app then...

  • Some players in Twins organization have tested positive for COVID-19

    Jun 26, 2020

    In the space of four days, the Twins have received a blueprint for playing baseball in 2020, the go-ahead to implement it - and a vivid reminder that it all could come to a halt at any moment. The first cases of COVID-19 among Twins players have been detected this week, President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey announced Thursday, and those players - "it was a few," both major and minor leaguers, Falvey said while declining to be more specific - are quarantined until they can clear MLB's...

  • Delta will add 1,000 flights in August but that may be it for the year

    Jun 26, 2020

    Delta Air Lines expects to add about 1,000 flights in August but not many more for the remainder of the year, Chief Executive Ed Bastian said in a memo on Thursday that mentioned a resurgence of COVID-19 in parts of the country. Airlines including Delta have added back some summer capacity after modest improvements in domestic-travel demand in May and June, but analysts said a spike in cases in some states could dampen the recovery. Bastian said Delta continues to see slow-but-steady increase...

  • Native Americans protesting Trump trip to Mount Rushmore

    Jun 26, 2020

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - President Donald Trump's plans to kick off Independence Day with a showy display at Mount Rushmore have angered Native Americans, who view the monument as a desecration of land violently stolen from them and used to pay homage to leaders hostile to Indigenous people. Several groups led by Native American activists are planning protests for Trump's July 3 visit, part of Trump's "comeback" campaign for a nation reeling from sickness, unemployment and, recently, social unrest....

  • Tab renewals are piling up at Minnesota's DVS

    Jun 26, 2020

    Mike McClure mailed his license tab renewal form and fee to the Minnesota Department of Vehicle Services (DVS) in mid-May and expected to have new stickers before his current tabs expired May 31. His check was cashed, but six weeks later, McClure is still waiting for his tabs to arrive. McClure, 48, of Apple Valley, is far from alone. A DVS spokeswoman said the agency is behind on processing mailed-in tab and license plate renewals for thousands of Minnesotans, and is bringing on extra staff to...

  • Target rolls out fresh grocery pickup nationwide

    Jun 26, 2020

    Target stores nationwide will soon begin to offer fresh and frozen groceries for pickup after a successful pilot program last year in the Twin Cities. By the end of the month, more than 400 Target stores will offer products such as fresh produce, milk, eggs, bread and ice cream for customers who want to either pick up their orders inside or use the drive-up service. Minneapolis-based Target plans to spread the service to more than 1,500 stores in time for the holiday season....

  • Pakistan to ground 150 pilots for cheating to get licenses

    Jun 26, 2020

    ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's state-run airline said Thursday it will ground 150 pilots, accusing them of obtaining licenses by having others take exams for them, an accusation that followed a probe into last month's crash that killed 97 people in Karachi. Abdullah Hafeez, a spokesman for Pakistan International Airlines, did not give additional details about the alleged cheating but said a process to fire the pilots had been initiated. "We will make it sure that such unqualified pilots never fly...

  • Judge shuts down energy pipeline in Michigan's Great Lakes

    Jun 26, 2020

    DETROIT - A judge shut down an energy pipeline in Michigan's Great Lakes on Thursday, granting a request from the state after the owner reported problems with a support piece far below the surface. Enbridge Inc. has not provided enough information to Michigan officials to show that continued operation of the west leg of the Line 5 twin pipeline is safe, Ingham County Judge James Jamo said. Without the temporary order, "the risk of harm to the Great Lakes and various communities and businesses...

  • Audit: US sent $1.4B in virus relief payments to dead people

    Jun 26, 2020

    WASHINGTON - Nearly 1.1 million coronavirus relief payments totaling some $1.4 billion went to dead people, a government watchdog reported Thursday. Legal and political issues hang over the misdirected taxpayer funds, the latest example of errors in massive aid being dispensed at crisis speed. As of May 31, about 160 million so-called economic impact payments totaling $269 billion were sent to taxpayers as part of the $2.4 trillion coronavirus relief package enacted in March. The Government...

  • After hang-up in the Legislature, Walz distributes $841M COVID-19 aid to local governments

    Jun 26, 2020

    ST. PAUL - Local governments around the state will be eligible to receive a piece of an $841 million federal COVID-19 aid appropriation beginning next week. Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday, June 25, announced he would distribute the funds based on the population of a county, city or town. Local governments have borne a financial burden in combating the COVID-19 pandemic and have seen revenues shrink as businesses were forced to close as the state aimed to limit the coronavirus' spread. County and...

  • Applications for $10K Small Business Relief Grants open now through July 2; apply and help spread the word!

    Jun 26, 2020

    This week, DEED was pleased to announce the opening of the 10-day application period for the new Minnesota Small Business Relief Grants Program. The program will disburse more than $60 million in grants of $10,000 to small businesses across the state that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This program was approved by the Minnesota Legislature on June 12 with overwhelming bipartisan support, signed by Gov. Tim Walz on June 16, and launched by DEED this week. Applications are now being accepted through 5 p.m. Thursday, July 2. If you...

  • Attorney General Barr Says DOJ Acts Independent Of Trump's Interests

    Jun 26, 2020

    Attorney General William Barr said Thursday that he doesn't believe President Trump has overstepped the boundaries between the White House and the Justice Department in a number of big recent cases. Barr told NPR in a wide-ranging interview that he believes Trump has "supervisory authority" to oversee the effective course of justice - but Barr said that ultimately, the choices were made and carried through independently by the Justice Department. "It's very important that the attorney general...

  • Sanders: Cut the Pentagon By 10% to Hire More Teachers, Build More Homes and Create More Jobs

    Jun 26, 2020

    WASHINGTON, June 25 — Today, ahead of the Senate’s consideration of a proposed $740.5 billion military budget authorization, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took to the Senate floor to call for a 10% cut in annual Pentagon spending to invest in education, health care and poverty reduction in America’s most marginalized communities. Sanders’ amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, cosponsored by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), would take the $74 billion in annual savings from Pe...

  • DOI Signs Agreement with USDA to Increase Investment in Infrastructure on Federal and Tribal Lands

    Jun 26, 2020

    WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) forged a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by signing the National Programmatic Agreement among the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Programs, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for Sequencing Section 106 (USDA-RD NPA). “Having the Bureau of Indian Affairs as part of the USDA’s National Programmatic Agreement will greatly enhance the tribes’ ability to finance their S...

  • Death of COVID-19 Positive Man Incarcerated at MCF-Faribault Reported by Minnesota Department of Corrections

    Jun 26, 2020

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – At approximately 9:45 PM, on June 23, 2020, a 43-year-old man incarcerated at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Faribault, Minn., died at a local hospital. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner is performing an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The man, identified as Adrian Raymaar Keys, along with a number of other men incarcerated at Faribault, tested positive for COVID-19 on June 4, 2020. Mr. Keys’ condition deteriorated over the weekend of June 20 and he was hospitalized on June 22. The medical examiner wil...

  • MnDOT to host virtual Coffee and Conversation

    Jun 26, 2020

    BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation will host a virtual Coffee and Conversation event Wednesday, July 1, at 10 a.m. During the 30-minute conversation Assistant District Engineer Darren Laesch and Project Manager Joe McKinnon will talk about three corridor studies in the Bemidji area. To register for the meeting, please visit www.mndot.gov/d2 and click on the meeting link. Everyone is welcome to take part in the virtual meeting and ask questions about any MnDOT related projects or concerns. A recording of the Coffee a...

  • Minnesota's Infrastructure Union Responds to MPUC Decision Reaffirming Approval for Line 3 Replacement Pipeline

    Jun 26, 2020

    Saint Paul, MN — Today, LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota expressed strong support for the Minnesota Public Utility Commission’s decision to reaffirm orders approving a Certificate of Need, Route Permit and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Line 3 Replacement Project. Joel Smith, President and Business Manager said, “Northern Minnesota’s economy struggled before COVID, and today faces a full-scale depression with mines and plants shutting down and thousands out of work, including many of our members. “Construction of Line 3 will provi...

  • 2020 Red Lake High School Graduation - P51

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 26, 2020

    4 Red Lake High School Graduation held on Saturday, May 23rd in Red Lake. Savannah M. Atkinson, Marlene Blue, Brisenia Bravo, LeShawnda Siseliyah Brun, Jayla Rose Caldwell, KayLynn Jean Chaboyea, Brooke Cloud, LeRiyah Jaden Cloud, Kyleigh J. Defoe-Graves, Joelle Drouillard, Daylen R. French, Autumn Eileen Holthusen, Kyra Haley-Rose King, Emma N. Kingbird, Gerika Anne Kingbird, Mark Kingbird Jr., Trisha Marie Kingbird, Kerri Lynn Lafoumtain, Bryann Lynn Lussier, Daisey Nelson, Calista...

  • 2020 Red Lake High School Graduation - P52

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 26, 2020

    4 Red Lake High School Graduation held on Saturday, May 23rd in Red Lake. Savannah M. Atkinson, Marlene Blue, Brisenia Bravo, LeShawnda Siseliyah Brun, Jayla Rose Caldwell, KayLynn Jean Chaboyea, Brooke Cloud, LeRiyah Jaden Cloud, Kyleigh J. Defoe-Graves, Joelle Drouillard, Daylen R. French, Autumn Eileen Holthusen, Kyra Haley-Rose King, Emma N. Kingbird, Gerika Anne Kingbird, Mark Kingbird Jr., Trisha Marie Kingbird, Kerri Lynn Lafoumtain, Bryann Lynn Lussier, Daisey Nelson, Calista...

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