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The unofficial results of the September 17, 2014 election saw Robert Smith receiving the most votes with 198, followed by Donald Desjarlait with 110, Lee Lussier with 105, Clem May with 76, Julie Stately with 61, Cherlyn Spears with 31 and Deanna Lasley with 17. Since no candidate received 51% of the votes tallied, there will be a run-off election between Smith and Desjarlait. The results won't become official until certified by the Election Board, at which time the Run Off Election will be...
RED LAKE -- The unofficial results are in for the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians' special election. Robert Smith appears to have beat six other contenders for a Red Lake District Tribal Council position Wednesday night. The special election took place to fill the position vacated by Donald "Dudie" May Jr. in March. Smith received 33.11 percent of 598 votes cast. Other candidates received as follows: Donald Desjarlait - 18.39 percent; Deanna Lasley - 2.84 percent; Lee Lussier - 17.56 percent; Clem May - 12.71 percent; Cherilyn Spears - 5.18 p...
On September 16, 2014 the Ponemah School dedicated their new school sign that was recently finished a week or so ago. Commissioned by Patrick Desjarlait Jr., the project was a couple years in the making and beautifully represented the community of Ponemah. Lunch was served to those participating in the dedication, followed by Honor Songs by the Ponemah School Drum, along with comments from Ponemah School Principal Mary Trapp, Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki Sr., Superintendent Anne...
On September 16, 2014 the Ponemah School dedicated their new school sign that was recently finished a week or so ago. Commissioned by Patrick Desjarlait Jr., the project was a couple years in the making and beautifully represented the community of Ponemah. Lunch was served to those participating in the dedication, followed by Honor Songs by the Ponemah School Drum, along with comments from Ponemah School Principal Mary Trapp, Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki Sr., Superintendent Anne...
On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, newly hired Red Lake Public School District Superintendent, Anne Lundquist hosted the a second meeting in a series of ongoing, informal community conversations with district stakeholders. This first session was held at the Ponemah Elementary School last week. The purpose of the meetings were to share information regarding the district's strengths and challenges, as well as gather feedback from community members on their perspectives on the schools in general....
On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, newly hired Red Lake Public School District Superintendent, Anne Lundquist hosted the a second meeting in a series of ongoing, informal community conversations with district stakeholders. This first session was held at the Ponemah Elementary School last week. The purpose of the meetings were to share information regarding the district's strengths and challenges, as well as gather feedback from community members on their perspectives on the schools in general....
The 3rd Annual Footprints on our Hearts Walk for Remembrance and Hope was held on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 6 PM in the open field across from the Red Lake Hospital. This years theme for the walk was "Bringing memories to light" by lighting lanterns in memory of a miscarriage and the loss of an infant or child....
The 3rd Annual Footprints on our Hearts Walk for Remembrance and Hope was held on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 6 PM in the open field across from the Red Lake Hospital. This years theme for the walk was "Bringing memories to light" by lighting lanterns in memory of a miscarriage and the loss of an infant or child....
The 7th Annual Duluth Urban Office Picnic was held at Lincoln Park in Duluth on Saturday, August 23, 2014. Some of the activities included gunny sack races, Bigfoot races, a Water Balloon toss, a Potato Dance, Tug-O-War and Musical Chairs....
The 7th Annual Duluth Urban Office Picnic was held at Lincoln Park in Duluth on Saturday, August 23, 2014. Some of the activities included gunny sack races, Bigfoot races, a Water Balloon toss, a Potato Dance, Tug-O-War and Musical Chairs....
BAGLEY — Bagley will try to maintain its share of the Northstar East Conference football lead Friday when it visits Red Lake in a 4 p.m. contest. Heading into this week’s action the Flyers share 2-1 overall and league records with Blackduck and Pine River. Pillager is 1-2 while Red Lake and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley are 0-3. Bagley is coming off last week’s 49-12 victory over WHA. Blackduck also was victorious last Friday as the Drakes downed Red Lake 56-0. In last week’s other Northstar East contest, Pine River edged Pillager 21-18. In the win...
The Red Lake Girls Volleyball Team hosted Kelliher-Northome on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. The JV Girls were swept 2-0 in their match, while the varsity took their first game, lost the second, won the third, lost the fourth, and while leading in the 5th and final game towards the end, came up short for the victory. Still looking for their first win on the season, they travel to Cass Lake on Thursday, September 11th, and Warren-Alverado-Oslo on September 13th. They won't play at home again until...
The Red Lake Girls Volleyball Team hosted Kelliher-Northome on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. The JV Girls were swept 2-0 in their match, while the varsity took their first game, lost the second, won the third, lost the fourth, and while leading in the 5th and final game towards the end, came up short for the victory. Still looking for their first win on the season, they travel to Cass Lake on Thursday, September 11th, and Warren-Alverado-Oslo on September 13th. They won't play at home again until...
7 Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow held in Ponemah, Minnesota August 29th through September 1st....
7 Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow held in Ponemah, Minnesota August 29th through September 1st....
LONGMONT, Colorado, and SEATTLE, Washington (September 17, 2014) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations [ http://firstnations.org/ ]) and the National Urban Indian Family Coalition (NUIFC [ http://nuifc.org/ ]) today announced they have selected four organizations as second-year grantees under their joint urban initiative for Native Americans. Under the project, First Nations and NUIFC, as partners, are working to build the capacity and effectiveness of American Indian and/or Alaska Native nonprofit organizations over a three-year...
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, September 17, 2014)-The Wells Fargo NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance announced today that it will award $8.25 million to three CDFIs-Florida Community Loan Fund, New Jersey Community Capital, and Rural Community Assistance Corporation-to expand affordable housing across the U.S. The Awardees are community development financial institutions (CDFIs), mission-driven community lenders, with innovative strategies to preserve and expand affordable housing in the disadvantaged rural, urban, and Native communities they serve. The...
THIEF RIVER FALLS — A Thief River Falls man is accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman on multiple occasions....
Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Insurers Realizing That ‘Business Model’ of Government Health Care Doesn’t Work ST. PAUL, Minn.—The insurance company with the most customers signed up through the state Obamacare health exchange in Minnesota, MNsure, has pulled out of the government health care plan, saying continuing into 2015 is “not sustainable.” PreferredOne Health Insurance, the company with the lowest rates and the most customers, notified MNsure today that it will not return next year. The decision, according to KSTP-TV in Mi...
Artificial sweeteners may disrupt the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar, causing metabolic changes that can be a precursor to diabetes, researchers are reporting....
From politics to health care to the economy, even on political giving and race relations, Minnesota men and women hold vastly different opinions, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll....
The Rev. Michael Keating, sued last year for allegedly sexually abusing a Twin Cities girl more than a decade ago, has resigned from his teaching position at the University of St. Thomas....
An unusually harsh strain of enterovirus has been detected in Minnesota and linked to a buildup of children suffering breathing problems and clogging pediatric hospitals, the state health department reported Wednesday....
Eighteen months after the state’s top pollution officials abruptly pulled out of a four-year-old federally funded research project to rid toxic mercury from fish in the St. Louis River, environmentalists and the Fond du Lac band of Lake Superior Chippewa are openly accusing the agency of protecting polluters at the expense of kids’ health....
Ask Harold Yannerelly what he thinks of the hospice care he receives at Our Lady of Peace Home in St. Paul and he’ll tell you he’s at a loss for words. Then the 91-year-old retired health inspector will rave about the place, nonstop....