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Today, Governor Mark Dayton announced his appointment of the Honorable Anne K. McKeig who is a descendant of White Earth Nation as Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Judge McKeig will replace Associate Justice Christopher J. Dietzen, who will be retiring at the end of August. Governor Dayton says that Judge Anne McKeig has served the people of Minnesota admirably throughout her distinguished career, including as Presiding Judge of the Family Court in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District. Governor Dayton went on to say that J...
She was bound, kidnapped and then left to die. The man accused of the heinous crime was in court Monday. But it still remains a mystery, was the little girl's abduction part of a sexual predator's fantasy or part of a cover up of a murder plot? http://www.wdaz.com/news/minnesota/4063439-court-papers-5-year-old-duct-taped-left-die...
RED LAKE, MN - The Peace & Dignity Journey Runners ran through the Red Lake Indian Reservation on Sunday, June 26, 2016, stopping in the Little Rock Community where they were treated with a blessing and a meal. This group is on a 6,000 mile journey from Alaska to Panama to promote saving the earth for future generations. The Peace and Dignity Journeys, which began in 1992, are ceremonial runs conducted every four years to connect indigenous communities, according to the website for the Texas...
ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Supreme Court is set to welcome its first American Indian member, who will give the court its second female majority. Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday announced his appointment of Anne K. McKeig, who has been a Hennepin County district court judge as well as presiding family court judge. A White Earth Nation descendant, McKeig was raised in Federal Dam, a small community southeast of Bemidji. White Earth is in northwestern Minnesota. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/region/4063716-dayton-names-first-am...
BEMIDJI—Peace and Dignity runners were joined by the sound of a water drum and local supporters from Red Lake, Leech Lake and Fond du Lac on Tuesday afternoon as they left Diamond Point Park. The runners have been running for two months, and will continue for five more as part of the 2016 Peace and Dignity Journey. Bemidji is one of many stops along their way. Peace and Dignity Journeys are spiritual cross-continent runs that happen every four years. One group starts in Chickaloon, Alaska (who stopped in Bemidji) and another in Tierra de F...
(Bemidji, MN) – Paul Bunyan Communications is pleased to announce that Daystar Television Network has been added to Paul Bunyan Television (PBTV) service. Daystar (SD) is available to all PBTV digital subscribers on PBTV channel 397, while Daystar High Definition (HD) is available to all PBTV HD subscribers on PBTV channel 897. Owned by Word of God Fellowship, Daystar is an award winning, faith based network dedicated to spreading the Gospel. Daystar, which was started in December of 1997 by M...
Youth Co-Ed Softball teams played on Monday, June 20, 2016 at the Art Thunder Memorial Ball Park and the Green Lake Ball Park, both in Redby. Six teams are in this Monday Night League....
On Friday, June 10, 2016 the Red Lake Trading Post held their Annual Customer Appreciation Day in the field by the Red Lake Trading Post. There were games and numerous activities for everyone, along with lunch and door prizes. The Ponemah Market held their Customer Appreciation Day on Thursday, June 9, 2016 in Ponemah with similar activities and fun for everyone....
Red Lake Fireworks hosted the 2nd Annual Display Show at the High School softball fields area in Red Lake on Thursday, June 23, 2016. Hundreds showed up for the live demo, which featured products Red Lake FIreworks offered in their store, from brands like Windmill, World Class Fireworks, Boomer, and Pyro Junkie for the buyers viewing pleasure. Red Lake Fireworks says they are serving the Red Lake area with the most entertaining Fireworks in the Midwest. The purchase and off-reservation...
Red Lake High School Graduation 2016 held at 1 PM on Saturday, May 28, 2016....
The Red Lake Elementary School Pow Wow 2016 was held on Thursday, May 26, 2016. The new Red Lake Elementary School Princess was AveriAuna Schoenborn and Elvis King....
The Ponemah School held their annual pow wow on Friday, May 20, 2016. Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki Sr. was this year's Master of Ceremonies and there was an excellent turnout....
RED LAKE - Last week, twenty-three Red Lake Nation College students graduated in a ceremony held at Leech Lake Tribal College, but on Thursday, May 19, 2016, a Special Recognition Ceremony was held outside on the campus with Red Lake in the background. The ceremony began with an introduction by Mistress of Ceremonies Lorena Cook, RLNC Board Chairwoman, followed by the Grand March accompanied by the Red Lake Nation College Drum Group. Eugene Stillday, Spiritual Advisor for RLNC, gave the opening...
CITY OF BEMIDJI- DOWNTOWN UPGRADES TO PARKING LOT 2 Parking lot #2 and adjacent alley is open again and all bagged signs on 2nd and 3rd streets as well as Minnesota Ave NW and Beltrami Ave NW will be uncovered today which manes no more overnight street parking. All Interstate 94 lanes St. Cloud to Collegeville open for Independence Day holiday travel Single lane each direction resumes July 6 Motorists traveling Interstate 94 between St. Cloud and Collegeville will find free flowing traffic as al...
WASHINGTON – Acting Assistant Secretary –Indian Affairs Lawrence S. Roberts today announced the approval of a $23.5 million loan guarantee to the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) that will allow it to acquire a greater ownership interest in NTUA Wireless, LLC, a telecommunications services company serving the Navajo Nation. The company is a partnership of NTUA and Commnet Wireless, a rural wireless service provider based in Atlanta, Georgia. “I congratulate the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority on becoming the majority owner of the large...
MOTLEY, Minn. -- A Robbinsdale, Minn., man was killed Monday in rollover on Highway 64 two miles north of Motley, the Minnesota State Patrol reported. A 1999 Mercury Mystique driven by Terrance Peterson, 27, was travelling south on Highway 64 at 120th Street SW when it rolled over about 6 p.m, the state patrol said. Peterson apparently lost control of the vehicle and entered the west ditch, where the vehicle rolled multiple times. The vehicle was totaled, the state patrol reported. Peterson was killed in the crash and a passenger in the...
ST. PAUL -- A new license plate option will be available to Minnesota drivers in October, and it’s up to the public to pick its design. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced the finalists Monday for the new state parks and trails license plate. Members of the public can vote on the designs online through 5 p.m. July 4, and the winner will be announced July 6. Voting link: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/parksplate/index.html http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/region/4063685-new-minnesota-license-plate-option-vot...
Canada committed “cultural genocide” against Indigenous peoples through policies like Indian residential schools which were created to wipe out the languages and cultures of pre-existing nations, said the country’s top judge in a speech delivered Thursday. Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin delivered her remarks as Ottawa prepares for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final national event which begins Sunday. McLachlin said Canada’s treatment of Indigenous peoples in the 19th and early 20th Century was aimed at...
RED LAKE — A number of Native American athletes and coaches from around the country have flocked to Red Lake Nation this summer. A series of sports camps are being held in conjunction with Oshkiimaajitahdah, a community organization in Redby also known as Tribal Family Assistance Plan. The program is run by Dan Ninham, a Bemidji Middle School physical education teacher, and his wife, Red Lake Middle School Principal Susan Ninham. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/sports/4064249-setting-example-oshkiimaajitahdah-summer-camps-show...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana after Secretary of State Alex Padilla said Tuesday that initiative proponents turned in more than enough signatures to place the question on the November ballot. A successful vote in California would mean one in every six Americans lives in a state with legal marijuana sales, including the entire West Coast. The initiative is promoted by a well-funded and politically connected coalition spearheaded by former Facebook president Sean Parker. h...
TOKYO — Toyota is recalling 1.43 million vehicles globally for defective air bags, although it is not part of the massive recalls of Takata air bags, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday. Toyota Motor Corp. said it does not know of any fatalities or injuries related to the latest recalls. Being recalled are the Prius hybrid, Prius plug-in and the Lexus CT200h produced between October 2008 and April 2012 — 743,000 vehicles in Japan, 495,000 in North America and 141,000 vehicles in Europe, as well as 9,000 vehicles in China and 46,000 veh...
It's getting easier to find a construction job in Minnesota, and harder for employers to find construction workers. Construction unemployment in the state fell to 2.1 percent in May, its lowest level since 2001, and the third-lowest rate in the country, according to estimates released Tuesday by Associated Builders and Contractors, a national trade group. "There's a shortage, specifically, for skilled workers," said Bernie Markstein, the economist who made the estimates based on Department of Labor data. "Skilled workers left during the...
WASHINGTON — Ikea has agreed to stop selling and recall a dresser that had a tipping problem that had injured several people, including a 22-month-old child from Apple Valley who was killed in February. The recall was announced Tuesday by Ikea and the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission. It came a month after three members of Congress, including Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, called on federal regulators to push for a ban on sales, as well as a recall. Ikea has sold 29 million of the Malm brand dressers involved in the accidents. Ikea w...
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday concluded their $7 million, two-year investigation into the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, with fresh accusations of lethal mistakes by the Obama administration but no "smoking gun" pointing to wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton, then secretary of state and now the Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee. After the long investigation, filled with partisan sniping by panel members, none of the new revelations highlighted by the House Benghazi committee in its 800-page report pointed specifically to C...
The U.S. and Mexico will commit to joining Canada in boosting their use of wind, solar and other carbon-free sources of electricity, helping North America meet an ambitious goal of generating at least 50 percent of its energy from “clean” sources by 2025. The pledge is set to be made as part of a summit of North American leaders Wednesday in Ottawa, Canada. “We believe this is an aggressive goal but one that is achievable by all three countries,” said Brian Deese, a senior adviser to President Obama on energy matters. http://...
