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Monroe John Skinaway, III May 15, 1979 ~ July 1, 2021 (age 42) Monroe John Skinaway, III (Waawaasese Binesii), 42 of McGregor died Thursday, July 1, 2021 at Aitkin Health Services in Aitkin. He was born May 15, 1979 in Aitkin to Clifford Monroe and Gloria Jean (Sayers) Skinaway, Sr. He worked at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs for over 23 years, most recently as a Slot Services Supervisor. Monroe was kind to everyone he met. He was very good at trivia games like Jeopardy. He enjoyed working on...
Dorothy Darlene Cotton December 5, 1935 - June 30, 2021 Dorothy Darlene Cotton, age 85, of St. Paul journeyed to the Spirit World on Wednesday, June 30th, 2021 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. She was born on December 5, 1935 in Choteau Creek, South Dakota the daughter of Joseph & Josephine (Bourissau) Dudley. She was formerly employed as a Health Unit Coordinator at Health East. She enjoyed watching soap operas, picnics with her family, watching grandchildren's sporting events, Pow-wows and the...
Trayce DeGarcia July 11, 2008 - June 29, 2021 Trayce Trinity Gabriel DeGarcia, age 12, of St. Paul, MN journeyed to the Spirit World on June 29, 2021. He was born on July 11, 2008 in St. Paul, MN the son of Jeanette Swaser. Trayce enjoyed playing NBA 2K and Fortnite and loved eating Cheetos and Takis. He loved long foot rubs from his mom, back scratches and forehead kisses. He was a grass dancer with long, beautiful hair. He was so loved and spoiled – Gone Too Soon! Survived by his mother; b...
Twyla E. Brown September 30, 1967 - June 30, 2021 Twyla Ester Brown, "Sungtokca Skā Winyañ" (White Wolf Woman) Twyla Ester Brown was born on September 30, 1967. She left us while sleeping peacefully and journeyed to the Spirit World on June 30, 2021, at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks ND at age 53 years old. Twyla's Wake will be held on Wednesday, July 7th at the Fort Totten Recreation Center beginning at 5:00 p.m. with a time of prayer and remembrance at 7:00 p.m. The procession to Fort Totten w...
Jamie Roy Solis August 18, 1991 - July 3, 2021 Jamie Roy Solis, 29-year-old resident of Onamia, MN passed away on July 2, 2021, at his residence. Visitation will begin at 7 PM on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. Funeral Ceremony will begin at 10 AM on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation with Baabiitaw officiating. Interment will be in the Vineland Burial Grounds. Arrangements are with...
Merle Jonathan Iverson November 7, 1962 - June 27, 2021 Merle Johnathon Iverson (John) age 58, journeyed to the Spirit World on Sunday, June 27, 2021 at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was born on November7, 1962 the son of Clinton Iverson Sr. and Rosemary Coshenet. John was a loving, caring son, brother, father, grandfather anduncle. He grew up in south Minneapolis, Minnesota with his mother and siblings who he loved dearly. He worked in maintenance at an apartment...
Yvette Garbow February 26, 1969 - July 4, 2021 Bezhigoogaabawiikwe, Yvette Garbow, 52-year-old resident of Onamia, MN passed away on Sunday, July 4, 2021, at her residence. Visitation will begin at 7 PM on Thursday, July 8, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Reservation. A Funeral Ceremony will begin at 10 AM on Friday, July 9, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Reservation with Obizaan officiating. Interment will be...
Red Lake Celebrates it's own Independence Day on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 starting with a feast at 4 PM at the Red Lake Humanities Center, followed by the first of three-days of pow wows and other activities. Earlier in the day a Horseshoe Tournament was held at the Redby Community Center. Redby Community Center Horseshoe Tournament Winners 1st Corky Clark (Redby) 2nd Willfred K (Cass Lake) 3rd Josh Neadeau (Red Lake) 4th Raven Roberts (Redby) More information on the scheduled activities will be...
Red Lake Celebrates it's own Independence Day on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 starting with a feast at 4 PM at the Red Lake Humanities Center, followed by the first of three-days of pow wows and other activities. Earlier in the day a Horseshoe Tournament was held at the Redby Community Center. Redby Community Center Horseshoe Tournament Winners 1st Corky Clark (Redby) 2nd Willfred K (Cass Lake) 3rd Josh Neadeau (Red Lake) 4th Raven Roberts (Redby) More information on the scheduled activities will be...
The man killed when he was caught up in a violent crash involving a Minneapolis police squad car pursuing a robbery suspect was the uncle of Darnella Frazier, who filmed the death of George Floyd. Frazier said in a Facebook post Tuesday evening that Leneal Lamont Frazier - who was not involved in the chase - died when his vehicle was struck by the squad as it pursued another vehicle. She questioned why police were involved in a high-speed chase on a residential road. https://...
The first waves of arrests in the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol focused on the easy targets. Dozens in the pro-Trump mob openly bragged about their actions on Jan. 6 on social media and were captured in shocking footage broadcast live by national news outlets. But six months after the insurrection, the Justice Department is still hunting for scores of rioters, even as the first of more than 500 people already arrested have pleaded guilty. The struggle reflects the massive scale of the...
St. Paul police are investigating a homicide after a man was shot in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood on Tuesday night. Police responded to the 1100 block of Pacific Street around 6:40 p.m. after a report that a man was shot, according to Sgt. Natalie Davis. When police arrived they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Medics pronounced the man dead at the scene. No arrests have been made and police believe the act is not random. Anyone with information is asked to call 651-266-5650....
State leaders hope to put a halt once and for all to incidents of lunch shaming in Minnesota schools by making clear which actions will not be tolerated when students fall behind on lunch payments. No pulling back of meals, no affixing of stickers or pins, and certainly no in-your-face throwaways. The details are part of a new state education finance bill passed last week that put a finer point on 2014 legislation saying schools could not "demean or stigmatize" students over unpaid lunch debts....
OTTAWA - An Inuk leader who has served as a Canadian diplomat was named the country's first Indigenous representative of the crown on Tuesday - an announcement that comes in the wake of a scandal over the nation's long mistreatment of Indigenous people. In naming the next governor general, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said 'it is only by building bridges" can the people of Canada move forward together. "Mary Simon has done that throughout her life," Trudeau said speaking at the Canadian Museum...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A storm that has lashed the Caribbean and the Florida Keys with pounding rain and gusty winds and complicated the search for survivors in a deadly condominium collapse has strengthened into a hurricane. The National Weather Service said Tuesday that Hurricane Elsa was packing winds as high as 75 mph (121 kph) as it hurtled toward Florida's northern Gulf Coast. The Category 1 storm is expected to make landfall between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Wednesday, somewhere between the...
CHICAGO - One hundred people - including two police officers - were shot in Chicago over the long Fourth of July weekend, including 18 homicides, the city's police department said Tuesday. Among those injured were at least a dozen children. None of them had died as of Tuesday morning, but at least three of the minors were in critical condition. The bloodshed was comparable to the long Fourth of July weekend last year, when 17 people were fatally shot and 70 more were wounded. A 7-year-old girl...
First came the discovery of more than 200 unmarked graves at a burial site on a former Indian boarding school property in British Columbia. Then, just weeks later, came an even more appalling revelation: another 751 graves found at another former Indian school in Saskatchewan. The graves are reminders of a horrific period in history when Indian children were removed from their families, sometimes by force, and packed into what in Canada, typically, were church-run residential schools. Thousands...
CASS LAKE, Minn. (AP) — One person has died after being struck by gunfire at an outdoor house party in Cass County, sheriff's officials said Tuesday. According to authorities, a drive-by shooting happened at a residence in Cass Lake shortly before 3 a.m. Monday. Deputies arrived to find a 34-year-old local man had been hit by gunfire while he was in a yard at the party. The victim was transported by ambulance to the Cass Lake Indian Services Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an aut...
(Red Lake, MN, July 2, 2021) Summer is a busy time for Red Lake Nation College's (RLNC's) Extension and Community Education Department. From Ojibwe arts and language, to healing gardens and Indigenous history, they offer culturally-relevant programming for everyone, from children to elders. For children, the RLNC Extension Program partnered with Waasabiik Ojibwemotaadiwin Immersion School. Children and their families and caregivers were invited to RLNC's healing garden, where they learned...
(Red Lake, MN, July 2, 2021) Red Lake Nation College (RLNC) is proud to announce that RLNC alum and staff member, Floyd "Buck" Jourdain, Jr., recently earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies from Bemidji State University, with a minor in Indigenous Studies. Jourdain is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Nation whose Indigenous studies roots go back to the Red School House survival school in St Paul, where he was educated in Indian history, culture, and the rights of Indians and...
All Beltrami County Communications Officers have been trained and certified in Telephone CPR (referred to has TCPR) enhancing their instruction prior to the arrival of first responders and medical services. The training provided the skills to rapidly detect the need for CPR and how to instruct citizens in performing CPR. Legislation in 2019 required Minnesota Public Safety Answering Points (911 centers) to establish a protocol by July 1st, 2021 to provide a minimum level of instruction for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when callers who ar...
BEMIDJI, MN: At ceremonies held on June 6, 2021 during the Minnesota Sheriff's Association (MSA) Summer Conference, Beltrami County residents Dr. Ralph D. Morris M.D, M.P.H, and Dr. Donna L. Morris RN, DrPH, were recognized by the MSA as the "MSA 2020 Sheriff's Volunteers of the Year". The Sheriff's Volunteer of the Year Award is presented to the civilian who volunteers his or her time in support of the Office of Sheriff and community performing in such a manner this is far and above the average...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Today the Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. The vote was 13-0 as every council member voted to oppose the project. Enbridge Line 3 is facing stiff resistance from Indigenous communities, climate justice groups, and everyday Minnesotans. In response to today’s action MN350 Communications Director Brett Benson said: “Today’s action by the Minneapolis City Council is more evidence of the mounting opposition to Line 3. The pipeline is proving over and over...
$21,000 Cash & 212 Grams Meth Seized In Bemidji Drug Sting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kDcI6NMR2s...
As summer progresses and teens begin or continue their summer jobs, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) wants to remind employers about laws regarding employing young workers. Early work experience can provide teens with opportunities to learn important job skills, while businesses can benefit from hiring teens to fill open positions and carry out seasonal work. “Many teens may be entering the workforce for the first time,” said Commissioner Roslyn Robertson. “Teens can play a vital role in the economy, but it’s importa...
