Red Lake Nation News - Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)

Prior Lake, Minn. – The Red Lake Nation will fund a new casino and hotel with a $27 million loan from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC). The SMSC will also give two separate $750,000 grants to Red Lake in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 for a new Little Rock Community Center. The $1.5 million in grants to Red Lake are part of the SMSC’s most recent round of more...

Minneapolis, Minnesota (July 10, 2013) – Country music fans can kick back and enjoy the ultimate Kenny Chesney experience on Friday, July 12th , at the Twin Cities’ ultimate event destination, SEVEN Steakhouse on the corner of 7th and Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis. The multi-platinum record country singer will bring his 42-city tropical “No Shoes Nation Tour” to...

Minneapolis, MN (July 10, 2013) – The Stanley Cup, professional sport’s oldest and most revered trophy is coming to Minnesota July 11-12. As the tradition goes, each member of the Stanley Cup winning team gets the Cup for period of approximately 24 hours to do with it what they choose. Chicago Blackhawks defenseman and Eden Prairie, Minn native Nick Leddy will be bringing...

There is a casting call for the feature length film (a contemporary Native story - see the character breakdown below) scheduled for Monday July 15 beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the Twin Cities. If anyone is interested, please email Stacy Thunder with your name, contact information, and list any acting experience to staceythunder4@gmail.com. Characters John Red Elk (40s) *lead,...

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (July 10, 2013) – Radio advertisements produced by Laborers Local 563 in response to Elk River-based Cretex plan to cut employee retirement benefits by roughly 80 percent are set to air on two Twin Cities’ Spanish speaking radio stations. The call to action advertisements, slated to begin airing July 10 on AM 630 Radio Rey and La Mera Buena FM 107.5, will...

ST. PAUL — No state is set to embrace the Affordable Care Act as thoroughly as Minnesota, the only one that will implement the "big three" components of health insurance expansion. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/minnesota-test-all-three-parts-new-health-care-law#sthash.WvT0U61L.dpuf...

BEMIDJI -- Police say a Bemidji man who was allegedly involved in a fight last week pulled a handgun from his waistband after fleeing from officers with the Bemidji Police Department. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/police-bemidji-man-pulled-gun-after-fighting-fleeing#sthash.Iz4RltMV.dpuf...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires is affecting air quality across Minnesota. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/smoke-canadian-wildfires-affects-minnesota#sthash.HhoZzPZY.dpuf...

Most of the thousand miles of water pipes that snake through Minneapolis are close to a century old, including the downtown pipe that broke Tuesday, sending 90,000 gallons of water gushing into the streets near Target Center....

The American Red Cross regional office in St. Paul has issued an emergency appeal for blood donors because of a summer slump in donations....

Jeramie Shemonia spent months trying to find a job and land an apartment. Some interviews went very well for the 18-year-old, but then weeks passed without a return phone call....