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Margaret Catherine Gibbs September 15, 1965 ~ July 14, 2021 (age 55) Margaret Catherine Gibbs, age 55, of Bemidji, Minnesota, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at the Red Lake IHS Hospital. Margaret was born September 15, 1965, in Red Lake to Oliver and Darlene (Jones) Gibbs. She grew up with her five brothers and sisters in Redby and attended Red Lake High School. Margaret had a wandering nature and loved to travel. She spent her early years traveling to places like Canada to visit her...
Michael "Tanner" Bellanger January 03, 1996 - July 14, 2021 Michael “Tanner” Bellanger, age 25, of Waubun, MN, died on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Michael Tanner Bellanger was lovingly welcomed into this world on January 3, 1996, the first child and only son, born to Michael and Theresa (Nelson) Bellanger. When he was six months old, they moved to the White Earth area where Tanner grew up and welcomed two little sisters. When he was little, Tanner attended day...
Macelwayne James Bear August 05, 1985 - July 12, 2021 Macelwayne J. Bear, 35 of the Spirit Lake Nation, passed away on Monday, July 12, 2021, at his home. The Wake for Macelwayne will be on Sunday, July 18, 2021, beginning at 5:00 p.m. at his home. The procession to his home will leave from City Plaza, Devils Lake on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. Funeral Services will be on Monday, July 19, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at Dakotah Oyate Lutheran Church with burial in the Bdecan Presbyterian Cemetery. Macelwayne Jam...
On July 4th, President Joe Biden celebrated dramatic progress in the war on the coronavirus, with more than 150 million adults fully vaccinated and infections plunging 93% since Inauguration Day. "Together, we're beating the virus," Biden said at a party on the White House lawn. But at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference, attendees celebrated a different - essentially opposite - milestone: that Biden had missed his goal of vaccinating 70% of adults. "Clearly they were hoping -...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is ditching MnPass and switching to an electronic toll collection system used in 18 other states. The change, which MnDOT officials have been preparing for since 2015, will allow drivers to use one device to pay tolls in Minnesota and elsewhere, satisfying customer demand and bringing the state in line with others including Illinois, Indiana, Florida and several states on the East Coast and in the Northeast. "This will make travel easier for folks,"...
WASHINGTON - The child tax credit had always been an empty gesture to millions of parents like Tamika Daniel. That changed Thursday when the first payment of $1,000 hit Daniel's bank account - and dollars started flowing to the pockets of more than 35 million families around the country. Daniel, a 35-year-old mother of four, didn't even know the tax credit existed until President Joe Biden expanded it for one year as part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that passed in March....
DULUTH – A popular beach just east of Grand Marais, Minn., may return to tribal ownership as the state moves to transfer the property to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The Minnesota Department of Transportation owns the former gravel pit and is looking to pass it on after deeming the nearly 2-acre parcel "excess." "We wanted to figure out how to manage it in a way that keeps it in public use," said Duane Hill, MnDOT's district engineer for northeastern Minnesota. "As that d...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A jury on Thursday found the gunman who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper criminally responsible for his actions, rejecting defense attorneys' mental illness arguments. The verdict means Jarrod Ramos will be sentenced to prison, not a maximum-security mental health facility, for one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in the U.S. Prosecutors are seeking five life sentences without the possibility of parole. The jury needed less than two hours to find that Ramos,...
Environmental groups and Indigenous bands opposed to Enbridge's Line 3 oil pipeline have asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling that said regulators relied on the correct demand forecast when approving the pipeline. But the Minnesota Department of Commerce, which had sided with the groups and bands in arguing the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission erred in granting the project its certificate of need because Enbridge did not demonstrate sufficient need to build...
ECKLES TOWNSHIP -- The Minnesota Incident Command System released an update Thursday morning, July 15, on the status of cleanup and control of Tuesday's wildfire on the south side of Radar Road in Eckles Township. According to the release, on Wednesday the local DNR unit transitioned command of the fire to MNICS to provide additional logistical support. Firefighters continued to strengthen the containment line around the fire perimeter and mop up hot spots within the burn area to prevent fire...
ROCKY RIDGE, Ariz. - The Rocky Ridge Gas and Market is the only store in a rural Navajo community in northeastern Arizona. It offers a variety of basic needs, including food, toilet paper and, most recently, clean drinking water. From a concrete pad next to the store, a pilot project from Watergen Inc. is providing a new water source to a community where access to water has been limited by drought, lack of infrastructure, and coal mining. "Right now, we have people who are curious who read...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have introduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act that will legalize cannabis nationwide and present opportunities for people of color to participate in the industry. Several tribes and Native-owned business enterprises are entering the cannabis industry. The cannabis industry, which employs over 320,000 workers and generated over $17.5 billion in sales in 2020, also presents a...
As a survivor, child witness and mom of an 8-year-old daughter, the work of missing and murdered Indigenous women is extremely personal to Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. “[I] don’t want her to experience the same things I’ve experienced, as well as every literally Native woman I know has experienced violence. I’m hell-bent on changing the current conditions so that she and [other] Native children will not have to experience that in their lifetime,” Flanagan told Indian Country Today. On July 1, as part of Minnesota’s COVID-19 Recovery Bu...
St. Paul – Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained steady at 4.0% in June and the state’s labor force participation rate also remained level at 67.9%, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Nationally, the unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point in June to 5.9% with labor force participation holding steady at 61.6%. Over the month, Minnesota lost 600 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis. The private sector lost 3,100 jobs, down 0.1%. These...
St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has awarded $95,000 to combat noxious weeds across Minnesota. Twenty projects are being funded though the 2021 Noxious Weed and Invasive Plant Grant. The money, awarded to cities, counties, townships, conservation districts, and tribal nations, will be used to purchase equipment and supplies, conduct mapping and outreach activities, and hire private applicators to manage noxious weeds. Noxious weeds are plants that have the potential or are known to be harmful to human or animal health...
WASHINGTON – The Office of Indian Economic Development (OIED) announced today it is soliciting applications for its Fiscal Year 2021 Tribal Tourism Grant Program (TTGP). The deadline for applications is 9 p.m. EDT, Aug. 13, 2021. OIED’s Division of Economic Development solicits proposals from American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribes and Tribal organizations to receive grants to support Tribal tourism feasibility studies and/or Tribal tourism business plan development. The TTGP, which is funded through the Native American Tourism and...
Bemidji, Minn. –Beginning August 9, motorists on Highway 2 east of Cass Lake will experience short term delays and lane closures as the resurfacing project begins. The project includes grading and resurfacing Highway 2 from Cass county road 206 to Cass county road 10 east of Cass Lake. The contractor for this $1.7 million dollar project is Northern Paving. This project will create a safer, longer lasting road surface. It is estimated to be complete by the end of August, weather permitting. Visit the project website for more information and a p...
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St. Paul - Today, Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove participated in the groundbreaking of SICK, Inc.’s new $27 million dollar campus in Bloomington’s South Loop District. The expansion is expected to create up to 50 new jobs, while retaining their existing Minnesota-based employees. DEED is supporting this project with a loan of up to $350,000 from the Minnesota Investment Fund (MIF). Named after the company founder Erwin Sick of Germany, SICK is a leading manufacturer of factory, logistics and process a...
Red Lake celebrated 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. Some events were postponed due to rain and held on the following day. However, 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)...
Red Lake celebrated 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. Some events were postponed due to rain and held on the following day. However, 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)...
Red Lake celebrated 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. Some events were postponed due to rain and held on the following day. However, 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)...
Red Lake celebrated 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. Some events were postponed due to rain and held on the following day. However, 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)...
Red Lake celebrated 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. Some events were postponed due to rain and held on the following day. However, 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)...
Red Lake celebrated 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. Some events were postponed due to rain and held on the following day. However, 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)...
