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Hillary Clinton told an enthusiastic group of educators in Minneapolis on Monday night that she wants to institute universal preschool, repair crumbling schools and raise teachers’ wages. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee also vowed to eliminate tuition at public colleges and universities for students of families that make less than $125,000 a year. She lamented a system that she says overly emphasizes standardized testing and she called for more focus on computer science training for students. “When I am president you will...
Todd Seehus’ 13-year-old son died by suicide in February 2015 after kids called him “freak” and shoved him into lockers at Lincoln Park Middle School in Duluth, a federal lawsuit alleges. Now, Seehus is suing the Duluth School District for failing to curb the bullying that he says prompted his son’s death. The suit filed Friday in U.S. District Court says the district, the school board, and former and current administrators at Lincoln Park Middle School didn’t address the bullying of his son, Tristan Seehus. The district’s lack of...
The president of the Minneapolis Police Federation said Monday that he has been ordered not to wear his uniform during media interviews while representing the union, one week after he angered the mayor and others for calling the Minnesota Lynx attendance “pathetic.” Lt. Bob Kroll, who heads the union representing rank-and-file officers, said he received a letter from Chief Janeé Harteau ordering him to stop wearing the uniform when speaking with media — unless he is speaking on behalf of the department. Kroll said he is preparing a...
A St. Paul man with a mental illness whose armed standoff with police in 2015 left an officer with an air rifle pellet lodged in his face was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison. Robert Wood’s sentencing day landed amid national turmoil over slayings of law enforcement officers that followed weeks of protests over the deaths of blacks in encounters with police. Wood’s story was highlighted in a recent Star Tribune series “A Cry for Help” showing that more than 45 percent of the people who die in police encounters in Minnesota had...
The day after a second ambush killing of police officers, this time in Louisiana, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek gave new marching orders to his deputies: No more solo patrols. Stanek is joining law enforcement agencies across the country who are taking precautions to protect officers — including here in Minnesota. St. Paul police already have doubled up, and in Minneapolis, police Chief Janeé Harteau gave a similar order mere hours after the most recent attack in Baton Rouge, La., although police union officials said the practice was...
Omar Ishrak, chairman, CEO Medtronic PLC Total compensation: $50,989,783 for the year ended April 29 Salary: $1,548,216 Non-equity incentive pay: $6,070,758 Other compensation: $90,299 http://www.startribune.com/ceo-pay-watch/387314121/...
POLK COUNTY, TX (KTRE) - In letters dated just days apart, the Texas Attorney General's Office and the FBI have rejected requests to release the records related to the death of a Livingston man on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation. Once the tribe rejected KTRE's request to release an arrest affidavit for Matthew Battise, KTRE requested the document from the FBI, which is assisting in the investigation. Tribal Judge Dana Williams rejected the request in May, saying the tribe does not have to adhere to Freedom of Information Act laws....
Behind weeds growing from the riverbank and in the heat of mid-July, Kyle Kematch unwinds rope from a four foot-wide bar to attach to Drag the Red's new boat. He is one of few community members that volunteer their time to drag the Red River for traces of missing and murdered people. "It eases my mind to know I'm doing the best to find my sister. She's been missing for six years now," he said. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/drag-the-red-winnipeg-manitoba-missing-and-murdered-1.3684855...
The only photo of Marieyvonne Alaka hangs on the wall of her mother's home in Iqaluit. Her small face pokes out of her mother's amauti. The photo was taken in 1959, when Marieyvonne was just a few months old. At age four, she was sent from her home in Igloolik, Nunavut, to the residential school in Chesterfield Inlet. Marieyvonne died in November 1967. She was just eight years old. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mother-daughter-grave-search-1.3682042...
A very tragic event has hit the Navajo Nation once again A 3-year-old boy was mauled to death by 12 pitbulls in Seba Dalkai, AZ on the Navajo Nation, reported the Navajo Times. A very tragic incident. Kimasha Begay told the tribally owned newspaper, her son Kayden Coltor Begay was visiting his paternal grandparents when according to Kimasha, her son slipped out after his aunt, who was checking on the cattle only to be found mauled by the pitbull dogs. http://navajopost.org/breaking-child-mauled-death-12-pitbulls/...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A man accused of using his pickup truck, boots and a knife to assault one man and kill another on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation will remain jailed until trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal recently rejected a defense request to allow Dallas Thundershield to be moved to a private home or a halfway house, with monitoring. She based her decision on the alleged crime and Thundershield's criminal history of assault and escape. "There is no condition or combination of conditions which would reasonably assure his...
BILLINGS - The Fort Peck Indian Reservation is dealing with what tribal leaders call a methamphetamine epidemic, yet the council recently voted down an initiative to make possession and use of the drug a felony offense. During a tribal council meeting last week, the board voted 6 to 5 to deny a motion to enhance criminal punishment for meth users. As it stands, a tribal member who is caught using or possessing methamphetamine, or any other illegal drug, faces a misdemeanor charge in tribal court. http://www.krtv.com/story/32...
The amendment provides $1.5 million to upgrade dirt roads on school bus routes on tribal trust lands. The funding would be available to repair flood-prone roads in the Navajo Nation portion of Utah’s San Juan County, which STN previously reported on. “The condition of critical bus routes within the Navajo Nation is unacceptable,” said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who introduced the amendment and represents Utah’s third district, where San Juan County is located. Last winter, the San Juan County Commission described these roads as “neglected...
A Lake Superior tribe is assessing damage after a storm this week brought torrential rains and flooded their reservation. The flooding cut off the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa from regular routes to food, water and medical supplies. Bad River's flood command spokesman Dylan Jennings said the tribe is doing what it can for members. "The ones that have lost their houses and whatnot are being put up in either the casino lodge or in some of the other local hotels in the area and taken care of in that way," he said. h...
Authorities in western South Dakota say five people are dead following a weekend crash. Mellette County Sheriff Mike Blom says two vehicles collided around 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of South Dakota Highways 44 and 63 on the western end of the Rosebud Indian Reservation. Blom says a pickup truck with three occupants from Wisconsin was westbound on Highway 44 when it collided with a mid-size sedan with seven occupants heading north on Highway 63. He says the circumstances surrounding the crash are still unclear. htt...
Police are investigating a pickup truck crash on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation that sent nine people to the hospital over the weekend. The Erie County Sheriff's Office said the pickup truck was traveling along Versailles Plank Road on the borders of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties when it veered into a tree around 7:45 a.m. Sunday. Deputies say the occupants were riding in both the cabin of the truck and in its bed. The impact caused many of the occupants to be ejected, while others had to be extracted from the vehicle by fire company...
TAHLEQUAH — Jackie Robinson is credited with breaking the color barrier in baseball. However, in the 50 years before Robinson broke into the big leagues, there were at least 50 Native Americans, including Oklahoman Jim Thorpe, who played in the major leagues. “I don’t discount anything Jackie Robinson went through and I have nothing but the greatest respect for what Jackie Robinson did,” said Rob Daugherty. “However, there were dozens of American Indians who played in the major leagues before Robinson broke into the big leagues in...