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Janet Thunder September 22, 1955 ~ July 18, 2023 (age 67) Janet Lee Thunder, age 67, of Minneapolis, MN, passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at her home. Janet was born on September 22, 1955, in Minneapolis, MN to Nancy Thunder and Charles Harper. Janet was a lover of animals, especially her pet birds. She enjoyed shopping for knick knacks and playing Bingo. She liked watching scary movies, crime shows, and never missed The Young & The Restless. The death of her daughter, Nancy, in January...
Former Minnesota Vikings star running back Dalvin Cook offered $1 million to a former girlfriend to clear him of wrongdoing despite her previously sworn abuse allegations against him, according to a document filed in Dakota County District Court. The revelation came in a now-sealed filing by Gracelyn Trimble's attorney. The document was filed in opposition to Cook's request to bar testimony at trial of his cash settlement offers of $800,000 and then $1 million. Cook's initial offer of $800,000...
The Minneapolis precinct station that burned in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder should never house police again, the City Council declared Thursday. In a lopsided vote, council members asserted that not only should the charred Third Precinct building in south Minneapolis be eliminated as a possible future precinct headquarters, but the site at the corner of Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue should never "house any police facility or functions." "We close this chapter once and for all...
monthly total since March 2020 - the start of the three-year pandemic. While preliminary, the total halves the 83 COVID-19 deaths in May and falls well below the 239 deaths in January, according to Thursday's weekly update by the Minnesota Department of Health. The state's COVID-19 toll is 14,896 - with seniors accounting for 83% of the deaths. COVID-19 levels have been stable or declining in recent weeks, although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday reported the first...
Vikings rookie receiver Jordan Addison was cited by the Minnesota State Patrol for reckless driving and speeding after being pulled over early Thursday morning while driving 140 miles per hour. The 21-year-old first-round pick was cited shortly after 3 a.m. on eastbound I-94 near the Dale Street exit in St. Paul, the patrol said in a news release. He was the lone occupant of a Lamborghini Urus SUV. The release says the investigation remains open. https://www.startribune.com/j...
As drivers increasingly want brand-new, tricked-out versions of vehicles, a record number are paying $1,000 or more in monthly payments. Car shopping guide Edmunds reported this week that more than 15% of consumers who financed a new vehicle at the end of last year committed to a monthly payment of $1,000 or more - potentially straining household budgets for the sake of bigger and better. Alarmed by the trend of higher payments and loan terms that can stretch to 10 years, financial experts...
Sophia Haug paused a beat, trying to think of one of her friends who is not working. She couldn't. The 18-year-old was surrounded by other teens supervising preschoolers who were whacking plastic balls and drawing pictures on Wednesday. Some staff at Blaine's summer playground program are working to earn spending money. Others had parents who urged them to get a job. Several plan to teach and wanted experience working with kids. Most are saving for college. All earn at least $15 an hour. More...
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder sexually harassed a team employee and oversaw team executives who deliberately withheld millions of dollars in revenue from other clubs, and he has agreed to pay a $60 million fine, the league announced Thursday. The NFL released a 23-page report detailing the findings of an independent investigation into Snyder's conduct just minutes after its owners unanimously approved the sale of the Commanders to Josh Harris for a record $6.05 billion. The fine...
Democratic state Rep. Dan Wolgamott apologized Thursday for being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Wolgamott was pulled over and arrested by the State Patrol on July 7 after a trooper observed that his vehicle was swerving, had no front license plate and had expired registration, according to the incident report. The trooper was out looking for a vehicle that matched Wolgamott's after receiving a call about a person who was drinking in a liquor store parking lot. In a statement to the Star Tribune on Thursday morning,...
Citing a lack of evidence, prosecutors this week dismissed murder charges against a 25-year-old man in connection with a shooting outside a Brooklyn Park market more than two years ago that left a young father dead. Benjamin P. Richardson was released from the Hennepin County jail Wednesday evening, hours after District Judge Jay Quam ordered his immediate release. During a court hearing Wednesday Richardson's defense attorney argued there was a lack of evidence to implicate him in the shooting...
For the first time this season, Anoka County in the north metro and areas near St. Cloud and Rochester have reached extreme drought conditions while a large swath of east-central Minnesota, including most of the metro area, has reached severe drought levels, according to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor. The report released every Thursday shows where drought is happening in the United States and how bad it is. This week's report included precipitation that fell through 7 a.m. Tuesday and did not include Wednesday's storms that...
BAGHDAD - Protesters angered by an Iraqi man in Sweden who threatened to burn a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, overrunning the diplomatic compound and starting a fire. Hours later, Iraq's prime minister cut diplomatic ties with Sweden in protest over the desecration of the Islamic holy book. Protesters occupied the diplomatic post for several hours, waving flags and signs showing the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr,...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russia pounded Ukraine's southern cities with drones and missiles for a third consecutive night Thursday, keeping Odesa in the Kremlin's crosshairs after a bitter dispute over the end of a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to send grain through the key Black Sea port. The strikes killed at least two people in Odesa. In the nearby city of Mykolaiv, which is close to the Black Sea, at least 19 people were injured, including a child, Ukrainian officials said. Russia has targeted...
WASHINGTON - A man who worked as a politically appointed State Department official in former President Donald Trump's administration was convicted Thursday of charges that he attacked police officers during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden heard testimony without a jury before he convicted the former official, Federico Guillermo Klein, and a co-defendant, Steven Cappuccio, of assault charges and other felony offenses stemming from the riot at the U.S....
MINNEAPOLIS — Devin Anthony Sumner, 20, of Red Lake, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for a March 2022 assault that left his victim in the hospital. According to court documents, Sumner and the victim had been involved in a relationship at the time of the assault. Early in the morning of March 10, 2022, Sumner became angry at the victim and began to physically assault her by slapping and punching her while in the car. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/red-lake-man-...
The Minnesota Poison Control System is reporting an alarming rise in children exposed to opioids, such as fentanyl, in the state. Illegally manufactured fentanyl is often added to other illicit substances – including other opioids – making it difficult for people who use drugs to know what they are ingesting, and to what they may be exposing their children. “Since 2022, the Minnesota Poison Control System has been contacted about 66 children under the age of 3, including those just learning to cruise or that put their hands in their mouth...
July 20, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that Minnesota has joined the new Agriculture Competition Partnership of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), a partnership between USDA and bipartisan attorneys general in 31 states and the District of Columbia to enhance competition and protect consumers in food and agriculture markets, including in grocery, meat and poultry processing, and other markets. The new partnership stems from a December 21, 2021 letter that Attorney General Ellison led f...
St. Paul – Minnesota’s labor force growth continues to accelerate with more than 9,000 people entering the labor market in June – the fourth month in a row with positive growth and the largest monthly gain in three years. With 9,017 new people in the job market, Minnesota’s labor force participation rate increased two-tenths of a percentage point to 68.4%, compared to 62.6% nationally. Minnesota’s unemployment rate remained steady at 2.9% in June. Nationally, the unemployment rate ticked down a tenth of a percent to 3.6%. Minnesota lost 4,30...
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 144 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for fentanyl trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. “Fentanyl is a uniquely dangerous drug, making it the leading cause of death for Americans between 18 and 45,” said U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger. “Fentanyl traffickers who carry firearms to protect their deadly trade can expect to face lengthy federal prison sentences.” According to court documents, in 2021 and 2022,...
Thomas Poretsky is ready to race. Revving that engine and topping more than 50 miles per hour. Not bad for someone who doesn't have a driver's license yet. Poretsky is a 10-year-old race car driver who is the newest face in the youth races at Elko Speedway in Minnesota. He is the only Native youth that races at Elko. "My passion for racing started from my family, my fourth grade teacher, and Spiderman. Spiderman is a teenager who got bit by a spider and struggles with it. He teaches me a lesson...
The Interior Department's inspector general blamed both school administrators and federal supervisors for poor accounting and oversight Oregon's only federally-run boarding school for Native American students failed to properly spend or account for millions of taxpayer dollars as well as hundreds of thousands contributed to student accounts by Indigenous families, according to an audit by the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Inspector General. The audit of Chemawa Indian School was...
Red Lake Summer Culture Camp is a wrap! We had an awesome group of kids who showed up everyday to learn a variety of different Cultural Activities and Projects during the two week camp. Those activities and projects included Ojibwe Language and TPR movements, Ribbon skirt making, drumstick making, hand drum making, big drum teachings, traditional rattle making, tobacco pouch making, dream catcher teachings and making, bandolier bag paintings, hook-and-line fishing, and blanket/pillow making....
St. Mary's Mission School Summer Adventures during Summer School...
Red Lake Celebrates 2023 Independence Day: Thursday Afternoon Pow Wow of July 6, 2023 Red Lake Singing Contest Winners 1st - The Descendants 2nd - Blacklodge 3rd - MoTown 4th - Young Enemy 5th - Ho Chunk Station Red Lake Celebrates 2023 Independence Day: Contest Winners https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRIuRPzFgwI3kvbVF7ptGMeV3TJSRcLR8BVyv18gNrGCu_uYwy8UPdv9ZVOG4ewqm7K7Qv8fG5qbQzM/pub Moccasin Game Tournament results! 1st place: Phil, Charles, and Lorenzo Grolla (Red Lake / Bois...
Red Lake Celebrates 2023 Independence Day: Thursday Afternoon Pow Wow of July 6, 2023 Red Lake Singing Contest Winners 1st - The Descendants 2nd - Blacklodge 3rd - MoTown 4th - Young Enemy 5th - Ho Chunk Station Red Lake Celebrates 2023 Independence Day: Contest Winners https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRIuRPzFgwI3kvbVF7ptGMeV3TJSRcLR8BVyv18gNrGCu_uYwy8UPdv9ZVOG4ewqm7K7Qv8fG5qbQzM/pub Moccasin Game Tournament results! 1st place: Phil, Charles, and Lorenzo Grolla (Red Lake / Bois...
