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Articles from the July 29, 2021 edition


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  • Alisha Rochelle Beaulieu

    Jul 29, 2021

    Alisha Rochelle Beaulieu March 4, 1984 ~ July 26, 2021 (age 37) Alisha Rochelle Beaulieu, age 37, of Grand Rapids, Minnesota began her journey to the spirit world on Monday, July 26th, 2021, from the Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital in Grand Rapids, MN. She was born on March 4th, 1984 in Red Lake, MN to Gerald "Bud" and Georgia (Stately) Beaulieu. Alisha grew up and attended school in Red Lake, MN, graduating from the Red Lake High School in 2002. She was a kind person who always stuck around...

  • Ryan Andrew Bialke

    Jul 29, 2021

    Ryan Andrew Bialke February 2, 1984 - July 27, 2021 Ryan Andrew Bialke, 37, of Bemidji, MN, died Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at the Red Lake Hospital in Red Lake, MN. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 PM, Monday, August 2, 2021 at the Red Lake Humanities Building in Red Lake, MN. A wake will begin at 5:00 PM, Sunday, August 1, 2021, at the Red Lake Humanities Building and will continue until the time of the service. Interment will be at the Greenwood Cemetery in Bemidji, MN, under the direction...

  • Dante Aaron Staples

    Jul 29, 2021

    Dante Aaron Staples July 24, 2021 ~ July 25, 2021 Dante Aaron Staples "Waagoshiings" (Little Fox), of the Loon Clan, of Cass Lake, Minnesota, began his spirit journey on Sunday, July 25, 2021, from Sanford Hospital in Bemidji, Minnesota. Baby Dante was born on Saturday, July 24, to Barbara A. Dick and Dennis J. (June) Staples, Jr. Baby Dante took his first breath and blessed our hearts for 8 ½ hours during his courageous fight to live. His parents will cherish forever the sound of his...

  • Baby Keezer-Wind

    Jul 29, 2021

    Baby Keezer-Wind July 26, 2021 ~ July 26, 2021 Baby Keezer-Wind started his journey to the spirit world from the womb on Monday, July 26th, 2021, in Cass Lake, Minnesota. Loving parents are Kyra Keezer and Jarret Wind of Cass Lake, MN. Baby Keezer-Wind is preceded in death by great uncles, Jeffrey Keezer, Sr., and Lance Robinson; great aunties, Shamelia Wright and Tanya Sargent; and grandmother, Louella Drouillard. Left to cherish Baby Keezer-Wind's memory are his parents, Kyra Keezer and...

  • Steven Defoe

    Jul 29, 2021

    Steven Defoe September 29, 1982 - July 22, 2021 Steven Joseph Defoe of Sawyer MN, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at 38 years of age. He was born on September 29th, 1982, in Duluth MN, to Steven Defoe and Shelly Martin. Steven was an enrolled member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. His career path took him to the Natural Resources Department where he worked on vehicles and tended the forest. He also served as a Wildland Firefighter for many years, when he...

  • Margaret "Dolly" Basswood

    Jul 29, 2021

    Margaret "Dolly" Basswood January 28, 1941 ~ July 26, 2021 (age 80) Margaret Lorraine "Dolly" Basswood age 80 of Pine Point, MN passed away July 26, 2021 at Sanford hospital in Fargo, ND. Dolly was born on January 28, 1941 to Anna & Albert Basswood Sr. She lived most of her life in Pine Point/Ponsford area. As a young woman Dolly would harvest wild rice with her father, she played softball and was a headstart teacher's assistant for many years. She enjoyed watching sports, playing bingo, going...

  • Donnell Formerly Charged with Killing Red Lake Police Officer

    iNewZ.TV|Jul 29, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN (iNewZ.TV) David Donnell Jr. has been formally charged in Federal Court with killing Red Lake Police Officer, Ryan Bialke Tuesday morning....

  • Man charged with killing officer on reservation in Minnesota

    Associated Press|Jul 29, 2021

    RED LAKE, Minn. - A man was charged Wednesday in the killing of a Red Lake Nation police officer who was fatally shot while responding to a call to a residence on the tribe's reservation in northwestern Minnesota. David Donnell Jr., 28, of Redby, was charged in federal court with one count of second-degree murder and four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in the death of Officer Ryan Bialke. The 37-year-old Bialke was killed Tuesday after he went to Donnell's home on a report of a...

  • Minnesota recommends masks in schools, but local districts can decide what they want

    Jul 29, 2021

    State health and education officials are recommending - but not requiring - that Minnesota school districts mandate indoor mask wearing for all students and teachers this fall, whether or not they have received a COVID-19 vaccine. The new guidance from the state of Minnesota, released Wednesday, closely follows updated recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Both groups said masks are again needed in schools because of the...

  • COVID-19 hospitalizations exceed 200 in Minnesota, double in two weeks

    Jul 29, 2021

    COVID-19 hospitalizations now exceed 200 in Minnesota, doubling over the last two weeks amid concerns over the coronavirus delta variant and its threat to unvaccinated people. The highly infectious delta variant now accounts for 85% of all new cases in Minnesota, state health officials say, up from 75% last week. Its rapid growth over the past month has fueled a resurgence in COVID-19 case growth rates, resulting in new daily infection numbers not seen since May and increasing the chances that...

  • Orono man charged, jailed after car crash near Lake Minnetonka kills two passengers

    Jul 29, 2021

    An Orono man whose two passengers died when he crashed his car into a cluster of trees near his Lake Minnetonka home turned himself into authorities Wednesday and was charged with criminal vehicular homicide. James David Blue, 51, drove off North Shore Drive on Saturday around 11:30 p.m., striking the trees before being thrown from his 2017 Bentley. The crash killed passengers Sam Schuneman, 24, and Mack Motzko, 20, who were wearing seat belts, authorities said. Blue was treated for injuries at...

  • Scorching drought exacerbates Line 3 water concerns in northern Minnesota

    Jul 29, 2021

    Severe drought is exacerbating concerns about the construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline across northern Minnesota, with the project moving millions of gallons of water even as river and lake levels sink. DFL lawmakers are now asking state pollution regulators to halt all drilling along the pipeline route until the drought ends and the region's numerous wetlands and rivers recover and can better dilute and flush any chemicals and sediment from the work. They also don't want drilling to resume...

  • Police investigating homicide near downtown Shakopee

    Jul 29, 2021

    One person is in custody after a homicide Wednesday afternoon near downtown Shakopee. Police responded to a report of a killing near the intersection of 4th Avenue and Spencer Street about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. A suspect was quickly arrested, Shakopee police said in a tweet. They added that they there is no threat to public safety. https://www.startribune.com/police-investigating-homicide-near-downtown-shakopee/600082464/...

  • New CDC guidelines set off rush to reimpose mask mandates

    Jul 29, 2021

    New guidance from the federal government set off a cascade of mask rules across the nation Wednesday as cities, states, schools and businesses raced to restore mandates and others pushed back against the guidelines at a time when Americans are exhausted and confused over constantly shifting pandemic measures. Nevada and Kansas City, Missouri, were among the locations that moved swiftly to re-impose indoor mask requirements following Tuesday's announcement from the Centers for Disease Control...

  • Infrastructure deal: Senate suddenly acts to take up bill

    Jul 29, 2021

    WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Wednesday night to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan, acting with sudden speed after weeks of fits and starts once the White House and a bipartisan group of senators agreed on major provisions of the package that's key to President Joe Biden's agenda. Biden welcomed the accord as one that would show America can "do big things." It includes the most significant long-term investments in nearly a century, he said, on par with building the...

  • Minnesota officials begin debating how to divide $250 million in aid for essential workers

    Jul 29, 2021

    Minnesota officials are debating how to divvy up $250 million in aid for essential workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their challenge is figuring out exactly who will get a check - and how much each worker will get. At the height of the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans still showed up to work in person, including teachers, hospital staff, grocery store workers, servers and janitors. "We could give $50 to everybody in the whole state, but that isn't substantial...

  • 5 arrested in Enbridge Line 3 protest in Wadena County

    Jul 29, 2021

    WADENA, Minnesota — Five people were arrested Friday, July 23, in connection to a protest of the Enbridge Line 3 project in Wadena County. The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office, along with several other law enforcement agencies, responded at 4 a.m. to the Enbridge Line 3 project. Upon arrival, deputies were alerted by construction workers of several individuals attempting to breach the fencing around the construction site. By the time the deputies got to the individuals, several had already climbed over the fence and made their way into the con...

  • Strong winds and 'monster-sized' hail cause extensive damage to parts of Beltrami County

    Jul 29, 2021

    Jul. 28—BEMIDJI — Severe storms that produced "monster-sized" hail and high winds on Monday evening left behind a trail of ruin — from downed trees to home and property damage — in its wake across much of Beltrami County and beyond. Beltrami County Emergency Management director Christopher Muller reported that large hail, ranging from golf ball to baseball-sized, was the dominant feature of the storm and was responsible for the majority of the damage around the county. The storm, which likely had wind speeds of more than 60 mph, hit Redby a...

  • Air quality alert issued due to wildfire smoke for Wednesday, July 28, through Friday, July 30, for nearly all of Minnesota

    Jul 29, 2021

    The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for nearly all of Minnesota, except the North Shore. The alert takes effect Wednesday, July 28, beginning at 10 p.m. and runs until Friday, July 30, at 3 p.m. The affected area includes Detroit Lakes, International Falls, Duluth, St Cloud, the Twin Cities, Marshall, Rochester, and the tribal nations of Fond du Lac, Upper Sioux, Leech Lake, Red Lake, Mille Lacs, and Prairie Island. Northerly winds behind a cold front...

  • White Earth Gives 48-Hour Cease-and-Desist Order to Enbridge

    Chris Burns, Lakeland News|Jul 29, 2021

    On July 26, a 48-hour cease-and-desist order was given to Enbridge Energy, the company constructing the new Line 3 pipeline, by the White Earth Reservation. The order asks Enbridge to stop all construction within a 10-mile buffer of Coffee Pot Landing near La Salle Lake for 48 hours so members of the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe may participate in a healing ceremony along the Mississippi River. Today, many showed up at Coffee Pot Landing to show their opposition to the Line...

  • State officials recommend CDC school COVID-19 guidance for fall

    Jul 29, 2021

    With students, families, and K-12 educators preparing for the start of the 2021-22 school year amid concerns about an uptick in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant, health and education officials are recommending that schools follow CDC’s guidance for COVID-19 prevention in K-12 schools this fall. These best practice recommendations reflect the current state of the pandemic as well as the importance of in-person learning. The guidance document, Best Practice Recommendations for COVID-19 Prevention in Schools for the 2021-22 School Y...

  • Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association (MCPA) Calls Spike in Violent Crimes Deeply Concerning

    Jul 29, 2021

    New Brighton, MN (July 28, 2021) – Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association Executive Director Jeff Potts today released the following statement: The 2020 BCA Uniform Crime Report is disturbing and disheartening for police professionals and should be deeply concerning for every citizen in Minnesota. Most alarming are the increases at historic levels for homicides, motor vehicle thefts and assaults, including assaults on police officers. Just yesterday, a police officer from the Red Lake Nation Police Department was tragically shot and killed i...

  • July 27 Recognized as Roger Jourdain Day in Bemidji

    Destiny Wiggins, Lakeland News|Jul 29, 2021

    Today, July 27, the Red Lake Nation flag was raised by the Bemidji City Council in front of City Hall to honor Roger Jourdain, Red Lake Nation’s first tribal chairman. Jourdain, who was elected in 1959, held his position for 31 years. New homes, the Red Lake Nation Tribal Information Center, Library, and retail centers were all built and established under his administration. Jourdain died in 2002 at the age of 89. In 2011, former Bemidji mayor David Larson proclaimed July 27 as Roger A. Jourdain Day. The flag that was raised today will be r...

  • FUND RAISER FOR POLICE FAMILIES

    A FUND RAISER FOR THE POLICE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE RECENT TRAGEDY IN RED LAKE WILL BE HELD AT THE RED LAKE TRADING POST FRIDAY, JULY 30TH 11 AM TO 2 PM. A $10 DONATION FOR TACO-IN-A-BAG AND A BEVERAGE. PLEASE HELP US SUPPORT AND APPRECIATE OUR POLICE!!...

  • MnDOT, Tourism Center asking for input on teleworking project

    Jul 29, 2021

    Duluth, Minn. – MnDOT and the University of Minnesota Tourism Center have partnered to better understand Minnesota workers’ experience with telecommuting before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Surveys were developed to gather information from both workers and employers. The surveys take 10-15 minutes to complete, and contributions to the project are vital. Individual responses will remain anonymous. Once the project is complete, results will be made available through a report posted on MnDOT and the Tourism Center websites. Link to...

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