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DeLinda "DeeDee" Marie HisGun April 7, 1965 ~ July 24, 2021 (age 56) DeLinda Marie HisGun, age 56, died Saturday, July 24, 2021 at St. Mary's Hospital. She was born in Sisseton, SD to Charlotte Grey Owl and Dennis HisGun on April 7, 1965. She was a proud member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe in Sisseton, SD. She made her home in Duluth, MN and enjoyed the views of the area. Delinda graduated high school from Mahnomen High School in 1983. Years later she attended the Fond du Lac Tribal and...
Jimmie Derek Harrison, Sr November 15, 1965 ~ July 27, 2021 (age 55) Jimmie Derek Harrison, age 55, of Cass Lake, MN, passed away on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Cass Lake with his family by his side. He was born November 15, 1965, in San Diego, CA the son of Donnie and Ruby (Losh) Harrison. Jimmie lived in the cities for most of the 70's before making Cass Lake his home in 1979. He was an Archaeologist for many years before taking up the craft of Jewelry making with his mom. Over the years he...
A Redby man was charged with five federal counts for the shooting death of a Red Lake Officer. The US Attorney's Office says five RLPD officers responded to a welfare check on 28-year-old David Donnell, Jr., Tuesday morning. Officers found Donnell standing outside on the porch and attempted to have him walk towards them, but he instead went inside the home. Officers breached the door due to Donnell's active tribal warrant and refusal to comply. Officer Ryan Bialke was struck by gunfire through...
As Minnesotans toiled in dramatically smoky, dangerous air Thursday, Gov. Tim Walz prepared to discuss the nation's growing wildfire crisis with President Joe Biden and several other governors. The virtual meeting Friday comes as the state faces a worsening drought and one of the worst air quality crises it has ever recorded. On Thursday, much of the state, including the metro area, was enveloped in air so smoky that it blocked out the sun. An air quality alert was in effect for most of state...
Minnesotans who get their first COVID-19 vaccination shot will be rewarded with $100, Gov. Tim Walz announced Thursday. President Joe Biden urged states to offer the incentive in an effort to jump-start the country's vaccination efforts amid a surge of COVID-19 infections caused by the highly infectious delta variant. Minnesota will offer a $100 Visa gift card to anyone 12 and older who gets their first shot between July 30 and Aug. 15. https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-o...
Minneapolis is bringing back rooming houses to ease the city's housing shortage problems and help stabilize people who are homeless or on the brink of it. The City Council last week approved a new ordinance that will make it legal to build single-room dwellings with shared bathrooms and kitchens. Council Members Cam Gordon, Lisa Goodman and Jeremy Schroeder crafted the ordinance to give low-income people a housing option that they say will address a gap in the city's affordable housing....
Vaccinations and federal aid helped lift the U.S. economy out of its pandemic-induced hole in the spring. The next test will be whether that momentum can continue as coronavirus cases rise, masks return and government help wanes. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, grew 1.6% in the second quarter of the year, the Commerce Department said Thursday, up from 1.5% in the first three months of 2021. On an annualized basis, second-quarter growth was 6.5%. Fueled by strong...
The school district serving the southern Minnesota city that Mayo Clinic calls home took a commendable step this week. When classes resume in Rochester, students ages 2 through 11 will be required to wear masks when they're inside school facilities. Every Minnesota school should follow that lead and expand it to include students and staff at every grade level regardless of vaccination status. It's the responsible course of action as COVID-19's dangerously transmissible delta variant circulates...
Target is once again paying front-line employees a $200 bonus to thank them for their work over the past few months. On Thursday, the Minneapolis-retailer announced the bonus will be awarded to full- and part-time team employees in Target stores and distribution centers as well as headquarters staff who support its customer and employee contact centers. The bonuses will be paid out in August. This bonus, an investment of $75 million by Target, will be the sixth paid to employees during the p...
BOSTON - The Biden administration announced Thursday it will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled the moratorium would only be extended until the end of the month. The White House said President Joe Biden would have liked to extend the federal eviction moratorium due to spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. Instead, Biden called on "Congress to extend the eviction moratorium to...
State officials are urging all eligible Minnesotans — and teenagers in particular — to get their COVID-19 vaccine before school starts in the fall. Leaders from the Minnesota Department of Health and the Department of Education on Thursday announced the state's new campaign, called "Vax to School," to promote vaccinations as a way to keep students in classrooms. They stressed that students should act now if they want to reap the full benefit of vaccination before school activities and classes begin. "The time is now to really increase our rat...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for nearly all of Minnesota, except the North Shore. The alert is in progress and continues 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 have brought smoke from wildfires...
ICHINOMIYA, Japan - Native Hawaiian Carissa Moore won gold in women's surfing on Tuesday in the sport's Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games. Competing for Team USA, the 28-year-old pro surfer defeated South Africa's Bianca Buitendag 14.93 to 8.46, in Ichinomiya, Japan. Buitendag won silver and Japan's Amuro Tsuzuki took bronze. "This was such a special moment for surfing," Moore wrote in an Instagram post following her win. "I'm so proud of all the athletes for how they showed up the last few...
LOS ANGELES - Legendary American Indian actor Saginaw Grant walked on to the spirit world Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Grant was a widely respected elder in Indian Country. He was the hereditary chief and a respected citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma with blood ties to the Iowa and Otoe-Missouria Nations. He was 85. The announcement of his passing was posted on his Facebook page: "It's with heavy hearts we announce a warrior has been called home. Saginaw Morgan Grant, the hereditary...
BILLINGS, Mont. — A prosecutor for the Crow Tribe accused a federal law enforcement officer of aggravated assault and other offenses after the officer's police dog allegedly caused extensive injuries to a tribal member during a traffic stop. A civil complaint from prosecutor David Sibley seeks to ban the Bureau of Indian Affairs officer from the Crow reservation in southeastern Montana over the July 20 incident in Lodge Grass. Bureau officials said in a statement that a police dog had been used in Lodge Grass on that date during the a...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is launching a streamlined application portal to allow borrowers with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans $150,000 or less through participating lenders to apply for forgiveness directly through the SBA. “The SBA’s new streamlined application portal will simplify forgiveness for millions of our smallest businesses -- including many sole proprietors -- who used funds from our Paycheck Protection Program loans to survive the pandemic,” said Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman....
BEMIDJI, MN JULY 13, 2021 — Following a competitive federal application process, the Niganawenimaanaanig Indigenous Nursing Program at Bemidji State University was recently awarded $2.2 million to continue their innovative support services for Indigenous nursing students. Niganawenimaanaanig was one of 32 programs selected for the U.S. Health Resources & Service Administration’s Nursing Workforce Diversity Program, which seeks to increase nursing education opportunities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, including racial and ethnic min...
Today, the Minnesota Department of Health posted a new evaluation report outlining the implementation and progress of our vaccine equity work. The “COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Metric Evaluation Brief” provides background on the state’s use of CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) and other strategies to address equity gaps in vaccine administration. The strategies aimed to increase vaccination rates in areas that were most vulnerable (high SVI). In May 2021, the Minnesota Department of Health implemented a 40% vaccine allocation goal for provide...
Balsam Rd NW between US Highway 71 and Cardinal Rd NW will be closed from 6:30AM until 4:30PM on August 2nd-4th, 2021 for construction. The roadway will be closed for through traffic, the roadway will be open for local traffic. Construction includes adding gravel and a stabilization project to improve roadway condition throughout the year....
Red Lake School District #38 Special Board Meeting Friday, July 30, 2021 - 3:00 PM - District Office...
RED LAKE, MN - A confirmed tornado was reported by law enforcement about 33 miles north of Bemidji, with extremely high winds reported around 5 PM on Monday, July 26, 2021. This included the Red Lake and Redby areas on the Red Lake Indian Reservatuib, causing thousands of dollars in damages to buildings, motor vehicles and other structures and property, as well as numerous power outages.. This dangerous system was moving east at about 35 mph. There were several reports of golf-ball sized hail...
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)...