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Articles from the August 3, 2020 edition


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  • Food Shelf in Redby at the old Redby Community Center - Tuesday, August 4, 2020 – 8 AM – 2 PM

    Food Shelf in Redby at the old Redby Community Center Tuesday, August 4, 2020 – 8 AM – 2 PM EVERYONE WELCOME...

  • Red Lake Tribal Council approved a $1,000 COVID-19 relief payment to all eligible enrolled Red Lake Members, 18 years and older as of July 31, 2020

    Aug 3, 2020

    In a post from the Red Lake Tribal Council on Friday, July 31, 2020, the message stated: at the Special Tribal Council meeting the Red Lake Tribal Council approved a $1,000 COVID-19 relief payment to all eligible enrolled Red Lake Members, 18 years and older as of July 31, 2020. In another post by Red Lake Tribal Secretary Sam Strong, he stated: Today the Tribal Council approved a payment to compensate for hardships as a result of the COVID-19 virus in the amount of $1,000 to Tribal Members...

  • Red Lake Casino reopens for business

    Aug 3, 2020

    On Friday, July 31, 2020, the Red Lake Casino opened back up for business with new hours and new restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, All gaming properties had been closed since March 19, 2020, with Thief River Falls and Warroad Casinos reopening on Thursday, May 28th at 8 AM. There new hours are 10 AM - 2 AM Friday - Sunday, and Monday - Thursday Noon - Midnight. Masks are required for all Guests and Team Members on the property. Patrons should be prepared to provide their own mask...

  • Iris Kaye Mitchell

    Aug 3, 2020

    Iris Kaye Mitchell January 7, 1959 - July 27, 2020 Iris Kaye Fields Mitchell, 61, of Bemidji, MN died Monday, July 27, 2020 at Neilson Place in Bemidji. Family services were held Thursday, July 30, 2020 in Macy, NE. Interment was in the Omaha Tribe Cemetery in Macy, NE, under the direction of the Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home of Pender, NE. Events The Family is planning a private service. You can still show your support by planting a tree in memory of Iris Kaye Mitchell....

  • Robert Roy

    Aug 3, 2020

    Robert Roy May 4, 1944 ~ July 30, 2020 (age 76) Name: Robert Roy Age: 76 Address: Deer River, Minnesota Date of Death: July 30, 2020 Place of Death: Deer River, Minnesota Date of Birth: May 4, 1944 Place of Birth: Cass Lake, Minnesota History: Robert attended the Spring Lake north Schools and later worked in logging with his Father. During his life he also worked in forestry and the Ball Club ENP. Robert always enjoyed eating at the Sportsman and spending time with his friends. Survived By:...

  • Leon Michael Barney

    Aug 3, 2020

    Leon Michael Barney January 28, 1971 ~ July 30, 2020 (age 49) Leon Michael Barney, 49, of Cloquet, Minnesota, passed away at his home on Thursday, July 30, 2020. Leon was born on January 28, 1971, in Cloquet, to Leslie Sr. and Bonita (Shabiash) Barney. Leon grew up in Cloquet and graduated from Denfeld High School in Duluth. He went on to work in construction for the Fond du Lac Construction Company. Leon enjoyed hunting and target practice, fishing, and especially time with his family. His...

  • Wolf researchers in Voyageurs National Park believe unlikely food source may be behind moose success

    Aug 3, 2020

    Deep in the woods of Voyageurs National Park, on the remote Kabetogama Peninsula just south of Rainy Lake, a small and isolated moose population is surviving, even as others in Minnesota have been cut in half or wiped out. The moose inside the park have been dealing with the same challenges as those outside it, from disease to predators to warming temperatures, yet their numbers today are almost identical to what they were in the early 1990s. The question is, why? A team of wolf researchers,...

  • Homes evacuated as Southern California wildfire grows

    Aug 3, 2020

    BANNING, Calif. - Thousands of people were under evacuation orders Sunday after a wildfire in mountains east of Los Angeles exploded in size as crews battled flames in triple-digit heat. The fire in Riverside County consumed more than 31 square miles (about 80 square kilometers) of dry brush and timber, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. There was zero containment at midday. The cause was under investigation. https://www.startribune.com/ho...

  • Annual Sturgis rally expecting 250K, stirring virus concerns

    Aug 3, 2020

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sturgis is on. The message has been broadcast across social media as South Dakota, which has seen an uptick in coronavirus infections in recent weeks, braces to host hundreds of thousands of bikers for the 80th edition of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. More than 250,000 people are expected to rumble through western South Dakota, seeking the freedom of cruising the boundless landscapes in a state that has skipped lockdowns. The Aug. 7 to 16 event, which could be the biggest...

  • COVID-19 sparks 'tidal wave' of mail-in ballots across Minnesota

    Aug 3, 2020

    Susan Truesdell, a mother of two from Champlin, is planning to stray from her typical voting routine this year. "With concerns of COVID I have been avoiding taking them to public places as much as I can," she said of her two children, ages 3 and 5. And after the 37-year-old read about the "horror stories of other states closing polling locations," she said she didn't want to risk that happening in Minnesota. So she and her husband, Justin, completed the online absentee application July 23 and...

  • Star Tribune Top Executives: The 29th annual report

    Aug 3, 2020

    The Star Tribune counts options and stock awards toward total compensation when executives realize those equity awards and not in the year they are granted. By that definition, the 50 CEOs on this year’s list realized a combined $378 million in total compensation, slightly less than the prior year. The median realized compensation was $4.3 million, level with last year’s median total. Of the CEOs, 31 saw their total compensation increase. While the CEOs represent companies from a variety of industries, making the CEO pay ratios difficult to...

  • Negotiators report progress in coronavirus relief talks

    Aug 3, 2020

    WASHINGTON - Lawmakers reported progress on a huge coronavirus relief bill Saturday, as political pressure mounts to restore an expired $600-per-week supplemental unemployment benefit and send funding to help schools reopen. "This was the longest meeting we've had and it was more productive than the other meetings," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who was part of the rare weekend session. "We're not close yet, but it was a productive discussion - now each side knows where...

  • Thousands protest in Berlin against coronavirus restrictions

    Aug 3, 2020

    BERLIN - Thousands of protesters against German coronavirus restrictions converged Saturday in Berlin for a demonstration proclaiming "the end of the pandemic" has arrived just as authorities voice increasing concern about an upturn in new infections. A crowd of people whistling and cheering, and with few masks in sight, marched through downtown Berlin from the Brandenburg Gate ahead of a rally on a wide boulevard that runs through the city's Tiergarten park. Protesters held up home-made...

  • Bill Seifert

    Aug 3, 2020

    Seifert, Bill Born 1938 St. Joseph, MO. Passed July 25, 2020 while sitting in favorite easy chair at home. After serving in the Army, came to Minneapolis to live with Grandmother and Mother. Their apartment on Harriet Ave So has been occupied by the family since 1921. Bill worked as an usher, coat check, security guard, and host at several places, including the Orpheum, Target Center, Northwest Athletic Club (Arena), Marriott Hotel, Convention Center, and Power's Dept. Store. He was an adopted...

  • Minnesotans can use identification cards that expired for voting registration

    Aug 3, 2020

    WILLMAR, Minn. - Minnesotans can use their driver's licenses, learner's permits and identification cards that would have expired during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency as proof of residency that is needed for voting registration for the primary election. "Gov. Walz signed legislation extending driver's license, permit and ID card expiration dates to give Minnesotans more time to renew, so they don't have to put their health at risk by visiting an office in person during the COVID-19 pandemic,"...

  • For Minnesotans, Walz's school plan brings more questions than answers

    Aug 3, 2020

    Dee Dee, a metro-area high school nurse, is at a loss. Her son is enrolled in pre-K for the upcoming school year, and she badly wants him to be able to get the education, enrichment and social interaction that school offers. "I have a 4-year-old that I'd love to have in school," she said. "But I can't do that right now. It's going to be a lot more damaging for him in the long run to have a teacher die." Dee Dee, who requested MPR News keep her last name and employer private for fear of...

  • Why COVID-19 is killing U.S. diabetes patients at alarming rates

    Aug 3, 2020

    (Reuters) - Devon Brumfield could hear her father gasping for breath on the phone. Darrell Cager Sr., 64, had diabetes. So his youngest daughter urged him to seek care. The next day, he collapsed and died in his New Orleans home. The daughter soon learned the cause: acute respiratory distress from COVID-19. His death certificate noted diabetes as an underlying condition. Brumfield, who lives in Texas and also has type 2 diabetes, is "terrified" she could be next. https://www....

  • Attorney General Ellison brings enforcement action against rodeo that defied COVID-19 safety precautions

    Aug 3, 2020

    Company owner was counseled to follow State restrictions but refused to do so; at least one rodeo attendee was infectious, has now tested positive July 30, 2020 (SAINT PAUL) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today announced that his office has brought an enforcement action against an Itasca County company, North Star Ranch, LLC, that carelessly allowed large crowds to attend its annual three-day rodeo without taking required safety precautions against the spread of COVID-19. The North...

  • Nitrogen Fertilizer Restrictions Begin September 1

    Aug 3, 2020

    St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is reminding farmers and landowners that beginning September 1, 2020 the application of nitrogen fertilizer in the fall and on frozen soil will be restricted in areas vulnerable to groundwater contamination. This will also apply to Drinking Water Supply Management Areas (DWSMAs) with elevated nitrate levels. Vulnerable groundwater areas include coarse textured soils, karst geology, and shallow bedrock. Approximately 12 to 13 percent of Minnesota’s cropland is vulnerable to g...

  • Census Door Knocking Cut A Month Short Amid Pressure To Finish Count

    Aug 3, 2020

    The Census Bureau is cutting short critical door-knocking efforts for the 2020 census amid growing concerns among Democrats in Congress that the White House is pressuring the bureau to wrap up counting soon for political gain, NPR has learned. Attempts by the bureau's workers to conduct in-person interviews for the census will end on Sept. 30 - not Oct. 31, the end date it indicated in April would be necessary to count every person living in the U.S. given major setbacks from the coronavirus...

  • Student tests positive for COVID-19 on first day back to school in Indiana

    Aug 3, 2020

    GREENFIELD, Ind. — A Greenfield student has tested positive for COVID-19 on the day the district returned to class. Superintendent Dr. Harold Olin sent an email to parents of students at Greenfield-Central Junior High School Thursday, notifying them a student at the school had tested positive for the virus. Olin said the district was notified of the positive test by the Hancock County Health Department. The student reportedly attended school for part of the day Thursday, the first day of classes in Greenfield. https://www.kh...

  • RED LAKE TRADING POST CELEBRATING 1 YEAR IN NEW STORE

    August 6th and August 7th, 2020 join us in CELEBRATING 1 YEAR IN OUR NEW STORE!!! SAVE ON DEALS AND REGISTER TO WIN DOOR PRIZES. Please practice social distancing and security will be limiting the number of shoppers allowed inside the store to keep us all SAFE!!...

  • Red Lake Nation COVID-19 Emergency Response Team offers free testing in Red Lake District - P3

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 3, 2020

    RED LAKE DISTRICT - On Wednesday, July 19, 2020, the Red Lake Nation COVID-19 Emergency Response Team offered free testing for anyone 18 years and older at the new Red Lake Community Center site from 10 AM -3 PM. It was the last in a series of four testing days that would include all Red Lake Reservation Districts. They ended up testing over 300 participants during the period. A person had the choice of either a throat swab or nasal swab test, and both tests were minimally invasive....

  • Sheri Clark and Alvie Downwind Wedding of Saturday, July 25, 2020 - P11

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 3, 2020

    Sheri Clark and Alvie Downwind Wedding of Saturday, July 25, 2020 at the Redby Community Church....

  • Sheri Clark and Alvie Downwind Wedding of Saturday, July 25, 2020 - P12

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 3, 2020

    Sheri Clark and Alvie Downwind Wedding of Saturday, July 25, 2020 at the Redby Community Church....

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