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Articles from the August 5, 2020 edition


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  • Red Lake School District #38 Special School Board Meeting - Wednesday, August 5, 2020

    School Board Meeting Information for 8.5.2020 The School Board Meeting at 2:00 tomorrow has been moved from the District Office to the Secondary Complex Cafeteria (please enter through door 1). I wanted to make sure that the board agenda and meeting place were available as the meeting space changed late in the day due to multiple requests from the community to be at the board meeting or speak during public comments… it will be posted on door #29 where the meeting originally was scheduled to be....

  • Crystal Rae Stand

    Aug 5, 2020

    Crystal Rae Stand August 31, 1984 - August 2, 2020 Crystal Rae Stand, age 36 of Bemidji journeyed to the Spirit World on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at her residence. She was born on August 31, 1984 in Minneapolis the daughter of Duane Stand and Ruth Wind. She loved being with her children and telling stories about them. Crystal enjoyed visiting with family and friends, fixing hair, going to Pow Wows, doing Native arts and crafts, listening to music, being on social media and stargazing with her...

  • Lawrence "Larry" Littleghost III

    Aug 5, 2020

    Lawrence "Larry" Littleghost III September 19, 1985 - July 31, 2020 Lawrence "Larry" Littleghost III, 34 of Sisseton, South Dakota, formerly of St. Michael, ND passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020 at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo ND. Mass of Christian Burial for Lawrence will be held on Friday, August 7, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church, St. Michael, ND with Father Paul Schuster officiating. Larry will be laid to rest in the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery, St. Michael, ND....

  • Minnesota's COVID-19 case growth now standing out

    Aug 5, 2020

    The national COVID-19 map has turned upside-down in one way, with Minnesota and some other northern states reporting more growth in cases over the past two weeks than southern and western states hard-hit by the pandemic this summer. Minnesota's average daily count of new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased 11% over the past two weeks while daily counts have declined 24% in Arizona and 16% in Texas, according to the COVID Exit Strategy website. Whether Minnesota will see the surge in...

  • Man is shot to death in Minneapolis for the city's 42nd homicide of the year

    Aug 5, 2020

    A man was fatally shot in Minneapolis Tuesday night, bringing the city’s death toll to 42. The shooting comes amid a violent trend in the city since the police killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day, with homicides doubling the pace of a year ago. Police said they responded to a report of shots fired and a man down about 5:15 p.m. in the area of 19th Street and S. Elliot Avenue. https://www.startribune.com/man-is-shot-to-death-in-minneapolis-for-the-city-s-42nd-homicide-of-the-year/572010622/...

  • Minnesota DFL hits Antone Melton-Meaux with campaign finance complaint

    Aug 5, 2020

    Minnesota DFL officials charged Tuesday that Antone Melton-Meaux, the top challenger to incumbent U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, skirted campaign finance laws by hiding some of his top political consultants in Tuesday's nationally watched Democratic primary. A Federal Election Commission complaint obtained by the Star Tribune alleges Melton-Meaux's campaign violated federal election law by "conspiring to intentionally obscure" the identity of political consultants listed as limited liability...

  • Minnesota high school football, volleyball head to March, other fall sports to start on time

    Aug 5, 2020

    No Minnesota high school football and volleyball games until March. The state's sports with the most participants for boys and girls got the biggest disruption Tuesday as the Minnesota State High School League approved a fall athletic season set to look far different from any in its 105-year history. Owing to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of spreading the virus, football and volleyball will be played in a new, shortened season - carved out between winter and spring sports -...

  • High school football, volleyball to move to spring, MSHSL considers additional sports season

    KSTP|Aug 5, 2020

    Tuesday, the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) is discussing its options for fall sports. The full MSHSL board is voting on the Return to Participation Task Force's suggestions. Here's a recap of the changes made: Sports starting in August: • Tennis • Swimming/diving • Cross country • Soccer - The soccer season is set to begin on Aug. 17, with a 20% reduction in weeks. Competitions will also be reduced by 30%, with one to two games per week for teams. According to the MSHSL, tennis,...

  • Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands

    Aug 5, 2020

    BEIRUT - A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. It was not clear what caused the blast, which struck with the force of a 3.5 magnitude earthquake, according to Germany's geosciences center GFZ, and was heard and felt as far away as Cyprus more than 200 kilometers (180...

  • Lawsuit aims to block mask mandate at polling places

    Aug 5, 2020

    A group of voters backed by Republican legislators sued Gov. Tim Walz and other state and local officials Tuesday in federal court, aiming to block a face mask requirement at polling places. Members of the Minnesota Voters Alliance and GOP lawmakers contend Walz's mask mandate, intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, conflicts with a longstanding state law making it a misdemeanor for someone to conceal their identity with a mask. The 1963 law grants exceptions, including masks that...

  • Bumper Minnesota corn crop on tap as prices founder

    Aug 5, 2020

    Corn farmers in Minnesota are preparing for a near-record harvest thanks to a smooth, fast spring planting and favorable summer weather. Problem is, corn prices are horrible. The state's corn crop was 97% silking on Monday, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). That's well ahead of the five-year average for this stage of the growing season and far better than last year, when only 75% of the corn crop was silking. https://www.startribune.com/bumper-minnesota-...

  • Red Lake Nation to distribute economic impact payments

    Aug 5, 2020

    RED LAKE -- In line with other area tribes, Red Lake Nation announced recently it will distribute economic impact payments of $1,000 to qualified band members. In order to qualify for the one-time payment, enrolled members must be at least 18 years old as of July 31 and have suffered economic impacts due to COVID-19, according to a notification from the Red Lake Tribal Council. Economic impacts are either increased expenditures or a decrease in income, the announcement said. In an Aug. 3 video update to members, Chairman Darrell Seki Sr....

  • Operation Lady Justice Task Force Opens Second Cold Case Office in Rapid City, South Dakota

    Aug 5, 2020

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, officials from the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Health and Human Services announced the opening of the second of seven cold case offices established through an initiative of Operation Lady Justice to investigate cold cases involving missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump joined Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt for the launch of the first cold case office in Bloomington, Minnesota, last week highlighting President Trump’s commitment to for...

  • Pursuit apprehension leads to stolen pistol, two stolen vehicles and drug possession charges

    Aug 5, 2020

    GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP, BELTRAMI COUNTY: On July 28, 2020 at approximately 0615 hours, A Beltrami County Deputy Sheriff witnessed two vehicles being operated recklessly on Beltrami Line Road SW (Beltrami CASH #48) in Grant Valley Township, approximately 4 miles southwest of Bemidji. The Deputy was able to catch up to the fleeing vehicles after they entered Rockwood Township of Hubbard County. One of the vehicles, identified as a Chevrolet Equinox, failed to stop when signaled, and fled at a high...

  • Minnesota Sheriff's Association Scholarship Program

    Aug 5, 2020

    BELTRAMI COUNTY: Sheriff Ernie Beitel of Beltrami County announced today the commencement of the Law Enforcement Scholarship Program for 2020. Sheriff Beitel proudly announced that the MSA Board of Directors has established a scholarship fund for the awarding of up to 15- $600 scholarships for this year. These scholarships are due to the coordinated efforts of the 87 Sheriffs of the State of Minnesota. The Members of MSA gives special recognition to the financial needs of students attending the peace officer skills course, or one of the two or...

  • Trump's Nominee to Oversee Federal Lands Has 50 Conflicts of Interest

    Aug 5, 2020

    William Perry Pendley, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has said that the government should sell federal lands, denied climate change, wants to weaken the Endangered Species Act and has sued BLM and the Interior Department repeatedly over the course of his career. His history of litigation against the agency that Trump has finally nominated him to lead—after nearly a year as its acting head—generated a list of potential conflicts of interest that is literally 17 pages long. With so many conflicts, what...

  • Revealed: oil giants help fund powerful police groups in top US cities

    Aug 5, 2020

    Big corporations accused of driving environmental and health inequalities in black and brown communities through toxic and climate-changing pollution are also funding powerful police groups in major US cities, according to a new investigation. Some of America’s largest oil and gas companies, private utilities, and financial institutions that bankroll fossil fuels also back police foundations – opaque private entities that raise money to pay for training, weapons, equipment, and surveillance technology for departments across the US. The inv...

  • School Districts' Reopening Plans: A Snapshot

    Aug 5, 2020

    The nation’s education leaders are making high-stakes decisions about how to reopen schools this fall as the coronavirus pandemic rages on—many of them under tremendous, competing pressures. Education Week is tracking and sharing reopening plans of a sample of school districts across the country. As of July 29, 11 of the 15 largest school districts are choosing remote learning only as their back-to-school instructional model, affecting over 2.8 million students. With more than 13,000 public school systems in the United States, this working lis...

  • Sheri Clark and Alvie Downwind Wedding of Saturday, July 25, 2020 - P15

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 5, 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 - P16

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 5, 2020

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

  • Looking Back to 2013 - Easter Activities in Red Lake and Redby - P12

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 5, 2020

    Looking Back to 2013 - Easter Activities in Red Lake and Redby...

  • Looking Back to 2011 - Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow - Friday Night Session - P20

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 5, 2020

    Looking Back to 2011 - Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow - Friday Night Session...

  • Looking Back to 2011 - Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow - Monday Session - P20

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 5, 2020

    Looking Back to 2011 - Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow - Monday Session...

  • Looking Back to 2011 - Red Lake Fair & Pow Wow - Saturday Parade - P22

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 5, 2020

    Looking Back to 2011 - Red Lake Fair & Pow Wow - Saturday Parade...

  • Looking Back to 2011 - Red Lake Fair & Pow Wow - Saturday Afternoon Session - P22

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 5, 2020

    Looking Back to 2011 - Red Lake Fair & Pow Wow - Saturday Afternoon Session...

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