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Cheryl M. (Spears) Seino Seino, Cheryl M. (Spears) born in Red Lake, MN to Lillian (Waubuno) Stand and Benedict Smith (Deceased). Cheryl is survived by her mother Lillian; her three daughters Trease Day, Sara Spears, and Shannon Spears; ten grandchildren Denise Martinez, Javantia Spears-Burgess, Precious Burgess-Coleman, Glenn Williams, Jamison Spears, Shishonna Spears-Hurd, William Lamont (deceased), Ezra Elliott-Spears, Elijah Elliott-Spears, and Jeremiah Elliott Cerenil; ten great grandchildren; six sisters Magi, Roberta, Eileen, Roxann,...
Jessica Michelle Lohnes August 29, 1986 - August 11, 2020 Jessica Michelle Lohnes, age 33, of Minneapolis, MN journeyed to the Spirit World on August 11, 2020. She was born on August 29, 1986 in Minneapolis, MN the daughter of Leonard and Lori (Lussier) Lohnes. Jessica enjoyed reading, drawing and spending time with her children. Survived by her children Triston Larsen and Monte Larsen; her father Leonard M. Lohnes; siblings Mitchell Lohnes, James Lohnes, Angelo Blackfeather, Clifford Bahma and...
James Boney Jr. February 26, 1949 - August 15, 2020 James Boney, Jr. "Gi we gah bow", Eagle Clan, of Eagan, Minnesota, passed away on August 15, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. James was born on February 26, 1949 in Nett Lake, Minnesota, to James Sr. and Nancy (Woodenfrog) Boney. He attended grade school in Nett Lake and attended Orr High School. He went on to graduate from Pawnee High School in Pawnee, Oklahoma in 1967. In 1968, he attended Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence,...
Eli Michael Richotte-Kania April 26, 2020 - August 11, 2020 Eli Michael Richotte-Kania, 3 month old son of Sheldon Kania and Angel Marie Richotte, born April 26, 2020 passed on to the Spirit World peacefully in his sleep on August 11, 2020 at his home. In Eli's short life he has touched many many hearts. Eli was a very very happy baby, he loved to laugh so hard and smile, especially at his big sister Alyiah. He loved to hang out and jam out to pow-wow music with his Papa Murle. He sure was a...
The Democratic National Convention that begins Monday in Milwaukee will include roughly 80 delegates from Minnesota, but few if any of them will actually make the trip to nominate Joe Biden for president. Instead of the usual spectacle of confetti, hobnobbing and balloon drops, the convention will take place mostly in the virtual landscape of cyberspace, relegating all but the party's most high-profile figures to supporting roles at home. Speeches will be streamed live during truncated two-hour...
With a second wave of COVID-19 cases expected to hit Minnesota hospitals in coming weeks, the state has millions of medical-grade N95 respirator masks on order for health care workers treating coronavirus patients. So far about 337,000 of these critical masks have been delivered to the state stockpile since March, while orders for more than 5 million more are still awaiting delivery. A review of the state's purchasing shows those masks will arrive in batches over the next year and a half. Some...
There were runners on first and third in the bottom of the seventh inning Sunday. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli sent in newly acquired Ildemaro Vargas to third as a pinch runner for Alex Avila with Jorge Polanco coming to bat. On a 1-1 pitch, Polanco squared around to bunt. The ball dropped into the grass and Vargas took off for home and scored. A safety squeeze. Anyone have that on their bingo card? https://www.startribune.com/twins-use-power-craftiness-to-stop-royals-4-2/572...
Minnesota Republican leaders are criticizing as "reprehensible" a Black Lives Matter protest where a Minnesota House candidate shouted expletives within earshot of neighbors and children. More than 100 people congregated outside Minneapolis police union president Bob Kroll's home in Hugo, where he lives with his wife, WCCO reporter Liz Collin. The rally on Saturday came as part of an effort calling for both Kroll and Collin to be fired from their jobs. Two videos circulating on Twitter show...
Iowa homes, cornfields, utility companies and government agencies have losses estimated at nearly $4 billion from Monday's unusual storm, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Sunday as she announced she's filing an expedited presidential major disaster declaration with the federal government seeking that much money to rebuild and repair. The derecho with hurricane-force wind gusts exceeding 100 miles per hour destroyed or extensively damaged 8,200 homes and 13 million acres of corn, about a third of the...
Protesters damaged the Minneapolis Police Department's Fifth Precinct building in south Minneapolis on Saturday night, breaking a window with rocks and leaving graffiti. Chief Medaria Arradondo said in a statement Sunday that he will not tolerate people "hijacking peaceful protests" and engaging in destructive behavior that included targeting officers with commercial-grade fireworks." "Acts such as these do absolutely nothing to constructively engage and activate true and real needed reforms,"...
The number and rate of coronavirus cases in children have risen since the pandemic took hold in the spring, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in recently updated guidance, underscoring the risk for young people and their families as the school year begins. According to the CDC, the infection rate in children 17 and younger increased "steadily" from March to July. While the virus is far more prevalent and severe among adults, the true incidence of infection in American children...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed New Zealand's elections by four weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in Auckland. The election had been scheduled for Sept. 19 but will now be held on Oct. 17. Opposition parties had sought a delay after the virus outbreak prompted the government last week to put Auckland under a two-week lockdown and halted election campaigning. Before the latest outbreak, New Zealand had gone 102 days without any known community transmission...
TOKYO - Japan's economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade, according to government data released Monday. The Cabinet Office reported that Japan's preliminary seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product, or GDP, the sum of a nation's goods and services, fell 7.8% quarter on quarter. The annual rate shows what the number would have been if continued for a year. https://www...
One of Joe Biden's latest presidential campaign events in Minnesota was a Friday afternoon Zoom call with an invisible audience of unspecified size. Holding forth was U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, framed by bookshelves, talking up the former vice president in the latest of a series of "virtual roundtables" that have become a staple of the Biden campaign in Minnesota. It served as a prelude to the Democratic National Convention that gets underway on Monday, which will be almost entirely in...
WASHINGTON, D.C. | The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) express deep concern regarding reopening plans for Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools and the safety and health of all students, teachers, administrators, and community members. On August 6, 2020, the Department of the Interior (DOI) released a ‘Dear Tribal Leader Letter’ expressing its intent to reopen BIE schools “to the maximum extent possible.” NCAI and NIEA strongly urge DOI to consult meaningfully with tribal...
Spurred by concerns about delayed delivery of mail-in ballots, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling lawmakers back early from their August recess. She's calling for a vote on legislation that would block the U.S. Postal Service from making operational changes. The speaker is planning a vote for later this week on the Delivering for America Act, introduced by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, which "prohibits the Postal Service from implementing any changes to operations or level of service...
AUGUST 14, 2020 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office took action to address COVID-19-related pandemic profiteering by reaching a settlement with a St. Paul man who resold face masks online at greatly inflated and illegal prices. “We’re helping Minnesotans afford their lives during this crisis by cracking down on price-gouging on essential goods and services. We’re also helping people stay safe by making sure that protective gear is available everywhere at fair prices,” Attorney General E...
Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan recently appointed eight new members to serve on the Minnesota Emerging Entrepreneur Board for two- or three-year terms. This board plays a significant role in state efforts to reduce disparities and close gaps related to small business ownership by people who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color, and by women, veterans and people with disabilities. It provides research, information, and policy recommendations which help shape various Department of Employment and Economic...
ST. PAUL, Minn. —Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) releases the following statement by Twila Brase, president and co-founder: “We are pleased that Governor Walz lifted his March 27 Executive Order 20-23 restrictions on chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine. As the governor’s Executive Order 20-84 issued on August 12 states: 'The authorization for the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy to implement dispensing limitations related to these medicines is no longer necessary and can be rescinded. . . Paragraph 5 of Executive Order 20-23, which p...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Tara Katuk Sweeney announced today that the fifth of seven offices being established under the Operation Lady Justice Task Force to investigate cold cases involving missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives will be located at the Gila River Indian Community Police Department in Sacaton, AZ. The Task Force’s first tribally housed cold case office opened August 13. Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump joined Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt for the launch of th...
WASHINGTON (August 13, 2020)- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota led a letter along with Reps. Kind, Reed, Thompson (PA), Brindisi, Fulcher, Torres Small, and Gonzalez (OH) on the implementation of dairy provisions in the USMCA. The letter was signed by 104 Members of Congress. “As we see the USMCA dairy provisions implemented, we expect Canada and Mexico to be held accountable for their commitments to ensure our dairy farmers have a more level playing field,” said Peterson. “I’m proud to work with Reps. Kind,...
As schools across the United States begin the new school year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Native people face steeper obstacles than many other Americans. According to the New York Times, "The rate of known cases in the eight counties with the largest populations of Native Americans is nearly double the national average." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show that Native Americans who have contracted the virus have the highest hospitalization rate of any ethnic group in the United...
The government agency responsible for policing Wall Street brought the fewest number of insider trading cases in decades, according to the most recent available data. That decline came just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The Securities and Exchange Commission now warns that the pandemic has created wild swings in the market and more opportunities for insider trading. NPR reviewed data from the 1980s through last year and found that under the Trump administration, the SEC brought just 32...
After nearly five months of remote learning and summer program cancelations, school districts across the country are developing plans to reopen schools by working with state governments. But unlike most public learning institutions, schools operated by tribes and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), which is overseen by the U.S Department of the Interior – Indian Affairs, fall under other jurisdictions. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School tested out Zoom with some middle school students in April via Facebook.On Aug. 6, the Interior Department s...
[TWIN CITIES, MN, August 2020] -- Supporters of the Decarcerate Minnesota Coalition will gather August 17, 10:00 am in the parking lot of the Department of Corrections at 1450 Energy Park Drive in St. Paul, MN to once more ask DOC Commissioner Paul Schnell to meet their demands for releasing a significant number of Minnesota prisoners impacted by COVID-19. Decarcerate MN began meeting with Commissioner Schnell in August 2019 to highlight the high numbers of people in Minnesota prisons who have not committed any crime. People incarcerated on...
