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Maria B Denomie October 24, 1975 ~ August 3, 2021 (age 45) Maria Beatrice Denomie, 46, of White Earth, Minnesota passed away unexpectedly on August 3, 2021. Maria was born in Minneapolis, MN. on October 24, 1975, to Richard Denomie & Dawn Thompson. Maria attended high school at South high and then went to college for human resources. She met Todd Thompson and had four wonderful children Dylan, Miranda, Phillip, & Hailey. Maria was a very loving and caring soul. Maria had a heart that was so pure...
Brandon James Madigan June 29, 1996 ~ August 5, 2021 (age 25) Brandon James Madigan, "Ishkode Makoons" (Fire Cub), began his spiritual journey surrounded by family on August 5, 2021. He was born June 29, 1996, to Darold Madigan Sr. and Flower Kingbird. Brandon grew up in many places including Minneapolis, Cass Lake, and Bemidji. Brandon worked a variety of jobs and always took pride in his work. Brandon was known for many things; his loyalty, his love for family and friends, his contagious...
STURGIS, S.D. - Law enforcement officials say the first few days of this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have been among the busiest they've seen. Some 700,000 people were expected to celebrate their enthusiasm for motorcycles at the 10-day event that kicked off Friday in the western South Dakota city. "There are more people here than in the 31 years I've been doing this," Meade County Sheriff Ron Merwin told the Rapid City Journal on Saturday. https://www.startribune.com/off...
An Omaha surgeon and two family members were killed in a plane crash Saturday evening in Victoria, according to a relative. Jo Mertes of Mantador, N.D., confirmed in a phone call Sunday that her nephew, Jacob Mertes, was a passenger on the single-engine Mooney M20 plane that crashed into a vacant lot and then struck a home. Jacob Mertes, 42, of Libby, Mont., was on the plane with his wife, Sara, 37, and stepfather Dr. James Edney, 72, who was the pilot, according to Jo Mertes....
Gold medal draped around her neck, Sunisa Lee rode high atop a fire truck through the streets of St. Paul's East Side on Sunday as hundreds gathered to celebrate the 18-year-old gymnast's return home after a stunning Olympic performance in Tokyo. As Lee waved to the crowd, flanked by her mother, sister and several American flags, 8-year-old Esme Xiong flashed a homemade sign up toward her champion. "I'm a Hmong girl and I can be anything I want," it read, drawn with red, white and blue markers...
Minneapolis police are investigating the city's 56th homicide of the year after a man was fatally shot during a Saturday night drive-by shooting on West Broadway. Shortly after 9 p.m., police responded to multiple shots fired in the 600 block of West Broadway with reports of multiple people having been shot. So far in a preliminary investigation, police say a car drove by a business where several people were standing and fired multiple shots, striking two victims before speeding off. One man believed to be in his 30s was taken to North...
Anyone who has ever crossed a border from one country to another understands the true meaning of anxiety. This includes traveling to Canada from the U.S., and back again even without intentionally (or unintentionally) attempting anything illegal. Two examples among many: • I was once denied entry into Canada, along with others in my truck, because among our camping provisions were potatoes. "Turn around,'' the Canadian Customs agent said, "return to America, and when you are potato-free, come b...
WASHINGTON — The Senate moved closer to passing a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package Saturday after lawmakers from both parties came together and voted to clear a key procedural hurdle, but the action soon stalled out as a few Republican opponents refused to speed up approval of one of President Joe Biden's top priorities. The measure would provide a massive injection of federal money for a range of public works programs, from roads and bridges to broadband internet access, drinking water and more. In a rare stroke of b...
WILMINGTON, Del. - The U.S. government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Sunday that he was hopeful the Food and Drug Administration will give full approval to the coronavirus vaccine by month's end and predicted the potential move will spur a wave of vaccine mandates in the private sector as well as schools and universities. The FDA has only granted emergency-use approval of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, but the agency is expected to soon give full...
Minnesota’s drought conditions continued to worsen this week, but the weekend forecast could bring some relief to the dry region. Nearly the entire state is in the grip of drought, according to Thursday’s weekly report from the US Drought Monitor. But the share of Minnesota, considered to be in extreme drought, rose from 22 percent last week to 35 percent this week. These areas have received light rain in the last seven days. Most of them recorded 4.5 to 6 inches below normal during the last 60 days and 8.5 inches below normal since early May...
Masks are now recommended in most of Minnesota's 87 counties as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more than 70 of Minnesota's counties have substantial or high rates of community transmission and masks are recommended for everyone in indoor public spaces, vaccinated or not. The CDC uses the rate of new cases and positive tests over the past week to make its recommendations. There are just five counties...
The Biden administration announced that COVID-19 vaccination status for student athletes will be incorporated in sports physicals and that pediatricians will be sent to speak to parents at schools, in an effort to boost vaccination rates among children ages 12 and up. The White House announced the new steps Thursday ahead of students returning to schools this fall amid concerns over rising COVID-19 cases. “For young people, getting vaccinated right away is the best way back to the things they love — like playing sports, completing their stu...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - After another pandemic-disrupted school year, organizers of vastly expanded summer learning opportunities are investing heavily in efforts to make them accessible to the most vulnerable students. While there have been success stories, the programs have faced many of the same challenges that educators have been up against since the pandemic hit: Attendance has been inconsistent, some families have lost interest, and COVID-19 still has many reluctant to let students learn...
Public school leaders in Des Moines, Iowa had planned on teaching all their elementary school students face-to-face this fall. But weeks before classes are set to begin, the district’s youngest students remain ineligible for vaccination against COVID-19, Iowa schools are prohibited from requiring students to wear masks in class, and the Delta variant is spreading rapidly. That combination of challenges led the Des Moines School Board to vote Tuesday to offer a virtual learning option for elementary school families who are concerned about i...
(CNN) - About 8 million adolescents -- representing about a third of those ages 12 to 17 -- have been fully vaccinated so far, according to data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fully vaccinated means that it has been two weeks since they completed a second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the only vaccine authorized for those under 18. So far, CNN has identified at least seven states -- Arkansas, Arizona, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah -- that have prohibited mask mandate...
August 6, 2021 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today announced that as part of his office’s investigation, restaurant group the Bartmann Companies has paid and will pay its employees more than $230,000 to compensate them for its failure to pay employees all the wages they were owed on time. As an outcome of the Attorney General’s investigation, the Bartmann Companies have already paid employees $98,980.94 in back wages and $66,105.92 in overtime wages that they were owed, and under the terms of an Assurance of Disco...
BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation will host a virtual Coffee and Conversation event on September 3 to discuss the Highway 200 project near Walker. Join from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. as members of the project team provide a project update, answer questions, and take comments. To join the event visit the project website and click the meetings tab: www.mndot.gov/d2/projects/2021/hwy200-walker. Crews continue to work on the Cedar Creek box culvert on the east end of the p...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to confirm Bryan Newland as Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior. Newland was nominated by President Joe Biden in April to serve as the highest-ranking Senate-confirmed official in Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior. Prior to his nomination, Newland was tapped by President Biden in February to serve as Principal Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Indian Affairs at the U.S. Dept. of the Interior....
WASHINGTON - Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) disclosed on Friday she tested positive for Covid-19. Davids, a tribal citizen of the Ho Chunk Nation, who was vaccinated in January 2021, says her symptoms are mild. Davids, 41, who serves in an eastern Kansas congressional district, was already in the district recovering from outpatient surgery when she tested positive for Covid-19. She issued the following statement through her Washington office after learning she tested positive on Friday:...
NORMAN, Okla. - In an annual report released by the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) on Monday, the New York Times is shown to use American Indian stereotypes in more than half of the publication's articles about Native Americans that were published between 2015 and 2021. With 900 members, NAJA is the nation's largest organization representing Native American journalists in the country. Each year, the NAJA uses a scorecard called the NAJA BINGO Card to track how publications...
RED LAKE, MN - A Groundbreaking Ceremony was held for new Red Lake Nation Radio facility at 11 AM on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. This new Red Lake Tribal radio station, WRLN 105.3 FM, which some say took over 20 years to fully develop, is expected to be live and operational by early 2022, and will employ about 30-40 people. The facility will be constructed in Red Lake across the street from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office Building, where the old Red Lake Police Department and Jail once was...
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)...
