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Roseadelle F. Johnson whose Ojibwe name is “GitChi- Bii Bii” which means Big Baby, 77, of Ponemah, MN died Wednesday, August 24, 2016. Traditional Funeral services will be at 9:00 am Friday, August 26, 2016 at her residence in Ponemah, MN with Spiritual Leader Steve Jackson. A wake will begin Thursday afternoon and will continue until the time of the service on Friday. Interment will be in the family burial grounds under the direction of the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji. Condolences may be left at www.ceasefuneralhom...
RENO, NV - On Thursday, August 25, 2017, at the 37th Annual National Indian and Native American Employment and Training Conference, Lenetta Jourdain received an award recognizing her for "Thirty-Five Years of Service to Indian and Native American Communities." This annual conference offered opportunities to benefit from dynamic speakers, have outstanding networking opportunities to help leverage resources and build capacity, and enhance skills to enable the effective delivery of quality services...
WALKER, MN - The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in conjunction with Leech Lake Gaming are pleased to announce that plans for the Shingobee Project, located at Shingobee Island on Leech Lake, have been finalized. The current site is being developed to offer a modern sports bar atmosphere with a full dining menu, full-service marina, as well as a gaming area. "The Shingobee property has sat dormant for 13 years. Getting the ball rolling on this has been a priority for me since taking office and we can thank the combined efforts of a unified tribal...
The Ponemah Community Back to School Gathering 2016 was held on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at the Pow Wow Grounds in Ponemah....
RED LAKE - On Thursday, August 25, 2016, the Red Lake AmeriCorps Program honored nine of its members at a dinner held at the Red Lake Casino Event Center. Those honored were Joshua Desjarlait, Jimmy Jourdain, James Kingbird, Avery Kingbird, Amber May, Jerrell Fairbanks, Aleisha Jourdain, Desirae Johnson and Darwin Lussier Jr. Also honored were Assistant Director Sammi Rose Jackson and Karen Martin. Each AmeriCorps member received a certification of recognition and a pendleton blanket. Red Lake...
The Red Lake DNR held their annual Take-a-Kid Fishing Event at Fuller's Lake on Wednesday, August 24, 2016....
On Monday, August 22, 2016, the Red Lake Chemical Health Program hosted their annual Back to School Fest near the Cage by the Red Lake High School. They gave out 600 bags of school supplies, had carnival games with kids that gave out prizes, face painting, had a bouncy house, obstacle course and a dunk tank, and fed them all, along with giving away some bikes and backpacks in the end....
The 3rd Annual Kaishauna Sky Thunder Memorial Walk/Run Against Drunk Driving was held in Redby on Thursday, August 18, 2016. Runners and walkers began at Shemahgun enroute to the Redby Community Center Everyone was welcome, each participant received memorial shirts in a variety of colors, and a memorial dinner was held afterwards at the community center. The memorial was sponsored by the Kaishauna Sky Thunder Family and friends....
The Annual Cops and Bobbers Fishing Event was held at Fuller's Lake on Thursday, August 18, 2016, starting at 10 AM. Over 111 kids between the ages of 6-12 participated in this event, where they received T-shirts, fishing rods and had the opportunity to go on the lake in boats. Lunch was also provided for the participants. The event was sponsored by the Red Lake Department of Public Safety and Conservation Department....
On Tuesday, August 9, 2016, the Regular Tribal Council Meeting opened at the Red Lake Casino Event Center, where the first order of business was the certification of the 2016 Election results and the swearing-in of officers. Sworn into office was Little Rock Representative Richard Barrett who defeated William "Billy" King, Red Lake Representative Robert "Bob" Smith who defeated Donald Good, Redby Representative Allen D. Pemberton Sr. who defeated Darrell Johnson and the new Ponemah...
The Holthusen Family Reunion 2016 was held on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at the Herman and Marion Lussier residence in Little Rock....
On July 9, 2016, at 2 PM, Derald Lee "Ola" Cobenais and Vena Marie Dominguez were married at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Red Lake....
9 Red Lake Community Health Day...
BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 25 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement in support of grassroots and legal efforts to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, which would run from North Dakota to Illinois: “The major global crisis facing our planet today is climate change. The vast majority of scientists tell us that climate change is real, it is caused by humans and it is already causing devastating problems. They say that if we do not aggressively transition our energy system away from fossil fuels toward energy efficiency and sus...
BEMIDJI—The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have discovered two new cases of the invasive species starry stonewort in Beltrami County. The species, a grass-like form of algae, was found in Upper Red Lake and Cass Lake, according to a press release. Additionally, the DNR has confirmed starry stonewort among heavy native growth in a northeast section of Cass Lake, near the Knutson Dam on the Leech Lake Reservation. The DNR said it is working with property owners, local government and tribal officials to determine treatment options, a...
BEMIDJI -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday it had appointed Bemidji Mayor Rita Albrecht as its Northwest Regional Director. According to a press release from the DNR, Albrecht has been a planner for the agency's northwest region for nearly three years, and is scheduled to begin her new position on Sept. 7. In doing so, she replaces former regional director Greg Nelson, who retired Aug. 2 after serving more than 34 years with the DNR. Before working as a planner with the agency, the DNR said Albrecht served as a...
admission test than those who took the exam the year before, according to results of the college admission test released Wednesday morning. ACT officials attributed the falling achievement levels to a rise in the number of students who took the exams. Nearly 2.1 million graduating seniors took the ACT, the nation’s most widely used admission test, an all-time high. They amounted to about 64 percent of the nation’s Class of 2016. An estimated 59 percent took the test in the previous class. ACT is expanding in part through a growing number of...
How much homework is enough? My daughter, Maya, who is entering second grade, was asked to complete homework six days a week during the summer. For a while, we tried gamely to keep up. But one day she turned to me and said, “I hate reading.” I put the assignment aside. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/us/how-much-homework-is-too-much.html?_r=0...
Public school groups said Wednesday they're "considering all options" to keep the state from closing failing schools next year. They say the state School Reform Office told their members that it would consider the latest three years of state standardized test data when deciding whether to close failing schools. Such a move, public schools groups argue, is unfair because the assessment has changed each year during that timeframe. The MEAP test was giving in 2013-14, but was replaced the next year by the M-STEP, which was based on new, rigorous...
A move to close schools in Baltimore County for Muslim holidays failed by one vote at the school board Tuesday night. The 6-5 vote came after an emotional discussion among school board members, while dozens of Muslims stood in the audience. Some school board members said they believed it was the right time to give equity to the Muslim community. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-co-school-board-muslim-20160823-story.html...
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Taxpayers in the Twin Cities area would be on the hook for an additional $145 million to salvage the Southwest Light Rail Transit project from State Capitol gridlock, under a newly unveiled plan that Gov. Mark Dayton endorsed Thursday. Dayton led a three-hour public meeting Thursday about the future of the beleaguered Southwest line, a proposed light-rail link between downtown Minneapolis and Eden Prairie. Supporters touted its benefits and critics questioned its cost and effectiveness as a deadline approaches to secure needed federal funding...
A man was in custody in the fatal stabbing of another man Thursday evening in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis, according to police. The victim, who police believe was known to his attacker, was found suffering from stab wounds in a Honda sedan at 13th and University avenues SE. just after 7:30 p.m., according to police spokesman Corey Schmidt. http://www.startribune.com/fatal-stabbing-reported-near-university-of-minnesota/391360171/...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte on Thursday with filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. A police statement said Lochte would be informed in the United States so he could decide whether to introduce a defense in Brazil. The indictment will also be sent to the International Olympic Committee's ethics commission, it said. "The investigation was concluded on Thursday and Olympic American swimmer Ryan Lochte was indicted for the crime of falsely reporting a c...
WASHINGTON – Mylan, the embattled drug company whose price hikes of an anti-allergy product sparked calls for a government investigation and a congressional hearing has announced plans to broaden discounts offered to consumers on its EpiPen. The company said Thursday that it will increase the value of a savings coupon offered on an epinephrine auto injector to $300 from $100 and double the eligibility for subsidies that eliminate out-of-pocket costs to uninsured or underinsured patients. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota welcomed the news, but s...
