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Red Lake, Redby and Little Rock Communities offer Drive Thru Back to School Event
The Red Lake, Redby and Little Rock Communities collaborated to offer Drive Thru Back to School Event on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 1 PM at the Red Lake Center. A cook-out style meal was served at the new Red Lake Community Center, and backpacks with school supplies was given away at the old Red Lake Center. Almost 500...
Beltrami Electric Cooperative Annual Meeting Election Results 2021
(BEMIDJI, MN) Beltrami Electric Cooperative held its 81st annual meeting on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at the Beltrami County Fairgrounds. Around 739 members and guests attended the first annual Beltrami Electric Night at the Fair, where they were greeted by Touchstone Energy® mascots LED Lucy and Solar Sam. Fairgoers also...
Colleen Frances (Molash) Hess-Mitchell
Colleen Frances (Molash) Hess-Mitchell September 30, 1955 ~ August 23, 2021 (age 65) Colleen Frances Hess-Mitchell, age 65, of Walker, Minnesota journeyed to the spirit world on Monday, August 23rd, 2021, from the Sanford Hospital in Bemidji, MN. She was born in Park Rapids, MN on Friday, September 30, 1955, to Frances (Garbow)...
Mark Libby Banks
Mark Libby Banks July 19, 1932 ~ August 24, 2021 (age 89) Mark Libby Banks was born on July 19, 1932 in Onigum, Minnesota, on the Leech Lake Reservation, in Anishinabe Territory. The son of Frank Dick and Annie Banks, Mark's traditional Ojibwe name was Ogemahwahjewabe, and he was a proud member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe....
Walz: Minnesotans must learn to live 'safely' amid ongoing COVID threat
Gov. Tim Walz says Minnesotans must learn to live well into the future with the lingering threat of COVID-19 - but not necessarily with the executive orders and mandates that dominated the early months of the pandemic. "We've moved from pandemic to end-demic," Walz said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview. "What we've learned...
Kabul airport attack kills 60 Afghans, 13 U.S. troops
KABUL, Afghanistan - Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. The attacks killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials...
7 people wounded in late-night shootout outside bar at Lake and Lyndale in south Minneapolis
A shootout early Thursday morning outside a south Minneapolis restaurant and bar left seven people injured and police searching for suspects and a motive. The gunfire erupted about 12:20 a.m. outside the Side Chick restaurant and bar on Lyndale Avenue S. just south of W. Lake Street, police said. The shooting left one person in...
Guilty plea from Owatonna man who allegedly threatened to kill police at pro-Trump rally at Minnesota Capitol
A southern Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to a federal weapons violation after being accused of bragging about his illegal shotgun and plans to kill a law enforcement officer at a rally in support of former President Donald Trump at the Minnesota Capitol in January. Dayton C. Sauke, 22, of Owatonna, on Wednesday admitted in...
Wintertime virus keeps Minnesota hospitals busy during summer
A respiratory illness most commonly seen in winter has been responsible for nearly 500 Minnesota hospital admissions since May, adding to the capacity worries caused by a renewed surge of COVID-19 patients. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, often leads to respiratory infections in young children and the elderly. It is the...
Smoke fills northern Minnesota skies as Greenwood fire grows
DULUTH – Smoke from the state's largest wildfire drove air quality to very unhealthy levels in northeastern Minnesota on Thursday, with local officials telling residents to keep windows shut and stay indoors whenever possible. An air-quality alert is in place for northeastern counties through 8 p.m. Friday, and east-central...
'Treaties Not Tar Sands' Rally Convenes at Minnesota State Capitol
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - On Wednesday, more than 1,000 people led by Indigenous leaders convened at the Minnesota State Capitol grounds in Saint Paul to oppose the ongoing construction of Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline in northern Minnesota. For hundreds of demonstrators, their arrival at the state Capitol marked the...
Navajo Nation Covid-19 Death Toll Reaches 1,400
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Department of, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center and the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, on Thursday reported the Navajo Nation has reached 1,400 deaths as the result of Covid-19. The Navajo Nation first began reporting its Covid-19 statistics on March 17, 2020. The 1,400-death toll represents the highest among other...
Line 3 opponents descend on Minnesota Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Protesters descended upon the Minnesota State Capitol on Wednesday to rally against Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline as the project nears completion. The rally, part of a series of events called Treaties over Tar Sands organized by Indigenous and environmental activists, called on Gov. Tim Walz and President Joe Biden to pull permits and shut down...
State announces COVID-19 testing sites in Bloomington and Saint Paul, relocation of Mankato and St. Cloud sites
Today, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced two new semi-permanent COVID-19 community testing sites in Bloomington and Saint Paul, and the relocation of the existing testing sites in Mankato and St. Cloud. “As we continue to make progress on vaccinations, testing remains a key component of our strategy to protect Minnesotans from COVID-19,” said Minnesota...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces final plan to recover the endangered rusty patched bumble bee
Stopping the slide toward extinction and restoring healthy, viable populations is our goal for every species listed under the Endangered Species Act. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announce a plan to recover the endangered rusty patched bumble bee to prevent extinction and ensure the long-term future of the bee. The recovery plan for the rusty patched bumble bee...
Rural Regenerator Fellows Selected
Fergus Falls, MN – Springboard for the Arts is excited to announce the inaugural cohort of Rural Regenerator Fellows for 2021. Springboard for the Arts has selected 11 Rural Regenerator Fellows who live or work in communities of 50,000 people or fewer across the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois and the Native Nations that...
GOP governors: White House schoolyard brawl tests limits of local control
A turf war between Republican governors and the White House over masking in schools is testing the limits of local control. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is offering vouchers and federal money to schools and parents that reject face coverings. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is threatening the salaries of school officials who mandate...
US Covid-19 cases among children are surging. Experts warn it may get worse
(CNN) - Last week, the number of Covid-19 cases in children in the US reached levels not seen since the winter surge. And with the return to schools, the Delta variant on the rise and this winter approaching, health officials are concerned it could get worse. After a decline in early summer, child cases have increased exponentially -- with more than a four-fold increase in the...
Climate groups file brief supporting Minnesota's climate fraud lawsuit
St. Paul, MN -- Three Minnesota climate groups -- Fresh Energy, MN350, and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy -- have joined a group of academics and two national climate organizations in an amicus brief supporting Attorney General Keith Ellison’s consumer fraud lawsuit that seeks to hold Exxon Mobil, Koch Industries, and the American Petroleum Institute liable...
O-Bah-Shing Cultural Camp held in Ponemah - P2
The O-Bah-Shing Cultural Camp was held in Ponemah on August 24 and August 25, 2021, from 1 PM - 5 PM both days. A Traditional Pow Wow is schedued on Thursday, August 26, 2021 starting at 5 PM....
7th Annual Memorial Scruff Scramble Golf Tournament held in Blackduck - P3
7th Annual "Scruff" Scramble Winners Closest to Pin Women's - No Winner Men's - Pat Defoe $430 Longest Drive Women's - Kayla Kingbird $175 Men's - Alex Barrett $290 Longest Putt Women's - Maloree Strong $175 Men's - Nathan Messer Sr. $410 Team Skins Pat Defoe Team $230 Rick Barrett Team $230 Mixed Flight 3rd Place - Char...
Redby "Honor The Youth" Powwow held on Saturday - P7
Redby "Honor The Youth" Powwow held on Saturday...
"Cops and Bobbers" held on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 from 10 AM - 2 PM at Fuller's Lake - P9
"Cops and Bobbers" was held on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 from 10 AM - 2 PM at Fuller's Lake. Put on by Red Lake Law Enforcement, Conservation and Red Lake DNR, the event allowed kids 6-12 years of age to fish on a boat at Fuller's Lake, enjoy a hot dog or hamburger lunch and receive Back-to-School supplies. This event was...
Red Lake Celebrates its own Independence Day: Thursday Afternoon Pow Wow - P49
Red Lake celebrated its 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...
Red Lake Celebrates its own Independence Day: Wednesday Afternoon Pow Wow - P50
Red Lake celebrated its 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...
