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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 backpacks were given away starting at 1 PM....
(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 enjoyed a free concert in the grandstand, watched a live high voltage electrical safety demonstration and were able to get a ride in the bucket of a Beltrami Electric...
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) and Francis Molash. Colleen was an angel. She put up a courageous battle against cancer. She was a loving mother grandmother, sister, and a true friend to many. Colleen...
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. He endured Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding schools in Pipestone, Minn., and Flandreau, South Dakota, then served in the United States Air Force. Mark attended Brown...
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 over the last 18 months is we're going to have to figure out smart ways to live with this into the future. "I don't like to acknowledge it, but we're going to have to...
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 said. The U.S. general overseeing the evacuation said the attacks would not stop the United States from evacuating Americans and others, and flights out were continuing....
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 critical condition, five in serious condition and one in good condition. All were expected to survive, authorities said. Numerous calls to 911 sent officers to "a very...
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 U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to illegal possession of an unregistered firearm following his arrest after he allegedly sold an illegal firearm to two undercover...
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 most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children younger than 1. The disease was largely dormant during the colder months, as was influenza, most likely because...
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 counties around Lake Mille Lacs should also expect hazardous air through 9 a.m. Friday. Some parts of the region will see thicker smoke as winds shift. "Fine particle l...
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 conclusion of a 235-mile walk that started at the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Backus, Minn. on August 12, 2021. "I want to extend a big gratitude to all the...
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 American Indian tribes throughout Indian Country. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/navajo-nations-covid-19-death-toll-reaches-1-400...
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 the Line 3 replacement pipeline project. Construction began in December and oil is expected to start flowing before the end of the year. More than a dozen tipis stood on the...
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 Commissioner of Health Jan Malcolm. “Through a robust, collaborative testing program, we have removed many obstacles to testing for communities across the state. Combined with...
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 focuses on conserving existing populations and addressing threats. “Saving a species from extinction is a group effort, with partners from national conservation o...
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 share those geographies). The peer selection process prioritized people who are Black, Indigenous, Native, People of Color, LGBTQIA+, women and gender non-binary people, a...
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 masks. And Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is fighting both mask and vaccine mandates in court. Now President Joe Biden has stepped into the fray. https://www.politi...
(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 past month, according to the latest report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association. From about 38,000 cases a week near the end...
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 for lying about the impact of their fossil fuel products on the climate. The amicus brief, also known as a “friend of the court” brief, was filed Wednesday at the U.S....
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 "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 Roberts Team $400 2nd Place - Pat Defoe Team $600 1st Place - Otis Strong Team $800 Men's Flight 3rd Place - Scott Perkins Team $600 2nd Place - Mack Kingbird Team $800 1st...
Redby "Honor The Youth" Powwow held on Saturday...
"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 sponsored by the Red Lake Tribal Council, Red Lake Builders and Earthworks Technology....
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 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 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 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)...
