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  • Bemidji To Take Part in National Drive Electric Week with Ride & Drive Electric Vehicle Event

    Sep 9, 2021

    Join Beltrami Electric Cooperative, Otter Tail Power Company and electric vehicle (EV) enthusiasts around the country as we mark National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) this September! Dozens of electric vehicle drivers and enthusiasts will share their experience owning an electric vehicle (EV) during Bemidji's EV Ride & Drive Event. Come out to test drive Beltrami Electric Cooperative Inc.'s Chevy Bolt, see Otter Tail Power Company's Chevy Volt, the new Ford Mustang Mach E, Tesla models, and...

  • Red Lake COVID-19 Update - Wednesday, September 8, 2021

    Sep 9, 2021

    Wednesday, September 8, 2021 – COVID-19 Update Red Lake Nation: Active cases: 36* *6 in Red Lake *22 in Redby *0 in Ponemah *1 in Little Rock *6 in Bemidji (Individuals reside in Bemidji - tested at RL IHS) *1 in TRF (Resides in TRF- tested at RL HIS) Of the 36 active cases: * 4 are in the hospital *16 are minors * 2 adults were fully vaccinated Total cases: 641 Total Recovered: 605 Deaths: 11 [Updated numbers as of 9:00 a.m. on 9/8/2021] The Red Lake Hospital continues to provide on-demand...

  • Bridget Renae Stately

    Sep 9, 2021

    Bridget Renae Stately January 31, 1976 ~ September 6, 2021 (age 45) Bridget Renae Stately "Ozhawanaquad" (Yellow Bird), age 45, passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021, at her home. Bridget was born January 31, 1976, to the late Myrna Stately and George Garcia. She grew up in Red Lake, Minnesota, and graduated from Red Lake High School. Bridget worked at Seven Clans Casino, Hotel and Indoor Waterpark in Thief River Falls. She enjoyed cooking, watching TV, listening to country music on her...

  • Charles Edward Thompson

    Sep 9, 2021

    Charles Edward Thompson August 30, 1988 ~ September 5, 2021 (age 33) Charles "Charlie" Edward Thompson, "Waabash kwa ana kwad" which means "White Cloud", age 33, of Duluth, Minnesota began his journey to the spirit world on September 5th, 2021, from St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, MN. Charlie was born on August 30th, 1988, to Agnes Christine Davis and Arnold George Thompson in Minneapolis, MN. Charlie grew up and was raised in Duluth and Red Lake. He attended and excelled in the Bemidji area...

  • Mary Ziegler

    Sep 9, 2021

    Mary Ziegler April 10, 1954-August 24, 2021 Mary Ann Ziegler, age 67, died unexpectedly on Tuesday evening, August 24, 2021 in Minneapolis, MN. She was born April 10, 1954 in Minneapolis to parents Donna (Beaulieu) and James Ziegler of Coon Rapids, MN. If you knew Mary, you will never forget her. She went against the grain before it was cool; a larger than life personality and a complex person. She was a prolific beader and proud of her Anishinabeg identity (White Earth). Mary's career involved...

  • Warren Jered Lee Joseph Beaulieu

    Sep 9, 2021

    Warren Jered Lee Joseph Beaulieu May 6, 1992 - September 5, 2021 Warren Jered Lee Joseph Beaulieu, 29, passed away unexpectedly in Bemidji, MN on September 5th, 2021. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 am, Monday, September 13, 2021 at the Cease Family Funeral Home in Bemidji, MN. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. He was born to Cheryl Beaulieu and Eric Gooden on May 6th, 1992 in Bemidji. Warren loved helping other people. He would give a stranger his shirt off his...

  • Ramsey County attorney says he won't prosecute most felonies arising from low-level traffic stops

    Sep 9, 2021

    Ramsey County Attorney John Choi on Wednesday announced that his office will no longer prosecute most felony cases arising from low-level traffic stops, an effort aimed at reducing racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Choi rolled out the new policy, which he described as a nation-leading collaboration between the county and cities within its jurisdiction, with the stated hope of building trust between law enforcement and communities of color. In St. Paul, Black motorists are four times more likely to be pulled over than white...

  • Greenwood fire leaves scars on Superior National Forest

    Sep 9, 2021

    ISABELLA, Minn. - Authorities offered a first look Wednesday at the stark, charred landscape left behind by northern Minnesota's Greenwood fire, a 41-square-mile wildfire that continues ravaging a large swath of the Superior National Forest after nearly four weeks. Vast stands of red and white pines along county Hwy. 2 were scorched but still rooted in a blackened carpet, needles stripped bare or burnt to a deep orange. A nearly century-old section of trees near the Jackpot Trail endured the...

  • Boy, 12, fatally shot during dispute on Minneapolis' North Side

    Sep 9, 2021

    A 12-year-old boy died Wednesday after being shot during what police called a "neighborhood dispute" in the Sumner-Glenwood neighborhood on Minneapolis' North Side. He was shot at 3:41 p.m. in the 800 block of N. Aldrich Avenue, in a cluster of apartment complexes, according to police spokesman Garrett Parten. What began as an argument between two people ended with another boy shooting the victim, whose involvement in the altercation remained unclear. The suspect - who witnesses described to...

  • Minneapolis students head back to class as district redesign takes effect

    Sep 9, 2021

    The Ruch twins ate a special breakfast of mom's hashbrown egg bake and posed for a few photos Wednesday morning, then headed off for their first day of fifth grade in Minneapolis - at different schools. Liam took his normal route to Burroughs Community School and Lucy walked the opposite direction, toward Windom Community School, the building she was assigned to under the district's comprehensive redesign. The morning marked the first day of class for the district and the official launch of the...

  • Minnesota study finds no increase in miscarriage risk with COVID-19 vaccines

    Sep 9, 2021

    Pregnant women who received COVID-19 vaccines did not experience an increased risk of miscarriage, according to new research on data from Bloomington-based HealthPartners and several large medical centers across the country. Doctors hope the results will prove reassuring to pregnant women who, as a group in the U.S., have been relatively slow to get vaccinated. "This is really the first large data analysis of risks of COVID-19 vaccination early in pregnancy," said Dr. Elyse Kharbanda, senior...

  • Former GOP Senate leader Paul Gazelka announces 2022 bid for governor

    Sep 9, 2021

    Former Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka is jumping into the Republican field for Minnesota governor, hoping to parlay his prominence as the lone conservative blockade to Democrats in state government to become the party's nominee next fall. Gazelka, a four-term senator from East Gull Lake, made his long-anticipated run for governor official on Wednesday surrounded by supporters at the Capitol, where he's served as the Republican caucus leader for the past five years. During his time in...

  • Minnesota firefighters to help with hurricane recovery efforts in Louisiana

    Sep 9, 2021

    Minnesota firefighters from nine departments will travel to Louisiana to assist in recovery efforts. Gov. Tim Walz authorized a 18-day mission after the state received a request from Louisiana officials for help, according to a news release Wednesday. The firefighters are from Eden Prairie, Plymouth, Red Wing, Chaska, Brainerd, Crosslake, the West Metro Fire District, the Centennial Fire District and the Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View Fire District. "When disaster hits, Minnesotans have...

  • GAP's Fall Styles Feature Up-and-Coming Lakota Actress

    Sep 9, 2021

    SAN FRANCISCO - The GAP, Inc. has launched a new ad campaign that skips fashion models in favor of "change-making individuals" including JaShaun St. John, a 20-year-old Lakota actress from the Crow Creek and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations in South Dakota. "We brought actors, activists, artists, and an astronaut together, showed them our new fall line-then added a mic," the GAP's website notes. "What we got were renewed voices and unique perspectives from individuals, for all." St. John's role...

  • Bryan Newland Sworn in as Interior Dept. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

    Sep 9, 2021

    WASHINGTON - One month after he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Bryan Newland (Ojibwe) was ceremonially sworn in today as Department of the Interior's Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. Newland grew up in the Bay Mills Indian Community in Brimley, Mich. and served as president of the tribe before being picked in February by President Joe Biden to work as Principal Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Indian Affairs at the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. He was sworn in by Interior Secretary...

  • The Son and Brother They Could Not Save

    Sep 9, 2021

    Near herculean efforts by tribal government to contain the spread of COVID-19 weren't enough to save Michael Gavin, a 39-year-old member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, who died August 7, some 17 months after the Tribes initially declared a state of emergency. Gavin was the second CTUIR member to die of COVID-19. His uncle was the first. Michael was a son, a brother, and an uncle to the Gavin family, which included his mother, Shawna, a member of the CTUIR Health...

  • Oklahoma tribes prepare to pivot to booster shots in COVID-19 battle

    Sep 9, 2021

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Formal guidance from the Indian Health Service on how and when to give COVID-19 vaccine booster shots still are in the works, but some tribes in Oklahoma aren't waiting. Armed with the news that booster shot guidelines are on the horizon, tribal nations in Oklahoma are continuing their fight against COVID-19 in a state with a low vaccination rate as another surge pushes health care systems to their limits. Chickasaw Nation Department of Health locations in Ada, Ardmore,...

  • UN requests inquiry into racial discrimination allegations of Line 3

    Sep 9, 2021

    The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination asks U.S. leaders to look into allegations that the construction of Line 3 in Minnesota infringes on the rights of Anishinaabe people. In the August 25 letter, leaders of the U.N. committee requested a response from the U.S. by October 15 to allegations that it violated Anishinaabe treaty rights, including the right to free, prior and informed consent, the rights to health, culture and right of security and freedom from violence in allowing pipeline construction to...

  • Paul Gazelka is Not the Leader Minnesotans Need

    Sep 9, 2021

    MINNESOTA - Today, Alliance for a Better Minnesota released the following statement regarding Paul Gazelka’s announcement to run for governor of Minnesota: “From downplaying the COVID-19 pandemic to blocking emergency insulin for Minnesotans with diabetes, Paul Gazelka has proven time and again that he is not the leader that Minnesotans need,” said Marissa Luna, executive director of Alliance for a Better Minnesota. “As a state senator, Paul Gazelka voted to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Minesotans and big tobacco companies,...

  • DEED Announces $2.1 Million in Awards from the Jobs Creation Fund

    Sep 9, 2021

    St. Paul - Today the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced that 6 businesses are expanding in Minnesota with the help of $2.1 million in awards from the Job Creation Fund (JCF). The 6 projects are expected to leverage $123 million in investments from the companies and create 381 new jobs over the next 3 years. "The Job Creation Fund once again proves to be an incredible return on investment for the state," said DEED Commissioner Steve Grove, "I congratulate these cities and businesses on their future economic growth...

  • Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow 2021: Saturday Afternoon Session - P3

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 9, 2021

    Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow 2021: Friday Evening Session 48th Annual Obaashiing Labor Day Celebration 2021 Singing Contest results: 1st Place-Motown (6125pts) 2nd Place-Mandaree (5850pts) 3rd Place-Ptown (5735pts) 4th Place-Crossroads (5620pts) 5th Place-Southern Boyz (5595pts) 6th Place-Southern Style (5585pts) Blazing Bear Whitetail Boyz Iron Boy Red Lake Chemical Health Program 5 Man Bass Drum Singing Contest Results: 1st Place-Mandaree (3400pts) 2nd Place-Battle River (3180pts) 3rd...

  • Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow 2021: Friday Evening Session - P3

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 9, 2021

    Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow 2021: Friday Evening Session 48th Annual Obaashiing Labor Day Celebration 2021 Singing Contest results: 1st Place-Motown (6125pts) 2nd Place-Mandaree (5850pts) 3rd Place-Ptown (5735pts) 4th Place-Crossroads (5620pts) 5th Place-Southern Boyz (5595pts) 6th Place-Southern Style (5585pts) Blazing Bear Whitetail Boyz Iron Boy Red Lake Chemical Health Program 5 Man Bass Drum Singing Contest Results: 1st Place-Mandaree (3400pts) 2nd Place-Battle River (3180pts) 3rd...

  • Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow 2021: Saturday Parade - P3

    Sep 9, 2021

    Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow 2021: Friday Evening Session 48th Annual Obaashiing Labor Day Celebration 2021 Singing Contest results: 1st Place-Motown (6125pts) 2nd Place-Mandaree (5850pts) 3rd Place-Ptown (5735pts) 4th Place-Crossroads (5620pts) 5th Place-Southern Boyz (5595pts) 6th Place-Southern Style (5585pts) Blazing Bear Whitetail Boyz Iron Boy Red Lake Chemical Health Program 5 Man Bass Drum Singing Contest Results: 1st Place-Mandaree (3400pts) 2nd Place-Battle River (3180pts) 3rd...

  • Open House held at all Red Lake Schools - P4

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 9, 2021

    Open House was held at all Red Lake Schools on Thursday, September 2, 2021 from 11:00 AM - 6:45 PM. A Meal was served from 11:30 AM - 6:15 PM and students completed their registration, met with teachers and toured the school. The school year is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, and face-masks are required at all schools for safety. For more information about Red Lake Schools, District #38. visit: https://www.redlake.k12.mn.us/...

  • Red Lake, Redby and Little Rock Communities offer Drive Thru Back to School Event - P9

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 9, 2021

    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....

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