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Articles from the September 21, 2021 edition


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  • It's Lifeline Awareness Week!

    Sep 21, 2021

    Paul Bunyan Communications is authorized to provide one federally-funded and one state-funded telephone service discount program that are designed to promote universal service by providing low-income individuals with new telephone service installations and monthly telephone service discounts. The federal Lifeline discount may be used for either broadband or telephone service. TAP is only available for telephone service. You may be eligible for assistance in paying your telephone bill if you...

  • Rose Anderson

    Sep 21, 2021

    Rose Anderson May 28, 1923 - September 16, 2021 Rose Anderson, age 98, of White Earth, MN, died on Thursday, September 16, 2021 at Pelican Landing in Detroit Lakes, MN. Rose Marie Roy, the daughter of David and Christine (Rice) Roy, was born on May 28, 1923. She grew up on the White Earth Reservation and being the eldest of several siblings, Rose was always surrounded by family. After graduating from Mahnomen high school, Rose continued her education at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawre...

  • COVID-19 hospitalizations reach 757 in Minnesota, highest in 2021

    Sep 21, 2021

    COVID-19 hospitalizations reached 757 in Minnesota on Friday, underscoring the continued threat of the fast-spreading delta variant of the coronavirus. The hospitalizations are a new high for 2021, according to the latest state pandemic figures released Monday, and reflect the usual rise in admissions toward the end of the week that is often followed by a decline as patients are discharged on the weekend. The total includes 230 patients placed in intensive care, the highest total since Dec. 24....

  • Police: Four victims were killed in St. Paul before bodies were left in western Wisconsin field

    Sep 21, 2021

    The killings of four people whose bodies were found last week in a bloodied SUV in a western Wisconsin farm field occurred in St. Paul and not where the discovery was made, authorities said Monday. The St. Paul Police Department is now the lead agency in the investigation of the deaths of Matthew Pettus, 26, and half-sister Jasmine C. Sturm, 30, both of St. Paul; Sturm's boyfriend, 35-year-old Loyace Foreman III, also of St. Paul; and 30-year-old Nitosha Flug-Presley of Stillwater, a close...

  • Former Hennepin County probation officer found guilty on all counts in kidnapping, murder case

    Sep 21, 2021

    Jurors on Monday found a former Hennepin County probation officer guilty on all counts against her in the brutal 2019 kidnapping and murder of a north Minneapolis woman whose boyfriend was the intended target. Elsa Segura, 29, was found guilty of using a "burner phone" and alias to lure Realtor Monique Baugh to a bogus home showing in Maple Grove on Dec. 31, 2019. There, two men kidnapped her before torturing her for information about the whereabouts of her boyfriend, who had had a falling out...

  • Incredible streaks in Minnesota football: one losing, one winning and one lifesaving

    Sep 21, 2021

    Welcome to the second edition of Football Across Minnesota (FAM), my weekly examination of the state's football scene, from preps to pros. The first FAM from last week is online here. Thanks for reading. - Chip . . . Close your eyes and picture this: You are a high school football player. A senior. Your team has not won a game since the 2017 playoffs and has lost 41 regular-season games in a row, dating to 2015. Then you finally win. What do you do? https://www.startribune.co...

  • 'We were them': Vietnamese Americans help Afghan refugees

    Sep 21, 2021

    WESTMINSTER, Calif. - In the faces of Afghans desperate to leave their country after U.S. forces withdrew, Thuy Do sees her own family, decades earlier and thousands of miles away. A 39-year-old doctor in Seattle, Washington, Do remembers hearing how her parents sought to leave Saigon after Vietnam fell to communist rule in 1975 and the American military airlifted out allies in the final hours. It took years for her family to finally get out of the country, after several failed attempts, and...

  • Motorists on Highway 32 south of Marcoux can expect a short-term detour beginning September 23

    Sep 21, 2021

    Bemidji, Minn. –MnDOT announced today, beginning September 23, motorists on Highway 32 south of Highway 2 near Marcoux can expect a detour as construction continues. The project includes a Reduced Conflict Intersection (RCI) constructed at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 32. Highway 32 north of Highway 2 will be open to traffic. Traffic on Highway 32 south of Highway 2 will use Polk county road 41 to Polk CR 12. The detour is expected to last ten working days. During the project, crews will also be replacing the concrete roadway on Hi...

  • Minnesota Main Street COVID Relief Grants Now Accepting Applications

    Sep 21, 2021

    The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is now accepting applications for the Minnesota Main Street COVID Relief Grant program. A total of $64,200,000 is available in grants for Minnesotan owned and operated businesses that can demonstrate financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic Businesses that are majority-owned by military veterans, women, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color individuals; employ 6 people or fewer; and/or did not receive previous assistance from other state relief programs will be...

  • COVID-19 mobile vaccination units project extended after success through the summer

    Sep 21, 2021

    The state today announced the extension of the COVID-19 mobile vaccination unit project that aims to reduce barriers and help increase equitable access to vaccination. The success and popularity of the units over the spring and summer has prompted the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to keep some buses in service. From April through August, six mobile vaccination units administered over 7,200 doses of COVID-19 vaccine during 170 unique clinics in 42 counties across the state. Two of the mobile vaccination units will remain in use through MD...

  • Attorney General Ellison fights Mississippi's attempt to overturn parts of Roe v. Wade at Supreme Court

    Sep 21, 2021

    September 20, 2021 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its precedents protecting a woman’s right to decide before viability whether to carry a pregnancy to term. In an amicus brief filed with the Court, the coalition argues that Mississippi’s pre-viability abortion ban is unconstitutional and should remain unconstitutional. In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that the Constitution does not permit states to prohibit a...

  • #MMIW: FBI Offers $10,000 Reward for Information on Missing Tulalip Tribal Woman

    Sep 21, 2021

    SEATTLE - The FBI's Seattle Field Office is offering a $10,000 reward for information relating to the disappearance of Mary Davis Johnson (Tulalip) who has not been seen since Nov. 25, 2020. Johnson was last seen walking on the Tulalip Indian Reservation, near Marysville, Wash. Johnson was reportedly walking to a friend's house and never arrived. She was reported missing by her ex-husband on Dec. 9, 2020. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/mmiw-fbi-offers-10-000-reward-for...

  • High expectations for early marijuana sales

    Sep 21, 2021

    ALBANY, N.Y. — As a state lawmaker pushes to give communities another year to decide whether they want to allow marijuana shops, an upstate tribe says it is poised to give cannabis licenses to retailers before the state gets around to it. The Saint Regis Mohawk Indian Tribe says it is already taking applications for tribal licenses for cannabis businesses. Elsewhere in New York, marijuana shops are not expected to open until mid-2022. https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/high-expectations-for-early-marijuana-sales...

  • Red Lake Nation Minnesota Vikings Game Bus Schedule for Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021

    Red Lake Nation Minnesota Vikings Game Bus Schedule for Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021...

  • Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow 2021: Saturday Afternoon Session - P11

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 21, 2021

    Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow 2021: Saturday Afternoon 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 - P11

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 21, 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...

  • Red Lake, Redby and Little Rock Communities offer Drive Thru Back to School Event - P17

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 21, 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....

  • Redby "Honor The Youth" Powwow held on Saturday - P23

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 21, 2021

    Redby "Honor The Youth" Powwow held on Saturday...

  • Red Lake Celebrates its own Independence Day: Thursday Afternoon Pow Wow - P65

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 21, 2021

    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 Celebrates its own Independence Day: Wednesday Afternoon Pow Wow - P66

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 21, 2021

    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 Celebrates its own Independence Day: Tuesday Evening Pow Wow - P63

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Sep 21, 2021

    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 Band Treasurer's Office presents: Financial Planning Sessions

    Red Lake Band Treasurer's Office presents: Financial Planning Sessions Wednesday, Sept. 22 and Thursday, Sept. 23 - Red Lake Community Center...