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  • Brittany Jo Whiteshield

    Oct 6, 2021

    Brittany Jo Whiteshield September 08, 1991 - September 28, 2021 Brittany Jo Whiteshield, 30 of St. Michael, ND passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, ND. Visitation will be held on Friday, October 8, 2021 at the Tekakwitha Center in St. Michael, ND from 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. The procession to St. Michael will leave on Friday at 4:30 p.m. from City Plaza, Devils Lake. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Saturday,...

  • Irvin Lee KillsPlenty Jr.

    Oct 6, 2021

    Irvin Lee KillsPlenty Jr. October 04, 1978 - September 26, 2021 Irvin Lee KillsPlenty Jr., 42 of Fort Totten ND passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at his home in the loving care of his family. Irvin Lee was born on October 4, 1978 at Devils Lake ND, the son of Bernice (BigTrack) and Irvin KillsPlenty Sr. He attended Four Winds Public School until the 9th grade. Irvin then began working at DTI (Dakota Tribal Industries) and SMC (Sioux Manufacturing Corp). He decided to become a...

  • Andrea Jo Hernandez

    Oct 6, 2021

    Andrea Jo Hernandez August 16, 1998 - October 2, 2021 In Loving Memory of Andrea Joe Hernandez "Mindimooyenh" Born to Pamela Ellis and Eugene Hernandez Sr. August 16, 1998, Minneapolis, MN Journeyed Home October 2, 2021, Robbinsdale, MN Pallbearers: Ivan Redday Chris Dziengel Marcellus Ellis Stash Hanks MarKing Franklin Mario Icemen Honorary Pallbearers: Johan Ellis-Sanchez Santiago Ellis-Sanchez Shaina Boswell Nathan Boswell Davine Wade Ethan Redday Michael Boswell Andrea Joe Hernandez...

  • Walz pushes legislators to pass pandemic response measures

    Oct 6, 2021

    State aid for front-line workers and farmers struggling with drought remains on hold at the State Capitol, and now pandemic response measures have also gotten caught up in the political stalemate. Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders failed to break through a monthlong impasse during a meeting Tuesday. The DFL governor followed the discussion with a letter pressing the divided Legislature to address bonus pay for essential workers and drought relief. He also called for lawmakers to grant more...

  • COVID-19 hospitalizations rise to 847 in Minnesota

    Oct 6, 2021

    COVID-19 hospitalizations increased to 847 on Monday in Minnesota, which is seeing a rising toll from a delta variant wave of the coronavirus that is falling in other hard-hit states. While the latest count of COVID-19 patients is below the record 1,864 in late November, it is the highest total in Minnesota since Jan. 1 - when limited vaccine was just starting to be distributed to health care workers and long-term care facility residents. Health system leaders urged unvaccinated Minnesotans to...

  • St. Paul police arrest two suspected of murder after man found lying in the street

    Oct 6, 2021

    St. Paul police Tuesday arrested two people suspected of fatally striking a man with a car. A truck driver called police about 4:30 a.m. after he found a body lying in the street near the intersection of East 10th Street and Broadway Street near downtown, according to Sgt. Natalie Davis. Officers arrived and saw the man had severe head trauma. Fire medics later pronounced him dead at the scene. Police located the two suspects, interviewed them and then arrested both on suspicion of...

  • Minneapolis city workers clear homeless encampment in the median of Franklin Avenue

    Oct 6, 2021

    Minneapolis city workers arrived early Tuesday to clear dozens of tents that had been staked in the median along congested East Franklin Avenue near Cedar Avenue South. Police directed traffic as yellow-vested regulatory services workers used Bobcat loaders to scoop up a crush of bicycles, clothes and furniture into dump trucks. They encountered no protesters, a contrast with the failed effort to clear another encampment on the Near North Side in March that led to a violent clash. The...

  • French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse

    Oct 6, 2021

    PARIS - Victims of abuse within France's Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Tuesday after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the past 70 years, providing the country's first accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and an unknown number of other people involved in the church - wrongdoing that Catholic authorities covered up over decades in a "systemic manner," according to the...

  • Ex-Facebook manager criticizes company, urges more oversight

    Oct 6, 2021

    WASHINGTON - While accusing the giant social network of pursuing profits over safety, a former Facebook data scientist told Congress Tuesday she believes stricter government oversight could alleviate the dangers the company poses, from harming children to inciting political violence to fueling misinformation. Frances Haugen, testifying to the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, presented a wide-ranging condemnation of Facebook. She accused the company of failing to make changes...

  • Tribes: New evidence proves massacre was at mine site

    Oct 6, 2021

    RENO, Nev. — Tribal lawyers are asking a U.S. judge in Nevada to reconsider her earlier refusal to block digging at a proposed lithium mine near the Oregon line where they say newly uncovered evidence proves it was the sacred site of a massacre of dozens of Native Americans in 1865. The new motion filed in federal court in Reno includes an 1865 newspaper report and two eyewitness accounts of how at least 31 Paiute men, women and children were “murdered by federal soldiers” at Thacker Pass. The accounts were in an autobiography first publi...

  • Navajo woman picked to head humanities endowment

    Oct 6, 2021

    WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his picks to head the National Endowments for the Humanities and the Arts, tapping a Harvard University scholar and an Arizona State University professor to oversee the federal agencies. If confirmed by the Senate, Shelly Lowe, who is the executive director of Harvard University's Native American program, will be the nation’s first Native American to serve as chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and grew up in Ganado, Arizona. Mar...

  • MnDOT encourages schools, communities to join Walk to School Day Oct. 6

    Oct 6, 2021

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – Thousands of Minnesota students will participate in International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 6, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The annual event, sponsored by Minnesota Safe Routes to School, encourages students and parents to increase physical activity and practice safe walking and bicycling activities. This event also hopes to make walking and bicycling more visible in communities, reduce traffic congestion, and strengthen connections b...

  • Sustainable Agriculture Grant Funding Available

    Oct 6, 2021

    St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) anticipates awarding up to $250,000 to demonstrate and publicize the energy efficiency, environmental benefit, or profitability of sustainable agricultural techniques or systems, from production through marketing. The Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Program’s Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant program will accept applications through 4 p.m. on Thursday, December 9, 2021. Applicants may request up to $50,000 per project. The first $25,000 does not need t...

  • State opens monoclonal antibody clinic to expand access in Twin Cities

    Oct 6, 2021

    The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today opened a new clinic in St. Paul to expand access to monoclonal antibody COVID-19 treatment in the Twin Cities metro area. COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment can help qualifying patients get betfter faster. It is an outpatient treatment for patients with mild to moderate symptoms that started within the past 10 days, and who are at high risk of their illness leading to hospitalization or death. Learn more at the webpage COVID-19 Medication Options. “This clinic will strengthen the existing c...

  • Girls Volleyball Parent Appreciation Night at Red Lake High School

    Oct 6, 2021

    Girls Volleyball Parent Appreciation Night at Red Lake High School on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Photographs by community members....

  • Duluth Urban Red Lakers at Minnesota Vikings Game Football Game - P2

    Danielle Fairbanks|Oct 6, 2021

    Duluth Urban Red Lakers at Minnesota Vikings Game Football Game on Sunday, September 26, 2021....

  • Garland says authorities will target school board threats

    Oct 6, 2021

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday directed federal authorities to hold strategy sessions in the next 30 days with law enforcement to address the increasing threats targeting school board members, teachers and other employees in the nation's public schools. In a memorandum, Garland said there has been "a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff who participate in the vital...

  • COVID vaccine mandate takes effect for NYC teachers, staff

    Oct 6, 2021

    NEW YORK (AP) - A COVID-19 vaccine requirement for teachers and other staff members took effect Monday in New York City's million-plus-student public school system, in a key test of the employee vaccination mandates being rolled out across the country. The city had planned to bring in substitutes where needed, with Mayor Bill de Blasio warning that unvaccinated school employees would be placed on unpaid leave. But 95% of the city's roughly 148,000 public school staffers had received at least...

  • Missoula judge denies request to halt masks in schools

    Oct 6, 2021

    HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A district judge has denied a request by several parents to halt mask mandates in Missoula schools while a legal challenge of the mandates is underway. The parents sued several Missoula schools in August over their mask requirements, arguing they violated the state's constitution, which guarantees individuals the right to make their own medical decisions. Missoula District Judge Jason Marks denied the request for a preliminary injunction on Friday, saying in his decision...

  • Teachers across America are fleeing in record numbers

    Oct 6, 2021

    Schools reopening are causing teachers to quit or retire because there has been a surge of COVID-19 outbreaks due to some states banning mask mandates. There have been more than 200,000 reported weekly cases among children in the past five consecutive weeks, The Guardian reported. With some states having no mask mandates and low vaccination rates, the spread of infectious diseases is only made worse. Things have gotten worse for some schools; several schools and school districts, like Aberdeen School District in Washington state, and Mammoth...

  • Warriors Football Team loses 4th game of season to Menahga 72-0 - P3

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 6, 2021

    The Red Lake Warriors football team hosted Menahga on Friday, October 1, 2021, losing 72-0. The loss sets them back to 0-4 on the season. They had lost to New York Mills 43-0, Red Lake County 42-8 and Lake Park-Audubon 51-0. The Warriors will host Walker-Hackensack-Akeley on Saturday, October 9, travel to Polk County West on October 15 and finish out their season on October 20th....

  • Cass Lake-Bena defeats Lady Warriors in Red Lake, 3-1 - P7

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 6, 2021

    Cass Lake-Bena defeated the Red Lake Lady Warriors on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 3-1. Red Lake Jr. High team won their match 2-0, while the Junior Varsity lost 2-0....

  • Creating a Separation Plan and Preparedness Kit

    StrongHearts Native Helpline|Oct 6, 2021

    It has been a long time coming, but you've made up your mind. It's time to escape a life of domestic and sexual violence and leave an abusive partner. You're scared and for good reason. Danger increases when leaving an abusive partner because they often lash out to regain control over their partner. It is imperative that you carefully navigate the following process. You are the best judge of your own safety. Consider a safety plan - a personalized, practical plan that includes ways to remain saf...

  • Food Service Coordinator – Fixed Term - Red Lake School District, ISD#38

    Oct 6, 2021

    Red Lake School District, ISD#38 P.O. Box 499, Red Lake, MN 56671 218-679-3353 Employment Opportunity POSTED: 10/05/2021 – 10/14/2021 Internally and Externally Position Description: Food Service Coordinator – Fixed Term Supervisor: Business Manager Bargaining Group: None Terms: 12 Month – Exempt Revised: 09/29/2021 Food Service Coordinator Position Overview (Basic Purpose of Position): To coordinate and supervise the school district's food service program REGULAR DUTIES & RESPO...

  • End of Softball Season Celebration held in Redby - P8

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Oct 6, 2021

    The End of Softball Season Celebration was held in Redby at the Art Thunder Softball Field on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. It was their 29th year. They started registering for prizes at 5:00 PM by the bleachers with drawings to take place at 6:30 PM. They started feeding shortly after 5 PM, with a cup of lemonade from Tom Barrett's Lemonade Stand--who was also providing the music. Drawings and giveaways were held, along with basketball activities, home-run contests, and other events. The...

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