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Jarrid Lee Neadeau-Lyons Miskwaagamiiwi-za-aga’iganiing Gozis ogichidaa "Red Lake Son Warrior" April 3, 1999 – September 23, 2021 Jarrid Lee Neadeau-Lyons, age 22, of St. Paul, MN, passed away on September 23, 2021. Preceded in death by grandparents, Kathleen “Kathy” Mae Lyons, Jessie Louis Hollie and Duane Francis Beaulieu. Survived by loving parents, Gail Lynn Lyons and David Allen Neadeau; grandmother, Irma Jean Beaulieu; second mother, Ann Marie Engstrom and God mother, Cassandra Yvette Fost...
A federal grand jury has returned an 11-count indictment against a Red Lake man for the murder of Red Lake Tribal Police Officer Ryan Bialke, assaulting with intent to murder four other officers, and firearms violations. According to court documents, on July 27, 2021, officers with the Red Lake Tribal Police Department ("RLTPD") responded to a call to conduct a welfare check on an armed man, David Brian Donnell, Jr., 28, at his residence in Redby, Minnesota. Five RLTPD officers responded to Donnell's residence. Upon arrival, the officers found...
Derek Bruce Winslow July 5, 1985 ~ October 5, 2021 (age 36) Derek Bruce Winslow was a loving father, son, brother, uncle and had many friends. He journeyed to the spirit world, unexpectedly, on Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 from Cass Lake, MN at the age of 36. Derek was born to Michael Newago III and Julie Winslow in Minneapolis, MN on July 5, 1985. He grew up in Minneapolis and later in life made his home in Cass Lake, MN. He attended and graduated from Leech Lake Tribal College and worked at...
WASHINGTON — The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster Thursday night, voting to extend the government's borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default that experts warned would devastate the economy and harm millions of Americans. The party-line Democratic vote of 50-48 in support of the bill to raise the government's debt ceiling by nearly a half-trillion dollars brought instant relief in Washington and far beyond. However, it provides only a reprieve. Assuming the House goes along, which it will, R...
A rolling gun battle between occupants in two vehicles ended with a crash in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday night that left an innocent bystander dead. A woman riding a scooter on a sidewalk was killed when she was struck by one of the vehicles that crashed outside a hotel just a block from Target Field, police said. Her death is being considered a homicide, said Minneapolis police spokesman Garrett Parten. https://www.startribune.com/gunfight-between-vehicles-ends-with-crash...
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat brought the Justice Department to the brink of chaos, and prompted top officials there and at the White House to threaten to resign, a Senate Judiciary Committee report found. The report released Thursday by the Democratic-run committee offers new insight into how the Republican incumbent tried to undo the vote and exert his will on the department, asking leaders to declare the election "corrupt" and disparagin...
Twin Cities artist Angela Two Stars bent over a table, balancing a scissors in one hand as she gently tugged at a piece of black plastic. She slowly peeled it away to reveal a lowercase "n" - part of the word "Wothehinda," which means "love" in the Dakota language - created for a new artwork being unveiled Saturday in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. "Okciyapi (Help Each Other)" was commissioned by Walker Art Center after it came under fire for "Scaffold," a sculpture based in part on the...
Two western Minnesota men have been ordered by a federal judge to pay more than $1.1 million for damage they inflicted when their gunfire punctured a pipeline and released thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into a creek that feeds a river. Eric J. Weckwerth-Pineda, 25, of Cottonwood, and Tanner J. Sik, 22, of Ivanhoe, were sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis after having pleaded guilty to misdemeanor negligent discharge of a pollutant in connection with the incident on...
Northern Oil and Gas on Thursday announced it will buy further interests in a fleet of oil wells in North Dakota for $154 million, its third significant acquisition in the past eight months. The seller in the latest deal is Texas-based Comstock Resources, which is controlled by the owner of the Dallas Cowboys football team, Jerry Jones. With the three acquisitions, Northern Oil is spending $382.2 million on new properties. The Minnetonka-based company also said Thursday it plans to increase its...
The U.S. is gearing up in case of a bad flu season on top of the continuing COVID-19 crisis, with a plea Thursday for Americans to get vaccinated against both. "I get it: We are all tired of talking about vaccines," said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But "it is doubly important this year" to get your flu shot, added Walensky, who got her own vaccination earlier this week just as she has every year since she was a medical student in 1995. "We...
Coronavirus infections linked to pre-K-12 schools have surged in the first month of classes, but health and education leaders remain confident that Minnesota can weather the latest pandemic wave with more mask-wearing and testing and fewer building closures and quarantines. The Minnesota Department of Health on Thursday reported 1,973 infections in pre-K-12 buildings in the week ending Sept. 25, and 2,525 in the week before that - the highest totals since the start of the pandemic. The state...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is slapping new conditions on millions of dollars in outdoors aid to Minnesota after witnessing harmful logging practices by the Department of Natural Resources. DNR Wildlife Chief Dave Olfelt said Thursday that the federal agency drafted the extra conditions as part of a $26.4 million block grant set forth in July for habitat management on Minnesota's Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs). He said the two agencies are "working through'' the draft set of...
MINNEAPOLIS – A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment against a Red Lake man for fatally shooting a Red Lake tribal police officer, assaulting with intent to murder four other officers, and firearms violations, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk. According to court documents, on July 27, 2021, officers with the Red Lake Tribal Police Department (“RLTPD”) responded to a call to conduct a welfare check on an armed man, David Brian Donnell, Jr., 28, at his residence in Redby, Minnesota. Five RLTPD officers responded to Do...
RED LAKE, Minn. — A federal grand jury has indicted a Minnesota man on charges of murder and other counts in the July killing of a Red Lake tribal officer who was fatally shot while responding to a call on the tribe's reservation. David Donnell Jr., 28, was indicted on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and multiple counts of assault with intent to murder, prosecutors announced Thursday. He had previously been charged in federal court with a lesser murder count in connection with the death of Officer Ryan Bialke. Bialke was killed on J...
Oct. 7—RED LAKE — Two men have been charged by a federal grand jury for their roles in distributing fentanyl into the Red Lake Nation. According to court documents, in March 2021, Christopher Douglas Richard, 40, of Detroit, Mich., conspired with others to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl in and around the Red Lake Nation. In a separate indictment, on April 30, 2021, Leroy Varney, 52, of Bemidji, allegedly possessed more than 40 grams of fentanyl with the intent to distribute it in and around the Red Lake Nation. Richard has been cha...
The number of schools listed by the Minnesota Department of Health as having coronavirus outbreaks jumped 74 percent over the past week and now stands at more than 400 buildings. Altogether, 996 school buildings have reported infections, with 486 having just one case, according to the state Department of Health’s weekly report. The remaining 511 schools have multiple cases. Each week, the Minnesota Department of Health lists every school building that’s had five or more infections in students and staff over a two-week period. Buildings are not...
President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 that will restore the original boundaries of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, the White House confirmed Thursday evening. Late in his presidency, President Barack Obama proclaimed Bears Ears a national monument that included about 1 million acres of public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 290,000 acres managed by the US Forest Service. President...
A man who pretended to be an American Indian "medicine man" so that he could sexually abuse an American Indian minor was sentenced to life in prison. Described by a federal prosecutor as "a wolf in sheep's clothing" during his trial, Carl Ortner, 57, of Quapaw, Okla. was convicted in May of sexually abusing a Native American female child and of illegally possessing eagle parts. U.S. District Judge John F. Heil III sentenced Ortner to life in federal prison and ordered him to pay a $100,000...
WASHINGTON — Members of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma are awaiting action on legislation that would authorize $137.5 million in payments to conclude a 17-year dispute over the federal government’s mismanagement of tribal assets. All 5,290 citizens of the tribe could potentially receive a lump sum payment of $25,990 each as settlement for damage done to Quapaw lands from lead and zinc mining that started in the late 1800s. “We've been in contact with individuals in the Department of Justice and Department of Interior, even they have expre...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota communities, schools and their partners are invited to apply for funding on local projects that enhance transportation goals, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The $6.2 million in federal funding is available through the Transportation Alternatives program in Greater Minnesota (each region has a sub-targeted fund). This program offers a competitive grant for communities, schools and regional agencies to fund pedestrian and bicycle facilities, historic preservation, Safe Routes to School and m...
Construction crews will begin on Monday, October 11, 2021, on CSAH 57 Sumac and Hazelwood Roads. Please use alternate routes to avoid delays. Expect delays if traveling through the work zone. Beltrami County Highway Department urges motorists to use caution when traveling in and around all work zones. For more information regarding this construction update please contact the Beltrami County Highway Department at 333-8173....
Girls Volleyball Parent Appreciation Night at Red Lake High School on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Photographs by community members....
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....
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 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....
