Red Lake Nation News - Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)

WASHINGTON - Congressman Collin C. Peterson announced that Minnesota has been awarded $8 million for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership (BIP) program. The funds will be used to expand access to biofuel blender pumps across the state. "Minnesota is well-positioned to expand market access for biofuels benefiting farmers, consumers, and our...

WASHINGTON - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans nominated Wisconsin's Paul Ryan on Wednesday to replace retiring House Speaker John Boehner, uniting around the party's former vice presidential nominee who has promised more openness in the way the chamber is run. In a closed-door session, Republicans chose the 45-year-old Ryan as their party's official candidate over...

RED LAKE—Community members of all ages on Tuesday night breezed through the recently opened doors of the Red Lake Nation College for a book launch and signing of "Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe" by author Anton Treuer. The waters of Lower Red Lake, travelled by so many ancestors of the Red Lake Nation, met a night sky outside the north facing Bremer Student...

Occidental Petroleum Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. oil producer, swung to a significant net loss for the third quarter on Wednesday as it booked charges for dropping futures prices and halted projects while saying it was exiting North Dakota. The company, which also has operations in the Middle East and Colombia, showed a net loss of $2.61 billion, or $3.42 per share, in the...

BOULDER, Colo. — Marco Rubio bid forcefully for control of the Republican Party's establishment wing in Wednesday night's third GOP debate, deflecting jabs from Jeb Bush, who desperately sought to right his floundering campaign. Insurgent outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson defended the seriousness of their White House efforts, underscoring the two-track fight for the...

The Eden Prairie school board could come closer to reflecting the growing diversity of the suburban district if the election Tuesday swings the way Asad Aliweyd and Murshid Barud are hoping. Aliweyd and Barud, two of the seven candidates running for the board’s four open seats, are Somali. For as long as former and current board members can remember, board members have been...

A student at Patrick Henry High School brought a gun and ammunition to the school earlier this week, prompting Minneapolis school leaders to say Wednesday that they are taking a stand against violence in the schools. The .38-caliber weapon was discovered in the student’s locker Monday after another student reported overhearing the 16-year-old telling others that he had a gun...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is keeping its key short-term interest rate at a record low in the face of threats from a weak global economy and excessively low inflation. But it suggested the possibility of a rate hike in December. A statement the Fed issued Wednesday said it would seek to determine "whether it will be appropriate to raise the target range at its next...

Gov. Mark Dayton is renewing his push to dramatically scale back the amount of time students spend taking tests after President Obama announced that he wants to cap standardized exams at 2 percent of annual class time. “I’ve been urging testing reduction for my entire two terms, so I’m glad to see Minnesota is making some progress, and I assume the president’s support...

The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations will elect a new chief at its fall session, which starts today in Saskatoon. Helen Ben, Leo Omani and Bobby Cameron are all running for the position. Ben is the former tribal chief of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council, Cameron is currently an FSIN vice-chief and Leo Omani is the chief of Wahpeton Dakota Nation. http...