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  • Gloria Smith

    Jan 5, 2024

    Gloria Smith May 19, 1957 ~ January 3, 2024 (age 66) Gloria Smith, age 66, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. A full obituary and service information will follow shortly. Arrangements provided by Whispering Pines Funeral & Cremation Service of Walker & Hackensack, MN....

  • Valentine "Moose" Matthew Solis, Jr.

    Jan 5, 2024

    Valentine "Moose" Matthew Solis, Jr. May 18, 1969 ~ December 30, 2023 (age 54) Valentine "Moose" Matthew Solis Jr., "Manidoo Oshkababaawass" meaning "Spirit Helper", of the Eagle Clan of St. Paul MN, age 54, started his journey to the spirit world at United Hospital in St. Paul, MN., on Saturday, December 30th, 2023. He was born on May 18th, 1969, to Nancy, (Sayers) Solis and Valetine Solis Sr. in St. Paul, MN. Valentine enjoyed going to Pow Wows all over this great nation and participating in...

  • Leslie Rain Yankton

    Jan 5, 2024

    Leslie Rain Yankton December 22, 1975 - December 29, 2023 Leslie Rain Yankton, "Tate Ob Omani Win" (Walks With The Wind Woman" passed away on Friday, December 29, 2023 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks ND with loving family at her bedside. Leslie Rain, the daughter of Roger Yankton Sr. and Lorraine "Josie" McKay was born on December 22, 1975 in Devils Lake, ND. She grew up in Fort Totten, attended Four Winds School and graduated from Four Winds High School with the class of 1994. Leslie worked as...

  • Minneapolis' 'Nenookaasi' homeless encampment packs up - and moves three blocks south

    Jan 5, 2024

    The Native American leaders of Camp Nenookaasi, a large homeless encampment in south Minneapolis, held a final ceremony around their spirit fire Thursday morning as an army of volunteers dismantled the rugged yurts that had kept their occupants warm through the early winter. Tarps were folded, personal belongings heaved in wheelbarrows. Everything went into a U-Haul to be lugged to another city-owned vacant lot lat E. 26th Street and 14th Avenue S., just three blocks south, where the next...

  • Minnesota Supreme Court suspends Hennepin County prosecutor for lie that resulted in rape case dismissal

    Jan 5, 2024

    The Minnesota Supreme Court has suspended a senior Hennepin County prosecutor placed on leave a year ago after a lie to a judge resulted in the rare decision to dismiss a rape case. Catherine McEnroe, a 31-year lawyer who has been with the Hennepin County Attorney's Office since 2013, is suspended for 60 days and required to pay a $900 fine, the court ordered. The Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility filed for disciplinary action in the fallout of the case dismissal last January. The court order says that McEnroe committed...

  • 17-year-old kills sixth grader, wounds five others in Iowa school shooting, police say

    Jan 5, 2024

    PERRY, Iowa — A 17-year-old opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school before classes resumed on the first day after the winter break, killing a sixth-grader and wounding five others Thursday as students barricaded in offices, ducked into classrooms and fled in panic. The suspect, a student at the school in Perry, died of what investigators believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation official said. Authorities said one of the five people wounded was an administrator, later identified by his alma m...

  • Complaint alleges Dean Phillips' presidential campaign illegally coordinated with super PAC

    Jan 5, 2024

    Democratic U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips has been hit with a federal campaign finance complaint that accuses his presidential campaign of illegally coordinating with a super PAC. The Campaign for Accountability, a progressive watchdog, filed a complaint Tuesday alleging that Phillips' campaign illegally coordinated with a supporting super PAC called Pass the Torch, which was launched by former Phillips campaign adviser Steve Schmidt. Phillips, a third-term Minnesota congressman, launched his...

  • Report: Trump received millions from foreign governments as president

    Jan 5, 2024

    WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's businesses received at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments during his presidency, according to new documents released by House Democrats on Thursday that show how much he received from overseas transactions while he was in the White House, most of it from China. The transactions, detailed in a 156-page report called "White House For Sale" that was produced by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, offer concrete evidence that the former president...

  • After multiple ice rescues, sheriff said enough is enough on Upper Red Lake

    Jan 5, 2024

    When a 30-foot gap of water opened last week between shoreland ice and the ice where about 120 Upper Red Lake anglers were fishing, Beltrami County Sheriff Jason Riggs knew a decision had to be made. This would be the seventh rescue of ice anglers on Upper Red in about 30 days, and something, the sheriff knew, had to give. "We deal with [ice rescues] on an annual basis," Riggs said the other day. "It starts about Thanksgiving and usually runs through mid-December. But this winter has been...

  • Man charged with firing AR-15 on New Year's Day, injuring 11-year-old girl

    Jan 5, 2024

    A Fridley man suspected of drunkenly firing an AR-15 rifle in celebration minutes into the New Year, wounding an 11-year-old girl on Minneapolis' North Side, has been charged with two felony firearms violations. James William Turner Jr., 44, was charged Thursday in Hennepin County District Court with illegal firearm possession and reckless discharge of a firearm in connection with the shooting of La'neria Wilson. A series of pops roused La'neria from her bed just after midnight Monday. When she...

  • Charges: St. Paul police raid huge drug-selling operation hidden in modest house; $125K, guns seized

    Jan 5, 2024

    A man is charged with operating an underground business in a modest St. Paul house where packages of marijuana by the pound were for sale and stored with other recreational drugs until a police raid seized the hefty inventory along with more than $125,000 in cash and three guns. Brian T. Krueger, 39, of St. Paul was charged in Ramsey County District Court on Thursday with two first-degree drug counts and six illegal weapons counts in connection with allegations he used the East Side home in the...

  • Child dies after St. Paul house fire that also injured mother, five siblings

    Jan 5, 2024

    A child rescued this week from a St. Paul house fire that also seriously injured her mother and five siblings has died. Pa Cheng Vang said his eldest daughter died Wednesday after the fire that morning hospitalized her and other family members. He said three of his children are suffering from brain damage, irregular heart beats and low blood pressure. His other two children have begun moving and are "out of a critical zone," he said, but his wife's condition was unclear. http...

  • UnitedHealth lawsuit alleges former executives stole trade secrets to create rival firm

    Jan 5, 2024

    Minnesota health care entrepreneurs Ken Ehlert and Mark Pollman sold their research and development firm to UnitedHealth Group in 2017, joining the Minnesota behemoth as high-ranking executives. The deal led to the commercial launch of a diabetes management tool called Level2 in early 2021. But the relationship between United and Ehlert and Pollman soured, and they were terminated later that same year. The pair then sued United for allegedly reneging on compensation for Level2, a dispute that...

  • Airstrike in central Baghdad kills Iran-backed militia leader as regional tensions escalate

    Jan 5, 2024

    BAGHDAD - A U.S. airstrike on the headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad on Thursday killed a high-ranking militia commander, militia officials said. Thursday's strike comes amid mounting regional tensions fueled by the Israel-Hamas war and fears that it could spill over into surrounding countries. It also coincides with a push by Iraqi officials for US-led coalition forces to leave the country. The Popular Mobilization Force, or PMF, a coalition of militias that is nominally...

  • Israeli defense minister lays out vision for next steps of Gaza war ahead of Blinken visit

    Jan 5, 2024

    RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Israel's defense minister on Thursday laid out his vision for the next phase of the war in Gaza, describing how Israeli forces would shift to an apparently scaled-down '' new combat approach'' in northern Gaza, while continuing to fight Hamas in the south of the territory ''for as long as necessary.'' Ahead of a visit by the U.S. secretary of state, Yoav Gallant also outlined a proposal for how Gaza would be run once Hamas is defeated, with Israel keeping security control whi...

  • With more records, world sees how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged powerful to abuse vulnerable girls

    Jan 5, 2024

    NEW YORK - A new batch of unsealed documents pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of teenage girls was released Thursday, adding several hundred pages to a trove of information detailing how the financier leveraged connections to the rich, powerful and famous to recruit his victims and cover up his crimes. The 19 documents, or about 300 pages, were half as many as the over 40 released Wednesday. The documents so far - with more to come - were sprinkled with names of celebrities and...

  • Minnesota fur trapper snares marten, revives 'vicious' critter with mouth-to-snoot resuscitation

    Jan 5, 2024

    A northern Minnesota fur trapper inadvertently snared a marten out of season, then swiftly brought the normally ornery critter back from near death with mouth-to-snoot resuscitation. The revival of the furry creature played out Saturday in the woods near the southern shore of Lower Red Lake in central Beltrami County, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. That's where the trapper was checking one of his bobcat sets and was upset that he had caught the marten, which showed...

  • Entire police department walks out in 1 day

    Jan 5, 2024

    HORTON, Kan. (WIBW/Gray News) – Every single member of a police department in Kansas walked out on the job or officially resigned after a government agency arrived for a department assessment. According to records from the City of Horton’s city commission meeting on Dec. 18, it was announced that the entire Kickapoo Tribe Police Department had resigned on Dec. 4. Chairwoman Gail Cheatham told commissioners that every single member of the police force walked out, except for one, who did give a two-week notice. According to Cheatham, the tri...

  • White Bear Lake police: Man who broke into home died by suicide

    Jan 5, 2024

    ST. PAUL — A man found dead in a White Bear Lake home during a break-in died by suicide, police said Tuesday, Jan. 2. Police have not found a connection between Caleb Andrew Bell, 27, and the home’s residents, according to Chief Dale Hager. Officers responded to the 1800 block of state Highway 96 on a report of an in-progress burglary on Thursday, Dec. 29, at 1 p.m. A juvenile in the home reported someone had broken into a back window and she ran out, meeting officers outside, Hager said. The teenaged girl was the only person home at the tim...

  • Public hearing set for January 17 on closure of Sanford Bemidji inpatient rehabilitation unit

    Jan 5, 2024

    The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will hold a public hearing on Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. on Sanford Bemidji Medical Center’s planned closure of its inpatient rehabilitation unit. According to the submission filed by Sanford Health, the inpatient rehabilitation unit beds will be transferred to other units within the medical center facility beginning on April 1. Patients requiring inpatient rehabilitation will be referred to swing-beds, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) or other facilities outside of the area. The hearing will be hosted by M...

  • Six Individuals Charged in Twin Cities Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

    Jan 5, 2024

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – Six individuals have been charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl throughout the Twin Cities and surrounding areas, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, between August and December 2022, Cornell Montez Chandler, Jr., 24, Robiel Lee Williams, 23, Quijuan Hosea Bankhead, 30, Stardasha Christina Davenport-Mounger, 24, Fo'Tre Devine White, 26, and Shardai Rayshell Allen, 24, conspired to distribute fentanyl in Minnesota....

  • DEED Awards Nearly $4 Million for Local Workforce Development Programs

    Jan 5, 2024

    St. Paul -- The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced nearly $4 million in grants to 16 community and nonprofit organizations, the latest in the agency’s broader effort to help grow Minnesota's workforce. The grants are for two funding programs, Southeast Asian Economic Disparities Relief and Getting to Work, that help remove barriers Minnesota workers may face on their path to finding and retaining good-paying jobs. “DEED is working hard to grow the state’s labor force and help more Minne...

  • John Alan Gordon sentenced to 80 months in Wadena County for 1st degree Drug Sales

    Jan 5, 2024

    On January 3rd, 2024, John Alan Gordon, 34, of rural Waubun was sentenced to 80 months in Wadena County for 1st degree Drug Sales. On September 20th, 2022, at the direction of the White Earth Police Department, a traffic stop was conducted by the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office on a vehicle driven by Gordon. During the investigation of the traffic stop approximately 362 grams of Fentanyl was seized. The Fentanyl seized from Gordon was sent to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s Lab. The lab concluded that the Fentanyl was mixed with...

  • Jourdain enlists with U.S. Army

    Jan 5, 2024

    Bryson Jourdain, Redby, MN. recently enlisted with a four-year tour with the U.S. Army on October 10, 2023. Private first class Jourdain is currently stationed at Ft. Leonardwood, Missoui with the Bravo Company, 35th Engineer Batalion. He is the son of Daniel Jourdain, Bemidji, MN and Madonna Strong, Redby MN, maternal grandmother, Melodie Strong. Redby, paternal grandfather, Ron Perkins. Paternal grandmother Linda J. Buckanaga, Waubun, MN, paternal grandfather, Arlan Jourdain, hereditary...

  • Warriors improve to 6-2 on year with 101-70 win over Walker-Hackensack-Akley

    Red Lake Youth Sports|Jan 5, 2024

    Red Lake Youth Sports 101-70 final, Red Lake Ogichidaag improve to 6-2 on the season. JV took the loss to a good, strong pack of Wolves....

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