Articles from the November 9, 2023 edition
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Sandra Lou (Roberts) Elvir
Sandra Lou (Roberts) Elvir November 3, 1971 ~ November 5, 2023 (age 52) Sandra 'Lulu' Lou (Roberts) Elvir, age 52, traveled onto the Spirit World on Sunday, November 5, 2023 surrounded by family. Sandra was born in Red Lake MN to Allen 'Slugger' Roberts and Doborah 'Debbie' (Rainey) Roberts. Sandra loved to cook - she could...
Kade Michael Ferris
Kade Michael Ferris, Giniw Wiidokaage (Eagle Helps Him), age 54, began his journey on the Strawberry Road on November 4th, 2023 after a valiant battle with cancer. Kade was born on January 25th, 1969 in San Antonio, Texas to Albert Lee Ferris and Kristeen (Evenmoe) Ferris. He moved with his parents and older brother to...
State court dismisses petition seeking to bar Trump from 2024 ballot
The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a request Wednesday to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause - but it said the petitioners could refile the challenge for the general election. The court's four-page order didn't address the constitutional issues, but...
EPA to Minnesota: Take action to protect people from polluted wells in eight counties
Saying that thousands in southeastern Minnesota are drinking unhealthy water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told the state to alert residents of the hazards and clean up the farm pollution that has contaminated wells in the region for years. The water supplies for more than 9,200 people in southeastern Minnesota are likely contaminated with dangerous levels of...
New head of Minneapolis police homicide unit was previously suspended for forwarding racist email
A Minneapolis police lieutenant placed on a yearlong paid leave for forwarding a racist email over a decade ago has been appointed as the new head of the department's homicide unit. Lt. Aimee Linson, a 25-year veteran of the force, returned to duty and was issued a written reprimand in April following an investigation into...
GOP presidential candidates unified on Israel but divided on China as they debate without Trump
MIAMI - In their first debate since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, the Republican presidential candidates all declared hawkish support for Israel but squabbled over China and Ukraine as they faced growing pressure to try to catch Donald Trump - who was again absent. At center stage were Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, who...
Term topping 12 years for St. Cloud man who held 'high position in the drug distribution hierarchy'
A man described as holding "a high position in the drug distribution hierarchy" has received a term topping 12 years stemming from two law enforcement raids in the Twin Cities area that yielded more than 17,000 pills of suspected fentanyl and $45,000 in cash. Thomas A. Gentry Jr., 35, of St. Cloud was sentenced Tuesday in Anoka County District Court after pleading guilty to...
St. Paul voters elect a young, diverse - and possibly all-female - City Council
When St. Paul's new City Council is sworn in early next year, it may be the city's youngest, most racially diverse - and its first made up entirely of women. Voters on Tuesday re-elected incumbents Rebecca Noecker, Mitra Jalali and Nelsie Yang, and elected first-time candidates Saura Jost and Hwa Jeong Kim. The two remaining...
Israel-Hamas fight heats up in Gaza City, accelerating exodus of Palestinians to the south
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip - Palestinians living in the heart of Gaza's largest city said Wednesday they could see and hear Israeli ground forces closing in from multiple directions, accelerating the exodus of thousands of civilians as food and water become scarce and urban fighting between Israel and Hamas heats up. The Israeli...
Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY - About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti on Wednesday blocked traffic on one of Mexico's main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border. The caravan of migrants set out on foot from the city of Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, on Oct. 30, walking...
Funeral home stored bodies for 4 years, deceived families about loved ones' ashes, prosecutors say
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The owners of a Colorado funeral home were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing there for four years. Investigators entered the Return to Nature Funeral Home...
UPDATED: Beltrami County passes local option sales tax to fund new jail by significant margin
BEMIDJI — Voters in Beltrami County took to the polls on Tuesday to voice their opinion on how the county's new jail should be funded, with a huge majority supporting a local option sales tax over increased property taxes. After polls had closed, results indicated that 8,802 voters, or 96.84%, supported the sales tax by voting “yes” on the referendum, compared to a mere...
Red Lake Man Pleads Guilty to Domestic Assault as Habitual Offender
MINNEAPOLIS – A Red Lake man has pleaded guilty to violently assaulting another individual as a habitual offender, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, in the late evening of April 9, 2023, Shawn Rene Lussier, 55, physically assaulted another individual in a hotel room at the Seven Clans Casino on the Red Lake Indian Reservation by...
Red Lake Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Drunk-Driving Manslaughter
MINNEAPOLIS – A Red Lake man has been sentenced to 64 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for involuntary manslaughter resulting from a drunk-driving crash that resulted in the death of his passenger, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, on the early morning of November 6, 2021, Gerald Wayne Johnson, 27, was driving...
Waseca Man Sentenced to Prison for Domestic Assault on Bois Forte Reservation
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Waseca man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for assaulting an enrolled member of the Bois Forte Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, on August 9, 2021, David Alvarez, Jr., 33, assaulted his domestic partner at their residence on the Bois Forte Indian...
Wisconsin Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 25 Years for Producing Child Sexual Abuse Images
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Superior, Wisconsin, man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for producing images depicting his sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, George Francis Deppa, 50, sexually abused a 15-year-old minor and produced visual depictions of the sexual abuse....
MINNESOTA WINTER HAZARD AWARENESS WEEK
November 13-17, 2023 is Minnesota Winter Hazard Awareness Week. Beltrami County Emergency Management is joining public safety partners across the state to promote safety and well-being this winter season. Each day of the week will have a topic to remind residents of the hazards they face during the coldest months of the year. Monday’s topic is Winter Storms: The National...
Attorney General Ellison shuts down another fraudulent student-loan debt-relief company in Minnesota
November 8, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office has obtained a settlement with Network 46, a California student-loan debt-relief company that illegally collected fees from customers and misrepresented its services to consumers. The settlement requires Network 46 to cease operating in Minnesota and provide full refunds...
Election Day 2023 recap: Voters back Democrats in Kentucky, Virginia, beyond
Virginia Democrats have gained full control of the state's General Assembly, dealing a major blow to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's agenda in a race seen as an indicator of Democrats' strength heading into 2024. • Democrat wins Pennsylvania Supreme Court race • Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves wins reelection, beat Elvis' 2nd...
US Census Bureau Releases Key Stats in Honor of 2023 Native American Heritage Month
The United States Census Bureau has released a Facts for Features which presents key statistics for the American Indian and Alaska Native population in honor of Native American Heritage Month for November. In 1990, President George H. Bush signed into law a joint resolution designating the month of November as the first...
IHS Selects New Enterprise Electronic Health Record System
The Indian Health Service (IHS) will replace an outdated computer system that is 40-years-old. This work supports the Biden-Harris Administration's Executive Order on Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in the Government as well as the Administration's ongoing efforts to advance health...
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community announces additional investment in Minnesota-based clean energy company Niron Magnetics
Prior Lake, Minn. – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community today announced that it has made an additional $5 million investment in Minnesota-based Niron Magnetics. The company is the developer of the world’s first high-performance, rare earth-free permanent magnets, named one of the best inventions of 2023 by TIME Magazine. In 2016, the tribe was among the first...
2023 Leech Lake Band Tax Rebate Information
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Council has approved the 2023 Tax Rebate amount of $500.00 that will be distributed to all enrolled Leech Lake Band Members Rapid Paycards on December 7th, 2023. The recipient needs to be enrolled as of October 25th, 2023, and 18 years of age as of December 6th, 2023. Those 18 years of age...
Steven StandingCloud and Gordon Coons Art Reception
AICHO Galleries State-wide media showed up to the Gordon Coons and Steven StandingCloud art reception including MPR News, WDSE-TV and Line Break Media. Our Cultural Arts Program funder McKnight Foundation is producing video features on a few programs that they support. AICHO was selected. So a film crew came up early on...
