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Articles from the January 20, 2021 edition


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  • Seniors surge to Minnesota vaccine registration site

    Jan 20, 2021

    Minnesotans 65 and older clogged phone lines and crashed a state website Tuesday as they sought to make appointments for a new, limited supply of COVID-19 vaccine at nine test sites. Online registration launched at noon but was disrupted within an hour as the website was overwhelmed with a peak of 10,000 hits per second. The site closed to new registrants at 2 p.m. in order to serve people stuck in a waiting queue, but in the end connected more than 5,000 people with vaccine appointments this...

  • Biden marks nation's COVID grief before inauguration pomp

    Jan 20, 2021

    WASHINGTON — Hours from inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden paused on what might have been his triumphal entrance to Washington Tuesday evening to mark instead the national tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic with a moment of collective grief for Americans lost. His arrival coincided with the awful news that the U.S. death toll had surpassed 400,000 in the worst public health crisis in more than a century — a crisis Biden will now be charged with controlling. "To heal we must remember," the incoming president told the nation at a sun...

  • McConnell: Trump 'provoked' Capitol siege, mob was fed lies

    Jan 20, 2021

    WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday explicitly blamed President Donald Trump for the deadly riot at the Capitol, saying the mob was "fed lies" and the president and others "provoked" those intent on overturning Democrat Joe Biden's election. Ahead of Trump's historic second impeachment trial, McConnell's remarks were his most severe and public rebuke of the outgoing president. The GOP leader is setting a tone as Republicans weigh whether to convict Trump on the...

  • Some of Minnesota's youngest students go back to school

    Jan 20, 2021

    Principal Roberto Cantu donned his plastic face shield and greeted students by name as they jumped off the bus at Poplar Bridge Elementary School in Bloomington on Tuesday morning. Each student carried a backpack stuffed full of the items - tablets, art supplies and books - they had used for at-home learning. "It's like our fourth first day of school," Cantu said, referring to the school's switches between distance, hybrid and now full in-person learning so far this school year. Tuesday marked...

  • MyPillow CEO shrugs off distancing by retailers, presses election-fraud claim

    Jan 20, 2021

    As many business leaders separated from President Donald Trump following the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the chief executive of Minnesota-based MyPillow Inc. leaned in. On Tuesday, with key retailers dropping MyPillow products, CEO Mike Lindell continued to promote debunked claims that election fraud cost Trump a second term and said he was less worried about his business than the country. "I'm fighting for America," Lindell said in an interview. "We hope the Supreme Court opens up and says...

  • New-look state tournaments envisioned for Minnesota high school hockey, basketball

    Jan 20, 2021

    Familiar but not the same, Minnesota high school winter sports state tournaments are taking shape, bringing hope to those seeking glory and those starved for a bit of normalcy as well. Among the plans coming into view Tuesday during a Minnesota State High School League virtual meeting of its executive board members: Two-week state tournaments for boys' and girls' basketball and girls' hockey. Quarterfinal basketball games played in high school gyms. Crowning four hockey champions - boys and...

  • Canada in touch with Biden admin about disputed oil pipeline

    Jan 20, 2021

    TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that his officials have already made the case to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration for a long disputed oil pipeline that reports say Biden will cancel on his first day in office. Trudeau said that over the last several days, including Tuesday, his officials have communicated arguments in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline to the highest levels of his administration. A few Canadian media outlets reported Sunday...

  • Suspect charged in killing of 38-year-old man on Red Lake Reservation

    Paul Walsh, Star Tribune|Jan 20, 2021

    A 36-year-old man has been charged with killing another man on the Red Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, authorities said. Ralph E. Cloud Jr., of Red Lake was indicted in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis last week in connection with the Sept. 12 death of Allen James Smith, 38, of Redby. Cloud remains in federal custody before a hearing on Friday. Cloud was charged on Thursday, on what would have been Smith's 39th birthday. Smith died of "traumatic head and neck injuries," according to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office, which...

  • ICYMI: Biden expected to cancel Keystone XL pipeline on "day one" in office

    Jan 20, 2021

    Washington Post energy and environment reporter Dino Grandoni reported that one of the president-elect’s first acts in office will be to cancel a key permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, a project similar to Line 3. This is widely considered a victory for the climate and environmental justice. Grandoni writes: Attention is already turning east to another cross-border pipeline. Since 2014, the Canadian firm Enbridge has been aiming to replace a nearly 2,000-mile pipe between Alberta and Wisconsin called Line 3 with a higher-capacity t...

  • Stunning 'Field Of Flags' Lights Up In National Mall Ahead Of Biden Inauguration

    Jan 20, 2021

    The inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, which will take place amid a devastating pandemic and war zone-like security levels, will look strikingly different from anything the nation has seen before. Close to 200,000 flags stand in the National Mall ahead of Wednesday's event in Washington, D.C. The display is intended to honor the nearly 400,000 people who have died in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as those unable to attend in person. Normally, hundreds of thousands of...

  • Statement on day-one progress with scheduling for vaccination pilot clinics

    Jan 20, 2021

    Minnesota Department of Health Infectious Disease Director Kris Ehresmann issued the following statement today on progress made during the first day of scheduling appointments through a new website and call center for the state’s nine community vaccination pilot clinics. What we are seeing is extraordinarily pent-up demand for vaccine. Nearly 1 million Minnesotans age 65 and over are trying to get a few thousand doses of vaccines that have been made available to Minnesota. We recognize many Minnesotans waited a long time today and we thank t...

  • Trump Administration Announces BIE's New Construction on Its School Campuses

    Jan 20, 2021

    WASHINGTON —Thanks to the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) will receive five percent of the annual funds to reduce or eliminate deferred maintenance and deficiencies at its schools. Many Farms High School and Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School have been selected for GAOA projects that include major enhancements of current facilities and will address multiple life, health, safety and accessibility deficiencies. “We will leverage this funding to modernize both our facilities and technology,” said Interior Assis...

  • Tribes slam GOP lawmaker for trying to derail Haaland nomination

    Jan 20, 2021

    Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., who sits on the House’s subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples, has been asking fellow lawmakers to join him in urging Biden’s transition team to withdraw Haaland’s nomination. In a draft of a letter obtained by NBC News, Stauber cites Haaland’s support for the Green New Deal and opposition to oil and gas drilling on public lands. “Nominating Representative Haaland is a direct threat to working men and women and a rejection of responsible development of America’s natural resources,” Stauber wrote in his letter, a cop...

  • Red Lake Warriors lose home opener to Nevis 71-52

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 20, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors opened their 2020-21 season on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, hosting state-ranked Nevis under strict COVID-19 rules issued by the State of Minnesota recently. These rules included masks were required during games, temperatures of all fans would be taken at the door, bleachers were marked for social distancing, no concessions were going to be allowed, each player and coach per team were only allowed two adult spectators per game, no children would be allowed at...

  • Red Lake's Junior Varsity loses in a one-half game to Nevis JV, 18-14

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 20, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors opened their 2020-21 season on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, hosting state-ranked Nevis under strict COVID-19 rules issued by the State of Minnesota recently. These rules included masks were required during games, temperatures of all fans would be taken at the door, bleachers were marked for social distancing, no concessions were going to be allowed, each player and coach per team were only allowed two adult spectators per game, no children would be allowed at...

  • Minnesotans 65 and older can schedule appointments for COVID-19 community vaccine clinics starting today at noon

    Jan 20, 2021

    At 12 p.m. today, some Minnesotans eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine will be able to sign up for appointments at one of the state’s nine community vaccination pilot clinics through a new website and call center launched today by the State of Minnesota. The clinics will initially serve adults age 65 and older, as well as prekindergarten through grade 12 educators, staff, and child care workers. (See Who's Getting Vaccinated?) Because this is a limited pilot program, vaccine demand is certain to outpace available doses at this time, and t...

  • DEED Awards $3.9 Million in 10 Contamination Cleanup Grants Across Minnesota

    Jan 20, 2021

    St. Paul – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) awarded $3.98 million in grants to nine cities across Minnesota to cleanup 10 contaminated sites approved for redevelopment. DEED’s Contamination Cleanup Grant Program awarded the funding, which will leverage more than $300 million in private investment and create or retain 178 jobs. The redevelopment projects are expected to add 1,485 housing units, of which 373 units will be affordable housing. Local tax bases are expected to increase by $3.9 million thr...

  • MnDOT Announces Kim Collins as New Deputy Commissioner

    Jan 20, 2021

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner Margaret Anderson Kelliher today announced the appointment of Kim Collins as the agency's new Deputy Commissioner and Chief Administrative Officer. Collins succeeds Scott Peterson, who retired from MnDOT in January after 29 years in state service. Deputy Commissioner Collins most recently served as the Director of MnDOT's Office of Civil Rights, where she oversaw the department's external programs that promote equity in e...

  • Minnesota Ag in the Classroom Creates Resources for In-Person, Hybrid and Online Learners

    Jan 20, 2021

    St. Paul, MN: As teachers and students adjust to new ways of learning in 2021, Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) is responding to changing needs for K-12 education with the launch of Minnesota AgMag’s new stand-alone website. Long available to kindergarten through sixth grade students as a print publication, Minnesota AgMag now shares the story of agriculture with learners online at mnagmag.org as well. Each print grade-level AgMag is available free to educators and ag advocates across Minnesota as well, and can be ordered at m...

  • Native American Agriculture Fund CEO Janie Hipp Congratulates Dr. Jewell Bronaugh on USDA Deputy Secretary Nomination

    Jan 20, 2021

    Fayetteville, Arkansas- On behalf of the Native Food and Agriculture Fund, I am absolutely thrilled to offer my complete support of Dr. Jewel Bronaugh to serve as Deputy Secretary of USDA. Her nomination to serve as Deputy is truly historic - she will be the first African American woman to serve in that capacity. More importantly, Dr. Bronaugh is beyond well-equipped to serve. Dr. Bronaugh is an accomplished leader on many levels. Serving as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Dean of the...

  • Trump Administration Announces BIE's New Construction on Its School Campuses

    Jan 20, 2021

    WASHINGTON —Thanks to the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) will receive five percent of the annual funds to reduce or eliminate deferred maintenance and deficiencies at its schools. Many Farms High School and Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School have been selected for GAOA projects that include major enhancements of current facilities and will address multiple life, health, safety and accessibility deficiencies. “We will leverage this funding to modernize both our facilities and technology,” said Interior Assis...

  • Halloween in Red Lake 2020 - P94

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 20, 2021

    Halloween in Red Lake 2020 Somewhat different, but still a lot of fun for kids and their parents...

  • Looking Back to June 2011 - Red Lake Elementary School Academy - P17

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 20, 2021

    Looking Back to June 2011 - Red Lake Elementary School Academy...

  • Looking Back to July 2011 - Red Lake 4th of July Celebration - Evening Session - P8

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 20, 2021

    Looking Back to July 2011 - Red Lake 4th of July Celebration - Evening Session...

  • Looking Back to July 2011 - Red Lake 4th of July Celebration - Saturday Afternoon Session - P8

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jan 20, 2021

    Looking Back to July 2011 - Red Lake 4th of July Celebration - Saturday Afternoon Session...

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