Articles from the November 13, 2023 edition
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Yvette M. Lussier
Yvette M. Lussier November 1, 1969 ~ November 8, 2023 (age 54) Yvette Marie Lussier, age 54, of Red Lake, MN, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, in Red Lake, MN. Yvette was born on November 1, 1969, in Minneapolis, MN to Gaylen Lussier and Peter Graves Sr. She made her home in Red Lake. Yvette...
Wallace J. Kingbird III
Wallace J. Kingbird III November 5, 1988 ~ November 4, 2023 (age 34) Wallace James Kingbird III, Maiingan "Wolf", Eagle Clan, age 34, travelled to the spirit world on Saturday, November 4, 2023. Wallace was born on November 5, 1988 in Bemidji, MN to Melvina Jackson and Wallace Kingbird Jr. Wallace grew up in Redby and Ponemah....
Robin Jean Thompson
Robin Jean Thompson June 13, 1972 - November 2, 2023 Robin Jean Thompson, 51 of Minneapolis MN was born on June 13, 1972 at Mercy Hospital in Devils Lake and began her journey to her heavenly home on Thursday, November 2, 2023. Robin Jean Redroad, daughter of Linda (Feather) and Robert Redroad Sr. grew up in the Woodlake area of...
Barbara Ann (Gotchie) Bebeau
Barbara Ann (Gotchie) Bebeau June 2, 1946 ~ November 5, 2023 (age 77) Barbara Bebeau, aged 77, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones on November 5th, 2023 in Duluth, Minnesota. Barb was preceded in death by her husband Al, her daughter Stacy, her brother Jim, and her parents Robert and Frances. Born in Pike Bay...
Mary Rose Benais
Mary Rose Benais May 12, 1993 - November 3, 2023 Mary Rose (Thompson) Benais, age 30, passed away unexpectedly on November 3, 2023. An obituary will be placed here soon. Services are pending....
Sentence of 5⅓ years for northern Minnesota man with 6 DWIs after crash kills lifelong friend
A northern Minnesota man with a long history of drunken driving has received a prison sentence topping five years for being extremely intoxicated when he was speeding on a dark road before a crash that killed his lifelong friend sitting next to him. Gerald Wayne Johnson, 27, of Red Lake was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District...
Vikings build early lead, hang on behind Joshua Dobbs to defeat Saints 27-19
The Vikings haven't lost since they put Justin Jefferson on injured reserve. They've won two straight games after putting Kirk Cousins on IR, and because of a five-game win streak, they're very much a factor in the NFC playoff race. They improved to 6-4 with a 27-19 win over the Saints on Sunday, building a 24-point lead early...
Workplace injuries from hospital violence increase in Minnesota
Minnesota hospital workers are suffering more disabling injuries from violence in the workplace, according to new federal data, and health care leaders don't expect the problem to disappear with the end of the pandemic. About 630 employees missed work from 2021 through 2022 to recover from violence-related injuries in the...
Minnesota Department of Transportation to send emergency road closure alerts to cellphones
Authorities send Amber Alerts to cellphones to notify the public that a child has been reported abducted. Using the same technology, this winter the Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin using what is known as Wireless Emergency Alerts to let motorists know when a highway or freeway is expected be closed for four...
Minnesota State colleges, universities seek $541 million in state funding for construction projects
Leaders at St. Paul College would like to improve classrooms for math, business, computer science and technical programs. Administrators at Minnesota State University, Mankato want help replacing the "heavily used but functionally and operationally obsolete" Armstrong Hall that housed many general education courses. Altogether,...
Man kidnapped, robbed near University of Minnesota
A man in his 20s told police he was robbed of his wallet and phone at gunpoint early Sunday after getting into a car near the University of Minnesota with men who said they were his Uber drivers, according to police. Around 1 a.m., three suspects described as males wearing all black followed the victim from Sally's Saloon on Washington Avenue to the "superblock" area of...
Man shot Tuesday in Minneapolis dies in hospital
A man in his 20s who was shot Tuesday in Minneapolis' Near North neighborhood has died in the hospital, Minneapolis Police said in a statement Saturday night. Police responded around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to the 1200 block of Humboldt Avenue North to find the man with at least one gunshot wound in the driver's seat of a stolen vehicle. The man was taken to HCMC. Homicide officers...
Joe Biden wants to complete his goals on civil rights, taxes, and social services if he's reelected
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has a simple reelection pitch to voters - let him ''finish the job.'' So what does that mean? What's left for him to get done? Unlike Donald Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination who has been releasing videos and statements detailing his agenda, Biden hasn't...
Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital and people trapped inside say they cannot flee
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Health officials and people trapped inside Gaza's largest hospital rejected Israel's claims that it was helping babies and others evacuate Sunday, saying fighting continued just outside the facility where incubators lay idle with no electricity and critical supplies were running out. Prime Minister...
There's another wildfire burning in Hawaii. This one is destroying irreplaceable rainforest on Oahu
HONOLULU - A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island leveled an entire town and killed at least 99 people. No one was injured and no homes burned in the latest fire, which scorched mountain...
Apple Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Methamphetamine, Fentanyl, and Firearms
MINNEAPOLIS – An Apple Valley man has pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine, fentanyl, and firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, on July 23, 2023, law enforcement attempted to arrest Timothy Allen Torell Wetzstein, 31, on outstanding warrants. Wetzstein fled from police officers but was arrested after a short foot chase....
Attorney General Ellison reaches agreement with landlord to stop evicting tenants for unpaid utility charges
November 9, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his Office has reached an agreement with Investment Property Group, UT, Inc., (IPG) that provides relief to tenants facing utility charges or collections. The agreement resolves the emergency motion AG Ellison filed against IPG in October, while Attorney General Ellison’s lawsuit...
New hub to streamline Minnesota child care licensing
A new, user-friendly web platform is making it easier for child care providers to complete licensing forms online, as Minnesota continues to implement improvements that support the child care industry. The new Provider Hub from the Minnesota Department of Human Services enables certified and licensed child care providers to apply for or maintain a license or certification,...
White Earth Police Department seizes controlled substances
In Quarter 3 (July 1st, 2023 – September 30th, 2023), the following amounts of suspected controlled substances have been seized by the White Earth Police Department. Cocaine – 2.1 grams Fentanyl Pills –150 Pills Fentanyl/Heroin Powder – 98.59 Grams Methamphetamine – 12.8 Grams Other Pills – 44 Pills Unknown Substance/Marijuana – 4,617.49 Grams (Pending Further...
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Obaashiing Three Warrior Society Veteran's Powwow 2023 held in Ponemah
Obaashiing Three Warrior Society Veteran's Powwow 2023 held in Ponemah on Saturday, November 11, 2023....
8th grade students participated in outdoor learning and team building together at Wolf Ridge
8th grade students participated in outdoor learning and team building together at Wolf Ridge last week....
9th Annual Repatriation Conference: "Building the Next Fire"
SHAWNEE, Oklahoma - This past week, tribal leaders, museum employees, academics, government officials, and repatriation practitioners gathered together in Shawnee, Oklahoma to discuss returning Indigenous human remains and burial objects back to their rightful tribal nations. They were each participants in the 9th Annual...
National Museum of Natural History Announces Dorothy Lippert (Choctaw) as Repatriation Program Manager
Archaeologist Dorothy Lippert (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) has been named the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's new repatriation program manager. Lippert is a leading figure in the field of Indigenou archaeology. She is the first woman and first Native American to hold this position. "We are proud to announce...
Native American Students Have the Least Access to Computer Science
Editor's Note; This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet focused on education. After an elder passed away recently in their community, the students at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School in Dzántik'i Héeni, the Tlingit name for Juneau, Alaska, got to work creating a special gift. Using...
The Association of American Indian Physicians Launches Campaign Aimed at Increasing Influenza and Shingles Vaccinations Among American Indian & Alaskan Natives
The Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP), a national nonprofit working to improve the health of American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) communities, is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to encourage increased influenza and shingles vaccination rates among AI/AN individuals. "Influenza and...
