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Cedar Zaagiidiwin Blue Ryan November 3, 2020 ~ April 1, 2024 (age 3) Cedar Zaagiidiwin Blue Ryan, age 3, of the Bear Clan and Bemidji, MN, journeyed to the spirit world after brave and courageous battle with cancer, on Monday, April 1st, 2024, surrounded by family at home. She was born on November 3rd, 2020, the daughter of Josie Ruan and Wendell Blue. Cedar was given 4 special native names, all that fit her perfectly. Ninigoons, meaning "little otter", Mizhakwaad, "clear sky", Gaage-bines,...
As outrage built Tuesday over an Israeli strike that killed seven workers from the José Andrés-run World Central Kitchen, President Biden issued a rare direct rebuke of Israel for creating the conditions that have made the distribution of aid inside Gaza so difficult and deadly. "This is not a stand-alone incident. This conflict has been one of the worst in recent memory in terms of how many aid workers have been killed," Biden said. "This is a major reason why distributing humanitarian aid i...
JERUSALEM - There is no drought in northern Gaza. No natural disaster or crop failure. Yet in less than six months of war it has been pushed to the cusp of famine, a process that usually unfolds over years. "Never before have we seen such rapid deterioration into widespread starvation," Sally Abi Khalil, Oxfam's regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, said last month. The enclave's headlong descent into hunger has happened in tandem with Israel's destruction of Hamas's de facto...
The former wife of alleged murderer Nicolae Miu testified in court Wednesday that he's a peaceful person, saying she was worried for his safety when she saw a group of young men surround him during a 2022 Apple River tubing trip. Sondra Miu said Nicolae had left their group to go search for a missing phone when she saw him get knocked to the ground. "I remember seeing him in the water on his hands and knees and getting hit," she said. https://www.startribune.com/woman-testifi...
Someone fatally shot a dog on the deck of a home near Mankato last weekend not long after the family received a note threatening to kill the pet if the barking continued, officials said. The killing of Lily, a medium-sized, mixed-breed dog, occurred shortly before 6:30 p.m. Saturday in South Bend Township, according to the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office. No arrests have been made. Two weeks ago, a threatening note was left outside the home on Neubert Lane and on the property of another dog...
A 46-year-old woman has been charged with stealing more than $130,000 from a Bloomington youth softball association while she was its treasurer. Amy Nicole Johnson, of Bloomington, was charged Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court with theft by swindle in connection with allegations that she stole from the Bloomington FastPitch Association (BFA) from February 2019 to May 2020. Johnson was charged by summons and is due in court on April 16. Court records do not list an attorney for her. A message was left Wednesday with Johnson seeking her...
A man who held police at bay for several hours during a standoff in Woodbury on Monday has been charged with seven felonies, including domestic assault, violating a no-contact order and making threats of violence. Timothy Kennedy, 30, of St. Paul, had gone to the home of his estranged wife to visit their child despite an August court order preventing him from having contact with her. Kennedy had been drinking all day and at some point assaulted the woman. Others in the home called for help, according to charges filed in Washington County...
Without a lot of fanfare, drug counselor Miles Hamlin opened a resource hub in north Minneapolis on Tuesday for drug users to get sterile needles, fentanyl test strips and Narcan. They can shower, do their laundry and cook a meal. People who go there might even use drugs on site. The staff will be trained to reverse overdoses. "We're really trying to just focus on being a resource for people who use drugs to access no-barriers services," Hamlin said, emphasizing that he would allow clients and...
A teenager has agreed to a sentence of nearly 11 years for fatally shooting another teen in a St. Paul alley. J'Veon J. Brown, of St. Paul, agreed in Ramsey County District Court last week to plead guilty to second-degree unintentional murder in connection with the death of Antwan C. Watson, 16, on Oct. 10, 2022, in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood. With credit for time in custody since his arrest when he was 16 years old, Brown can expect to serve about six years in prison and the balance on...
WASHINGTON - Houthi rebels in Yemen may be running through their supplies of drone swarms and anti-ship ballistic missiles as the pace of their attacks has slowed a bit, the top U.S. Air Force commander for the Middle East said Wednesday. Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, who heads U.S. Air Forces Central, said that the persistent American retaliatory strikes on the Iran-backed militia group have ''certainly affected their behavior. Their pace of operations is not what it was.'' The Houthis have been...
NEW YORK — Two Florida brothers pleaded guilty Wednesday to insider trading charges, admitting making over $22 million illegally before the public announcement in 2021 that an acquisition firm was taking former President Donald Trump's media company public. Michael and Gerald Shvartsman entered their pleas to a single count of securities fraud in Manhattan federal court, where Judge Lewis J. Liman set sentencing for July 17. The men said that they knew they were committing a crime when they made trades in October 2021 through a New York b...
CASS LAKE - As one of Cass Lake-Bena School's FIRST Robotics teams, the Accelerators recently ended a regional competition on a high note. Competing in the Great Northern Regional Competition from March 6-9 in Grand Forks, N.D., the all-girls team took 13th place in gameplay before being picked by the No. 5-ranked alliance for elimination matches. Ending in fourth place, the team was none the wiser about the news they would receive at the competition's end. "We went up to watch the awards and...
WHITE EARTH, MINN. – White Earth Reservation held their Primary Election on Tuesday, April 2. The White Earth Election Board certified the numbers late this morning. There were no changes. Chairperson Michael A. Fairbanks (Incumbent) 658 Eugene "Umsy" Tibbetts 605 Donovan G. Burnette 140 Karen Marie Manypenny 21 District III Committeeperson * Cheryl "Annie" Jackson (Incumbent) Laura Lee Erickson * Only two candidates were certified to run for District III Committeeperson so they bypassed the P...
MAHNOMEN - White Earth Tribal Chairman Michael Fairbanks will face challenger Eugene "Umsy" Tibbetts in the White Earth General Election on Tuesday, June 11. They were the top two vote-getters Tuesday out of four candidates in the White Earth Primary Election for the chairman position. Donovan G. Burnette came in third, and Karen Marie Manypenny finished a distant fourth. Neither Fairbanks nor Tibbetts won over 50% of the vote, which would have resulted in their direct election on Tuesday....
BEMIDJI, Minn. – A Dilworth, Minnesota man has been charged in a scheme to defraud the United States Department of Veterans Affairs by falsely claiming to have been a decorated veteran, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, from 2015 through 2020, Mikhail Robin Wicker, 37, carried out a scheme to obtain benefits provided by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") by fraudulently claiming himself to be a decorated veteran of the United States M...
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has confirmed the identity of the woman and a police officer involved in a pursuit and use-of-force incident March 26 near Chanhassen. Amanda Nelson, 33, of Bloomington was treated for minor injuries and has since been taken into custody and charged in connection to the incident. The BCA has also identified the South Lake Minnetonka police officer who used force during this incident. • Zachary Robertson fired his department handgun. He has 18 years of...
St. Paul, MN: Demand is high for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) new Soil Health Financial Assistance Grant. The MDA recently awarded 81 grants to individual producers, producer groups, and local governments to purchase or retrofit soil health equipment. The grants total over $2.35 million. Interest far outpaced available funding. The MDA received 284 applications for $8.4 million in requests – more than three times the money in this round of grants. The grants will provide up to 50% cost-share for equipment and parts, up to...
Historic changes coming to the Minnesota Indian Area Agency on Aging later this year will improve services for Native American elders across the state. Starting in July 2024, the agency’s planning and service areas will change to better serve American Indian elders in 10 of the 11 Tribal Nations that share geographic area with Minnesota. The changes are happening after several years of consultation with Tribal leaders seeking a better way to meet the needs of their elders. The reorganized Minnesota Indian Area Agency on Aging will support t...
New data released by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today showed mixed results regarding health insurance coverage in the state during 2023. Minnesotans who went without care due to costs and those who expressed concerns about the financial protection of health insurance both increased, but the percentage of state residents without health care coverage remains low. The data comes from the Minnesota Health Access Survey, a biennial state-based population survey that collects...
Red Lake Warriors Baseball Schedule 2024 4/8/24 Blackduck Home 4:30 4/15/24 Bagley Away 4:30 4/22/24 Lake of the Woods Home 4:30 4/30/24 Laporte Home 4:30 5/2/24 Kelliher/Northome Away 4:30 5/7/24 Nevis Away 4:30 5/9/24 Walker Home 4:30 5/13/24 Pine River Away 4:30 5/16/24 Cass Lake BSU TBA...
4/8/24 BLACKDUCK AWAY 4:30 4/15/24 BAGLEY HOME 4:30 4/22/24 LAKE OF THE WOODS AWAY 4:30 4/30/24 LAPORTE AWAY 4:30 5/2/24 KELLIHER/NORTHOME HOME 4:30 5/6/24 NEVIS HOME 4:30 5/9/24 WALKER AWAY 4:30 5/13/24 PINE RIVER HOME 4:30 5/16/24 BSU BSU TBA...
Update. As of late Tuesday, both the family of Cole Brings Plenty (Mnicouju Lakota) and the Lawrence Police were seeking the whereabouts of the 27-year-old actor who was last seen traveling southbound on 59 Highway in Lawrence, Kansas in the early morning hours of Easter Sunday. On Tuesday, the Lawrence Police said in a statement posted on its Facebook page it has "submitted an affidavit to the District Attorney for the arrest of Cole after an incident Sunday morning at an apartment in...
Olympic Gold medalist Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota) announced that Running Strong for American Indian Youth will host the SACRED Arts Festival in Sacramento on Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14. Mills said the arts festival will celebrate Native American arts and culture in the region. "Our traditions and our culture are passed down through generations through art," Mills said. "Sacramento and northern California have beautiful tribal communities, but Native people often lack...
CASS LAKE- The Leech Lake Election Board has certified the results of the 2024 Primary Election held April 2, 2024 on the Leech Lake Reservation. Elections were held for the positions of Chairperson and District III Representative. None of the candidates received more than one-half (50%) of the total vote in their races, in accordance with the MN Chippewa Tribe Election Ordinance, the two candidates with the most votes in each race will now advance to and appear on the ballot for the June 11,...
Red Lake Nation Youth Council: ·Day ONE of the Red Lake Nation Youth Conference was a good one! Thank you to all who were in attendance for being patient with us & the staff while we got things going and organized. Here are just a few pictures from today. The Red Lake Nation Youth Council held their own workshop today, presenting in the workshop - Nyah Neadeau, Kynsie May, Rhianna May, Lowery Stillday, Yasmine Prentice and AriYunah Strong. Tomorrow will be the second and last day of this...
