Articles from the November 16, 2023 edition

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Warren Kyle White

Warren Kyle White April 29, 1981 ~ November 10, 2023 (age 42) Warren Kyle White, "Makaday Ginew" meaning "Black Eagle" age 43, from Bena, MN, and the Eagle Clan journeyed to the spirit world on Friday, November 10, 2023, from Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND. He was born on April 29, 1981, in Cass Lake, MN, the son of Paula...

 

Fourteen Gang Members and Associates Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Fentanyl Trafficking

MINNEAPOLIS – A superseding indictment was unsealed today in the District of Minnesota charging 14 additional members and associates of the Minneapolis Highs gang with racketeering (RICO) conspiracy and fentanyl trafficking. Additional charges include firearms violations, kidnapping, assault, and carjacking. “Today’s charges against the Highs gang are focused on the...

 

Feds go after fentanyl supply in latest crackdown on Minneapolis gangs

Federal authorities in Minnesota trained their focus on a key fentanyl pipeline used by a prominent north Minneapolis gang in the latest criminal charges produced by U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger's ongoing gang crackdown. Expanding on an indictment first filed in May aimed at the Highs street gang, prosecutors Wednesday charged 14...

 

Patrick Henry enslaved people, pushing these students to rename their north Minneapolis high school

When Davontae White-Sledge began his freshman year at Patrick Henry High, he had never heard of the building's namesake. The first time he wore the north Minneapolis school's red and gray football uniform, one of his classmates told him all he wanted to know. "I heard he was a slave owner," White-Sledge said in an interview....

 

'Deep disappointment' over Xcel's new policy that restricts small solar

The financial benefits of rooftop solar were part of Kenneth and JoAn Warwick's retirement plan at their historic house in Faribault - once home to the inventor of the Tilt-A-Whirl. So in 2021, they began the process of installing an array, spending $2,000 to remove a large maple tree in their yard and lining up a loan for...

 

Lawsuit accuses UnitedHealth Group of using faulty AI to deny Medicare patient claims

A class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday claims Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group is using a faulty artificial intelligence algorithm to wrongly deny coverage for Medicare patients who need rehabilitation care following hospitalizations. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota after the news website STAT...

 

Southern Minnesota man charged with participating in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection

A Blue Earth, Minn., man appeared in court Wednesday on charges that he was at the front of the crowd with other supporters of President Donald Trump in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago. A criminal complaint, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia is laden with...

 

'A really serious situation': Rochester schools to cut $10 million after failed referendum

Rochester schools must cut at least $10 million from next year's budget as they navigate ever-mounting costs and employees fighting for better pay. That's the message district officials shared Tuesday, a week after voters rejected a proposed technology levy that would have covered the budget shortfall. "This is a really serious...

 

Israel searches for traces of Hamas in raid of key Gaza hospital packed with patients

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Israeli troops on Wednesday stormed into Gaza's largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns and hundreds of other patients have suffered for days without electricity and other basic necessities as fighting raged outside. Details from the daylong raid...

 

Heavily armed Haitian gang surrounds hospital in capital and traps people inside

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them, according to the director of the medical center, who pleaded for help via social media. The Fontaine Hospital Center in the capital of Port-au-Prince is considered an...

 

Many parents don't know when kids are behind in school. Are report cards telling enough?

Nearly nine out of 10 parents believe their child is performing at grade level despite standardized tests showing far fewer students are on track, according to a poll released Wednesday by Gallup and the nonprofit Learning Heroes. Report cards, which many parents rely on for a sense of their children's progress, might be...

 

Postal workers in Bemidji protest unsustainable working conditions, Amazon prioritization

BEMIDJI - Used to early mornings, rural mail carriers stood outside of the Bemidji Post Office before sunrise Monday and Tuesday carrying signs and protesting what they describe as unsustainable working conditions and the prioritization of Amazon deliveries over actual mail. "We're being forced to work 12-hour days, six days a...

 

Lakeland PBS Announces Sharna Johnson as Part of 2023 Early Learning Champions Program

Bemidji, MN, October 16, 2023 – Today, Lakeland PBS announced Sharna Johnson, Special Education Teacher from Red Lake Elementary Complex, as one of the 14 early education professionals named to the 2023 honorees of the PBS KIDS Early Learning Champions program. The awards, established in 2018, recognize and celebrate...

 

Red Lake Elementary to receive an AXS TV Band Together Education Grant of $2,000 for the music program

We are excited to announce that Red Lake Elementary was selected to receive an AXS TV Band Together Education Grant of $2,000 for the music program. Currently 3-5th grade students do not have musical instruction and this grant will go towards providing digital music activities for those students. Pictured are Beth Hendricks,...

 

Biden-Harris Administration to Host White House Tribal Nations Summit

WASHINGTON — President Biden will host the next White House Tribal Nations Summit on December 6 and 7 in Washington, D.C. The summit – which is chaired by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Tom Perez, and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera...

 

Q&A: NCAI Presidential Candidates on Two Important Issues

NEW ORLEANS - The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) will elect a new president this week at its 80th Annual Convention and Marketplace in New Orleans, Louisiana. Current NCAI President Fawn Sharp (Quinault Indian Nation) is term-limited and cannot seek reelection. Three candidates are vying to replace Shapr: Cheryl...

 

White Earth marijuana raid challenges Minnesota cannabis law

About three months ago, Mahnomen County sheriff’s deputies and White Earth tribal police raided Todd Thompson’s tobacco shop, seizing around seven pounds of cannabis, along with $3,000 in cash, his cell phone and surveillance system. The Aug. 2 raid happened the day after recreational marijuana became legal across the state and was the first major enforcement action under...

 

8th grade students participate in outdoor learning and team building together at Wolf Ridge - P4

8th grade students participated in outdoor learning and team building together at Wolf Ridge last week....

 

Steven StandingCloud and Gordon Coons Art Reception - P5

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...

 

Treat Street at the Red Lake Humanities Center held on Halloween 2023 - P14

Treat Street at the Red Lake Humanities Center held on Halloween 2023...

 

OMBIMINDWAA GIDINAWEMAAGANINAADOG GRAND OPENING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2023 - P24

OMBIMINDWAA GIDINAWEMAAGANINAADOG GRAND OPENING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2023 Lakeland News: Red Lake Holds Grand Opening for Intergenerational Wellness Building https://lptv.org/red-lake-holds-grand-opening-for-intergenerational-wellness-building/ Red Lake opens new Intergenerational Wellness Building RED LAKE - In...

 

Red Lake Girls Volleyball Team edged by Cass Lake; Jr. High and Jr. Varsity also lose their games - P25

Red Lake Girls Volleyball Team edged by Cass Lake; Jr. High and Jr. Varsity also lose their games Parent Appreciation Night also celebrated on last home game of season...

 

50th Annual O-Bah-Shing Labor Day Celebration: Saturday Afternoon Pow Wow - P49

50th Annual O-Bah-Shing Labor Day Celebration: Saturday Afternoon Pow Wow...

 

50th Annual O-Bah-Shing Labor Day Celebration: Friday Night Pow Wow - P49

50th Annual O-Bah-Shing Labor Day Celebration: Friday Night Pow Wow...

 

LABORER - RED LAKE WATER & SEWER

VACANCY ANNOUNMENT LABORER RED LAKE WATER & SEWER Open: November 16, 2023 Close: November 30, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m. PRIMARY FUNCTION: Perform routine heavy physical labor work efficiently at the Sanitation working sites, reports to Director, full-time with benefits, salary; $15.00 hourly. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES &...

 

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