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  • Red Lake Police Department: Missing Fishermen Update - Day 10

    Nov 17, 2017

    Missing Fishermen Update November 16, 2017- Dive teams from Northwestern Regional Water Rescue, Stutsman County and Water Valley Rescue spent a second entire day yesterday deploying two ROV's under the water in search of the two missing fishermen and were assisted by Red Lake Law Enforcement and the Fire Department on the lake and other tribal program employees. An area of approximately 30,000 square feet was searched under water with sonar and underwater camera equipment without success. In...

  • Bemidji Pioneer: 'I just want to bring them home': Red Lake searchers say they'll work until fishermen are found

    Nov 17, 2017

    RED LAKE -- Improved weather conditions allowed searchers to continue working to find two missing Red Lake fishermen Thursday, and Red Lake Department of Public Safety personnel say the efforts won't stop until the pair is found. Thursday marked the 10th day of searches for 29-year-old Deland Beaulieu and a 17-year-old boy, who has not been identified by officials. The two disappeared the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 6, when their Red Lake Fisheries boat capsized on Lower Red Lake. The third man...

  • Woman: 'Al Franken kissed and groped me without my consent, and there's nothing funny about it'; Franken says he's 'ashamed'

    Nov 17, 2017

    A California radio host has accused U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota of kissing and groping her without her consent, providing a photo that shows Franken grinning at the camera with his hands hovering over the clothed breasts of the sleeping woman. Franken publicly apologized to the woman Thursday morning, and a Senate Ethics Committee probe appears possible. http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/16/woman-al-franken-kissed-and-groped-me-without-my-consent-and-theres-nothing-funny-about-it/...

  • Al Franken groping reaction: State GOP, Klobuchar, McCollum, Dayton

    Nov 17, 2017

    Reactions to groping allegations against U.S. Al Franken, D-Minn., were coming in swiftly — and strongly — Thursday. Here are some. http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/16/al-franken-groping-reaction-state-gop-klobuchar-mccollum-dayton/...

  • The Latest: White House OKs Senate review of Franken

    Nov 17, 2017

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on an allegation of sexual harassment against Minnesota Sen. Al Franken (all times local): 3:55 p.m. http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/16/the-latest-al-franken-kissing-groping-allegations-apology-democrats-mitch-mcconnell/...

  • Al Franken: 'I feel disgusted with myself' over groping photo

    Nov 17, 2017

    U.S. Sen. Al Franken, a Democrat who has positioned himself as a champion of women’s issues, says he feels “disgusted with myself” over a photograph of him grinning at the camera while his hands are over the breasts of a sleeping woman in 2006. The woman, Leeann Tweeden, a former model and radio host, came forward Thursday with the photo and allegations that Franken kissed her without her consent during rehearsals of a skit for soldiers during a USO tour overseas. http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/16/al-franken-i-feel-disgus...

  • Family of Wisconsin boy shot dead by deputy wants federal investigation

    Nov 17, 2017

    ASHLAND, Wis. — The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy by an Ashland County sheriff’s deputy. The band said in a statement Thursday that it wants the agency’s Civil Rights Division to conduct a “criminal civil rights and civil police misconduct investigation” into the Nov. 8 death of Jason Ike Pero. http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/16/family-of-wisconsin-boy-shot-dead-by-deputy-wants-federal-inves...

  • Supreme Court upholds Dayton's veto of Legislature's budget

    Nov 17, 2017

    The Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Gov. Mark Dayton’s line-item veto of the Legislature’s operating budget, declining to referee a political dispute between two co-equal branches of government that it said could resolve the issue themselves. The 5-1 decision handed the Democratic governor a major legal victory as he seeks to roll back Republican-backed tax breaks and other measures he opposed but signed into law anyway this spring as part of a new state budget. And it left the Legislature on uncertain financial footing. Dayton wel...

  • Suspect arrested in arson fire at St. Cloud adult bookstore

    Nov 17, 2017

    ST. CLOUD, Minn. — St. Cloud police have arrested a suspect in an arson fire at an adult bookstore. Authorities say the 32-year-old man walked into the Pure Pleasure store with a gas can, poured fuel inside the store and lit it on fire midafternoon Thursday. http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/16/suspect-arrested-in-arson-fire-at-st-cloud-adult-bookstore/...

  • Bemidji Pioneer: TransCanada pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil near SD, ND border

    Nov 17, 2017

    BRITTON, S.D. -- TransCanada Corp has shut down part of its Keystone pipeline after an estimated 210,000 gallons, or 5,000 barrels, of oil leaked in far northeast South Dakota early Thursday morning, Nov. 16. The company said the spill occurred on private agricultural land near Amherst and Britton, S.D., which is about 35 miles northeast of Aberdeen and about 20 miles south of the North Dakota border. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4360736-transcanada-pipeline-leaks-210000-gallons-oil-near-sd-nd-border...

  • George Earl Roy

    Nov 17, 2017

    George Earl Roy July 9th, 1941 - Tuesday, November 14, 2017 Service Information White Earth Community Center, White Earth, MN Saturday, November 18, 2017 11:00 A.M. Visitation Information White Earth Community Center, White Earth, MN Thursday and Friday Beginning @ 4:00 P.M. George Earl Roy, 76, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul, MN. He was born on July 9,1941 in White Earth to James and Martha Roy. George married Patricia J. Roy in April of 1962....

  • United Tribes Technical College over Leech Lake Tribal College 110-60

    Nov 17, 2017

    CASS LAKE - On Thursday, November 16, 2017, Leech Lake Tribal College hosted United Tribes Technical College, with UTTC winning 110-60. Photographs by members of the Red Lake community....

  • United Tribes Technical College over Leech Lake Tribal College 110-60 - P2

    Nov 17, 2017

    CASS LAKE - On Thursday, November 16, 2017, Leech Lake Tribal College hosted United Tribes Technical College, with UTTC winning 110-60. Photographs by members of the Red Lake community....

  • Cowgirls Pull Away from Pioneers in the Fourth, 61-51

    Nov 17, 2017

    DENVER – The University of Denver women's basketball team fell at home, 61-51 to Wyoming on Thursday night. Despite getting the game within five points in the fourth, the Pioneers could not complete the comeback. On the season the Crimson and Gold fell to 1-2, while the Cowgirls improved to 3-0. Leading the way for DU was Claire Gritt, who put up 18 points for a career night and shot 50 percent (7-for-14) from the field and 66.7 (4-for-6) from behind the arc. Samantha Romanowski added eight poin...

  • Bad River Tribe Condemns Wisconsin DOJ Statement About Tribal Teen's Death & Excessive Police Force

    Nov 17, 2017

    ODANAH, WISCONSIN – The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Ojibwe (Bad River Tribe) is requesting the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice to open a criminal civil rights and civil police misconduct investigation into an incident of excessive force by the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office, which resulted in the tragic death of 14-year-old Jason Ike Pero. This call to open an investigation came yesterday, Wednesday, November 15, 2017. The announcement was made through an press release distributed by the tribe. htt...

  • Cowgirls Pull Away from Pioneers in the Fourth, 61-51 - P2

    Nov 17, 2017

    DENVER – The University of Denver women's basketball team fell at home, 61-51 to Wyoming on Thursday night. Despite getting the game within five points in the fourth, the Pioneers could not complete the comeback. On the season the Crimson and Gold fell to 1-2, while the Cowgirls improved to 3-0. Leading the way for DU was Claire Gritt, who put up 18 points for a career night and shot 50 percent (7-for-14) from the field and 66.7 (4-for-6) from behind the arc. Samantha Romanowski added eight poin...

  • Halloween 2017 held all over the Red Lake Indian Reservation - P25

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Nov 17, 2017

    Halloween 2017 held all over the Red Lake Indian Reservation - P25...

  • US senator Al Franken apologizes for grope caught on camera

    Nov 17, 2017

    US Senator Al Franken has responded to a woman's allegations that he groped her as she slept and "forcibly" kissed her in a rehearsal for a comedy skit. Leeann Tweeden says the two incidents happened in December 2006 on a tour to entertain US troops overseas, before Mr Franken entered politics. https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-42018154...

  • Woman says Franken groped, kissed her without consent in 2006

    Nov 17, 2017

    (CNN)- A female radio news anchor said Thursday that Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken groped and "forcibly kissed" her without her consent during an overseas USO tour in 2006, two years before Franken was elected to the Senate. The revelations have prompted Franken to apologize and ignited calls for a Senate ethics investigation into Franken's behavior. http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/al-franken-sexual-harassment/index.html...

  • Lawmakers aren't moving fast enough to boost education spending, Washington Supreme Court rules

    Nov 17, 2017

    OLYMPIA — Saying it can’t accept “part compliance for full compliance,” the Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that state lawmakers must meet their longstanding September 2018 deadline for fully funding the K-12 school system. In the latest twist of the 2012 school-funding order known as the McCleary decision, the justices wrote that Washington legislators did, in their last session, come up with a plan to adequately boost state funding for K-12 schools. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa...

  • Criminals make student data public in escalating demands for ransom

    Nov 17, 2017

    In a world where everything is hackable and nothing off limits, cyber criminals are now targeting schools, stealing student data and holding it for ransom. Last month, the U.S. Department of Education warned that hackers were targeting schools with weak cyber security and known vulnerabilities, threatening to release sensitive student information unless a ransom is paid. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/criminals-make-student-data-public-escalating-demands-ransom-n821066...

  • Quick-thinking school staff saved kids at California school

    Nov 17, 2017

    RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. — A school secretary at a tiny elementary school rushed out to shoo children inside. A custodian swooped in, yelling “get into the classrooms,” at kids in the play yard. Inside Rancho Tehama Elementary School, children and some parents huddled under desks as bullets riddled the tan and teal portable classrooms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/school-workers-thwart-gunman-who-could-have-hurt-dozens-more/2017/11/15/fe1a3c4e-ca67-11e7-b506-8a10ed11ecf5_story.html?utm_term=.dbb4926c6e9c...

  • Boys Read Better When There Are More Girls in Class, Study Finds

    Nov 17, 2017

    Having more girl classmates may help boys and girls alike boost their reading skills, according to a new study in the Journal of School Effectiveness and School Improvement. Using data from the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment, a benchmarking test of 15-year-olds in 33 countries, the researchers looked at how school resources and social characteristics affected boys' and girls' reading performance. In each school, the researchers analyzed the concentration of poverty, the percentage of teachers with a college degree, and the...

  • Drug Bust Yields Thousands Of Dollars Of Drugs, Guns, Counterfeit Cash In Elk River

    Nov 17, 2017

    MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police in Elk River found thousands of dollars of guns, drugs and ammunition at a home in Elk River Tuesday. A SWAT team and emergency response unit searched a house on the 18900 block of Zumbro Street Northwest Tuesday. Inside, officers found $37,000 worth of methamphetamine, marijuana, marijuana wax and psychedelic mushrooms, as well as a bulletproof vest, 19 guns and large quantities of ammunition. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/11/15/elk-river-drug-bust/?utm_campaign=true_anthem&utm_content=5a0d2...

  • Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation brings oral health education to more than 600 schools across the state

    Nov 17, 2017

    MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. – Fifty thousand first-grade students across Minnesota received oral health education in their classrooms this fall as part of Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation’s Smiles@School program. In partnership with more than 600 schools, the program included presentations on oral health from dental care providers. Each student received backpacks filled with tools to help them care for their teeth, including toothbrushes, toothpaste, water bottles, educational booklets, and other fun items. Additionally, an estimated 4,000 at-...

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