Articles from the November 20, 2023 edition
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Samuel Francis English Sr.
Samuel Francis English Sr. 1942 - 2023 On Friday, November 10, 2023, Sam English, our loving son, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather transitioned into the spirit world peacefully at 81 years old with 40 years of sobriety. Sam was born June 2, 1942 in Phoenix, Arizona to his father Samuel from the Red Lake band of...
Alan Douglas Mitchell
Alan Douglas Mitchell July 21, 1965 - November 18, 2023 Awonahgabow, Alan Douglas Mitchell, age 58, passed away on November 18, 2023. Visitation will begin at 5 PM on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. Funeral Ceremony will held at 10 AM on Wednesday, November 22, 2023,...
Francis Dale Wind
Francis Dale Wind August 22, 1958 ~ November 16, 2023 (age 65) Francis Dale "Cowboy" Wind, "Ogitchidaa" meaning "Warrior", age 65, journeyed to the spirit world on Thursday, November 16, 2023, peacefully, surrounded by family at his home in Cass Lake, MN. He was born on August 22, 1958, in Cass Lake, MN, the son of Ruth Marie (M...
Israel-Hamas hostage deal edges closer despite fierce fighting in Gaza
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Hamas gunmen battled Israeli forces trying to push into Gaza's largest refugee camp on Sunday, but despite the fighting U.S. and Israeli officials said a deal to free some of the hostages held in the besieged enclave was edging closer. About 240 hostages were taken during Hamas's deadly...
EU official channels gloom over Russia's war in Ukraine
BRUSSELS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - A European Union decision next month to launch membership talks with Ukraine is "at risk" and there is no agreement in the bloc to grant Kyiv a further 50 billion euros ($54 bln) in aid, a senior official said on Friday. The downbeat comments chime with increasing fatigue in Ukraine, which has been struggling to push back against a Russian invasion...
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96
Rosalynn Carter, one-half of the longest-lived presidential couple in American history and perhaps the most egalitarian as well, died on Sunday, the Carter Center announced. "Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished," former President Jimmy Carter said in a statement on Sunday. "She gave me wise guidance...
Vintage book checked out more than 100 years ago returned to St. Paul Public Library
A book checked out more than 100 years ago from the St. Paul Public Library recently found its way back. Overdue fines will not be enforced. The title, "Famous Composers, Vol. 2" by Nathan Haskell Dole, dates to 1902. John Larson, digital library coordinator for the St. Paul Public Library, was the detective who traced the...
West River Parkway shooting victim ID'd as Minneapolis man
A Minneapolis man has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting late Friday during a roadside argument on West River Parkway near the Franklin Avenue bridge in Minneapolis. Randy John Burris, 34, was shot multiple times and died at HCMC, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office. Minneapolis police said a 24-year-old man called authorities at 11:51...
Man fleeing SWAT collides head-on with a St. Paul police vehicle, sending two to a hospital
A St. Paul police officer and a woman were hospitalized after a man fleeing SWAT officers collided head-on with a police squad vehicle Saturday, authorities said. The man was trying to escape arrest about 6:30 p.m. during a drug investigation in the Frogtown neighborhood near Lafond Avenue and Arundel Street, police said. Police said he sped about a mile west on Lafond before...
From airlines to ticket sellers, companies fight U.S. to keep junk fees
Frustrated with airlines that charge passengers steep fees to check bags and change flights, President Biden last fall embarked on a campaign to crack down on the practice - and force companies to show the full price of travel before people pay for their tickets. Fliers rejoiced, flooding the Department of Transportation with...
Israel, Hamas reach tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause conflict, and free hostages
Israel, the United States and Hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting. The release, which could begin within the next several days - barring last-minute hitches - could lead to the first sustained pause in conflict in Gaza, according...
31 premature babies are evacuated from Gaza's largest hospital, but scores of trauma patients remain
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Health officials said 31 premature babies in ''extremely critical condition'' were transferred safely Sunday from Gaza 's main hospital and will go to Egypt, while over 250 patients with severely infected wounds and other urgent conditions remained stranded days after Israeli forces entered the...
Biden says he's an optimist. But his dire warnings about Trump have become central to his campaign
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden ends nearly every speech by saying he's "never been more optimistic" about the country's direction. But lately he also has begun painting a vision of a catastrophic future for the United States - that is, if Donald Trump returns to the presidency. Biden in recent days has accused the former...
2 charged in connection to August homicide near downtown Bemidji
BEMIDJI — Two men have been charged in connection to a homicide that took place on Aug. 10 near downtown Bemidji. According to the initial release from Bemidji Police Captain David LaZella, at 11:10 a.m. on Aug. 12, law enforcement responded to the request for a welfare check on a resident in the 1200 block of Minnesota Avenue Northwest. Upon arrival at a residence in that...
Federal jury convicts man in hammer attack on Pelosi's husband
A federal jury on Thursday convicted a right-wing conspiracy theorist of a hammer attack on the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, prosecutors said. David Wayne DePape, 43, broke into the Pelosis' San Francisco home and struck Paul Pelosi over the head with a hammer in the early morning hours of Oct. 28, 2022, while Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, was still speaker...
St. Paul Man Sentenced to 14.5 Years in Prison for Multiple Armed Robberies of University Avenue Grocery Stores
MINNEAPOLIS – A St. Paul man has been sentenced to 175 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for three armed robberies of grocery stores located in St. Paul along University Avenue, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, on three separate occasions between May 27 and June 5, 2022, Nicholas Antwain Dancy, 39, robbed...
Federal Jury Finds Minneapolis Bloods Gang Member Guilty of Illegal Possession of a Firearm
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal jury found a Minneapolis felon and known Bloods gang member guilty of illegally possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to evidence presented at trial and court documents, in the early morning hours of October 16, 2022, Isaiah Lemuel Elisha Ferguson, 27, was involved in a fight at the Basement Bar in the North Loop...
Coon Rapids Man Sentenced to Prison for $1.3M Romance Fraud Scheme that Targeted Elderly Victims
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Coon Rapids man has been sentenced to 36 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and required to pay $1,356,995 in restitution for a romance fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, from at least in or about June 2020 through in or about March 2021, Solomon Eghosa...
ALL RED PINE ESTATES RESIDENTS RELOCATED
Bemidji, MN - On June 30th, 2023, residents of the Red Pine Estates apartment complex on Ridgeway Avenue in Bemidji were notified they needed to vacate their residences due to structural concerns with the building that were identified following a building inspection. The City of Bemidji immediately began planning efforts to ensure the safety of the residents. The order to...
North American Salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe includes five Minnesota cases
The Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Department of Agriculture are advising people not to buy or eat whole cantaloupe with Malichita labeling. These cantaloupes are being recalled due to an outbreak of Salmonella infections in Canada and 15 U.S. states. Five people in the Twin Cities metro area became sick from Oct. 25 to Nov. 4, and one was hospitalized. If you...
WHA Veteran Board Member Vicki White Selected to Minnesota School Board's All State School Board
Walker Hackensack Akeley Public Schools: WHA Veteran Board Member Vicki White has Been Selected to the Minnesota School Board's All State School Board Now in her 23rd year on the School Board, Vicki has participated in over 600 hours of training and has represented the district proudly on a local and State level. She was...
US Senate Passes Resolution Recognizing November 2023 at National Native American Heritage Month
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Friday announced the passage of a Senate resolution recognizing November 2023 as National Native American Heritage Month. "In November we celebrate Native American Heritage Month to recognize American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian peoples and their diverse cultures, achievem...
Colorado Hospital Finally Admits to Cutting Lakota Elder's Hair Without His Permission
The UC Health Hospital in Aurora, Colorado on Friday finally admitted that a hospital staff member cut the hair of a 65-year-old Lakota elder Arthur Janis, without his or his family's permission. The admission comes after two weeks of questioning by the Janis siblings and a week after members of the American Indian Movement...
$10 Million Grant Awarded for Indigenous Food Sovereignty Programs
The Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy (CIHRP) at OSU Center for Health Sciences was awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to expand and grow health and nutrition initiatives in Native communities across the country by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health. The initial grant a...
Pueblo, Ojibwe band among Robert Wood Johnson Foundation winners
The start of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 shut down any plans for an in-person Zuni Pueblo community garden in New Mexico. The Zuni Youth Enrichment Project found a way that spring to bring the garden to the community. The youth enrichment project partnered with the Zuni Agricultural Committee to create and distribute gardening kits and rain barrels to dozens of families stuck in...
