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  • Angelica Marie Hoopingarner-Hale

    Apr 19, 2024

    Angelica Marie Hoopingarner-Hale November 30, 1998 - March 13, 2024 Angelica Marie Hoopingarner-Hale, 25, of International Falls, MN passed away unexpectedly on March 13, 2024 with her loving family by her side. Angelica was born in International Falls on November 30, 1998 to Marilyn Hoopingarner-Hale and Farrell Kingbird. She grew up in Ranier, MN. She attended Head Start at Kootasca, 1st-4th grade at Falls Elementary School, and completed her education by homeschooling; educating through Kahn...

  • Aandeg Warren Stillday-Rutledge

    Apr 19, 2024

    Aandeg Warren Stillday-Rutledge April 12, 2024 ~ April 12, 2024 Aandeg Warren Stillday- Rutledge, Deer clan, was born on April 12, 2024 at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He passed away shortly after birth. Aandeg is survived by his mother and father, Kaitlyn and Michael Rutledge, siblings Kaylee, Joseph, and Dylan Grenier, and Waabigwan Wagner, paternal grandmother Roxanne Stillday, maternal grandmother Ann Barnett, grandma Rose Cloud, Althea Johnson, Violet Stillday,...

  • Derek Smith

    Apr 19, 2024

    Derek Smith April 17, 2024 Derek Smith travelled to the spirit world on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. A full obituary and service information will follow shortly....

  • The U.S. just changed how it manages a tenth of its land

    Apr 19, 2024

    For decades, the federal government has prioritized oil and gas drilling, hardrock mining and livestock grazing on public lands across the country. That could soon change under a far-reaching Interior Department rule that puts conservation, recreation and renewable energy development on equal footing with resource extraction. The final rule released Thursday represents a seismic shift in the management of roughly 245 million acres of public property - about one-tenth of the nation's land mass....

  • U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution backing full membership for Palestinian state

    Apr 19, 2024

    The Biden administration voted against a United Nations Security Council resolution that aimed to extend full member status to a Palestinian state Thursday. The final vote was 12 in favor, one against, with two countries - the United Kingdom and Switzerland - abstaining. If the resolution had been approved by the council, the issue would have then gone to the U.N. General Assembly, where two-thirds of the 193 member countries would have had to agree. Robert Wood, the alternate American...

  • Kennedy family members endorse Biden in rebuke of RFK Jr.

    Apr 19, 2024

    PHILADELPHIA - More than a dozen Kennedy family members endorsed President Biden for reelection at a campaign event on Thursday, saying he reflects the values and "moral leadership" of their clan's most celebrated members, a move intended in part to counter the independent campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The family members - including siblings of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - were on hand during Biden's remarks. The event came at the end of the president's three-day sprint through the battleground s...

  • Google just fired 28 employees who protested its contract with Israel

    Apr 19, 2024

    SAN FRANCISCO - Google fired on Wednesday 28 employees who were involved in a protest against a contract with the Israeli government that the cloud-computing giant shares with its competitor, Amazon. The firings came after nine employees were arrested Tuesday while participating in sit-in protests at Google offices in Sunnyvale, Calif., and New York City. The workers were held for a few hours before being released, employees said. The employees, part of a group called No Tech for Apartheid,...

  • After a bumper crop of new sales taxes approved in 2023, legislators eye limits

    Apr 19, 2024

    Voters in more than two dozen Minnesota cities and five counties will have local sales tax proposals on their ballots this fall after the Legislature approved a record number of sales tax proposals in 2023, but there could be stricter guidelines next time a city seeks a sales tax. Until recently, it was rare to see a local sales tax outside Minneapolis and St. Paul, and regional hubs like Duluth and Rochester. But in the last five years, sales taxes have been enacted in suburbs and rural...

  • Hopkins parents charged in 9-year-old daughter's asthma death

    Apr 19, 2024

    A 9-year-old Hopkins girl spent a week in intensive care from an asthma attack that left her brain dead. Now the girl's parents are charged in her death, after her father failed to refill her inhaler and her mother ran a steam bath instead of rushing her to the hospital. Anthony and Rachel Modrow both face one count of second-degree manslaughter for the alleged neglect and endangerment of their child, Amy Lynn Modrow, who they called "chicken nugget," according to her obituary. The parents, both 34, were booked into Hennepin County jail late...

  • Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter arrested, suspended from college for pro-Palestinian protests

    Apr 19, 2024

    The daughter of Minnesota Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar was arrested Thursday while participating in pro-Palestinian protests in New York, and said she was suspended from her private liberal arts college in the city for her participation. At a news conference, New York City police confirmed that Isra Hirsi was among the 108 protesters arrested for alleged trespassing. The confirmation of Hirsi's arrest came after comments from Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Edward Caban, who said...

  • Inappropriate exchange with Caitlin Clark overshadows introduction at Indiana Fever news conference

    Apr 19, 2024

    The social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has an uncanny knack for producing a main character every day. Someone who was previously unknown or at least not a full-on celebrity gets elevated because of something they did, and the moment goes viral - especially if it is captured on video. The next day, the process repeats itself with a new main character. On Wednesday, Indianapolis Star columnist Gregg Doyel put himself into "main character" territory. At the introductory news conference for...

  • Salmonella cases linked to Infinite Herbs organic basil sold at Trader Joe's

    Apr 19, 2024

    Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) officials are warning Minnesota consumers not to eat Infinite Herbs brand organic basil in 2.5-ounce clamshell-style containers purchased at Trader Joe’s, due to a multi-state Salmonella outbreak announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Four Minnesotans between 3 and 59 years of age, all from the metro area, became ill between Feb. 15 and March 27. None of them were hospitalized and none died....

  • Four Minnesotans catch salmonella in outbreak linked to basil sold at Trader Joe's

    Apr 19, 2024

    State officials are warning Minnesotans against eating a specific brand of packaged basil sold at Trader Joe's that has been linked to a salmonella outbreak, prompting recalls of the product in Minnesota and other states. So far a third of the 12 people who tested positive nationwide for salmonella are Minnesotans, according to the state Health Department. The brand in question is Infinite Herbs' 2.5-ounce organic basil, which is packaged in a clamshell-style plastic container and sold at...

  • 30 days in jail for ex-school choir director in northwestern Minnesota who sexually assaulted girl

    Apr 19, 2024

    A onetime choir director for a small school district in northwestern Minnesota was given 30 days in jail Thursday for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. Richard J. Schrom, 30, of Fertile was sentenced in Todd County District Court after pleading guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the assault last month. As part of the plea deal, a more serious first-degree criminal sexual conduct count was dismissed. Judge Daniel Benson chose to set aside a three-year term...

  • Iowa environmental groups ask EPA to step in and protect drinking water

    Apr 19, 2024

    Iowa environmental groups - inspired by a successful campaign in Minnesota - are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to step in and protect drinking water in northeast Iowa from agricultural runoff. The petition was announced Tuesday, hours after the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission unanimously approved largely status quo rules governing animal feeding operations. "The Environmental Protection Commission has once again proven who they really serve - not the Iowa public, but...

  • 911 outage reported across multiple US states, officials say

    Apr 19, 2024

    Several U.S. states experienced a 911 emergency services outage late on Wednesday, including the entire state of South Dakota and portions of Nevada, Texas and Nebraska, according to local officials. It was not immediately clear what was causing the outages. Late on Wednesday, officials in South Dakota and Las Vegas said that 911 services had been restored, but they did not say what caused the crucial emergency infrastructure to fail. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/natio...

  • Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

    Apr 19, 2024

    We, at the County, also take the time to acknowledge and show great gratitude to the efforts of our 911 Dispatchers who are always ready, 24/7/365... Auditory witness to the atrocities of mankind, but also the calming voice that brings comfort to the domestic abuse victim. In an instant they can go from a barking dog complaint to instructing CPR over the phone or delivering a baby. Our Public Safety Telecommunicators are often unseen, but are undeniable heroes in their everyday work. We take...

  • Investigators ask for public's help locating fugitive

    Apr 19, 2024

    ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s help locating a wanted fugitive. William Guy Amick III, 36, is charged in Fillmore County District Court with 13 felony counts related to child sexual abuse material including using minors in sexual performance, soliciting a child to engage in sexual conduct, and possession of pornographic work involving a minor (23-CR-24-199 and 23-CR-24-200). The incidents involve multiple victims betwe...

  • SENATE PASSES ELECTIONS OMNIBUS BILL, WHICH INCLUDES THE MINNESOTA STATE VOTING RIGHTS ACT

    Apr 19, 2024

    St Paul, Minnesota— Today, the Minnesota Senate passed the Elections Omnibus Bill (SF 4729), including the Minnesota Voting Rights Act (MNVRA), which takes critical steps to codify the protections offered by the federal Voting Rights Act into state law to ensure ballot access and protect voters from disenfranchisement. Codifying these rights through the MNVRA will help to protect voting rights and access, especially in communities of color and other groups whose voting rights have been under attack for decades. The MNVRA will ensure that M...

  • Minnesota Gains 11,000 Jobs and 3,000 Workers in March

    Apr 19, 2024

    St. Paul - Minnesota posted strong job and labor force growth in March, according to information released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The state gained an estimated 11,000 jobs in the last month on a seasonally adjusted basis, up 0.4%, with the private sector up roughly 8,000 jobs, up 0.3%. Minnesota’s labor force increased by an estimated 3,000 people over the month, bumping the labor force participation rate up one-tenth of a percent to 68.0%. The unemployment rate remained steady at 2...

  • Help is Available for Minnesota Producers Facing Times of Stress

    Apr 19, 2024

    St. Paul, MN: For Minnesota farmers and livestock producers experiencing times of stress due to business and financial challenges, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) offers a reminder of free, confidential tools that are available to help. “From low commodity prices and extreme weather to continued threats like highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), Minnesota’s farmers and their families face a wide range of unique stressors that can have ripple effects in all areas of life,” said Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Peter...

  • Red Lake Band holds Information Session on Legislative Bills and Congregate Shelter - P4

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Apr 19, 2024

    The Red Lake Band held an Informational Session on Legislative Bills and Congregate Shelter on Monday, April 15, 2024 at the Red Lake Casino Event Center. Congregate Shelter Project This project was conceptualized from the series Zhawenimin summit meetings held in 2023 in response to the Opioid and Fentanyl crisis our community is facing, along with homelessness issues. Purpose: To address the current challenges posed by the opioid crisis and homelessness within the Red Lake Nation by offering a...

  • Lady Warriors Softball team opens season with loss to Bagley - P4

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Apr 19, 2024

    The Red Lake Lady Warriors Softball team opened their 2024 season with a loss to Bagley on Monday, April 15, 2024....

  • Red Lake High School Junior & Senior Prom 2024 held on Saturday, April 13, 2024 - P9

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Apr 19, 2024

    Red Lake High School Junior & Senior Prom 2024 held on Saturday, April 13, 2024...

  • Red Lake High School Junior & Senior Prom 2024 held on Saturday, April 13, 2024 - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Apr 19, 2024

    Red Lake High School Junior & Senior Prom 2024 held on Saturday, April 13, 2024...

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