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DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - December 06, 2016) - The American Indian College Fund has joined forces with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to help alleviate financial barriers to college for teen Club members. The American Indian College Fund (the College Fund) will be supporting Boys & Girls Clubs of America's nationwide initiative to secure scholarships and postsecondary success for Club teens. The College Fund, through its commitment with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, will provide $100,000 in scholarship dollars annually over the next five...
We find it predictable that Democrats should seek “payback” for the GOP Senate’s refusal to hold confirmation hearings on Merrick Garland to fill the seat vacated by Antonin Scalia’s untimely death. We learn: “Multiple Democratic senators told Politico in interviews last week that after watching Republicans sit on Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court for nearly a year, they’re in no mood to fast-track Trump’s selections.” As a matter of good politics and good governance, we would suggest that the Senate Democrats separate the nomi...
BOSTON (AP) — More than 200 Boston students walked out of classes and marched to the City Hall and Statehouse to protest President-elect Donald Trump's policy proposals. Boston Public Schools administrators said Monday they marked 282 high school and middle students absent for skipping afternoon classes. About 56,000 students attend the city's public schools. The protesters were calling on Mayor Marty Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker to commit to protecting the rights of all immigrants, minorities, women and the LGBTQ community. h...
Only 43 percent of Maryland's youngest students were ready for kindergarten when they entered school this August, according to state test results. The Kindergarten Readiness Assessment, given this past year to a sample of children in most school districts, showed that 51 percent of Carroll County students demonstrated skills they needed, the highest performance in the Baltimore region. The state shortened the test this year after teachers criticized the length of time it took to administer the test to each student individually. School...
Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino’s family knew little about the teen their 16-year-old had brought home in mid-November, except that he was a classmate at their son’s high school in Lawrence, Mass. A few days later, Viloria-Paulino walked out of his grandmother’s house and never came back. Worried family members called police and reported the 16-year-old missing. On Thursday came a gruesome discovery: A woman walking her dog found Viloria-Paulino’s headless body on the banks of a river, 30 miles north of Boston. https://www.washin...
** EXTERNAL POSITIONS OPENING** SECURITY SUPERVISOR (12am-8am) RATE OF PAY: Depending on experience LOCATION: Seven Clans Casino – Thief River Falls, MN. OPENS: November 28, 2016 CLOSES: December 12, 2016 POSITION OBJECTIVES: Under the general supervision of the Security Manager is responsible to oversee assigned shift to protect the assets for Seven Clans Casinos. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Oversees the supervising, planning and scheduling of assigned shift. • Assists with conducting inves...
6th Annual Super Showcase - Saturday, January 14, 2017 Hopkins High School, Lindbergh Center, Minnetonka, MN...
WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama’s commitment to work with tribal leaders to promote tribal self-determination and economic development, the Department of the Interior is seeking guidance from Native American communities on a proposal to streamline and modernize regulations that govern business operations on tribal homelands. During a visit to the Swinomish Tribe, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor today announced the publication of an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Advanced Notice) to comprehensively update the...
Bemidji, MN, (Date): The next meeting of the Gathering of Hearts Support Group for survivors of suicide loss will be December 13th. Many people who have lost a family member, friend, classmate, or colleague to suicide find that sharing openly with fellow suicide loss survivors about what they’ve lived through can help with the healing process. The December meeting will provide support information on dealing with the holidays and a discussion on memories. The group is open and appropriate for adult survivors who have lost a loved one to s...
The Minnesota Historical Society’s Executive Council (governing board) adopted the recommendations of its Ad Hoc Committee today about artwork displayed at the Minnesota State Capitol. The decisions were made after careful consideration of public input to the Capitol Preservation Commission (CPC) Art Subcommittee, additional public feedback received by MNHS, and input from the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board (CAAPB), the full CPC, and the governor; a thorough analysis of historic preservation standards and specific c...
BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation reminds the public that it is unlawful to deposit snow on or next to a public highway or street. “Improperly placing snow on or near a public road creates hazards including drainage problems, drifting, sight obstruction and unsafe access,” said Curt Larson, maintenance superintendent. “Keep crosswalks, intersections, entrances and exits clean and unobstructed.” Minnesota law and many local ordinances prohibit the plowing, blowing, shoveling or otherwise placing of snow on to public ro...
Student scholarships will be provided through the sales of locally-produced music this Christmas Season. The limited edition of "Christmas in Bemidji, Volume 2" CD is available in five convenient downtown Bemidji locations, Headwaters School of Music & the Arts, located at 519 Minnesota Ave. NW; The Bemidji Woolen Mills, located at 301 Irvine Ave NW; Minnesota Nice, located at 315 Irvine Ave NW. , Harmony Food Co-op located at 302 Irvine Ave NW, and the Bemidji Senior Activity Center located at 216 3rd St NW. Produced through Supple Studios,...
A Minneapolis police officer has been relieved of duty pending the outcome of an internal probe into a Nov. 20 episode in which he fired one shot at a vehicle that had inadvertently rammed his squad car, police union officials confirmed Thursday. Union president Lt. Bob Kroll said that the officer, Efrem Hamilton, was relieved of duty on Wednesday “pending an investigation,” but declined to provide details about the nature of the inquiry. Hamilton previously had been placed on paid administrative leave. Kroll said Hamilton, whom he called a r...
The legal battle over Minneapolis’ paid sick leave ordinance began Thursday in a Hennepin County courtroom, with a judge pressing the city attorney over whether the requirement ensnares companies well beyond the city limits. Judge Mel I. Dickstein did not rule on the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s request for an injunction to halt the ordinance, but questioned the scope of the Minneapolis rules. He ordered lawyers for the city and the Chamber by Christmas to hone their arguments about the rule’s effects on companies based outside Minne...
Despite Gov. Mark Dayton’s objections, six massive paintings depicting Minnesota soldiers in Civil War battles will be rehung in the Governor’s Reception Room and anteroom at the newly renovated State Capitol. The Minnesota Historical Society’s (MNHS) executive council voted unanimously Thursday to reinstall the century-old paintings that were temporarily removed during the Capitol’s $310 million renovation. The board decided that honoring veterans and maintaining the room’s historical integrity trumped arguments that the room should feature a...
The U.S. Census Bureau released data Thursday from its American Community Survey that provides the most granular detail available about how life is changing in even the smallest places in the U.S. The data is based on surveys conducted between 2011 and 2015, asking Americans a series of questions about their demographics, household structure, income, jobs, family and housing. Researchers in a number of state agencies are still sifting through the data, but here are a few early findings from comparing the 2011-2015 period with the prior...
The longtime Mendota Heights police chief abruptly resigned from his post at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, citing a need for change in the department that has endured a difficult year — preceded by a tumultuous decade. Mike Aschenbrener, who has served as chief for 13 years, has overseen an embattled department that conducted three internal investigations of officers for various misconduct over the past 12 months. Aschenbrener, 57, said the reason to act now was that a new mayor and two new council members will take office in Jan...
The Minneapolis City Council on Wednesday asked staff to explore ways the city could “stop doing business with financial institutions that invest in the fossil fuel industry and in projects such as the Dakota Access Pipeline,” including Wells Fargo. The nation’s fourth largest bank, which was founded in the Twin Cities as Northwestern National Bank in 1872, took notice of the council’s action and on Thursday jumped to reaffirm its value to Minneapolis and its investments here. “We are very proud of our 131-year, long standing tradition...
Mortgage rates increased for the sixth week in a row to highs not seen in more than two years. According to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average climbed to 4.13 percent with an average 0.5 point. (Points are fees paid to a lender equal to 1 percent of the loan amount.) It was 4.08 percent a week ago and 3.95 percent a year ago. The 30-year fixed rate hasn’t been this high since October 2014. It has climbed 66 basis points in six weeks. (A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.) The 15-year fixed-rate average e...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean lawmakers on Friday impeached President Park Geun-hye, a stunning and swift fall for the country's first female leader amid protests that drew millions into the streets in united fury. After the vote, parliamentary officials hand-delivered formal documents to the presidential Blue House that stripped Park of her power and allowed the country's No. 2 official, Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, to assume leadership until the Constitutional Court rules on whether Park must permanently step down. The court has up to s...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Tom Emmer beseeched President-elect Donald Trump this week to keep Obama administration initiatives relaxing trade and travel restrictions for Americans wanting to travel to and work with Cuba. Flanked on Capitol Hill by four Cuban women entrepreneurs who say their livelihoods depend on American business and tourism, Emmer and Klobuchar said they would urge Trump to stay the course — even eventually supporting a full lift of the trade embargo. “The definition of insanity is doing something over and o...
NEW YORK — A decades-long trend of rising life expectancy in the U.S. could be ending: It declined last year and it is no better than it was four years ago. In most of the years since World War II, life expectancy in the U.S. has inched up, thanks to medical advances, public health campaigns and better nutrition and education. But last year it slipped, an exceedingly rare event in a year that did not include a major disease outbreak. Other one-year declines occurred in 1993, when the nation was in the throes of the AIDS epidemic, and 1980, t...
EAGLE BUTTE, SOUTH DAKOTA — Reacting to Sunday’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to deny the easement permit on federal properties for the Dakota Access pipeline, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier is asking water protectors to be aware of the harsh realities of Plains winters. In a letter addressed to water protectors he writes: Conditions out there are hard. Winter weather in Sioux Country can be life threatening if you are not prepared. Please, do not put your life in jeopardy. If you are elderly, have medical iss...
CANNON BALL, NORTH DAKOTA – One of the strongest supporters of the encampments against the Dakota Access pipeline, the Indigenous Environmental Network is encouraging water protectors to leave the camps at Standing Rock. The Indigenous Environmental Network issued the following statement: “We are at a critical moment in this fight against the Dakota Access pipeline. The Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to not grant the final easement to the pipeline company without further review was a tremendous victory, but it is a temporary one. With the p...
Pipeline protesters in North Dakota are either too afraid their hard fought victory will slip away or are having too much of an experience to disperse, and it may take plunging temperatures and disease to dislodge them from their camp at Standing Rock. Drumming, sacred blessings and cries of joy have echoed from the assembled throng of Sioux Indians, environmentalists, civil rights and water-worried protesters after the weekend announcement that U.S. Army Corps of Engineers struck down plans for the controversial Dakota Access pipeline. The...