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Articles from the December 21, 2017 edition


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  • Woodbury High School confronts racist behavior by some students

    Dec 21, 2017

    A group of Woodbury High School students and their parents say administrators aren’t doing enough to banish racist behavior from their classrooms. School officials point to several recent moves aimed at improving its cultural climate, but parents like Jodie Carroll say the problem will not be solved until their children can attend classes without fear of being bullied because of their race. https://www.twincities.com/2017/12/20/woodbury-high-school-confronts-racist-behavior-by-some-students/...

  • Wisconsin man sentenced after stealing guns, sending manifesto to Trump, prompting manhunt

    Dec 21, 2017

    MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin man who stole a cache of firearms from a gun shop and sent a rambling anti-government manifesto to President Donald Trump before going on the run last spring was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison on Wednesday, after a profanity-laced back and forth with the judge where he asked to either be set free or killed. Joseph Jakubowski, who was convicted in September on two weapons-related charges, told the judge he didn’t follow any rules or laws and had no intention of letting authorities know where to find 14...

  • Keshena man indicted for Child Sex Offenses on Menominee Indian Reservation

    Dec 21, 2017

    KESHENA, Wis. (WBAY) -- A Keshena man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for child sex offenses on the Menominee Indian Reservation. Ricki Mahkimetas Jr., 24 of Keshena was indicted on two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Mahkimetas allegedly engaged in sex acts on two different dates with two children at homes on the Menominee Indian Reservation. Mahkimetas is accused of engaging in a sex act with a girl under the age of 12 in August of 2017 and in March of 2016. The case was investigated...

  • Scott Tucker, recently convicted payday loan businessman, faces new criminal charges

    Dec 21, 2017

    Leawood businessman Scott Tucker, already convicted of criminal charges of running an illegal payday loan business, faces a new indictment for not reporting millions in income. Tucker, 55, was charged with one count of filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall in Kansas announced Wednesday. He also faces a conspiracy charge along with his accountant. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article190856279.html#storylink=cpy...

  • Oglala Sioux Tribe and federal prosecutors working to improve relationship

    Dec 21, 2017

    PINE RIDGE, S.D. (KOTA TV) A methamphetamine-fueled crime wave on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 2016 sowed apprehension in the community. It didn't help that relationships between federal prosecutors and tribal authorities were already frayed. But a new picture is emerging today after leaders on both sides of the coin set out to repair old wounds and open new lanes of communication. Perhaps the low point in the relationship came after a brazen daylight shooting outside of a community basketball tournament in October last year....

  • Justice Department Welcomes Tribal Nations Leadership Council

    Dec 21, 2017

    The Department of Justice welcomed representatives of the Tribal Nations Leadership Council (TNLC) to the department Monday and Tuesday for a series of discussions on how the United States and Tribal Nations can best work together to strengthen public safety and the government-to-government relationship. On Tuesday, the TNLC met with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, and Office of Tribal Justice Director Tracy Toulou, capping a two-day conference on a wide range of issues facing Indian Country....

  • Bullied Yucaipa girl who killed herself remembered as 'an angel' by family, friends at funeral

    Dec 21, 2017

    Thirteen-year-old Rosalie Avila, a Yucaipa eighth-grader who took her own life after being bullied at school, was laid to rest Wednesday, Dec. 20, dressed as Belle from “Beauty and the Beast.” The symbolism was fitting: Rosalie, wearing a crown and yellow gown as she lay in a white and silver coffin in Rose Hills Memorial Park’s SkyRose Chapel, was Beauty. https://www.pe.com/2017/12/20/bullied-yucaipa-eighth-grader-laid-to-rest-as-belle-from-beauty-and-the-beast/...

  • Unconventional holiday hampers filled with moose meat in Thunder Bay, Ont.

    Dec 21, 2017

    While holiday hampers are usually filled with canned items and non-perishable food, here in northwestern Ontario for just one day a year, families and individuals get a chance to get their hands on some wild moose and deer meat. For the past five years, the Regional Food Distribution Association (RFDA) in partnership with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry have hosted the annual Moose on the Loose Giveaway. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/rfda-moose-giveaway-1.4457996...

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