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Flu-like illnesses caused 167 outbreaks in Minnesota schools last week, making this season the worst for schoolchildren in five years. With most classes dismissed this week for the holiday break, the next front for the flu's spread is likely to be at home or at community events, but the dominant flu strain this season is one that tends to affect children the most. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-school-flu-outbreaks-hit-five-year-high/566495102/...
•Snow begins Saturday and continues through Sunday •Over 6" of snow likely in southern Red River Valley •Freezing rain possible near ND/SD border as well as west-central and northern MN Saturday •Winds increase late Saturday night and Sunday with blowing and drifting snow expected Hazards: Widespread heavy snowfall and gusty winds causing blowing/drifting snow and limited visibility. Freezing rain possible as well. Areas Impacted:Southern 2/3rds of eastern ND and much of northwest MN. Timing...
Prepare for just about anything to fall from the sky this weekend - in terms of precipitation, that is. A storm headed toward Minnesota, beginning just after midnight early Saturday, is expected to bring some combination of snow, sleet and rain, but which will go where is still uncertain, especially around the Twin Cities. "At this point, all precipitation types are on the table," said Tyler Hasenstein, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Chanhassen. "The scenario right now is...
It may have been a small group Thursday delivering a petition asking Target to ban plastic bags. However, the petition with 455,000 signatures is Change.org's largest environmental petition in 2019, said Michael Jones, managing director of campaigns for the petition site. http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-woman-behind-largest-change-org-environmental-petition-this-year-asking-target-to-ban-plastic-bags/566494362/...
In an internal memo, Pentagon leadership has urged military personnel not to take mail-in DNA tests, warning that they create security risks, are unreliable and could hurt service members' careers. The letter does not name any particular DNA testing companies, but counsels broadly against buying ancestry and health tests promoted with military discounts and other military incentives. http://www.startribune.com/pentagon-warns-military-personnel-to-avoid-dna-tests-citing-securi...
On a hot midsummer morning in Indianapolis, Joe Biden took the stage at a Democratic presidential candidates' forum and turned his attention toward Russian election interference. Biden assailed President Donald Trump for having said he would accept help from a foreign government. "It is outrageous, it is un-American and it's close to treasonous," the former vice president thundered. http://www.startribune.com/how-ukraine-put-trump-and-biden-on-a-collision-course/566490192/...
THIEF RIVER FALLS (www.thiefriverfallsnews.com) A Thief River Falls high school senior faces child pornography charges. 18-year old Jonathan Wyatt Hulst is charged with five counts of possession of pornographic work involving minors, according to court documents. Hulst bonded out of the Pennington County jail this past Monday. Investigators at the Thief River Falls police department received cyber tips, including one from Twitter, of child porn being transmitted online. Authorities saw images...
Christmas Eve at the Ponemah Market...
RED LAKE, MN - About 600 Red Lake Nation elders attended the annual Red Lake Nation Elder's Christmas Party held on Friday, December 20, 2019. The event featured a roast beef dinner, live music by Cadillac Country, while 500 candy bags were handed out, and $20.00 gift cards from Target. They ran out of the candy bags. Red Lake High School student boys and girls basketball team players helped with the serving of the dinner into a packed house and lasted from 11 AM to 1 PM....
The 2019 RLHS Winter Formal was held at Seven Clans Casino Event Center in Red Lake on Saturday, December 21, 2019. Photographs by members of the community....
Redby Christmas Dinner 2019 held on Saturday, December 21, 2019...
RED LAKE, MN - In November 2019, the Red Lake Tribal Council approved a $200.00 payment distribution for the enrolled membership of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Over $2.4 million dollars was issued to tribal members, with the distribution of checks for on-reservation members on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at the Red Lake Humanities and the Ponemah Center from 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM. Checks were mailed on December 12, 2019 to members residing off the Reservation. For more information see: h...
RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Warriors, coming off an 83-77 OT upset win over Cass Lake on Friday night, hosted Fon du Lac on Saturday, December 14, 2019. The Warriors led at the half 43-25, and added 37 more in the second half to take the win,80-65. Delwyn Holthusen Jr. led all scorers with 34 points, Aaron Chaboyear added 10, and Trenton Holthusen and James Beaulieu each hit for 8 points. Connor Barney led FDL with 22 points and Jordon Brown had 19 for FDL. Red Lake is now 3-0 on the season,...
RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Lady Warriors snapped a 4-game losing streak on Saturday, December 14, as they hosted FDL and won 104-17. Red Lake had led FDL 60-6 in the first half, and scored 29 unanswered points before their opponents could get on the scoreboard. Gerika Kingbird led all scorers with 25, Autumn Holthusen added 17 and Kelanna McClain hit for 10. The entire team scored at least 2 points in the game. Tannia Masquadace led FDL with 6 points. Red Lake is now 3-6 on the season, while...
RED LAKE - The Red Lake Lady Warriors, ranked 11th in the State, held their Home Opener on Thursday, December 5, 2019, against 7th ranked Walker-Hackensack-Akley. Red Lake had beat Nevis on Tuesday, while WHA had won their first game on November 26th against Menahga. Red Lake started off slow in the first half, missing several shots and getting out-rebounded by the taller WHA girls. But they kept plugging away and trailed by just 7 points at the half, 37-30. In their first game against Nevis...
RED LAKE - The Red Lake Lady Warriors, ranked 11th in the State, held their Home Opener on Thursday, December 5, 2019, against 7th ranked Walker-Hackensack-Akley. Red Lake had beat Nevis on Tuesday, while WHA had won their first game on November 26th against Menahga. Red Lake started off slow in the first half, missing several shots and getting out-rebounded by the taller WHA girls. But they kept plugging away and trailed by just 7 points at the half, 37-30. In their first game against Nevis...
PHOENIX – Time, distance and technology limitations are among the reasons Native Americans may be the most difficult demographic to count in the 2020 census, the Census Bureau says. But lack of trust is the biggest reason, said Patty Hibbeler, chief executive of the Phoenix Indian Center, which provides workforce and youth development, drug and alcohol prevention and language and culture revitalization. https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/native-leaders-determined-to-avoid-repeat-of-last-census-undercount-TFMUaHfz7E...
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - A local program is teaching kids about the importance of nutrition. From growing food to playing sports, these are just a few concepts used by UNR Cooperative Extension in their Veggies for Kids program. https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Veggies-for-kids-program-educating-kids-about-nutrition-566489761.html...
Activists say that generations of killings and disappearances of Native American women have been disregarded by law enforcement and lost in bureaucratic gaps concerning which local or federal agencies should investigate, the New York Times reports. There is no reliable count of how many Native women go missing or are killed each year. Researchers say that women often are misclassified as Hispanic or Asian or other racial categories on missing-persons forms and that thousands have been left off a federal missing-persons database. A grass-roots...
Legal experts expected this to be the year we answered big questions about the liability that drug companies face for the deadly opioid epidemic and for their role in marketing high-risk prescription pain medications. Instead, the legal fight over who will pay to clean up the addiction crisis dissolved into confusion and infighting. https://www.npr.org/2019/12/26/791112099/in-2019-the-legal-fight-over-opioids-unraveled-into-confusion-and-infighting...
The discovery of three human graves in the church of the Alamo in San Antonio has reignited a dispute over the Native American presence at the historic site. The bodies appear to be those of a teenager or young adult, a large adult and an infant, authorities said. https://www.livescience.com/bodies-at-alamo-cathedral.html...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla - Forty graves believed to belong to Leon County slaves were confirmed earlier this month at the Capital City Country Club in Tallahassee by the National Park Service. Any markers are long gone, but a series of depressions in the ground along the western edge of the 7th hole proved to be the resting place of men and women who worked as slaves on the Edward Houstoun Plantation, according to the Associated Press. https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/special-report...
Those visiting a Native American memorial near the Schuylkill River in Pottstown will now have a place to sit thanks to the Pottstown Police Officers' Association. Taking advantage of some unseasonably warm weather after a cold snap, more than a half-dozen officers helped to install two benches they had constructed for the purpose. https://www.readingeagle.com/news/pottstown-police-donate-benches-to-native-american-site/article_dbb09692-27eb-11ea-990d-3b906da5ed64.html...
