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NEW YORK - Michael Cohen, the key witness against Donald Trump, conceded under cross-examination Tuesday that he would like to see the former president become a felon and that he feels compelled to go online almost every day to attack the man he once idolized. On Cohen's second day of testimony at Manhattan criminal court, the former Trump lawyer faced off against Todd Blanche, Trump's current lawyer. Blanche quickly tried to put Cohen on the defensive with questions aimed at showing that he...
The Florida Highway Patrol said Tuesday that the driver of a pickup truck was under the influence when he crashed into a bus carrying farmworkers, killing eight people and injuring 38 more. Bryan Maclean Howard was charged with eight counts of DUI manslaughter, after he allegedly sideswiped the bus while driving his 2001 Ford Ranger pickup truck earlier in the morning. Roger Waddell, a spokesman for Marion County, said eight of those transported to local hospitals are listed in critical...
A Blue Earth, Minn., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to being at the front of the crowd with other supporters of then-President Donald Trump during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol more than three years ago. Paul Orta Jr., 35, entered his plea in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to civil disorder and aiding and abetting. A criminal complaint filed in November, laden with photographs, showed Orta tossing aside police barricades, rushing toward a line of officers and going...
Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing a Twin Cities real estate broker of preying on Muslims and buyers with poor credit ratings with illegal and deceptive contracts for deed that concealed the cost and risks of the loan and balloon payments. In a written release, Ellison said that buying a home is complex and buyers need clear, accurate information. "But Chadwick Banken and the companies he owns took advantage of home buyers' trust and rigged the game from the start,"...
The fatal shooting of a beloved Twin Cities firefighter occurred as two groups of people traded dozens of rounds of gunfire in a Minneapolis parking lot late at night, according to charges. Marquise Trevone Hammonds-Ford, 28, of Monticello was charged in Hennepin County District Court last week with first-degree riot resulting in death and two illegal gun possession counts in connection with the shooting of 40-year-old Joseph C. Johns on May 5 behind the former Whiskey Junction bar in the 900...
Hennepin County will pay to build two sweat lodges at the Adult Corrections Facility in Plymouth for American Indian inmates who want to attend ceremonies. The County Board approved a $30,000 contract in April with American Indian OIC to construct the lodges and facilitate the sweat lodge ceremonies beginning this summer through the end of the year. Catherine "CJ" Johnson, Hennepin County's director of community corrections and rehabilitation, said the sweat lodges are a culturally specific way...
COLUMBIA, Mo. - A former member of a University of Missouri fraternity has pleaded guilty in the hazing of an Eden Prairie student that caused blindness and significant brain damage. Ryan P. Delanty of Manchester, Missouri, pleaded guilty Friday in Boone County to supplying liquor to a minor and misdemeanor hazing, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend a six-month jail sentence followed by six months of house arrest. Sentencing is May 24....
For most of this year, the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus accounted for an overwhelming majority of COVID-19 cases. But now an offshoot variant called KP.2 is taking off. The variant, which made up just 1% of cases in the United States in mid-March, now makes up more than one-quarter. KP.2 belongs to a subset of COVID variants that scientists have cheekily nicknamed "FLiRT," drawn from the letters in the names of their mutations. They are descendants of JN.1, and KP.2 is "very, very close" to...
WASHINGTON - Foreign terrorist organizations or their supporters might target LGBTQ-related events and venues as part of June's Pride Month, federal agencies warned in a recent public announcement. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued the announcement May 10 to raise awareness of ''foreign terrorist organizations (FTOS) or their supporters potential targeting of LGBTQIA+-related events and venues." ''Foreign terrorist organizations or supporters may seek to exploit increased...
The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Minnesota Department of Transportation are unveiling six dual-language English-Ojibwe signs along Highway 61 later this week in far northeastern Minnesota, to mark river crossings and the reservation boundary. Three of the river signs are outside the Grand Portage reservation, between the tribal community and the city of Grand Marais. It’s the first time MnDOT will post signs in an Indigenous language outside reservation boundaries. “It’s definitely a positive first step in recog...
On May 11, 2024 Red Lake ERT and investigators conducted a narcotics search warrant in the Circle Pines area in the Little Rock District. The following people were arrested for various charges to include possession with intent to sell. Shawn May Lucinda Ryan (2) other females were also arrested for other charges. Both methamphetamine and fentanyl were seized. If you have any information on possible narcotics use/sales, please contact the Red Lake Narcotics tip line at: 218-67...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Criminal history records that qualify for automatic expungement under the Adult-Use Cannabis Act are no longer visible to the public in the Minnesota Criminal History System (CHS). The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has expunged (also referred to as sealing) 57,780 records in CHS almost three months ahead of schedule. The Minnesota Judicial Branch determined that 213 records should not be expunged. Since the Adult-Use Cannabis Act became law on Aug. 1, 2023, the BCA has worked to i...
BEMIDJI - Bemidji State University recently celebrated its 105th commencement, and among its mortar boards, tassels and gowns, graduating students are blazing new paths forward for themselves and their families. Nine students from Niganawenimaanaanig graduated this year, which officials said is the largest number of those in the program to graduate together. Niganawenimaanaanig is Ojibwe for "We Take Care of Them." At the basic level, the program provides scholarships and stipends for...
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 117 months in prison for the illegal possession of two firearms, and for using one of them in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, on January 11, 2020, law enforcement officers observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on I-394 in Golden Valley, Minnesota. When police attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver, Dejavareah Marquise Brown, 26, fled from police at o...
Registration: May 28th – 30th - Secondary complex cafeteria. You MUST have a parent/legal guardian present for registration. We will register from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm those days. Summer sessions dates: Session I – June 3rd -7th & June 10th – 13th Session II June 17th – 18th, 20th – 21st & 24th – 28th & Session II – August 12th – 15th & 19th – 22nd Time: 8:00 AM-2:00 PM Some trips may be on Fridays as well. Some days will be longer if students are doing work outside of the classroom. Students...
Northwest Technical College in Bemidji continues to be recognized as one of Minnesota’s premier education destinations for students seeking training in a skilled trade. The website University HQ has recently ranked NTC—Bemidji’s Technical College as one of Minnesota’s best choices for those seeking associate’s degrees and as one of its best online two-year colleges. The site ranked NTC 13th on its list, “Top 25 Best Online Associate & Community Colleges in Minnesota,” and 14th on its list, ”Top 25 Best Associate Degree Programs in Minnesota.” U...
May 14, 2024 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota realtor Chadwick Banken and a variety of businesses he owns, alleging that collectively, they violated multiple state and federal laws by selling houses via predatory and illegal contracts for deed, used deceptive trade practices to market their contracts for deed, and discriminated by offering unfair terms to Muslim purchasers. The lawsuit, filed in Hennepin County, accuses Banken and his companies of offering contracts for deed that h...
Red Lake Annual Secondary Schools Complex Powwow held on Friday May 10, 2024...
Red Lake Secondary Complex: Our 6th grade class took a field trip to both the Bemidji Science Center & History Center last week. Check out these photos from their trip....
Red Lake Elementary School: Last week, our 5th graders had a great field trip to a Twins Game and the Bakken Museum. Check out these photos from their amazing day!...
The Warrior Academic Banquet was held at Red Lake High School on Wednesday evening, May 8, 2024. After a dinner, awards were presented for Robotics, Academic Letters, National Honor Society Inductions, and Honor Graduates. Community Scholarships were also presented from Beltrami Electric, Paul Bunyan Communications, the Arnold Pemberton Sr. Memorial and the Daniel "Charlie" May Memorial Scholarship. Paul Bunyan: Ce'Angela Pemberton - $500 Gerald Kingbird Jr. - $500 Beltrami Electric: Anissa...
MMIW 218 Huge thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday to stand in solidarity for BEMIDJI'S NATIONAL MMIW AWARENESS DAY! Your support means the world. MMIW2SR touches us all, and your presence mattered more than words can say. Shoutout to our incredible vendors, dedicated volunteers, passionate runners, soulful singers, inspiring speakers, and every community member who showed up and stood with us. Together, we are stronger! Let's continue to honor, grieve, heal, and most importantly, never...
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department, on behalf of the Department of the Interior, filed a motion to intervene today in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s lawsuit against the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and its mayor, chief of police and city attorney in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The Justice Department also filed a proposed complaint against Tulsa, alleging that it has unlawfully asserted criminal jurisdiction against tribal members within the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed its com...
St. Paul, MN: Carrie Allord, a third-grade teacher at St. Francis Catholic School in Brainerd, has been recognized as Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom's (MAITC) 2024 Outstanding Teacher Award winner. Allord uses a wide range of agriculture-themed books, lessons, and materials to support the development of reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in her students, and is always looking for opportunities to connect plants, animals, and food to the learning activities happening in her...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Education last month was legally compelled to publicly release an investigative report into Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) that was finished more than a year ago. The investigation found that the university ignored student reports of sexual assault and abuse, as well as bullying and intimidation by Haskell administrators. Haskell, located in Lawrence, Kan., is operated by the Interior's Bureau of Indian Education. According to the...
