Four defendants were sentenced for a home invasion robbery on the Red Lake Reservation. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 30-year-old Alexander Blue, 32-year-old Dustin Jourdain, 22-year-old Shaleigha Strong and 29-year-old Delores Robinson rode to a home in Robinson’s car in October 2019. Robinson remained in the vehicle while Blue, Jourdain and Strong forced open…
The Red Lake Tribal Council recently passed a COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate for tribal employees. According to a resolution passed unanimously on Sept. 14, the mandate affects all persons who enter the Red Lake Reservation for employment and business purposes. The mandate includes exemptions for pregnant women, those with documented medical conditions for which…
Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, as well as Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell, recently met with Del Shea Perry to commemorate the legacy of her son and the passage of the Hardel Sherrell Act. Mr. Sherrell died as a result of medical neglect while in custody at the Beltrami County…
Fifteen scholarships are available for students currently enrolled in a law enforcement program. According to a release from Beltrami County Sheriff Ernie Beitel, the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association’s annual scholarship program will issue up to 15 $2,000 scholarships to students enrolled in a POST Skills program, in their second year of a two-year law enforcement program,…
A Laporte man was injured in a crash near Longville Monday. The state patrol says 41-year-old Phillip Delapaz of Laporte was northbound on Highway 84 when he was struck by a Chevy Silverado, driven by 65-year-old Robert Williams of Remer. Delapaz’s Malibu went off the road and into the ditch, striking a tree. Delapaz was…
After a summer of varying severities of drought, burning restrictions are lifted for 14 counties today. According to the Minnesota DNR, this includes Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater and Hubbard counties. Wildfire risk remains in the northeastern tip of Minnesota, with Class III burning restrictions still in effect for Cook and Lake counties. According to DNR acting…
A Loretto man was injured in a dirt bike crash Saturday near the Spider Lake Recreational Area near Pine River. According to Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch, first responders arrived to the scene a little after noon on report of a serious dirt bike crash with injury at the Sno-Way 1 Recreation Trail. The 54-year-old…
The Becker County Sheriff’s Office reports that a 33-year-old Ponsford woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash. According to a release, the crash was Saturday a little after 7:30 a.m. Emergency personnel responded to a one-vehicle rollover west of Bruce Blvd. on County Road 143. Rescue efforts were unsuccessful and Tammara Eischens was pronounced dead…
A 34-year-old Red Lake man pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Joshua Lussier was seen before a federal judge in St. Paul last Thursday. Last November, Lussier was arrested in Hubbard County for a federal warrant. Inside the vehicle,…
Twenty-three people were arrested following a demonstration in Clearwater County. The Sheriff’s Office says protesters on 470th Street blocked the road around 6 a.m. Tuesday. The items used to block the road included a tri-pod, three 55-gallon barrels filled with concrete, an overturned car, a boat and six people connected with sleeping dragon devices. Giniw…
