FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With a shortage of healthcare workers across the U.S., companies are becoming desperate and are looking to college students to help curb the workload. “We need everything. We have had a shortage of people who help clean up stuff and we’ve had to recruit that. We’ve a shortage of nurses right now, trying to get those…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — A Mahnomen man is accused of illegally selling marijuana out of the Asema Tobacco and Pipe Shop in Mahnomen. Sheriff Josh Guenther says a warrant was executed at the smokeshop owned by 53-year-old Todd Thompson and at his home and large amounts of marijuana were seized. Thompson was posting on Facebook that he was open for…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Mark Ruffalo, Jackson Browne, Jane Fonda and more join Honor the Earth and other Indigenous leaders condemning the charges against more than 800 activists who were arrested one year ago for protesting the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline. “A lot of people support water protectors and a lot of people believe that water should be protected over the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — A Ponsford man is sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for a violent assault on the White Earth Indian Reservation last June. A federal jury earlier convicted 22-year-old Wesley Warren on two of four counts including assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Court records reveal Warren and…
WHITE EARTH, Minn.–The 152nd Annual White Earth Reservation Celebration and Powwow has been postponed. The event was scheduled for June 12-14. The White Earth Reservation Business Committee decided postponing the event was in the best interest of tribal and community members. The committee will revisit the event in June to decide a new date for the celebration or cancel the…
BECKER CO., Minn. — Three Chicago people were arrested in a drug bust in Detroit Lakes earlier this month. Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander says a state patrol trooper pulled over a vehicle and a search turned up 196 grams of heroin, 2 grams of cocaine and nearly $6,300 in cash. 38-year old David Verner, 57-year-old Vincent Verner, and 38-year…
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — A Minneapolis man has been sentenced for selling heroin on the White Earth Reservation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Steven Gant will spend 7 years in prison. He was accused of working with another person to distribute the drug from October 2017 through February 2018. Authorities say Gant admitted to traveling to the White Earth Reservation to sell…
WHITE EARTH RESERVATION, MN — The woman involved in at-times heated debates at the White Earth Tribal Council is now running to become tribal chairperson. Former White Earth Secretary-Treasurer Tara Mason is among 15 candidates running for the position in a special primary election on June 4. The winner will serve the remaining term of Chairman Terry Tibbets who passed away…
WHITE EARTH, MINN. – The White Earth Reservation Business Committee is deeply saddened to announce that Chairman Terrence “Terry” Tibbetts, age 60, passed away this morning at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, N.D., after a lengthy illness. Tibbetts was elected Chairman of White Earth Reservation in 2016 and led the largest tribe in Minnesota. He represented all three districts on…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. — White Earth Reservation Business Committee members say they have received threats since being seated earlier this year. Secretary-Treasurer Alan Roy says he and his family have been threatened by four men. One of the men, Michael Keezer, has been charged with felony terroristic threats by the Mahnomen County attorney. He claims another man harassed his wife and…
