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Spirit Lake chairman, federal critic trade complaints about handling of child protection issue
Spirit Lake Tribal Chairman Roger Yankton and one of his sharpest critics in the long-running furor over the safety of Spirit Lake’s children challenged each other’s credibility and motives in a written exchange this week, with Yankton chiding Thomas Sullivan for reporting “rumor and conjecture” and Sullivan charging the chairman with interfering with his duty as a “mandated reporter” of suspected child abuse.
Friday, August, 31, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Spirit Lake Tribal Chairman Roger Yankton and one of his sharpest critics in the long-running furor over the safety of Spirit Lake’s children challenged each other’s credibility and motives in a written exchange this week, with Yankton chiding Thomas Sullivan for reporting “rumor and conjecture” and Sullivan charging the chairman with interfering with his duty as a “mandated reporter” of suspected child abuse.
Friday, August, 31, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Prosecutor: Shooting of pugilistic deer ‘justifiable’
Fertile, Minn., farmer still sore after Aug. 2 fight with deer
Mark Christianson, the Fertile area farmer who trailed by points in a boxing match with a whitetail deer until he shot the buck, won’t be charged for shooting a deer out of season.
Wednesday, August, 29, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Fertile, Minn., farmer still sore after Aug. 2 fight with deer
Mark Christianson, the Fertile area farmer who trailed by points in a boxing match with a whitetail deer until he shot the buck, won’t be charged for shooting a deer out of season.
Wednesday, August, 29, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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BIA director: Spirit Lake issues need to be resolved and corrected
FORT TOTTEN, N.D. – Spirit Lake officials met here today with a "strike team" of U.S. Interior Department officials, hoping to reassure the director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and others that they are making progress on improving the tribe's embattled social services department.
Monday, August, 27, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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FORT TOTTEN, N.D. – Spirit Lake officials met here today with a "strike team" of U.S. Interior Department officials, hoping to reassure the director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and others that they are making progress on improving the tribe's embattled social services department.
Monday, August, 27, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Interior sends high-level officials to Spirit Lake
The U.S. Department of the Interior will dispatch a “strike team” of senior officials including the director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Spirit Lake Nation Monday, according to the department.
Saturday, August, 25, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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The U.S. Department of the Interior will dispatch a “strike team” of senior officials including the director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Spirit Lake Nation Monday, according to the department.
Saturday, August, 25, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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OUR OPINION: Crisis at Spirit Lake transcends partisanship
The origins of the crisis crossed party lines — and leaders will need to cross party lines to find solutions, too.
Friday, August, 24, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - Opinion
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The origins of the crisis crossed party lines — and leaders will need to cross party lines to find solutions, too.
Friday, August, 24, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - Opinion
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Conrad: Spirit Lake lacks leadership on child protection
Saying that the Spirit Lake Nation “seems to be a rudderless ship” lacking the leadership necessary to deal with a crisis in child protection on the reservation, Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said he will call Interior Secretary Ken Salazar “and ask him to send in a team” to do what needs to be done.
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Saying that the Spirit Lake Nation “seems to be a rudderless ship” lacking the leadership necessary to deal with a crisis in child protection on the reservation, Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said he will call Interior Secretary Ken Salazar “and ask him to send in a team” to do what needs to be done.
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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NCAA scoffs at ‘discrimination’ claim
Fighting Sioux nickname supporters at Spirit Lake Sioux Nation base their appeal of a federal judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit against the NCAA on a claim that was never raised at trial and “has no support in fact or law,” the NCAA argues in a brief filed Wednesday with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Fighting Sioux nickname supporters at Spirit Lake Sioux Nation base their appeal of a federal judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit against the NCAA on a claim that was never raised at trial and “has no support in fact or law,” the NCAA argues in a brief filed Wednesday with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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State says it offered to help tribe protect children
Tara Muhlhauser, director of the Children and Family Services Division, also advised Tom Sullivan that her office “has repeatedly offered to provide technical assistance… to help the tribe better serve children,” but the tribe “has not taken advantage of our offer.”
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Tara Muhlhauser, director of the Children and Family Services Division, also advised Tom Sullivan that her office “has repeatedly offered to provide technical assistance… to help the tribe better serve children,” but the tribe “has not taken advantage of our offer.”
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Did Legislature miss chance to protect Spirit Lake children?
Democrats say Republicans would not approve federal grants for a home-visitation program that could have protected vulnerable children on reservations because of its link to “Obamacare.” Republican say they were concerned the program would violate privacy rights and long-term federal funding was uncertain. Nonprofit groups are now pursuing the grants.
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Democrats say Republicans would not approve federal grants for a home-visitation program that could have protected vulnerable children on reservations because of its link to “Obamacare.” Republican say they were concerned the program would violate privacy rights and long-term federal funding was uncertain. Nonprofit groups are now pursuing the grants.
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Official: Safety of Spirit Lake children not better
A federal human services administrator who called on state and federal officials to declare a state of emergency for children at the Spirit Lake Nation has submitted another scathing indictment of child protection services there, alleging that little has been done to improve the situation.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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A federal human services administrator who called on state and federal officials to declare a state of emergency for children at the Spirit Lake Nation has submitted another scathing indictment of child protection services there, alleging that little has been done to improve the situation.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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WDAZ hires new anchor
Rob Hudson, an Elk River, Minn., native who has worked in TV news in four states including a stint at KARE 11 in Minneapolis, will join WDAZ TV in Grand Forks Aug. 27 to co-anchor the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts, the stationed announced.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Rob Hudson, an Elk River, Minn., native who has worked in TV news in four states including a stint at KARE 11 in Minneapolis, will join WDAZ TV in Grand Forks Aug. 27 to co-anchor the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts, the stationed announced.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Grand Forks leaders weigh balance in housing discussion
In their effort to encourage home construction, Grand Forks city officials intend to take a new look at city standards for land development, including a requirement that a portion of new subdivisions be reserved for parks.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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In their effort to encourage home construction, Grand Forks city officials intend to take a new look at city standards for land development, including a requirement that a portion of new subdivisions be reserved for parks.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Fire takes life of former Grand Forks prosecutor
Fred Arnason, a longtime Grand Forks attorney and prosecutor, died Wednesday from effects of a fire at his home at 4841 Lark Circle. He was 84.
Thursday, August, 16, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Fred Arnason, a longtime Grand Forks attorney and prosecutor, died Wednesday from effects of a fire at his home at 4841 Lark Circle. He was 84.
Thursday, August, 16, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Louis Armstrong fan proposes local memorial to commemorate Armstrong’s outburst on race relations
Louis Armstrong’s surprising outburst on race relations in America while in Grand Forks for a 1957 concert should be commemorated here, a fan of the jazz great told the Historic Preservation Commission Tuesday.
Thursday, August, 16, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Louis Armstrong’s surprising outburst on race relations in America while in Grand Forks for a 1957 concert should be commemorated here, a fan of the jazz great told the Historic Preservation Commission Tuesday.
Thursday, August, 16, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Concerned youngster urges city not to remove traffic signal
Grace Weiler, 6, often crosses South Fifth Street near downtown Grand Forks, walking hand in hand with her grandmother, Pam Schumaker. On a recent walk, Grace spotted a sign affixed to a street light that said, “Traffic signal under study for removal.” That made Grace unhappy. So when she got home, she started working up a petition.
Tuesday, August, 14, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Grace Weiler, 6, often crosses South Fifth Street near downtown Grand Forks, walking hand in hand with her grandmother, Pam Schumaker. On a recent walk, Grace spotted a sign affixed to a street light that said, “Traffic signal under study for removal.” That made Grace unhappy. So when she got home, she started working up a petition.
Tuesday, August, 14, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Nickname appeal: NCAA used ‘cartel powers’
In their campaign earlier this year to persuade North Dakota voters to rally to UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname, proponents regularly argued that university leaders were exaggerating the potential harm that keeping the name and logo could do.
Saturday, August, 11, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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In their campaign earlier this year to persuade North Dakota voters to rally to UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname, proponents regularly argued that university leaders were exaggerating the potential harm that keeping the name and logo could do.
Saturday, August, 11, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Spirit Lake Nation responds to critics, challenges motives of 'whistleblowers'
In a lengthy statement published this week in the Devils Lake Journal, the Spirit Lake Tribe decried recent criticism of tribal social service programs involving child protection.
Friday, August, 10, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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In a lengthy statement published this week in the Devils Lake Journal, the Spirit Lake Tribe decried recent criticism of tribal social service programs involving child protection.
Friday, August, 10, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Minnesota man pummeled by deer, but rifle ends hoof-fight
The way Mark Christianson tells it, in his lilting Old Country accent, the deer started the fight. The confrontation, which left Christianson, 66, with black eyes and pink-to-purple bruises over his arms, shoulders and chest, occurred last Thursday as he stepped outside his farm home about 10 miles southeast of Fertile.
Thursday, August, 09, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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The way Mark Christianson tells it, in his lilting Old Country accent, the deer started the fight. The confrontation, which left Christianson, 66, with black eyes and pink-to-purple bruises over his arms, shoulders and chest, occurred last Thursday as he stepped outside his farm home about 10 miles southeast of Fertile.
Thursday, August, 09, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Organizers: Nickname measure pushed to 2014
Diehard supporters of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname say they continue collecting signatures to force another statewide vote on the issue, but they won’t file the signatures until December — meaning the initiated measure would appear on the ballot in June 2014.
Tuesday, August, 07, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Diehard supporters of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname say they continue collecting signatures to force another statewide vote on the issue, but they won’t file the signatures until December — meaning the initiated measure would appear on the ballot in June 2014.
Tuesday, August, 07, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Judge declares ‘Fighting Sioux’ fight over, dismisses lawsuit against state
Declaring that the long, contentious fight over UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname appears to be over, U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed almost a year ago by six American Indian students at the university.
Tuesday, August, 07, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Declaring that the long, contentious fight over UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname appears to be over, U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed almost a year ago by six American Indian students at the university.
Tuesday, August, 07, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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