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Cass Lake- The Cass Lake-Bena Panthers dominated Thursday's playoff match up in the first round of the Minnesota Section 8A high school boys tournament against Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke. The number one seed Panthers hosted eighth seed…

By Damairay Birge The Leech Lake Men's basketball is coming off of a second place conference tournament finish after losing in the championship game against the number one seed, Sisseton Wahpeton Mustangs. President Raymond Burns states,…

ST. PAUL- The Minnesota House of Representatives invited Tribal leaders and State officials to the House Chamber on Presidents Day, February 18th, for a new event titled Sovereignty Day. The day envisioned last year by House Speaker…

CASS LAKE-Minnesota Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker and Office of Higher Education Commissioner Dennis Olson visited Leech Lake Tribal College on Friday, February 1st. The newly appointed commissioners' visit comes as part of…

BEMIDJI- The Bemidji State University American Indian Resource Center, Deer River High School Ogichiidaag Club and other allies joined together Friday, January 18th in Bemidji for the Indigenous Peoples Movement March. Friday’s event was…

CASS LAKE- The Leech Lake Tribal College Lakers men's basketball team split a pair of wins and losses during last weekend's games. LLTC dominated their Saturday game but fell Sunday in their first conference loss (13-1) to the Red River…

BEMIDJI-The Bemidji Watermark Art Center held an artist reception on Friday January 11th, in the Miikanan gallery for their new exhibit “Madwewe– It Is Heard”. The multimedia exhibit features work by Rod Northbird, Kent Estey, Angela Two…

CASS LAKE- In early January, Otter Tail Power Company awarded the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe $49,875.00 as a rebate for a solar project completed at the Tribal Headquarters last year. The money comes from the Otter Tail Publicly Owned…

BEMIDJI- Bemidji State University's A.C. Clark Library will play host to the "Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness" traveling library exhibition starting January 9th and continuing through February 14th. The campus…

Even though we cannot see it, Radon is real! It is an Invisible, odorless radioactive gas, so we cannot see or smell it. Radon gas causes lung cancer, and there is no known safe level. Radon is responsible for an estimated 21,000 deaths…