Leech Lake News - Important news and information for the Leech Lake area in Minnesota

The Leech Lake Early Childhood Program is once again participating in the Summer Food Service Program. The program begins on June 11th and runs through August 9th, 2018. Meals will be provided to all children ages 1-18 years old, free of…

The Leech Lake Election Board will be closed and open for the following days during Memorial Weekend.

The MN Chippewa Tribe has posted the General Election Notice for the Leech Lake Reservation. The 2018 General Election will be held on June 12, 2018 with polls open from 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM. This election will see the top two vote getters…

On Wednesday, May 9, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton vetoed an attempt led by State Senator Justin Eichorn (R-Grand Rapids and State Representative Dale Lueck (R-Aitkin) to remove a state water quality standard designed to protect manoomin…

BEMIDJI, Minn. – A collaborative project between the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the Minnesota Department of Transportation to reduce crashes on Highway 2 and Cass County Road 75/Bingo Palace Road in Cass Lake is scheduled to begin on May…

Well, I’m really not sure where to start off the article, because we do so many things together as a family. I guess when Margaret decided she wanted to back to school, at Bemidji State University in the fall of 2016 to take up the courses…

The Leech Lake Tribal Enrollment Office will be visiting the Duluth and Minneapolis Urban Offices to provide Band Members with Tribal Identification Cards. This event was postponed and then canceled in March, it has now been rescheduled on…

(Cass Lake, MINN.) The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe is disappointed in the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) O’Reilly’s ruling on April 23, 2018 that recommends in-trench replacement of Line 3. This recommendation ignores environmental justice…

U.S. Congressman Rick Nolan (MN-8) introduced H.R. 5529, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act, into Congress on April 17, 2018. This companion bill is identical to S. 2599 which was sponsored in the Senate…

Residents and business owners are encouraged to attend an open house on Tuesday, April 24 to learn more about this summer’s intersection reconstruction on Highway 2 at Cass County Road 75 / Bingo Palace Road in Cass Lake. The open house…