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Justin Jourdain, a 2008 graduate of Red Lake High School who was in the school during the shootings that occurred there in 2005, stands with a Red Lake Band of Chippewa flag signed by people from the reservation. Jourdain and others are taking two signed flags on a trip to Newtown, Conn., to offer comfort to the grieving community in the wake of the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Red Lake grads to offer comfort to Newtown, Conn., families

RED LAKE – Justin Jourdain is among the few people who just might be able to understand. Jourdain, a 2008 graduate of Red Lake High School, was in the school...

news / region Tue, Dec 18, 2012 - 11:27pm

A woman reacts as a hearse begins to pull out outside of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church after funeral services for Jessica Rekos, Tuesday, in Newtown, Conn. Rekos, 6, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. Julio Cortez | Associated Press

Classes resume in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook School

By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press Writer NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown returned its students to their classrooms Tuesday for the first time since last week’s massacre and faced the agonizing...

news Tue, Dec 18, 2012 - 10:51pm

A police officer carries flowers into a funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner Monday in Fairfield, Conn. Noah was killed when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. AP Photo/Jason DeCrow

Two funerals begin a sad procession in Connecticut

by ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Opening a long and almost unbearable procession of grief, Newtown began laying its dead to rest Monday, holding funerals for...

news Tue, Dec 18, 2012 - 2:42am

Missy Dodds, husband James and daughter Lillie Grace.

‘My trauma cup is full’

By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications Co. RED LAKE – Missy Dodds was at a Twin Cities service station Friday when the first news bulletins out of Newtown, Conn., flashed around...

news / region Tue, Dec 18, 2012 - 2:35am

School shooting: Routine morning, then shots and unthinkable terror

By JOCELYN NOVECK, Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Inside the four-bedroom colonial set on a small rise, Nancy Lanza was already dead. But it was early yet, and it...

news Sat, Dec 15, 2012 - 11:11pm

Robbie Parker, the father of 6-year-old Emilie, who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, speaks during a news conference Saturday in Newtown, Conn. David Goldman | Associated Press

Struggling with grief

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Investigators tried to figure out what led a bright but painfully awkward 20-year-old to slaughter 26 children and adults at a...

news Sat, Dec 15, 2012 - 11:05pm