Local robotics teams will compete in two high school robotics competitions hosted by the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference on Friday, Oct. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 29, at Alexandria High School.
The Red Lake Ogichidaag, team No. 7235 alongside coach Sandy Ketterling, will represent Red Lake. Team No. 3134, or the Accelerators, and team No. 3275, the Regulators, alongside coach Jesse Frost will represent Cass Lake-Bena.
A Red Lake man was found guilty by a federal jury of sexual abuse and aggravated sexual abuse for an incident that occurred in the Red Lake Nation in 2020.
At a grand opening event on Friday, around 50 community members congregated for a morning of speeches, food, meet-ups with teachers and tours of the temporary school building.
John Sayers, 30, of Red Lake, was sentenced to 239 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for aggravated sexual assault for an incident that occurred in 2020.
The Jourdain Perpich Extended Care Facility in Red Lake is named after the tribal chair and the state governor in office when it was built, both individuals with influential legacies in politics.
A newly published children’s book by Red Lake author Elizabeth Barrett and illustrator Jonathan Thunder brings the Seven Grandfather Teachings of Love, Respect, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Humility and Truth to colorful life for young and old.
