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OBITUARIES Red Lake man sentenced to 22  Joanne Yon years for second-degree murder Dec. 8, 1938- April 4, 2019 Pioneer Staff Report ment part- ing lot between the Red arrested Whitefeather A Celebration of Life for ners to do Lake skatepark and the [email protected] several days later on May Joanne (Miller) Yon will be ST. PAUL — A Red Lake all we can Red Lake high school and 2 in Bemidji. held on Sunday, June 9, man was sentenced Mon- to protect middle school at approxi- Although Whitefeather 2019, 3:00-5:00 pm at day to 22 years in prison our com- mately 1 a.m. on April claimed he thought the Ruttger’s Birchmont Lodge for second-degree mur- munities 28, 2018, when White- man he shot was a rival on Lake Bemidji. Please from violent der after assaulting and feather encountered them. gang member, he also join us for this informal crimes such Whitefeather mistakenly shooting another man in reportedly told investi- gathering to share stories Whitefeather as this,” thought Wells was a rival April 2018 on the reserva- gators at one point that and celebrate a life well U.S. Attor- gang member, the release lived. tion. he didn’t know who he ney Erica MacDonald said said. Michael Wayne White- shot until he found out it in a release. Whitefeather got out was Wells the next day on feather, 18, pleaded guilty According to a release of the vehicle and started social media. to the charge Dec. 17. In from the MacDonald’s chasing the victim on foot. Olive Marlene Lawrence “Larz” The case was investigat- addition to the 22 years office, Whitefeather and When Whitefeather caught ed by the Red Lake Depart- Preston Dean Hart Jr. in prison, he also was several other members of up to Wells, he assaulted May 12, 1946 - June 1, 2019 March 25, 1991 - May 30, 2019 sentenced to five years of the Back of Town gang him and shot him in the ment of Public Safety, the BEMIDJI, Minn. - Olive , Minn. - supervised release. were driving around Red face, which killed him, FBI Headwaters Safe Trails Marlene Preston, 73, Bemidji, Lawrence “Larz” Dean Hart “This tragic and sense- Lake Nation looking for officials said. Task Force, the Paul Bun- died Saturday, June 1, in Jr., 28, Bemidji, Minn., died less act of violence resulted rival gang members. Officers found Wells’ yan Drug Task Force, The Sanford Bemidji Medical Cen- Thursday, May 30. in the death of an innocent The victim, who court body later the same day Bemidji Police Depart- ter. A wake began Monday, young man. We are work- documents identified pre- (April 28) on a trail near ment, the Beltrami County Visitation will be from 1-2 June 3, and will continue until ing in collaboration with viously as Anthony Allen the intersection of State Sheriff’s Office, and the p.m., followed by a memorial the traditional service at 10 our federal, state, local Wells, and another male Highway 1 and Pike Creek United States Customs and service at 2 p.m., Friday, a.m. today, June 5, at the and tribal law enforce- were walking in a park- in Red Lake. They then Border Protection. June 7, at Cease Family Fu- Veteran’s Memorial Building neral Home in Bemidji. Inter- in Cass Lake, Minn. Waa- ment will be in Greenwood maajaa’iwed will be Steve Cemetery in Bemidji. Jackson. Interment will be in Man killed brother with landscaping block, charges say Windom Family Cemetery in Pennington, Minn. By Tess Williams a criminal complaint. car for transport to the North- Arrangements by Northern Forum News Service Another 911 caller west Regional Corrections Center, Peace Funeral Home in FOSSTON, Minn. — A man who reported someone according to the court document. Walker, Minn. was found dead Sunday, June 2, on was trying to break a He smelled of alcohol, officers said. a curb in Fosston may have been hit window at 412 Eighth The initial 911 caller said she saw with a landscaping block, according St. NW, the com- a man throw something at a man SERVICES to a court document. His brother is plaint said. laying on the ground who had been Nicholas Hauge,  facing two second-degree murder moaning outside her home, the N. Hauge of Fergus Falls, was charges related to the death. complaint said. The woman said ► Helen Johnson, 96, on Friday, June 7, at Ander- standing in the road Nicholas Patrick Hauge, 28, is she was unsure what he threw at Bemidji. Funeral services will son Family Funeral Home in with blood on his arms, jeans and being held without bond on the the unmoving man, but it sounded be held at 10:30 a.m. today, Mahnomen. T-shirt when officers arrived, the charges he murdered 19-year- like a pot. She thought he also June 5, at Solway Lutheran ► Kathryn Ann (Haugen/ court document said. threw something at her home. Church. Visitation will be one Walden) Lusk, 70, Bemidji. old Timothy Hwauge. An autopsy Timothy Hauge was laying in the An investigator said a landscap- hour prior to the service. A celebration of life will be revealed Timothy Hauge died from road with a large gash on his head, blunt force trauma to his head ing block was found outside a bed- ► Christa Marjorie Mikalo- held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. officers said. There was a signifi- jcyk, 42, Bagley. A celebra- and his death was ruled a homi- cant amount of blood in the gutter room window about 20 yards from on Saturday, June 8, at the tion of life will be held at 2 cide resulting from an assault by next to him. Timothy Hauge’s body. The block Bemidji Eagles Club. p.m. today, June 5, at Rice another person, a criminal com- Timothy Hauge did not have a was about a foot long, 6 inches ► Debra L. Navratil, 55, Lake Community Center in plaint said. pulse, but deputies reported his wide and 3 to 4 inches thick, the Clearbrook. A celebration of Bagley. Two deputies from the Polk body was warm. They performed complaint said. There was blood life will be held at 1 p.m. on ► Randy Nelson, 56, Wil- County Sheriff’s Office were called CPR but were unable to revive him. covering the corner and two sides Saturday, June 8, at Sinclair ton. A celebration of life will to the intersection of Eighth Street Essentia Health EMS arrived on of it, according to the investigator. Township Cemetery near be held at 2 p.m. on Thurs- Northwest and North Mark Avenue scene and Timothy Hauge was Nicholas Hauge was charged with Leonard. day, June 6, at the Bemidji at 3:44 a.m., a press release said. declared dead, a press release said. two counts of second-degree mur- ► Joanne (Miller) Yon, 81. A caller reported seeing a man Nicholas Hauge told deputies: der Monday. Each felony charge Eagles Club. ► Sue Ellen (Larsen) A celebration of life will be throwing things at a man who was “Just kill me.” He was uncoopera- holds a maximum sentence of 40 held from 3 to 5 p.m. on passed out on a lawn, according to tive as they placed him in a patrol years in prison. Segersten, 71, Blackduck. A graveside service will be held Sunday, June 9, at Ruttger’s at 9 a.m. on Friday, June Birchmont Lodge on Lake 7, at Blackduck Cemetery. Bemidji. Wife wants evidence of cheating before filing for divorce A lunch will follow at the ► William A. 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There has got years, then hire a private whether he has cheated, to be something better detective and you will but I don’t know how than always waiting for probably get what you are to prove it. I have found the next bomb to drop. looking for. You have my EPA Holding a Public Comment Period and Some spring gardening tips Public Meeting on a Proposed Cleanup Plan St. Regis Paper Co. Superfund Site riting about great way to deter weeds this topic at the HELENRUTH and retain moisture in Leech Lake Reservation, Cass County, Wend of May is a SCHUETTE the soil. Some perennial sign of my hopefulness flowers such as monarda Master Public Comment Period: June 17 – Aug. 15, 2019 for warmer weather in and artemisia are very fast Gardener just another week. Any  growers and will take over Public Meeting: July 30, 2019, 6 p.m. gardening thus far has your garden (like weeds) been at a minimum due if they get a chance. Don’t U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently completed a study of the St. to cool temperatures, and be afraid to dig out parts Regis Paper Co. Superfund site and has issued a proposed plan that evaluated several the grass plants more rain. of large clumps and share alternatives for cleaning up pollution from the residential area. EPA is proposing to Early June is normally resistant to stress. them with friends or put a great time to finish Harvest your early in the compost pile. Grass remove contaminated soil from affected residential areas and replace it with clean planting your garden – season fruits and can quickly invade gardens soil, manage most of the removed soil at an on-site facility, monitor the soil stored just keep in mind that if vegetables while they are and landscape plantings onsite and dispose of the heavily contaminated soil at an off-site facility. the ground feels cold to at the peak maturity. This and is best deterred with a you, those seeds may sit is usually when they are good quality edging that is for a longer time before full size and have good properly installed. You may comment orally or in writing at a public meeting on July 30, 2019, at th sprouting. Plant your color but before they get June will keep the 6 p.m., at the Cass Lake-Bena Elementary School, 15 4 St. N.W., Cass Lake, or containers and hanging overripe. If necessary, use gardener busy when it online, at www.epa.gov/superfund/st-regis-paper. baskets, as well. Soil in netting to keep the birds finally warms up. Those clay pots dries quickly from helping themselves warm-season plants like Written comments, postmarked by Aug. 15, 2019, can be mailed to: so water them more to your produce. Keep tomatoes, peppers and frequently. harvesting rhubarb melons can be safely Heriberto León During the first week in through the month of planted into the garden Community Involvement Coordinator June, move house plants June, pulling any flower in June. If tomato plants EPA Region 5 (RE-6J) stalks that appear. to shaded areas outside are leggy they can be 77 W. Jackson Blvd. for the summer. Again be Keep on top of weeds planted deeper and will aware that plants will need during the month when root along the buried Chicago, IL 60604 more water during hot they are small and easy stems. Trees and shrubs and windy weather and to pull. I call this exercise growing in containers If you need special accommodations for the public meeting, contact Heriberto at more fertilizer if they are with a purpose. Use can be planted anytime 800-621-8431, Ext. 66163, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., weekdays or at bloomers. good body mechanics during the growing season During early June when weeding or for any but planting in June gives [email protected]. fertilize your lawn before garden chore to prevent plants a full season to very hot weather arrives. injury. A good practice become established before A fact sheet explaining the proposed plan is available at www.epa.gov/superfund/ Start watering if we’ve is to avoid overreaching. winter. st-regis-paper. More details are included in the full proposed plan and other site- had less than one inch of If you keep your garden Click on “Yard and Garden at the related environmental reports, also found at www.epa.gov/superfund/st-regis-paper rain weekly. Start mowing plants well watered and University of Minnesota Extension fertilized, they will quickly website: www.extension.umn.edu or at the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Division of Resource Management located at higher (2 ½ inches or for gardening information. Local above) as the weather fill in bare spaces and Master Gardeners will respond to your 6530 Highway 2 N.W.; Cass Lake City Clerk’s Office located at 332 Second St. N.W.; warms to encourage give weeds fewer places questions via voicemail. Call (218) and at the Cass Lake Library located at 223 Cedar Ave., all in Cass Lake. to grow. Mulches are a 444-7916, leaving your name, number deep rooting and make and question.