“Over the past 15 years of work in the Mille Lacs Band courts, I have witnessed addiction and mental health issues intensify in our community,“ said Gilda Burr, Mille Lacs Band Court Administrator.

On Tuesday, June 22, the Tribal Executive Committee (TEC) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT) met at Fortune Bay for a special meeting regarding the constitutional reform process that has been on-going.

Band members are encouraged to sign up for a free summer woodland series: Foraging and Photography: Learn to Identify and Photograph Wild Plants for Food, Medicine, and Art.

Students participating in the Onamia Schools' Indigenous Arts & Culture Camps this summer will be holding a free Art Show and Dinner on Wednesday, July 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Rolf Olsen Center, 807 Main St. W., Onamia.

After moving to a 70-acre hobby farm west of Hinckley three years ago, Kevin Sutton began to wonder what he could do to share his rural paradise with others. At first, he considered an RV park. “But it would’ve cost $250,000 just to lay the pipe!“ he said.

The Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan provides the largest Child Tax Credit ever and historic relief to the most working families ever — and most families will automatically receive monthly payments without having to take any action.