Ward 2 Cloquet city councilor Sheila Lamb has been appointed to the state's newly created Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task force.

She was sworn in and attended her first task force meeting in St. Paul on Thursday, Sept. 19.

The mission of the task force is to reduce and end violence against indigenous women and girls in Minnesota.

Lamb said she was "thrilled" to be asked to serve on the task force, which includes representatives from tribal nations and law enforcement.

"The fact that we (Minnesota) are ninth in the nation [for missing and murdered indigenous women], this is import...