NEWS
--Two people suffered minor injuries when their vehicles collided in Wright County Saturday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened on Highway 241 at around 10am. The patrol says a car driven by 30-year-old Michel Montoya Corona of Osseo was westbound and an S-U-V driven by 59-year-old Jerelyn Essig of Aurora, MN was eastbound when they collided. Montoya Corona was taken to Maple Grove Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Essig suffered minor injuries but was not taken to the hospital. The crash happened on Highway 241 near Larabee Avenue NE in St. Michael.
--More road work is scheduled to begin this week, traffic control on Highway 210 starts Wednesday at Inglewood Drive in Baxter. Eastbound Highway 210 from Knollwood Drive to Inglewood Drive will be reduced to one lane. The inside (north) lane and left turn lane will be closed as crews complete median and turn lane work at Inglewood Drive. The left turn from eastbound Highway 210 north to Inglewood Drive will be closed. A detour utilizing Knollwood Drive and Fairview Road will be signed to access Inglewood Drive north of Highway 210. This work is expected to be completed by May 26th before the Memorial Day Weekend. More road work was reported for this week, that more work on the next part of the Highway 10 project in St. Cloud and Highway 23 from St. Cloud east and then Foley east to Milaca will continue. Sidewalk and road work continues in Little Falls, watch for signs and follow detour or lane change information. Remember to slow down in work zones.
--Twenty migrants were stopped after illegally crossing the border in northern Minnesota. U.S. Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Grand Forks sector, along with the Kittson County Sheriff's Office, stopped the human smuggling attempt near Caribou, Minnesota on Thursday. Deputies with the sheriff's office witnessed multiple people walking south from the international border. They also noticed two cars in the area and stopped the vehicles. All the migrants were brought to the Pembina Border Patrol Station for processing and were placed into removal proceedings. The group was made up of 16 adult men, five adult women, and one child ranging in age from three to 43. All 20 of the migrants were determined to be citizens of Mexico and the two drivers were citizens of Guatemala.
--The summer driving season is just around the corner, and experts with AAA say gas prices are “treading water for now.” The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Minnesota is $3.43. That’s down around four cents from a week ago and 16 cents lower than a month ago. St. Cloud is significantly cheaper at $3.30 a gallon versus $3.60 a month ago. Demand for gas is higher, but costs for oil canceled out any potential increases for per gallon costs. “Increasing demand for gasoline would usually drive pump prices higher,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson, “but the cost for oil has remained low lately, so drivers should benefit from stable pump prices as Memorial Day drawers near.” On June 14th, 2022, gas hit an all time record of almost $4.77 a gallon.
--The Brainerd Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire at 2:16am Thursday, May 11, at the intersection of Northeast Eighth and Washington streets. Upon arrival, fire crews extinguished the vehicle fire and there no injuries. The Friday Crews were also called At 5:22am to Parkway Apartments, 1204 Campus Drive, for a fire alarm. Upon arrival, fire crews determined it was due to burning food.
--Get Morrison County Fair info online at fallsradio.com's homepage.
--A Statement from Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen, this week is National Police Week, a time to honor and pay our respect to all law enforcement. We give thanks to all past and present law enforcement officers who served and who continue to serve. Yesterday, May 15th, is National Peace Officers Memorial Day. We remember all the men and women who wore the badge and for those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. The Morrison County Sheriff's Office remember our very own Sheriff John Stack and Chief Deputy Andrew Herlitz, who were killed in the line of duty, October 1965. Thank you to all the men and women who serve, and have served, in the noble law enforcement profession. We are especially grateful to our Morrison County law enforcement family. May God continue to bless our law enforcement profession. Law enforcement over a 24 hour period stayed watch over the Peace Officer Memorial in St. Paul with a prayer service last night.
--The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MCPA) has issued an air quality alert for Tuesday. A bank of smoke from wildfires in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan is moving east across Ontario. The MPCA says a cold front is expected to pull the smoke south beginning Tuesday morning and could push the smoke as far south as Mille Lacs and Alexandria by Tuesday afternoon and linger throughout the day.
Sensitive groups should avoid prolonged time outdoors including people who have asthma or other breathing conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, high blood pressure, or diabetes, those who are pregnant along with children and older adults that could experience breathing issues.
--A Reminder that the Coffee with the Cop event is today starting at the Bricks Travel Center in Motley at 8:30am. All are welcome.
--The Upsala Upstage Players started auditions last night for their summer musical Singin' In The Rain and their 2nd night of auditions is tonight from 6-8pm at the Upsala High School.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
--Actress Jacklyn Zeman has died. Zeman had a 45 year career portraying Bobby Spencer on the Soap Opera General Hospital. She also worked on Edge of Night and One Life to Live. She was 70.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
--Nathaniel Rutz & Ebony Bollig of Randall, a girl born May 11th.
DEATH NOTICES
--Alcuin “Al” Toenies, age 97 former resident of Royalton.
--Bernice Liebsch, age 82 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
TODAY= sunny and warm, patchy smoke at times, high 81.
TONIGHT= clear skies, patchy smoke early, low near 50.
WEDNESDAY= sunny skies, turning breezy, high 75, low 48.
THURSDAY= rain likely, some T-storms, windy, high 72, low 45.
SPORTS
TWINS= a late night for the Twins ends with the Dodgers winning in a walk-off in the 12th inning 9-8. Twins continue series at LA Dodgers tonight, pregame coverage begins at 8:30pm on Q92 WYRQ.
HS BAB= Little Falls at Pierz today at 5pm on AM960 KLTF due to the 5pm start, the news will be heard at 4:30pm on KLTF today.