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Friday, August 8, 2025
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 8-6-2025 at approximately 3:34 pm, their office received a report of a two-vehicle accident just south of 183 rd Street on 160th Avenue approximately one mile north of Little Falls, MN in Belle Prairie Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 96-year-old Donald Biskey of Little Falls was traveling south on 160th Avenue when he struck the back of a parked flatbed truck and trailer. After striking the trailer Biskey’s vehicle was thrown into the northbound lane of traffic side swiping a vehicle driven by 63-year-old Patricia Zumberge of Little Falls. The truck and trailer are owned by MC Fiber (CTC) and was part of a fiberoptic crew doing work in the area. They had a working and operational amber light as well as traffic cones and proper signage on the roadway. Biskey was transported to St. Gabriel’s Hospital by Mayo Clinic Ambulance with unknown injuries. Zumberge was not injured.
The man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota House and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, will likely not go on trial until next spring at the earliest due to the complexity of the case. Vance Boelter appeared in federal court Thursday morning for an arraignment hearing, during which he pleaded not guilty to the battery of charges he faces. Boelter, 58, of Green Isle, Minnesota, was indicted July 15 on six counts of murder, stalking and firearms violations in the shooting deaths of State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the wounding of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. The murder charges could carry the federal death penalty, though prosecutors say that decision is several months away. During Thursday's court appearance, U.S. Magistrate Judge Dulce Foster granted prosecutors their motion to declare it a "complex case," which allows them an extended timeline to prepare. The U.S. Attorney's Office told the judge there are tens of thousands of pages, hundreds of gigabytes of media files, and 1,700 media files to process and examine- a number that will likely grow.
Ten people were arrested and three victims/survivors were recovered after a sting on people accused of sex trafficking in St. Paul. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said the undercover operation happened on July 30 and 31, where investigators posed as both minors and buyers. Officials said when investigators arrived at an arranged meeting place, the suspects were arrested. Authorities said 10 people were booked on probable cause felony solicitation of a minor under 18 years of age for prostitution. “These 10 arrests are a true testament to the hard work of St. Paul police investigators, the Ramsey County Violent Crime Task Force and the BCA Human Trafficking Task Force,” said St. Paul Police Major Crimes Deputy Chief Jeff Stiff. “Let it be a message that we will hold you accountable for the crimes you commit in St. Paul.” Three female victim/survivors were recovered from a potential sex trafficking situation, authorities said. If you want to report suspected trafficking, you can do so by calling the Minnesota BCA at 877-996-6222 or emailing bca.tips@state.mn.us. “Helping three people exit the throes of a potential sex trafficking situation to begin the healing process and regain control of their lives is why we are passionate and committed to this work,” BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said. “We will remain in lockstep with our law enforcement partners to rid our state of this reprehensible sex crime and support victim/survivors.”
Morrison County United Way (MCUW) is partnering with Stearns Bank’s Upsala Branch location to offer a financial literacy class through the United for ALICE program. Money Smart for Older Adults is a financial literacy program offered by Stearns Bank. This program raises awareness among older adults and their caregivers on how to prevent fraud, scams, and other elder financial exploitations. The course is being offered at no charge. It will cover topics like avoiding Telephone, Computer-Internet and Charity Scams, Common Types of Elder Financial Exploitation, Identity Theft and Medical Identity Theft, Investment Fraud,
Planning for Unexpected Life Events, and more. The course will be provided for free and lunch will be provided. Space is limited so you must register in order to attend. The class will be offered at the Carnegie Library (Little Falls Great River Regional Library branch location) on Tuesday, August 26th from 11:00 a.m. to 1pm. “We are excited to bring this course to Morrison County and are grateful for the volunteers from
the Upsala Branch of Stearns Bank for bringing this information to our community. We feel that this course fits perfectly with our United for ALICE initiatives,” said executive director, Meghann Boser. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with MCUW to offer free financial literacy trainings, information and resources that raise awareness around banking fraud schemes and provide protective measures that everyone in the community can use to protect themselves from potential fraud,” said Derek Ullman, Branch Manager at Stearns Bank Upsala. “At Stearns Bank, we pride ourselves in helping people to reach their full financial potential and uplifting the communities we operate in. This includes strengthening financial security for all by building a deeper knowledge and understanding of consumer fraud.” If you are interested in attending this course, please register by calling MCUW at 320-632-5102 (leave message if needed) or register in-person at the Carnegie Library (108 3 rd St NE, Little Falls) or Stearns Bank (105 S. Main St, Upsala). Course will take place at the Carnegie Library on Tuesday, August 26, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided for free thanks to a grant from Sourcewell.
Employment Enterprises is celebrating their 55th Anniversary in Little Falls this year and having a celebration with tours, 50/50 raffle and picnic on August 21st from 4-6pm at their building on 9th Avenue Northwest in Little Falls. They ask for RSVP by August 16th for a head count for food, call 320-632-9251.
An extremely busy weekend of events. The Stearns County Fair is going on in Sauk Centre, the Mille Lacs County Fair is going on in Princeton. Anastasia is being performed Friday and Saturday night at Little Falls Community High School at 7pm and Sunday at 2pm tickets at the door, Friday's show also will be performed in American Sign Language for the hearing impaired. "Shrek" is being performed Friday night and Saturday morning at Upsala High School by the Upstage Junior performers to tie in with Upsala Heritage Day is Saturday with events all day, the parade at 4pm, fireworks at 9:30pm Saturday night in Upsala. St. James August Fest is Sunday with Mass at 8:30am and 10:30am at the church, chicken dinner with all the fixings, 50-cent ice cream cones and numerous raffles including Grand Raffle at 4pm for $4,000 cash top prize all on Sunday at St. James Church in Randall. Check out more events at fallsradio.com community calendar.
Death Notices- Sherry Andres, age 81 of Little Falls.
Weather- morning showers & storms, then sunny hot and humid, high 90 heat index values near 98 degrees on Friday then isolated T-storms late afternoon and evening some severe Friday night, low 66. Saturday morning thunderstorms then sunny and warm, high 84, clear night Saturday night low around 62. Sunday sunny and less humid, high near 80, clear night low around 57. Sunny Monday, high 82, low around 59.
Sports- Twins host Kansas City Friday night at Target Field, pregame at 6:30pm, Saturday at 5:30pm and Sunday is an earlier start with inside Twins at 11am on Q92 WYRQ. Minnesota Lynx host Washington Friday at Target Center at 6:30pm then Sunday they are at New York at 11:30am. Vikings open the preseason on Saturday at 3pm at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis against Houston. Listen to District 4B baseball playoffs Saturday starting at noon on AM960 KLTF then Region 9C Baseball championship and 3rd place games start at 10am Sunday on AM960 KLTF and online at fallsradio.com with the state tournament for both Class B and C baseball announced Sunday night after all the region and district action ends.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
The Morrison County Administration Office announced that the community is invited to attend a Patriot Day of Remembrance Ceremony on September 11th, 2025. The ceremony will take place at the...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Peter Grams of Melgram Jewelers spoke on AM960 KLTF Party Line Tuesday about the work that was done at their downtown business. Peter announced that earlier this year he sold the building...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
A semi-driver was injured last night around 9:20pm on Highway 10 in Bellevue Township of Morrison County. According to the state patrol, 53-year-old Darryl Mobley of Allison, Iowa was on...
Monday, August 4, 2025
The Canadian wildfire smoke is still lingering in parts of Minnesota today but the air quality alert for central and northern Minnesota was canceled Sunday night due to showers that...
