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Friday, August 29, 2025
This is the start of Labor Day weekend. Many will out for the what is called the Unofficial End of Summer in the days ahead. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety reminds motorists to watch speeds, don't drink and drive, avoid distracted driving and maybe check 511mn.org website by clicking on it to see where the road work and constructions, delays and information on what to expect slow downs or avoid this weekend. There will be extra law enforcement out on Minnesota roadways watching for violators.
Monday is Labor Day a federal holiday meaning that most government agencies, courthouses, city halls, post offices, banks, financial institutions will be closed Monday for the holiday. There is no regular mail delivery on Monday. Some businesses, offices, dining establishments and schools are also closed on Monday for the holiday so best to check ahead. Also schools return in Minnesota for some grades on Tuesday so reminder to watch for the school buses out and about Tuesday morning.
Following the recent shooting in Minneapolis at Catholic School, District 10 State Senator Nathan Wesenberg made the following statement in his words he stated: This morning, our community was shaken by an unspeakable act of violence at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. Families are grieving, children are traumatized, and we are once again confronted with the devastating consequences of ignoring truth in favor of ideology. This tragedy demands that we stop pretending lies will heal broken lives. The shooter was a young man. He was not a girl, no matter how much he tried to live as one or how much others may have “affirmed” him in that falsehood. What he needed was adults willing to stand firm in truth and guide him through his mental health struggles, particularly his gender dysphoria, with real help and accountability — not affirmation of delusions. By affirming confusion instead of treating the root issues, society is failing young people. We are normalizing instability, loneliness, and self-destruction. This is not compassion; it is neglect dressed up as acceptance. When hurting young men and women are left without real direction and their deepest struggles are affirmed instead of addressed, it does not lead to peace — it leads to despair and, too often, tragedy. We must demand a cultural shift: away from appeasing confusion and toward confronting the mental health crisis with honesty, courage, and truth. Our children deserve better than the lies of false affirmation. We must also face the truth about gun control: it failed today, and it fails every day. Red flag laws did nothing to prevent this shooting. More restrictions would not have stopped this young man from carrying out his evil plan. What they do accomplish is stripping law-abiding citizens of the ability to defend themselves and their children. “Gun-free zones” are not safety zones — they are hunting grounds. They create soft targets where killers know they will face little to no armed resistance. Evil thrives where good people are disarmed. The reality is simple: criminals do not follow laws, and gun control only punishes those who would follow them. The answer is not more gun control laws or legislation by unscrupulous politicians. Our nation must return to God. America was founded on Christian principles, and if we do not return to a strong foundation, we lose order, peace, and hope for a better future. We must restore the foundation of strong families — a mother and a father committed to raising principled children. When the family breaks down, when fathers are absent, when God is pushed out of schools, homes, and public life, evil rushes in to fill the void. What we need is not more laws, but more masculine fathers present in their children's lives, more loving mothers raising children in faith, and a culture unashamed to fight for morality and cast the devil into the ocean with a millstone tied around his neck. Evil will always find a weapon — the question is whether we will have the courage, under God, to fight back by restoring families, rebuilding communities, and standing for truth. Again this was written statement in Senator Wesenberg's words.
Little Falls Police Department reported a number of calls on speeding on 11th Street Northeast around 4th and 5th Avenue there some traffic spots made their this week. Also police reported stops of vehicles without license plates, and suspicious vehicles and activity reports. Continue to call those in if need be so that police and the sheriff's office can investigate at 320-616-5570.
A Watkins man was seriously hurt when a car collided with the side-by-side ATV he was driving. The crash happened on Meeker County Road 34 south of Eden Valley just before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Meeker County Sheriff's Office says 61-year-old Daniel Sullivan of Watkins was traveling north when his machine was hit by a car that was also traveling north. The crash happened in the 35900 block of County Road 34 in Forest Prairie Township. The sheriff's office says Sullivan was airlifted to St. Cloud Hospital with serious injuries. His passenger, 61-year-old Janet Sullivan of Watkins, was transported by Mayo Ambulance to St. Cloud Hospital with non-serious injuries. The 16-year-old driver of the car was not hurt. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
The Little Falls City Council will meet Tuesday night at 7:30pm next week due to Labor Day with City Offices being closed on Monday for the holiday.
Weather- Friday AM showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then partly sunny high 75, clear night low around 57 with fog overnight. Saturday partly cloudy, high 77 then PM showers and storms could develop. Saturday night showers early then clearing, low around 59. Sunday partly sunny skies, high 76, low around 55, Labor Day partly cloudy, breezy, isolated showers, high 70, low around 50. Tuesday partly sunny skies, high around 75 with possible stronger thunderstorms late Tuesday into Tuesday night.
Sports- Twins open series with San Diego at Target Field Friday night, pregame 6:30pm, Saturday at 5:30pm and Sunday Inside starts at 11am. Then Labor Day Twins open series with Chicago White Sox at Target Field with day game on Labor Day at 12:30pm pregame on Q92 WYRQ. High School Football Friday night Little Falls at Annandale at 7pm on A960 KLTF and fallsradio.com. Also Friday night football includes Upsala-Swanville at Parkers Prairie and Brainerd opens season at home against Buffalo. The Class B and Class C State Baseball Tournaments wrap up this weekend. In Class B Nisswa vs. Cold Spring at 4pm Saturday in Brownton followed by Foley vs. New Ulm at 6:30pm. In Class C Pierz Lakers take on Howard Lake also at 6:30pm Saturday from Hutchinson. Get the call of the games Saturday on AM960 KLTF. If the teams win Saturday then they play Sunday with championships Sunday night in C, Monday in B.
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