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Newsletter: Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
NEWS --After 2 inches of rain fell Monday into Tuesday some parts of the state are waking up to snow. A winter weather advisory remains in effect for northwestern Minnesota where 2-4 inches of snow could still fall by afternoon. Slushy roads are possible in spots and that could be slick to motorists. Around Central Minnesota a coating to 1 inch possible by 10am this morning with snow coming down to start the morning hours for those heading out today.
--A Stearns County judge has sentenced a Paynesville woman for murdering her disabled daughter. The judge handed 39-year-old Elise Nelson a prison term of 21 years and nine months. The sentencing came after the judge denied Nelson's motion to dismiss her guilty plea on one count of 2nd-degree Intentional Murder. The child had chronic respiratory failure and severe developmental delay from the loss of oxygen at birth. According to the criminal complaint filed in Stearns County District Court, Nelson was alone with her daughter over four days in June 2020 disabled an oxygen monitoring device, and deprived her of medical care. Nelson was alone with the girl while her husband was on a fishing trip and her other child was staying at a family friend's house. During that time, she was accused of silencing the alarm on a pulse oximeter device and manipulating the machine's settings multiple times before ultimately shutting it off
--The Sartell-Stephen School District will have two referendum questions on the ballot on February 11th next year. The first question will be in regards to a new Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning system (HVAC) at Riverview Intermediate School, and the second question focuses on athletic improvements at the high school including fields and physical education spaces. Superintendent Michael Rivard says they are fighting the age of the HVAC system at Riverview. Rivard says finding replacement parts is getting harder and harder and the school often has to buy them off websites like Ebay. The estimated cost impact for the new HVAC system on a median home in Sartell of $300,000 would be $78.27 or about $6.52 a month. The impact for the athletic improvement question would be $30.58 or about $2.55 per month. If both questions are approved the total impact would be $108.93 or about $9.08 per month. Rivard says the costs reflect the district's commitment to improving facilities that directly benefit students. Absentee ballots for the referendum questions will be available starting on December 27th.
--Three people were injured on Highway 371 at Northome Road Tuesday morning around 10am. 51-year-old Kristina Stone of Pequot Lakes was southbound on 371, when the vehicle went off the roadway, struck several trees and rolled on its side. Stone and her two passengers, one 13 and one toddler all had non life threatening injuries and were treated at the Brainerd Hospital.
--The State Patrol has released the name of the man killed Monday in Mille Lacs County. Just after 2:30pm, 51-year-old Ross Anderson of Shakopee was westbound on Highway 23 and went of the road colliding in the trees. Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene.
--The Annual Morrison County Chaplaincy Pizza Party will be held on Sunday, December 1st from 11am-1pm at the VFW in Little Falls across from Thielen Meats. All the pizza you can eat for any size donation. Chaplain Gregg Valentine reminds those you can drop off food donations, coats, mittens and winter gear for those in need.
--Sam from Rural Minnesota CEP spoke on KLTF yesterday and invites all to Careerforce that houses Rural Minnesota CEP Monday from 10am-1pm for a CDL Exploration Event. Connect with trucking employers and training providers. Chat with real truckers and get firsthand advice. Find out if trucking is a career path for you. There will be virtual reality goggles to get the truck driving experience. Mn Dot will have their trucks their to view along with other companies around Little Falls options for those interested in trucking. The event is free to attend. For more info call Sam at 320-232-2000
--A Waite Park man charged in connection to a 2022 fatal drug overdose has pleaded guilty to murder. Thirty-year-old Jibril Mohamed Ibrahim pleaded guilty to one count of 3rd degree murder earlier this month. He'll be sentenced on January 6th. Ibrahim was accused of supplying a St. Joseph woman with a fentanyl-laced blue pill. The woman was found unresponsive on the morning of October 24th, 2022. Efforts to save the victim, including administering Narcan were unsuccessful. Authorities say a piece of tin foil containing a charred blue pill was found near the woman. According to the criminal complaint, authorities used the woman's phone to search her phone logs, text messages, and social media. Investigators learned the woman was communicating with Ibrahim and had purchased the pill from Ibrahim just hours before her death
--The Christmas Tours are returning to Little Falls November 29th through December 8th. Linden Hill has Christmas at the Mansions, Minnesota Fishing Museum and Hall of Fame has Christmas Tree Lane, The Charles A. Lindbergh House has a Holiday of Flight, and this year the Nutcracker Suite is at the Charles A. Weyerhauser Museum/Morrison County Historical Society. For more information on each event contact each site or go to www.littlefallsmn.com.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT --Tim and Amber King of Little Falls, a baby girl, November 18th.
DEATH NOTICES --Bernadette Pintok, age 88 of St. Cloud formerly of Opole. --Rose Mary Binek, age 97 of Little Falls formerly of Upsala.
WEATHER TODAY= AM snow showers, then cloudy and windy, high 32. TONIGHT= light snow early, then cloudy and windy, low 25. THURSDAY= mostly cloudy, breezy, high 37, low around 22. FRIDAY= partly sunny and chilly, high 33, low around 18.
SPORTS GHK= Brainerd/Little Falls beat Willmar last night 3-1 in hockey. NFL= Vikings at Chicago Sunday at noon live on AM960 KLTF.
TODAY IN HISTORY IN 1789= The Bill of Rights first introduced, took a year to ratify. IN 1947= first national broadcast of Meet the Press airs on NBC. IN 1917= during World War 1 first reported Tank battle takes place. IN 1973= “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” first airs on CBS TV. IN 1973= NBC airs “A Walton's Thanksgiving Story” in 2 parts.
