NEWS
--The Upsala Student Council will be Hosting the Mock Crash near the Bus Garage on Monday from 8:30-11:30am. This is a full simulation of what happens in an automobile accident and will involve the gracious efforts of our Local and County First Responders and Officers. Upsala hosts their prom on Saturday, May 4th.
--There will be a prescription drug take back event Saturday from 10:00am-2:00pm in front of Wal-Mart in Little Falls. You are encouraged to bring your unwanted or unused prescription drugs to be disposed of free of charge by law enforcement and other officials.
--St. Cloud police are investigating a fight in Northeast St. Cloud, which resulted in one man being shot. The incident happened just before 9:30pm Tuesday night in the 400 block of Wilson Avenue. Police responded to a report of gunshots in an alley between Wilson and 5th Avenue northeast. When officers arrived they found a handgun and packages of a controlled substance on the ground, however no one was in the area. Police set up a perimeter and used a drone and police dog to find a 25-year old St. Cloud man about two blocks away from the scene. Authorities say he had a gunshot wound to his head and injuries consistent with having been in a fight. The victim was taken to St. Cloud Hospital where he remains in stable condition. Police say there were several other people in the area where the victim was found, however they provided limited information on what happened. The case remains active and police says this does not appear to be a random incident.
--It is not as massive as the infamous one that broke off from the shoreline in October 2017 in Merrifield Bay on North Long Lake but another bog is causing property damage on a different Brainerd area lake. Property owners on Gilbert Lake on the northside of Brainerd has a bog, estimated to be about 50 yards wide, was floating around the channel that runs between a smaller bay and the main portion of the lake. The bog is in the curved channel between the main body of the lake and the bay. Another two pieces of bogland cut loose to add to the number of bogs floating around the channel, blocking boat traffic from entering into Gilbert 3 from the main lake. The 2017 North Long Lake bog was about 200 feet by 800 feet and estimated to be 4,000 tons, or 8 million pounds. The bog did plenty of property damage of docks and shoreline before it landed on the Legionville School Safety Patrol Training Center's swimming beach. Volunteers with the North Long Lake Association, the Minnesota DNR and the Minnesota American Legion moved the bog off the beach after weeks of work. No word yet on what will be done with the recent bog.
--Minnesota agriculture officials say a super weed that can devastate corn and soybean crops has made new incursions into the state by way of livestock feed. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture says cows have eaten remnants of the weed in feed and it has shown up in manure that farmers spread on fields. The reports say it has been confirmed in six Minnesota counties. The aggressive pigweed species is native to the desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, but has spread to more than half the states including North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. North Dakota State University officials gearing up to fight the weed say the spread of Palmer amaranth can reduce yields by up to 91% for corn and 79% for soybeans.
--The Highway 27 road construction in Little Falls begins this coming Monday, April 29th. Highway 27 will close between Lindbergh Drive West and Front Street East from April 29th until May 11th. The closure will include the Mississippi River bridge and railroad crossing. The detour uses Morrison County Road 214 in west Little Falls, Morrison County Road 213 and Highway 10 over the Mississippi River to east Little Falls. Highway 27 Mississippi River bridge will be open to pedestrians to cross during this closure. Emergency services have been notified of the April 29th-May 11th bridge closure, and have plans for east/west response coverage. Access to businesses and residences will be maintained and open at all times, follow signs to entrances. However, expect changes.
--Warm temperatures and dry conditions caused the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to restrict open burning in the following counties effective immediately: Morrison, Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Grant, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine, Pope, Ramsey, Sherburne, Stearns, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Washington, and Wright. The state will not issue burning permits for brush or yard waste in these counties until restrictions are lifted. Burning restrictions will be adjusted, including extension of restrictions to additional counties, as conditions change. For information and daily updates on current fire risk and open burning restrictions, visit the Minnesota DNR website.
--If you bought a tree from Morrison Soil and Water during their recent tree sale, the tree pick up day is Friday, May 3rd from 8:00am-4:00pm at the Little Falls Exchange Arena. Extra trees available that day after 10:00am at the arena.
--There are many events this weekend including the book sale at the Carnegie Library in Little Falls today and tomorrow, German Dinner and raffle for the Pierz Church tonight at the Pierz Ballroom, free concert tonight at the St. Francis Convent with the String Orchestra, the fundraiser for the Little Falls Food Shelf is this Saturday at the Falls Ballroom with music of the 60s through the 80s, Prom is scheduled Saturday for Little Falls, Royalton and Holdingford schools. Many more events can be found by going to fallsradio.com and click on community calendar.
WEATHER
TODAY= sunny skies, breezy and cooler, high 55.
TONIGHT= clouds increase late, low 36.
SATURDAY= rain showers at time, cloudy and cool, high 44, low 25.
SUNDAY= sunny start, rain by afternoon, high near 50.
SUN NITE= rain likely, changing to wet snow overnight, low 31.
MONDAY= snow early, then rain likely, windy, high 48.
SPORTS
TWINS= Twins (13-9) host Baltimore this weekend at Target Field, pregame tonight at 6:30, Saturday and Sunday the pregame starts at 12:30pm with Inside Twins Sunday at noon on Q92 WYRQ.
HS BAB= Alexandria at Little Falls tonight 5pm on AM960 KLTF.
HS BAB= Pierz at St. Cloud Cathedral tonight 7pm on FM94 KFML.
VL= Royalton at Upsala Sunday's game of the week 1:30 on KLTF.
NFL= Arizona took Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray first overall in the 2019 NFL Draft. The Vikings picked Center Garrett Bradbury from North Carolina State as the 18th overall pick. The Vikings still have seven more picks between today and tomorrow in the draft.