NEWS
--The Morrison County Fair continues with Motoring Day today, including Lone Eagle Auto Club putting on a show from 2-7pm, midway opens at 3pm and rides are $1 until close. Demolition Derby tonight 7pm, music from Diamondback at 8pm, milking contest at 2pm with Dairy Princesses and Little Falls Radio's Corey Fink. Saturday is Kids' Day with kids events starting at 10am, midway opens at noon, armbands 1-5 and 6-10pm, music all day, U Rock bands and many more finishing with Old School at 7pm, truck and tractor pull at 3pm and $1,000 or more cash drawing at 10pm, must be present to win. Sunday is Senior Day- events include Polka Mass at 10, Horizon Health event with outstanding senior awards at 11am, Slewfoot Family band to perform in the afternoon. Also laser-tag and antler contest continues and the haybale winner announced on Saturday night all at the Morrison County Fair. KLTF Party Line will be live today at 10am. Get full details on events at fallsradio.com.
--On Thursday Little Falls City Council Ward 1 incumbent Loren Boyum filed for re-election. Boyum joins Robin Hensel and Raquel Lundberg who already filed for that position. Ward one represents the southeast side of Little Falls. Currently Gerald Knafla and Frank Gosiak who are the incumbents in Ward 2 and 3 are the only ones to file in their race. Candidates have until 5:00pm Tuesday to file.
--The Little Falls Community School District has many construction projects in various stages. The construction on the high school track is in the final stages and weather permitting could be finished early next week. That should give the district enough time to prepare the football field for the first home game on Thursday, September 1st. Plans continue to develop for the Early Childhood facility, improvements to the high school auditorium, HVAC system in Lindbergh and the Belle Prairie Complex. The district plans to address the most severe issues with the Middle School roof this fall including 11,000 sqaure feet of that roof. The district is scheduling work to attempt to minimize school disruptions but there may be some disturbances at the middle school in October and November.
--The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office and the Emergency Management Division would like to inform property owners of a possible fraud on personnel assistance related to the summers storms. Currently there is a Facebook page and website using the Crow Wing County logo’s conducting a survey and collecting contact information for the June 19th storm. This webpage and Facebook page are NOT affiliated with the Crow Wing County Government. They urge property owners to be vigilant when sharing information and to work with your insurance companies. Check the credentials of anyone offering to clean up your property. The companies should be insured and bonded. No one should have to pay in advance for repairs or to have trees cut and removed from their property. Most legitimate companies will offer to bill you later for their service. Sheriff Dahl is also asking the public to report any suspicious activity in the area of the storm damage along with reporting any suspected fraud dealing with storm clean up.
--Join Bishop Donald Kettler tonight in Sobieski at the Little Falls Knights of Columbus annual chicken and corn feed, behind Herbie's Bar from 5-7pm. Also this weekend is the Summerfest in Randall at St. James on Sunday, mass 10, dinner 10:30, auction, raffles and more all afternoon Sunday in Randall. Details at fallsradio.com.
--A St. Cloud man who skipped his first court appearance on child pornography possession charges was arrested in Texas and has been returned to Stearns County. 46-year old Matthew George Hall is charged with five counts of possessing child pornography. He failed to show up for his first court appearance June 6th, and a judge later signed a warrant for his arrest. After Hall was found and returned to St. Cloud, he made a court appearance Tuesday. A Stearns County District Court Judge set bail at $30,000 without conditions and $5,000 with conditions. His next court appearance is August 26th.
--Around 5:50pm Wednesday a Stearns County Deputy was flagged down in a parking lot at 455 28th Avenue South in Waite Park by a passing motorist 31-year old Isaac Hawksworth advising that his wife 23-year old Kendra Hawksworth was having a baby. The Deputy notified dispatch of the impending birth and requested an ambulance be dispatched. Upon assessing how close the woman actually was to giving birth the Deputy was able to see the baby’s head and determined that birth was imminent. At that point the mother was removed from the vehicle and placed on a blanket in a safe location. After just a few moments, baby boy “Will” was born. Both mother and baby were transported to the St. Cloud Hospital for evaluation.
--One of two men involved in a Sunday night pursuit in Pequot Lakes has been charged. 38-year-old Jeremy Wallin was charged with felony fleeing a peace officer and other charges. Wallin and another fled police by vehicle and then by foot in Crow Wing County. The chase lasted around two hours and the two were apprehended in a wooded swamp near Peqout Lakes. According to court records the other man involved has yet to be charged with any crimes.
--A Milaca man was injured in a two-vehicle broadside crash at 3:27 p.m. Monday on Highway 23 and 125th Avenue in Milaca in Mille Lacs County. The Minnesota State Patrol reported, 91-year old Roy E. Billmark of Milaca was crossing Highway 23 to get to a hardware store and was struck by 16-year-old Gage Thomas-Ferry of Foreston. Billmark was taken to the Princeton hospital for non threatening injuries. Billmark was not wearing a seat belt. Thomas-Ferry and his mother, who was a passenger, 42-year old Lehanne R. Thomas Ferry of Foreston, had no apparent injuries.
DEATH NOTICES
--Elizabeth “Betty” Fleck, age 84 of Morrill.
WEATHER
TODAY= showers and storms during day, cloudy, high 80.
TONIGHT= becoming partly cloudy, cooler, low 56.
SATURDAY= sunny skies, isolated PM shower, high 74, low 52.
SUNDAY= sunny skies, high near 80, low around 55.
MONDAY= sunny day, stormy night, high 81, low near 60.
SPORTS
TWINS= Twins lose both games of a double header Thursday to Houston first 15-7, second game 10-2. Twins (46-69) host Kansas City for a weekend series, games are tonight 6:30, Saturday 5:30 and Sunday 12:30PM all on Q92 WYRQ.
REGION 8C= Sobieski vs. Nisswa Saturday 4pm in Freeport for the Region championship- hear the action on AM960 KLTF.
OLY= Michael Phelps in swimming, Simone Biles in Gymastics take gold as U.S. pads their medal lead with 38 total going into Friday.