NEWS
--The Pierz Police Department via social media posted the following Thursday: A reminder to residents of Pierz, due to numerous complaints regarding the driving conduct of operators of golf carts and the age of these operators please remember under the city ordinance it is unlawful for any person to drive, operate or be in control of any motorized golf cart on the roadways or shoulders of the roadways under the jurisdiction of the city, unless the driver, operator or person in control has a valid drivers license.
--The Pierz Police Department is looking for the public's help in identifying the subject in a posted picture on the Pierz Police Department and shared to Little Falls Radio facebook pages. The subject was captured on surveillance cameras walking up to residences in the early hours of August 24, 2022. If you have any information on the identity of this subject, please call the Pierz Police Department at (320) 468-6471.
--A man was arrested Wednesday after a police chase in Sartell. Sartell police say the incident began just before 7pm in the 200 block of 10th Avenue North. Officers were trying to find Chad Hagen who had multiple active felony warrants. An officer spotted Hagen getting into a vehicle and tried to arrest him. Hagen then took off in a vehicle. The officer gave chase and a short time later Hagen got out of the vehicle and ran into a swamp area. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to help, a perimeter was set up and a police dog was able to find Hagen. He was arrested without further incident.
--The Brainerd man accused of the murder of 43-year-old Lynnie Ann Loucks was formally presented with the July grand jury indictment charging him with first-degree premeditated murder Wednesday in Crow Wing County District Court. 53-year old Michael Lowell Munger is charged with murdering Loucks. She was found dead April 28th at a residence she shared with Munger on Smith Road, near Legionville Road, in Unorganized Territory north of Brainerd. His public defender made a request that was approved for a 45 to 60 day reset with the new criminal charge to give the defense time to bring in more people to go through the evidence. Munger was arrested at the residence and arraigned April 29th on charges of second-degree murder with intent but without premeditation and second-degree murder without intent but while committing a felony in connection with Loucks’ death. On July 19th, a Crow Wing County grand jury indicted Munger with first-degree murder in the case.
--A new public service video gives an inside look at how undercover officers with the Central Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force work to catch men soliciting children in online chat rooms. The video is being released to bring about awareness to parents on how kids are being groomed into these sex acts. Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall says our kids aren't being snatched up off the street. They are being targeted in online chat rooms and online apps, they'll be sitting at the Xbox playing games with people from, wherever, like we do now. We stream games. They'll break through on that and l start talking to them about "hey how's it going at home?" Just to get your average kid to say "you know my parents just don't understand me and I'll never get out of here, and I'm in this small town." The Task Force started in 2017 in finding ways to combat sex trafficking. They ask parents to look for changes in your child's behavior, monitor friend groups, and watch for new clothes or other gifts that sex buyers may be giving them as part of the process.
--Thanks to everyone who came to Markets & Music last night in Little Falls with Charlie Roth.
MORE NEWS
--Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murdering George Floyd in May of 2020, was moved by U.S. Marshals to a federal facility Wednesday morning. A spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Corrections confirmed Chauvin was picked up from Stillwater and later a federal inmate locator website listed Chauvin as an inmate at the Federal Institution in Tucson, Arizona.
--Two St. Cloud men were arrested earlier this week after search warrants turned up drugs and guns. Twenty-five-year-old Scott Brown Jr. is charged with 1st-degree drug possession and 2nd-degree drug sales. Thirty-one-year-old George Trujillo is charged with 2nd-degree drug possession. Officers with the Central Minnesota Violent Offenders Task Force used several search warrants at 226 11th Avenue North on Tuesday morning. Court records show officers found five handguns and three assault rifles in Brown's room. They also say 181 grams of cocaine was seized at the scene. Records also show police confiscated a small amount of cocaine and a handgun in Trujillo's room. However, a search of Trujillo's car allegedly turned up nearly 40 grams of cocaine, methamphetamine, more than four pounds of marijuana, 157 unknown pills, a handgun, and a shotgun.
--Weekend events include Run for Hospice 5K Saturday at Horizon Health in Pierz starting at 7:30am, Pierz Oktoberfest Sunday with parade at 11am starting at the High School then festival in the park with food, fun and games and purchase Oktoberfest button for prizes through the day. Shuttle buses are only at the high school Sunday. St. Francis of Assisi Church south of Upsala has their festival with Polka Mass at 10am, chicken dinner at 11am, bingo, fun and games, food and silent auction all day, live music and grand raffle at 7:30pm all on Sunday in St. Francis south of Upsala. Get more details on events by going to fallsradio.com and click on community calendar.
--Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen is the guest on AM960 Community Program today at 8:30am to talk about upcoming items. You can stream the program online at fallsradio.com.
DEATH NOTICE
--Thomas C. Sievek, age 69 of Onamia
WEATHER
TODAY= sunny and warmer, high near 80.
TONIGHT= showers and thunderstorms likely, low 62.
SATURDAY= morning showers t-storms, partial sun 82, with more storms possible by late afternoon and evening, humid, low 66.
SUNDAY= sunny and warm, high 84, isolated PM storms, low 59.
MONDAY= sunny skies, an isolated t-storm, high 81, low near 60.
SPORTS
TWINS= Astros sweep the Twins winning 6-3 last night in Houston. The Twins host the San Francisco Giants for the first time at Target Field this weekend. Pregame tonight at 6:30pm, Saturday at 5:30pm and Sunday at 12:30pm with Inside Twins at noon on Q92 WYRQ.
CLASS C= Listen to Class C State Baseball this Saturday on KLTF. Nisswa vs. Raymond at 11am, Buckman vs. Luverne at 4:30pm and Avon vs. St. Martin at 7pm all Saturday from Faribault. The teams must win to move on to Labor Day Weekend, all games will be live with Al Windsperger and Paul Froncak on AM960 KLTF.
HS FB= We are now less than a week away to the start of the High School football season. Pierz opens with Holdingford at 7pm September 1st live on 94ROCKS and Little Falls opens with Glencoe Silver-Lake also on September 1st at 7pm on AM960 KLTF.