NEWS
--Waite Park is the latest to implement a mask mandate after larger cities like Minneapolis and St. Paul did just that again. Waite Park city officials are asking residents to mask up while inside all city-owned facilities. During Monday's city council meeting, the council approved a mask mandate for all employees and community members, regardless of vaccination status, while visiting any city building. If you don't have a mask, they will be available to the public and employees upon entering. In addition, anyone visiting the Waite Park Senior Center will also be required to wear a mask. The city council plans to reevaluate the masking requirement at their next meeting on February 7th. Earlier this week, The Benton County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution requiring all county staff to wear face masks in county buildings with the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, the County Board stated that they do not want to mandate masks for visitors but still highly encourage it, at least for now.
--Nathan Drewitz from the University of Minnesota, the Extension Educator for Stearns, Benton and Morrison County spoke on KLTF yesterday to announced that there will be a Tour De Forage is an annual program by the Central Minnesota Forage Council where they pull in speakers on dairy productions, alfalfa and forages and other aspects in the farming industry. Registration starts at 9am, and should end around 2pm. Preregistration is asked for as there is a lunch provided and this will be January 26th at the Melrose City Hall. There is also a Little Falls Crop Test management update which will be held on March 17th more details will be released soon for that. The Melrose event for more info call Nathan at 608-515-4414 or go to the website at midwestforage.org.
--Tom Lyons the host of Minnesota Military Radio spoke on KLTF yesterday and spoke that in November 2010 they were looking to expand their show to the Camp Ripley area and spoke with Little Falls Radio Owners, former Senator Rod Grams and Chris Grams and the network was born and 12 years later 65 stations air the program but it started with working on AM960 KLTF and Q92 WYRQ. Lyons said that County Veteran Service Officers, Military bases, the DAV, Yellow Ribbon Network and many others help keep the show going every week on radio stations and podcasts throughout the state. Lyons said this year they will be talk about USS Minneapolis/St. Paul commissioned in Duluth, talking about the building process being done for the new Minnesota Military Museum near Camp Ripley, they plan on having their shows at Camp Ripley this year, The Minnesota State Fair and the new Veterans Cemetery opening in Redwood Falls. You can find out more about the program Minnesota Military Radio at minnesotamilitaryradio.com or listen in to the progarm Saturday mornings at 11am on AM960 KLTF and Sunday mornings at 7am on Q92 WYRQ and both programs streamed at fallsradio.com.
--Coborn's Incorporated has announced a new president. Chief Operating Officer Dave Meyer has been named president, in addition to continuing his role of COO. He is just the second president in the 101-year history of the company from outside the Coborn family. Chris Coborn will continue as chairman and CEO of Coborn's Inc. Meyer will oversee store operations, human resources, fresh and center store merchandising, and marketing.
--Little Falls City Administrator Jon Radermacher will talk about the recent city items for 2022 Monday at 8:30am on the Community Program on AM960 KLTF and fallsradio.com.
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--The Morrison County ADA is searching for dairy princess candidates for 2022. Young women must be at least a high school senior and not yet 24 years of age. Eligibility includes: You or your parents are actively engaged in the production of milk for sale to a licensed plant and contribute to the dairy check off. You or your parents work full time on a dairy farm. You or your parents custom raise dairy cattle for farmers who contribute to the dairy check off or if you or your parents lease dairy animals from a dairy farmer. Dairy Princesses who are chosen will be the goodwill ambassador of Morrison County Dairy Farmers and promote the dairy industry throughout 2022. Call Stacy Happke at 468-6257 or Cindy Welle 745-2615 for an application. The Morrison County Dairy Princesses will be crowned on March 26th.
--A Sauk Centre man has been sentenced for providing liquor to a 13-year-old girl and then sexually assaulting her. A Stearns County judge has sentenced 20-year-old Jose Briseno-Hernandez to a stay of imposition and seven years of supervised probation. He must also register as a predatory offender, can't have any mood-altering chemicals, and undergo any chemical or psychiatric treatment plans as determined. Briseno-Hernandez pleaded guilty in September to 3rd-degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim between the ages of 13-15 while being more than two years older. Briseno-Hernandez and the girl were at the same home one day in August when the two began drinking whiskey. The girl told authorities she became extremely intoxicated. Court records show Briseno-Hernandez then brought the victim to a bedroom and forced the girl to perform a sex act. The girl said he then forced her to have intercourse. Briseno-Hernandez told police he knew the girl was 13-years-old and admitted to drinking alcohol and having sex with her.
--Check out weekend events including a benefit for the family of Jerry Isder Saturday from 3-9pm at the Royalton American Legion and also check out upcoming events including the bus trip to March for Life on January 22nd and more at fallsradio.com/community calendar.
WEATHER
TODAY= cloudy, snow showers, less than 1 inch by noon around Morrison County, the heaviest show Alexandria west and south.
TONIGHT= clearing skies, colder temps, low -8, wind chills near -20.
SATURDAY= sunny and chilly, high 12, low near 0 then rising late.
SUNDAY= becoming cloudy, light snow possible, high 30, low 16.
MONDAY= partly sunny skies, high 23, low around 4 above.
SPORTS
HS GBB= Little Falls at Pierz tonight 5:45pm on Q92 WYRQ then
HS BBB= Little Falls at Pierz around 7:15pm tonight on Q92 WYRQ
HS BHK= Little Falls at Fergus Falls Saturday 2:30pm Q92 WYRQ.
COL HK= Gophers vs. Alaska tonight 5:30pm on AM960 KLTF.
NHL= The Minnesota Wild announced that Kirill Kaprizov and Cam Talbot have been selected to play in the NHL All Star Game on February 5th in Las Vegas. Kaprizov has team leading 40 points.
NFL= The Wild Card Weekend starts up Saturday with Las Vegas at Cincinnati followed by New England at Buffalo, then Sunday it is Philadlephia at Tampa Bay, San Franscisco at Dallas and then Pittsburgh at Kansas City. Monday night it's Arizona at LA Rams. Coverage starts at 2:30pm Saturday, 11:30am Sunday and 6:30pm Monday all live on AM960 KLTF.
NFL= more coaches fired this week, first Denver, Miami, Chicago and Minnesota fired coaches, then New York Giants and yesterday Houston fired their coaches. The search is on for new team leaders.