NEWS
--Little Falls City Administrator Jon Radermacher was on KLTF yesterday and stated that road work on 4th Street project will start in July and then Circle Drive and 14th Street will also begin or have started already. The 11th Street Project is near its end and they hope to have 11th Street should be open by sometime next week. Radermacher said they are still waiting on the state legislature to amend the request that the city put in back in 2018 for a local option sales tax, if they do not amend this it is likely that the local option sales tax might not be in the November ballot. They need this to move forward at this time and only a special session to pass this amendment would make it happen. Jon stated that when the county passed their sale tax increase it brought in the revenue needed to help with county road projects, business support and other items. The hope is the same for the city to help with projects like the community center, child care facility, housing projects and more. They are also still waiting on the bridge project which was discussed on moving the bridge away from the tracks which they asked for transportation bonds which is only in the preliminary stages and will take a minimum of 18 months to 2 years to finish the first step on the possible moving of the bridge and rail grade operations. Radermacher is glad to see the parks being used for plays, events, music shows in the days and weeks ahead and the park crews are out preparing those for the items ahead. Businesses like Lake Shirts and Wabash have asked for expansion on trying to bring in more jobs to the area and the city is still working on find ways to get the small businesses with the bigger ones into Little Falls. If you have questions for Radermacher call him at City Hall at 320-616-5500.
--Convicted sex offender Joshua L. Holby is being released in Wadena on Tuesday, June 14th. A community notification meeting is set to take place at 3pm Sunday at the Wadena Police/Fire Hall at 121 East Colfax Ave. Entry to the meeting will be on the south side of the building where posted. Representatives from the Department of Corrections and the Wadena Police Department will be available to provide you with useful information on public safety. Holby, age, 36, was set to be released in Alexandria on June 8, but plans changed, according to a news release from the Wadena Police Department. He will live in the vicinity of Bryant Avenue Southeast. Holby was convicted of kidnapping in January 2019, a charge for which he was sentenced to be committed to the commissioner of corrections correctional facility in St. Cloud for 86 months, with 491 days credit for time served, according to the Alexandria Echo Press. He was also sentenced to pay $1,988.36 and must register as a level 3 offender.
--St. Cloud Police have cited five teens with fifth-degree assault after an altercation a week ago Thursday in a bathroom at Apollo High School. The five teens, ranging in age from 14-16 years old, are accused of punching and kicking a 15-year-old boy multiple times. All of the teens involved were current students at Apollo. The 15-year-old boy sustained injuries that did not require medical attention at the time of the investigation. St. Cloud School District 742 Administration is also taking administrative action with the students that have been cited in this case.
--Swanville Schools announced they will have a send off at 12:20pm today as they escort their 2 track and field state participants, Nicholas Mettler and Alyssa Young, out of town with fire trucks going North on DeGraff Avenue towards the fire hall leaving the school parking lot again at 12:20pm today in Swanville.
--A 20-year-old Fergus Falls man drowned in Detroit Lake on Wednesday after jumping into the water from a pontoon. At 5:39pm, Becker County Emergency Dispatch received a call about the man who failed to resurface after jumping into the water from a nearby pontoon on Detroit Lake. Becker County Sheriff's Deputies and members of the Detroit Lakes Police Department were on the water and responding to the reported drowning location south of Holiday Inn Lakefront. After about a three-hour search of the area, the body of Jette Kriston Frandson, 20, of Fergus Falls, was located in about 29 feet of water and recovered. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Frandson was on the lake with three other friends who said that, after Frandson jumped in, the wind began pushing the pontoon away from him as he began to struggle in the water. All three friends jumped into the water at separate times in attempts to rescue their friend. Frandson was not wearing a life preserver.
--A man charged with going through a red light and causing a crash at County Road 75 and 33rd Street South in St. Cloud last fall has pleaded guilty. Twenty-nine-year-old Luke Graditi has pleaded guilty to one count of criminal vehicular operation causing substantial bodily harm and leaving the scene of the crash. The crash happened when Graditi went through the red light and struck two other vehicles on September 29th. Police say Graditi then fled the scene on foot. Two passengers in Graditi's SUV suffered serious injuries. The maximum penalty for the charge is three years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Graditi will be sentenced on October 3rd.
--The Little Falls School Board meets Monday at 5pm at the Community Middle School Media Center. Agenda items include the 2022-2023 budget approval, they will also run down the list of donations from the Day of Caring held in May.
--Weekend events include Holy Family Heritage Festival Sunday with polka Mass at 10:30, hamburgers, brats, food booths, lots of kids games, silent auction, country store, and a live raffle at 3:30pm with fifty cash prizes. All happening this Sunday on the parish grounds.
NATIONAL NEWS
--All five U.S. Marines on board an Osprey were killed when the aircraft crashed in the California desert near the Arizona border. No additional details were provided in the Marine Corps statement. The MV-22B Osprey went down at 12:25pm. Wednesday during training in a remote area in Imperial County near the community of Glamis, about 115 miles (185 kilometers) east of San Diego.
WEATHER
TODAY= partly cloudy, few afternoon sprinkles, high 78.
TONIGHT= shower or T-storm possible, low near 55.
SATURDAY= showers & storms early, then sunny, high 78, low 58.
SUNDAY= sunny skies, late PM storm possible, high 80, low 60.
MONDAY= showers & storms likely, warm, humid, high 86, low 64.
SPORTS
HS SB= Upsala lost to Randolph 5-1 and then lost 5-1 to Wabasha-Kellogg to be eliminated at the State Softball Tournament Thursday. Brainerd won both games and in state title game for 4A today.
TWINS= Twins get 5 homeruns last night against the Yankees but fell in the end as Yankees came back to win 10-7 against the Twins bullpen. Twins host Tampa Rays starting tonight at Target Field. Pregame tonight 6:30pm, Saturday 12:30pm and Sunday begins with Inside Twins at noon on Q92 WYRQ.