NEWS
--Today is day two of the Dairy Days event at Coborn's from 10am-6:00pm. Grilling is scheduled to be in the front of the store. Get a cheeseburger, milk and ice cream for $3. Join KLTF Party Line live today from 10-12 inside Coborn's with special guests talking agriculture and dairy topics.
--The Minnesota Military Museum is currently honoring Sgt. Albert H. Larson, “B” Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division in their Featured Veteran exhibit. He was one of perhaps 1,000 paratroopers to have made 4 combat jumps in WWII and live to tell the story! Albert Larson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1922. He went to High School at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, and was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Albert joined the Army at Fort Snelling in 1941, and attended basic training at Ft. Walters, Texas and airborne training at Ft Benning Ga. He then embarked on a transport ship to Casablanca, Morocco, where his unit spent time before their first combat jump during Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily on July 9, 1943. The 505th made their 2nd combat jump into Salerno, Italy on September 14, 1943. In the early morning hours of June 6. At 0300 hours in the morning, the 505th made their 3rd combat jump of the war into Normandy as part of the D Day Invasion. On June 11 Albert was wounded by a piece of shrapnel from a German mortar or artillery piece. He was evacuated to England to recover from his wounds. The 4th and last combat jump of the 505th was on September 17, 1944 during Operation Market-Garden. Albert would survive the war to come home to Minnesota, where he worked as a pressman for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He passed away on July 4, 2012 and is buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. For more information contact the museum at Camp Ripley 616-6050.
--A St. Cloud man is scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday on charges that he possessed child pornography. 46-year old Matthew George Hall is charged in Stearns County with five counts of possessing child pornography. He was charged with those five felonies after a police investigation that began more than a year ago. He admitted having several social media accounts and multiple email addresses that he accessed using his cellphone where the sites included child pornography. He also admitted that he had saved images to his cellphone of child pornography. Investigators found at least four images on Hall's phone that showed people previously identified as being minor children.
--A 25-year-old woman was arrested Thursday and could face charges after she kicked the head of an officer and her dog bit a sheriff's deputy. Morgan Lynn Knutson could face charges including fourth-degree assault, terroristic threats and driving under the influence. After the incident Knutson was taken to CentraCare Health-Sauk Centre Hospital and was transferred to the St. Cloud Hospital for evaluation. Both officers were treated at CentraCare Health-Sauk Centre Hospital and released. The dog was under quarantine.
--An Aitkin woman was injured Tuesday afternoon when she struck a school bus with her vehicle. Nicole R. Laird was taken to an area hospital with non life threatening injuries. The bus had stopped on Dove Street in Aitkin County with lights flashing, when Laird was unable to stop in time, swerved to the right but still clipped the bus. None of the 14 students nor the driver on the bus were hurt.
--The Little Falls Fire Department responded to a pair of gas leaks this week. Little Falls Fire Chief Mike Nieman wants to remind residents to call 811 before any digging or construction work so you don't accidentally puncture a gas line.
--A court document filed in the federal child pornography case against Danny Heinrich makes the strongest statement to date that law enforcement believe Heinrich is linked to the abduction of Jacob Wetterling. The prosecution's filing asks a judge to deny Heinrich's motion to suppress evidence and statements and his request to change the venue of his child pornography trial. It details the similarities between the Wetterling abduction in October 1989, the abduction and sexual assault of Cold Spring newspaper carrier Jared Scheierl in January of 1989 and a string of sexual assaults on young boys in the Paynesville area in the mid- to late-1980s. The prosecution's filing reads: "The presence of the defendant’s DNA on the sleeve of the Cold Spring victim [Scheierl], the similarity of manner in which the attacks were conducted, their geographic proximity, the sexual motivation of the offenses, the similarity of ages and gender of the victims, the similar physical description of the suspect, the tire tracks and footprints at the scene of the Wetterling abduction — all link the offenses to each other and to the defendant". Heinrich has not been charged with any crimes relating to the abductions and sexual assaults. When Heinrich was arrested on child pornography charges, investigators referred to him as a "person of interest" in the Wetterling abduction. He has maintained his innocence in the Wetterling and Scheierl cases. According to records, FBI agents interviewed Heinrich on December 16th, 1989 about Wetterling, and he told them he couldn’t recall where he was on January 13th, 1989 when Scheierl was kidnapped and assaulted, or on October 22nd, 1989 when Jacob disappeared.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
--It was reported by medical examiners Thursday that Pop Music Icon Prince died from an overdose of Fentanyl a prescription painkiller.
DEATH NOTICES
--Dorothy P. (Viehauser) Johnson, age 95 of Little Falls.
--Beatrice (BeBe) Peterson, wife of Pastor Harvey Peterson.
--Caumayne Johnson, age 80 Hillman
WEATHER
TODAY= showers with strong storms in afternoon, high 71.
TONIGHT= storms in evening, some strong, low 55.
SATURDAY= cloudy, breezy, slight chance of storms, high 65, low 51.
SUNDAY= sunny and breezy, high 75, clear night low 52.
MONDAY= sunny skies, breezy, high 68, clear night low 48.
SPORTS
HS BAB= Little Falls beat Bemidji 3-0, and Pierz beat Melrose 8-2, both Little Falls and Pierz continue playoffs next week.
HS SB= Pequot Lakes ended Pierz season 7-5 in playoff softball.
TWINS= Eduardo Nunez has an inside the park home run and the Twins battle back to beat Rays 6-4 Thursday. Twins and Rays continue series tonight 6:30pm, Saturday 2:30 and Sunday at 12:30pm all games live on Q92 WYRQ.
VL= Opole at Randall Sunday at 1:30pm on AM960 KLTF.