NEWS
--Authorities have charged one man in a shooting incident in Avon Tuesday that seriously injured another man. But, the alleged trigger man is still on the loose. According to the criminal complaint, 20-year-old Grant Monaghan of St. Cloud is charged with aiding and abetting 1st-degree aggravated robbery and aiding and abetting 2nd-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. Court records show the shooting happened in a gun deal gone bad. The incident happened in the 300 block of Char Avenue Northeast in Avon Tuesday morning. Police were called to the scene after an 18-year-old man said he was shot in the chest. The victim was airlifted to a hospital where he underwent surgery. Court records show Monaghan turned himself in and provided details on the shooting. Monaghan said it was another man who shot the victim during a deal to sell a gun. Monaghan said the shooter robbed the victim of the money and shot him once in the chest. Authorities are still searching for the other man.
--The Royalton Schools are wishing good luck to their 14 BPA students as they compete today at the state meet. Joseph Achen: Personal Financial Management, Nick Block: Banking and Finance AND Personal Financial Management, Baley Bueckers: Podcast Production Team, Jenna Dalton: Administrative Support Team AND Fundamental Word Processing, Melanie Erickson: Administrative Support Team, Aaron Gleisner: Entrepreneurship, Brady Hill: Digital Communication and Design Concepts, Kelsey Hill: Administrative Support Team, Wyatt Klosowski: Podcast Production Team and Information Technology Concepts, Orlando Ramirez: Podcast Production Team, Isaac Ramos: Business Law and Ethics, Adon Ripple: Podcast Production Team and Entrepreneurship, Nathan Spencer: Banking and Finance, Michael Zimmerman: Digital Media Production and Device Configuration and Troubleshooting and Digital Communication and Design Concepts.
--Governor Tim Walz stopped in St. Cloud at noon yesterday on his statewide public safety tour and held a roundtable discussion focused on what his $300 million public safety plan would mean for St. Cloud and communities across the state. Under the Walz-Flanagan Budget to Move Minnesota Forward, St. Cloud would receive nearly $1.2 million per year. This roundtable discussion follows recent public safety meetings the Governor and Lieutenant Governor have had with community leaders in Stillwater, St. Louis Park, Duluth, Brooklyn Park, Eagan, and North Minneapolis.
--The Minnesota State legislature is expected to look at walleye limits on Minnesota lakes during the legislative session. Some special interest groups are pushing for the walleye limit to move from 6 to 4 fish. Some lakes like Leech Lake already have a 4 walleye limit. There isn't any biological evidence that moving from 6 to a 4 walleye limit will benefit the walleye population as overall right now the DNR says the walleye population in the state is mostly good. This has been brought up at the Capitol in the past but has yet to ever pass.
--Weekend events include Kinship Fish Fry tonight at the Little Falls VFW from 4:30-7pm, along with many other fish fries in the area tonight on a Friday. There is a Lenten Womens Retreat Saturday at Holy Family-Belle Prairie, A tour of the Lindbergh site and house by Mrs. Lindbergh 1-3pm Saturday, Holy Trinity School Carnival Sunday from 11am-3pm at the school in Pierz with games and a large cash raffle and the rescheduled wedding open house at Linden Hill Sunday from 11am-2pm in Little Falls. Details on events at fallsradio.com then click on community calendar tab.
--Twenty-two Brainerd parents want School Board members to resign and pay punitive damages related to the district’s face covering mandate this year. The district’s legal counsel, however, says there’s no legal basis for the demands. Brainerd School Board members received “notice of wrongdoing and demand for redress” documents Wednesday, March 9, signed by 22 district parents. In short, the parents are demanding board members — along with Superintendent Laine Larson and Assistant Superintendent Heidi Hahn — resign by April 1 and each pay every parent complainant $250,000 in damages. The face covering mandate, which is no longer in effect, required staff, students and all visitors to district buildings to wear a mask or face shield while inside the building, with certain exceptions made for athletes competing in sports and for those with identified medical or behavioral needs. The board began phasing out masking requirements in mid-February.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
--A reminder that Sunday Daylight Saving Time returns. Turn your clocks ahead one hour before 2am Sunday or before bed Saturday night to be on time for things on Sunday. This is also a good time to check smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to make sure they are working properly in case of an emergency. “Spring Ahead Sunday”. Daylight Saving Time's history goes back into the 1780s when they thought a 23 hour day in the winter and 25 hour day in the summer seems logical. It was not implemented in some the U.S. until 1916 and more common during World War II and then the energy crisis that was occurring in the 1970s. So spring ahead on Sunday 2am.
DEATH NOTICES
--LouAnn “Nana” Ebnet, age 70 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
TODAY= partly cloudy, very windy, high 7, wind gusts to 35mph.
TONIGHT= clear, cold and windy, low -14, wind chills near -30.
SATURDAY= increasing clouds, flurries in evening, high 25, low 21.
SUNDAY= sunny and warmer, high 37, rain/snow late, low 23.
MONDAY= flurries and drizzle early, then PM sun, high 33, low 18.
SPORTS
HS GBB= tonight’s Pierz vs. Pequot Lakes girls basketball section championship game has been moved to Brainerd High School at 7pm. The winner advances to the state tournament. Good luck to Pierz tonight and hear the action live on 94ROCKS KFML.
HS BBB= Pierz boys win at Eveleth-Gilbert last night 56-37 and will take on Esko Saturday at 11am in Hermantown on 94ROCKS KFML. Other boys teams Swanville, Browerville and Albany won their games while Royalton, Upsala, Holdingford, Foley, Pillager and Staples-Motley saw their seasons come to an end on Thursday night.
COL HK= Gophers vs. Penn State in the Big 10 Hockey Tournament semi-finals Saturday night, puck drop at 8pm on AM960 KLTF.
HS BHK= State Boys Hockey Tournament wraps up on Saturday.
MLB= Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association reportedly have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective-bargaining agreement Thursday, ending the league's 99-day lockout of the players and salvaging a 162-game season. Players are to report for training camp on Sunday and the first spring training games will begin on March 17th with spring training going one extra week. The regular season is expected to start on April 7th.