NEWS
--On Wednesday authorities responded to a remote location in Crow Wing County of a medical emergency that turned out fatal. At 5:37pm the sheriffs office received a call from an individual who reported a medical situation on a remote trail in the Stewart Lake area in Timothy Township. The male reported that he was assisting the victim, 71 year old, David Willard Zvorak, of Pine River in attempting to get his ATV unstuck. It was then that Zvorak appeared to suffer a medical episode, falling to the ground, unconscious. Emergency personnel had a difficult time locating Zvorak and several became stuck on the trails themselves. A MN DNR Officer was the first to locate the victim and attempted lifesaving efforts. Shortly after, Deputies, North Ambulance personnel, and the Ideal Fire Dept. arrived on scene and assisted. After some time of lifesaving efforts, Zvorak was pronounced deceased on scene. Sheriff Scott Goddard said, “This was a difficult rescue situation due to the very remote area and the conditions of the trails. I want to thank all agencies and personnel involved for assisting on the tragic event.” The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Ideal Fire Dept., North Ambulance, MN DNR, and the Crow Wing County Drone Team.
--Sartell Police say the suspect involved in a drive-by shooting last month has been arrested. Forty-seven-year-old Gregory Parker was found in Olive Branch, Mississippi early Wednesday morning. Back in April authorities say a 56-year old man was driving his car when another car pulled up to him and fired a shot at his vehicle and fled the scene. Sartell Deputy Chief Wayne Schreiner says the Desoto County Sheriff's Department received a positive hit from a license plate reader at the Tennessee/Mississippi state line matching the license plate and saying the driver was wanted by Sartell Police. Deputies found the vehicle and arrested Parker for his outstanding warrant and he was taken to the Desoto County Jail.
--St. Cloud Police are looking for witnesses who may have seen a drive-by shooting along West St. Germain Street Wednesday afternoon. Dispatch received calls shortly after 12:00pm that multiple gunshots were being fired involving two vehicles in the 2900 block of West St. Germain Street. Officers arrived on scene and were unable to find either vehicle. However, there was evidence found at the scene indicating shots had been fired from one vehicle toward another. No one has reported any injuries and there was no damage found at the scene. The St. Cloud Criminal Investigation Unit is handling the analysis of the incident and it does not appear random. If anyone has information on the incident, call the St. Cloud Police Department or Tri-County Crimestoppers.
--Two people are hurt after a chain-reaction crash in Sauk Rapids Wednesday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says 70-year-old Susan Theising of Rice was heading south on Highway 15 just after 8:30 a.m. when she rear-ended vehicles in front of her at 18th Street. According to the patrol, Theising's vehicle hit a pick-up and an SUV with the impact to the SUV causing it to hit another pickup. Theising was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the first pickup, 51-year-old Jeff George of Rice also was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The other two drivers involved in the crash were not hurt.
--The Little Falls City Council meets Monday night at the City Hall Council Chambers at 7:30 with a special work session before that.
--A reminder to motorists on Highway 27 to please give extra time around the detour. As Highway 27 construction continues, stop lights at bank square and 4th street are now off or flicker red to stop in the intersection to get through, streetlights been 4th street through the road work area have been turned off as electrical, underground work continues on the large reconstruction project. Because of this intersections around the detour from Front Street to 1st Avenue Southeast to 4th Street East have become more congested at certain times of the day are even controlled by local law enforcement. Please follow the signed detours, abide by the signals of the law enforcement officer controlling traffic and slow down in areas with congestion as construction continues into August on this portion of Highway 27. The Morrison County Sheriffs Office also send out a reminder as the school year winds down, they continue to urge people to pay more attention while driving. Always be ready to slow down or stop if needed around school buses, farm implement machinery, construction zones, bicyclists, pedestrians and the list goes on. With the warmer weather we will see increased traffic and authorities are asking everyone to be mindful of this.
--On Wednesday afternoon the local DNR and Little Falls Fire Department responded to a permit burn that got out of control. It occurred at the address of 13386 Hilton Road in Little Falls Township. The fire was quickly contained by authorities. There were no injuries.
--On Thursday May 9th members of the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office and agents of the Lakes Area Drug Investigative Division (LADID), assisted the FBI in executing a search warrant at a residence located on the 27000 block of Beaver Dam Drive in Pequot Lakes. Arrested in the investigation was 33-year old Nicholas Ronald Wynn. While executing the FBI warrant, agents located a large amount of methamphetamine. LADID agents then applied for and received another search warrant for the narcotics. As a result of the warrant, approximately 1.1 pounds of methamphetamine was located with an estimated street value of over $50,000. These four large pieces of methamphetamine are consistent with those coming from a Mexican meth lab. Also located was nearly an ounce of cocaine.
--Weekend events include the Rock-n-Run Saturday morning at the athletic complex north of Little Falls, events at the Morrison County Historical Society, Carnegie Library and others organizations hosting items this weekend. Get details on events at fallsradio.com.
WEATHER
TODAY= partly to mostly cloudy, high 64.
TONIGHT= showers & storms likely, low 42.
SATURDAY= showers likely, gusty winds, cold, high 49, low 37.
SUNDAY= showers likely, gusty winds, cold, high 43, low 34.
MONDAY= sunny skies, high near 60, low around 40.
SPORTS
TWINS= Castro, Kepler, Cron and Buxton hit homers and Miguel Sano returned to the lineup with a double as Twins beat Seattle 11-6 last night. Twins continue series in Seattle tonight, pregame tonight and Saturday at 8:30pm and Inside Twins starts at 2pm Sunday with game to follow on Q92 WYRQ.
VL= The KLTF Victory League Game of the Week Sunday is Randall at Swanville at 1:30pm on KLTF and fallsradio.com.
SB= Pierz high school softball playoffs Monday on FM94 KFML.