NEWS
--The Morrison County Sheriffs Office recently shared the following information on social media. Unfortunately scams are not going away anytime soon. These scam artists will continue to trick people and make money. One recent scam that their office received was a Postal Money Order that was written to a gentleman that posted an ad that he was selling lab pups. The money order was written for an amount greater than he was asking for the lab. The instructions from the scam artist was to cash the money order, keep the agreed upon cash for the pup and then send the remaining money back to an address in Nevada. Another scam that they recently received was regarding someone claiming to be a representative from Amazon, stating there was unusual activity/transactions on their account. The scam artist wanted to know the name of their bank so they could stop payment. The person that was called was asked to verify their name and to confirm their social security number. Just a reminder that if something appears suspicious in nature, do not give out your personal information. You can always call the business in question if you have questions. Scam artists will always put pressure on you and want answers immediately. They are convincing and this is the reason why so many people fall victim to scams. If it’s too good to be true, its more than likely a scam. Please be careful with any email, phone calls or letters that you receive that seem suspicious in nature. As always, their office is here to help anyone with questions.
--A Paynesville High School student is charged with threatening to "shoot up" the school. 18-year-old Matthew Herr-Ramirez, of Grove City, is charged with five counts of threats of violence. According to the criminal complaint, Herr-Ramirez had been making threats about bringing a gun to school and shooting students and staff. Records show a student told officers Herr-Ramirez was planning to shoot three certain staff members and a specific student. Court records show another student told police Herr-Ramirez was talking about his plans to shoot people at the school and showed the student a picture of a gun on his cell phone. Officers arrested Herr-Ramirez at his home on Monday. Police say he was in possession of an airsoft gun at the time of the arrest. His next court appearance is November 2nd.
--Two people were hurt Thursday morning at 2:01am on Highway 10 in Staples of Todd County. 22-year-old Paige Kittelson of Staples was westbound on Highway 10 left the road and rolled. Kittelson and a passenger, 27-year-old Cassandra Back of Staples were both taken to the Staples Hospital with non life threatening injuries.
--The University of Minnesota is planning to combine graduation ceremonies next May in a "University-wide commencement" at Huntington Bank Stadium, which may prevent seniors from walking across the stage to receive diplomas, according to emails sent to students this week in various colleges. The shift in venues appears related to renovations at 3M Arena at Mariucci, where many colleges typically hold individual commencements. While some schools, like the College of Biological Sciences and College of Liberal Arts, have simply described vague plans for graduation ceremonies in May, the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences were told because of the large number of graduates expected at each ceremony approximately 6,600 undergraduate students and 1,900 masters and doctoral students, the events will not include individual students walking across the stage to have their name announced and receive a diploma. The joint ceremony will focus instead on the conferral of degrees. This has given some mixed views by students.
--The Little Falls Police department responded to numerous incidents the past couple weeks. Officers did make an arrest of 34-year old Anthony Davis regarding a string of nine theft reports from August into September for a total of hundreds of dollars. Officers also investigated a burglary reported on the 400 block of 2nd Street NE last Friday. They conducted numerous traffic stops and agency assists too. If you witness suspicious activity in Little Falls, please call the police to report it so they can investigate it further.
--One person was injured in a two vehicle accident Wednesday night in Douglas County. At 9:06pm, 59-year-old Julie Johnson of Henning and 42-year-old Nathan Anderson of Antigo, Wisconsin collided in the northbound lane of Highway 29. Johnson was treated at the scene but not hospitalized while Anderson had no injuries.
--The St. Cloud V.A. is hosting an event called "Medication Take Back Day" on October 29th from 10am-2pm. The event is for the public, not just veterans. Everyone is invited to come to the medical center to safely and securely dispose of unused and expired medications. Public Affairs Director Barry Venable from the St. Cloud V.A. says people don't need them and the medication should be safely disposed of. He explains dumping them down the toilet is not the right solution. Venable indicates that they have safe ways to dispose of these medications at the V.A.
--More weekend events. Swanville Creamery and Produce Appreciation Dinner is 11am today at the Swanville Park Building. The Morrison County Animal Humane Society has a Halloween fundraiser this afternoon, Pine Grove Zoo Boofest is Saturday from 2-5pm at the zoo. There is a soup supper at Holy Cross in North Prairie on Saturday 4:30-7pm for free will offering. Trinity Lutheran of Milaca has a lutefisk, ham and potato sausage supper from 3-7pm Saturday at the church in Milaca. Pierz Legion and Auxiliary have their membership dinner on Sunday at 1pm at Frosty's in Pierz, St. Mary's in Upsala has a turkey bingo Sunday at 2pm with 20 games and a blackout game and free lunch. Then Monday is the Kinship Soup and Chili Cookoff for Kids 5-7pm. More can be seen at fallsradio.com.
--The Pierz City Council meets Monday at 7pm at Pierz City Hall.
WEATHER
TODAY= sunny skies with a high of 63.
TONIGHT= clear night, low around 40.
SATURDAY= sunny and mild, high near 70, low near 50.
SUNDAY= sunny and mild early, high 75, showers and thunderstorms develop at night some could be strong, low 51.
MONDAY= showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then cloudy and windy in the afternoon, high 60 early then dropping through 40s.
SPORTS
HS FB= Morrison County football are at home Tuesday to open the high school football playoffs. Little Falls will host St. Cloud Apollo at 7pm on AM960 KLTF. Pierz will host Melrose at 7pm on 94ROCKS and Upsala/Swanville will host Benson from Swanville at 6pm on Q92 WYRQ. Royalton got a first round bye and will play either Kimball or Atwater Cosmos-Grove City on October 29th at 2pm in Royalton.
MLB= Houston wins over Yankees again last night to take a 2-0 lead the ALCS. San Diego and Philadelphia tied at 1 each in the NLCS.
Join Little Falls Radio for live election night coverage with state and local race results on Tuesday November 8th starting at 8pm on Q92 WYRQ and AM960 KLTF.