NEWS
--An incident that began in Osakis Thursday morning ended with a Stearns County Deputy shot in the forearm with an arrow from a compound bow. The suspect was then shot by officers. More than one officer from different agencies fired their weapons. It is unclear at this time who shot the suspect. The suspect was shot in the left shoulder, the buttocks and had a grazing wound to one of his hands. A black pickup stolen from Osakis exited into Sauk Centre just after 10:00am and pulled into the John Deere lot and then ran into a building. The vehicle drove through multiple backyards and smashed into parked vehicles. The vehicle sped towards a residential neighborhood and smashed through a garage on 10th Street. The suspect, described as a 31-year old man from the Osakis/Alexandria area, ran into a home through an unlocked door. Officers from Stearns County, Sauk Centre, Minnesota State Patrol, Melrose Police and Osakis Police tried to clear the home. The suspect appeared with a compound bow from the second floor of the home and shot Stearns Deputy Paul Orvis through the left forearm with a target arrow. The compound bow belonged to the homeowner. Officers fired their weapons at the suspect striking him more than once. Officers and then SWAT Team negotiators started talking from the downstairs to the upstairs with the suspect. He told officers that he had been shot. After nearly two hours, the suspect appeared from the top floor, was tasered and taken into custody. He was brought by ambulance to the Sauk Centre Hospital. He was taken by Life Link Helicopter to St. Cloud Hospital for further treatment of his wounds. Deputy Orvis was in surgery to remove the arrow shaft and treat a possible broken arm. Deputy Orvis is a 17 year veteran with the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office. He was listed in good condition Thursday. The St. Cloud Police Department will handle the assault investigation of Deputy Orvis. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation will handle the shooting investigation. Homes in the neighborhood of the incident were evacuated by officers. There was no immediate threat to the general public. Sauk Centre Schools also went into lockdown.
--At a recent Upsala City Council meeting it was requested and approved by vote to re-establish the town’s noon time whistle. A request from a resident said many residents and business owners found themselves surprised when the whistle suddenly didn’t go off anymore. Mayor Rollie Johnson apologized that the city did not open it up for discussion before deciding to turn it off. The decision to turn off the noon time whistle came after a resident complained about the sound last month. According to the resident who asked the council to reestablish it, the whistle was a thing of the past and wasn’t relied upon as it had been back in the day. After the Council approved re-establishing the noontime whistle, the city maintenance man turned it on the next day and now the noon whistle is blowing again.
--A very busy weekend, Albany Pioneer Days today through Sunday, Man vs. Beast Rodeo Saturday and Sunday at Morrison County Fairgrounds, Brainerd Snodeo's grass drag races tonight and Saturday at Crow Wing County Fairgrounds, Jason Schommer performs tomorrow night at Great River Arts, End of Summer Bash at West Side Bar Saturday with JZ and The Dark, St. Michael's Parish bazaar Sunday in Buckman, Winter Wonderland registration night Sunday at 4pm at Exchange Arena in Little Falls. More details on the list of events can be found at fallsradio.com community calendar.
--The Minnesota National Guard presented the Minnesota Department of Transportation with a certificate of appreciation for its support of National Guard and Reserve military members who are also MnDOT employees and for receiving the 2018 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. Minnesota National Guard Adjutant General Major General Jon Jensen presented the certificate of appreciation Wednesday. MnDOT received the Freedom award August 24th at the Pentagon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The award is the highest U.S. government honor to employers for support of National Guard and Reserve employees. Established in 1972, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is a U.S. Department of Defense agency that seeks to promote a culture in which all American employers support and value the military service of their employees.
--Minnesota Monthly Magazine has named their Top 10 finalists for the Best Town in Minnesota. Little Falls has made the list as one of the 10 cities. Voting runs now through October 12th at bestmntown.com. You can vote up to 10 times per day.
--Motorists who travel Highway 210 in Brainerd and Baxter should plan additional time for travel, and consider alternate routes, as segments of the road are intermittently reduced to a single lane now through September 21st. Motorists should plan for the following: Segments of Highway 210 between Golf Course Road in Baxter and Crow Wing County Highway 3/Eighth Avenue Northeast in Brainerd will be reduced to a single lane through September 20th, this started Wednesday night that both directions of Highway 210 between East River Road/First Street and South Seventh Street will be reduced to a single lane from 7pm to 6am through September 21st. The daytime closures are needed while maintenance crews repair pavement along Highway 210. The overnight closures are needed to complete utility work as part of a larger project to reconstruct and improve Business Highway 371/South Sixth Street in Brainerd.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
--Andy and Angie Petersen of Cushing, a girl born Sept 12th.
--Genesis Wolfe and Sazusha Fergeson of Little Falls, boy Sept. 12th
DEATH NOTICE
--Scott O. Okerman, age 59 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
TODAY= mostly cloudy, isolated PM storms, high 80.
TONIGHT= cloudy, muggy, isolated storms, low 70.
SATURDAY= sunny skies, warm, high 86, isolated T-storm possible.
SUNDAY= sunny and warm, high 84, storms late night, low 67.
MONDAY= storms likely, turning cooler, high 75, low 53.
SPORTS
HS FB= Albany at Little Falls tonight 7pm on AM960 KLTF
HS FB= Maple Lake at Pierz tonight 7pm on FM94 KFML
COL FB= Gophers host Miami of Ohio Saturday 1:30pm on KLTF.
NFL= The Vikings travel to Lambeau Field to take on the Green Bay Packers Sunday at noon on AM960 KLTF. Will Aaron Rodgers play?
TWINS= Kansas City beats Twins last night 6-4. Twins continue series at Kansas City this weekend, pregame coverage tonight at 6:30, Saturday at 5:30 and Sunday starting with Inside Twins at noon, all live on Q92 WYRQ.