NEWS
--A Sauk Rapids man has been formally charged in an attempted train-jacking on Tuesday morning. Forty-year-old Samuel Hohman is charged with 2nd degree assault and 1st degree criminal damage to property. Court documents didn't indicate a motive behind the attack that caused several thousand dollars of damage.
--Today is the deadline for Minnesota businesses and residents affected by the severe storms and flooding from June 23 to 24 to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The declaration covers Morrison County and the adjacent counties of Benton, Cass, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Stearns and Todd in Minnesota. For small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations, the SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster. Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance is available regardless of whether the business suffered any physical property damage. Applicants may be eligible for a loan amount increase of up to 20 percent of their physical damages, as verified by the SBA for mitigation purposes. Eligible mitigation improvements may include a safe room or storm shelter, sump pump, French drain, or retaining wall to help protect property and occupants from future damage caused by a similar disaster. Disaster loan information and application forms can also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (if you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services) or sending an email to DisasterCustomerService@sba.gov. Loan applications can also be downloaded from sba.gov/disaster. Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage is today September 23rd, 2022. The deadline to return economic injury applications is April 25, 2023.
--Back on Sunday at approximately 8:26pm, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center received a report of a motor vehicle crash involving two vehicles at the intersection of County Road 145 and County Road 44 in Lynden Township. Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the scene and determined that a 2015 Honda Odyssey, driven by Jason Lee Noordmans, 34, of Monticello was traveling eastbound on County Road 145 approaching County Road 44. This intersection is controlled by stop signs for eastbound traffic on County Road 145 and westbound traffic on Count Road 46. Noordmans failed to stop at the stop sign and struck a 2016 GMC Sierra driven by Jeffrey Thomas Huston, 36, of Alexandria, on the passenger side. Huston was traveling southbound on County Road 44 at the time of the crash. The Odyssey was occupied by four other members of the Noordmans family: Alison Noordmans, 32, and their three children, Selah, 6, Taytum, 3 and Asher 9 mos. Both vehicles came to rest in the east ditch on Co. Rd. 44. Both vehicles appeared to have rolled over, and the Honda Odyssey came to rest on its passenger side. There were minor injuries to all involved drivers and passengers. Taytum Noordmans and Jeffrey Huston were both transported to the St. Cloud Hospital for further treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Jason Noordmans was cited for the stop sign violation.
--The Pierz City Council meets Monday at 7pm at Pierz City Hall.
--City of Little Falls Administrator Jon Radermacher and Superintendent of Little Falls Community Schools Greg Johnson will be the guests Monday at 8:30am on KLTF Community Program. The two will discuss the latest developments from the previous school board meeting with working together on the childcare issue.
--Stearns County prosecutors have dismissed the charges against a man accused of shooting another man behind the Lunds-Byerly's in St. Cloud. Twenty-two-year-old Daysean Lee was charged with drive-by shooting and 2nd degree assault with a dangerous weapon. The victim was shot in the face in February 2021. The bullet wound required the victim to undergo surgery for a broken jaw. Another suspect, 27-year-old Bob Hester Jr. has a hearing next month. A third man was arrested but not formally charged. Court records don't indicate how the dispute started but outlined that the victim had a confrontation with the suspects at the Speedway store on Division Street just moments before the shooting.
--The waterfowl hunting season starts in Minnesota Saturday and that includes ducks, coots and mergansers. In the north zone in Minnesota the hunt continues through November 22 while in the Central Zone and South Zone the hunting dates are September 24 through October 2 and again from October 8 – November 27.
--A Minnesota soldier will finally be home and at rest, nearly 80 years after being shot down over Romania in the midst of World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Donald R. Duchene will be interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery on October 5th. A funeral service will precede the burial. Duchene, a St. Paul native, was a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator crew that was struck by enemy anti-aircraft fire on August 1st 1943 while on a bombing run against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified, and were buried along with others as unknowns in the hero section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania. Donald Duchene was just 19 years old.
DEATH NOTICES
--Edward “Bud” Allerman, age 88 of Little Falls
WEATHER
TODAY= showers and T-storms likely, breezy, high 54.
TONIGHT= showers and T-storms likely, breezy, low 48.
SATURDAY= AM showers, then cloudy, high 66, low near 44.
SUNDAY= sunny and windy, high 65, low around 40.
MONDAY= sunny skies, cooler and breezy, high 60, low 35.
SPORTS
HS FB= Little Falls at Albany tonight 7pm on AM960 KLTF.
HS FB= Pierz at Rockford tonight 7pm on 94ROCKS KFML.
TWINS= Kansas City sweeps the Twins Thursday with a 4-1 win to take all three games in KC. The Twins open series with LA Angels tonight at home, pregame begins at 6:30pm, Saturday at 5:30pm and Sunday Inside Twins begins at noon on Q92 WYRQ.
COL FB= Gophers at Michigan State 2:30pm Saturday.
NFL= Vikings host Detroit Sunday at noon.
TODAY IN HISTORY
IN 1952= Richard Nixon gives his famous Checkers speech.
IN 1957= That'll be the Day hits #1 for Buddy Holly & Crickets.
IN 1962= The Jetson's debut on ABC TV.
IN 1977= Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels.