Little Falls Radio News
Friday, September 27th 2019
NEWS
–Little Falls City Council member Frank Gosiak spoke on KLTF Thursday about the Camp Ripley Veterans State Trail which will have a portion open on Saturday afternoon. Gosiak said it has been 10 years for the idea to become a reality and the best way to show it off is to host a ribbon cutting ceremony on the Bike to Park Day which falls on Saturday nationally. The trail will be for now from Mill Park to Lindbergh State Park on the southwest side of Little Falls. You can go over the Mississippi River bridge if you need to get to the west side and Gosiak said that bikes can go onto the newly paved area on the other side of the railroad tracks to get to Lindbergh Drive South and down to the park. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be at 2pm with Senator Paul Gazelka, Representative Ron Kresha, Mayor Greg Zylka and many other dignitaries in attendance to open the trail between Mill Park to Lindbergh State Park. Gosiak said the hope is still to have a trail that runs to Camp Ripley past the parks that are open this weekend and down to the Soo Line Trail near Royalton.
–Last week in Long Prairie decorative street lamps that lined Central Avenue had to be taken down. The lights have been in place for over 10 years, but were starting to break and corrode. In addition the company that produced the original lights is no longer in business. Since then many have voiced their opinion in the matter. Long Prairie Mayor Jodi Dixon joined posted this to her own Facebook page: To the citizens of Long Prairie: I was informed that many members of the city are upset that the decorative lights are being removed on Central Avenue. I understand your concern regarding this. Unfortunately, they had to be removed. The bases were all corroded and they were falling down on their own, or with little assistance of community members. They were a huge hazard to have around. The city looked into fixing them by replacing parts. However, the company that made them is now defunct. We are making progress on fixing Central Avenue. To continue progress, changes need to be done. Safety for all is our main concern. Next year new light poles will be put in. Not sure of the style yet. Cost and candlepower will both be taken into consideration. Thank you for your understanding.
–Members of the Minnesota National Guard participated in a cultural exchange event with youth from the Mille lacs Band of Ojibwe and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe recently at Camp Ripley. Students form the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, Onamia Public Schools and Nay-Ah-Shing Schools were welcomed onto Camp Ripley Friday. The event allowed the participants to share in a cultural exchange while contributing in the harvesting of sage grown on the installation as well as the planting of natural prairie plants and to share in information about the National Guard and Native American Culture.
–There are many events this weekend. Today Holy Trinity in Pierz has their marathon this afternoon, spaghetti supper at Immanuel Lutheran in Hillman tonight, fall bazaar Saturday at Grace United in St. Cloud, Kids Day at the Morrison County Fairgrounds from 9-11:30, there is the ribbon cutting ceremony for the bike trail at Lindbergh State Park Saturday afternoon, from 1-3 bike to the park and see what was done with the Camp Ripley Veterans State Trail, Cheers to Morrison County is Saturday VIP at 2, general admission at 3pm at the Camp Ripley Hanger-a fundraiser for Morrison County Area Foundation, St. Michael’s in Motley has their Harvest Dinner on Sunday and Blessing of the Animals is Sunday at noon at the Washington Park in Little Falls. Details on all the events can be found by going to fallsradio.com and click on community calendar.
MORE NEWS
–Thank you to all who attended Ladies Night Out Little Falls Style yesterday. The grand prize winner was Sarah Stout of Fort Ripley who won diamond earrings valued at $1,400. We are planning another Ladies Night Out in Pierz in the early spring and look forward to our next Ladies Night Out in Little Falls next year in the early fall. Enjoy a few photos of last night at fallsradio.com.
–President Donald Trump has announced an upcoming rally in Minneapolis. The president will visit Target Center on Thursday, October 10th at 7pm. Trump is calling the rally “Keep America Great.”
The doors will open at 4pm and members of the public who are interested in going can register at the website of https://www.donaldjtrump.com/rallies/min-mn-2019-oct. “Minnesota is booming thanks to President Trump and jobs are coming back to the state,” said Michael Glassner, Chief Operating Officer of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., in a press release. “President Trump has delivered on his promises, and he looks forward to celebrating those successes with the great men and women of Minnesota.”
–We still have a few days left in September but the DNR is stating that some of the state is at peak for fall colors of the leaf foliage. As of Thursday, central Minnesota including Morrison, Cass, Crow Wing, Todd and Wadena counties are already at 50% peak, Northern Cass, Itasca, Aitkin and areas north and east of there are at 75% to at peak already. St. Cloud area is at 25%-50% peak and most of western and southern Minnesota are at 25% or less. The cold and wet conditions have not helped with fall colors this year.
WEATHER
TODAY= spotty showers early, then cloudy, high near 60.
TONIGHT= clearing skies, patchy frost late, low 35.
SATURDAY= frost early, then partly sunny, cool, high 58.
SAT NITE= rain develops after midnight, low near 45.
SUNDAY= rain early, then heavier rains in PM hours, high 65.
MONDAY= showers and strong storms likely, warmer, high 80.
SPORTS
HS FB= Pierz at Eden Valley Watkins tonight 7pm on FM94 KFML.
HS FB= Little Falls vs. St. Cloud Cathedral tonight from St. John’s University in Collegeville, kickoff at 7:30pm on AM960 KLTF.
TWINS= Twins hit their 300th and 301st homerun as a team this year in a 10-4 win over Detroit on Thursday. The Twins (99-60) finish regular season at Kansas City tonight with pregame at 6:30pm, Saturday at 5:30pm and Sunday will start with Inside Twins at 1pm on Q92 WYRQ. Then the playoffs begin for Twins next Friday.
COL FB= Gophers at Purdue Saturday with kickoff at 2:30pm, pregame begins at 12:30 Saturday on AM960 KLTF.
NFL= Vikings are at Chicago Sunday with kickoff at 3:25pm, the game is the 2nd of 3 Sunday on AM960 KLTF.
NFL= Eagles hand Green Bay first lost of season last night winning by the score of 34-27 in Green Bay, Packers are now 3-1, Eagles 2-2.
TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY
IN 1905= W.C. Handy performs first recorded Blues song.
IN 1943= Bing Crosby and Andrew Sisters record together 1st time.
IN 1964= The Beach Boys hit #1 for first time with I Get Around.
IN 1968= The Cowsills released “Hair” for the Broadway musical.
IN 1969= after released in UK a day earlier, “Abbey Road” is released in the United States by the Beatles with their famous album cover.