NEWS
--The streets of Little Falls will be busy this weekend with the Arts and Crafts Fair, Antiques and Collectibles Fair Saturday and Sunday and the Lone Eagle Auto Club's Car show Sunday at the county fairgrounds. Motorists and pedestrians are asked to play it safe this weekend, watch for each other, be courteous and patient with the uptick of traffic flow. Law Enforcement reminds visitors and vendors to make sure that all valuables at night or left unattended in vehicles are locked up. Report any suspicious activity to law enforcement.
--The Minnesota State Patrol was kept busy with a number of accidents in the past days. Last night, a 40-year-old Otsego woman was seriously injured when her vehicle rolled in St Michael of Wright County. Tracy Carlson was taken to HCMC. Around 7:30am yesterday morning two people were hurt in an accident on Highway 210 in Crow Wing County. Shawna Hill and Lindsey Bennett both from Breezy Point were treated at the Crosby hospital. Then on Wednesday morning two were injured on Highway 10 south of Little Falls at 113th Street. Samantha Monnier of Little Falls turned onto Highway 10 and was struck by Guy Johnson of Rice. The 79-year-old Johnson and his passenger Judith Schehr of Rice had non-life threatening injuries and treated in Little Falls and back on Tuesday the Stearns County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a one vehicle accident. 55-year-old Joseph Gerads sustained non-life-threatening injuries from the crash and taken to Melrose Hospital.
--Drug agents with the Lakes Area Drug Investigative Division confiscated methamphetamine along with several rounds of ammunition in a drug bust Friday at a residence within one block of Memorial Park on Mill Avenue in Brainerd. Three people were arrested after LADID executed a search warrant at the residence on 10th Avenue Northeast in Brainerd. Two of the people, 28-year old Benjamin M. Hofius and 23-year old Ciarra A. Hofius who reside at the residence, were charged Tuesday in Crow Wing County District Court in Brainerd with third degree possession of a controlled substance near a park. The third person, a 29-year old man, was arrested for violating his probation for fifth degree drug possession and third degree drug sale. According to the probable cause document filed against the defendants, drug agents located two Tupperware dishes with dried white residue, which field-tested positive for methamphetamine. Multiple boxes of ammunition and a 40-caliber pistol magazine were located in a backpack behind the door, in addition to other ammunition, including 158 rounds of 9 mm, 33 rounds of 22 caliber and 73 rounds of 40 caliber. According to court records, Ciarra Hofius is serving on probation for a previous charge of third degree drug sale and is not allowed to be in possession of ammunition or weapons.
--Law enforcement and retailers are sending out a reminder to cashiers to watch for counterfeit 20-dollar bills after a bank in Pine River and another in Brainerd reported getting bills with red almost like Oriental markings embedded into the bill. They are reminding consumers, retailers and others to look at the bills closely to make sure they are legit or take to a bank so they can use a special type of pen to verify if the bill is real.
--Motorists will encounter night work and lane closures on Highway 210/Washington Street in Brainerd next week beginning Monday. Both lanes will be worked on 7pm-6am through mid-October.
--A recent traffic stop in Benton County resulted in the arrest of one person for possession of suspected methamphetamine. About 11:15am Monday a Benton County patrol sergeant was driving on in Minden Township when he observed the vehicle approaching him was displaying registration tabs from 2017. The patrol sergeant made contact with the driver, 61-year old Virgil Timothy Pouliot of Gilman. Pouliot indicated that he knew the registration on the vehicle was expired. While speaking with the driver, the patrol sergeant noted that the passenger, 48-year old Gregory Werdin Borth of St. Cloud, was exhibiting physical indications that Borth had recently been using controlled substances. Pouliot was asked to provide proof of liability insurance for the vehicle, but was unable to do so. The patrol sergeant conducted a warrant check on Borth and learned that Borth had an active arrest warrant from Stearns County for 5th Degree Controlled Substance Crime. Borth was placed under arrest for this warrant. When Borth was searched, the patrol sergeant found drug paraphernalia and several small baggies containing suspected methamphetamine. Inside Borth’s backpack the patrol sergeant found drug paraphernalia, hypodermic needles, several small packages containing residue of suspected methamphetamine. Pouliot was cited at the scene of the stop for the vehicle registration violation and failure to provide proof of insurance. Borth was transported to the Benton County Jail and held on his warrant from Stearns County and his new charges of 5th Degree Controlled Substance Crime and Possession of Hypodermic Needles.
--Other weekend events include Rock the Prairie in Albany Saturday, crafts events in Rice this weekend, St. Paul in Royalton rummage and bake sale Saturday, book sale at library today and tomorrow, parish festivals in Long Prairie and Onamia on Sunday and a come and get it Slovenia style breakfast Sunday at Our Lady of Lourdes. Get details on events at fallsradio.com then community calendar.
HOLLYWOOD
--Movie Star Burt Reynolds passed away yesterday at the age of 82. Reynolds was known for many roles including starring in the Smokey and the Bandit series, the Longest Yard and Cannonball Run.
DEATH NOTICES
--Susan Woller, age 69 of Upsala.
--Alan Gave, age 68 of Onamia.
--Andrew Holen, age 87 of Onamia.
--Mary Austin, age 87 of Pierz.
WEATHER
TODAY= sunny skies, high 71, clear night, low 50.
SATURDAY= sunny skies, high near 70, low around 50.
SUNDAY= partly cloudy, breezy, high 74, low around 52.
MONDAY= isolated T-storms possible, high 68, low 56.
SPORTS
HS FB= Little Falls at Delano tonight 7pm on AM960 KLTF
HS FB= Pierz at Holdingford tonight 7pm on FM94 KFML.
TWINS= Twins (63-76) host Kansas City tonight 6:30, Saturday at 5:30 and Sunday at 12:30pm all live on Q92 WYRQ.
COL FB= Gophers host Fresno State Saturday 5:30pm on KLTF.
NFL= Vikings host San Francisco Sunday at noon on KLTF.