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NEWS
–The Morrison County Sheriff ‘s Office responded to a one vehicle accident with injuries on 90th Avenue in Swan River Township near Sobieski around 4:00pm on Wednesday. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 70-year-old Kenneth Lange of Upsala was traveling south on 90th Avenue when he drove off the roadway and hit a power pole. Lange was not injured, but his passenger, 68-year-old Marlene Lange was taken to the hospital by private vehicle with unknown injuries.
–The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office responded to a one vehicle crash on County Road 10 at County Road 30, approximately 5 miles south of Albany Thursday morning. When first responders arrived, they located a female driver with a head injury. The driver, 21-year-old Rachael Naomi Wayne of St. Cloud had been traveling south bound on Co Rd 10 when she lost control going around a curve, went into the ditch, struck the embankment of Co Rd 30 and was airborne across the road. Her vehicle landed on the other side of County Road 30 and struck a utility pole. The crash caused a power outage for approximately 30 minutes while Stearns Electric crews worked to repair the lines. Wayne was transported by Melrose Ambulance from the scene to the St. Cloud Hospital.
–A 31-year-old from Sauk Centre was seriously hurt Thursday night around 9:30pm on Highway 28 in Stearns County. Gregory Thooft went off the road and drove right into a tree. Thooft was taken by ambulance to the St. Cloud Hospital with serious injuries.
–A 24-year-old from Perham was injured Thursday morning around 7:30am on Interstate 94 in Douglas County. The State Patrol said that Rachel Magnuson went off the interstate and struck some cable barriers then the guard rail. Magnuson was taken to an area hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.
–The Little Falls School Board will hold a work session today at 5:30pm at the government center with the only item being on school district facilities. Prior to that there will be their re-organizational meeting at 5:00pm with election of officers and establish schedules and take care of beginning of year items. At the meeting Superintendent Steven Jones is expected to have a resolution voted on for identifying and recommending the elimination of reduction of or modification to district services, staff, positions, programs, offerings and other areas, as needed for the 2016-17 school year and have the administration authorize the right to execute certain agreements for the upcoming school year in Little Falls.
–The Little Falls City Council meets at 7:30pm at City Hall with a number of reorganizing items for 2016 including election of officers.
–The Morrison County Commissioners will hold their first meeting of the year on Tuesday at 9:00am at the government center.
–A group of residents are coming together to help in restoring the historic Bowlus fire hall. The fire hall in Bowlus was built by workers of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s. The group’s first meeting is scheduled for January 18th at 6:30pm at Jordie’s Trailside Cafe in Bowlus. Contact Jordie Stay for more information at (320) 584-8193.
–There will be Christmas Tree Recycling at the Morrison County compost sites through January in Little Falls, Pierz and Randall. Any questions on the recycling contact Morrison County Solid Waste.
–The Little Falls Area Chamber of Commerce has named Mary Sobiech, head cook at Little Falls Community High School, as its Employee of the Month for January. Sobiech began working for the school in November of 1993.
–Three were arrested after a drug bust Sunday morning in Baxter. Baxter police spotted two vehicles in a parking lot and knowing that the business the lot was for was closed investigated the occupants. The police found 26-year-old Jason Dailey, 25-year-old David Morrison and 40-year-old Stephanie Teel-Tilbury. Police also located a single action revolver under Dailey’s seat which no one had a permit for and 10 grams of methamphetamine. Other drug paraphernalia was found inside the vehicle. Dailey and Morrison were charged with first degree possession of a control substance. Dailey as the driver was also charged for possessing a pistol without a permit. Teel Tilbury was charged with a 5th degree control substance crime.
–Winter truck load increases will begin today on unrestricted highways in the north frost zones, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Vehicles will be allowed to operate up to 10 percent over the standard legal maximum loads on unrestricted highways during the winter load increase period. However, trucks must comply with current registration, weight laws, and not exceed registered gross weight tolerances. Drivers should check with local agencies before increasing any weights on city, county and township routes. The sign erected on the roadway governs the load limit in effect. A winter weight increase permit is required to take advantage of the 10 percent weight increase on interstate highways only; a permit is not required for state trunk highways. The start and end dates for winter load increases are based on how weather is affecting roadway strength. These dates are established by monitoring roadway strength as weather conditions change. The end date for winter load increases is variable and drivers should check for updates throughout the year. Vehicle operators are required to check with MnDOT for the exact start and end dates.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
–Singer Natalie Cole died on December 31st. She was 65 years old. Cole was the daughter of music legend Nat King Cole.
–Actor Wayne Rogers, who was Trapper John McIntyre on the TV series MASH died on December 31st. He was 82 years old.
DEATH NOTICES
–Douglas O. Dickmann, age 70 of rural Little Falls.
–Gertrude Ann (Kempenich) Thesing, age 85 of Brainerd and Randall
WEATHER
TODAY= sunny skies, high 25, partly cloudy at night low 15.
TUESDAY= partly sunny, high 30, cloudy night, low 20.
WEDNESDAY= few snow showers, high near 30.
SPORTS
NFL= Vikings beat Green Bay 20-13 to win the NFC North. Minnesota hosts Seattle Sunday at noon. Houston and Pittsburgh get last two spots in AFC Playoffs. Playoffs for the NFL begin on Saturday.
COL FB= Clemson beat Oklahoma 37-17 and Alabama dismantled Michigan State 38-0 Thursday in national semi-finals in college football. The National Title game will be in Arizona on January 11th. In other bowl games Stanford rolled Iowa in Rose Bowl 45-16, Michigan won the Citrus Bowl, Ohio State the Fiesta, Tennessee beat Northwestern in Outback bowl and Ole Miss won the Sugar Bowl, all those games on New Years Day.
HS BBB= Pierz vs. Rockford at SCSU Tuesday 7:30pm on FM94
HS BBB= Mora at Little Falls Tuesday at 7:30pm on Q92 WYRQ.
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