NEWS
--Stearns County Court records show a woman who was shot and found alongside a south St. Cloud road was murdered because her killers thought she was a police informant. Stearns County prosecutors have charged 23-year-old Deantae Davis, 26-year-old Kenneth Carter, and 33-year-old Angela Jones all of St. Cloud with aiding and abetting 2nd-degree murder. Jones also faces a charge of aiding and abetting kidnapping. Twenty-five-year-old Keisa Lange of Litchfield was found at the end of Cooper Avenue South on June 3rd. She had been shot multiple times. Court records show Jones told police that they brought Lange to the end of Cooper Avenue South, where Davis shot her inside the car. Once she was removed from the vehicle, she said Carter shot her several more times. The group then left Lange's body there and went back to an address in the 1000 block of Washington Memorial Drive, sanitized the car, burned clothing, and destroyed cell phones. Despite the effort to wipe down the car, court records indicate forensic scientists found evidence of blood in the car. Carter was arrested in Apple Valley early Thursday afternoon. Davis was arrested in Wisconsin later Thursday afternoon and Jones was already in the Stearns County Jail on an unrelated child endangerment case. Authorities have arrested a fourth person who they believe was also in the car at the time Lange was killed. Police arrested 36-year-old Alicia Lewis of St. Cloud in a traffic stop Thursday night. She's expected to also be charged with aiding and abetting 2nd-degree murder.
--Stearns County Deputies said an 18-year-old died after jumping into a quarry Saturday evening. Water patrol staff at Quarry Park were patrolling near the park's Quarry Two at about 8:07pm when they were told that someone had jumped in and never resurfaced. Deputies responding to the quarry were told that 18-year-old Zakariya Aden Odowa of St. Cloud had jumped off of the end of a floating dock and had not resurfaced. While waiting for the dive team, deputies and fire crews used boats to try to recover Odowa, but they were unsuccessful. A diver found Odowa in about 25 foot deep water. He was taken to shore and transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. --The Minnesota State Patrol is contining to ask motorists to slow down after a rise death May into June on Minnesota roadways. As of June 10th, there have been 68 fatal accidents that were results of high speeds and over half of those (37 since May 1st), there were only 38 total from 2020 by June 10th but again that was due to less traveling on roadways due to COVD-19. The speed enforcement campaign by the Minnesota State Patrol has been extended through July 5th due to the 4th of July falling on a Sunday this year.
--A boy is dead after crashing his ATV Thursday evening.The Wright County Sheriff's Office says the preliminary investigation into the incident shows the 12-year-old boy was driving the machine on private property and crashed. Deputies were dispatched to the scene in the 1300 block of 120th Street in Monticello Township just after 6:30pm. Emergency personnel performed life-saving efforts at the scene before the boy was taken to the hospital in Monticello but he was pronounced dead. The boy, whose name hasn't been released. --It is Dam Festival Week in Little Falls. The medallion hunt by Mid Minnesota Federal Credit Union starts this morning at 8:50am by MMFCU employees on all three Little Falls Radio stations. After that go to MMFCU.org for clues, no clues will be given over the phone.
--Governor Tim Walz has called a special session of the Minnesota State Legislature beginning today to complete the two-year state budget. Governor Walz today will also sign an executive order that extends Minnesota’s peacetime emergency for 30 days to allow Minnesota to maintain vaccination sites and the eviction moratorium and continue to receive federal hunger-relief funding.
--The Aitkin County Sheriff's Office received a call Friday at 11:40pm that a man had gone overboard on Big Sandy Lake near Hillcrest Resort. Deputies said the men on the boat told them that their friend, 34-year-old Nathen Waldo of North Branch, had fallen from the front of the pontoon boat while it was moving. They said he was swept underneath the boat and thought he had been struck by the motor. On Saturday search and rescue crews with St. Louis County joined the effort and eventually found the body in about 30 feet of water. The sheriff's department said Saturday night that the boat's driver, a 34-year-old man from Maplewood, was arrested on charges of boating while intoxicated and could face criminal vehicular operation leading to a death charges. His first court appearance is today. This was part of a deadly weekend on the water as one person died while swimming on the. St. Croix in Washington County, two children also had to be rescued from Minnesota waters including a two-year-old airlifted from Ham Lake and another hurt in a pool in the Metro area.
--The Franscican Sisters will host a June Blood Drive at First United Church later this month in Little Falls. June 21st 1-7pm, June 22nd noon to 6pm and June 23rd 8:30am-2:30pm. Right now blood is in very high demand to help cancer patients, treatment for those sustaining traumatic injuries and child birth complications. Appointments are required and if you are unvaccinated for COVID-19 who are asked to a wear masks inside the church during your appointment. Call Sister Julien for appointments at 632-0663.
--Little Falls City Administrator Jon Radermacher will be the guest on KLTF Community Program today at 8:30am to discuss recent donations for parks and road work being done in the city. That is today at 8:30am on AM960 KLTF and fallsradio.com.
FLAG DAY HISTORY
--Today is Flag Day in the United States. It was June 14th, 1777 the Continential Congress of the United States declared the official U.S. Flag which then had 13 stars and 13 stripes.
DEATH NOTICES
--Alvin H. Voges, age 92 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
TODAY= sunny skies, high 85, clear skies at night, low 55.
TUESDAY= sunny, a bit breezy, high 81, clear night low 55.
WEDNESDAY= sunny and warmer, high 89, storms late night, low 63.
SPORTS
TWINS= Houston beat the Twins 6-4 Friday. Twins rebound to win Saturday 5-2 over Astros. Houston routs Twins Sunday 14-3 to take series. Twins are at Seattle tonight 8:30pm on Q92 WYRQ.
--legendary pitcher Jim “Mudcat” Grant died Saturday at age 85. Grant was the first African American to win 20 games in a season in the Major Leagues and a member of the 1965 AL Champion Twins.
GOLF= Good luck to Pierz junior Emily Virnig competing tomorrow morning at the State Girls Golf Tournament in Jordan.