NEWS
--Stand Up 4 U, CHI St. Gabriels Health, Coborn's, and Morrison County Sheriff's Office is sponsoring a Rx Drug Take Back Event at Coborn's this Saturday from 10:00am-2:00pm. Community members are encouraged to bring their unused prescriptions to Coborn's on Saturday for safe disposal. Law enforcement will be on hand to safely collect the Rx Drugs. Members of the Rx Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force will be available to answer any questions community members have about Rx Drug Abuse Prevention. The event is part of the DEA National Take Back Initiative. The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Sheila Funk of Stand Up For You will be the guest on KLTF Community Events Friday at 8:45am to discuss this event.
--Yesterday's wintry mix of precipitation led to a number of spin outs and accidents in Morrison, Todd and Crow Wing County. A 64-year-old man and his passenger were injured Wednesday morning when the driver lost control on the slush covered roadway and rolled into the median along Highway 371, just south of Highland Scenic Road in Baxter. The vehicle landed on its roof. The occupants had to be extricated from the vehicle. The Minnesota State Patrol reported Kumar K. Tamma of New Brighton and his passenger 54-year old Padma V. Tamma of New Brighton, were transported to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Brainerd and Baxter police reported nearly two dozen spin outs and accidents between 7-10am yesterday.
--A Waite Park driver was hurt in a one vehicle crash early Wednesday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened just before 5:00am on Interstate 94 West, near Albertville. 33-year old Nasra Farah’s vehicle left the road, entered the median ditch, and hit the cable barrier. Farah was taken to Monticello Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
--A Deer Creek resident was killed around 7:45am Wednesday when the pickup the person was driving rolled on icy roads near New York Mills in Otter Tail County. The driver lost control and rolled down an entrance ramp on the highway rolling several times in an embankment. The State Patrol has not yet released the name. The report did state he was a 50-year old man from Deer Creek.
--Four crashes in 16 months that caused five deaths and nine life-changing injuries along the Minnesota Highway 23 corridor prompted a collaboration aimed at education and enforcement. It focuses on the road between Richmond and Milaca, linking a project that began months ago from St. Cloud to Richmond and merged with a more recent project that covered Foley to Milaca. The collaboration between the Toward Zero Deaths Coalition and Highway 23 Crash Reduction Initiative is holding a kickoff event today from 3:00-7:00pm at CentraCare Health Plaza. The collaboration focuses on four E's to reduce serious injuries and deaths on roadways- enforcement, engineering, education and emergency trauma services. The event at CentraCare will include an impaired driving simulator, a rollover simulator, car seat education, emergency vehicles, a LifeLink helicopter and information about the crash reduction project. The organizers hope a comprehensive approach will change behavior on the corridor.
--The Little Falls City Council meet Monday 7:30pm at City Hall.
--The Department of Defense announced Friday that Camp Ripley was selected as the winner of the Secretary of Defense Environmental Award for Natural Resources Conservation, Large Installation. The awards recognize individuals, teams and installations for their exceptional environmental achievements and innovative, cost-effective environmental practices. Established in 1962, the Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards recognize outstanding environmental practices that not only protect the environment, promote efficiency, and improve quality of life, but also support mission readiness. This year nine winners were selected from a total of 30 nominees in categories such as: Sustainability, Cultural Resources Management and Environmental Quality. The category of Natural Resources Conservation for a Large Installation went to Camp Ripley and the Minnesota National Guard for the achievement of key natural resources conservation goals through strategic partnerships and successful wildlife and land management. Partnerships involved the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Natural Resources, Board of Water and Soil Resources, U.S. Department of Agriculture, St. Cloud State University, Central Lakes College, The Nature Conservancy, Land use Groups and Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
--Check out pictures from yesterday's mock car crash in Pierz on the Little Falls Radio Facebook page. A link is at fallsradio.com.
DEATH NOTICES
--Denis Notch, age 79 of St. Francis.
WEATHER
TODAY= cloudy, breezy, morning flurries, high 38.
TONIGHT= frost late, mostly cloudy, low 25.
FRIDAY= becoming sunny, high 47, clear night, low around 28.
SATURDAY= sunny, high 52, increasing clouds late low 32.
SUNDAY= snow showers early, then rain/snow mix, high near 50.
SPORTS
TWINS= Twins relief pitching fell apart last night as the Texas Rangers scored 14 runs in the 5th through 8th innings to win 14-3 over Twins to avoide the sweep. The Twins have today off.
NFL= The Vikings announced Wednesday that they will not pick up the 2018 option on quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. Bridgewater missed all last season due to injury and is expected to miss some or most of the 2017 season. The Vikings stated that they will reevaulate Bridgewater's status at the end of the coming season and then make a decision on a future contract instead of a one year option.
HS SB= Pierz is now at Eden Valley-Watkins for softball on Friday and it's a double header. First game at 4pm on FM94 KFML.
TODAY IN HISTORY
IN 1805= President Thomas Jefferson orders U.S. Marines to attack the shores of Tripoli-the battle later put in the Marine Corp. Hymn.
IN 1954= The movie White Christmas opened at Radio City Music Hall starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney.
IN 1956= Rocky Marciano announced his retirement from from boxing, he won the boxing title in 1952, and retired undefeated.
IN 1994= Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa, the same country that had imprisoned him for many years.