NEWS
--The Morrison County Fair kicks off today. KLTF Party Line will be live at 10:00am from the fairgrounds. At 1:00pm it is the pig races sponsored by Little Falls Radio. WYRQ's Al Windsperger will be giving us updates on Q92 at 1:00pm. Today is Military Day where a military ID gets you free parking (otherwise $3 for all others, $5 for the 4 day pass) along with members from the Veteran Service Office, St. Cloud VA and other organizations for military members to meet with. They have the Ultimate Bounce Experience from Games Galore from Fargo which is to replace the midway that cancelled on them this year. It is a $10 wristband from 4-9pm tonight and are not just for kids but all ages. There is live music, Shalo Lee Band tonight at 8:00pm, mud truck and car event at the grandstands, $500 cash drawing at 10:00pm, new food vendors and much more. JZ from the Dark on FM94 will be live at the fair today giving out stuff, stop on over at 4pm and check it out. This is just the first day at the fair with many more events Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Much more on the Morrison County Fair can be found at fallsradio.com.
--Authorities are looking for a missing Alexandria teen who went missing Tuesday night. Police say 15-year old Jasmine Block was last seen at her home along McKay Avenue. She was wearing black and red pajamas pants and an unknown top. Block is described as five-feet tall, 110 pounds with a tan complexion and curly brown hair.
–One man was hurt after a vehicle struck a cyclist in St. Joseph early Monday morning. The incident happened just before 8:00am at the intersection of the Wobegon Trail and County Road 133. The driver of the vehicle was a 32-year old woman from St. Joseph who struck the cyclist, a 22-year old man also from St. Joseph, as he was crossing County Road 133. The man was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
--A St. Cloud woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with a November stabbing in St. Cloud. 39-year old Maritza Mikado Lockett was charged with second degree assault in connection with the stabbing of a man early November 25th near the 3600 block of West Division Street. The St. Cloud Police Department found a male victim with a half-inch-by-half-inch, L-shaped entrance wound. Officers said the victim claimed he was speaking with Lockett when she lunged at him. He attempted to dodge, but was hit in his right front shoulder. If convicted, Lockett faces a maximum sentence of seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine.
--A 19-year-old Sartell man has been charged with criminal sexual conduct in the third degree on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a minor. In May 2016, suggestive postings on Facebook led police investigators to interview the mother of a young girl who told police that Dante Richard Perrault had been engaged in a sexual relationship with her daughter. When police interviewed the victim in June 2016, she told officers that she and Perrault had sexual intercourse on at least three occassions, and that the encounters started when she was 13 years old and Perrault was 17. If convicted, Perrault faces a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment and/or a $20,000 fine.
--A 38-year-old from Crystal was injured Monday afternoon in an accident south of Pequot Lakes in Crow Wing County. Season M. Clay overcorrected on Highway 371 on a curve and rolled the SUV. She was taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries.
--A Sauk Rapids man faces second degree felony drug charges on suspicion of intending to sell LSD and several other drugs. 42-year old Russell Allen Schaefer was arrested May 8th in Sauk Rapids after investigators witnessed him entering his vehicle while carrying two bags. While searching Schaefer's vehicle, investigators say they found multiple bags of drugs, including one bag that contained what appeared to be LSD or acid strips. Also found were bags of marijuana, bundles of marijuana wax, Oxycodone and Trazadone pills. Additionally, paraphernalia associated with the sale of controlled substances was discovered in the car. On the same day as the arrest, investigators executed a search warrant at Schaefer's apartment and found 20 doses of LSD in a bedroom. Schaefer has a previous conviction in federal district court for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Schaefer is charged with one count of controlled substance crime in the second degree, and another count in the fourth degree. If convicted, Schaefer faces a maximum penalty of 40 years imprisonment and a $500,000 fine.
--Ilyes Omar Ibrahim of Minneapolis was sentenced Wednesday to 72 months in prison after pleading guilty in June to aggravated robbery in the first degree for his role in a September 2014 robbery of a Holiday gas station in Sauk Rapids. Three other men were charged in connection with the Holiday robbery.
--A pedestrian was transported to the St. Cloud Hospital early Wednesday morning after being struck by a pickup truck. The St. Cloud Fire Department responded around 1:00am to 1241 Cypress Road after reports of a crash in front of a residence. Gold Cross transported the injured pedestrian to the St. Cloud Hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.
ENTERTAINMENT
--Legendary singer Glen Campbell died Tuesday at age 81. Campbell had a long battle with Alzheimers'. He had big hits like Rhinestone Cowboy, Wichita Lineman, Gentle on my Mind and Galveston.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
--Nicholas Schyma and Arica Gross of Pierz, boy on August 7th
DEATH NOTICE
--Brian Wacker, age 61 of Pierz
WEATHER
TODAY= chance of showers & storms, cloudy, high 68.
TONIGHT= evening shower, clearing late, low 51.
FRIDAY= sunny skies, high 72, clear night, low near 50.
SATURDAY= sunny, high 75, clear night low 53.
SUNDAY= sunny skies, high 76, clear night, low 56.
SPORTS
TWINS= Twins won fourth in a row with a 4-0 shutout win last night over Brewers. Twins (56-56) at Milwaukee tonight 6:30pm on Q92.
REGION= The Region 8C Tournament resumes this weekend from Avon. Saturday at 1pm will be the resuming of the rain delayed game between Sobieski and Ft. Ripley with the winner playing Avon later that afternoon. Then on Sunday at 1pm, Buckman will play the winner of Saturday's late game for the Region 8C Championship. The games are live Saturday and Sunday on AM960 KLTF.