NEWS
–The holiday dairy recipe contest winners
were announced on Wednesday’s AM960 KLTF partyline program. The three
winners of a dairy bucket from the Morrison County ADA, Coborns
Marketplace and Little Falls Radio are Joann Nelson, Marjerie Kahl, and
Lorraine Thoma. Congratulations to the winners. The $50 dairy bucket
prize can be picked up at the Little Falls Radio Station. Also over 25
businesses around Morrison County also had giveaways of dairy buckets of
their own. All those winners should have been notified.
–On Wednesday morning the Morrison
County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary at the Randall
Café located on Superior Avenue in Randall Tuesday night. According to
the Sheriff’s Office, the suspect entered the business at approximately
9:55pm on Tuesday. The suspect used a prybar to gain access through a
door on the west side of the building. The suspect, appears on
surveillance cameras is Caucasian but the gender is unknown, the person
looks to be approximately 5’11” tall, wearing a ski mask, dark coat with
a hood and gloves. If you have information regarding this burglary, you
are asked to call the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office at (320)
632-9233. The video of the unknown burglar has been posted on the
Morrison County Sheriff’s facebook page. The Sheriff’s Office did not
elaborate if any items from the cafe were taken.
–Around 3:05pm on Monday the Stearns
County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a burned deceased male in a
field in the 10600 block of River Street in Brockway Township. 86-year
old Edwin Opatz of Rice was found deceased in a burned field in this
area. The preliminary investigation revealed Opatz was burning grass
pastureland earlier on Monday. Opatz’s remains were sent to the Ramsey
County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. The Stearns County
Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s Office are
working with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine an
exact cause of death. This investigation is ongoing.
–One person from Melrose was hurt in a
rollover in Todd County. The Sheriff’s Office says it happened at about
5:45 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of County Road 98 and County Road
2 near Grey Eagle.
An SUV driven by Felisa Ambriz Deraya went
off the road and struck a driveway approach. After the vehicle landed
it struck an electric pole and then rolled. Deraya was taken by Lifelink
Air Ambulance to St. Cloud Hospital. Alcohol appears to be a factor in
the crash.
–The Minnesota State Patrol will be
out in force through the first weekend in January watching for impaired
drivers. The number of drunken driving offenses in the past 5 years has
dropped between Christmas Day and New Years Day there is still many
arrests during that 7 day period. In the past year, Christmas Eve and
the Saturday after New Years has been become more frequent with alcohol
related arrests so the campaign has been expanded to run this Friday
through the 6th of January with more enforcement on roadways.
–Judy Buckingham of the Holiday Gift
Giving Program is asking anyone who took tags from trees to please
return them or the gift attached as they need to fill all the toys for
distribution this Saturday. Please return the tags to Wal-Mart in Little
Falls or call Judy as soon as possible at 630-8497 as distribution is
this Saturday.
–The Morrison County Salvation Army
still needs bell ringers through December 31st at Coborn’s and Wal-Mart
in Little Falls. Please help out this holiday season by calling Betsy at
360-0332.
–Two teenagers were taken to the
hospital after rolling their vehicle Tuesday afternoon. The incident
happened at about 3:15pm on Quaker Road, east of Albany. 16-year-old
Caleb Albritton, of Avon, was heading east on Quaker Road when he lost
control on a curve, went into the ditch, hit a field approach, struck a
tree and rolled. Albritton and his passenger, 14-year-old Isaac
Sonnenburg of Avon, were able to get out of the truck just before it
caught on fire. Both teenagers were taken to St. Cloud Hospital for
non-serious injuries.
–A Sartell man is facing one charge of
felony terroristic threats after sending threatening messages to a
woman on Facebook, according to a criminal complaint. 43-year old Steven
Jay Kuebelbeck created a fake Facebook account and sent messages to a
woman Sunday threatening to kill her and “commit a sexual assault,”
according to a criminal complaint. An investigator located the IP
address that created the Facebook account. The IP address and phone
number connected to the account belonged to Kuebelbeck. The maximum
sentence for felony terroristic threats is five years in prison and a
$10,000 fine.
–Health Source Chiropractic in Little
Falls for the 2nd year in a row has been recognized by Minnesota Monthly
as one of their 2019 Best Chiropractors. Health Source Chiropractic and
all of the others that received the honor will be recognized in the
May/June 2019 Minnesota Monthly edition.
–First United Church in Little Falls
(across from the Hospital) will be holding a Blue Christmas service this
Friday night at 7pm. The service will give those who have lost loved
ones the opportunity to remember them with stories and music during the
service on Friday night.
ENTERTAINMENT
–Penny Marshall, Laverne from TV’s Laverne
and Shirley and Happy Days then later a director for films like A
League of their Own, Big and Awakenings died Monday at age 75.
WEATHER
TODAY= morning drizzle, clearing late day, high 32.
TONIGHT= clearing skies, colder, high 14.
FRIDAY= sunny skies, high near 30, flurries late, low near 20.
SATURDAY= light snow possible, less than 1 inch, high 30, low 15.
SUNDAY= partly cloudy, high near 25, low around 11.
SPORTS
HS GHK= Alexandria vs. Brainerd/Little Falls tonight 7pm on Q92.
HS GBB= Foley at Pierz tonight 7pm on FM94 KFML.
PRO BOWL= The Vikings found out that four
players have been selected to play in the Pro Bowl on January 27th. Wide
Receiver Adam Thielen, Linebacker Anthony Barr, Defensive Back Harrison
Smith and Defensive Lineman Danielle Hunter who will going to his 1st
Pro Bowl.
TODAY IN HISTORY
IN 1803= The Louisiana Purchase was agreed
upon by the United States and France at 27-million dollars for land
west of the 13 original Colonies to the Mississippi River which include
parts of Minnesota.
IN 1957= Elvis Presley got his draft notice from the U.S. Army.
IN 1967= The Graduate with Dustin Hoffman opened in theaters.
IN 1985= Sportscaster Howard Cosell announced on Monday Night Football that he was retiring after that game from ABC Sports.