NEWS
--Due to the weather, Pierz, Royalton, Upsala, Holdingford and Foley schools are closed for in class learning. Some of the schools will have e-learning days today so check ahead. Other schools like Little Falls and Swanville did not have school today to start their holiday break. Others like Long Prairie-Grey Eagle and Pillager will release early.
--Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen stated yesterday on KLTF that with the Winter Storm and dangerous winds their biggest issue has been vehicles off roadways, poor traction of tires and stranded roadways. The Sheriff says plan ahead for wintry travel, check road conditions at 511mn.org, let someone know where you are going so that plan on your time of arrival and if you don't get there they can start looking for you. A charged cell phone, winter weather survival kit of boots, blankets, water and snacks in case you are stranded and waiting for help. Again plan ahead and expect delays on the roads, in the air and other areas. Wind Chill Factors could be -30 or colder today, and -40 to -50 and even cold at time son Friday with dangerous wind chills causing frostbite quickly with the snow from Wednesday. If you need assistance, along with the drug issue mentioned earlier this and suicide awareness that always rises around this time of year, call Sheriff Larsen at 320-632-9233.
--Accidents on Wednesday included around noon on Highway 10 in Bellevue Township near Royalton 55-year-old Alicia Herzog on Randall was struck by a vehicle driven by 39-year-old Nicholas Calhoun of Little Falls. Herzog was treated at Little Falls hospital. 43-year-old Danielle Sundly of Deerwood was hurt in a two vehicle accident near Garrison just before 1pm in Crow Wing County. She was treated at the Crosby Hospital. The other driver from Brainerd was not hurt. Most of the accidents yesterday reportedly for driver going too fast for the conditions from snow and ice on the roadways.
--A St. Cloud woman accused of murdering her infant child has been restored to competency and will now face a 1st degree premeditated murder charge. Twenty-seven-year-old Fardoussa Abdillahi is accused of stabbing the 3 1/2-month-old boy before putting him in a plastic garbage bag and throwing the bag in the dumpster. In a statement to police, Abdillahi allegedly said after the boy was born, she started having headaches and feelings of worry and fear. She was upset that the child's father was denying the boy was his and wondered how she was going to get help. A Stearns County grand jury handed up the 1st-degree murder indictment in December 2021. In Minnesota, a 1st-degree murder conviction carries a life sentence. She also faces a 2nd-degree murder charge with intent, but not premeditated. A mental competency exam last February determined Abdillahi was mentally unfit to face the charge. A judge determined Abdillahi is now competent after a review of her progress report. According to the charges, a man called the police on November 28, 2021, to request a welfare check. Officers responded to the 2900 Block of Maine Prairie Road where the man said a baby was missing and the mother was saying she threw the child in the dumpster behind her apartment building. Records show several people had gone to the scene to look for the boy after Abdillahi had called her mother to report what she had done. When they couldn't find the baby, the search party called the police. According to the complaint, officers spoke with Abdillahi who was crying and saying she stabbed the boy before putting his body in the dumpster. Bail has been set at $2,000,000 without conditions or $1,000,000 with conditions. An evidentiary hearing has been scheduled for February 13th.
--Congratulations to the Dairy Recipe Contest Dairy Bucket winners drawn yesterday on KLTF Party Line from the Morrison County ADA and KLTF. The winners are Jeanne Wollack, Carol Czech and Wendy Young all receive $50 in dairy products. Also during the program the names of the winners of dairy buckets were announced from many local businesses around the county. Each participating business is to contact the winner and let them know how to get their dairy products. Also Thank You to all who sent in dairy recipes to KLTF. A list of the qualifying recipes are at Little Falls Radio for pickup or the entire list of recipes are online at fallsradio.com click on the icon on the home page that says AM960 KLTF Dairy Recipe Qualifiers.
--The Crosslake Fire Department responded to a building fire at 1:23pm Tuesday on the 17000 block of County Highway 36 in Crow Wing County. Crosslake Fire Chief Chip Lohmiller said the resident found smoke coming from a living area above the garage on the property and attempted to extinguish it with water and a fire extinguisher, but was overcome with smoke and exited the building.
Firefighters were on the scene for about three and a half hours in subzero weather with an even colder wind chill. Lohmiller said no injuries were reported. The building is considered to be a loss.
--A boy was injured Monday after he was thrown from his snowmobile in the ditch along Highway 210 in Cass County. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office and the Pillager Fire Department responded to the crash, reported around 4:16pm in Sylvan Township, west of Baxter. According to authorities, the boy was traveling on the south side of the highway when he hit an object in the ditch, ejecting him from the machine. The driver of the snowmobile suffered non-life-threatening injuries and taken to the Brainerd Hospital.
DEATH NOTICES
--Nancy A. Paycer, age 68 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT 6AM TO 6PM TONIGHT.
WINTER STORM WARNING 6PM TONIGHT AND WIND CHILL WARNING STARTS AT 6PM AND BOTH GO INTO SATURDAY.
TODAY= AM snow, then partly sunny, windy, high -5, wind chill -30.
TONIGHT= very windy and cold, low -12, wind chills near -45.
FRIDAY= windy and cold, blowing snow, high -6, low -13 with extremely cold wind chills as wind gusts to 45mph or higher.
SATURDAY= sunny and cold, high -4, wind chills near -35.
CHRISTMAS EVE= clear and very cold, low -18, wind chills -30.
CHRISTMAS DAY= AM sun, PM snow showers, high 7 above.
MONDAY= becoming sunny, a bit warmer, high 17, low -4.
SPORTS
HS= due to the weather conditions all of the local games on the broadcast schedule were postponed. The hockey game has been moved to January 12th, girls basketball for Pierz and Holdingford until January 30th and boys basketball for CI and Pierz to January 24th. Continue to check out the local schedule at fallsradio.com.
NFL= Football running back Franco Harris has died at age 72. Harris won four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s and in 1972 caught the Immaculate reception from Terry Bradshaw.
NFL= Vikings host the New York Giants on Saturday at noon.
Continue to listen to Little Falls Radio today for the latest weather related announcements.