NEWS --Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen stated that recently counterfeit $20 dollar bills have been circulating around the Pierz area. The sheriff's office stated they do have a suspect in custody. If you have encountered the $20 bills in question, and there is a picture on the Morrison County Sheriff's Office facebook page which shows the bills in question with red circles on what to look for, you can contact the Sheriff Office at (320) 632-9233.
--A Reminder from the Sheriff's Office that there will be an Active Shooter Training event on Friday from 7am-1pm at the Pierz Healy School. They are asking that you please refrain from coming to the high school during this event. There will be a number of law enforcement and other emergency personnel at the scene during this time frame. There is no school for students Friday in Pierz.
--The Todd County Sheriff's Office in the past week has responded to a truck on fire in Long Prairie on January 12th with no injuries. There were a number of reports on January 7h of vehicles in the ditch between Browerville and Clarissa due to the very icy conditions. Authorities helped with one injury accident with Wadena County near Hewitt at the county line. They continue to get a lot of car/deer accidents and remind motorists to watch out for deer.
--Two people are facing several charges after leading police on a short chase in Wright County Monday night. The incident happened at 11:45pm in the Clearwater area. The Wright County Sheriff's Office says deputies saw a car drive slowly through multiple lots of closed businesses in the area. When authorities approached the vehicle, the suspects drove off. A short chase started in parts of Stearns County and into Fairhaven. Authorities were able to stop the vehicle with the use of spike strips, at which time the suspects fled the scene on foot. The male suspect, identified as 36-year old Robert Bohach of Saint Louis Park, stole a different vehicle and drove it into nearby farm fields before crashing on the railroad tracks near South Haven. Authorities called in the Minnesota State Patrol Air Unit to find the second suspect, who was hiding in a wooded area where the first car was stopped. She's been identified as 27-year old Jessica Hanson of Howard Lake. Both suspects were arrested at the scene. Bohach faces charges of felony fleeing in a motor vehicle, felony theft, and felony possession of a controlled substance. Hanson faces charges of felony possession of a controlled substance and fleeing of foot.
--Even though we're expecting a cold weekend, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is hoping you help introduce a kid to ice fishing. Saturday through Monday is Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend. The event allows you to take a child under 16 ice fishing without needing a license for yourself. The DNR has been running the program in both winter and summer to try to grow the sport and introduce more young people to angling. The Take a Kid Fishing weekend also includes dark house spearing.
--There are only a few seats left for the bus going to the March for Life next Tuesday in St. Paul. The bus trip is free of charge, but you do need to bring a sack lunch. The bus will leave Little Falls at 7:30am, Pierz at 8am and Buckman at 8:15am. To sign up and get more info call Floyd at 632-2880 or Dale at 468-6225.
--Listen weekdays at 11:10am and 4:10pm on FM94 KFML for the Birthday Wheel to win prizes from Smude's Microwave Popcorn, Pizza Ranch in Little Falls and $94.10 cash from FM94 KFML.
--Little Falls Radio has been informed of another scam in our area. Local businesses may have recently received an invoice instructing businesses to pay for advertising from a winter activities poster from the Little Falls School District. This is a scam as the District is not doing this. Businesses should ignore the invoice if you received one.
--Authorities in Morrison County have completed their annual predatory offender registration check. Each year the sheriff's office organizes a verification check for all predatory offenders who are on the registry and living within the county. According to the report 44 predatory offenders were checked with 22 labeled as Level 1 offenders, 4 as Level 2 offenders, 1 as a Level 3 offender and 17 offenders were not assigned. The total number of offenders has decreased by 18 from last year. The sheriff's office says that is either because they moved away from Morrison County or reached the end of their term and registration date. Minnesota began registering predatory offenders in 1991 and did not assign risk level's until 1997. All individuals were found to be compliant with conditions imposed upon them. According to Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen it is important for us to keep tabs on the predatory offender registry. In a press release Larsen stated, “I feel it is extremely important that these people remain aware that we know who they are and our office will continue to hold them accountable.”
--The Douglas County Sheriff's Office in Wisconsin is warning the public about fake GoFundMe pages in support of Jake Patterson. A post was shared on Facebook Tuesday night warning that some GoFundMe pages have been set up for Patterson using fake or hacked Facebook accounts. Jake Patterson is the 21-year-old man who has been charged with the kidnapping of 13-year-old Jayme Closs and the murder of her parents, James and Denise Closs. The sheriff's office reports that at least one account belongs to a "young" girl from Gordon, The office says that this young girl is now being threatened online. The post asks that "people stop harassing" the young girl whose account was used to create a GoFundMe page. A search Wednesday showed no results on the GoFundMe website when "Jake Patterson" or "Patterson" are searched. Patterson has also been moved to another jail in Wisconsin following his first court appearance via satellite television on Monday.
WEATHER TODAY= partly cloudy, high near 15. TONIGHT= clear and cold, low -8, wind chills near -20. FRIDAY= sunny and cold, high 4 above, low around -15. SATURDAY= sunny and cold, high 2 above, low around -18. SUNDAY= clouds increase, 6 above, snow late, low near 0.
SPORTS HK= Brainerd/Little Falls girls hockey Friday at 4pm then Little Falls boy hockey Saturday night at 7pm on Q92 and fallsradio.com. COL HK= Gophers vs. Michigan State Saturday at 4pm on KLTF. DAY= The 13th Annual Day of Hockey in Minnesota is this weekend in Bemidji where they will remember 55 years of Bemidji State Hockey. There will be an outdoor girls hockey tonight, outdoor college hockey on Friday night and then a day of outdoor games on Lake Bemidji on Saturday. There are also a number of high school, college and the Wild hosting Columbus all on Saturday for the Day of Hockey festivities in Minnesota for 2019.