NEWS --Authorities are asking to help locate, 29-year old John Greenwaldt of Brainerd who was last seen in downtown Brainerd during the 4th of July festivities. Greenwaldt's brother in law, Gus Schwanke of Little Falls stated that he has not contacted his wife, friends or family since July 4th and usually stays in contact with them. Greenwaldt is a white male, 5'10” around 180 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, several tattoos on his arms and neck including the letters John across his left fingers and Diane on his right forearm. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office at (218) 829-2805.
--A 24-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday at an airport in Los Angeles on a warrant for second-degree murder related to the 2015 death of a St. Cloud man. Cheryl Oby Albert was arrested about 6:30pm Tuesday as the result of a two-year investigation into the death of 37-year-old Keletigui Keita. The investigation was conducted by the St. Cloud Police Department and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. According to a statement released by the St. Cloud Police Department, Albert was arrested with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals and will remain in custody in California pending extradition to Minnesota.
--A St. Cloud woman was killed and four children injured Tuesday night when their vehicle was rear-ended while traveling on Interstate 94 near Clearwater. 37-year-old Melissa Ann Ali was the driver killed in the accident. 20-year old Wyatt Richards of Fargo, was driving a pickup westbound near mile marker 176 about 8:30pm when he rear ended the vehicle driven by Ali with four passengers. Ali's vehicle went into a ditch and rolled over several times before coming to a rest. The passengers ranging in age from 6-15 were each taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Richards was not injured in the accident.
–A 63-year old Melrose man was injured Tuesday afternoon in a one vehicle accident. David Uphus was driving a pickup pulling a trailer northbound on Highway 71 near Pleasant Avenue of Belgrade in Stearns County when the truck ran off the road to the right and rolled onto its side. Uphus was wearing his seatbelt and taken to a Hospital for non life threatening injuries. Alcohol was not a factor.
--A 33-year-old man listed as a predatory offender is facing felony charges for knowingly violating his registration requirements or intentionally providing false information to authorities. On July 11th a warrant was issued for Craig Allen Zuleger, who had registered his address to a house in the 200 block of Sundance Drive in Sartell. Zuleger appeared in Stearns County District Court on Monday. The judge set bail at $50,000 without and $5,000 with conditions. His next court date is scheduled for July 31st.
--A 66-year old was injured in an accident Monday morning in Pease which is in Mille Lacs County. Around 9:30am, Richard Jaskowiak of Bemidji was on County Road 8 when he crossed Highway 169 and was struck by a pickup truck. Richard was not hurt. His passenger Leanne Jaskowiak of Bemidji was taken to the Princeton hospital for her injuries. The pickup driver from Minneapolis was not hurt.
--A Pine River man was injured around 1:40pm Wednesday when his vehicle went off Highway 371 at Clark Lake Road in Nisswa, struck a tree and rolled over. 77-year old Francis Shram was taken to a Crosby hospital for treatment of injuries.
--Crow Wing County announced their assessment of the severe storms from Monday night that knocked out trees, downed power lines and damaged some structures. Overall, no major damage to houses or any injuries. Many garages, sheds and outbuildings were damaged. Thousands of Crow Wing Power customers lost power for a time on Monday night. Morrison County reported Tuesday that there were some trees down, standing water on roads but no flooding and again no major structure damage was reported to their office.
--A 35-year-old St. Cloud man has been charged with five counts each of possession and dissemination of pornographic work involving a minor. According to a complaint released by the Benton County Attorney's Office, agents from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension were investigating child porn being shared on the BitTorrent file sharing network when they were able to download files directly from an IP address belonging to Samuel David Teachman. That information was forwarded to investigators at the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, who executed a search warrant March 1st at Teachman's home on Fourth Avenue Northeast. Investigators seized several hard drives and other storage devices during the search. On the same day the search warrant was executed, Teachman allegedly admitted to investigators that he used software to download child pornography, according to the complaint. Teachman made his first court appearance on the charges Tuesday morning. He is being held in Benton County Jail.
--A four vehicle accident Saturday in Cass County sent two to the hospital. The accident occurred north of Motley in Poplar Township. 37-year old Adrian Pollock of Burnsville and 39-year old Daniel Haugen of Richfield were injured and treated at the Staples hospital. The crash happened around 5:00pm when one vehicle crossed the center line and collided head on with the Haugen vehicle causing a chain reaction with two others. No other names were released.
WEATHER TODAY= sunny skies, warm, high 86. TONIGHT= partly cloudy, low around 65. FRIDAY= storms in morning, then again at night, high near 80. FRIDAY NIGHT= storms in evening, clearing late, low 61. SATURDAY= partly cloudy, PM storm possible, high 82, low 55. SUNDAY= partly cloudy, cooler, high 75, low around 50.
SPORTS TWINS= Miguel Sano had a 3-run homerun to cap off a 6 run second inning as the Twins beat the Yankees 6-1 yesterday to get their first series win at Target Field ever over the New York Yankees. The Twins are off today and host Detroit on Friday night. LYNX= Sylvia Fowles 24, Maya Moore 23 as the Lynx beat Dallas Wednesday 100-74 to go to 16-2 on WNBA season. The WNBA All Star Game is Saturday 2:30 in Seattle, Fowles and Moore are starters, Seimone Augustus and Rebecca Brunson named as reserves and Cheryl Reeve is the head coach for the Western All Stars. VL= Victory League playoffs continue Saturday with four region play-in games. The KLTF Game of the Week is Randall at Upsala at 1:30pm Saturday on AM960 KLTF.
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