NEWS
--Good luck to the Little Falls Flyers competing at the State Baseball Tournament today in Class AAA. They are the fourth of four games today around 5:30pm vs. St. Thomas Academy from Siebert Field in Minneapolis on AM960 KLTF and online at fallsradio.com. Also good luck to Foley Falcons in action at 5:30pm today in St. Cloud vs. St. Peter and Paynesville Area Schools out of Stearns County who have Perham in the 2nd game today in St. Cloud in AA Tournament. The tournament continues with games Friday and the championships in each classes will be next Thursday at Target Field in Minneapolis.
--Another Cone Zone Summer Block Party in Little Falls takes place tonight. Area attractions will take center stage tonight at LeBourget Park on the west side of Little Falls at 5:30pm. Join Linden Hill, Charles Lindbergh Historic Site, Minnesota Fishing Museum, Pine Grove Zoo, Great River Arts and the Minnesota Military Museum with items tonight. Bring your pets to join in the dog parade with the Morrison County Humane Society and music will be a 50th Anniversary of Woodstock by a performance of the Doo Wop Divas. There will be a block party each Thursday through the summer with the one exception of the 4th of July in Little Falls during Highway 27 construction which continues through early Autumn.
--A semi-truck driver from Swanville was injured in a one-vehicle accident Monday night around 11:45pm at Interstate 94 and Highway 15 south of St. Cloud. Walter Ressemann was eastbound on 94 when he went onto the ramp and rolled the semi. Resseman was taken to the St. Cloud Hospital for treatment of non life threatening injuries.
--Two people from Sauk Rapids were hurt in a crash on Highway 10 in St. Cloud. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened just after 4pm Tuesday at the intersection of westbound Highway 10 and 12th Street Southeast. A car driven by 28-year-old Casey Mason of St. Michael was going west on 12th Street trying to turn onto the highway when she collided with another car. The second car was driven by 69-year-old Phyllis Lenarz of Sauk Rapids. She and her passenger 70-year-old Thomas Lenarz of Sauk Rapids were both taken to St. Cloud Hospital. Mason was not hurt.
--A Crow Wing County jury found a 39-year-old Brainerd man guilty of sexually assaulting a woman he met through a social media app. Isaiah Stephen Schuety was found guilty of three felonies—first-degree criminal sexual conduct using penetration and great bodily harm, third-degree criminal sexual conduct using force and third-degree stalking. According to the criminal complaint, a woman contacted the Crosby Police Department on June 15, 2017, stating she was raped by a man with the possible first name of "Isaiah" at her Crosby residence. The woman reported she met the man, later identified as Schuety, on a social media application called MeetMe. She invited Schuety over for dinner and a movie and Schuety started kissing her. She told him no, and he grabbed her by the throat but then backed off for a while before grabbing her by the arm. Schuety then led the woman into the bedroom by her arm. The woman stated Schuety sexually assaulted her and used both hands to strangle her around her throat to the point where she could not breathe, The woman was extremely fearful of Schuety, and indicated her young child was present at the residence during the assault. The sentencing date for Schuety has not yet been determined. Schuety remains in custody in the Crow Wing County Jail.
--More than a dozen deaths and more than 170 drug overdoses in the last two weeks is a cause for alarm for all Minnesotans. Statewide gang and drug coordinator Brian Marquart delivered a message for anyone planning to take drugs that the fake drug crisis continues to rise and that can lead to major health complications and death. Drugs of any sort taken in excess or illegally can only lead to a dangerous and deadly outcome. On Facebook the Morrison County Sheriffs Office says to call for assistance and help before it's too late.
--A St. Cloud man has been sentenced to five years in prison for robbing the Cash Wise East store last December and just over four years for robbing the St. Cloud Kwik Trip store at 1230 Highway 23 East. However, a Benton County judge has ordered 26-year-old Ayub Mohamed to serve the sentences concurrently and also at the same time as his three years and nine months sentence for robbing a south St. Cloud convenience store. With credit for time already served, it means Mohamed will serve about a year-and-a-half more than the Stearns County sentence or a total of just over five years in prison. Mohamed earlier pleaded guilty in Stearns County Court to 2nd-degree aggravated robbery in the hold-up of the Kwik Trip store on 23rd Street South last December and pleaded guilty in March to the same charges in the Benton County robberies.
--A 29-year old Sartell man is accused of pulling a knife on a woman outside St. Cloud Walmart. William George Buskey Jr. was charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one misdemeanor count of domestic assault. Officers were dispatched to Walmart about 4:55pm Sunday for a domestic assault report. A woman told authorities Buskey "became jealous" when she was talking to a man and when she tried to go around the corner of the building to get away from Buskey, he "followed her and yelled at her that she was not leaving him and pulled a knife," the complaint states. The woman said the other man confronted Buskey and Buskey then left the area. Video surveillance shows Buskey grabbed an object from a vehicle and chased (the woman) on foot. Buskey had a knife on him when approached by law enforcement. He told authorities the other man "had his knife out" and he ran at the other man while holding his knife but he denied he had the blade extended when he ran at the other man. Buskey's next court appearance is scheduled for July 8th.
WEATHER
TODAY= sunny skies, high 71.
TONIGHT= clear skies, warmer night, low 52.
FRIDAY= sunny and warmer, high 81, storms in afternoon.
FRIDAY NIGHT= storms likely, some strong, low 56.
SATURDAY= sunny skies, high 78, isolated storms still possible.
SUNDAY= storm early, then partly cloudy, windy, high 75, low 49.
SPORTS
TWINS= A wild Twins games last night, Mariners score 5 in the 8th, Twins come back to tie the game in the 9th only to see Seattle score 3 more in the 10th and win 9-6 last night over Twins. The Twins wrap up series with Seattle today, pregame 11:30am on Q92 WYRQ
NHL= The St. Louis Blues are Stanley Cup Champions for the first time in team history with a 4-1 win last night over Boston to win the series 4 games to 3 in the NHL.
WNBA= New York Liberty beat Lynx last night 75-69 in New York.
NBA= Warriors vs. Raptors game 6 tonight, Toronto leads 3-2.