NEWS --Congratulations to the Little Falls Flyer baseball team winning 7-4 over Bemidji Wednesday to win the Section 8AAA Championship. They will advance to the State Tournament next week at Siebert Field on the University of Minnesota Campus. The Flyers last time at state was 1999.
--Saturday is the Morrison County Breakfast on the Farm event at the David and Betty Czech farm located on Highway 238 southwest of Little Falls. Park and ride from St. Stanislaus Church in Sobieski as they shuttle you to the event. Breakfast from the Sobieski/Bowlus Lions starts at 7:30am for a free will offering. Petting zoo, kids games, tour the farm that has been in the family for four generations and meet Princess Kay of the Milky Way Kyla Mauk of Howard Lake. The Morrison County Dairy Princesses will also be hand and so will Little Falls Radio Farm Director Scott Colombe who will be broadcasting live Saturday on AM960 KLTF.
--Due to water main construction, water will be shut off Monday from approximately 8am to 5pm on West Broadway (trunk Highway 27) from 3rd Street West to 7th Street West and also 4th Street Southwest from West Broadway (trunk Highway 27) to 1st Avenue Southwest. Questions can be directed to to Little Falls City Hall 616-5500.
--Murder charges have been filed against three men in the violent death of a teenage mother in Wright County. The body of 19-year-old Cheyenne Lee Clough was found laying outside Crow Springs Park last Wednesday after being badly beaten and shot multiple times. She died of her injuries three days later. An autopsy revealed that she had been shot four times with a .22 caliber weapon, with wounds to the back of her head, her neck and shoulder. A criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Wright County Court charges 21-year-old Shawn T. Benson of Buffalo with second-degree murder. 28-year old Justin Jensen of Maple Lake and 26-year-old Edward V. Zelko of Buffalo are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. Two women arrested with the three defendants, 33-year-old Natasha Brandenburger and 19-year-old Callie Anderson, were not charged Wednesday for roles in Clough's death. They did appear in court Wednesday on lesser crimes, and could eventually face charges in connection with the death. Investigators allege that Clough and the defendants were at a residence in Maple Lake when they began arguing. After a physical altercation between Clough and Brandenburger, Jensen allegedly ordered that Clough be killed. Investigators believe he provided a .22 pistol stolen during a residential burglary to Benson and Zelko to carry out the job. Benson and Zelko allegedly got in a vehicle under the guise of taking her home, but instead went to Crow Springs Park, where nearby residents reported hearing a woman screaming and several gunshots around 3:00am. When questioned by investigators working the case, Jensen reportedly admitted ordering Benson and Zelko to kill Clough, and told them he had placed the murder weapon in Zelko's vehicle. Following the murder, the suspects fled to International Falls, where Jensen, Benson and Brandenburger were taken into custody. Zelko was pulled over and arrested in Todd County.
--The Linden Hill Community Garden Walk is Tuesday July 12th where you can tour a number of gardens around Little Falls. The cost is $10 per person and the event is 3-8pm. For information call 616-5580.
--Win VIP Tickets to Pierz Freedom Fest, listen to Q92 for details.
--Nominations are being sought for the 2016 Outstanding Senior Citizens of Morrison County. Nomination forms are available now at Horizon Health and at a number senior centers and businesses. Fill out the name of someone 65 or older who continues to contribute time and talent to benefit their community. They will be honored at the Morrison County Fair during senior day on Sunday, August 14th. The winning male and female will advance to the state level of competition at the Minnesota State Fair on Thursday, September 1st. For additional information or to get a nomination form over the phone, contact Nicole at 468-6451.
--The Cass County Board of Commissioners have agreed to accept a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by a sheriff's office employee. The lawsuit against the county and Sheriff Tom Bruch alleged the sheriff abused his position to retaliate against an employee, who was the wife of a former political rival. The employee, Mary Tennis, has one week to approve and sign the agreement. The terms of the settlement have not been made public.
--A 37-year-old Onamia man accused of sexually abusing two girls under the age of 13 now faces 10 counts of criminal sexual conduct. Bradley Weyaus was charged with six counts on February 2nd with assaulting two juveniles females between 2012-2013. Weyaus now has been charged last week with four more felony counts from an incident in Crow Wing County with sexual assault of a victim younger than 16 years of age which occurred in October, 2015.
--Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall this week asked the Stearns County Board for two new staff positions. Kendall stated that the increased workload is overloading her staff and causing some to leave. This comes as the number of felony cases have jumped to more than 1,000 last year for the first time in Stearns County and the pace is even above last year. The increase includes both property and drug crimes along with assault, sexual assault and robbery. The board asked Kendall to undergo a staffing study of her office which other county departments have done recently and then report back to work out where openings are needed in the attorney's office.
--A motorcycle crash on Highway 25 south of Brainerd Sunday sent one man to the hospital. 33-year-old Robert Collison was injured when his vehicle struck the ditch, over-corrected and crashed on the highway near Thiesse Road. Collison was treated and released.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT --Scott and Nicole Poster of Pierz, a boy born June 6th.
DEATH NOTICES --Adeline Stockman, age 95 of Rosemount formerly of Royalton.
WEATHER TODAY= partly cloudy, more humid, high 84. TONIGHT= chance of late night storms, low 66. FRIDAY= early and late storms, hazy and hot, high 91, low 70. SATURDAY= sunny and hot, high 90, storms overnight, low 62.
SPORTS HS BAB= Pierz vs. St. Cloud Cathedral today at 5pm for the right to go to the state tournament next week. Catch it live on FM94 KFML. TWINS= Mauer, Plouffe and Park homer last night as Twins hold off Marlins 7-5. Twins wrap up with Marlins tonight 6:30pm Q92 WYRQ.