NEWS
--Today is Q92 WYRQ Ladies Night Out Pierz Style. Shop the extended shopping hours from 12pm-7pm today at participating businesses, get your Ladies Night Out card stamped by each of the businesses to be eligible for the grand prize drawing of $500 Ladies Night Out Bucks to be spent back at the participating businesses. The theme this time is Tutu in 22 so where your tutus and be registered for other prizes that night. Bring your completed cards to the Red Rooster Bar and Grill in Genola for the drawings live at 7:30pm. See the complete rules, details and all of the participating businesses participating today at fallsradio.com. And listen to Little Falls Radio through the day for more details on the big event in Pierz.
--On Tuesday morning the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office received two reports of business burglaries in Upsala and Swanville. Burglaries were reported at Johnson Insurance on Museum Boulevard in Upsala and Swanville City Hall on DeGraff Avenue in Swanville. Sometime between Monday evening and 7:30am on Tuesday morning these burglaries took place. In Upsala, the suspect entered Johnson
Insurance through a window on the northwest side of the building. A large amount of cash, along with several quarters were reported stolen. In Swanville, the suspect entered city hall through the back door on the east side of the building and a small amount of cash was reported stolen. A white Jeep Hatchback, unknown make or model was reported to be near Johnson Insurance at 10:00pm Monday night. The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office is looking to speak with the driver/owner of this vehicle as they may have information regarding these burglaries. The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance if they witnessed any suspicious activity in
These areas during the time frames listed. If you have information regarding these burglaries, you are asked to call the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office at 320-632-9233.
--The Little Falls Kiwanis is working on making an impact in the community through Little Falls Area playground upgrades on some of the older outdated playgrounds. They have targeted their next project and it is Pine Tree Park playground, on 4th Street near the Little Falls Dog Park. They would like to see a handicap accessible Playground that can be utilized by all youth in the community. They have a few fundraisers, such as Kiwanis Trivia night that raise money for Kiwanis Projects. The Kiwanis Club would like to thank The Falls Ballroom for sponsoring the event through donations from green beer sales on St. Patrick's Day and allowing the LF Kiwanis to work with the Tipsy Trivia participants. The community was an excellent supporter with 125 people involved, in some capacity. The evening raised $4,915 to kick off the project. The last playground they funded was the Washington Playground, near the LF Great River Library. We also park cars during the Little Falls Arts and Craft Fair and seek funding through other means. Anyone interested in the Kiwanis club, please call Kris at (320) 266-7627.
--A 36-year-old man was injured Sunday after his all-terrain vehicle rolled in Pelican Township. The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash, reported at 4:02am near the intersection of County Highway 11 and Stewarts Bay Drive. According to Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office Operations Lt. Craig Katzenberger, the man was headed home from the Cedar Chest Restaurant and Bar in Crosslake when he lost control and rolled the ATV. The driver of the ATV suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. The sheriff's office believes alcohol was a factor in the crash.
--The New 2 You Thrift Store that benefits the Boys and Girls Club on the west side of Little Falls is holding a sales event to Ukrainian Refugees. Tomorrow and Saturday they will be running a 25% off the entire store and from that donating 50% of those two days to an organization that is currently in Poland fixing meals for the refugees. They will also be accepting cash donations during those days for the fund raising efforts. Hours are 9-5 Friday and 9-3 on Saturday.
--Stearns County is getting a new judge to replace Kris Davick-Halfen who is retiring. Governor Tim Walz announced the appointment of Heidi Schultz as the next Stearns County District Court judge to be seated in St. Cloud. Schultz is an Assistant Todd County Attorney. She has also served in the private sector and also as an assistant county attorney in Douglas, Olmsted, and St. Louis counties. This is part of Minnesota's Seventh Judicial District which includes Morrison, Becker, Benton, Clay, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Otter Tail, Stearns and Wadena.
--A central Minnesota woman was arrested after police allegedly found methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs. The CEE-VI Drug and Gang Task Force executed a search warrant on Monday in the 400-block of 10th Street Northwest in Willmar. The raid led to the arrest of a 43-year-old woman. She is being held in the Kandiyohi County Jail. Agents say they found a variety of illegal narcotics, including meth, cocaine, psychedelic mushrooms, marijuana, THC vaping cartridges and THC edibles. The task force also came across thousands of dollars believed to have been from drug sales. The name was not released pending formal charges against her.
--A Princeton man is dead after crashing his car Tuesday night. The crash happened at around 9:40pm on 305th Avenue Northwest in Baldwin Township. Sherburne County Sheriff's Office says 34-year-old Joshua Wettschreck was driving westbound on 305th Avenue southwest of Princeton when his car left the road in the 13000 block and hit a grove of trees in the north ditch. The sheriff's office says Wettschreck was unconscious and not breathing when first responders arrived. Wettschreck was taken to Fairview Northland Hospital in Princeton where he was pronounced dead.
--On Friday at 11am at OLOL in Little Falls rosary at the time of consecration (in conjunction with the Pope). At noon at St. James in Randall there will be a Consecration Mass, and a rosary to follow. A Mass at about 6:00pm or 6:30pm (following stations of the Cross at 5:30pm) at Holy Family Parish of Belle Prairie All are welcome.
DEATH NOTICES
--Shirley Ann Koehn, age 86 of Holdingford.
--Ann E. Chock, age 63 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
TODAY= partly cloudy skies, high 46.
TONIGHT= cloudy skies, rain after 3am, low around 32.
FRIDAY= rain/snow mix at times, cloudy, high 41, low 17.
SATURDAY= sunny and colder, high 33, low 7 above.
SUNDAY= sunny skies, high 36, low around 11 above.
SPORTS
TWINS= more Twins spring games today, Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting at noon live on Q92 WYRQ.
NCAA= NCAA Sweet Sixteen begins tonight, Michigan and Purdue the remaining Big 10 teams in the tournament.
BBB= Boys Basketball tournament continues with semi-final action today for 3A and 4A, the 1A and 2A semis are tomorrow.