NEWS
--23 Little Falls Community High School DECA students participated in the annual Minnesota DECA State Career Development Conference earlier this month. Over 2,000 business and marketing high school students from across the state competed in over 50 events focused on entrepreneurship, finance, hospitality and marketing. LFCHS students receiving recognition include: Justin Primus and Derek Poser- 1st place in Entrepreneurship Promotion Project; Connor Peterschick and Jordan Witt- 1st place in School-based Enterprise; Jordan Witt and Alexandra Becker- 2nd place in Learn & Earn; Ben Muehlenhardt and Jay Strack- 2nd place in Financial Literacy Promotion Plan; Ben Muehlenhardt- 4th place in Personal Financial Literacy; Elizabeth Johnson and Livia Prado-Charaf- 8th place in Chapter Gold. These students have advanced to the International DECA Conference in Anaheim in April to compete with 20,000 top students from across the world. 7 other LFCHS students will be joining them attending leadership academies.
--The Minnesota State Patrol has released names and details of a two-vehicle accident Monday night around 7:00pm on Highway 25 at 213th Street in Buh Township. 37-year old Cindy Meyer of Pierz was on 25 when a vehicle pulled out of 213th Street driven by 41-year old Christy Schilling of Little Falls. Both drivers and two passengers in the Schilling vehicle 38-year old Jeremy Brausen of Little Falls and 25-year old Austin Christiance of Pierz were all treated for non-life threatening injuries. All involved refused hospitalization.
--At 6:24pm Saturday the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a one vehicle crash on county road 31 north of Cuyuna in Rabbit Lake Township. Upon arrival, deputies determined that a male had been driving a motorcycle southbound on and crashed into the west ditch. The driver 37 year old Lonnie Majerus of Crosby, was injured and transported from the scene to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale by Air Care. There were no passengers on the motorcycle.
--Add another angler going through the ice in Crow Wing County making it 3 anglers in less than one week. The latest happened at 12:55pm Tuesday when a person fell through the ice on Hubert Lake in Nisswa. Nisswa firefighters were able to rescue the fisherman. He was taken to the hospital to be checked out but no serious injuries were involved. This was the third rescue in Crow Wing County since last Saturday and the 5th overall using the rescue crew with the other two in Cass County dating back to March 21st. Law enforcement is advising not to travel by any means on the dangerous lake ice.
--As mentioned last week, Camp Ripley started controlled prescribed burns this week. Camp Ripley is reminding residents in Randall, Little Falls, Pillager, Baxter and around the base that controll burned will be continuing when the weather cooperates to help to keep wildfires down later in the spring when vegetation starts to green up.
--A SuperAmerica store in Waite Park was robbed Tuesday around 5:50pmpm. Police said a man wearing a hoodie, bandana, and sunglasses holding a handgun threatened the store employee and a customer, and took some property from the employee. The suspect took off in a vehicle. Witnesses and the victims gave a good description of the suspect’s vehicle. Sartell police officers stopped what is believed to be the suspect’s vehicle and arrested 22-year-old Dylan Odegard of Sartell. No one was hurt. Possible charges pending.
--More than 30 percent of Minnesota farmers lost money in 2016, according to a new analysis by the University of Minnesota Extension and Minnesota State. The average Minnesota farm’s balance sheets are still strong — mainly because of record corn and soybean yields and farmers banking some surplus dollars from a few years ago — but there are obvious signs of financial stress. As a whole, median net income for farms in 2016 was $35,636, up from $27,478 in 2015. Net income is the amount from farm operations that covers family living expenses, taxes, reinvestments in the business and retirement. The median is the level at which half of the farm incomes are higher and half are lower, and is considered a good measure to gauge financial trends at the state or regional level. The report indicated that net farm income was strong between 2007 and 2012, and producers used their profits to build up their working capital. But since then farmers have tapped into about half of that working capital, on average, to cover losses and remain in business.
--A car struck a home at about noon Wednesday, leaving the home uninhabitable and sending the driver to St. Cloud Hospital. 30-year old Heather Mae Johnson of St. Cloud was eastbound on Roosevelt Road when her car struck a vehicle that was turning onto 25th Avenue South from St. Germain Street. Johnson's car continued eastbound on St. Germain, went off the road, struck a shed and then hit the home at 157 24th Avenue South. Johnson may have had some type of medical episode that contributed to the crash. Her injuries were not considered life-threatening. The driver of the other vehicle declined treatment at the scene. No one inside the home was injured, but they were displaced because of structural damage.
--The Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee (MNSBHC) Legacy Fund announced Wednesday that Brainerd High School is a Super School Breakfast grant recipient. Super School Breakfast is a campaign to help implement Fuel Up to Play 60’s Breakfast in the Classroom program in elementary, middle and high schools in 52 communities statewide leading up to Super Bowl LII. The program is a cornerstone of the MNSBHC Legacy Fund’s ‘Fun, Fuel, and Fundamentals’ initiative to help Minnesota children build lifelong healthy habits. Super School Breakfast is in partnership with Fuel Up to Play 60 and the Midwest Dairy Council. At a breakfast party yesterday morning, Brainerd High School received $10,000 worth of equipment and infrastructure needed to provide an enhanced breakfast program for students.
--Upsala Area Schools will host parent teacher conferences today from 3:30-7:30pm and next Monday from 3:30-7:30pm.
DEATH NOTICE
--John S. McGrady, age 74 of Randall
WEATHER
TODAY= mostly cloudy, high near 50.
TONIGHT= partly cloudy, low near 30.
FRIDAY= sunny skies, high 54, low around 35.
SATURDAY= partly cloudy, high near 60, low near 32.
SUNDAY= chance of showers, high 55, low near 40.
SPORTS
NFL= media sources state Tampa Bay interested in Adrian Peterson.
LOCAL= get local sports schedules, scores and the Little Falls Radio spring broadcast schedule all at fallsradio.com then click on sports.