NEWS
--At 3:30pm Tuesday the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office was involved in a motor vehicle pursuit that covered a 30-mile stretch of Highway 10 from Royalton to Cushing. According to the Sheriff’s Office, St. Cloud Police Department was involved in a pursuit with a white Chrysler Concord that was on Highway 10 heading into Royalton. Morrison County deputies picked up the pursuit north of Royalton and continued to pursue the vehicle on Highway 10 to the Cushing area near County Road 16. Along the way, several officers attempted to deploy stop sticks on the vehicle but were unsuccessful. Eventually the vehicle attempted to turn into the oncoming lane of traffic, traveling northbound in the southbound lanes. A PIT (Pursuit Intervention Tactic) maneuver was used to stop the vehicle. Both occupants were taken into custody. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 36-year-old Tyrone Cloud of Minneapolis was arrested for Fleeing a Peace Office in a Motor Vehicle. The Passenger, 37-year-old Travis Martin of Ponemah was also arrested for multiple warrants. They both are being held in Morrison County Jail. The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by multiple police Departments.
--Beginning this Monday, March 7th, Little Falls City Hall will be closed to walk in foot traffic while construction is taking place within the building. This project is anticipated to be completed by the end of business on March 18th. Staff will be available by telephone to answer any questions. Utility bills will continue to be collected from the drop boxes throughout town every business day, so residents are encouraged to use them or go online to www.cityoflittlefalls.com to use their debit or credit card to pay their utility bills. Questions on this temporary closure should be directed to City Hall (320) 616-5500 or email at info@cityoflittlefalls.com
--Authorities have released the name of a Rush City man killed in a crash near St. Joseph Tuesday morning. The incident happened at about 10:30am on Interstate 94 in St. Joseph Township. The Minnesota State Patrol says 60-year-old Randal Miller, was driving a semi east on I-94 when he went off the road into the median, landed on Jade Road, and came to a rest under the I-94 bridge. Authorities reported Randal Miller was pronounced dead at the scene.
--Dave St. Peter of the Minnesota Twins in a statement Tuesday stated that as many of you know, Major League Baseball has yet to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Association; as a result, Spring Training is being further delayed through Friday, March 11. Additionally, since it is important to have four weeks of Spring Training for players to safely prepare for the season, Opening Day of the 2022 MLB season, previously scheduled for March 31, is being delayed and the first two series have been removed from the schedule with the tentative start day for the regular season on April 7th or 8th. We are disappointed in this news and know that you are too. But, we are confident that MLB continues to negotiate in good faith, is working hard to find areas of compromise, and is exhausting every option to protect the fullest schedule possible and to start the season you and our fans deserve.
While we unfortunately won’t be able to listen to Minnesota Twins baseball on March 31 from Chicago, I have my sights set on another date in the very near future: Thursday, April 7, when we are set to host the Seattle Mariners at Target Field in a game that is still scheduled and, pending an agreement, will hopefully be our new Opening Day of the 2022 season. When the Twins return to action you can hear the games live on 92.1FM Q92 WYRQ.
--Good luck to the Royalton-Upsala wrestling team competing at the State Wrestling Tournament in St. Paul at the Xcel Energy Center. The will face United North Central (from the Sebeka/Menagha area) this morning at 11am in the quarterfinals, a win they move on to the semi-finals at 1pm for the championship that would be at 7pm tonight. The Consolations semi-finals are also at 1pm and the 3rd and 5th place matches will be at 5pm today. Listen to coverage of the matches when Royalton-Upsala is wrestling today on Q92 WYRQ. The individual tournament begins on Friday morning at 9am.
--Sheldon Monson announced he is campaigning for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 5B. This district after the November election will include most of Todd County and portions of Wadena, Cass and the northwest section of Morrison County. Monson is a Wadena County Commissioner, serving his second term, as well as the president of the Wadena County Republicans. He was born and raised in Minnesota and has lived in Wadena for 18 years.
--A Paynesville man is charged with four felonies after allegedly breaking into a home, brandishing a gun, and firing shots at one of the victims who was trying to leave the scene. Thirty-two-year-old Elliot Barg is charged with two counts of 2nd degree assault with a dangerous weapon, 1st degree assault with a dangerous weapon while committing a burglary, and 1st degree burglary while having a gun. Police responded to a gun complaint at a home in the 30-thousand block of County Road 28 in Paynesville Township Sunday. According to the complaint, a woman said she was estranged from her husband, had changed the locks on the house, and that Barg was living elsewhere. Barg allegedly burst into the home around 6am holding a handgun, chambered a round, and said it was time for the man who was in the home with his estranged wife to leave. The victim left, got into his vehicle, and started leaving. Court records show Barg aimed the gun at the man's vehicle and fired three shots. Barg is then accused of following the victim until the victim pulled into the police department. Police say they found a 9mm handgun on Barg and used a search warrant to match shell casings found at the scene to those found in a fish house where Barg had been living.
--The Upsala School District announced that due to the snow day on February 22nd they have decided to make March 21st a normal day of school, it was a day off for students for mid-semester break but now will be a normal day of school on Monday, March 21st.
DEATH NOTICES
--Thecla Marie Ritchie, age 91 of Little Falls.
--Melissa “Lou Lou” T. Waskosky, age 39 of Ft. Ripley.
WEATHER
TODAY= partly sunny, cooler, high near 20.
TONIGHT= cloudy, temps steady around 18, few flurries.
FRIDAY= flurries early, then mostly cloudy, high 31, low 23.
SATURDAY= rain, sleet, freezing rain changing to snow late, high 35.
SAT NIGHT= freezing rain to snow 1-3 inches overnight, low 25.
SUNDAY= snow early, then sun and wind, high 28, low around 10.
SPORTS
HS GBB= Aitkin at Pierz in playoffs tonight 6pm on 94ROCKS.
HS GBB= Little Falls at Detroit Lakes 7pm tonight on Q92 WYRQ.
GBB= many other girls teams in playoff action tonight including Royalton, Swanville, Upsala, Holdingford, Foley, Pillager and Staples-Motley. Winners of tonight's action move on to Saturday to play.