NEWS
--The Little Falls Fire Department responded to three incidents the past few days. Around on 1:45pm Monday there was a grass fire south of highway 27 that firefighters quickly extinguished. On Tuesday they responded to a four wheeler rollover with a gas leak. No one was believed to be injured. Around 6:20pm Tuesday a kitchen fire was reported at 715 11th Street Apartment 23 at the Cynthia Andis residence. Cynthia was making dinner for her children when the power went out causing the burners on the stove to turn off. During Tuesday's power outage, a child of Cynthia had a medical issue so she left her home and brought her child in for medical attention. While Cynthia was gone, power was restored and turned the burners back on with no one home. This lead to the kitchen fire. 25 firefighters were on scene for around two hours. The fire was contained to the kitchen. There were no injuries. Little Falls Fire Chief Mike Nieman told Little Falls Radio that even though this is something he had not come across before, it is a lesson we can learn from. If the power goes out, make sure to shut things off before leaving the home in case power is restored while you are away.
--The filing period continues for state, federal and county offices, along with any others that hold primaries. As of Wednesday morning three have filed for Morrison County Auditor/Treasurer including Tammy Guiliani, Chelsey Robinson and Ross Wamre. Thus far that is the only contested race for a county seat in Morrison County. Eileen Holtberg filed for County Recorder. Up for election this year are County Commissioner in District 4 and 5, Sheriff, County Attorney and two soil and water districts. There are many other state and federal seats up for election in November. If a primary is needed they would take place on August 14th. Filing continues through June 5th.
--The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s office is asking the public for assistance in locating anyone who has purchased an ATV or snowmobile from ATV Sleds during 2017. ATV Sleds is a business located north of Brainerd on Highway 371, which sells recreational vehicles. In February of 2018, ATV Sleds owner, Benjamin Forland was arrested for Forgery and Falsifying sales records after an investigation showed that ATV Sleds was tampering with odometers by rolling back the miles on used ATV and snowmobiles. Anyone who purchased an ATV or snowmobile from ATV Sleds in 2017, is asked to contact the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office.
--The Little Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau will welcome the 40 foot Only in MN monument/sign from Explore Minnesota, which has been used for many areas of the state to promote tourism in the state of Minnesota. The sign will be in the front area of the Rosemeier home, the green house in front of Linden Hill in Little Falls that houses the visitors bureau on Friday at 4:00pm. After that there will be a large outdoor event with nearly 30 attractions showing everything from animals, history items, food, fun, games and so much more. The CVB got a permit to close 1st Street in front of the CVB from 4-7pm Friday. There will be a detour on the south end of Little Falls during that time from 5th to 9th Street around the event on 1st. The Little Falls Radio Cash Cube is also part of the large event with a chance to win prizes from the area attractions, area businesses and from the radio station. Again that is 4-7:00pm this Friday night.
--More graduation ceremonies are scheduled for the upcoming days, Holdingford will graduate Friday night, Foley graduates on Saturday.
--Last Friday the Morrison County Sheriffs office did the annual sandbox fill in the Little Falls area. This year they filled 47 sandboxes and collected approximately 300 pounds worth of non perishable food items and $60 cash for the Morrison County Food Shelf. The Sheriffs Office wishes to thank everyone involved.
--A fire at a storage unit facility in St. Joseph has left several units damaged. Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson says the blaze started Tuesday shortly before 11:00am at Ridgewood Self Storage at 8806 Ridgewood Court. Smoke was coming from one of the units. The fire was believed to have started when someone was cleaning some camping equipment with a flammable solvent that accidentally started the fire. The blaze caused extensive damage to at least three units and damaged several others. No one was hurt.
--A traffic stop in Foley over the weekend led to the arrest of two men, one on charges involving a stolen gun. Benton County stopped a vehicle driving erratically in Foley Saturday afternoon. When the deputy started the stop, they noticed the smell of marijuana and alcohol coming from the car. Both the driver, 23-year old Nathaniel Golterman of Foley, and 18-year old Derian Gordon of St. Cloud admitted to drinking. The deputy also found the remains of a marijuana cigarette in the vehicle. Golterman's license was also found to be invalid and he did not have insurance on the vehicle. Gordon told deputies he had a pistol in his pants leg, and they removed it. They found out it was stolen after checking the gun's serial number. After searching Gordon, 15 Xanax pills were found as well. He and Golterman were both taken to Benton County Jail. Golterman was later released after a test proving he was just under the legal limit. However, Golterman was cited for careless driving, driving without insurance, driving without a valid license and possession of a small amount of marijuana in a motor vehicle. Gordon was booked on charges of possession of stolen property, carrying a pistol without a permit, carrying a pistol under the influence and 5th degree controlled substance.
DEATH NOTICES
--Cecilia D. Kamphenkel, age 98 of Little Falls & Long Prairie.
--Harvey C. Block, age 69 of Pierz.
WEATHER
TODAY= dense fog early, partly cloudy into afternoon, high 80.
TONIGHT= partly cloudy, fog late, low 54.
FRIDAY= fog early, then sunny and windy, high 73, low near 50.
SATURDAY= morning storms likely, then partly cloudy, high 68.
SUNDAY= sunny and very windy, high 73, low around 50.
SPORTS
TWINS= Royals score 9 runs in first 2 innings and barely manage to hold off Twins 11-8 last night in KC. Twins come home tonight to host Cleveland at Target Field, pregame at 6:30pm on Q92 WYRQ.
HS BAB= Pierz postponed again yesterday, now plays Kimball tonight at 7pm on FM94 KFML. Win or lose they also play on Friday.
HS BAB= After a come from behind win yesterday 6-4 over Bemidji in extra innings Little Falls is back in action today on the road in Alexandria. First pitch at 6:00pm with pregame at 5:40pm on KLTF.
WNBA= Lynx return home to host Phoenix tomorrow night, then out west to face LA Sparks on Sunday afternoon. Lynx are at 2-3.