NEWS
--The Morrison County Sheriff's Office reported Wednesday that a small lockbox/safe was found in the area of the Darling Cemetery. If you are missing a lockbox/safe and you can identify your missing item, please call their office at 320-632-9233 and speak to Mary.
--The Kinship Soup and Chili Cook-off was held on Tuesday night. Approximately 275 people were in attendance to help fundraise for the youth mentoring program. Awards were bestowed upon the top three in the soup and chili categories by the judges. For soup, 1st place went to Chef Mike's Catering for Bacon Cheeseburger Soup, 2nd place to Purple Carrot Market for Hogwart's Wild Rice Soup, and 3rd place to Old Creamery Cafe Reuben Soup. Reuben Soup from Old Creamery Cafe was also given the people's choice award for soup. In the chili category the judges selected 1st place to Anderson Custom Processing Smoke Showin' Chili, 2nd place to Perkins Restaurant Kent's Chili and 3rd place to Crock & Roll Fab 4-Bean Chili. The people's choice award for chili went to Anderson Custom Processing Smoke Showin' Chili. Aaron Olson wants to thank all who attended.
--Little Falls Township has closed 180th Avenue between State Highway 27 and County Road 256 through Saturday, October 16 for road maintenance. This started on Wednesday. Any questions regarding this road closure can call 320-232-9554.
--A teenager from Buffalo died, and a Watertown man was arrested as a result of an ATV crash in northwestern Minnesota. The incident happened around 12:30pm Saturday in Steamboat River Township. The Hubbard County Sheriff's Office says a group of ATV riders was heading east on East Steamboat Forest Road at a high rate of speed when one of the drivers lost control around a curve and crashed into a tree. Authorities say the victim, 19-year-old Brandon Czanstkowski of Buffalo, was wearing his helmet but still suffered major head trauma. Deputies and medical personnel provided CPR and attempted to revive Czanstkowski, but he died at the scene. The sheriff's office says they believe alcohol was a factor in the crash and arrested another driver from the group, 21-year-old Tyler Willette of Watertown. He was taken to the Hubbard County Jail where he faces felony charges of providing alcohol to someone underage. The sheriff's office says the crash remains under investigation.
--If there is a silver lining to this summer's drought, it may be that farmers in central Minnesota were able to get to harvest sooner than usual. Nathan Drewitz from the University of Minnesota Extension Office says typically the harvest doesn't really get going until early October, but this year the crops are already out for the most part. Really, before the end of September, we were probably well over halfway done, if not really close to being done with corn silage. Grain was just starting and I had already received some reports of soybean harvest yield numbers at that point as well. Drewitz says some farmers experienced very good yields this year while others saw production suffer due to the dry conditions. Alfalfa was hit particularly hard with most farmers only getting two "cuttings" in when in a typical year they can get four.
--St. Elizabeth's Church in Brennyville has two events this weekend, first Saturday “Hogtoberfest” with a hog roast meal Saturday at 4:30pm for a free will offering, then Sunday there is a Quilt Bingo and Fall Cash Raffle starting at 1pm at the church at 16454 125th Avenue NE, Foley. All are welcome to attend either of the days. More events can be found at fallsradio.com then community calendar.
--A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday morning for the next Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery to be in Redwood Falls. This marks the fourth State Cemetery in Minnesota where the others are in Duluth, Preston and the original Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery located north of Little Falls on Highway 115.
--Doug Luepke of the Royalton Lions stated Wednesday on KLTF that the Royalton Lions recently gave a $8,000 donation to the RBI club in Royalton for upgrades to the softball field. They had their best year ever with Platte River Day earlier this summer and are already planning another big event next year. Due to booking the “Fabulous Armadillos” for 2022, Platte River Day for the second year in a row will be in July and Saturday July 30, 2022.
--First Lutheran Church in Little Falls will have an event with live music, pies and desserts and a silent auction starting at 7pm Friday night at the church on Riverwood Drive in Little Falls. The silent auction has a number of baskets. The music and pie part of the event is a free will offering to attend.
--The United Way of Morrison County will be busing tables Monday at the Pizza Ranch in Little Falls. All tips go to help their organization.
--The Little Falls City Council meets Monday night at 7:30 at City Hall.
SPACE NEWS
--Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality, reaching the final frontier aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company. The “Star Trek” hero and three fellow passengers soared to an estimated 66 miles (106 kilometers) over the West Texas desert in the fully automated capsule and then safely parachuted to the desert floor in a flight that lasted just over 10 minutes. Shatner became the oldest person in space, eclipsing the previous record — set by a passenger on a similar jaunt on a Bezos spaceship in July — by eight years.
WEATHER
TODAY= cloudy, misty rain in AM, windy, high 53.
TONIGHT= cloudy skies, cool temps, breezy, low 37.
FRIDAY= partly sunny, cool and breezy, high 51, frost late, low 32.
SATURDAY= frost early, then sunny, high 58, low near 35.
SUNDAY= AM frost possible, then sunny and warmer high 63.
SPORTS
MLB= Dodgers and Giants go to a game 5 tonight in NLDS winner gets Atlanta in NLCS, Boston and Houston have advanced to ALCS.
NFL= Tampa Bay at Philadelphia tonight, Vikings are at Carolina on Sunday at noon in the NFL. Vikings currently at 2-3.
HS SOC= good luck to the Little Falls Boys and Girls Soccer teams that open playoffs today, boys on the road, girls are at home.
HS VB= Little Falls at Pierz Tuesday night 7pm on Q92 WYRQ.
TODAY IN HISTORY
IN 1774= The First Continential Congress meets to discuss colonial rights against England leading to Independence in 1776.
IN 1912= former President Theodore Roosevelt is shot at a campaign event in Milwaukee, Roosevelt for Bull Moose Party survived bullet.
IN 1947= Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier-supersonic flight.
IN 1957= Everly Brothers hit #1 with “Wake Up Little Susie”.
IN 1960= President John Kennedy formed the Peace Corps.