NEWS
--The Little Falls Community High School Homecomg royalty has been announced. The Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned Monday night at 7:00pm during coronation in the High School Auditorium. The King candidates are Robert Jarvis, Joshua Jennings, Thomas Kula, Connor Skeesick and Luke Venske. The Queen candidates are Kailey Ginter, Caitlin Gustafson, Katie Kurowski, Abby Poser, and Allie Steinmetz. The 11th grade representatives are Trista Theimer and Max Dempsey. The 10th grade representatives are Mariah Stoner and Joe Majerle. The 9th Grade representatives are Lauren Hanfler and Zachary Gwost. Little Falls will host Zimmerman for homecoming on September 28th. This will also be the Flyers Tackle Cancer night. Listen to each Flyer football game this fall on AM960 KLTF and streamed online through fallsradio.com.
--Swanville Public School announced its 2018 Homecoming queen and king candidates as Mackenzie Feuling, Nathan Lambrecht, Grace Schultz, Gage VanRisseghem, Hailee Schmidt, and Austin Lemke. The king and queen will be crowned at the coronation ceremony in the Swanville School auditorium on Sunday September 30th at 7pm. The homecoming game vs. Kimball is on October 5th at 3:45pm.
--The Benton County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man for possession of suspected methamphetamine and cited a woman for possession of drug paraphernalia. A Benton County deputy stopped at a residence on Indian Road NW in Watab Township near Rice Tuesday around 11:30am to conduct an investigation. Upon stopping at this residence, the deputy found a vehicle parked in the driveway that was occupied by three people. The deputy detected the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. The deputy spoke briefly to the person he had sought out at the residence before making contact with the person in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, 19-year old Willow Mae Adkins-Bollig of Little Falls. Adkins-Bollig told the deputy that she had just finished smoking marijuana and handed the deputy a container that held trace remnants of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. The deputy then requested Adkins-Bollig and the front seat passenger, 32-year old Daniel Gene Hoehle of Little Falls step out of the vehicle. The deputy asked Hoehle for his identification. Hoehle gave the deputy a false name, identifying himself as his twin brother. Once Hoehle’s true identity was discovered, it was learned that he had two active warrants for his arrest. A search of the vehicle was conducted which yielded several items of drug paraphernalia. During the search a small plastic baggie containing suspected methamphetamine was found on the ground below the passenger door of the vehicle. After this baggie was found, Hoehle made a statement to the deputy indicating that the illegal substances belonged to him. The squad car video of this incident was reviewed and the deputy observed that Hoehle was seen on this video exiting the vehicle upon the deputy’s request, dropping an object next to the passenger side of the vehicle, and kicking this object under the vehicle. Hoehle was arrested on his outstanding warrants and on the new charges of giving a false name to police and possession of methamphetamine. Hoehle was transported to the Benton County Jail. Adkins-Bollig was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and released at the scene.
--There will be a spaghetti supper event Friday starting at 4:30pm at Immannuel Lutheran Church of Hillman. Get details at fallsradio.com.
--Join KLTF Up Front today for a forum between District 9B Representative Republican Ron Kresha and Democratic Challenger Stephen Browning at 9:05am. Questions can be submitted to upfront@fallsradio.com before the program. No questions will be taken during the program today on KLTF from 9:05 to 10:00am.
--The Morrison County Sheriff's Office has received several complaints regarding the "IRS" scam. In some cases, the scammer will tell the person that they have 24/48 hours to contact law enforcement, or an arrest will be made. There are several variations of this scam. These calls are clearly scams. If you do not recognize the number or if the scammer left a message, do not call back. The IRS will not threaten you with an arrest if you don't call them. Additionally, the IRS will send you something in the mail if you owe taxes. If you receive the "IRS" scam, there is no need to contact their agency, as they are aware of the scam at this time. Please remember that you should never give out personal information over the phone, unless you can verify who you are speaking to and ensure that they are legitimate.
--A semi driver was hurt when the driver of a car lost control and hit the truck. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened just before 11:00pm Tuesday on westbound Interstate 94 near West Union in Todd County. 48-year old Moises Magallanes of North Branch lost control and went off the road and into the median. The car then swerved back onto the freeway and collided with the semi. Magallanes was not hurt, but the semi driver 24-year old Sydni Stephens of Somerset, Wisconsin was taken to Sauk Centre Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
--A Breezy Point woman was injured Tuesday around 4:30pm after her vehicle struck a guardrail and rolled south of Pequot Lakes in Crow Wing County. 32-year old Ashley Welu was north on 371 when the accident occurred. Welu was taken to the hospital for injuries.
--The Minnesota Archaeological Society will host an event September 29th at Kathio State Park in Mille Lacs County from 10am-3pm. The event will host displays, demonstrations and activities highlighting archeology and Minnesota heritage. There is no charge for the event but a permit is required to enter the park for parking which is $7.
DEATH NOTICES
--Joyce Geise, age 46 of Little Falls.
--Russell Shabaiash, age 68 of Onamia.
WEATHER
TODAY= showers and isolated T-storms, heavy in PM, high 58.
TONIGHT= showers, heavy rains possible and cool, low 46.
FRIDAY= showers early, then sunny and windy, high 55, low 35.
SATURDAY= sunny skies, high near 60, low near 40.
SUNDAY= partly sunny, high 66, storms late night, low 52.
SPORTS
TWINS= Twins win 8-2 to sweep their series at Detroit. The Twins have today off before heading to Oakland tomorrow night.
NFL= former Vikings linebacker Keith Nord died Wednesday after a short battle with cancer. He was 60. Nord was a Minnetonka native, St. Cloud State Graduate and Vikings player for 7 years.
HS FB= Royalton at New York Mills tonight 7pm on Q92 WYRQ
HS FB= Melrose Area at Pierz Friday 7pm on FM94 KFML.
HS FB= Little Falls at St. Cloud Cathedral Friday 7pm on KLTF.