NEWS
--At 4:10pm Tuesday the Morrison County Sheriff's office received a report of a man trapped in a grain bin at a residence on Nature Road, approximately three miles east of Royalton in Bellevue Township. 61-year old James Schlichting of Royalton was pinned in a grain bin up to his neck area. Deputies along with Firefighters were able tie a rope around Schlichting’s arm and provide oxygen to him while extrication efforts took place. After approximately two hours of rescue efforts, Schlichting was freed from the grain bin. He was transported to St. Cloud Hospital by Mayo Clinic Ambulance, where he was treated and released. Sheriff Larsen stated that the swift actions of all emergency personnel, to include family members and neighbors, saved Schlichting’s life. The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Royalton Police Department, Royalton Fire Department, Royalton First Response Team, Rice Fire Department, North Memorial Air Care and Mayo Clinic Ambulance.
--U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farmers and ranchers that the deadline to apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) is Friday, September 11th. This program provides direct relief to producers who faced price declines and additional marketing costs due to COVID-19. Over 160 commodities are eligible for CFAP, including certain non-specialty crops, livestock, dairy, specialty crops, eggs, and more. All eligible commodities, payment rates, and calculations can be found on farmers.gov/cfap. You can contact your local Farm Service Agency county officials for more information.
--A Ramsey County judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Governor Tim Walz's executive orders during the coronavirus pandemic. Thirteen Republican legislators and a group of businesses contended the Democratic governor abused his power and interfered with the legislative process when he limited closed schools, issued a mask mandate and limited businesses' operations. District Court Judge Thomas Gilligan upheld the governor’s actions Tuesday. The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an act of nature that provides the Governor with the basis to declare a peacetime state of emergency in Minnesota.” A group called Free Minnesota Small Business Coalition argued the governor is usurping the powers of the Legislature and that COVID-19 is not an “act of nature” meriting a peacetime emergency. The Walz administration and DFL legislators have maintained that an emergency declaration is necessary to deal with the pandemic. The lawsuit is one of several that have been filed in state and federal courts challenging the governor’s powers related to the coronavirus.
--The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- ICE -- has announced they've arrested 39 people in the five-state region, with the most being in Minnesota between July 13th and August 20th. Fifteen of the arrests were in Minnesota,12 in Iowa, 11 in Nebraska and one in North Dakota. The countries of citizenship of those arrested in the region covered by the St. Paul office include Burundi, Guatemala, Sudan and Mexico. Of the 39 arrested, 34 have a combined total of 43 currently pending criminal charges and 100 prior convictions. Criminal convictions include domestic violence, drug possession, illegal entry, and illegal reentry after removal. ICE says during that same period officers arrested more than 2,000 at large people living in the U.S. illegally, or who are removable from the country due to their criminal histories.
--Sgt. Neil Dickenson will be the guest today on KLTF Party Line just after 10am. The Minnesota State Patrol are continuing with their DWI Enforcement Campaign across Minnesota stopping impaired drivers and this will go on through the Labor Day holiday weekend. He will also discuss back to school time as many schools in central and northern Minnesota will be back in class on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week compared to southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities that were working on hybrid and distance methods.
--Wednesday's numbers from Minnesota Department of Health reported 761 new cases of COVID-19 in the state with 7 new deaths. It was reported that there were 2 new positive tests in Morrison County for a cumulative total of 121 cases. Of that there were 18 in the past 14 days of data on their website. At the current infection rate in Morrison County it is still low enough for schools in the county to open with in class learning models next Tuesday.
--At different times on facebook yesterday the Crosby Police Department was asking for the public’s assistance in locating two separate missing teenagers. The first 13-year old Abigail Paige Ryan was located and authorities thanked everyone who helped look for her. The second missing girl 16-year old Amber Lauren Ogle is still missing. Ogle is 16 years old and described as 5'6”, 130 pounds, blue eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing shorts or black stretch type pants. There was information that she may possibly be in the Aitkin area. If located please contact the Crosby Police Department or Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Department.
DEATH NOTICES
--Loretta Retka, age 94 of Little Falls.
WEATHER
TODAY= cloudy early, then sunny, very windy, high 64.
TONIGHT= clear skies, low around 45.
FRIDAY= sunny skies, less windy, high 71, clear night, low 46.
SATURDAY= sunny skies, high 75, storms late, low 50.
SUNDAY= storms early, then sunny, high 74, more rain late.
SPORTS
TWINS= Josh Donaldson returned from injured list and had 2 hits, Twins also got homers from Rosario, Cave and Sano and Jose Berrios pitched a dandy to give the Twins an 8-1 win over White Sox on Wednesday night. The Twins have today off, at Detroit for a double-header on Friday to make up a game from last week that was rained out. The first game starts at 12:30pm Friday on Q92 WYRQ.
NFL= The NFL Season is scheduled to begin next Thursday night with the season opener for Houston Texans at the defending Super Bowl Champions Kansas City Chiefs, 6:30pm live on AM960 KLTF.
WNBA= Lynx win again 86-83 last night over Chicago, Lynx 13-5.
TODAY IN HISTORY
IN 1783= The Treaty of Paris is signed ending the Revolutionary War between the British and American Colonies.
IN 1895= the first professional football game where teams were paid is played at Penn College. The NFL would not form until 1920.
IN 1940= first demonstration of Color Television is displayed, the demo did not go well and it would take another 20+ years before color televisions would find their way into public homes.
IN 1977= the series finale of Mary Tyler Moore show airs on CBS.