NEWS --Little Falls Schools Superintendent Stephen Jones appeared on KLTF Monday with an update on the work at the high school, Lindbergh and Lincoln Elementary schools. Lindbergh and Lincoln are accessible to faculty and students already and will have open houses at the elementary schools on Wednesday to show off the schools. Open houses are 3:30-6:30pm at Lindbergh and at Lincoln from 4:00-6:00pm where they will be showing off the completed Early Childhood Center. There will be some new transportation rules at Lindbergh this year. Vans and buses will remain in the middle school parking lot, while dropoff and pickup students from personal vehicles will be on 9th street. No longer is anyone allowed in the school before and after school. Students will be dismissed to go outside to the vehicles or parents waiting. The high school is still not ready for students to enter but might be by weeks end. Faculty were allowed to enter and all should be ready for students in some capacity by next Tuesday with some exceptions like the auditorium. The only public access to the high school until school starts is through the south doors on 5th Avenue SE. Community Services and the business office will remain accessible, and the HS guidance office is available in the business office to assist students with schedule changes. Once school begins, students will not be allowed to turn right onto 9th from the high school. Visitors will not be allowed into the commons or the rest of the building until school begins next week. This is to ensure safety to all while construction continues in some portions of the high school. Call the high school office with any questions at 616-2200.
--Around 6:00am Monday a search warrant was executed in Pierz. The search warrant stemmed from a joint narcotics investigation which included officers from the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force and the Pierz Police Department. The Morrison County SWAT Team assisted. The SWAT Team deployed distraction devices during the warrant to distract and confuse the occupants of the residence. Residents in the neighborhood may have heard loud bangs associated with the distraction devices. No shots were fired during the search. There were no arrests that were made. Because this is still an active investigation no more details are being released.
--The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a male subject believed to have stolen a game camera. This subject attempted to break into a shed on the property and stole a game camera. He is described as a white male, 5’9” to 5’10” tall with a beard wearing dark-colored pants and boots, a dark colored coat and what appeared to be a black and white camouflage hat. The incident occurred on Saturday, August 26th around 8:00am on Marble Drive in Cushing Township. If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact an investigator at the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office at (320) 632-9233. Pictures of the suspect are posted on the Morrison County Sheriff's Office facebook page.
--The Minnesota State Fair continues through Labor Day. Thursday is the day that the Outstanding Senior Citizens for the state of Minnesota will be named in a ceremony. Morrison County's Outstanding Senior Citizens Ron Wooden and Pinky “Olive” Manlick who were named at the Morrison County Fair earlier this month are up for the state award to be presented on Thursday at the state fairgrounds, east of St. Paul in Falcon Heights.
--Around 9:45am Saturday morning the Little Falls Fire Department responded to the Super America store on West Broadway in Little Falls for a pop machine that started on fire. The fire was contained to the machine. 15 firefighters on scene for 30 minutes. No injuries.
--Two people are being charged in the disappearance of a Fargo, North Dakota woman whose body was found at nearby Moorhead in northwest Minnesota. Brooke Crews and William Hoehn both had midafternoon appearances in Cass County District Court on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping, and giving false information to officers in the disappearance of Savanna Greywind. Police found a newborn baby girl in Crews' apartment five days after the 22-year-old Greywind went missing. Kayakers found her body Sunday night on the Minnesota side of the Red River at Moorhead. Fargo's chief prosecutor Birch Burdick says the North Dakota state court would handle the case for now. He did not say if it could become a federal case. Burdick says they're still awaiting evidence. including results of an autopsy on Greywind that's pending.
--One person was injured in a two vehicle accident Sunday morning around 11:45am in Garrison Township of Crow Wing County. 56-year old Brian Huemann of Burnsville was eastbound on Highway 18 when a vehicle pulled out from a side road and collided with Huemann. 81-year old Lavonne Mccalvy of Brainerd was the other driver and sustained non-life threatening injuries. Huemann and his two passengers were not injured in the accident.
--Four individuals from St. Cloud were charged Thursday with sex trafficking a 17-year old girl. 24-year old Alan Danny Woods was charged with one count of engaging in sex trafficking of an individual under 18 years old. 26-year old Ashley Ann Pick-Gassama, 22-year old Jaemie Rae Drum, and 22-year old Deandre Lamond Jones were each charged with one count of aiding and abetting the promotion of prostitution of an individual under 18 years old.
--Parents/Guardians and Students are invited to attend a Fall Open House at Pioneer Elementary in Pierz on Wednesday from 4:30-6:30pm. All parents and students are welcome to attend.
DEATH NOTICE --Brent A. Johnson, age 62 of Milaca
WEATHER TODAY= fog early, then sunny skies, high 77. TONIGHT= clear skies, low 56. WEDNESDAY= sunny early, midday storms possible, high 76, low 52. THURSDAY= sunny and cooler, highs near 70, low around 47.
SPORTS TWINS= Twins host Chicago White Sox 6:30pm tonight on Q92. HS FB= Milaca at Pierz Thursday 7pm on FM94 KFML. HS FB= Little Falls at Dassel-Cokato Friday 7pm on AM960 KLTF. CLASS C= Sobieski vs. New Prague Saturday 7:30pm from the Class C State Tournament in Green Isle. Listen to the game on FM94. CUP=Brainerd High School graduate Josh Archibald, winger for the 2017 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, will be in Brainerd Wednesday with the Stanley Cup. The 2011 Brainerd High School graduate will be at Takedown Gym on Highway 371 for photos and to meet with fans at 12:30pm. The event is open to the public. The first 400 people in the door will receive an autographed photo.